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4.0 stars
"Beautiful Phone with Excellent Sound Quality and More..."
Pros: Sleek, flexible, state-of-the art. Camera and Large external screen. Voice commands. External buttons
Cons: Size and weight. Verizon's limited bluetooth functionality. The micro-USB connection.
Summary: I received the v9m two days ago as a replacement for the moto-e815 and I am really impressed. I admit I had to go through the manual to figure things out and I agree that some of the menus could have been presented in a more intuitive way. But when you customize the phone to your likings you will be satisfied. The phone is very sleek. It is longer and heavier than a regular Razr but a little thinner. With nothing protruding, you get an aerodynamic shape with round edges and corners like a Mercedes. They even covered the only hole the phone has for the micro-USB that is used for everything with a rubber piece so that when you look at the phone you dont see where the charger or the headphone could be plugged. The external large screen is very impressive. The dark colors of the phone make the screen even more attractive.
I read the other reviews but this thing really rocks. I have no problem with the caller id. There is actually a feature under the Sound Settings called Talking Phone that converts this feature into a talking caller ID. But who wants that anyway?
One of the things that I liked is the customized shortcut keys. Under the Phone Settings, you will find the Short Cut keys that allow you to assign the four way navigations keys to any short cut. I assigned the left to Get It Now so that I have access to my multimedia stuff, the Up to the Calculator, the Right to Settings & Tools, and the Down to Calendar.
Contrary to the review, there is a feedback from the outside touch buttons. The button area vibrates under your finger whenever you touch one of the three buttons. It is true that the voice command button is redundant since there is one on the right-side to activate the voice command with the phone closed. I liked the voice command function and it is more intelligent than it used to be. You can easily voice dial people on your contacts list by using their first name. It works and this is great while driving. I also liked the organization of the contacts list. Now you have one entry per person even though you can have multiple phone numbers, and an email address for that person. A nice feature allows you to select a default phone number for the person so that when you voice dial, the correct number will be picked.
I dont like the micro-USB connection especially that the phone doesnt come with any cables, other than an adaptor for the headphone. I have several mini-USB cables but I had to search the net for a place to buy the micro-to-regular adaptor. The memory card requires the removal of the battery to get access to its slot. When I used the my memory card from the e815 phone, the v9m did not recognize any of its contents. I had to erase everything and then reinsert it. I took some pictures and saved to the card. I then removed the card and read it on the PC to see that the phone created a folder for the photos directly under the root directory which was better then the e815 that had a deeper tree. The only problem I found is when you get the information about the expansion memory card, you get a list of the photos, or music, but you cannot view, or listen to them from this function. This is different than the e815 and even different than what the manual says. You have to use the Get It Now option which gives you a list of all photos, and a list of all music currently on the phone. A little icon appears in the lower corner of each item that tells you where the item is actually stored. Not a bad idea.
I hate what Verizon does to the Bluetooth functionality. They disable any function that tries to use the phone as a communication device. Because of this you cannot use your PC to send, or even read, text messages through the phone. I dont see their point.
In general, the Razr v9m phone is a great mobile phone. Voice quality is great. No dropped calls. Speaker phone and voice commands are excellent. The camera is great even without a flash. I would have preferred a smaller footprint. But it is still a cool phone.
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