Motorola RIZR Z3

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Solid phone

17 Sep 2008 by Shim

8.3 out of 10

I got this phone in July 2007, and used it for about a year, until upgrading to another Moto phone. I was very impressed with how durable this phone was, and how solid it felt. It was a nice change from the SGH-T619 I previously owned. Compared to other T-Mobile phones I owned, this phone had above-average battery life, and great reception, and good call quality. The screen was very sharp and bright as well. The camera produced good quality images, and the flash was bright. 

The only gripe I had with the phone is that it does not work very well with 3rd party apps that need to use the internet. For example, Google Maps and Opera Mini had to ask to use permission to use the internet every time it needed to, and there was no option to allow it permanent access. I realize it's a security feature, but still very annoying.

Pros

Durability
Battery life
Reception
Voice quality
Good camera with bright flash

Cons

Does not play well with 3rd party apps

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Year-In-Review

11 Sep 2008 by Sauce

8 out of 10

Well, I have had this phone for over a year now and I must say if anything stands out with this phone, it is definatly its durability.  I got this phone unlocked and I used it with ATT.  For the most part, the network adapts to the phone however I had to go through an extensive reconfiguring of the messaging and webrowser settings in order to get MMS and the mobile web working.  The camera is EXCELLENT for a 2.0 MPX and it takes incredible 1600x1050 res pictures that look great on your PC.  The phone does have some lag issues however-- texting can sometimes become a lag fest.  The software that comes with it is very versitile and when you plug your phone into your computer, a mini version pops up on your desktop.  You can actually make calls and recieve text messages from this mini phone.  The media features get right to the point-- It comes preloaded with a JAVA Digital Music Player-- something that is alright-- I just prefer to play music straight from the media folder-- I have an iPod so it seems like a waste of battery to play from your phone.

Unfortunatly some google apps are not yet compatable with the phone.  I did manage to get Gmail and GoogleMaps on the phone.  The Gmail works perfectly and it is great to check on emails.  Google maps works great too however I uninstalled it accidently and when I went back to google (which is a preloaded icon on the phone) it said that GoogleMaps was not available for my device-- (Previously the device registers as a RAZR to google, so you would just get RAZR software from them).

 

Like I said, this is a great phone, after a year there are some problems with it but I'm not exactly the best caretaker of phones.  All I recommend is a screen protector, (best ones are at InvisibleShield) and you are good to go.  It has rubberized material all around the phone so everything else is pretty much protected.  The only outstanding negatives are the fact that the little center button has since vanished (needless to say the phone has been drenched quite a few times so I am not supprised that the glue wore out) and my battery has been acting a little weird ( the phone just restarts randomly ).  I'm switching phones soon anyway so I prob wont waste the money repairing it but all in all-- great phone-- And if you are fine with motorola's interface then go for it!

 

 

Pros

-Exceptional durability
-Excellent Camera Quality
-Good solid feel
-Very customizable
-Great Applications (google)
-Good all around phone-- it doesn't take a genius to use this phone
-Versatile Bluetooth functions

Cons

-Laggy Interface (at times)
-Middle button gone, battery failure (I think this may just pertain to me but worth mentioning)
-Initial customization to work with ATT (took 10 min at most of websurfing and forum browsing on ATT to get the right configuration for MMS-- you might just be able to go into ATT and they can fix it for you)
-Sub-par Voice activation

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T-Mobile still offers this defective Motorola RIZR Z3

8 Aug 2008 by celph

4.2 out of 10

T-Mobile offers this Motorola RIZR Z3 which has known issues of turning off during calls, taking photos or any other functions.

T-Mobile has known this phone issue for over 2 years yet keep offering this bad phone to public.

T-Mobile has replaced this phone for me 7 times and I have been changed each $9.99+tax for shipping. Yet problem remains.

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