Motorola T720

For the first time Motorola produced a folder type phone with a colour display. The model immediately aroused everybody's interest and a lively discussion. The question what class it refers to was one of the most vivid being discussed. In reality it is a fashion phone in pure form. The absence of many features which are necessary for business users proves it one more time. The phone is rather controversial, what caused such debates. From our point of view it is a transitional model, already in the beginning of the next year we'd see a better version and after that - the other model. But let's return to the phone itself.

Motorola T720 is available in several colours, but in practice we can find only phone of silver colour now. May be later another colours would appear. The design of the phone is not typical for products from Motorola. The engineers step aside from rounded forms and constructed a right-angled handset, it is nice looking and stands out by the design. For the first time a new kind of antenna was used here. Thanks to its size, it's easy to wear the phone in the pocket of the trousers. The dimensions of the phone are 90 x 47.5 x 21 mm and it weighs 101g. By the way, a service indicator is placed near the antenna.

When the phone is closed, one can see an external display on the front cover, which shows one text line and one line with icons. The resolution of the screen is of 96х32 pixels, the display has pastel blue backlighting. If you look at the right-hand side, you'll see a dictaphone key. This key is also responsible for a voice dial. Two volume keys are positioned on the left-hand side, a portable handsfree connector is situated there too. An incoming alert and a vibrating alert will be switched off while incoming call if you press a lower volume key. A bottom side of the phone contains a system connector. Pay attention to the horizontal slot - it's a loudspeaker outlet. It is a very original decision, isn't it? The phone would've been heard at all without it, as the loudspeaker is “inside” the phone in the closed mode. This hole is also necessary to remove an upper cover, it is interchangeable in this phone. The rear part, which covers the battery also can be changed. A small effort and you remove the upper cover and easily put a new one.

If you need, you can open the phone by one hand, but it is more comfortable to do it by both. Inside the phone we see s colour display (STN technology). It shows up to 4096 colours and has a resolution of 120x160 pixels. Due to the high resolution, the screen can display up to 8 text lines, a line with tips to the soft keys and a service line with icons. The quality of the picture is not bad, but there are shortcomings, which are typical for this kind of displays. The information is almost invisible without a backlighting, and it is also impossible to read anything in the sunny weather. Of course, this defect is compensated by the external display, which shows all the information while incoming call. As for me, STN matrixes are more comfortable in the phones of other manufacturers. The information is clear without the backlighting and it is hardly readable in the sun light. Here it is not so.

A keypad is positioned on the lower part of the phone. It is made of plastic, the keys are pleasing to touch. The keypad is really good here. The functional keys are well-spaced and comfortable to press. So it makes only positive impressions. Soft-keys are under the screen, in spite of the small size, they are also very convenient. A navigation key allows to move in 4 directions, the central pressing is not available. The keys backlighting is pastel blue and all characters are visible in different lighting conditions.

One can see a battery cover from the rear of the phone, it has a slight horizontal backlash and the phone can scratch in the hands sometimes, but you don't pay attention to it. Motorola T720 "stands out" by the autonomy among the phones with the colour screens, the lithium-ion battery is only 550 mAh. According to the manufacturers the phone can work 165 in the standby mode and up to 165 minutes in the talking mode. Our practice tests showed that the autonomy of the phone could reach only one day in case of 20 minutes of talking and 15-20 minutes of using other applications. If the talk time is less and you don't use applications the phone can work one day and a half, not even two. It's a pity that a battery of external capacity can't be obtained even as additional accessory. The phone just doesn't have space for it. I tried to remember such short time of working of the other phone models, and remembered only Samsung A 400.

A full charging lasts about 2.5 hours. A new intellectual charging system is used here. In spite of the compatibility with the old chargers and a possibility to use them, I don't recommend you do it. In our case the phone didn't show a process of charging with the old charger, though it was going.

source : http://www.mobile-review.com