If you are excited about the Razr2 you are probably excited about all the cool features, like replying to text messages on the external screen or even watching a video on the external screen.

I know at least 10 people excited about that. But if you really want to do this you better make sure your carrier allows it.

According to PCMagazine, Motorola allowed all the Major US carriers to modify the Razr2 to their liking, and in doing this a lot of features have been crippled.  Not all carriers will use the exact same Razr, Alltel, Sprint and Verizon will have the V9m model which is based on CDMA and EDVO, The V9 which is based on WCDMA and T-mobile will have the V8 model which is based on GSM. All the models have roughly the same specs, so we won’t go into details there.

So what features are crippled? It depends on your carrier. Well that huge screen on the front is utterly useless now, by default you can watch videos, take a picture, reply to a text message without even opening the phone. Well Sprint is the only provider that will let you watch Video on the external Screen, Alltel is the only provider that will let you Reply To Text Messages from the external screen, and only Sprint and Verizon will allow you to start up the camera from the external screen. The Alltel, Sprint and Verizon phones also lack the CrystalTalk feature which clears up your side of the conversation so that the person you are talking too can hear you, basically a fancy name for noise cancelation. The at&t and T-mobile models will have CrystalTalk. But don’t worry about the sound on your V9m models, supposedly the sound on those are already superb.
The only Model no one really has any info on is the T-Mobile V8, we really aren’t sure yet what features are and aren’t crippled. But knowing t-mobiles history probably no feature will be crippled.

If you are interested in the Motorola Razr2, we suggest that you wait for all the carriers to list what features their version will have and then make a decision.

I have a gut feeling t-mobile will be your best bet.