Motorola RIZR Z8 Slide Phone 3G mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

+ I love the phone, But the menu system is silly and when i first got the phone it took me quite a while to understand how to do things on the phone.

- The keypad is stupid, keys 1,2,3 are stupidly close to the top of the slider and sometimes you miss or dont press the keys properly. Its certainly not the best phone for texting.

+ The Motorola RIZR Z8 looks good, is easy to use and overall a really good phone.

- This phone is unfortunately of poor build quality. The design is a good concept but is not very well put together in my view. In my opinion a mobile phone should be able to stand up to the rigours of everyday use. This phone is flimsy and although I have looked after it well, the screen has become damaged and i have twice to get it repaired at my own expense. It is for this reason, coupled with the price being asked for it, that i would not recomend this phone to anyone. It has also put me off ever investing in another motorola product again when for a similar price, there are much more reliable and simply better quality phones on the market.

+ Its general ease of use . . .most things on this phone are great - it's look, the navigation, the compact slide design

- The keypad is hard to use - and texting can take a long time. It's also not compatible with the Mac (which I have) so I can't synchronize with my personal computer! The symbian software available for the Z8 takes up quite alot of memory and the phone can be prone to freezing!

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- I did not like the phone overall - found it difficult to use - the motorizr z3 is a lot easier to use. Only good point is it is 3G - battery life not so good, Phone feels cumbersome.

+ Bluetooth headset works well

- The manual is a joke, synchronization software hardly ever works, no manual to tell you how to use it , difficult to add music to memory card , no voice activated dialling, sky TV function does not work, the navigation button is not very good always selecting up or down instead of pressing it in.

+ Film feature is good, phone is small for all its features and is unique. Screen quality is excellent. memory good. camera average

- navigation sucks, battery life is poor if you use it!! The phone gets VERY HOT and uncomfortable to use if you use the film function. It is nasty to navigate and you get lost or confussed to the point where I do not use it anymore!! Internet is useless, Bad purchase all round. Buy the N95 top phone

+ looks good video is good for size of phone

- text messaging takes to long awkward to use

+ looks good and the features are good

- battery life is pathetic, keeps on crashing, doesnt always work or doesnt do wat it should.

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- you can not bluetooth your own media files like songs.

+ Huge feature set but exceptionally easy to use.

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+ stylish design

- not easy to use. hard to navigate menus.

+ Excellent sound quality, especially on calls. Easyish to use once you've figured it out. picture quality is brilliant

- Downloadable content such as UTube and video downloads are not supported by the phone

+ No good points except it looks good

- So many bad points I would be here until next month typing them

+ good camera, great screen, unique design featutes, good OS with much adaptability

- short battery life, insensitive key pad, u have to manually lock keys most sliders do this automaticaly when you close them and there are no options to change this.

+ really cool design
can watch films
2 cameras

- battery doesn't last long

+ Easy to use due to clever programing. Overall a very good phone. Love it

- Dirt etc getting onto the slider and scrating the keypad (minor)
Keypad is not the easiest if you have large fingers.

+ Interesting design for a slide phone - makes it easier to talk. Good range of features on the phone - if you can use them.....

- No vista compatible software available for it. The rubber cover for the charger broke off very easily and the battery doesn't last very long.

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- I found the unit heavy and generally cumbersome to use. I have large fingers and find the the upper part of the keypad awkward to use when slid into the open position.

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- The battery cover became dislodged and was lost early on in the phones life. It also seems to have some battery charging problems.

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- it was so hard to use i returned the product

+ Love the text messaging. Fonts etc are easier to read

- Locks up when charging battery sometimes and you have to disconnect and take the battery out. Also battery life is not as long as it should be

+ It looks smart, especially when you slide it up.

- Battery life is completely naff! Its big and bulky, far too heavy for a phone these days.

+ Looks good in theory an innovative design

- Hopeless performance, just didn't work, will not do what you want it to do, fiddly and complicated.

+ erm... it looks good and the screen is good and clear

- where do i start - im lucky if the battery lasts a day and then it makes this really annoying noise to tell you the battery is low and it will still do it if the phone is turned off - removing the battery os the ONLY way to stop it. The software is soooooooooo slow if you go to gallery and select to view photos it takes 22 seconds to switch to the photos tab!! The phone reboots itself at random a lot and has a habut of losing the time and date which is dangerous when you have set your alarm for the morning. If you type a number in and then go to store it - the phone will reboot then save the contact to asomeone with no name and allow you to edit the details once it is back on. This phone is RUBBISH!

+ I love the phone - it looks good and has a great vid/camera and videos play back in excellent quality

- dont know whether the software wasn't tested enough - but freeze's up a lot - meaning taking battery off and resetting and bendy design must not of been tested enough cos it tends to turn off sometimes when u open phone up. Maybe the software - rather than design - my phone sometimes turns itself off and can take days before i can get it to switch on again - all in all looking back - if I'd of had test period I wouldn't have bought it !!!

+ looks good good style

- everything else other than looks

+ stylish looks

- software
battery life

+ Looks good

- Really difficult to navigate/tap in numbers/text etc.

+ looks good
good keypad lock

- difficulties navigating menu at first

+ its so easy to use
i mastered the phone in 10 mins

- having to take the charger to work fue to poor battery life

+ Everything is good apart from the bad points below, generally about battery life.

- Phone is full of faults. Can't talk on it for too long as the phone gets very hot then turns itself off for half an hour or so. Phone generally turns itself off then on again 8-10 times a day. Full charge of battery lasts a day if i'm lucky, even when not using it. According to the battery meter the battery is either full or empty, there is no in between. Have put up with it for too long now, can't wait to find the time to sort out a replacement.

+ looks good

- --> not many good ringtones

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- The device is very slow and is always cutting its self off.