Editor's Review of the V8 RAZR2 Espresso
Fashionably designed and slim, the Motorola V8 RAZR2 Espresso is a flip-top type of mobile phone measuring 11.9 x 103 x 53 millimetres and weighing 117 grams. The mobile phone is clad in a cover design of stainless steel, giving it the practical and classy impression.
The Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso is part of the Motorola RAZR line-up of feature-focused handsets, consisting of the Motorola RAZR V9, the Motorola RAZR V3xx, the Motorola RAZR V3x, the Motorola RAZR V3i and the Motorola RAZR V3.
The Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso appears eye-catching with its dual-screen feature for external and internal purposes. Measuring 50.8 millimetres, the mobile phone's external screen is characterized by the Contextual Touch Interaction system, making it touch-sensitive, particularly for music controls. Meanwhile, the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso's internal screen has a measurement of 55.88 millimetres in length, offering quality viewing for its users. The QVGA dual-screen feature of the of the mobile phone supports a maximum of 262,000 colours, and showcases 320 x 420 pixels as screen resolution. The dual-screen also allows personalized theme display, and offers a wide array of picture screensavers and picture wallpapers to enliven the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso.
Operating under quadband technology, the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso is capable of worldwide roaming, dependent upon its network provider. It works over GSM 1900, GSM 1800, GSM 900 and GSM 850.
The Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso comes with an internal WAP 2.0 and HTML Internet browser to allow its users to check out from the handy mobile phone Web sites that are otherwise accessible from computers. For connectivity purposes, the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso supports wireless Bluetooth with A2DP for file transfers with compatible devices within a 30-feet range, as well as a slot for micro USB. It also operates under GPRS and EDGE technologies for more efficient and faster downloads and transfers.
True to its practical purpose, the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso comes with organiser features for the on-the-go user, such as calendar, calculator, currency converter, clock, alarm, hands-free speaker and vibration alert options. The Motorola RAZRV2 V8 Espresso has a voice memo and voice recognition dialling for that straightforward use when calling from the mobile phone.
As its feature services, the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso supports standard text messaging or SMS, which runs under the predictive text system to assist users in composing their messages. The handset also offers enhanced messaging or EMS and multimedia messaging or MMS. As it allows access to the Internet, the mobile phone also supports a host of email clients. As an exclusive characteristic of the Motorola range, the MotoSync system is integrated into the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso, allowing over-the-air synchronisation of e-mails, calendar and phonebook.
The Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso guarantees of full audio entertainment, with its built-in, top-of-the-line music player that supports standard music formats of MP3, AAC and AAC+. As mentioned, the external touch screen of the handset with touch sensitive external music controls; hence, its music or audio feature functionality is handy and easy to operate.
Music-digging users of the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso may opt to purchase audio tracks from Windows-based music shops and download them to the integrated audio player. The handset's music player offers convenient audio file synchronization with its Windows Media Player V.11 software, primarily for music management purposes. The mobile phone's music player also boasts of compatibility with a stereo Bluetooth system and micro USB headset.
The imaging features of the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso consists of a 2-Megapixel camera of 8x digital zoom, which can be found at the back part of the mobile phone. Besides customary still photos, the Motorola RAZRV2 V8 Espresso also allows recording, playback and streaming of moving videos in MPEG4 format. Through the messaging and connectivity features of the mobile phone, these videos and photos can be shared with others in total convenience.
In addition, The Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso comes with its own embedded games to keep its users entertained, but also allows downloading of games from the Web.
Users of the Motorola RAZR2 V8 Espresso are offered with an internal memory capacity of 420 Megabytes, but they can choose to expand it to up to 2 Gigabytes. Motorola V8 RAZR2 Espresso allows its users approximately 833 hours of talk time when the battery is fully charged. When the phone is on standby mode, it can stay up to 280 hours.
The Motorola RAZRV2 V8 Espresso is a music phone; hence, observers say it would have been better off if it came with an FM radio. Others also say the mobile phone may tend to last in lesser time than it promises, as its battery drains rapidly when its music and imaging functionalities are utilized.
User Reviews
i found this phone AWFUL! i have had it for nine months now and i have just bought a cheap replacement phone as i can't deal with it any more.
The phone itself is incredibly slow. i often have to press the select button 5 times before it selects it!! It also tends to have a mind of its own and start dialing numbers that i havent tou8ched.
Beware also, the music part of the phone is very good. However, one drop of the phone will crack the front touch screen and make the phone much less fun!
I just got a new Motorola V8 RAZR2 Espresso Black and would highly recommend it. Looks amazing and is lightweight and small enough to easily fir into a pocket. Has mainly been targeted as a music phone and these features are fab. The camera's pretty good but no auto-focus is a pain. Love it overall tho!
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