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| Motorola MOTO Z10 |
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 We were initially impressed by the kick-flip form on the MOTO Z8, but the Z10 feels a bit half-baked. The phone felt rickety in our hands, the polished accents felt cheap, not, well, polished. We're curious about what Motorola might have done with Symbian UIQ, now that they own half of the company, and we're obviously impressed by the phone's camera and video features. But perhaps the kick-flip form needs more time in the oven. Release: August 2008. Price: $500.
Pros: 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus. Innovative kick-flip form. Updated UIQ multimedia smartphone interface.
Cons: Phone felt flimsy in our hands, and a bit large. UIQ has frustrated us in the past. No American 3G support.
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| Asus P527 |
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 If anything, the Asus P527 has us more interested in Asus' next phones for the U.S. market. The phone shows a lot of potential, especially in the top-notch navigation software, and the attention to battery life. Unfortunately, the phone borders on being unusable after only a brief period awake, as open apps pile up and crash the Windows Mobile interface. Even without all the open programs, the phone is so underpowered, with a slow processor and a dearth of RAM, that the best of Asus' custom apps won't even load reliably. Still, with all this potential, we're curious about what's next out of Asus' stable, including the upcoming Lamborghini phone. That one has to be faster, no? Release: March 2008. Price: $550.
Pros: Excellent navigation software. Nice feature set, with some good extra apps thrown in. Light phone. Great battery life.
Cons: Terribly underpowered. Can hardly run included software. Dedicated buttons aren't intuitive, don't open some necessary apps.
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| Nokia N95 8GB NAM |
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 The Nokia N95 8GB has only improved since we last saw it, but so have our expectations grown as well, and we've come to feel stronger about great interface design and a fast, reliable bit of desktop synchronization software. This isn't the iPhone killer, in fact it's the exact opposite of that device. The Nokia N95 is packed to the gills with features; it does just about everything we've ever seen a phone do, at least in this country. But it lacks an intuitive, fun interface, and the desktop software, though improved to the point of being usable, is a far cry from Apple's seamless, reliable iTunes experience. It's a tough call between the two, and as phone geeks, we'd love to own the feature-rich N95, though we wouldn't hock our iPhone to buy one. In the end, we're glad both phones are out there, because they each represent the goal that the other should strive to achieve. Release: March 2008. Price: $650.
Pros: Feature-packed, now with loads of internal memory and faster networking. Camera, GPS navigation and media functions are among the best in class.
Cons: Big, square phone without much style. No touchscreen. Interface is uninspired and aging. No QWERTY.
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