The Motorola Razr V3 was launched in November of 2004, and went on to become the world’s best selling mobile phone with 12 million sold to date. The Samsung SPH-A900, aka the Blade, became available exactly a year later (11/05) and, according to a new review in yesterday’s New York Times, although the 2 are near clones in appearance, the Blade is a much better phone.
While the review praises the RAZR’s physical beauty and acknowledges its much better battery life, it’s pretty much downhill for the RAZR after that.
The Times tears into the RAZR’s usability and software. They lambaste the address book and call list, the poor design of the menus, the inefficient predictive typing, the lack of memory and the bad user manual.
They conclude by saying that the superiority of the Samsung Blade over the Motorola RAZR V3 is virtually a slam-dunk.
Razr vs. Blade: Cloning Is Only Skin Deep – New York Times, January 26, 2006
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does anyone know where i can download new skin for the motorola SVLR?<br />
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thanks
In the razr vs blade comparison its pretty laid out that the Blade is better. It has high speed internet , razr does not , long adress book , razr does not plus in the razr they have the sim card this holds all the phones information so somebody with cingular could steal another cingular phone and put thier sim card in it is now there fone with sprint no one can do that , thats something to think about.
My two year old locked my phone some how and i need to know where i can get it flashed. Other wise she has one expenssive new play cell phone. PLEASE HELP ME!!! This is my work cell,and all of my important information is in there.
Ben,<br />
You might want to take the phone in to you dealer, or perhaps try a Remote Unlocking service…use a web search for your area. Often they can unlock it over the phone.
i want the blade! or razr!
i want the blade! or razr!
to get your phone unlocked try the last 4 digits of you cell phone number or last four of your social security. otherwise call costomer service
is there anyway to get muisc from my pc to act as a ringtone
is there anyway to get muisc from my pc to act as a ringtone
Ok i think its time to update the review, considering that the Razr has changed quite a bit internally.
It now has 45 MB and is very easy to use and more feartures.
And yes u can use a MP3 as a ringtone, with a little moding.
Blade YES… better investment, better functionality, better all around..
Blade NO… no removable memory
Razr YES… Atheistic appearance
Razr NO… cost functionality
blades are awesome cuz i no of a few people who dropped thiers in water ans still works!!! but blades are the best!!!!
I love any device you can drop in water and that still works afterwards!
“the review … acknowledges it’s much better battery life”
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Thanks. Fixed