Motorola Slvr L7

Motorola Slvr L7

Slvr L7 Review, by Kalpana Ettenson April 19, 2006

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• Latest User Reviews 1 review
• Reviewed by: angharad

  Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

  Strengths: Great looking phone, love the keypad and features

  Weaknesses: Volume contril for music is hard to control, and the listening device on headset are too big, hurts my ear.

  Overall: Phone is great, I am still trying to figure out lots of things on it, but I think its worth the price. So easy to carry, and it looks great in a see through case.

• Reviewed by: bgschilz

  Strengths: product shipment tracker very efficient and on time. Product came in very good condition .

  Weaknesses: cannot contact original shipper or company that the product came from..one piece of the product was missing

  Overall: I tried to contact all that was involved with the product to find out if the memory card was part of the sale or not.The accompanying paperwork said there was a memory card but none was found in the box. I asked all of those involved if I have to purchase the card as a separte item but did not receive a answer. So I just assumed that would be the answer.It would be nice if someone would answer the email questions.

• Reviewed by: hotsh0t5

  Strengths: itunes, style, battery

  Weaknesses: itunes, transfer rate, speed, lack-of-software

  Overall: I'll get right to the major points:Style: The phone itself looks really nice, but scratches fairly easy but has survived drops on all kinds of survaces.Battery: The battery is excellent! I don't use the Mp3 function everyday so there has been times where the battery lasted almost 3 days.Apps: This was my first camera phone and it lives up to the typical quality you would expect. Video recording is not impressive but also expected. One annoying feature you can't zoom in in the middle of recording video but before you can. Another annoying thing is it lacks an audio recorder!!! The 512mb card with an audio recorder would've helped me in a few classes. Mind you, you can record audio when you want to use the Voice Dail feature. Another lacking feature is no timer/countdown timer. Also the phone itself runs slightly slow, which becomes very apparent when you look at the Logo's when the phone is powered up and down.Now what they do is offer software "Motorola Phone Tools" which will allow you to make mp3 ring tones, upload this and that, and dial out. Now the phone SHOULD HAVE COME WITH THIS FOR FREE. They charge a silly amount for the software that other companies offer for free. itunes: It's nice that it integrates with itunes, but it shouldn't force you to use itunes. And it's very slow to transfer songs simply because half the time the itunes library is "updating"

• Reviewed by: dhfilippini

  Strengths: - adjusted destination of delivery upon immediate e-mail request sent after order was placed- relatively quick shipment of product

  Weaknesses: - Most accessories were generic; not specified in original description- CD with MotoTools worked, but was quite scratched (even though phone was new)- Defective TransFlash

  Overall: Although the "microSD/TransFlash" included within the shipment was broken, I did not contact the shipper with this information. Rather than hassle with a return, I instead contacted the original manufacture of the product (Motorola). After speaking with a technical representative from Motorola, I was issued a RA# and mailed the defective product to Motorola. They eventually sent me a new "microSD/TransFlash" chip back through the mail. I chose to work directly with the manufacture instead of contacting the original shipper because I thought that I may have a better chance of getting a new, OEM product: I did. Two recommendations for the shipper and his/her future shipments: 1) Please tell the customer that they are going to receive a mixture of OEM/generic and/or new/used products when applicable. This will help reduce future conflicts. 2) Please also make sure to test/tryout all generic and/or previously opened products that are not sealed inside OEM packaging. This type of check will reduce the risk of sending generic and/or OEM products that do not work, such as the broken TransFlash I received. It would have been nice if this portion of my purchase was properly checked before shipment, especially considering it was sent inside a resealable bag. Otherwise, thank you for my Motorola L7 mobile phone. Lastly, please also note in your description whether you are selling a European or US phone within future descriptions. Though this difference can be dealt with by changing the language settings, their are some features that do not exist within this Euro model of this phone that exist in some US models (such as iTunes, etc.). In good faith, I would appreciate it if the shipper could/would send a reimbursement for the minimal shipping charges that I incurred while sending the TransFlash card back to the manufacture (Motorola). I realize that I could have sent the product back to the shipper, which would have also incurred shipping charges. However, I figured that by taking care of the problem myself - directly with the manufacture - this action would at least save the shipper additional costs to get the defective product back to him, as well as the costs to send a new product back to me. Hopefully the shipper will agree with my decision and will award me a small compensation of $2.42 (the cost of sending the TransFlash via USPS). Otherwise, once again, thank you.

• Reviewed by: jstreb

  Strengths: Its looks nice other then that its just like every other phone

  Weaknesses: It doesn't play MP3's, I don't know if it happens to be the one I received but the description said MP3 ready and this phone is not

  Overall: The point of getting the SLVR L7 was to download MP3's on to it, but when I received the phone it was not MP3 ready which mean getting the phone was a waste of time seeing how it doesn't even accomplish the ultimate goal for buying the phone

• Reviewed by: sou_tex_man

  Strengths: Sexy design, slim, beautiful lights and bright screen, I-tunes is awesome, very customizable, comes with everything you need: software, headset, charger, memory card. Includes camera and video

  Weaknesses: buttons are small, but hey, thats the price you pay for having a small phone. memory card could be a little better

  Overall: Overall this is an awesome phone. It fits easily in my pocket. For those of you complaining about the quality of the camera and pics, come on, lets be real. This is primarily a PHONE....not a camera. If you want great quality, buy yourself an awesome quality camera. I like how you can customize all the shortcut buttons to your liking. Its a great phone all around...I really recommend it!!!!