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"Welcome back Razr! Looks Great and it's TMobile"
Pros: EXCELLENT CALL QUALITY, Excellent Customer Service, full bluetooth
Cons: Many when compared with a Smart Phone, none when compared to a candy bar/flip phone
Summary: I have a Blackberry Curve for TMobile. I just new it would be my last phone. I have tried multiple Smart phones mainly for it's full keyboard. While it makes texting much easier it really is for business minded people. I love gadgets especially phones and I have always been a Razr fan. I had no idea TMobile would come out with this phone so soon after I purchased the Curve. The Curve is an excellent phone but it is small. The Razr is very nice, feels good in the hand, has a vibrant screen open and closed, has excellent call quality and is definitely better than the original or revised models for that matter. A few cons if you can actually call them that. You cannot use wires with this phone for talking, it is bluetooth only. The nice thing about the full bluetooth is you can hear your music through the bluetooth as well. Battery life is subpar. It is rated at 7 or more hours of talk time... More like four and you will need a charger with normal everyday use. However, TMobile includes an adapter for your standard razr/motorola chargers so no need to buy another charger specifically for this phone. The phone also has no Micro SD card slot that has become almost standard on phone now a days but it does include 2GB of storage which is alot. The processor speed is pretty good and you have to know the razr to know how to find certain things you are looking for in the phone. The music player is okay but that's why you have an iPod right. You have to open the phone to activate the music player just like CNET Review states but you can read the text messages with the phone closed and even respond with the short templates that is built into the phone. Also, you don't have to have Motorola Phone tools to add pictures and music to the phone. Use th USB Cord which is included with the phone to add them by drag and drop. However, you cannot drag and drop them from the phone back to the computer once the USB cord is disconnected. Weird. Lastly, it's a fingerprint magnet and that prevent it from being a perfect ten for a flip phone. To me that is the only downside as it will have to be cleaned daily. When compared to a Smart Phone or Blackberry it's not fair as this phone will lose but when compared to a flip phone or candy bar phone for that matter, this phone wins hands down and is much, much better than the older versions. With the EXCELLENT call quality, plus TMobile's customer service, this is a cant miss. I hope this helps someone and I'm sure you will be pleased if you buy it. Good Luck
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