Mountain biking and cell phones (specifically razr & slvr)
08-05-06, 06:43 PM
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I don't have a cell phone.........I hate em'.....
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08-07-06, 08:54 AM
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08-07-06, 09:18 PM
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All you need is the Nokia 3220b....rugged, and made for outdoors. Not to mention is way more reliable than anything Motorola can muster...
08-07-06, 10:20 PM
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Still kicking.
There are folding cell phones?
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08-08-06, 07:09 AM
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Okay, since this is still going, I'll add my 2 cents. I've had a razr for well over a year now. I've not landed on it while at a trail but I've dropped it quite a few times, on pavement even.
The first time was the scariest as it was realitively new and one of those situations where I hit it about 3-4 times as it was falling with the last time sending flying towards the ground. Next thing that happens, it hits the ground and appears to shatter. After picking up the pieces, I discover the battery cover came off, battery popped out, and there were a couple of scratches on the bottom of the phone. I reassembled everything and no problems.
When I got the phone the "sales person" told me not to use my shoulder to hold phone against my ear otherwise it'd break- what a moron!
Anyway, the only problem I've had with it from mountain biking is when I forgot to take it out of my pocket after riding and the shorts went immediately into the wash. I tried to let it dry out overnight but that wasn't long enough. I lost the up key on the circle and the menu key, otherwise I got a clean phone outta the deal.
So my opinion, they're much more durable than people give them credit for. Of course, as far as robustness, the Nextel type phones are bullet proof. Of course, you're giving up any sort of style for a large well encased hunk of a phone.
The first time was the scariest as it was realitively new and one of those situations where I hit it about 3-4 times as it was falling with the last time sending flying towards the ground. Next thing that happens, it hits the ground and appears to shatter. After picking up the pieces, I discover the battery cover came off, battery popped out, and there were a couple of scratches on the bottom of the phone. I reassembled everything and no problems.
When I got the phone the "sales person" told me not to use my shoulder to hold phone against my ear otherwise it'd break- what a moron!
Anyway, the only problem I've had with it from mountain biking is when I forgot to take it out of my pocket after riding and the shorts went immediately into the wash. I tried to let it dry out overnight but that wasn't long enough. I lost the up key on the circle and the menu key, otherwise I got a clean phone outta the deal.
So my opinion, they're much more durable than people give them credit for. Of course, as far as robustness, the Nextel type phones are bullet proof. Of course, you're giving up any sort of style for a large well encased hunk of a phone.
08-08-06, 08:36 AM
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I my mp3 and cell phone have hit the pavement quite a few times. They are tough little bougers.
08-08-06, 08:50 AM
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I wouldn't get a Razr I am not at all impressed with its durability. My freind snapped one in half just dropping it about 2 feet.
08-09-06, 01:59 AM
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Razors suck. Every single person I know whose had one (6 or 7 people appx) has had it break somehow at some point and had to be replaced. Those phones are a joke.
All the NON-FLIP phones that Nokia makes are bomb-proof. Here is my current one, small and reliable, and cost about $50 6 months ago:
https://www.nokiausa.com/phones/3120/
All the NON-FLIP phones that Nokia makes are bomb-proof. Here is my current one, small and reliable, and cost about $50 6 months ago:
https://www.nokiausa.com/phones/3120/
08-09-06, 04:18 AM
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Again, I work at a Motorola Repair Centre in Canada. Yes, we see every single model come in for repairs for various problems (whether it be innate defects within the phone or physical damage done to it), and V3's are without question the most frequent unit we get in for repairs. They're not durable. They're not meant to be durable. Oh, and if you crack the internal LCD display, you're looking at $200 CAD just to fix that.
08-09-06, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by CorporationMe
Again, I work at a Motorola Repair Centre in Canada. Yes, we see every single model come in for repairs for various problems (whether it be innate defects within the phone or physical damage done to it), and V3's are without question the most frequent unit we get in for repairs. They're not durable. They're not meant to be durable. Oh, and if you crack the internal LCD display, you're looking at $200 CAD just to fix that.
Ouch, one of my biking buddy's cracked his razr's internal screen
08-09-06, 06:55 AM
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I do know that Motorola has two versions of the V3 Razr (not counting variants like the V3i, C, or otherwise)...the newer variant is actually a cheaper phone, meant for mainstream marketing. Easy way to tell which one you have, look at the slot under the motorola logo near the "outer LCD"...if it's quite curved, it's a 1st gen, if it's pretty straight, it's a 2nd gen.
There is not much info in the mod community about how durable the 2nd gen is, but it is running a newer version of firmware, and some other nice things to offset the cosmetic changes they did. Mostly they cheapeed the build...I think they went to generic metal for the body instead of titanium, etc.
There is not much info in the mod community about how durable the 2nd gen is, but it is running a newer version of firmware, and some other nice things to offset the cosmetic changes they did. Mostly they cheapeed the build...I think they went to generic metal for the body instead of titanium, etc.
