It’s been about a month and a half since I purchased the MOTORAZR V3m from Sprint and so far I’ve been very satisfied. Below are my thoughts on it’s strengths, weaknesses and how it can be improved.

Overall the RAZR is a solid, quality phone. The most noticeable feature is the RAZR’s slim profile. I tend to carry my phone around in the front pocket of my pants. When I carry the RAZR I barely even notice it’s there, which makes it much more comfortable to carry than many phones.

Despite it’s size, the RAZR still packs a fairly large screen. The screen size is large enough to clearly watch Sprint TV, browse the Internet and use as a camera viewfinder. The outside screen is also a nice size and easily readable for caller ID.

The RAZR takes advantage of Sprint’s EV-DO 3G Power Vision service. I had the slower Vision service on my previous phone and the load time for webpages is much faster with the 3G service. Sprint TV also streams live television to your phone with very good clarity and audio quality.

Sprint has left Motorola’s user interface largely intact, unlike Verizon. Motorola’s interface works very nicely with the RAZR, so it is a good move by Sprint to just modify it, not replace it. When I first got the RAZR the menus were rather sluggish, however at the end of June Sprint released an update for the phone and after installation the menus seem to be responding instantly.

The call quality both through the regular speaker and the speaker phone are very clear with no noticeable echo or static. The voice dialing feature is fairly accurate, although it does occasionally fail to find the contact I’m try to call. I haven’t used a Bluetooth headset with the RAZR yet, so I don’t know how well they pair.

There are a few improvements that Motorola and Sprint can make to the next release of the RAZR to improve upon an already strong product.

Sprint offers the RAZR in only two color, dark gray and red. Many other carriers offer it in a large assortment of colors, allowing the customer to have a phone that better matches their style and personality. The next RAZR will surely be available in many colors, so hopefully Sprint will stock them.

The RAZR is also missing a Notes application. There are times when you’re out and want to quickly write down a reminder, name, address or item and a Notes application is very convenient for doing this.

It would be nice to have an external display that can stay on all the time without draining the phone’s battery in a matter of hours. It would also be nice to have a small light on the outside of the phone that illuminates or flashes when you have a new voicemail or text message. Right now you have to either open the phone or push a side button to turn on the outside display to check for messages. If the phone’s across the room a light would make it much easier to check.

Lastly, while the phone has a beautiful design, the one part of it that feels and looks somewhat awkward is the “hump” where the microphone is located. Because of the slim design the hump was probably necessary to house some of the internal components, but a phone that’s as close to flat as is possible on both sides of the clam shell would look even sharper.

Motorola has announced two new CDMA phones that will hopefully make it to Sprint soon. The MOTORAZR 2 V9m and MOTOROKR Z6m are both very sharp looking new phones. The RAZR 2 is an upgrade to the original RAZR and from the looks of it on Motorola’s website it’s going to be just as hot of a seller as the original. The ROKR Z6m is a slider phone and centers around its music player capabilities. It looks to be a hot seller as well.

It took me way too long to upgrade to a state-of-the-art phone last time, so even though my RAZR is barely two months old, I’d love to get my hands on either one of these beautiful new phones, especially the RAZR 2.

If anyone else who has a RAZR wants to add your thoughts and opinions I encourage you to do so in the comments section.