Comments on: T-Mobile’s MOTORAZR2 V8 gets officialized

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:53:48 +0000

Hey everyone,

I was looking online for some information regarding the battery life on the Motorazr2 V8, because I’ve had to fully charge it twice in the past three days that I’ve had it. And I’m really unlike most girls in that I honestly don’t use my phone very much. I make maybe one phone call a day, but my battery keeps losing power rapidly.

I saw some people talking about turning the screen button vibrations off. How would I do that, as I hate it anyways? Any other ideas for preserving battery life?

Could it be that I’m opening the screen too much just to check out the phone? I haven’t had a flip phone in a while, while so I’m kind of excited about it. Could that be draining the battery?

Thanks for any feedback…

By: redsoxchamps2k7

redsoxchamps2k7 — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:30:05 +0000

I had the razr2 for a week, took it back for a refund. The phone worked great, but I couldn’t get past the price of the phone. I’ll get it again when the price comes down. Email worked clunky… if you read a message, it automatically deletes it from your phone with no option to set so it doesn’t do that. In other words, you can’t save emails.. as soon as you read it, it’s gone.

Sort of lame. Has to be a s/w issue or something.

By: yat fai

yat fai — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:30:01 +0000

who needs radio? i actually thought i was gonna use the radio on my motorola E2 (one of the reasons i chose E2)… but i dont even bother to use it…:) who needs radio when u have mp3??

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:54:40 +0000

I purchased a RAZR 2 and its an all around great phone. The camera quality is fine, compared to my previous Sidekick 3. Im still not sure if I’m going to pick up my Sidekick LX tomorrow morning but maybe I will, I do have it on hold! Got the first reservation card from the one store in Chicago to sell them on the 17th. Woot!

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:47:46 +0000

Oh, and most (not all) Sony and Nokia’s have Fm radio. Moto has yet to jump on the bandwagon except for the higher end phones.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:45:34 +0000

Yet to be released T-Mobile’s 2 Megapixel flip Nokia 6263 will have 640×480 vga capture, not the thinnest phone, but also has Fm radio, micro-sd up to 4 gigs and 3G capacity…,or it’s overseas cousin already released the Nokia 6267

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:02:45 +0000

it’s not that mobiles have sequels it’s a name/branding.

Playstation 1, 2, 3. Xbox, Xbox 360. Sidekick, Palm Treo, ipod, zune.

The only reason why this is called the RAZR2 is because it is the true successor to the original V3 not just a few minor upgrades.

By: Jaxon

Jaxon — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:47:58 +0000

“Now mobiles have sequels, trilogy isn’t far I guess.”
Haha… that’s pretty funny.
But what about Sidekicks?
Sidekick
Sidekick Color
Sidekick 2
Sidekick 3
Sidekick iD
Sidekick LX
Sidekick Slide

And if you want to you can count all of the limited editions.

So this is what our world has come to?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:32:13 +0000

hmm, my only problem is with the price. For 249 I can get a blackberry instead. I would have thought this would have come in cheaper, but I guess it is a new phone. To much for me to go and get one right now.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:24:46 +0000

Battery Life: this model has the best battery life of any RAZR2 model so stop bitching. 8 Hours talk is pretty damn good when the V3i only gets 5. 8 Hours is great life for a phone like this. And if you want more turn the brightness down and screen vibration.

Opera probably is gone because T-Mobile wants you to just use WAP on these phones. go download opera mini for it or flash it with a stock MP once they come out.

And both screens are not the same size it’s a 2″ outside and 2.2″ inside.

and jason, name another slim phone that has an FM Radio? in fact name more than 5 phones sold in the US that have FM radios.

And the stock moto MP allows for 480×240 video. not sure what the t-mobile one allows. But again name some phones that have good quality video.

By: hill

hill — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:20:59 +0000

last century ? but you want a fm radio ?

haha

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:47:02 +0000

Over-hyped, all style, no substance, so last century…Why no Fm radio or Wi-fi. Why does it still have qcif low quality video capture? This is just a pretty, pretty makeover, not an upgrade. It has 2 gig storage, So what? Guess I could store all my low resolution videos on it. Could-a, but would-notta

By: Zobi

Zobi — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:47:34 +0000

Looks like opera mobile 8.5 is gone. please tell me i’m wrong

By: Rob B

Rob B — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:41:40 +0000

Yeah the battery life isnt that great but you cant turn off some of the feedback options such as the vibration when u press external keys and that should save you a bit of juice

By: scoopfeed

scoopfeed — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:38:55 +0000

Now mobiles have sequels, trilogy isn’t far i guess.

By: JJLO

JJLO — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:18:54 +0000

Battery life is the issue with this phone. The size of the display is not an issue for me.

By: Rob B

Rob B — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:16:00 +0000

my only beef so far with this phone is that both screens are the same size. i would think that with such a huge external display, that the internal would be a monster. not the case……or maybe i’m just asking too much