Following the infamous lineage of the RAZR, the Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve weighs in at four ounces and measures a sheer 0.6-inches thick. Blending metal, glass and illuminated touch-sensitive music keys, the RAZR MAXX Ve offers VCAST Music and Video, Get It Now and Mobile Web 2.0 multimedia services. Within its lean form lies EV-DO technology for broadband-like speed and data capabilities. With a few clicks of a button, consumers can access the Internet for browsing and lightening quick over-the-air (OTA) music and video downloads, or immediate access to the latest in entertainment and news. The RAZR MAXX Ve also boasts a 2.0-megapixel auto-focus camera for high resolution, extended video capture and playback capabilities and video sharing... [Continue reading Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve Review]
Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve Features
Iconic RAZR design constructed with mix of metal and glass with futuristic touch-sensitive music keys and elegant lighting
Integrated 2.0-megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom for high-resolution imaging
Enhanced audio features for premium music listening on-the-go
Bluetooth wireless technology, USB 2.0, Over-the-Air Sync (OTA), PC Sync, Motosync and Mobile Phone Tools
60.0 MB user available memory and removable memory via an optional microSD memory card
Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve User Reviews
1. Posted by The Rever
Fri May 18, 2007 8:42 pm
Due to a transmission problem with a just-installed cell tower near our home, we could no longer use our much-liked LG VX8300s. We found that the Motorola KRZR and Maxx Ve had significantly better call quality—particularly transmission. Here’s what we found in comparison:
Strengths
The LG has better access points for head phones (at the top of the phone), charging (at the bottom of the phone), and MicroSD card (side mount), as well as longer battery life.
The Moto Maxx has a considerably better camera that takes terrific, print-worthy pictures (no way on the LG), has no external antenna, has much better screens, a better keypad, better call quality, better reception, and is better looking.
Specifics
The call quality on the Maxx (and on the KRZR, for that matter) is outstanding. I have had five phones before this, and the reception, transmission and sound quality surpasses them all.
There is one port on the Maxx which doubles as a headphone jack and charger. While the connection is more secure than on the LG, it is at an awkward location on the side.
To access the microSD card slot, you must remove the battery cover. Contrary to some reports, you do not need to turn off the phone or remove the battery in order to access it.
The camera takes outstanding pictures, and the flash makes it very usable indoors. And, like a real camera, you can play with settings and focus and such in order to get the best picture possible. Or, you can simply use automatic. I like it.
The outside and inside screens are superb, the interface is quick, the mp3 player is about the same as the LG (good), if a little louder thru the headphones, but not as loud thru the speaker. I also like the external music controls better on the Maxx than on the LG. I occasionally bumped a button on the LG when in use, but because there is a lock on the Maxx, that doesn't happen.
The speakerphone has excellent sound quality and is significantly better than the LG. I don't know what to say about CNETs comment, other than I strongly disagree. The usability of the keypad is great and easier to use than the LG (it's bigger), and the feel of the phone is somewhat better in my hand. Without faulting the LG (its size makes it a great fit in my palm), the Maxx is very solid and has a sort of rubberized back that provides a great grip.
Battery life is approximately a little better than half that of the LG—it’s the one thing that bothers me. I’m certain the two vibrant screens eat it up. I’ve never had a phone with the battery life of the LG VX8300, so having to be aware of the need to charge the Maxx more often is a new bother. The duration of the battery has noticeably improved after having it for three weeks, and it’s something I’ll get used to.
Summary
If you're looking for value alone, I recommend the LG VX8300. I've had three of them (510, 4400, 8300) and they work well—they’re bullet proof. If you're looking for the features I've listed above and can justify the added expense, the Maxx is terrific.
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2. Posted by The Rever
Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:41 pm
jonnn313, did you forget to have some caffeine on the day of your review? My goodness.so much depression I haven't read in a long time.
More than two weeks after my initial review, I stand by what I wrote, except that the battery life is now better than it was. While there surely are people who have issues with the Maxx, I am not one of them.
Mine has no lag, it doesn't ever freeze, the camera is terrific, the mp3 player works well, and the call quality is the best I've experienced. I've had 6 phones, and this one is the best yet.
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3. Posted by KCLARK
Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:36 am
Geez, some of you must have gotten a SERIUS bad batch of maxx ve's or something, because i just got mine 5 days ago. And I wonder when some of you got your phones, because Moto must have done something to the newer production dated phones and fixed all these faulty symptoms that are spoken of. As i read some of your posts, I am actually peforming the same functions to compare and see if my phone has these problems. So far, I have not encountered NOT ONE OF THOSE FAULTY SYMPTOMS. NONE AT ALL! i have a sd card in and can power it on with no problems, my backlighting fades to bright within 1 second upon opening it up, doesnt encounter any freezing or lag as i jump thru to the different menus, in fact its instantaneous. My function buttons to start up anything is damn near like clicking a mouse (with the exception of turning on the camera function or starting up mp3 player). My texting provides the letter upon release with no lag when jumping to different letters. I had 58 inbox messages, and 42 sent messages stored on my phone (funny how thats exactly 100 messages and it has yet to indicate to me the warning screen of percentage of how full my inbox is). I just did a delete all messages and timed it, and it took exactly 57 seconds to clear them all out. So i have to disagree with eveything that is said about the Maxx Ve, and feel lucky that I have a phone I finally like!
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4. Posted by Overland1
Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:52 pm
I am planning an "upgrade from the trusty e815 to a Maxx Ve. My wife got one in June and loves it. No problems so far with hers (which replaced a v710) and its audio and signal quality seem to be very good, although the '815 is hard to beat.
The reviews so far have been mixed, much like any phones. Has anybody who had problems gotten those problems resolved (and how did they fix it)?
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5. Posted by irish_klutz
Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:26 pm
A little digression is due. This phone was to replace the RAZR v3m. It's performance slowed to the point of frustration the moment I put in the memory card.
And now for the "upgrade" review/differences noted.
There was a problem with buttons on my original Maxx. But once that was replace I haven't had any truly irritating issues. The first thing I noticed about the new phone was the camera. It was quite frustrating to have no flash on my phone. And with better resolution available, I could now take halfway decent pictures with my camera.
With the exception of camera initializing and picture loading, even with a 1gig memory card, everything loads pretty much instantaneously for me.
As far as texting goes, I've become somewhat of an expert at it. Why pay ten dollars a month for a texting package to leave it sitting around? At times, I'm a bit faster with the buttons than my phone seems to be with the input, so I have to backtrack every now then.
As a side note to anyone who has this phone. If you're using the iTap when texting and the phone doesn't recognize a word - which happens to me fairly often - holding the down key has an interesting feature which I only discovered by accident. Give it a try and see what happens.
Moving on to the downside. Occasionally when it has too much to do, the phone will freeze up and reset itself. This is a minor annoyance for me, and it has only happened a few times since I bought the phone in April when it was new.
Other than that, my only issuse has been that the mp3 buttons on the front sometimes start playing in my pocket.
I like the looks of the lighs on the sides of the cover, even though they aren't more frequently used. Because of this feature, I'm not too happy with the fact that there aren't any cell phone cases that still let those show.
Overall I give the phone 8.5 out of 10.
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6. Posted by tyley
Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:15 pm
three phones later along with three trips to the store. 2 hours on the phone with moto tech support. still no reliably functioning microSD card (1GB, 2GB). several days looking through the forums and i knew more about the phone than moto and verizon techs. it's a verizon GUI issue and the new software update (to 20.1_01.53.00) only partially fixes it. now the phone doesn't freeze on startup but still wont format or reliably read the card (it will maybe 10% of the time). formatting in other phones doesn't help nor does formatting it on a pc.
until moto/verizon fess up and admit there's a problem there's no rush to fix it, i'm not holding my breath. now i have a decision to make, verizon saleman says i should "upgrade" to the v9m (+$100). problem is the v9m uses the micro usb (none of my razr stuff works without an adapter, woohoo!). no flash or autofocus on the v9m either (probably not a big deal). i'm thinking of ending my relationship with verizon before the 30-day and going to sprint, no such memory card issues with the sprint version that i've heard.
don't waste your time unless you don't care about memory cards, music, videos, and etc (but then you could get a cheaper phone with better battery life, it's pretty short on the maxx ve). don't get me wrong, it's a great phone but i'd check that the card you have works before walking out of the store (use it with video, pics, and mp3's 1st). bet you end up with someting else.
ty
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7. Posted by ed_graff
Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:39 pm
I so I had originally the razr 2 and had so many problems with it that I went back and changed it for the Maxx Ve. I now have had this phone for 4 weeks and love it. Despite all these people saying bad things I love it. Mine has never froze, camera is great, speaker phone is great. I also like it cause it actually looks more like a razr than the razr 2. One thing that the razr had that I loved was the keypad which the maxx ve has and the razr 2 does not. Also the camera on this baby is great and so is the flash. Yes in retrospect it is a little bit simplistic then the razr 2 but it works. This is probably one of the best phone that I have ever owned and I have owned quite a few. very happy
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8. Posted by NeibeBr
Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:53 pm
I had this phone I got it at the end of May 07 and between then and the begining of october I have had this phone REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TO 5 TIMES DUE TO MANUFATURE PROBLEMS. This phone restarted on me constantly at least 2 to 5 times a day, and it wold do weird thisg with text messaging like sent messages to the wrong people or not send them at all. Some good thigs I liked about this phone it got GREAT service and have a good camera. I wold not recomend this phone to any one till Verizon fixes the Bugs in it. But I wold Recomend any Motorola Phone They get GREAT SERVICE. LOVE MOTOROLA ,bBut Not The Razr Maxx VE .
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9. Posted by jonnn313
Sat May 19, 2007 11:20 pm
Where should i begin, this phone is not the worst ive ever seen, but its far from the best. Let me begin saying that, ive owned, played with, used, and messed with ALL of the verizonwireless phones out as of today. Im a nerd for cells, thats what i do, i go to stores just to play with them, so i know what im tlaking about when i talk about a phone.
First off, ill give you an example of the good things about this phone,
Camera (2 meg, nice auto focus, and an extreemly bright flash)
Speaker ( Great clear sound, but not loud enough to use in the car)
Style ( This phone is all black, with a smoother feel, and a HUGE outer screen, so it makes it look fancy and not like a razr at all)
Its sad to say that, thoses are the only good things i found that were good about the phone.
Now ill go on with the bad
Overall Usage (this is what i thought would get better but in fact got worse, the stupid User Interface that verizon puts into their motorola phones (the red bars) takes away sooooo many great things we all love about MOTOROLA, The theme is SLOW and LAGGY, and it FREEZES constantly, and its not just a defective model, this is the same on EVERY SINGLE ONE)
Battery Life ( i use my phone ALOT throughout the day, its my watch, day planner, Texter, calling device (lol) and Camera) using this phone just for texting and calling only in one day, expect to change it atleast twice, then try using the camera, Mp3 player or any other feature and literaly watch as the bettery life dissappears, i wake up at 7 am every day, and by 12 pm, with 5 calls made (about 5 min each) and possibly 20 texts, and i have HALF BETTERY left, no joke,
Texting (this is what is annoying, you open up the phone, and wait for the backlight to come on (3 sec) then press messages (wait 3 more sec) then press new message, new text and type the number (at my fastet recorede time 35 seconds) then try and type with the regular iTAP, THE LAGGING IS UNBERABLE, it honestly is soooo frusterating, its soooo slow and even thought im pressing buttons, it doesnt respond, to get it all right you would have to t y p e e x t r e e m l y s l o w. i hate it (oh and to erase the inbox which now has a limit you have to wait about 7 min to empty it when it gets full at 82 messages)
you would think that after the huge mistake of verizon putting the V3 onto CDMA network and having it flashed to the Verizon UI they would fix or change this one, NO THEY MADE IT WORSE, the ONLY things that this has that are better than the V3m is the camera, and the "touch sensitive buttons"
I love MOTOS but not when they are on verizon, its sooo sad that verizon has to lock so many features like saving sounds a ringotnes, and bluetooth DUN just so they can make a few bucks, this is why they are falling apart, THE ONLY REASON THAT VERIZON HAS COUSTOMERS ITS BECAUSE THEY WERE GREAT IN THE BEGING, AND SO ALOT OF PEOPLE GOT IT, THEN THEY GOT THE 'IN' THING SO EVERYONE ELSE GOT VERIZON SO THEY COULD TALK FOR FREE, AND THEN THEY LOCK YOU IN AND MAKE YOU SIGN A CONTRACK AND THEN AT THE END OF YOUR CONTRACT THEY PRACTLY GIVE YOU A 'BETTER PHONE' THEN WHAT YOU HAD B4 BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF LOOSING YOU AS A COUSTOMER. its sad really, go on, wait till this phone or the iPhone comes out on cingular, its worth the wait!
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10. Posted by hurleyguyinoc
Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:56 am
this handset is not worth the hassle or the money to look or even touch it,the bad things are as follows, 1-the phone wont power sycle with out the memory card out if its in the phone wont power on unless you remove battery door wich is hard to take off and the battery and memory card and the phone has some freezing up issues,and powers down for no reason, i went through 5 of thiese just to finally find out verizon was aware of the issues and motorola wont have a patch to resolve this for months so much for americas most reliable net work can you hear me now : : :
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With the exception of camera initializing and picture loading, even with a 1gig memory card, everything loads pretty much instantaneously for me.
As far as texting goes, I've become somewhat of an expert at it. 
Why pay ten dollars a month for a texting package to leave it sitting around? At times, I'm a bit faster with the buttons than my phone seems to be with the input, so I have to backtrack every now then.
As a side note to anyone who has this phone. If you're using the iTap when texting and the phone doesn't recognize a word - which happens to me fairly often - holding the down key has an interesting feature which I only discovered by accident. Give it a try and see what happens.
Occasionally when it has too much to do, the phone will freeze up and reset itself. This is a minor annoyance for me, and it has only happened a few times since I bought the phone in April when it was new.
I like the looks of the lighs on the sides of the cover, even though they aren't more frequently used. Because of this feature, I'm not too happy with the fact that there aren't any cell phone cases that still let those show.
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and the phone has some freezing up issues,and powers down for no reason, i went through 5 of thiese just to finally find out verizon was aware of the issues and motorola wont have a patch to resolve this for months 
so much for americas most reliable net work 
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