MOTORAZR v6 3G Phone Motorola’s first 3.5G phone, the RAZR maxx V6, carries on where the V3x left off and now has faster download speeds. But is this motor refit enough to persuade you to upgrade?
Motorola has hit us with not one, but two 3G turbo phones. The MOTORAZR V3xx, as the name suggests, looks and feels like the original RAZR, but of course is much faster and is now available on 3. The second and more tantalising HSDPA offering is the flagship handset, the MOTORAZR maxx V6. This was the first of the two to launch, popping up on Vodafone and following on from Moto’s V3x 3G phone.
This is where the malaise sets in. Motorola has again just tweaked its well-worn RAZR signature design on the V3x with the maxx V6. Surely its time for a design rethink Moto? Okay, the maxx V6 is a little different, sporting new blue illuminating front music touch-controls and go faster stripes, but the core of the V3x is all too plain to see. Of the three HSDPA phones on review in this issue, the maxx is the largest. Despite being a good 5mm thinner than the V3x at 15mm, it’s still abnormally long for a clamshell design and like its 3.5G rivals, it’s quite wide. The 15mm-thick profile should make for a very trim phone, but its stretched chassis detracts from this sleekness, instead giving it a muscular feel. It’s also the heaviest of the trio, although still quite lightweight at 105g.
The maxx V6 is swathed in a soft paint finish favoured by Motorola on the recent KRZR and RIZR. It makes for a tactile phone while the front panel is fitted with a reflective glass panel that showcases the aforementioned blue illuminations that light up and flash for incoming calls and texts.
