Motorola Razr V3
The Motorola RAZR V3, popularly called simply the Razr (pronounced like "razor"), is a clamshell style cell phone developed by Motorola and initially released in November 2004, the first device using the RAZR moniker. With its unique and then-thin aluminium body, coupled with a high price, the RAZR V3 was initially positioned as a desirable premium phone; following price reductions, it then became extremely successful. In the United States the V3 (and its variants) was the most popular cell phone in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and remained best-selling until November 2008. The Razr's design would strongly influence Motorola's later mobile phone products, and the V3 itself received several updates to form the RAZR line: the V3i, V3x, V3xx and MAXX. The Razr series was succeeded in July 2007 by the Motorola Razr2 series. Development and design Codenamed Siliqua, the original RAZR series of flip phones was part of the 4LTR line. Development of the V3 started in July 2003 with Motorola aiming to create a very skinny phone. It was announced on July 27, 2004 and released in the market in late 2004. The team of the V3 put together a number of design choices that set the device apart