Motorola SLVR L7 Review

Motorola SLVR L7Pocket-Lint takes a look at the SLVR L7 from Motorola. I find it slightly amusing that it is called the L7 because as a child, I used to make that symbol to mean that someone was “square” or uncool, and now to find it gracing a new iTunes phone that looks cool, I think L7 will have its meaning changed.

the SLVR is incredibly slim – 11.5mm slim in fact and this means you can happily tuck it in a trouser pocket without every girl you talk thinking you’ve got other things on your mind.

Like the RAZR before it, the top of the phone is flush flat and the keypad made from aluminium. Improved from the RAZR however, is the slightly raised numbers and this does help locate them when you’re texting without really looking. As before the phone glows in that Tron-like state whenever you start pressing buttons.

In the end though the reviewers at Pocket-Lint were not too impressed as iTunes support was left out for the European model, and a VGA camera, just isn’t what they’d expect from a phone that is trying to be the next RAZR and so it earns itself a slightly above average 6/10.

February 7th, 2006 Posted by David in Motorola, Reviews at 12:08 pm 1 Comment »
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1 Comment »

  1. I bought one. Verizon was killing me on the monthly bill and I wanted a GSM phone - I did a little research, and figured RAZRs was tired - so I went and bought a SLVR :shrug:. SLVR = RAZR - FLIP.

    My thoughts: It’s a RAZR. RAZRs are asthetically pleasing phones - functionally? I’d still LG and Nokia have some of the best features/capabilities for the dollar. One feature that I miss most with my LG phone was the ability to save multiple contact options under a single contact (cell phone, home phone and email under ONE contact name). Motorola for some odd reason has yet to figure this out. Sure you can add a second phone but it’ll save under the same name heading and appear in your contacts list as a duplicate entry.

    Am I disappointed with my purchase? Not necessarily - I dig it and enjoy playing with it. The earpierce quality is solid, the speakerphone is exceptional. While some complain about Motorola’s OS (I don’t know why) - I find they’re all relatively intuitive. The standard ring tones are a bit annoying, but that’s acceptable. Screen clarity is quality.

    The Verdict: Asthetically pleasing, functionally basic. Solid “B” phone.

    Comment by Nadi — February 7, 2006 @ 12:31 pm

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