Motorola U9 review

Motorola U9 Review

Reviewed by: Andrew Lim

Reviewed on: 11 March 2008

The U9 also has a Web browser that isn't particularly impressive, but you can download Opera Mini 4 on to the phone, which we found makes it a much more compelling offering. It was disappointing when certain apps, such Google Mobile Maps, didn't install properly.

Rounding out the U9's basic feature set is a 2-megapixel camera. It'll take photos and record video, but nothing beyond that. You'll find that neither a flash nor a LED photo light is included, so there'll be no shots in the dark for this phone.

Performance
We're pleased to report that call quality came in loud and clear. We didn't hear any noticeable distortion during calls and voices weren't muffled. The loudspeaker brings similar results and sounded relatively better than certain other mobile phone loudspeakers when playing music.

As mentioned, our pens aren't poised to write home about the picture quality from the 2-megapixel camera, especially without flash or a LED photo light. If you want to take photos for small prints or MMS messages, go towards the light.

There's not a LED photo light or a flash on the U9's 2-megapixel camera

Battery life is quoted at about seven hours of talk time and 350 hours on standby. With moderate use, the U9 lasted for over two days for us before needing to be recharged.

Conclusion
As fashion phones go, the curvy U9 certainly has that bow-chicka-wow-wow factor. But while it's small in size and looking good, don't expect it to pull off sexy smart phone functions, masterful music phone stylings or killer camera phone snaps.

Edited by Jason Jenkins
Additional editing by Shannon Doubleday