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| Motorola RIZR Z3 Rose Phone (T-Mobile) | 
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| Brand: Motorola
Category: Wireless
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $0.01
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 2378
Color: Silver
Media: Wireless Phone
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: RIZR
UPC: 610214614384
ASIN: B000RO0CE8
Release Date: June 7, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great looks, but not much personality February 19, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I had this phone for three days before rushing to return it. I LOVE the look and feel of the phone as well as the keypad. All wonderful. Don't get me started on the 2mp camera with "flash." GREAT! I also love that you cannot overcharge the battery as well as the feature where if you can't get to the phone right away, a message will tell the caller to hold on a sec. One of the reasons I returned it is the alarm. You have to set it EVERY NIGHT! I have friends with Motorola phones and their phones had the multi-alarm feature where you can set it by day, etc. Why doesn't THIS phone have that? Another thing that got on my nerves was the UI. Samsung has spoilt me with their numbered menus. Pressin' the down key nine times to get to the 9th menu option when I can just press the no. 9 key just doesn't make sense to me in this day and age. The speaker phone isn't loud enough either. Hey, if I didn't take enough time to get to know the phone and I'm wrong about any of this, please lemme know. I opted for a Samsung Blast. Looooove it! Got my numbered menus and the "flash" on the Motorola Rizr z3 is nothing compared to all the frames, clip art and other fun stuff you can do with Samsung's camera options. Still I can't stop thinkin' about the Rizr z3. However, when I get past its looks, the romance is done.
 Do Not Buy This Phone February 8, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Please take time to read this review, and if you want to save yourself a lot of frustration, take into account this review before you even THINK about buying this phone.
The phone texts so slowly that if you type in a word with more than two letters you have to wait for it to catch up with you. If you try to just type everything in all at once without seeing what you wrote the phone will jumble letters and get confused.
The only way to see which are incoming calls and which are outgoing calls is to look closely to see if there is a blue or orange arrow next to the person. It took me a month to figure this out, the symbols are very small and there are no separate sections for outgoing/incoming/missed calls.
There is no way to turn off repeated vibrate when you get a text. It will continue to vibrate, over and over and over, (spaced about a two minutes apart) until you've read the text.
The phone itself is slow. When you push a button, it doesn't instantly take you where you want to go, there is about a three second lag, which doesn't sound bad but if you are doing more than just calling someone it gets annoying pretty quickly. It reminds me of dial-up internet, waiting for pages to load.
Last but not least, if you are buying it for the 2.0 megapixel camera, you won't be disappointed, the image quality is great, but unfortunately the three second lag applies here too. So unless you're taking pictures of still objects you will be frustrated with what you get.
Motorola Rizr January 11, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I biught this phone only to realize that right out of the box it had white screen problems, I exchanged it and the same thing happened again. I sent the second phone back for a tmobile shadow and I couldn't be happier. If the white screen is fixed then it could be a decent phone, but it is annoying and frustrating.
Not ready for sale November 22, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This phone was released before it was ready. Every week or so, the phone screen goes white and resets itself. It happens randomly and as far as I can tell is not linked to a specific action. I have exchanged this phone 2 times. So I have had 3 of these phones, and all 3 have had this problem. Unfortunately I did not first see it until the 15th day, 1 day after I could have returned the phone in the state I reside. No one at T-Mobile knows what the problem is, and they pretend not to know the problem exists even though I have read reviews in many places complaining of this problem (after I had the problem and looked for soln, which I have not found). Motorola quality control has obviously gone downhill. In summary, don't buy this phone.
Ok, for a Slider, O SO SLOW November 9, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I received my Rizr z3 as an upgrade from the Samsung Trace (which, with a few drawbacks, I LOVED). The screen size is very comparable to the Trace, but compared to the Trace the display is archaic & pixel-y. While photos are captured more quickly than the Trace, the quality of the photos isn't quite as good. The body is solid, the Z3 has a pretty comfy hand feel, although it is much more bulky than my sleek Trace. The slider function is smooth & solid compared to other slider phones. Text messaging is easy, the auto memory quickly picks up new & frequently used words and practically texts by itself.
The biggest drawback is the SO SO SLOW processor. After pushing a button it will think for a minute, then begin the command. This is especially noticeable on infrequently used commands, photo albums, & music files. For photo viewing it takes a long time to actually pull up the photo album list. Then the Z3 will display pictures slowly, one at a time on the list, pausing to think after one picture is displayed. Not only is this frustrating, but browsing an entire photo album to locate one picture takes forever. Motorola should have added an automatic sub-folder feature for ease of organization.
Personally, I don't have the patience to wait for this phone to think while it processes my commands in photo albums, music, even the phone book. It is excruciatingly frustrating trying to locate one picture for a wallpaper or to text to a friend. I would not recommend this phone unless you are extremely patient, or enjoy slow torture.
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