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Posted: 12 Feb 2007
Market Status: Released
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Motorola Z8, or the HSDPA version of RIZR not only upgrades the supported download speeds, but also features unique slider design, which makes it more ergonomic to hold when the slider is up. The device features QVGA display with 16 million colors, 2 megapixel camera with flash, Bluetooth with A2DP support, microSD slot for memory and media player.

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Motorola RIZR Z8 specifications

Pros

No pros

Cons

Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Too little RAM memory (64 MB RAM)
Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
The camera lacks autofocus
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Device type:
- Smart phone
OS:
- Symbian (9.2) UIQ 3.1
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Slider
Dimensions:
- 4.29 x 1.96 x 0.59 (109 x 50 x 15 mm)
Weight:
- 3.95 oz (112 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 2.20 inches
Resolution:
- 240 x 320 pixels
Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 182 ppi
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 16 777 216

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 5.00 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 16.0 days (384 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
Capacity:
- 1030 mAh

Hardware

System memory:
System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.
- 64 MB RAM / 128 MB ROM
Built-in storage:
- 90 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD

Camera

Camera:
- - 2 megapixels
- Flash:
  - Yes
- Features:
  - Digital zoom
Camcorder:
- - Yes
- Features:
  - Video calling

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Opera Browser
- Supports:
  - WAP 2.0

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS:
UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, also called WCDMA, is a 3G (Third Generation) packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It is based on GSM standard and is supported by major standards bodies and manufacturers
- 2100 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Unlimited entries, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, World clock, Notes
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS (iTAP), Predictive text input
E-mail:
- - IMAP, POP3, SMTP

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - Yes
USB:
- - Yes
- Computer sync, SyncML

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice recording

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