Motorola Razr for CDMA Users
Motorola is marketing different phones
for men and women. Moto's newest line
of pink and blue Razr offspring seems
to assume that there are men who will
prefer blue and women who will want the
pink one. They're probably right!
The classic Silver Motorola Razr captured
the lion's share of new cell phone buying
over the past year or so, causing Motorola
to encroach on Nokia's enviable leading
position.
Motorola is planning to cash in on its
huge success with the razor thin look
and feel of the original Razr v3. The
NPD Group, a leading cellular market researcher,
found that Motorola cell phone sales accounted
for 30% of the 31.6 million cell phones
sold in the third quarter of 2005. The
Motorola V3i with iTunes software and
the Pink and Blue cell phones promise
to give Motorola an ever-increasing share
of the cell phone market.
People who care about how they look or
want to make a statement, will be the
first to get their Motorola Razr fix.
These Razr thin phones are ceating a lot
of attention - making them must-haves
in some circles.
Mazal Tov!The Motorola Razor family is
growing by four new members; Motorola
RAZR Pink (RAZR PNK?) and Razr Blue, (RAZR
BLU?) plus two new versions - Motorola
CDMA RAZR for Verizon with EVDO and Motorola
RAZR V3i (with iTunes). The new Razr phones
include all the great features as the
original models. The Blue and Pink versions
are really style updates designed to make
your cell phone an accessory - like a
stylish watch.
The new CDMA version of Razr (for Verizon)
will satisfy the appetite of Verizon Wireless
subscribers who have long ogled over Cingular
and T-Mobile's Razr offerings. The Razr
V3i aims to redeem Motorola's slightly
tarnished reputation when it comes to
MP3 phones. Unlike the Rocker which had
only music going for it, with the Razr
V3i the MP3 capability is essentially
an add-on.
The Motorola has not made a statement
about the chosen carrier for the Motorola
v3i many are speculating that Cingular
is the choice. Besides being Razr thin
like the original Razr v3 the new v3i
has added appeal with the inclusion of
the Apple i-Tunes software like on the
Motorola ROKR released in September in
by Cingular, Apple and Motorola. Cingular
just slashed the price of the Motorola
ROKR by 40% and several leading cell phone
dealers like AmericanCell and YouNeverCall
now have the Motorola phone available
for free with the purchase of a new Cingular
plan.
Until now the Motorola Rokr is the only
cell phone around that plays tunes from
the iTunes Music Store. Another new addition
to the ever increasing Motorola Razr family
is new Razr VC which operates on networks
of CDMA standard wireless EVDO. Christmas
holiday season shopping has now been enhanced
with the inclusion of the Razr V3i which
sports a 1.23-megapixel digital camera
with 8x digital zoom, video capture and
a full-screen viewfinder.
Additional features include a hot plugging
memory card, a display with sixty-five
K color support and built-in Bluetooth.
For the late summer-early fall season
Motorola earned a profit of $1.75 billion
on revenue of $9.42 billion. Motorola
stated that its monetary gains for this
period were all due to the tremendous
success of the Motorola Razr v3. Now Motorola
is hoping to further push its financial
gains for the next quarter! We'll wait
and see.
| About The Author
Sam Michelson is a cell phone maven
with over 10 years of hi-tech product
marketing experience. Over the past
3 years, his company YouNeverCall-
http://www.younevercall.com
has become one of the internet's
most successful independent cell
phone stores.
Sam Michelson's blog http://www.mphone.net
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features many of his reviews and
commentary on the cell phone industry
and market trends.
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This article was posted on December
10, 2005