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Motorola L7
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Date: 21/12/2006
The Motorola L7, also known as the Motorola SLVR is a super slim mid-range camera phone at just 11.5mm thickness and weighing only 96g, it is nice and light.
The camera is an integrated VGA with 4 x digital zoom, a typical standard for a phone within this price range. It also has video recording functionality.
The display is of a high standard with a resolution of 176 x 220 and supports 262k colours. It has a TFT screen which means that it is viewable in bright sunshine and is among the best around at the moment in comparison with other mid-range phones.
The phone comes equipped with a music player that supports MP3 or AAC formats. This is good although it does not have a FM radio like other phones in this budget. The memory is good enough to support storage of music files as well as others as it has the option to expand the 5MB of internal memory to up to 512 MB with an external memory card. The L7 is able to use MP3's as ringtones.
Connectivity options are very good with Bluetooth and USB. The Bluetooth option allows you to wirelessly connect to another Bluetooth device up to 10 metres apart whilst the USB connection requires a cable to connect to a PC.
Connecting to the internet is done via a GPRS. This in comparison with others in this price range is below average as many phones have a significantly faster transfer rate with 3G or EDGE which are about three times faster or more.
The battery talk time is 345 hours which is amongst the highest within the mid-range phones. It works on a quad-band operating frequency meaning it will work in Europe, America and Japan.
Overall, this is a very good mid range phone with no real gripes, so we would recommend it.
Features of the Motorola L7 include:
- Camera: Integrated Digital VGA Camera with 4 x Digital Zoom
- Video Camera: Capture and playback
- Display: 128 x 160, 65K color CSTN
- Music Player: Listen to MP3 or AAC music on a pre-loaded or built-in audio player
- Java Games
- Ringtones: MP3 Ringtones
- Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB Connection Port
- Memory: Up to 5MB of built-in end user memory, Up to 512MB of removable optional memory
- Messaging: EMS 5.0, E-Mail : POP3, SMTP, IMAP2, MMS, Instant Messaging
- Internet: MIB 2.2, WAP 2.0 (WSP/HTTP 1.1, WTCP/IP, xHTML Mobile Profile, WCSS, Cookies, WTLS Class 2, TLS 1.0/SSL 3.0)
- Talk Time: Up to approximately 400 minutes
- Standby: Up to approximately 350 hours
- Operating Frequency: GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- Size: 113.5 x 49 x 11.5mm
- Weight: 96g
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Reviewed by baj on 13/02/2007
this phone is the worst phone on the market
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Reviewed by Pete on 13/02/2007
God phonw worth buying recommend it I got it from a nokia 3220 which is rubish (poor) so I got this phone and i can definetly see difference
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Reviewed by robbi on 12/02/2007
very good phone breaks easily though
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Reviewed by Steven Ayers on 11/02/2007
I've had this phone for a year now, and regretted it as soon as i bought it. It has hardly any phone memory so you can only have one MP3 song on the phone at a time, and can get about 10 on the memory card you get free with it, although these can't be used as a ringtone and as the MP3 player function is basic is pretty pointless. The only thing in its favour is the size of it, and by size i mean the thickness of it. But don't buy it on this condition alone, it's a horrendous phone to use and i've had to put up with it for the past year before upgrading last week.
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Reviewed by jane on 10/02/2007
I had this phone for just over a month and the centre select button on the key pad came off. Phones 4 u refused to repair it under warranty as they said it was caused by physical damage, but be warned as it definately did not receive any unusual treatment, in fact it was hardly used as I was using up credit on an existing phone for most of the month.
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Reviewed by al on 09/02/2007
Worst phone i have ever had. Terrible memory, terrible camera, scratches if u touch it. One of those phones that makes u really angry. Aviod like the plague.
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Reviewed by Harriet Curry on 08/02/2007
well i got this phone 2days ago and i think it fanstatic! the camra isn't that bad i can take good pics with it. The mp3 is brill but the memory is the let down. But if you go to amazon you can buy one for under £8! with the memory card i can put 100 songs on there! Also the phone looks great but if you have the black one eit gets VERY dirty! but a quick wipe of the cloth would sort it out. Also if your not bothered about buying a memory card but you want to get photos from your pc on there its a nightmare. I would recomend this phone
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Reviewed by mreapa@yahoo.com on 05/02/2007
i love this phone, because it has powerful gprs respons. no hang! but camera must need 1.3 mp.i cannot download any quit bigger immage.pardon for poor english.
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Reviewed by Nicola on 04/02/2007
I got a new phone (samsung e900) but i had this one about a week ago b4 i brought the samsung, i thought it was amazing, great fetures, wondeful camera, bluetooth, thin, abit heavy, i'd say its a mans phone but its great!! easy to get along with, looks good, memory card holder, everyone will be jealous if u had ths, i miss this phone xx
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Reviewed by Lara Lash on 02/02/2007
Thought to try something other than Nokia but I will stick to reliable Nokia. I wouldn't advise anyone to get this phone at all! This is the worst phone I've ever had. Never has reception (have another Nokia phone on the same network), turns itself off and now it's sending text messages to everyone I have ever sent one to. Whenever I try to go into my outbox to delete messages so it doesn't have any messages to send, it turns itself off and then back again and we start all over again. I've had it for 8 months now and never had any joy with it. Sending it back to get it fixed as it is still under warranty.
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Reviewed by eduardo gabriel cid on 02/02/2007
i have to say that i have used the nokia 5200 and i changed it for the motorola l7 because the nokia got hot when you use the speaker so it broken when i used it a lot but now i`m very happy for this phone i thing that the nokia are the best phones in the world but motorola are pretyer than the nokia even if you ahve used both i hate when the 5200 get open and autocall others number but whith this phone you can block his keypad and you won`t have any problem
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Reviewed by seoul on 31/01/2007
am happy wid L7............. although its camera isnt up to the mark but am satisfied with the others facility...... :-D
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Reviewed by fawad ahmad from swat on 30/01/2007
its a good phone in talking and in battery progress.i like it very much.
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Reviewed by Livvy-Charlotte Walker on 28/01/2007
its too thin, i always drop it! but dont let me put u off. its a really good phone, really handy. basically got everything u need.
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Reviewed by vipul panchal on 28/01/2007
this is one of the great mobile i have used. i have only one complain about motorola's menu that is not like others looking great on display. please change if you can.
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Reviewed by Mahmud on 27/01/2007
No voice recording option! what is this? very bad work...
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Reviewed by Vit on 25/01/2007
Bluetooth doesn't work with PC. I see service from someones cell in the office, but mine says no services available... Call forward only for all calls (no details), though my old phone with the same SIM card has full details (on busy, no answer, etc...). Manual says it is depend on SIM or mobile plan - BS, it works with my old phone. I got this phone yesterday, and it hang up one time..... Well, it is not the best phone ever.....
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Reviewed by cazz on 25/01/2007
this phone is amazing . don't listen to the bogus that it would cost a lot because you have to buy a memory card. i got mine for £60 and the memory card was £14.00! (512mb). cool phone and i love it.
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Reviewed by Mark on 25/01/2007
Got it as an upgrade through vodaphone to my old V3, On the plus side, 512Mb transflash, Vid recording, MP3 capacity, superb slim design and reasonable price. on the negative; as usual not easy to install apps or new games (typical Motorola), Unlike the V3 does not include the OEM tools disk for the pc (had to get one of the net), Manual is sketchy and does not cover things like keypad lock, Even IF its possible! MP3 is as good as useless unless you pay for either wired or bluetooth headphones, The Razr V3 is a much better looking phone by far. Overall; If the V3 HAD memory (i.e not 5 megs!!) I wouldnt have bothered upgrading. compared with the newer Krazr, it doesnt have a look in. PLEASE Motorola make application and game installation EASIER! you let your phones down big time!
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Reviewed by subash paudel on 25/01/2007
This phone is outstanding. It Support every software. The only thing i can say about this phone in one words is outstanding...... outstanding........ and again outstanding..........
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Reviewed by ArI on 24/01/2007
This phone is SeXy, its small and hardly noticeable. I got it 4 x-mas and the only time i put it down is when i have to go to school (we have metal detectors & etc) but anyways its a stylish phone that works excellently. I love the i-tunes but i heard u could put full- length movies on it...does anyone know how?
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Reviewed by Dipesh on 23/01/2007
I have a problem in sending short msg message in my mobile slvr L7 model set. While i send short sms then it does't respond.
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Reviewed by Himmy Jendrix on 22/01/2007
what a bad phone.
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Reviewed by emzy on 21/01/2007
hi umm av ordered the L7 and am awaiting it, is it a good overall fone for an average person??
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Reviewed by Steph on 21/01/2007
I have had this phone for under 4 months, and it is useless.. it may be a really sexy lookin phone but being motorola, it freezes continuously, the screen blanks out all the time and when recieving a text when the phone is locked the phone has a habbit of freezing. along with texting..it wil freeze then too. It has a reli small memory and all together i think its the worst phone ive ever had. Ill never buy a motorla again... they look good but inside there Rubbish.
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Reviewed by AJ on 20/01/2007
IT IS A GOOD PHONE
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Reviewed by Ben on 17/01/2007
My little brother has got this phone after much abuse, it's been through a washing machine, stood on and after all of it's comotion it washalf ate by a hungry and now sick dog. but after buying a new battery and cover it worked first time.
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Reviewed by Shauab on 12/01/2007
It was the best mobile phone i had ever gotten . My preview handset was the Nokia 6101 (it had most of the features) accept it was slow and hard 2 handel. lots of features in this phone . get it now !!!!
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Reviewed by david on 10/01/2007
this is a good phone. good job
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Reviewed by ernst on 08/01/2007
it better than other motorola cell phones
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Reviewed by shyaam on 08/01/2007
By style this is outstanding but the software is not at all available. Thats the great problem, but this is a good and glamourous phone…
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Reviewed by caz on 29/12/2006
i've had this phone 5 days and there is such good camera and video quality, but if you want to record long video clips you'd be best off getting a memory card. good expandable memory (512mb)good quality camera and the games are cool. dis fone is soo cool.
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Reviewed by Shazzy on 26/12/2006
My daughter loves it but can't get software to work properly and download songs onto memory card. She also wants to use headphones....or at least I want her too....... but cannot find any to work, does anybody have any solutions?
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Reviewed by raju on 24/12/2006
it’s a good cell
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Reviewed by lugi on 23/12/2006
this phone is da bomb. its the bestt phone i hav ever had woo go motorola u rock!
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Reviewed by 868ANGEL868 on 21/12/2006
omg this phone is soo good! mines very scratched and scraped ye it helts thrown out the pram by my baby sister and bitten and thrown on to concreate by my horse often and it never breaks! its amazing its even fallen from the car onto the carpark withoout a crack!xxi luv it xxx
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Reviewed by ryan on 21/12/2006
i think that this phone is great.it may not have a great camera but it looks great and it has all u need.
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Reviewed by Sam from England on 20/12/2006
The design is excellent, performance tops, sound quality is exceptional, this is a superb phone! Its state of the art build up makes it reliable-howeevr motorolas menus seemed to be programmed by 5 year olds!They are still not good enough as the simple and easy userfriendly Nokia and Sony-Er.
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Reviewed by ANDY on 16/12/2006
wats all this about a 512mb memory card costin £30 u ca get 1 gb off amazon for £10
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Reviewed by Matty on 12/12/2006
This phone is the bees knees its stylish and slim its all there the only thing that lets it down is it camera VGA its not the best thing is it. Well its all easy to use and I am very pleased with this product. I recommend this!
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Reviewed by Derek G on 12/12/2006
Nice sleek design but poor UI. Phonebook search: Searching the phonebook is very awkward compared to Nokia's UI. Searching for 'Bill', for example by typing 'Bi' displays names beginning with 'B' first & then jumps to names beginning with 'I'. MP3 ringtones: Can't be played from microSD card! Must be copied to phones (small) internal memory before they can be used ;- ( Ring volume: Not loud enough. Vibration alert: Not strong enough & too few modes. Ring & vibration alerts cannot be customised only three modes! :- ( Video camera: Clips are time limited to around two minutes or so unlike Nokia or SonyE. Recorded video also very jerky & full of mpeg artifacts. Video camera (again): Very poor performance in low light. Construction quality: the unit I bought had the bottom of the screen where it met the keyboard was uneven on one side. Screen: very dim & had to read in direct sunlight. Predictive Text: If you've owned & use a Nokia phone the predictive text on the Motorola will make you pull out your hair & cry with frustration :- ( Clock: No clock displayed onscreen when phone is locked! Menu System: Poorly organised. I learned my lesson. Stick to Nokia or SonyE. Motorola engineers need to try harder and take a look at how the competition do things.
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Reviewed by Sin on 10/12/2006
Ive had this phone for a few months now... what can i say... great phone.... good coverage.. probably because i'm using Aus Telstra.. pics are far more clearer once ya transfer them to your pc.. which by the way can be connected wirelessly or by means if a micro usb cable... if ya lose the cable.. you dont have to spend the money on a specialised brand cable.. my phone came with all the software, nice instruction book, stereo mp3 headphones, charger, and a great blue tooth handsfree ear piece... the moto bluetooth music headset is now available also.. as i dont like flip phones... so this ones great.. plus it fits into the notes section of my wallet... try doing that with most other mobiles... another bonus is that you dont have to remove the battery to remove the 1gig flash card which is now available... it is robust, as my 16month old daughter has thrown it down our stairs a few times and apart from a scratch.... it works perfectly... it came with 2 good games plus ive foun d a free site for games... i dont have long nails<--being male and i have no problems keying one handed... the only problem i have with it... is the screen size and detail... which is more bigger in some slide/flip phones... or chunkier phones.. for that... i have my laptop
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Reviewed by gak on 09/12/2006
this fone is sick!
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Reviewed by Nasid on 08/12/2006
I bought it at 3rd may 2006 and got rid of it at 5th may 2006.Its worst than n70.It shouldve been equiped with a mega pixel cam.the still picture camera is not so bad but the vdo recording and play back is the worst.And mp3 files with a higher bit rate than 192 cant be played.interneal memory is too low.and u have to copy filese into the phone before using it as ringtones.and ull vomit after hearing the ringtone playback.i only found 2 mp3 and amid file which sounds good and loud to be kept as ringtone.so think for sme time before buying.
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Reviewed by danny on 07/12/2006
this phone is ok i have had it 4 a bit now i want the d900 next cz this phone keeps goin funni lik not letin me look at my pics or find ma numbers but it is still a good phone i think if u want a phone jst 2 mess about wid this is da phone
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Reviewed by jz on 26/11/2006
it is a great phone,nice to look at and easy to use but the menus are rubbis i wish you could change them
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Reviewed by taximan on 25/11/2006
if you use bluetooth headset on this phone then dont bother downloading any ringtones as it wont play them while the headset is on. not impressed that you have to download the full versions of the games as theres only 5 mins of demo as standard. it also has a hard time finding other bluetooth devises, usually takes 10 attemps. has really put me off motorola phones.
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Reviewed by dalvin on 24/11/2006
this seems like a good phone i've only had it a day good graphics
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Reviewed by L7 on 23/11/2006
It's a slim apperence,once you have a glance you will love it. And also it have a very beautiful sound ,but every coin have two sides,the mobilephone is to slim too carry the enough energy and the photograph is too ugly,so these made it not so HIgh technoch.
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Reviewed by karen from uk on 20/11/2006
i bought my daughter this phone for her birthday, she had it 2 weeks and theres no sound, it does not ring can anyone plz tell me if there have had a problem with this too.
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Reviewed by brian lepford on 11/11/2006
it is a amazing phone there is nothing bad i can say about it and it looks snaz
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Reviewed by Tim on 10/11/2006
If you buy this phone don't put a sim card from a samsung in it intending to import all your numbers etc. It will crash the phone and make it unusable. Did this with a Samsung E330 and it locked the phone in an eternal loop of switching itself on and off. To Orange credit they did change both unit (with a bit of a fight). Orange confirmed that importing the numbers like this cause a siftware imcompatibility problem which causes the problem. As phone goes, it make call, it receives calls, has a large number pad compared to a lot of nokia's teeny weeny ones. Nice and lound so can here it ringing in noisy places. Tim
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Reviewed by ad on 04/11/2006
i like this phone its perfect 4 me but its not 4 evry1
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Reviewed by Ryan on 27/10/2006
the motorola is a sexy phone I would advise buyers to purcase a memory card, USB data cable, CD software and a protective case-you wouldn't want a beatiful phone scratched by a key in ur pocket. I can't get on the internet on mine
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Reviewed by AES on 11/09/2006
Shocking dysfunction of telephone basics: insufficient reception always leading to call termination even in well covered areas outdoors, auto resets, and screen glare outdoors. Relative: tradionally unlogical menu trees, fingerprints on screen and black phone.
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Reviewed by Matty on 01/09/2006
This phone is class its slim,stylish and the memory is class you can buy the transflash cards up to 1GB If you want the style then buy this phone!
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Reviewed by samrha on 31/08/2006
i jst lurrvvveee tis phone and i recommend every one 2 buy 1!
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Reviewed by Terry the tiger on 26/08/2006
Had a terrible Motorola a few years back and swore I'd never go back. Made the mistak again. Poor battery, very slow software, lets face it, compared to Nokia or Samsung software this is Windows 95. Most annoying, it won't let you set the dictionary when writing texts, has to be re-set every time. The keys are hard to press, unless you've got small fingers. The screen's good, the phone's slim, but if you're looking for quality, look else where.
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Reviewed by Mark on 26/08/2006
Motorola are crap. Battery, software, screen, speed, you name it Motorola is lousy. Like the V3, this looks great outisde, works bad inside. Do yourself a favour, buy a Sony/Nokia/Samsung, quality phones. Drop this phone and it falls apart, you can drop a nokia from a 1st floor window and it'll bounce back. The metal body scratches easily, the software's so slow you can make a cup of tea waiting for it to start up, the battery needs constant charging, picture quality bad, software very bad. If anyone wants to understand why few electronics are made & designed in America or Britain any more, this is proof. But if you want to know what it was like to have a mobile in 1999, this is for you.
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Reviewed by TimBeanBag on 22/08/2006
Diss is a brill fone was gunna get the L6 but the dude in carphonewarehouse sed it didnt have a video camera, guesse that was a blessin in disguse as this fone is much better than the L6 ( from lookin @ comparisions on da internut ). and only £20 more than the L6.( the L6 does have a Vid Cam BTW). so far this fone is brill, camera is exelent ( compared to my (very) old nokia 6610i ) video is great too, cant stop recording every thing i see, juss ordered a 512 MB memory card !. didnt come with any leads for computer conextions or software, managed to find that on the net too, its cheeky that in shops they tell u it can play mp3s and stuff, they just neglect to tell u,u have to shell out more money for software n things. if i knew i needed software n stuff i woodve brought it in da shop with the fone!!!.bit dissapointed when i got home cuz i couldnt put any songs on it. had 4 nokias b4 this one n im soo glad to finally get somthing other than no kia, nokia bores me. n the menus n things were resonalbly easy to get used too. this fone is MINT! hope im saying the same thing when the software finally arrvires, dont want any hidden complications and dont want to shell out any more cash on this fone.
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Reviewed by ---- on 27/07/2006
fone is good, light, small, perfect if u dnt like bulky fones, but is sum bad points, some calls go straight to voicemail, some texts dont get sent, battery can get bad. but overall its a really good buy, aslong as u dont get a faulty one
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Reviewed by lewis on 24/07/2006
Perfect little phone, got mine second hand but still cant find any problems but one- not alot of memory space on it. But hay that's what ebay is for! Someone on here said something about having to pay out loads for extra stuff - I got a clear case, incar charger, normal charger, handsfree, 512mb memory card and a neat little cable thing that lets u listen to ur music through ur own headphones for just over £30! Don't moan about instore prices just go some where else and get it cheaper!
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Reviewed by Ave on 12/07/2006
I have been used to Nokia's so the L7 was a complete change. I particularly wanted an mp3 player facility in a phone and vodafone sent me the slvr as an upgrade. It only came with a charger, which was a bummer, but I found a 256mb memory card, a stereo headset, the phone tools software and data cable on eBay, all for a max of £20 quid. After setting up the software etc I can now download the tunes (very easily) to the phone which I think is brill. The phone only supports mp3 format so any wma tunes you have need to be converted first, and I found a program for this on the internet. The sound quality is great, and you can add the tunes to a playlist to have continuous playing. Don't know yet what the battery life is with the player on alot but without it, so far, the battery life is excellent. Has everything I need in a phone, is funky and feels solid and good quality (not like some 'plasticky' phones I've seen recently. Screen does smudge easily and you can't see the sc reen very well outside in daylight. Another downside is; I can't seem to be able to set up 'delivery reports' for messaging which I used to find very useful so if anyone knows a way?... Camera is not the best but certainly more than adequate for me. For a 'die hard' nokia user, the L7 slvr has made the wrench away much easier! Love it!
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Reviewed by fredrico on 26/06/2006
oh, this is a very beautiful item, nice camera, memory card slot, nice design, brushed aluminium keypad. please buy, so nice.
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Reviewed by Alison on 26/06/2006
This is very strong and reliable, considering how thin it is.
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Reviewed by andrew on 22/06/2006
my wife got me this! Its so sexy and eye catching, buy it ,even if its just for the eye candy
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Reviewed by Sam on 19/06/2006
Beautiful clean lines and well-made Lovely keypad and it looks very pricey, considering what this retails at. Cools the hand nicely with the metal aluminium and the bronze keypad. Nice glow with equal backlighting. Has to have the best screen quality for the price and the camera is stunning. The memory card slot fitting into something so thin is amazing. Buy it-its fab.
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Reviewed by hello you people out there on 18/06/2006
this fone is the bobm man it has everything you could need in a phone it has a descent camers but not as good as the w800i (well you cant beat sony anyway)the only bad thing is with some slvrs you dont get any headphones or a memory card (even more money spent)but its well worth the buy because everything it has is class thankyou for reading and buy it cos i wanna see more of these fones on the streets cos hey are sick!!!!
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Reviewed by Steven Kelly on 16-06-2006
I bought this phone because it looked really good and so I could transfer music files from my computer. Be warned data transfer from your computer is impossible unless you have windows 2000 or above! Other than that the phone isn't too bad although you cannot search other mobiles via bluetooth.
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Reviewed by Will on 11-06-2006
Pitty there is no 0. Worst phone ever. Too broad too thin, does not fit my hand for one-hand texting or phoning. Slips out of top pocket. I am over 50 and use normal reading glasses, font size is too small and font does not read easily. Cannot read the screan outside, too dark. The screen is cluttered with additional rubbish. I do not want to entertained by the phone. Get the feeling it is a TAMAGOTSHI, you have to nurse and feed it, etc, but when it comes to phoning - NO SIGNAL!!!! Wonderful toy for those who have nothing else to do but play with the phone. I want to phone, text, receive calls. At least NOKIA phones do that. Can adjust the font so large I can read the screen without glasses. The SLVR has done one very good thing. It has weened me from using the mobile with ease. It has now become an effort to use the phone and saves on the account. At least give credit were credit is due. There is a NOKIA 5500 coming up, smart builders phone, will get that and let all the other SLVR users suffer in silence. The software interfaces and software are not available. This phone is an absolute must for anybody with a double digit IQ!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by pele on 10-06-2006
i wud recomend this phone 2 any 1 thats looing 4 a phone but u av 2 get a 2 gig mem card 4 it
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Reviewed by Sandra on 28-05-2006
I had a Motorola V3 before getting this. OK, lets put things into perspective. DESIGN - this is high class and feels expensive to touch and feel. The shiny keypad looks stunning and shiny - almost like a sunray dial on a watch. It has a solid case and cools the hand nicely, too. CAMERA/VIDEO - The camera, being VGA looks clear and on the screen, colours stand out and are sharp and photos take very well. The video is average and looks OK. BLUETOOTH - I managed to pair and transfer data with my friends phones with no problem whatsoever. The Bluetooth is fast and works good with a headset, too. JAVA/MULTIMEDIA - The Java capabilities are great and i managed to download various games and applications very quickly and they were easy to store. MP3 PLAYER/EPANDABLE MEMORY - Mine had pre-installed Motorola MP3 software and i had to buy a USB lead seperatly, although i found it incredibly easy to drag and drop files in seconds. The Micro SD cards are placed in a convinient slot the right hand side.
VERDICT
This is a phone that combines gorgeous looks without compromising on functionality. This would be ideal for those who have had a Motorola before although may be a big step for those who have had Nokia before like me. If you like Motorola, you will love this. Buy it.
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Reviewed by BrandyCandy06 on 27-05-2006
i hate people complaining about this phone!! i've had mine for a couple of weeks now and it's awesome! i originally bought the RAZR but it had bad memory and no option of expandable memory, so i exchanged it for the SLVR L7 which i am now in love with!! my beautiful little phone came with a 64mb transflash card which was ok got 12 mp3 tracks and a lot of piccies!! just bought an 512mb card for £19.99. although i was disappointed that i sent the RAZR back with headset and usb cable, only to find that the SLVR cam with neither, but again just bought a headset with 2 earphones!! from ebay for just £5 (not bad considering it's a genuine headset!!) no software but i don't care!! i just simply put the memory card into the slot on my PC and transfer any files either to or from my phone in seconds :) don't know why people don't like the camera anyway, compared to my nokia the images are sharp and clear....i can't complain!! i love the menu, it's very pretty and i've changed the selections so the ones that i use more are easiest to get to. always had nokia phones, apart from a little samsung A800, but i got used to the new menu very quickly. no scratches on it yet!! and i'm a 17 year old so it's always out with me so YAY!! it's like a mini computer and can't keep my friends off it!! only 2 little things to improve about it really is the itunes thing as the digital player doesn't play all my tracks, but not really a problem as i just go into the sounds menu. can't wait for my memory card to arrive so i can use my phone more!! also i have been unable to find a website which is able to unlock my mobile which is on Tesco mobile atm, which kinda sucks, want to get back onto O2, so i'm using 2 mobiles atm!! but other than that i love my phone and would recommend it to everyone!! even my sister has bought it hehe!!
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Reviewed by BiGBoY on 23-05-2006
great looks, exotic materials rarely used in mobile phones.. anodized aluminum body, glass lcd screen, nickel plated copper keypad..never hav i seen a phone of this built and quality
being a nokia phone user for almost 10 yrs would make one salivate over this phone's good looks "i wish my nokia looks that good!!"
now.. if only they could marry nokia's intuitive software w/ motorola's great phone designs.. as motorola's GUI is complex and not for 1st time users..
overall the SLVR L7 is a engineering feat and a thing of beauty..a great phone!!
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Reviewed by Tim on 22-05-2006
I think this is fab. I had the Motorola E1 ROKR and thought it was great.
I had it for a year and decided to upgrade. I did not want the RAZR V3 as i find its becoming too common and too many people have it. I wanted this as i dont like flips anyway. This really was the perfect alternative to theRAZR V3. Minus the iTunes from my E1 ROKR, this is great. It is faster than the E1 ROKR and looks so sleek. The memory is plug and play when you connect to a PC. It just reads it as a mass storage device so i can drag and drop my files in seconds and the transfer rate is really fast. The
camera is VGA but it looks great and is ideal for sending photos. Well done Motorola for another fantastic masterpiece! Deninitly reccomended.
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Reviewed by Chey on 30-04-2006
I have to say i was really dissapointed with this phone. On the surface its a really stylish-looking phone, but thats all it has going for it.
For a start when you buy a phone you expect to be able to use it to full capacity without making any addition purchases, but this is not the case with the L7. It doesn't come with a USB lead or the software required to connect it to a pc - you have to buy this separately and the only place you can get this is direct from motorola.
If you are not too vexed by the audacity of Motorola selling only half a phone and go ahead and purchase the software you may be slightly peeved,
having downloaded your favourite tracks to the inbuilt audio player, to find that it does not come with headphones! Again, these have to be purchased from Motorola.
To add insult to injury the phone does not come with a memory stick either.
The phone looks great on the outside and Motorola should be commended for the external design, but internally its very basic and for this they
should be condemmed. Its just not on par with the many other phones new to the market.
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Reviewed by julie on 24-04-2006
here in the philippines, nokia is the most popular brand of cellphone which is bought by many. i decided to try other brands to be different. i
wanted to buy the motorola e398 but when i saw this phone, I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. as soon as i turned on the phone for the first time, i was so
shocked by its super clear screen and its superb camera! this phone's got everything i need. i have no regrets buying this phone!!!
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Reviewed by Lynne on 12-04-2006
I got this phone as a free upgrade from O2 and I must say it isn't as good as it's made out to be! Firstly I was told (by O2) that it has removable covers but it hasn't, you're stuck with the colour you get. I was also told that it was quad band but it's only tri band. The phone does have an MP3 player BUT it doesn't come with the memory card to store the songs on, computer software and cable to actually get your songs from your computer to the phone AND it didn't come with headphones either. If you are to buy all this kit from Motorola it will cost you a fortune (£50+) but I was lucky enough to get the software CD and headphones from ebay and a memory card for £17.99 from play.com. The other drawback with this phone is that it is not compatable with MAC meaning you can't 'sync' your mobile with your MAC, you can't use the cable to download songs or pictures onto your phone AND it won't hook up to MAC bluetooth!!!! Altogether the phone is okay as a free upgrade but I would have been MAD if I actually had to pay for it, especailly as you need to fork out for all of the additional 'extras' if you want to make full use of the MP3 player.
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Reviewed by doug on 11-04-2006
You wuill hate this phone is about 2 weeks.
You cannot get the MP3s to play into ear phones/headphones. When I was sold the phone I was told to just buy the BlueTooth headphones from
Motorola. But the HT820 BlueTooth headphone ONLY work with the Motorola V3X - this is a 3G phone so not pay as you go, but you can transfer your number from one SIM to the new one, this can take upto 14 days to occur.
The MP3 feature of the SLVR is just ring tones - do not mistake it for a portalble MP3 player. There is no concept of a jackplug. The HT820 will only work the phone and makes calls. This is well know in the industry and this is why the SLVRs are being off-loaded.
The phone claims to have "(POP3, SMTP, IMAP2)" it is totally undocumented how to set this up, and needs a 'Special' type of connection, so if you have set up your home elaim dont think you can set up your phone email.
Likewise it is a pull-email, that is you have to go get it, unlike when an SMS message is pushed to you.
The video is not bad for a few seconds.
The photos are bad.
They keypad for sending SMS texts are bad, your finger slips off the rasied digits. The 'spacebar' and other key functions are reversed to a nokia.
You can see the display in the sun. It has poor signal reach compaired to other phones, it is easy for people to miss what you are saying. It is slim, light, a charge lasts for ages but all show and no substance.
I had to spend £160 to bring the phone upto what it claimed it could do.
The base price is £99 - dont pay any more. I have now had to buy the motorola-v3x at £170 to do what the SLVR claimed.
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Reviewed by Kelly on 11-04-2006
I like this phone! I upgraded from the V3 so was used to a motorola. The only thing I can say about it is I find the keypad a bit small and slow to use when texting! But I think you just have to get used to it! All in all a good phone!
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Reviewed by bluetoothblingmystro on 03-04-2006
the l7 has good sound quality and a sharp screen it also boasts a good
camera and a mp3 player thosearethe prosbut theconsare:no memory stick (which at that price u should get 1)no software or usb cable,and no
heADPHONES SOIF U WANTTO BUYTHIS PHONE U SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON IT
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