Motorola MOTORIZR Z8 Review

Motorola’s fondness for using capital letters in its handset naming shows no signs of letting up if the title of the new quad-band, 3G, HSDPA toting MOTORIZR Z8 is anything to go by.

What’s new is the when you open this slider mobile, the phone curves a little. The back of the phone is in two sections and as you slid the screen upwards the keyboard angles forwards. This means that when you hold the Z8 to your ear it fits the shape of your face better than regular handsets do. As a result, the microphone is closer to your mouth and the earpiece closer to your ear, so that you can hear and be heard better.

..The curved format when the handset is opened might appeal to some, as might the colour scheme. I’d expect the bundled Bluetooth headset to appeal to even more. The Z8 (or more specifically future incarnations of it) could just be Motorola’s best shot at toppling Sony Ericsson its position at the top of the music capable mobile phone tree.

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