Motorola Razr2 V9m On Sprint Cell Phone Review - Making/Receiving Calls
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Alfredo Padilla Published on September 04, 2007 Comment on this |
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Dialing Speed (5.59)
| Cell Phone | Time (sec) | Score |
| Razr2 V9m | 3.58 | 5.59 |
| Helio Fin | 3.64 | 5.49 |
| Sanyo Katana DLX | 3.76 | 5.32 |
| Razr V3m | 4.90 | 4.08 |
| Nokia N75 | 3.34 | 5.99 |
| Apple iPhone | 3.96 | 5.05 |
Talk and End Buttons (6.5)
The talk and end buttons on the Razr2 V9m are located just above the keypad flanking the directional pad. The buttons are typical of the Razr design, so there's not much travel when pressed, but they are separated from surrounding keys by raised ridges that make them fairly easy to find by feel. They're much better than the send and end keys on the Helio Fin, which have no separation from surrounding keys.
Call Management (6.5)
Startup to Call (2.64)
To test how quickly the Razr2 V9m starts up and is able to make a call we time this process for each of the same five phone numbers we used for our dialing test. We take the average time for our score. The Razr2 V9m took an average of 37.9 seconds to complete this process. This is on the slow side; it's almost as slow as the 40.56 seconds the Nokia N75 took, and the N75 is a smart phone that generally takes longer to start up then regular phones like the Razr2 V9m. We were not very pleased with the Razr2 V9m's performance in this test.
| Cell Phone | Time (sec) | Score |
| Razr2 V9m | 37.90 | 2.64 |
| Helio Fin | 28.18 | 3.55 |
| Sanyo Katana DLX | 24.26 | 4.12 |
| Razr V3m | 35.70 | 2.80 |
| Nokia N75 | 40.56 | 2.47 |
| Apple iPhone | 26.12 | 3.83 |
Ring Volume (8.47)
To test ring volume on the Razr2 V9m we turn volume to maximum and run through the ring tones on the device, using a sound pressure meter from a few inches away to measure the volume of the ringers until we identify the loudest. The Razr2 V9m measured 84.7 decibels in our test, which is about average, but several decibels lower than the original Razr V3m. It's still plenty loud enough to hear the ring if the phone was in a pocket or bag, though.
| Cell Phone | Volume (decibels) | Score |
| Razr2 V9m | 84.7 | 8.47 |
| Helio Fin | 85.6 | 8.56 |
| Sanyo Katana DLX | 85.7 | 8.57 |
| Razr V3m | 88.0 | 8.80 |
| Nokia N75 | 85.3 | 8.53 |
| Apple iPhone | 84.9 | 8.49 |
Ringtone Customizability (2.0)
The Razr2 V9m does not support using music files as ringtones, however you can use a sound recording as a ringtone if you wish.
Non Audio Alerts (6.0)
The Razr2 V9m's vibrate alert is not very strong; you'll easily miss it in a pants pocket, much less a bag. In addition to the vibrate alert, the external screen lights up and shows you information about an incoming call. This is only useful, of course, if you happen to be looking at the screen when a call comes in. But given how large the external screen is, you won't miss it if you are.
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