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The RAZR V3i was sold during the height of the popularity of the Razr series. The Motorola Razr (styled RAZR, pronounced 'razor') was a series of by, part of the line. They were first developed in July 2003 and were released in the market in the third quarter of 2004. The V3 was the first phone released in the series, followed soon thereafter by the much improved V3i with a collaboration with Apple for iTunes to be built-in.
Because of its striking appearance and thin profile, it was initially marketed as an exclusive fashion phone, but within a year, its price was lowered and it was wildly successful, selling over 50 million units by July 2006. Over the Razr's four-year run, the V3 model sold more than 130 million units, becoming the best-selling clamshell phone in the world to date. The Razr series was marketed until July 2007, when the succeeding series was released. Marketed as a more sleek and more stable design of the Razr, the Razr 2 included more features, improved telephone audio quality, and a touch sensitive external screen. The new models were the V8, the V9, and the V9m.
However, Razr 2 sales were not as good as the original, with consumers moving to competing products. Because Motorola relied so long upon the Razr and its derivatives and was slow to develop new products in the growing market for feature-rich touchscreen and 3G phones, the Razr appeal declined, leading Motorola to eventually drop behind and in market share for mobile phones.
Motorola's strategy of grabbing market share by selling tens of millions of low-cost Razrs cut into margins and resulted in heavy losses in the cellular division. In October 2011, Motorola resurrected the Razr brand for a line of; the for, otherwise also known simply as 'Motorola RAZR' on other networks, improved variant. The new 'Razr' line shares the trademark thinness as well as stylized tapered corners with the original. Black RAZR V3 The V3 was released in Q3 2004. The team of the V3 put together a number of design choices that set the device apart from the competition. Dft Windows Phone Installer Download.
The phone had the thinnest profile at the time on a clamshell set, sported an electroluminescent keypad made out of a single metal wafer and used an industry standard mini USB port for data, battery charger and headphones, all in an aluminum body with an external glass screen. It sold 130 million units during its lifespan, being the to date. Complaints were made about dust accumulating between the V3's plastic screen and LCD glass, possibly through an external side button. Access to the dust requires peeling off the plastic cover, usually followed by a replacement cover. Matte Black version [ ] A black version was produced for distribution in the gift bags, and was released in early May 2005.
While distribution was initially limited to specific carriers in North America, the black V3 was widely available elsewhere. Hot pink versions [ ] The first pink version was released in October 2005, and as of June 2006, was available in the USA from T-Mobile (as Razr V3 Magenta, after the —and its parent, 's—corporate color, but called Razr V3 Pink in other countries, including other T-Mobile networks), Verizon, Cingular Wireless,, Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems (each in a different shade). It was available in Canada from Bell, Rogers Wireless and Telus, and in the United Kingdom from T-Mobile and the. $25 of sales from the Rogers pink V3 went to Rethink Breast Cancer. It was also available in all -serviced countries and ().