Photos of the CDMA "LAZR" V9m and more unconfirmed details

Shots of what is apparently the CDMA version of Motorola's hotly anticipated successor to the RAZR have appeared on Phone News. To be designated as either the V9m or the V9c, the 2-inch external display on this thing looks positively huge in comparison to the KRZR's stamp sized external screen, and the first side shot of the phone makes us really appreciate the trimmed design: no more hump! Phone News says that Motorola's flagship will feature internal and external touchscreens and the BREW user interface with Flash support, and that it'll launch on Verizon Wireless first. We can't attest to the accuracy of these claims, but we certainly wouldn't say no to the former two's inclusion.

[Prosche 911 @ May 13th 2007 4:45PM]

Wow i must now switch over to verizon, unless sprit is also going to get one

[Prosche 911 @ May 13th 2007 4:48PM]

i mean sprint

[Jason Brown @ May 13th 2007 5:19PM]

all cdma motorola phones either previously came out as gsm or both at same time. who really cares, motorola as a cell hone manufacturer is on its last breath because it invested too much in the razr styling and nothing in advancing its technology. is it any wonder why they laid off so many people. do you question why the v3c was just a refurbished v3 which has been out of date for years. do you question why the moto q for cdma was just a junk version of the later released gsm version? Ever since they released the rockr on the gsm network motorola has consistently released crap and there is no end in sight. now their other divisions are seeing the same problems with other tech being surpassed by other manufacturers. for the gsm users this is not necessarily bad news but for cdma not a lot of manufacturers are left. to make it worse all the major manufacturers on cdma are delaying their own releases or putting out dumbed down versions of what they promised....starcom 4000 being one. the rest keep putting out the same phone different case/colour. Too many are still based on java technology. None of them are releasing advancements geared toward the possibilities available for 3g. Data transfer is not the only purpose of 3g as the cdma camp will lie to you about. The end is near folks and it won't be pretty. Gsm may be small on the US but they are the fastest growing technology wise. Canada sees a more obvious future for cdma as all of its carriers are suffering from horribly bad service and a government who will gladly force rate changes when rogers debuts its 3g network nationwide similar to the fate of telus long distance.

[Christopher Price @ May 13th 2007 5:09PM]

Title typo: "CMDA"

- Christopher Price
http://www.phonenews.com

[.taft @ May 13th 2007 5:19PM]

With this launching on Verizon, what are the chances that the Flash support will stick around until launch time? Given Verizon's track record with crippling moto phones by forcing their own OS on them, I tend to take any software specs with a grain of salt...

[AndrewNeo @ May 13th 2007 6:19PM]

Well, considering almost all new LG Verizon phones are using the Flash interface, I'd say the chance of it staying is pretty good..

[Shadowstorm @ May 13th 2007 5:33PM]

LAZR CAT DEMANDS:

MY LAZR!!! RAWRRRRRRRRR!!!

(Come on, Betalicious Halo 3 video from Bungie)

[Neebs @ May 13th 2007 5:44PM]

Person 1: Where's your phone?
Person 2: I'M CHARGIN MY LAZR
Person 1: SHOOP DA WHOOP!

[Andrew @ May 13th 2007 5:57PM]

For how long will Motorola continue to beat the dead horse that is the RAZR?

[trainwrecka @ May 14th 2007 10:31AM]

as long as people buy them... and then some.

[Genome @ May 13th 2007 6:03PM]

sup /e/
all you -chan tards pl2gb2/basement

I bought a v3 back when they were stylish, well. Now I charge it twice a day. I will never buy another Motorola phone. Java support is crippled and the interface feels like its turn based.

[Ian Jardine @ May 13th 2007 6:12PM]

Jason
GSM may have many more users than CDMA, but the supposed 3G on GSM phones falls technically well short of what say Sprint's network gives today with a EVDO Rev A phone.
In fact GSM technology is well behind and very slow on conversion to their real proposed 3G standard "WCDMA". i.e. GSM is technically only at 2 1/2 G these days.
It's likely that when eventually the GSM telecommuninication companies upgrade finally to full 3G that phone manufacturers will offer 2 both standards in one phone i.e. WCDMA (ex GSM) and CDMA2000 (EVDO Rev O/A etc) of Sprint and Verizon today. At that point we will likeli see many kore innovative phones worldwide.
Thus talk of CDMA's demise is well well off the mark. It's just that outside of say USA/SK the GSM companies are struggling to upgrade. Come to the USA and try a Sprint Rev A phone and data service (many phones can also be sued as a modem and give broadband experieice to laptops on the move up to 2,000 KBPS speeds in bursts).

[Jason Brown @ May 13th 2007 8:11PM]

as usual my comments are not read completely! I have always only spoken about 3g as a technology where its usefulness has not be fully achieved in n.america. Outside of n.america 3g is in a constant state of growth in areas of R&D. What is available by cdma carriers now and in the future? Not much according to its major manufacturers. Mostly form factor and upgraded OS versions are being worked on. Not much besides an upgrade in speed which has mostly gone to waste until now. Most of those speeds are capped and software on phones severely worked over by the carriers. Something a unlocked phone and a sierra 880 card would make laughable. All of this is conjecture until the final launch of the new network. Luckily, Rogers is going to be launched this year and anyone who buys a sierra 880 which is backwards compatible to gsm but will eventually handle over 7mb/s download. cdma needs more manufacturers fast as the current patent holder is only releasing crap for cdma.

[Ian Jardine @ May 13th 2007 8:28PM]

I would NOT say that GPRS/EDGE is anywhere near as good at CDMA EVDO Rev A.
Your comment re 3G being in a constant state of growth is true about GSM. It is behind until full implementation of WCDMA. When will that be?
Right now GSM customers have the advantage of a larger range of phones. But when WCDMA is finally introduced I expect to see many dual WCDMA and CDMA200 chipsets and phones. Thus more phones will enter service as both will be based on the CDMA core technology.
So in my book:
Advantage Sprint/Verizon re technical ability TODAY of their broadband data networks
Advantage GSM users in the variety of phones available to them.

[Kavi Siegel @ May 13th 2007 6:43PM]

I hope Amp'd Mobile gets one.

[Andrew Howitt @ May 13th 2007 7:48PM]

On my way to San Diego a few weeks ago, I sat beside a Motorola employee that had the prototype SCPL. It looked far better than the RAZR or the LAZR. Unfortunately, it was not until we were getting ready to get off the plane that I noticed he had it, so I didn't get any details out of him.

[Mark @ May 13th 2007 7:53PM]

MOTO's getting LAZ-E.

[JSK @ May 13th 2007 8:37PM]

Still doesnt look as good as the LG VX8700. Thats the sharpest phone on verizon imho...

[jdross @ May 13th 2007 9:18PM]

I really like all of motorola's new phones, but their predictive text software sucks and is far too slow compared to t9. It's a small detail, but for me it's the dealbreaker that keeps me with lg, samsung, and others

[Jason @ May 13th 2007 9:35PM]

I don't think motorola is a bad phone, it is louder than any LG I've ever owned from US Cellular (don't fault me, if it's not US Cellular around here, the service drops anytime you get off the superhighways)

It's not a bad phone, but if anything it looks like it has bugs written all over it.

[NeoK182 @ May 13th 2007 11:27PM]

looks awesome. i just really hope the GSM version comes out at the same time for those of us who dont like verizon crippled phones

[nikster @ May 14th 2007 4:21AM]

motorola hasn't had any good ideas since the RAZR. the company seems to survive by its sheer size and having one good idea every 10 years. aeons before the RAZR, moto had the first slim flip phone on the market. then nothing to speak of until the RAZR. which is an old, uninteresting phone by now.

it's also quite incredible that moto is probably the only cell phone company out there who can't get a good user interface together. example: the RAZR beeps loudly in confirmation when you turn on "silent" mode. which is exactly the last thing you want.

"be quiet"
[yells loudly] "CONFIRMED. I WILL BE QUIET NOW".

how hard can it be to steal the UI features from the likes of Nokia, SE, and even Samsung and LG? but moto knows best, apparently.

[Jamdawg @ May 14th 2007 7:31PM]

THE OUTSIDE SCREEN DOES HAVE TOUCHSCREEN. THE MUSIC PLAYER IS CONFIRMED TO USE IT, AND IT USES VIBE TOUCH FOR TACTILE FEEDBACK FOR THE TOUCHSCREEN BUTTONS.

[absurdio @ May 14th 2007 10:26PM]

Okay. I understand all the "we're tired of the MOTOWHATEVZ trend" sentiment, but - really - what else do you want? I mean, it's easy to criticize Motorola for lynching the horse, but (to extend the metaphor) I'm not really convinced the horse is dead yet. I realize that as a resident of the U.S., I'm exposed to only sad, primitive, backwards phone technology, so maybe my imagination has been crippled by the poor showing of phones we have on our side of the pond, but, seriously, what else is there? It's skinny. It's got touch-sensitive (and huge) screens all over the place, it's obviously got the standard camera and music junk in it. What's left to be desired?

From a purely aesthetic stance, I don't much care for the shiny-everything trend, but that's a minor qualm. Otherwise, what can Motorola do? Sure, it'd be pretty f-ing rad if they could cram an 8mp camera, 60gb hd, and a foot massager in razr-sized phone, but the fact that Motorola hasn't done that is hardly Motorola's fault.

What're you people objecting to? Do you want a triangular phone? I don't get it.

[Brianm0122 @ May 15th 2007 10:29AM]

Don't look for any major upgrades until the CDMA networks get fully upgraded to Rev "A". While they are at rev A speeds now, the QoS isn't enabled. Once the network vendors get that worked out, and the carriers get it deployed, then you will see phones with new capabilities, i.e., VoIP, PTT, teleconferencing, etc. The handset manufacturers are not putting the new tech into the handsets until the network can support it. With Handsets that work only on EVDO, then you will see them get smaller (no need to have two processors), or get more capabilities.

[techwarrior @ May 15th 2007 6:19PM]

sick

[Shawn J @ May 19th 2007 12:11AM]

How is this phone any different in looks? Motorola designs are boring, and the whole four-letter name thing is about as lame as FORD naming every truck they make with the letter 'E'. Break the mold and move on, innovate! Tech-wise, who knows, but it is god-awful boring to look at.