| Design | 3/5 |
| Display & Interface | 3.4/5 |
| Calling | 4/5 |
| Talk time | 3/5 |
| Messaging | 3.5/5 |
| Music | 3.6/5 |
| Video | 2.5/5 |
| Camera | 3/5 |
| Memory | 3/5 |
| Web browsing | 2.4/5 |
| Connectivity | 3.5/5 |
| Productivity | 2.8/5 |
| Scheduling | 2.5/5 |
| Laptop sidekick | 2/5 |
| Navigation | 3/5 |
| Gaming | 3/5 |
| Mobile services | 3.8/5 |
| Accessories | 2/5 |
| Value | 3/5 |
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Pros:
Nice paint job. Great call quality. Solid build. Navigation tracked us well. |
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Cons:
Not very exciting or elegant, especially for a slider. Keypad wasn't great. Web browser disappointing, especially for Opera. |
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| The Motorola Z9 isn't a bad choice for a phone, it just isn't a very exciting choice, either. Call quality was very good, and it has all our favorite calling features, including a robust address book and speaker-independent voice dialing. Music, too, was a solid feature, with plenty of options. But none of it was especially appealing or easy to use, so the phone simply fell flat. We'd like to see just a bit more polish all around. A thinner shell, a slicker interface, better Web browsing. Everything on this phone comes so close, but doesn't quite deliver all it could. It does a lot right, but not a lot great. |
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