Motorola Razr V3 Vintage Mobile Phone

The Motorola Razr V3 flip-phone was a vintage mobile phone dating from the early 2000s aimed at the middle of the market costing around 100 Euros.

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The Motorola Razr V3 is a vintage 2G flip phone dating from the early 2000s. It is quite a stylish phone that could be slipped into almsot any pocket as it was quite thin for a flip-phone.

The flip phone style of phone fell out of use as smartphones took over the market, but later around 2022, the first smartphone flip-phones were launched, thereby introducing this trend again.

Front closed view of Motorola Razr V3 vintage classic mobile phone

Front open view of Motorola Razr V3 vintage classic mobile phone

Images Courtesy The Mobile Phone Museum.
Used with permission.

As can be seen from the images, the Motorola Razr V3 was a sleek and stylish mobile phone for its day, providing small size with greater access to the keypad and screen when in use.

Motorola Razr V3 Specification Summary
Parameter	Details
Launch	27 July 2004
Technology	GSM
Frequencies	Quad band, 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Dimensions	98 x 53 x 13.9 mm (3.86 x 2.09 x 0.55 in)
Weight	95g
SIM card	Mini SIM
Display	256 colour TFT
Display size	15.2 cm²
Display resolution	176 x 220 pixels (9 lines)
External memory card slot	No
Phonebook	1000 entries
Call records	10 dialled, 10 received, 10 missed calls.
Main camera	0.3 MP, VGA with video
Camera resolution	640 x 480 pixels
Internal memory	30 MB of which 5.5 MB was availble
Loudspeaker	Yes
Alert	Vibration; Downloadable & pre-installed polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, composer
Wi-Fi	No
Bluetooth	1.2
GPS	No
Radio	No
USB	mini-USB
Messaging	SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant messaging
Games	Skipping Stones, Golf, Billiards + downloadable
Battery	Removable, Li-ion 680 mAh
Standby time	280 h
Talk time	Up to 7 hours

This phone had a sleek look to it. When folded on its closed position it was only half an inch thick and with its body made from anodised aluminium, not only was it very light, but it also had a striking look with the colours that were available.

Like the keypads of the day, it was basically a numeric pad, with a few other buttons for the relatively limited number of functions of the phone. However, users reported that it had a good feel to it.

The phone featured specifications included a VGA camera, and there was video recording with MP4 video playback.

The Razr V3 also had a variety of ringtones and it possessed compatibility with MP3 ringtones giving it a huge library from which to choose. This meant that it could be personalised.

However one had to be wary of the memory limit as there was only 5MB available and this meant careful management was needed.

The phone had a 680mAh battery which provided around 250 hours of standby and a talk time of up to about 7 hours.

The original Razr V3 went though a number of upgrades with additional features and tweaks such as EDGE connectivity in the V3re, and this was followed a little later with 3G connectivity and a 2 megapixel camera in the Razr V3x.

It is worth noting that there is a modern Razr 3 which has GSM, UMTS, LTE connectivity, as well as a number of other enhancements. Although it looks a little like the original Razr V3 it is not the same beast.