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Motorola ROKR Z6 Reviews Analysis

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Motorola ROKR Z6
alaSCORE 84

240 reviews

November, 2009

77 / 100

44 Experts

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196 Users

What people think about the Motorola ROKR Z6: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 240 reviews from across the web.

LCD

1.5

  • The screen picks up fingerprints very easily
  • The screen picks up fingerprints very easily, making regular cleaning necessary
  • Small size also means a smaller viewing screen than some models
  • Small size also means a smaller viewing screen than some models, which may put off some consumers
  • LCD screen could be better
  • size of screen
  • stunning screen
  • stunning screen, versatile,
  • Easily to read screen
  • Easily to read screen, Great Speaker quality, great set up
  • Screen freezes and drops calls
  • Screen freezes and drops calls, text feature is horrible
  • The screen is hard to see outside
  • the 1 2 3 buttons under the screen are a little hard for me to get to
  • Screen gets really smudgy
  • screen smudges
  • Phone Glitches, Slow Phone, Screen gets clouded easily
  • vibrant screen
  • vibrant screen, sleek design
  • shortcuts on screen
  • bright screen
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sound

5

  • the output speaker sound not good as other ROKR family
  • good sound
  • thin, good sound
  • Good Sound quality and UI
  • DualMode are just some of the features of this phone that make it SOUND great t
  • good sound quality
 
  • Stellar sound quality
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interface

5

  • voice command won't recognize command rarely
  • Solid new user interface
  • Solid new user interface, good music features, great display, it talks
  • friendly user interface
  • Brilliant Interface
  • Linux OS, Brilliant Interface, 1GB Card, EDGE (Class 12)
 
  • speedy and slick looking user interface
  • Build quality, finish, speedy and slick looking user interface, bundled with S9 Bluetooth headset
  • Good Interface
  • Good Key Placement, Smooth OS, Good Interface, A good slider
  • 2.0 mega pixel camera and newly designed user interface
  • Lots of great features including a top notch portable music player, 2.0 mega pixel camera and newly designed user interface
  • User Friendly
  • Very nice design and user friendly
  • nice interface
  • Excellent reception, nice interface, great feature set, full bluetooth support, good sound, nice speaker/speakerphone, support for EV-DO, support for full suite of VCAST functions
  • Good Sound quality and User Interface
  • Good Sound quality and User Interface, build quality and speaker
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keyboard

2.5

  • Music button is not hard key
  • Good Key Placement
  • Key lock swith on side of phone
  • has a lock key on side to avoid calling others when in your pocket
 

appearance

4.5

  • Z6m faceplate defect is not handled by Motorola
  • Face can get smeared with finger prints, like a lot of phones with the main face on the outside
  • look like Z3
  • especially for a slide form phone
  • The concept and look is nice, but as a phone is inefficient
  • nice sleek style
  • Mirror the look and soft body
 

battery

2.5

  • battery life is horrible
  • battery life is horrible, reception is not the best
  • battery life
  • No Clips and only clip offered breaks in hours if not minutes
  • Shuts off on incoming and outgoing calls randomly , No Clips and only clip offered breaks in hours if not minutes
  • Pretty good battery life
  • excellent battery life
  • Stylish, excellent features, excellent battery life
  • Style, Battery Life, Music Player
  • Low battery life
  • short battery life
  • battery back up
 
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reception

3.5

  • Only average reception
  • reception not as good
  • Needs to be rebooted daily, reception not as good
  • reception is not the best
  • Occasional glitches and poor indoor reception at times
  • good reception
  • Excellent reception
  • Reception
  • Reception, Size, Features
  • The down fall is the signal is not as strong as the Hue or the E815
 
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portability

5

  • numbers hard to see in certain light
  • Lots of great features including a top notch portable music player
  • thin
  • light weight
  • light weight, MP3, Bluetooth, SD slot, Camera & Video, Multimedia Messaging & Text Messaging, Alarm, BREW-Enabled, Talk & Standby Time, Technology CDMA EVDO/1XRTT, DualMode are just some of the features of this phone that make it SOUND great t
  • stylish, light weight, good sound quality
 
  • Very compact
  • Lightweight
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size

5

  • It must be my large fingers
  • Size of phone
  • Size of phone, size of screen
  • Not overwhelmingly big
  • perfect size
  • Size
 
  • and size
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connectivity

3

  • hollow-sounding audio
  • It doesn't come with a 3.5mm headphone jack
  • It doesn't come with a 3.5mm headphone jack, an average performance from camera
  • The BlueTooth does not always work properly
  • could use support for bluetooth GPS receivers and wi-fi
  • Bluetooth stereo
  • bundled with S9 Bluetooth headset
  • 3G support
  • Bluetooth
  • full bluetooth support
  • No 3G
 
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design

5

  • Compact design
  • The Motorola Rizr Z6tv has a slick slider design, good call quality, and includes Verizon's V Cast Mobile TV service
  • Super sleek design
  • Super sleek design, high quality materials and the phone feels great in the palm of your hand
  • Small and stylish
 
  • design
  • Beautiful Design
  • Stylish
  • Great design
  • Looks good
  • Sleek design
  • Lightweight, Sleek design, Not overwhelmingly big
  • Looks nice
  • Looks nice , good functionality if it did work right and had a good clip
  • Good Design
  • slim/sexy design
  • looks and ease for a 1 handed person
  • Slick design
  • Slick design, full feature set
  • SLICK COMPACT ONE HANDED DESIGN
  • Looks great
  • Looks great, perfect size, the TV is really awesome
  • Design, displays, call quality
  • overall design
  • Call quality, overall design
  • Nice Design, Compact, Nice Slider capability
  • slick and pretty
  • elegant style and looks
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image quality

5

  • no mirror for taking your own picture
  • Small screen, mediocre photo quality
  • high quality materials and the phone feels great in the palm of your hand
  • Good Sound quality and UI, build quality and speaker
  • great picture quality for a phone
  • great call quality
  • Good Picture Quality
 
  • Good Design, Loud Music Player, Good Picture Quality
  • Great Speaker quality
  • call quality
  • xlnt incoming/outgoing call quality
  • contacts photo displayed on incomming call
  • quality feel
  • excellent call quality
  • quality feel, bright screen, excellent call quality, Good picture quality, understated style, convenient buttons and microSD slot
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color

0.5

  • skin should have more choices
 

sensor

4

  • they really need to use the international cell phone users group for input
  • "cell top" compatable
  • everything in a cell phone I expected come from a standard Razar V3
  • Great as a phone as I'll never use it for the TV feature, everything in a cell phone I expected come from a standard Razar V3
 

voice guidance

0.5

  • voice activation system not that useful
  • VOICE DIALING HORRIBEL
  • voice recorder
 

flash

0.5

  • No flash or self portrait mirror
 

control panel

0.5

  • hard todial 123 on the dialing board
 

lens

5

  • talking contact list
 

product quality

5

  • finish
 

video

0.5

  • QCIF Video Recording
  • No FM, Poor 2 MP Camera, QCIF Video Recording
  • Cannot transfer photo/video directly to PC
  • Cannot transfer photo/video directly to PC, microphone needs better noise canceller
 

resolution

5

  • Color resolution is ideal for just about every application
 

memory

4

  • Memory card slot not accessible from the outside
  • not being able to read memory stick
  • Memory support
  • love the expandable memory port
  • USB connection makes transfering files to/from your computer a breeze
  • Large memory for text messages
  • allows over 200 text messages in memory before you have to delete anything
  • the memory was nice and the features like bluetooth were great
 
  • the mp3 is and the 2g memory card is nice
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performance

4

  • A little slow at times
  • Incredibly Slow
  • Incredibly Slow, Clunky and Irritating to Operate
  • Downloads from the Internet are quick and easy
  • with almost no lag time at all
  • Downloads from the Internet are quick and easy, with almost no lag time at all
  • fast and good looking
  • It's easy, fast and good looking
 

menu

0.5

  • the menu key (round
  • music not embeded with equalizer menu
 

build quality

5

  • Build quality
  • Sturdy-built
  • Sturdy-built, especially for a slide form phone
  • Good build quality
  • build quality and speaker
 

usability

5

  • Not easy to remove SIM
  • No Hot Swap Slot, Not easy to remove SIM
  • defective after two weeks of gentle use
  • easy-to-use design with a solid feature set
  • The Motorola Rokr Z6m has an attractive, easy-to-use design with a solid feature set
  • Easy to navigate
  • This phone is easy to operate open or closed
  • Camera is clear and easy to use
 
  • easy to use
  • slim/sexy design, easy to use, "cell top" compatable, nice camera, microSD compatable, excellent battery life
  • features-ease of use-vz navigator-built in television
  • Great as a phone as I'll never use it for the TV feature
  • convenient buttons and microSD slot
  • simple to use
  • simple to use, sleek design, plays music
  • It's easy
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screen

5

  • great display
  • decent multimedia device
  • great display, call quality, and size
  • Decent Display
  • Great spring loaded slider, nice keypad, QVGA display
 

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