Motorola Moto U9 Touch Sensitive MP3 Player Cell Phone

The burning question at Motorola HQ must surely be if they will ever be able to repeat the staggering commercial success they saw with the Razr and, to that end, it would appear that Motorola’s new Moto U9 cell phone has been designed from the outset to appeal to both those looking for functionality as well as aesthetic desirability (something which no doubt played a major factor in the Razr’s success) - but, unlike the somewhat angular form of the Razr, the Moto U9 is a decidedly curvy affair.

On initial inspection two things strike you about the Moto U9.

Firstly, unlike many cell phones that boast MP3 player functionality by way of a supplementary function, the Moto U9 seems to have turned the tables somewhat in being primarily a feature rich MP3 player that comes with integral cell phone functionality – and its notable that Motorola is undoubtedly promoting the Moto U9 from this angle.

The second thing that strikes you is just how similar the Moto U9 looks style-wise to Creative’s Zen Stone MP3 player – but perhaps that’s just us. (Still, if Creative’s device has in anyway served as an inspiration it’s by no means a bad thing).

Finished in what Motorola refer to as a ‘metallic gloss, jewellery finish’ the Moto U9 is a clamshell device boasting a borderless organic light emitting diode (OLED) 1.45” 65K outer display unit which comes complete with touch sensitive controls that appear as and when required. A further 2.0” QVGA 262 TFT display unit is also included on the interior of the device for use when the phone is flipped open.

The device, which measures in at 90mm x 48.6mm x 16.4mm and weighs 87.5g, comes with 25MB of internal memory (which is neither especially poor nor particularly inspiring) which can be further expanded to up to 4GB thanks to an on-board MicroSD card slot and supports all the usual suspects as far as file formats are concerned – MP3, AAC, AAC+ and WMA (alas, no Ogg) – with music transfer provided courtesy of Windows Media Player 11.

However, whilst the Moto U9 also comes with integral stereo Bluetooth connectivity allowing for the use of wireless headsets and headphones as well as Motorola’s CrystalTalk technology which is purported to offer better call clarity as far as cell phone functionality is concerned, the Moto U9 is a fairly rudimentary Quad-Band GPRS affair offering SMS, MMS, WVIM and EMS 5.0 messaging with a listed talk time of 430 minutes and a standby time of up to 350 hours and an integral camera rated at a fairly mundane 2.0 megapixels.

With the above detailed cell phone specifications in mind, there’s little doubt that the Moto U9 is hardly going to set the world alight – in fact, it’s a wholly uninspiring affair – but, in truth, the same could have been said of the Razr once stripped of its veneer.

But top end specification was never the point of the Razr and nor is it the point of the U9. No, these phones are designed to appeal primarily as fashion statements, as multi functional jewellery if you like, and in that, we don’t doubt that Motorola’s Moto U9 will sell like hot cakes. Whether it will ever sell quite the same volume of units as the Razr, however, remains to be seen.

[Source | Xataka]

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