Motorola V3 Mobile Phone

Motorola is one of several companies which has high sales in the clamshell segment. The models of this kind from this manufacturer appeared at the same time with Korean models or even earlier. European users got acquainted with clamshells due to phones from Motorola. The company as a pioneer in this field had several popular products of this design, for example, everybody remembers the outstanding StarTac and further clamshells of V-series. All clamshell models were made at the same style typical for company: base functions and classical clamshell design. The market competition has become stronger and the company tries to find new niches for its products. Not long ago it presented triplets (v300, v500, v600), than its versions made in other form-factors appeared (Motorola v80). Two years past since the company firstly announced its triplets, Motorola tested the new platform, tried to make it more reliable. Once the company succeeded, it became able to produce new products very quickly. New Motorola E398 and v80 are evidences of this fact. As you’ve guessed the new product of the company is based on the same platform as triplets and has a clamshell design. For the first time the company tries itself in the fashion segment of the high class, producing the phone which has the highest price for the mass product. Of course, this phone is not a rival to the models from Vertu, because new Motorola is positioned in the mass segment. By the way, can we call the product that costs 650-700 USD a mass one? The example of Nokia 8910(i) sales shows that such kind of products can be successful on the market.
What is the peculiarity of the new phone from Motorola? It’s very simple to answer. The developers had a task to create the thinnest clamshell phone on the market as soon as possible. It was also necessary to use exclusive materials, mainly metal alloys. The project was named Razor, the core point of the phone is perfectly stressed by this name. The full name of the phone is V3 Razor. Let us review it.
At the first sight the phone can reminds a small PDA, it is rather wide but not high (comparable with current clamshells by this feature). When you take the phone you understand why it has its name, the phone is very thin (less than 14 mm). It is the depth of the closed clamshell, if you open it, the phone will be even thinner, especially the top part of it. If you touch the top edge of the phone, the edge will seem to be very sharp. One more time you will think that the name to the phone was not given occasionally.