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  Motorola RIZR Z3

  Frazier Barretto, Feb 23, 2007 1800 hrs IST

  The RIZR, as the name suggests, Rizes to reach heights and probably gains lots more than the RAZR. Let's find out how well can the RIZR shoot up to fame.

  2 MP Camera, Flash, Memory card slot, Good build & design, Swift interface

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Design & Build

The Motorola RIZR looks stunning and already makes you want to own it; at least if not for anything but for looks. It has a great build quality; the body is a mixture of metal and rubber. The rubber used is similar to the one used for the body of the PEBL as well. This mixture of metal and rubber must be the reason for the increase of 15 grams in weight of the phone when compared to the RAZR at 100 grams. The dimensions of the phone stand at 106 x 46 x 16 mm when it is closed. The phone is slightly bulky, but it all adds to the great feel of the phone. The phone is very comfortable to hold and there wasn't an occasion when I felt that it would slip off.

The RIZR is a slider if you didn't figure it out as yet. The phone has a 256K TFT screen supporting a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels and the screen size is 30 x 37 mm. The display is really good and a charm to look at especially with great backgrounds. Below the screen is the standard 5-way D-Pad of the RAZR.

Around the D-Pad, as usual, we have six select buttons, web browser hotkey, back, and two calling buttons (Answer and Hang UP buttons.) Between the screen and the face buttons, there is a neat grip to slide the phone out and back in with all ease. On the left of the phone, there are the volume controls and a Bluetooth hotkey just below it.

The right of the phone has a voice commands hotkey and way below is the camera hotkey. Holding down the camera key, when the keypad is unlocked, automatically starts the camera app. There is a miniUSB port with a neat dust cover just below the camera hotkey. There is nothing exceptional at the top and bottom of the phone. Flip the phone and at the top you will notice the 2 MP camera of the phone with flash support. There is no mirror provided to click portrait snaps, but the camera is placed within a glossy finish which quite does the job. An elegant Motorola logo in the center and at the end is the phone's speaker.

I don't need to mention that Motorola is the best when it comes to designing phones, but this was a slider from the company after a really long time and still nothing changes. The previous sliders from the company were not released internationally and saying so now with the RIZR, they go head-to-head with the competition; Samsung (leaders in slider phones.)

Page 1 - Is It Rizing? Page 2 - Have a Look Page 3 - Impressive Enough? Page 4 - Let's Get Clicking Page 5 - How Does It sound? Page 6 - It Sure Is Rizing

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