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Motorola SLVR RED Review

August 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

Motorola’s SLVR is a well known handset, but oddly it slipped through our net when it first Motorola_SLVR_RED.jpgappeared. The SLVR has been through a few iterations, like Motorola’s other capitalised handsets the RAZR and the PEBL, and I’m going to look at an incarnation of the SLVR designed to do good, the SLVR L7 Red. The SLVR may have been around for a while but every time I see one I marvel at how thin it is. Just 11.5mm thin, in fact. You could stand two SLVRs on top of each other and still have a handset thinner than many others. At 113mm tall and 49mm wide its ‘footprint’ is similar to that of many other handsets, though.

…The SLVR L7 Red has that familiar flat keyboard that is also used in the RAZR and PEBL. You are going to either like or loathe it. The keys are identified by raised numbering and separated by horizontal raised strips. You may find fast texting difficult, but number dialling shouldn’t be a problem.

I rather like the rounded silver navigation button, though it is a little small and stubby thumbs might find it a problem.

The camera is decidedly average. It captures stills at three resolutions – 640 x 480, 320 x 240 and 160 x 120. Yes, that’s right. It tops out at VGA. There is no flash, and no self portrait mirror.

Picture quality is reasonable but not outstanding. Shooting stills on a sunny day with the capture mode set to ‘sunny’ I still found bright colours over exposed and colours in general a little washed out. To help overcome this you can twiddle with the exposure settings using the navigation pad. This also provides quick access to the 4x digital zoom. TrustedReviews - Motorola SLVR RED

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