Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
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Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#2Do any of these old phones still work on modern mobile networks (even just GSM or CDMA)?
The Samsung sph-i500 was another great small phone running PalmOS that came out soon after, with a similar form factor to the Razr.
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#3I had miss this phone, but I realize that I wouldn't want it today.
One of the big reasons is I don't memorize phone numbers anymore - as cool as the RAZR was, I don't have need for a flip phone of any kind. The numbers I dial are typically entered in once and then dialed from my phone book.
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#4Do any of these old phones still work on modern mobile networks (even just GSM or CDMA)? The Samsung sph-i500 was another great small phone running PalmOS that came out soon after, with a similar form factor to the Razr.
For now, yes
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#5I had miss this phone, but I realize that I wouldn't want it today. One of the big reasons is I don't memorize phone numbers anymore - as cool as the RAZR was, I don't have need for a flip phone of any kind. The numbers I dial are typically entered in once and then dialed from my phone book.
I'm confused, you do realise these phones had a built-in contacts storage, right?
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#6I had miss this phone, but I realize that I wouldn't want it today. One of the big reasons is I don't memorize phone numbers anymore - as cool as the RAZR was, I don't have need for a flip phone of any kind. The numbers I dial are typically entered in once and then dialed from my phone book.
I'm confused, you do realise these phones had a built-in contacts storage, right?
Yeah, the Razr was my first phone...but it was super convenient to just use the number pad to dial. I had contacts programmed in for just about all the people I called, but between favorites and dialing I didn't use them all that often.
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#7Bring it back!
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#8I had miss this phone, but I realize that I wouldn't want it today. One of the big reasons is I don't memorize phone numbers anymore - as cool as the RAZR was, I don't have need for a flip phone of any kind. The numbers I dial are typically entered in once and then dialed from my phone book.
I'm confused, you do realise these phones had a built-in contacts storage, right?
I barely remember the OS on my old V3 but at a guess I'd imagine actually accessing contacts was sufficiently laborious that just memorising numbers was more convenient?
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm confused, you do realise these phones had a built-in contacts storage, right?
Yeah, the Razr was my first phone...but it was super convenient to just use the number pad to dial. I had contacts programmed in for just about all the people I called, but between favorites and dialing I didn't use them all that often.
I miss phones that let you dial the letters of the contact name to pull up that contact. Example I always thought was funny was Mom is 666.
But with that, it was faster to dial a contact name like that than their number.
Re: Motorola Razr V3 Cellphone: The trend-setter that shouldn't have existed
#10Do any of these old phones still work on modern mobile networks (even just GSM or CDMA)? The Samsung sph-i500 was another great small phone running PalmOS that came out soon after, with a similar form factor to the Razr.
Closer to the Razr (no palmos) was the Samsung A900. Just a dumb flip phone, but very solid and tiny. I miss small phones. I really don't want a 6" megolith to haul around.