Motorola RIZR Z3
Motorola’s RIZR Z3 handset is a stylish slider phone with a thin and compact design. It features good voice quality and speedy EDGE data transmission, but has been criticized by many reviewers as a tired and unimaginative spin off of its predecessors, the Motorola RAZR and KRZR.
Aside from its slider design, the RIZR has virtually the same physical dimensions as the clamshell KRZR handset, with the same 1.9-inch LDC display, and very similar keypad and navigation controls. The only major difference is that the RIZR’s exposed screen is far more vulnerable to scratches and other damage.
As a music player, the RIZR performs adequately, supporting MP3 and AAC music files, and coming equipped with stereo Bluetooth, 20MB of internal memory, and a 1GB microSD Card slot. There is no dedicated music button, however, and the music player is hard to access through the phone’s awkward menu structure.
When it comes down to it, this phone seems to depend more on the style factor than anything else, and is far less innovative and feature-rich than many of Motorola’s previous handsets.