Motorola V600

Motorola V600 was announced at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show and was expected for a release in the second half of the year. It was developed along with two other similar but lower models, Motorola V500 and Motorola V300, collectively referred to as the "triplets". Because Motorola's operating profit had been significantly less than market leader Nokia, the company designed these phones along with others differently by trimming costs. The "triplets" are almost identical and have many common parts. The Motorola V600 was hyped and became a much anticipated product, however its release was delayed because of cited software problems and it missed the crucial Christmas period. In October 2003, Motorola announced a special edition of the Motorola V600 in a tie-in with luxury carmaker Aston Martin. At the 2004 CES show, Motorola announced availability of the V600 and signalled that it would be as big a product as the preceding V60 and the StarTAC. It was finally released in January 2004 in Europe, on February 24 in Taiwan, and suffered another delay in the US until it was released at the end of March 2004, carried by T-Mobile, AT&T Wireless and Cingular. Considered stylish, Motorola gave out the V600 to nominees of the Oscars held on February 29, 2004. == V620 ==

The Motorola V620 is an updated version of Motorola's flagship V600 world phone, containing such new features as video recording, menu themes and a black housing, and superior 262k color screen (as opposed to 65k). However, the phone lacks a megapixel camera (it is equipped with the same VGA camera), a popular feature of then modern high-end models. Additionally, the V620 only has approximately 5.5 MB of onboard memory, and lacks a TransFlash card slot to expand it. == V635 ==

The Motorola V635 is considered the successor to the V600 and V620 model phones. Its prominent features include the ability to insert a removable TransFlash memory card, (fully accessible through the Bluetooth) video capture and playback, 1.23-megapixel camera, and a colored external TFT display. It also adds EDGE for faster data. The phone was announced at the CES 2005 show. Its functions and software is the same as the Razr V3. The phone was primarily unavailable in United States, as major US carriers did not offer the phone to their subscribers. It was, however, available from Rogers Wireless in Canada. == See also ==