Well the new Motorola RIZR Z8 is due for release and i must admit i like the look of it, i have never owned a motorola before but things are gonna change i think.
- Pros Unique curved slider action. Smooth video capture and playback. HSDPA download speeds. Stunning display
- Cons Average camera. Disappointing music player
Motorola has been dining out on the RAZR for far too long now. While rivals like the Samsung Ultra series and LG Shine have swept past, Moto has struggled to keep pace with the good-looking but slightly stale KRZR and RIZR.
You can’t keep a major phone dog down for long, though, and Motorola’s bitten back with the RIZR Z8 smartphone. It may lack the RAZR’s aesthetic impact, but this slider is pregnant with rich multimedia goodness never seen before on a Moto handset, not to mention a nifty new slide mechanism.
The Z8 supports HSDPA downloads speeds but, until the networks support the 3.6Mbps flavour, you’ll have to cook with maximum times of 1.8Mbps. This is still around fours times faster than 3G, though, so it perks up the streaming of the 25 embedded Sky TV channels. You can also easily programme your Sky+ from your handset via a seven-day EPG.
The phone has also been fitted with a sparkling display, brimming with 16-million colours and sharp detail to handle mobile and TV playback. It’s in high gear with 30 frames-per-second video playback and you’ll be gob-smacked at the seamless quality of the Bourne Identity movie bundled on its microSD card.
What phone do you own and what phone do you want?
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