MOTO2006
Aug 4, 2006, 2:02 PM by Eric Lin
Hands-on reports from Motorola events in Cape Town and NYC. Hands-on with the new KRZR, RIZR, FONE, i880, xx, maxx, and W375.
We traveled a long way - literally half way around the world - to bring you a hands on with Mototola's newest phone designs. The American manufacturer held the global launch for its new designer phones in Cape Town, South Africa.
Motorola's chief designer, Jim Wicks unveiled the phones formerly code named Canary and Capri. Though filings with the FCC called them the K1 and Z3, they are now officially called the KRZR and RIZR. Although not much has changed since we got our hands on the RIZR a month ago, there were a few interesting surprises.
Both phones run the same software except for a minor change in the camera viewfinder - as we showed you, the RIZR runs a full-screen viewfinder in landscape mode, while the KRZR has a near full screen viewfinder, with all the same features, but in portrait mode. We will refrain from discussing the software much since we covered that pretty thoroughly earlier.
However it is worth noting that Motorola has switched its navigation system to match almost all other manufacturers'. Enter/Forward type functions are now on the left soft key while No/Back operations are done by the right. Not only does this match what other manufacturers do, but it now matches the send/end buttons, where green is on the left and red is on the right. This will be a small hassle for long time Motorola users, but it will be a big improvement for users new to the brand.
This change had not been implemented on the RIZR prototype we previewed before. It has been fully implemented everywhere in the OS except in the music player, where we suspect it was missed since that is a Java add-on and not part of the core OS.
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Comments
Moto copying LG?!?! Who would have thought....
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For those in the wireless industry...
Scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being the worst and 10 the best:
Nokia:
Reliability-
Build quality-
Reception-
Motorola:
Reliability-
Build quality-
Reception-
Heres mine.
Nokia:
10
8.5 (maybe 9)
10
Motorola:
5
6 (maybe 6.5)
7 (mayyyybe 😎
Let it begin!
Motorola: v325, v325i, KRZR
Reliability- 8
Build quality- 8
Reception- 9.5
Availability of H601 Bluetooth headset in US
NokiaNokia
This phone is garbage!!!
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Sales numbers don't lie! If it were garbage as you claim; no one would buy it!
It is the hottest cellphone in the world! Period.
oh, motorola
Every phone you have released lately has that wonderful RAZR (shoon to bwe shortened to RR, when they release the KRZYRAZR V3XivM^3) look and feel to it.
This, I am not a fan of.
what if every car produced by Chevy looked entirely the same... not very fun is it?
in a business where people shoot for looks, it's either innovate or die.
Give it up Motorola! there are only sooo many idiots in the world. The rest of us...
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Atavist Arise said:
what if every car produced by Chevy looked entirely the same... not very fun is it?
Thats true... probably why I'll never buy a Chevy. =)
I agree its a little boring for all the designs to be ...
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Hope it is in black, blue and lime; not the ugly gunmetal Grey that is so ugly! Even my gunsmith hate the color and he works on guns for a living and love the color of bl...
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cdma version have verizon ui??
in my opinion, i really hate the verizon ui. so much that if this phone has it, i probably wouldn't get it.
Rich:
How much does the maxx resemble the a12?
Not at all. This is the MOTORAZR V3maxx (on the right):
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/moto_2006/index. ... »
...and this is the A1200:
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/zoom.php?p=871&g=1 »
The A1200 i...
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Dammit!!!
OMG Finally!!!
But why does the i885 not have the external music controls like the i880?
Peace Corps FONE / Working Assets (Sprint MVNO)
The FONE series might end up being one less thing to give people culture shock.
Which Networks will carry these phones?
It looks like these will be out then, but will Cingular have them? I'm assuming yes, since it's a GSM phone...
Anyone know the scoop on this?
3G on GSM KRZR?
Either way though, im very excited for the KRZR to arrive.
Hmm, I bet it'll cost like $300+ when it does.
🙄 Sho, I'd pay that much.
The new HSDPA phones are the RAZR XX and RARZ MAXX. The versions announced today are only for Europe, Asia, etc, but in theory one of those could get a US version.
I doubt it would be both, so I hope it...
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With the KRZR you forgot to mention...
Will this phone work on Sprint's U.S. Network?
When is the Rizr coming out
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Colors?
There will be one color, followed closely by another. A few months later, there will be a third color.
...and then, exactly 7.2 months later, 17 more colors.
...just like all of thei...
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check out the moto link for the krzr. it has the colors for the planned 1st and 2nd launches plus the GSM and CDMA colors. hope this helps.
106mm x 46mm x 16mm
the KRZR is about 3 or 4 mm narrower.
Verizon??
They just announced a CDMA SLVR. At least they are doing a CDMA KRZR.
