Compare Prices : Motorola SLVR L7 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: After the phenomenal success of the Motorola Razr, slim is definitely in. The trendy phone was the top-selling mobile in 2005, and it spawned both a long-awaited successor for Verizon, the Razr V3c, and a near-identical imitator, the Samsung MM-A900. ...

Pros: The Motorola Slvr L7 has an attractive overall design. It also comes with an integrated iTunes player, Bluetooth, a sharp display, a TransFlash card slot, and a speakerphone, as well as solid call and music-audio quality.

Cons: The Motorola Slvr L7's iTunes player is sluggish, and it's burdened with too many usage restrictions. The phone is further hampered by a low-resolution VGA camera, a lack of support for EDGE, tricky controls, no FM radio or stereo speakers, and little ...

Verdict: Motorola's Slvr L7 puts a prettier face on the iTunes phone, but its low-resolution camera, its sluggish music-player performance, and the limitations on the iTunes usability are big distractions.

Review summary: A valiant effort by Motorola at improving upon the highly successful RAZR, the L7 is made for those who prefer simple yet stylish candy bars over clamshells.

Pros: Ultraslim design ; mini-USB port ; TransFlash expandable memory slot ; 262K-color TFT display ; Bluetooth

Cons: No FM radio ; VGA camera ; smudgy screen

Review summary: Motorola has reinvented its phone business with classy, super-thin mobiles. But are good looks enough in a fast-moving digital world?

Pros: Super-thin design, clear LCD display, good call quality and web access

Cons: Poor camera resolution, no headphones socket, limited internal memory

Verdict: A good-looking phone that would have broken new ground in 2004, but will fade away in 2006.

Pros: The Motorola Slvr L7 has an attractive overall design. It also comes with an integrated iTunes player, Bluetooth, a sharp display, a TransFlash card slot, and a speakerphone, as well as solid call and music-audio quality.

Cons: The Motorola Slvr L7's iTunes player is sluggish, and it's burdened with too many usage restrictions. The phone is further hampered by a low-resolution VGA camera, a lack of support for EDGE, tricky controls, no FM radio or stereo speakers, and little ...

Verdict: Motorola's Slvr L7 puts a prettier face on the iTunes phone, but its low-resolution camera, its sluggish music-player performance, and the limitations on the iTunes usability are big distractions.

Review summary: Just at the last moment the company of Motorola renamed its fashion line phones and assigned an L index to them (see details on this point in the review of L2/L6). For now, the top model is the L7 aka SLVR (coming from "sliver"). The device is ...

Verdict: The keys are backlit in a bright blue, which is stylish and functional at the same time. All the characters are easy to read in various conditions. The Russian version of the device allows two levels of characters on each button (Cyrillic and Latin)