Panasonic Readying New Series 60 Smartphone

Oh my God! A currency converter? Please! Compare what the report just said the Panasonic has and you'll have a hell of a lot of similarity. And Probably $400 leftover to convert to yen.

thecellavenger said:
Are you nuts? The Razor was the biggest joke to hit the cellular market since Surewest started requiring contracts. The style of this phone already puts the sheet-metal style of razor to shame, and it's got just as many features that are worth throwing money at. If anyone can get this phone out for less than $300 it'll be more that a razor killer, it'll be a razor humiliator.

Opinions are like bungholes...
Have you seen the new black razr?
Wicked.
The joke must be on you because the design of that phone is awesome.
It's a bit pricey for my taste, but the Razr sells like crack cocaine.
Everything about the phone is paving the way for new innovations.
Panasonic isn't offering an...
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Black Razr... interesting. I am getting tired of silver phones no matter how nice. This Panasonic seems nice but it doesn't seem like it'll get the Razr in the style category. Plus it is a smaetphone where the Razr is not. Question, where and/or when is this black Razr to be available (if you know). Thanks

Anyone know who the carrier is going to be for the phone?

Well, since Cingular doesn't use Panasonic, I'd say T-Mobile. I hope CW gets it tho. 😎

PhoenixAshes said:

thecellavenger said:
Are you nuts? The Razor was the biggest joke to hit the cellular market since Surewest started requiring contracts. The style of this phone already puts the sheet-metal style of razor to shame, and it's got just as many features that are worth throwing money at. If anyone can get this phone out for less than $300 it'll be more that a razor killer, it'll be a razor humiliator.

Opinions are like bungholes...
Have you seen the new black razr?
Wicked.
The joke must be on you because the design of that phone is awesome.
It's a bit pricey for my taste, but the Razr sells like crack cocaine.
Everything about the phone is paving the way for new in

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Same with that kid on SVU Tuesday night... 😳 😎

This Panasonic is nice, but not as flashy or high-profile as the RAZR.

Too bad most of the reviews on the RAZR say the phone stinks, especially the basic phone capabilities.

Do you want a good phone or a good looking phone? I'll take the former, Jay-Z can have the latter.

staiano said:
Too bad most of the reviews on the RAZR say the phone stinks, especially the basic phone capabilities.

Do you want a good phone or a good looking phone? I'll take the former, Jay-Z can have the latter.

Most reviews of the Razr stink?
Odd.
Out of the 7 pages of reviews for the phone listed here, only a handful give the phone a "bad" review, and most of those "bad" reviews only complain about the price.
Most of the reviews actually say how well the phone handles "basic capabilities".
Where do you read your reviews?

PhoenixAshes said:

staiano said:
Too bad most of the reviews on the RAZR say the phone stinks, especially the basic phone capabilities.

Do you want a good phone or a good looking phone? I'll take the former, Jay-Z can have the latter.

Most reviews of the Razr stink?
Odd.
Out of the 7 pages of reviews for the phone listed here, only a handful give the phone a "bad" review, and most of those "bad" reviews only complain about the price.
Most of the reviews actually say how well the phone handles "basic capabilities".
Where do you read your reviews?

I (God forbid) concur.

muchdrama said:

PhoenixAshes said:

staiano said:
Too bad most of the reviews on the RAZR say the phone stinks, especially the basic phone capabilities.

Do you want a good phone or a good looking phone? I'll take the former, Jay-Z can have the latter.

Most reviews of the Razr stink?
Odd.
Out of the 7 pages of reviews for the phone listed here, only a handful give the phone a "bad" review, and most of those "bad" reviews only complain about the price.
Most of the reviews actually say how well the phone handles "basic capabilities".
Where do you read your reviews?

I (God forbid) concur.

🤣 hehehehehe... You two crazy kids... 😛

Stevo2k4 said:

muchdrama said:

PhoenixAshes said:

staiano said:
Too bad most of the reviews on the RAZR say the phone stinks, especially the basic phone capabilities.

Do you want a good phone or a good looking phone? I'll take the former, Jay-Z can have the latter.

Most reviews of the Razr stink?
Odd.
Out of the 7 pages of reviews for the phone listed here, only a handful give the phone a "bad" review, and most of those "bad" reviews only complain about the price.
Most of the reviews actually say how well the phone handles "basic capabilities".
Where do you read your reviews?

I (God forbid) concur.

🤣 hehehe

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I mean if the phone is going to cost so much money shouldn't it blow most other phones away.

Two words: Magnesium and aluminum.

muchdrama said:
Two words: Magnesium and aluminum.

How does the material a phone is made of have anything to do whether or not is has good features, a fast OS or is worth the bloated price it cost?

staiano said:

muchdrama said:
Two words: Magnesium and aluminum.

How does the material a phone is made of have anything to do whether or not is has good features, a fast OS or is worth the bloated price it cost?

I'm telling you that the materials the phone is made out of determine the price. Especially in the case of the v3.

Check it out yourself. Magnesium and aluminum cost more per pound than plastic. Plus they have to design a new manufacturing process for the new materials.

You guys got it all wrong. Any product released to the public in mass quantities is going to cost 10-fold what it takes to make. My Pepsi can is made of Aluminm and it's still less than a buck, and if I recycle it in Oregon I get a nickel back. Razr's are good for two things, draining wallets and suckering suckers.

thecellavenger said:
You guys got it all wrong. Any product released to the public in mass quantities is going to cost 10-fold what it takes to make. My Pepsi can is made of Aluminm and it's still less than a buck, and if I recycle it in Oregon I get a nickel back. Razr's are good for two things, draining wallets and suckering suckers.

I'm of the mind that the v3 is made of slightly higher caliber materials than a Pepsi can. But that's just me...

muchdrama said:

thecellavenger said:
You guys got it all wrong. Any product released to the public in mass quantities is going to cost 10-fold what it takes to make. My Pepsi can is made of Aluminm and it's still less than a buck, and if I recycle it in Oregon I get a nickel back. Razr's are good for two things, draining wallets and suckering suckers.

I'm of the mind that the v3 is made of slightly higher caliber materials than a Pepsi can. But that's just me...

Not to mention, the 5 cents you get back is just the deposit you paid when you bought that pepsi can, so that portion of the argument is bogus.

The aluminum in a pepsi can is much more lower grade than that of the RAZR. I mean you can tear pepsi can in half with your bare hands, try doing that with a RAZR.

I could tear a Razr in half with my bare hands. 😁 And you're missing the point. Aluminum is not that expensive. Even your uber-high quality aluminum. More expensive, yes, Enough to translate into $600? not even close. That's a little more than one of the cheapest and softest metals on the periodic table warrants. The reason the Razr is so expensive is that lame commercial campaign set out in its name where it falls from the sky and slices words in two and then penetrates a stone floor. Made even more ironic when I watch one of the poor shmucks that bought the phone drop their invincible razr 2 and a half feet only to see it split into two pieces upon impact with a tile floor. 🤣 Furthermore, it's still ugly! It looks like a v6...
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Also look at the other materialls used other than Aluminum. Magnesium for one isn't cheap to manufacture. And there is no plastic used on that phone. And throw in an Ultra thin High resolution display internal and another ultra thin smaller one on the out sie(both i believe are 262000 colour). Plus don't for get Bluetooth, camera, quadband support, speaker phone and its ultra thin design(its kinda difficult to put all that into such a small package) It drives up the price quick.

thecellavenger said:
I could tear a Razr in half with my bare hands. 😁 And you're missing the point. Aluminum is not that expensive. Even your uber-high quality aluminum. More expensive, yes, Enough to translate into $600? not even close. That's a little more than one of the cheapest and softest metals on the periodic table warrants. The reason the Razr is so expensive is that lame commercial campaign set out in its name where it falls from the sky and slices words in two and then penetrates a stone floor. Made even more ironic when I watch one of the poor shmucks that bought the phone drop their invincible razr 2 and a half feet only to see it split into two pieces upon impact with a tile floor. 🤣 Furtherm

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The funny thing about it is, for some odd reason Cingular wont allow you to insure the Razr, and furthermore anyone notice that the Bluetooth doesnt work properly? I know thats not the phones fault but all the great things about this phone that would make it so expensive seem to be nonexistant. So the only reason it seems anyone would want to pay an arm and a leg for a phone that looks cool and is expensive for the sole fact thet Motorola paid a lot to have it made. Thats just shallow. 😎

A couple people from my store actually won the phone through a promotion for employees and they both use the bluetooth on the v3. They say it works awesome and keep trying to get me to get a BT headset for my nokia.

😲 Hey hey! From the horses mouth! Ok, I can see that raising the price a bit. But seriously, Who thought up that ad-campaign? And I still contest that as durable as it's made to be I've seem them bust wide open at a little spill.... not reassuring when Cingular's Lockline wouldn't insure it... (That may have changed since then, but I honestly don't know....)
Now, what would have been really cool is if the Razr had a spring loaded Razr built into it! 😈

thecellavenger said:
😲 Hey hey! From the horses mouth! Ok, I can see that raising the price a bit. But seriously, Who thought up that ad-campaign? And I still contest that as durable as it's made to be I've seem them bust wide open at a little spill.... not reassuring when Cingular's Lockline wouldn't insure it... (That may have changed since then, but I honestly don't know....)
Now, what would have been really cool is if the Razr had a spring loaded Razr built into it! 😈

My friend replies: "You'd have to do something pretty drastic to get the v3 to split open like that. We tested the hell out of it, and it proved to be the most durable phone we've built...we put it through hell".

muchdrama said:

PhoenixAshes said:

thecellavenger said:
Are you nuts? The Razor was the biggest joke to hit the cellular market since Surewest started requiring contracts. The style of this phone already puts the sheet-metal style of razor to shame, and it's got just as many features that are worth throwing money at. If anyone can get this phone out for less than $300 it'll be more that a razor killer, it'll be a razor humiliator.

Opinions are like bungholes...
Have you seen the new black razr?
Wicked.
The joke must be on you because the design of that phone is awesome.
It's a bit pricey for my taste, but the Razr sells like crack cocaine.
Everything about th

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allsquare said:

muchdrama said:

PhoenixAshes said:

thecellavenger said:
Are you nuts? The Razor was the biggest joke to hit the cellular market since Surewest started requiring contracts. The style of this phone already puts the sheet-metal style of razor to shame, and it's got just as many features that are worth throwing money at. If anyone can get this phone out for less than $300 it'll be more that a razor killer, it'll be a razor humiliator.

Opinions are like bungholes...
Have you seen the new black razr?
Wicked.
The joke must be on you because the design of that phone is awesome.
It's a bit pricey for my taste, but the Razr sells like

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Didn't intend it to be a racist comment. More along the lines that his audience is between the ages of 9-21. Since the phone is $500 having someone like that advertise their product would be a waste of money.

allsquare said:
Didn't intend it to be a racist comment. More along the lines that his audience is between the ages of 9-21. Since the phone is $500 having someone like that advertise their product would be a waste of money.

i wouldn't sell that group short. since they aren't encumbered like most of us with mortgages, car payments, insurance payments they probably tend to have more disposable income.

besides have you seen the way parents spoil their kids today?

Good point! Well said!

mr_sparkle said:

allsquare said:
Didn't intend it to be a racist comment. More along the lines that his audience is between the ages of 9-21. Since the phone is $500 having someone like that advertise their product would be a waste of money.

i wouldn't sell that group short. since they aren't encumbered like most of us with mortgages, car payments, insurance payments they probably tend to have more disposable income.

besides have you seen the way parents spoil their kids today?

LOL. A group that listens to Jay-Z is less likely to have mortgages, car payments, or insurance payments? Some folks have some weird ideas about black folks.

muchdrama said:

mr_sparkle said:

allsquare said:
Didn't intend it to be a racist comment. More along the lines that his audience is between the ages of 9-21. Since the phone is $500 having someone like that advertise their product would be a waste of money.

i wouldn't sell that group short. since they aren't encumbered like most of us with mortgages, car payments, insurance payments they probably tend to have more disposable income.

besides have you seen the way parents spoil their kids today?

LOL. A group that listens to Jay-Z is less likely to have mortgages, car payments, or insurance payments? Some folks have some weird ideas about black folks.

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lol thats true.. i work in the ghetto with people having 400 dollar past due and they still buy 500 dollar phones 😁

lol

allsquare said:
Didn't intend it to be a racist comment. More along the lines that his audience is between the ages of 9-21. Since the phone is $500 having someone like that advertise their product would be a waste of money.

I would say his audience is more in the range of 12-34, and believe me, there's a lot of people with the means to buy the V3 within that demographic.

Was that a racist comment? 😉

Not only african americans listen to Jay Z my friend. 😛

Yeah, alot of people with bad tastein music do so as well 🤣

lol

Do you measure all style by this Jay-Z standard? The Razr looks like it's something that fell off the Dalorian in Back to the Future 2. Besides, don't you think the gold foil on his teeth might interfere with the signal he gets? I think that's by far the more important question here. 😎

thecellavenger said:
Do you measure all style by this Jay-Z standard? The Razr looks like it's something that fell off the Dalorian in Back to the Future 2. Besides, don't you think the gold foil on his teeth might interfere with the signal he gets? I think that's by far the more important question here. 😎

That would be "DeLorean". As in John DeLorean?

😳 Whatever. The metal car that travels time. Time Flux Capacitor optional. Get the Platonium powered engine upgrade and you might be able to go faster than 85mph and leave flaming rubber on the the ground. 🙄 The razr still looks like it fell off this hunk of crap.

thecellavenger said:
😳 Whatever. The metal car that travels time. Time Flux Capacitor optional. Get the Platonium powered engine upgrade and you might be able to go faster than 85mph and leave flaming rubber on the the ground. 🙄 The razr still looks like it fell off this hunk of crap.

Tsk. Sullying our memory of a great, great movie. And it was Flux Capacitor without the Time on the front of it. And it's plutonium. LOL. This is fun. Damn youngsters...no respect for the past.

Hey hey hey.... shoot down all the complaints of the Razr you want, but please, do not accuse me of insulting one of the greatest cinematic trilogies of our time. 😉 All I'm saying is it was a rickety car and it's a rickety phone to boot.

thecellavenger said:
Hey hey hey.... shoot down all the complaints of the Razr you want, but please, do not accuse me of insulting one of the greatest cinematic trilogies of our time. 😉 All I'm saying is it was a rickety car and it's a rickety phone to boot.

Well, what do you expect? DeLorean was all coked up and making drug deals when he designed that car. I mean, c'mon...stainless steel body?

It doesn't rust and isn't overly heavy for the time, why not use it as a body.

Inquisitor_Hoth said:
It doesn't rust and isn't overly heavy for the time, why not use it as a body.

Clearly DeLorean would have loved you on his staff.

No he would hate me cause I would change the body to somethin better for weight reduction.

muchdrama said:

thecellavenger said:
Hey hey hey.... shoot down all the complaints of the Razr you want, but please, do not accuse me of insulting one of the greatest cinematic trilogies of our time. 😉 All I'm saying is it was a rickety car and it's a rickety phone to boot.

Well, what do you expect? DeLorean was all coked up and making drug deals when he designed that car. I mean, c'mon...stainless steel body?

Add to that, the fact that it looks awesome! (especially for the 80s)

Stevo2k4 said:

muchdrama said:

thecellavenger said:
Hey hey hey.... shoot down all the complaints of the Razr you want, but please, do not accuse me of insulting one of the greatest cinematic trilogies of our time. 😉 All I'm saying is it was a rickety car and it's a rickety phone to boot.

Well, what do you expect? DeLorean was all coked up and making drug deals when he designed that car. I mean, c'mon...stainless steel body?

Add to that, the fact that it looks awesome! (especially for the 80s)

I've got an old high school friend that still owns and operates one.

muchdrama said:

Stevo2k4 said:

muchdrama said:

thecellavenger said:
Hey hey hey.... shoot down all the complaints of the Razr you want, but please, do not accuse me of insulting one of the greatest cinematic trilogies of our time. 😉 All I'm saying is it was a rickety car and it's a rickety phone to boot.

Well, what do you expect? DeLorean was all coked up and making drug deals when he designed that car. I mean, c'mon...stainless steel body?

Add to that, the fact that it looks awesome! (especially for the 80s)

I've got an old high school friend that still owns and operates one.

Sweet!

Stevo2k4 said:

muchdrama said:

Stevo2k4 said:

muchdrama said:

thecellavenger said:
Hey hey hey.... shoot down all the complaints of the Razr you want, but please, do not accuse me of insulting one of the greatest cinematic trilogies of our time. 😉 All I'm saying is it was a rickety car and it's a rickety phone to boot.

Well, what do you expect? DeLorean was all coked up and making drug deals when he designed that car. I mean, c'mon...stainless steel body?

Add to that, the fact that it looks awesome! (especially for the 80s)

I've got an old high school friend that still owns and operates one.

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muchdrama said:

Stevo2k4 said:

muchdrama said:

Stevo2k4 said:

muchdrama said:

thecellavenger said:
Hey hey hey.... shoot down all the complaints of the Razr you want, but please, do not accuse me of insulting one of the greatest cinematic trilogies of our time. 😉 All I'm saying is it was a rickety car and it's a rickety phone to boot.

Well, what do you expect? DeLorean was all coked up and making drug deals when he designed that car. I mean, c'mon...stainless steel body?

Add to that, the fact that it looks awesome! (especially for the 80s)

I've got an old high school friend th

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I had a friend who spent a good portion of his life trying to aquire one, and when he did the first thing he did was wrap it around a tree. 😕 didn't handle very well apparently.... Or maybe he was just coked-out too..... I don't think it was very easy to insure those either..... 🤣

thecellavenger said:
😳 Whatever. The metal car that travels time. Time Flux Capacitor optional. Get the Platonium powered engine upgrade and you might be able to go faster than 85mph and leave flaming rubber on the the ground. 🙄 The razr still looks like it fell off this hunk of crap.

88 miles per hour!... 🙄 Duh..

thecellavenger said:
Do you measure all style by this Jay-Z standard? The Razr looks like it's something that fell off the Dalorian in Back to the Future 2. Besides, don't you think the gold foil on his teeth might interfere with the signal he gets? I think that's by far the more important question here. 😎

Wouldn't the gold foil teeth give him a better signal?!? Besides, what's wrong with back to the future? I'd love a car like that!