| Since its release in 2004, the Motorola Razr V3 has | | | | bulky. |
| become the fastest selling and most popular mobile | | | | Over the last 3 years, a number of developments, |
| phone in history, spawned a slew of imitators, and | | | | such as a mega pixel camera have been added to |
| redefined the mobile phone as a style icon, rather | | | | the Razr in order to keep it up to date and |
| than merely being a communications device. | | | | competitive in a fast moving market, however, the |
| With its ultra skinny looks, and sleek buttonless metal | | | | styling has remained exactly the same, ensuring the |
| finished keypad, the V3 hit the market like a rocket, | | | | ongoing popularity of the phone with consumers who |
| and was soon the must have gadget - indeed, it has | | | | want their gadgets to look amazing. |
| since gone on to be named as one of the best | | | | The other models in the Motorola range that have |
| gadgets of all time by the readers of PC World | | | | had their designs based on the Razr have not |
| magazine, beating the Apple PowerBooks! | | | | managed to garner the same levels of popularity as |
| What is perhaps most remarkable about the phone is | | | | their parent, but this is hardly surprising, as the Razr |
| that even now, 3 years on, the original phone | | | | has become so iconic and ubiquitous that people |
| remains one of the most popular handsets on the | | | | want to own it rather than a look-alike. Other |
| market, with annual sales still in their millions. | | | | manufacturers such as Nokia and Samsung have |
| The phone has spawned several new versions, | | | | aped the design of the Motorola Razr on a number |
| including the popular Krazr design, and earlier this | | | | of high end handsets, but for some reason, even |
| year, Motorola announced that a new version of the | | | | though they may be slimmer, and more angular, they |
| Razr would be released in 2007, and feature the | | | | always seem to come off as a second best model, |
| great looks of the original coupled with a more | | | | rather than managing to exceed the original. |
| modern interface, and additional features. | | | | When the Razr 2 comes out later this year, with its |
| The first generation V3, with its brushed aluminium | | | | all new functionality and added features, it is to be |
| finish, and large screen ushered in a new era for | | | | hoped that it manages to compete with the original |
| mobiles around the world, and when compared to the | | | | model, and even exceed it, rather than becoming yet |
| Razr, most other phones looked overweight and | | | | another also ran! |