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Review of Tmo (USA) RIZR, not unlocked. Still fairly good. 3.5 stars .... | Motorola RIZR Z3 Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, MicroSD Slot--International Version ...

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	• Motorola RIZR Z3 Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, MicroSD Slot--International Version ... Motorola Motorola, 2006 average customer review:based on 17 reviews view larger image
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Good, but not perfect

I was completely happy with my Motorola Razor. However, it didn't have the option to expand the memory so it let me to this phone. I'm fairly happy with this phone.

Pros:
Small size
2mp camera w/flash
MP3 player
Movie (3GP) player. You can rip dvds and convert them into the 3GP format and watch movies on your phone
Expandable memory
Quad band
Battery life. 5 days stand by 3.5 hours talk
USB port to manage your phone via computer

Cons:
Signal not as good as my Razr
The phone would seem like it's initializing itself from time to time. It gets very annoying. Sometimes I want to make a call and it'll do this for about 30 seconds. It gets frustrating specially when you have a very urgent call to make.
You need to be a surgeon to pull out the memory card and the sim card.

I paid one bill for this phone. It's a decent buy, specially when you go to the gym, it can be your phone and mp3 at the same time. I wouldn't pay a dime over a bill for this.

If the Razor had the same features, that would still be my phone.

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Solid, Well Made Phone & The Ringtones Rock!

I have had my RIZR from T-Mobile for a few weeks now after switching from Verizon. I was originally considering the Nokia 5300. But when I compared the 2 phones side by side, the RIZR seemed more solid, more durable and less flimsy than the Nokia 5300. So I chose the RIZR and I could not be happier. The phone is easy to program and a breeze to use. The display is bright, clear and very easy to read (even without my bifocals!). So far the sound quality and reception have been outstanding. The best feature for me is the mp3 player. With my new RIZR I can transfer mp3 songs directly from my computer to my phone with a simple drag and drop (the 128 MB card is not very large, but enough for my needs). I can then select the songs to act as ringtones. Being able to assign a song/ringtone to a certain phone number is a really cool feature, at least for me.
The mp3 player included with the phone is very easy to use too.
My only "minor" gripe is the screen goes black during calls. But I found pressing the volume up button, which displays the volume screen temporarily, brings the main screen back fast enough for me.
All in all a great phone and highly recommended.

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Review of Tmo (USA) RIZR, not unlocked. Still fairly good. 3.5 stars ....

Motorola RIZR

First blush, day 1: Attractive phone, feels good & sturdy in the hand, buttons are very responsive, slide function is easy to use and graceful, GUI is not exactly pretty but mostly very intuitive. Rather well put together phone.

Why'd I get this phone: quad band, Bluetooth, good camera, a music player (or two actually, confusing) which seemed decent in the store. And because it was NOT a flip phone (which I loath), Tmo didn't have a decent candy bar (which I love), and ... it was not a Samsung (take that for what it's worth).

Pros:
1. Great camera compared to what I've had (SE T610, Samsung T809) with very strong flash, actually, it's like a flash light. Can I smart button this function anyone?
2. So far, reception is pretty good, antenna stronger than my old & beat up SE t610, and comparable to my Samsung t809 (which broke), but sometimes the call is scratchy or does that computer reverberation like sound (which I've never experienced on my other phones).
3. iTap text message entry is pretty impressive/smart (this is my first Motorola phone). I'm not sure of how it is implemented on other Motorolas but I like it on this one. I miss a few choices of T9 on my SE t610 (w/ Tmo) but iTap is cool.

Cons:
1. No timer or stopwatch
2. No analog clock option (but Moto if you're going to design one, make it look like the Nokia analog clock for the 6133 or the s60 menubar clock)
3. No mirror on the back for self pics like many Sony-Ericsson bar phones have
4. Placement of memory card: buy yourself surgical tweezers or hemostats to get this sucker out
5. Mac/Bluetooth/iSync: iSync does not work for me despite having first dl'd an iSync plug in which purports to doing so. With my Samsung this made me irate, but Moto has a good track record with iSync support so I'm waiting.
6. Headset has better mic, so others hear me better even than when I'm using the phone regularly. BUT, there's often (65% of the time) a buzz that either I can hear, or both my caller and I can hear.
7. Cannot access full menu when on a call, only some menu functions (but not text or call recording)
8. Cannot record calls
9. Some functions & settings hard to find (or completely lost)

Tmo has crippled this phone in some ways:
1. no MotoReader like the Moto site for the product says (which opens MS docs)
2. the option to save text messages to the SIM card has been removed. Tmo support says they can't control this. Moto says Tmo has removed it and thus controls that aspect.
3. cannot install Java apps like the Moto site says.
What? I thought this was MY phone now. Silly consumer, Deutsch Telecom owns it.

Comments:
1. screen is tiny compared to others, but still is very resolute and pleasant to look at
2. camera is great, doesn't have as many fun options as my old Samsung t809 (which I really didn't like but which did have lots of ways to play with your pics when taking them like comic bubbles etc)
3. my RIZR was set to display only SIM card contacts when I first got it from Tmo which frustrated me for a while since the phone kept telling me that the newly BT transferred contact was "outside current view"
4. I have decided to keep the phone with Tmo despite the drawbacks I've listed.

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