
V3R a big improvement on V3i
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I have had several RAZRs, including the original V3, V3i and V3r. I had the V3 first and liked it fine, except the camera has pretty low resolution (640x480). So after about a year I bought a V3i, which has a higher resolution camera, plus MP3 player. I looked carefully on Ebay for one which had the real iTunes interface -- what a big mistake! The only way to use iTunes on the phone is to give your whole music collection over to Apple iTunes control on your computer. And the iTunes software is a total dog, with background processes gobbling up your CPU etc etc. After a few weeks tearing out my hair, I uninstalled the whole mess, and simply copied the MPS files directly onto the V3i (where you can play them one by one as 'sound' files without using the iTunes function).
I eventually lost my V3i, and bought the non-iTunes version, which is the V3r. What a great improvement! Rather than insist on taking over your life, the V3r MP3 interface just lets you copy the mp3 files onto the phone, after which the Motorola Digital Music Interface plays them for you (just like the iTunes player, only ten times simpler).
The RAZRs I have had have been great. Very reliable, and really easy to slip into your pocket.
One word of warning though, apparently some fake ones have started to show up on the market. I bought a V3r on Ebay for a friend overseas, and although it worked fine on my AT&T sim card (I checked before sending it), it wouldn't work overseas (and it was supposedly unlocked). So my recommendation is to buy a branded one (e.g. AT&T) and then unlock it if you want to use it with a different provider.
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