Overall this is a nice-looking handset, but one that lags behind the competition in most areas. It’s nice to see Motorola widening the appeal of the RAZR family by adding a slide-design phone to the range, but this isn’t a phone that can match the very best from Nokia, Samsung or Sony Ericsson. One word of warning before buying though – this isn’t the most robust phone, and a number of our users have had problems with the phone breaking – especially the screen cracking.

It may not be all sleek like the D series from Samsung nor is it all that feature-rich like the Samsung sliders. But we can’t rule out the style that of the Motorola’s posse; and the number of RAZR handset users is proof to that so I ain’t just making a statement.

As a design statement, Motorola has created a model that looks smart and more importantly has got the wow factor when we put it on the table in the pub for all to see. Those into product design will love the mix of materials used, however as we always end up writing in our reviews, while the software interface is by no means impossible to use, its approach, look and feel for us, just isn’t matching up to the design on the outside.

The RIZR doesn’t have the style of the KRZR but it’s nevertheless a competent mid-range slider phone. But while all these new Moto handsets are encouraging, they’re still in some tiny way in awe of the RAZR.

Motorola’s first ever slider phone is a solid, but not outstanding mobile phone. The MOTORIZR offers a well balanced set of features for a pretty good price, but there is nothing new or unique about this handset.