Motorola RIZR Z3 hitting up T-Mobile next month

While you loyal T-Mobile users have patiently braved the news of Moto's RIZR Z3 passing FCC inspection, getting some love on Vodafone Germany, and receiving a relatively glowing review, it's about time it sashayed over to your carrier, huh? If that's you, go on and circle March 12th on your current mobile's calendar, as that'll be the day when it gets overshadowed by a newer, sleeker handset. Reportedly, the MOTORIZR Z3 will be launched on T-Mobile just over a fortnight from now, and will sport a two-megapixel camera with video capture capabilities, music playback, stereo Bluetooth, quad-band connectivity, speakerphone, voice recognition software, predictive text input, and a 220 x 176 resolution screen, just like we've gotten used to. No word on what T-Mobile plans on charging for the device, but be sure and hit the read link for the full promotional sheet.

[Thanks, TJ and the Fish]

[ComoNetwork @ Feb 23rd 2007 10:05AM]

Great phone but T-mobile completely sux in rural areas!

http://www.comonetwork.com

[Droo @ Feb 23rd 2007 10:32AM]

I'm in a rural area and T-mobile works perfect here. It all depends which rural area.. As it goes, T-mobile has roaming partnerships with many rural GSM carriers in many markets. Companies such as Dobson, Suncom, RCC/Unicel, etc. In some markets they even have roaming with Cingular.

T-mo has to bring on the SonyEricsson, though. I don't care about Moto's latest insult to cell phones.

[ComoNetwork @ Feb 23rd 2007 10:46AM]

coverage for sullivan, orange, and ulster country NY (1.5 hrs from NYC) is terrible. When i drove from the east coast to seattle, wa... i had no reception what-so-ever. Hum... maybe they've improved their network.

[patsy @ Feb 23rd 2007 10:58AM]

Totally agree, bring on the SE, Moto's vowel-gobbling models suck a$$. How about something like the M600i but for the US market? The only "smart" phones we have are endless variations of the MS "Smartphone", the Treo, and the Blackberry, and those are getting old.

[Korey @ Feb 23rd 2007 10:34AM]

This Really Upsets me....I have Cingular and was really hoping this would come out for Cingular first..anyone know how long before Cingular will pick this up?

[motolover88 @ Mar 6th 2007 8:30PM]

The Moto RIZR will not be covered by Cingular for quite some time. The great benefit of the internet would be that you can actually do what I did and order an unlocked version from ebay. I ordered one and everything totaled to about $240 with shipping. I absolutely love the phone! Exactly what I wanted and more than expected!

[John @ Mar 28th 2007 11:35PM]

I am very happy it is comming on tmobile first. havent u noticed that cingular has nice phones and that other cariers should get nice phones too. They have had an edge in phones and im sick of it. Hurray for tmobile for doing an exclusivit contract with mtorola for the rizr cuz cingular would have done it.

[Jermaine Pulliam @ Feb 23rd 2007 10:55AM]

I've had this phone for probably 2 months now. It's an awesome phone and I was hoping that it wouldn't be released here in the US. Oh well, time to look for something new.

[ntableman @ Feb 23rd 2007 11:03AM]

a> GMS in SOME rural areas - particularly up NYS, VT, NH, ME - works amazingly well where others have NO COVERAGE I get 5 bars and great data service.

b> can moto phones suck worse? i have never had one last more than 3 months without a complete failure, the ui blows, they are SO HARD TO USE.

[nigel @ Feb 23rd 2007 11:31AM]

looks a bit thick...what are we savages?!?

[Droo @ Feb 23rd 2007 11:40AM]

The M600 has no camera. I say bring it on as a US model with Tmo3G. Many people can't use cameras (or don't want one) for their job.. I think I read here or EngadgetMobile that the M600 is getting a refresh model. It looks nice.

[CharlieX @ Feb 23rd 2007 1:02PM]

I'm willing to bet it's way overpriced - I'm going to guess $350.

[LikesGadgetsWillTravel @ Feb 23rd 2007 3:52PM]

Already for $200ish on ebay.

[Nick @ Feb 23rd 2007 1:42PM]

Finally a decent phone for T-Mobile. Too bad my girlfriend just signed up and bought a T629. I wouldn't expect any 3G phones for TMO for a while, it seems they are building up their HSDPA network first. Upper end phones you can reasonably expect for now will be quad band / edge phones.

As far as SE is concerned (I love my W810i on TMO!) I would expect the K550 and/or the W610 to come out on TMO/Cingular sometime. I hope TMO goes back to SE as their phones now are great.

As far as companies that suck and such... We should all know that it depends on the location. Here in CO, my girlfriend had nothing but problems with Verizon while I've yet to drop a call or not have service.

[nuguns101 @ Feb 23rd 2007 3:23PM]

fat & ugly..just go get a samsung....

[adelossa @ Feb 23rd 2007 6:06PM]

I should have waited before I signed up for a new plan.

Oh well...

[Moosehead @ Feb 23rd 2007 6:50PM]

Motorola has the worst user interface on it's phones ... update it for f**k sakes :|

[sophia @ Feb 28th 2007 4:17PM]

this phone is not ugly. it is ABSOUTELY 100% NOT fat. its like .6 mm thicker than the razr. comeone, guys.
I think that motorola and nokia phones are the best in the business. samsung phones SUCK from my experience.
you can always get this phone unlcocked on ebay for less that w/e T-Mobile is gonna be offering w/o a contract.

[Frank @ Mar 9th 2007 9:50AM]

I am so upset i am going to freak. First the people at cingular tell me that we will be getting the rizr in mid-january so i decided to wait rather than buy a unlocked version. Well im still waiting and now I figure out that T-Mobile is getting it! Ok, heres the deal with my area, t-mobile has all the hottest phones like sidekick and d&g razr, but horrible reception. Cingular on the other hand has amazing reception, at least for me, but they never get new phones and if they do they get an aweful color like the BLUE krzr. Rediculous

[Beth @ Mar 14th 2007 5:12PM]

I went into T-Mobile on March 12 to try to get one of these, and the sales guy told me the release had been delayed until April 2, along with the release of the T-Mobile version of the KRZR (which had originally been set for the 26th). He said there would be another new phone on the 26th and then those two on the 2nd. (He did tell me that those dates were not firm, also.)
I hope it does come out on the 2nd, my city just passed a hands-free law and I'm tired of being covered in wires from my old non-BT headset.

[George santiago @ Apr 15th 2007 11:06AM]

well i already have this Z3 and i cant get it to sincronize with my computer can some one help me pls... thanks