Author Topic: The Motorola RAZR is a Crappy Phone (Read 7244 times)

Pryopizm · « **on:** July 31, 2006, 12:46:41 PM »

During my brief period (so far) in the cell phone insurance industry, I have learned one indisputable truth. The RAZR phone is a piece of horse poop. If you buy one, expect it to do two things well: fail and suck.

Also, I provide you all with this sound advice: Do not buy first generation models and expect them to work well. The LG VX8300 has been on the market a short while and it's stench fills my nostrils from every call I receive from owners.

Most importantly, the more components on your phone is directly proportionate to how much breakable crap you have in a cheaply made plastic device.

My recommendation is if you need a reliable phone, do not buy one with an MP3 player or video camera, unless you really want an expensive barrel of ass. If reliability is an issue and you need a PDA and a phone combination, by all means get a Treo, they break consistantly. In that way, they are reliable to a fault.

If you don't have the money for a seperate PDA and cell phone then you probably don't need a PDA.

Finally, if you absolutely must have the most amazing gadget-infused mobile phone on the market, treat it like a faberge egg. Your warrantee does not cover physical damage ("I only dropped it once!" doesn't buy sympathy, but will instead garner you laughter at your expense), liquid damage--including exposure to high humidity, (don't take it in the bathroom while you shower, don't put it in your pocket when it rains), or even damge caused by heat (don't leave it in your car in the summer). As a matter of fact, you can have liquid damage by leaving it in your car during freezing weather (remember, the L in LCD stands for "liquid").

In fact, don't take it anywhere. Thanks to shoddy craftsmanship and a worthless warrantee, it's no longer mobile and it's hardly a phone.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** July 31, 2006, 12:55:48 PM »

Typical Nokia Fanboy

Pryopizm · « **Reply #2 on:** July 31, 2006, 01:11:42 PM »

I don't deal much with Nokia. I personally own an LG VX5200. Samsung probably makes the hardiest phones, but they're nearly impossible to refurbish.

Ceric · « **Reply #3 on:** July 31, 2006, 01:35:17 PM »

So with you new Infinite Wisdom which phone would you suggest? (I know you said Samsung above.)

Pryopizm · « **Reply #4 on:** July 31, 2006, 01:57:25 PM »

since I deal primarily with phones that break a lot, it's hard to say which is the most reliable. Though, the phone we get the least amount of calls regarding (that sell in high volume) is the Samsung A850 when sent brand new (Samsung phones are difficult to refurb and--especially in the case of the A670--the refurbed Samsungs tend to be the ones we replace under warrantee the most).

vudu · « **Reply #5 on:** July 31, 2006, 02:25:24 PM »

I have a Razr and I haven't had a single problem with it. But I'm really careful, so maybe that's it.

Then again, if you're a moron who drops your phone on the ground, what do you expect to happen?

My phone is pink. Perhaps that has something to do with it's awesomeness.

UncleBob · « **Reply #6 on:** July 31, 2006, 02:57:35 PM »

Thank you Pryo. I sell phones and am sick and tired of people asking, demanding, whining or whatever they think will work to get me to give them a new phone because they damanged theirs.

"I've never dropped it."
"Well, I'm looking at these indentions here and here..."
"Well, maybe I've dropped it once or twice."

"Sir, the LCD is cracked on this phone - these things don't crack on their own. Your warranty doesn't cover customer abuse to the phone."
"I didn't abuse it! It was sitting in my car while I was at work all day, and when I came back to it, it looked like this."
"In your car? During one of the hottest summers in recent history?"
"..."

"Ma'mn, have you gotten this phone wet?"
"No! Never!'
"Well, I'm looking at these stickers here and here, do you know what they mean?"
"No."
"Well, when they change color, it means that they've been wet. Going by the fact that this sticker here is inside of the phone, I'm going to have to pretty much guess that this phone has been submerged in water."
"No it hasn't! I spilled Dr. Pepper on it, but I've never submerged it!"

"I've never dropped it."
"Well, I'm looking at these indentions here and here..."
"That's from where it skidded down the sidewalk one day..."

Pale · « **Reply #7 on:** July 31, 2006, 03:04:33 PM »

I think cell phones are just designed to break. Think about it. The providers can advertise these super cheap phones. You get there and find out you have to sign a two year contract. You sign it... 6 months later your phone breaks... now you have a contract, so you need a new phone... Wait, retail is how much?

Yeah, the entire system for cell phones is broken.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #8 on:** July 31, 2006, 03:14:37 PM »

Is the PS2 a cellphone?

Pryopizm · « **Reply #9 on:** July 31, 2006, 03:19:55 PM »

Best call to date:

"Has the phone had any physical or liquid damage; been dropped or exposed to any water?"

"Not really, but I dropped it."

"On what kind of surface?"

"Concrete."

"From what distance?"

"From the roof of my car."

"Was the vehicle stationary or moving?" I was trying to cut as much slack as possible.

"I was driving away."

And this was his replacement phone we'd sent him a week ago to replace his previously damaged phone. Some people simply should not handle electronics.

King of Twitch · « **Reply #10 on:** July 31, 2006, 04:03:06 PM »

I've had my verizon lg phone for over a year, it's dropped/fallen out of my pocket onto concrete more times than I can count and it still works. It doesn't have a ton of features like a camera or a ring airfoil projectile launcher or an optic cable built-in the way the other phones do, but it does what it needs to.

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Ceric · « **Reply #11 on:** July 31, 2006, 04:56:55 PM »

I find that I finally find a phone I want from Verizon (this case a Nokia 6305i or 6236i) the official stores won't have it and have no way to get it. Instead they have all the phones I don't want.

Zach · « **Reply #12 on:** July 31, 2006, 05:30:04 PM »

The one I have now is a Samsung SGH-E635. Its a really nifty slider phone, that has a pretty good camera. Before that I had a Sony Ericson (looked kinda like a small brick) The LCD screen broke in half when I accidentally stepped on it while I was changing my pants. The first cell phone I had was an LG flip phone, that thing could take absolutely anything. Infact I forgot it was in my pocket once, and it took a trip through the washing machine, the phone was ok, but a couple of buttons were sticky for the rest of its life.

Pryopizm · « **Reply #13 on:** July 31, 2006, 05:42:45 PM »

Ah, the old phones were the golden age of cellphonery. Before everything had to be bluetooth, stereo, thin, and super polyphonic, they were reliable, chunky, and could pick up a signal from anywhere (excepting Sprint's all digital service--if you lived ina downtown area with tall buildings you were screwed).

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 31, 2006, 06:06:34 PM »

Pryo, I been meaning to log onto MSN and ask you a question that has to do with this very topic.

I use Verizon and I currently have a Audiovox CDM-9900(<--that phone is a trooper, dropped, soaked<submerged?>, kicked, stepped on and still kept working perfectly). I recently broke my phone earlier this month and my "New Every Two" comes up next wednesday. I was looking at getting either a LG Chocolate(only $50) or (what I actually want) a Samsung SCH-a990.

have you gotten calls on either of these two phones? I really want the Samsung, even thought its expensive($250 after $100 off), but I don't want to invest that kinda money if the phone is generally faulty or overly fragile.

The 3rd choice was a Razr but I never hear good things about this phone from someone that has had it more than 4-6months.
And no, I'm not listening to any male that would be cought dead owning and talking on a PINK RAZR in public

. \

Lets see your fragile RAZR survive this disaster....
edit: My broken phone that still works perfectly fine

edit2: close up of my phone that still works perfectly fine

Pryopizm · « **Reply #15 on:** July 31, 2006, 06:26:01 PM »

The LG Chocolate or VX 8500 will probably work fine, but if you can find one on clearance, I'd recommend the LG 8100 or the newer 8300 (though they're not as cool looking and the Chocolate has a bigger screen, the features are pretty much superior and the 8100 is a pretty sturdy model). I never recommend buying first gen models and the Chocolate just recently came out--same thing can be said for Sony and Microsoft consoles.

If features are your thing, the a990 is the better bet. It's got a 3+ megapixel camera and it's a Samsung so it should last you a while.

EDIT

Hahahaha! Great stuff, BnM. Damn, a RAZR will cease functioning if you look at it funny. God forbid it take any actual physical damage.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 31, 2006, 06:42:12 PM »

That phone still has to last me another 9 days till I can upgrade, but I think I will definately go with the Samsung as I went to the Verizon store inside of Circuit City and not only did I convince myself to get one, but I convinced the store clerk that she wanted one too. I would have checked out the Chocolate too, but its online only so they didn't have an instore model.

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #17 on:** July 31, 2006, 07:25:06 PM »

heh, interesting subject....

my dear Motorola C115 (fondly called Bighead over here) is a year and half old and is still working as new.....obviously it's only purpouse is to talk and send SMS.....but isn't that what phones are made for?

(I was going to get a new one, a V635, but made a deal with my dad, and I'll be getting a DSLite instead ^^)

couchmonkey · « **Reply #18 on:** August 01, 2006, 09:37:46 AM »

I approve of this topic.

I don't own a cel phone. I hate them with a passion, and their lack of reliability is one of the reasons why. Now I know who to ask when I finally give in and buy one.

Pryopizm · « **Reply #19 on:** August 01, 2006, 08:38:47 PM »

Hahaha, this poor lady called. She's on her third RAZR replacement, she desperately wants a different phone, but we have to replace them with like models. Nothing is like the RAZR. The only thing that equals it crappiness is the LG V9800, also known as "The V," but that has significantly more features than the RAZR.

UncleBob · « **Reply #20 on:** August 02, 2006, 03:48:05 AM »

I want the LG 9800...

Pryopizm · « **Reply #21 on:** August 02, 2006, 04:58:12 PM »

No you don't. It looks cool, but very unreliable.

UncleBob · « **Reply #22 on:** August 02, 2006, 06:40:24 PM »

That's what insurance is for!

Pryopizm · « **Reply #23 on:** August 02, 2006, 06:43:18 PM »

Actually, no, that's what the warrantee is for. Insurance only covers phones that have had physical or liquid damage or were lost or stolen.

If you have a malfunction after the warrantee period and you want an insurance replacement, first dip your phone into boiling water.

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Author Topic: The Motorola RAZR is a Crappy Phone (Read 7244 times)