Motorola PEBL U6/V6

Frazier Barretto, Jun 29, 2006 1701 hrs IST

Motorola now has another new design circulating the market, the Moto PEBL. As the name goes this phone resembles just that, a PEBL.

Expert Rating:

Stylish design, Cool flip mechanism, Great finish, Good screen, Outer monochrome display, Bluetooth, Loud speaker, Good battery life.

Heavy, Bad software/interface, No memory expansion slot, Centre button of the D-pad scratches the screen.

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EXPERT REVIEW

Motorola has become a pioneer in mobile handset designs. The RAZR V3 was just the beginning of a saga of slim and light mobile phones. All other mobile phone makers soon followed the lead and there was a beeline of slim phones that flooded the market. The race to make the slimmest phone is still going places.

Motorola now has another new design circulating the market, the Moto PEBL. As the name goes this phone resembles just that, a PEBL.

Bundle

The package of the Motorola PEBL contains:
- The Motorola PEBL handset
- 3.7V Li-Ion battery 820 mAh
- Manual
- Charger
- Mono Handsfree
- USB Cable
- Custom Cover
- Hand Strap
- Belt Clip-on
- CD with Mobile Phone Tools
- A lot of leaflets explaining how to open the phone.

It's a Stone

The Motorola PEBL is a clamshell to begin with that has ample STLYE and loads of STLYE to flaunt. The company claims the phone to be of one handed usage. You don't have to take the trouble to open the phone using the other hand.

The phone has been designed with magnetic and spring mechanism to flip it open automatically. All you have to do is push the outer surface downwards and the flip is released from the clutches of the magnets, and with the support of the springs it opens up to reveal the 176 x 220 pixels 256K color TFT screen. The screen is sharp and the contrast level is good. The keypad is the proprietary RAZR keypad. Both the screen and the keypad have a gloss finish that consequently preserves fingerprints. The body of the phone is a mixture of plastic and rubber giving the phone a dull look, but at the same time, it doesn't slide off a table or slip from the palm of your hand due to the finish. The phone is a beauty to look at even with its dull look and a pleasure to hold even though it's rubbery. All this is good but that's where it all ends.

Motorola, for some reason, have sidelined the feature set that most mobile phones have to offer as of today. The phone has a VGA, a camera that takes pictures with decent quality. It has night mode which doesn't seem to work unless there are sufficient lights around. There is even an auto mode wherein the phone adjusts the camera automatically to the lighting conditions. It's a VGA camera, so the auto feature doesn't really make much sense. Videos can also be recorded with a limitation of 490 KB per clip which converts into just about a minute-long clip. After all, the phone has 5 MB of internal memory to play around with, more like a strategy game wherein you have to pace yourself between clicking snaps, taking videos, and then most of the space will be taken up by your ringtones. All this wouldn't have been much of a problem if there was a memory slot included, these days 5MB is like nothing (or should I say like a stone). The phone features Bluetooth which isn't fully functional. You can use it for transferring files and also with your accessories like Bluetooth headset and PC synchronization. The funny part that makes me giggle is that the phone accepts incoming files so much so for 5MB. The phone supports MP3 along with polyphonic ringtones.

The phone has 2 buttons on the left and one on the right, of them two can be customized as per your choice of function. The long button on the left is only meant for changing profiles. It has GPRS Class 10 support as well. USB is also supported by the phone; there is a common mini-USB on the top of the phone for PC synchronization, charging, and for attaching your handsfree as well.

USER COMMENTS

DO NOT critizize this phone! itz beautiful and i could ask for NOthing more!

by Annie, ?, on Sep 08, 2007 07:36 PM, Report abuse Reply

The phone lacks many things but the thing that i miss in pebl the most is memory. who created the memory capacity of this phone and what was he thinking ? the phone also does not have an expansion slot. the bottom line is the phone is only to flaunt it sleekness and nothing else. YET I USE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Anurag, New Delhi, on Apr 30, 2007 08:25 PM, Report abuse Reply

very good phone

by zenab, halifax, on Apr 07, 2007 04:02 PM, Report abuse Reply

very good but i can not download any thing.

by zenab, halifax, on Apr 07, 2007 04:01 PM, Report abuse Reply

Dear Sir, With the look & Your Adcertisement I have Purchased this Mobile from the Shop ELECTRO WORLD Communication Solutions Model No.356857002099763 Colur - Red But after A week the Red colur was becomming Black, I go to shop Explain he says we will replace givivng by Another colur, I went to shop for So many Times he was just misguiding Lastly he told me to the Authorize centre Firstly they told it will take 2-3 days today Twenty days are over. Sir is this company polcy which ihave barrowed the Mobile Kindly Suggest me What to do Waiting for reply

by BAKUL TAPKIR, NOIDA, on Mar 15, 2007 01:37 PM, Report abuse Reply

necesito sabe cual es el programa para bajar las fotos desde un motorola w375 muchas gracias salud

by anna, arg, on Mar 14, 2007 06:11 AM, Report abuse Reply

I am frustrated also with the motorola pebl. i like its sleekness and colour but that's where it ends. The phone's memory leaves a lot to be desired, and is there no way to delete the preloaded ringtones??

by Nicole, Georgetown, on Feb 24, 2007 08:17 PM, Report abuse Reply

the cell phone is kewl but da problem is dat it has got too less memory space.....

by punk chicka, gangtok, on Jan 13, 2007 11:50 AM, Report abuse Reply

hi plz tel the price of the mobile moto pebl

by shareef, calicut, on Oct 31, 2006 03:59 PM, Report abuse Reply

pl. tell the price & delivery system

by Deepak, Gurgaon, on Oct 16, 2006 10:18 AM, Report abuse Reply

This fone is a real example of a company like Motorola designing a fone with only one thing in mind- STYLE & STYLE only- otherwise useless pc of heavy wieght crap wth no expansion slot- and inbuilt memory limited to 5 MB. Only fools who do not do any research on fone features & look fo rstyle alone will perhaps buy this- there are better, full featured fones available at lesser price in the market.Design alone does not make for the rest Moto !!

by vijayshimla, Shimla 171001, on Jun 30, 2006 09:34 AM, Report abuse Reply

I agree with you 100%. Clearly this phone was only designed for fashion. The only thing good about the moto pebl is that it looks good and it is compact and easy to carry around. My excuse is I got it as a gift from my boyfriend. Other than that I would have discarded this a long time ago.

by Lovely, Bahamas, on Oct 11, 2006 08:22 PM, Report abuse

i heard tat in flip models the contact become loose after a use of 7-8 months and do pls tel the price of the cell

by nall_ezhil, Bangalore, on Oct 11, 2006 12:05 PM, Report abuse Reply

como puedo descargar el programa para bajar mis fotos y videos de mi celular motorola u6 pebl

by marcos, lazaro cardenas, on Aug 19, 2006 08:06 PM, Report abuse Reply

me uno a tu pregunta!!!

by Anto, Argentina, on Oct 09, 2006 10:54 PM, Report abuse

hi plz tel the price of the mobile moto pebl

by surender, delhi, on Sep 13, 2006 03:39 PM, Report abuse Reply

it's a very nice cell of motorola

by hardik, surat, on Aug 26, 2006 04:15 PM, Report abuse Reply

cute and sexy

by jees, Kerala, Kottayam, on Aug 17, 2006 10:01 AM, Report abuse Reply

tai

by cuong, hcm, on Aug 08, 2006 10:45 AM, Report abuse Reply

This is an excellent model which i have seen&also digital looking model.

by pavan kumar mad, hyderabad, on Aug 06, 2006 12:25 AM, Report abuse Reply

If you look at phones in the market these days.. they come with tons of stuff. i meant stuff people talk about a lot but rarely use. EDGE, GPRS, MMS, EMAIL, giga pixel camera, infrared and host of other acronyms thrown in. lesser we talk about camera in the phones, better. Only FM seems to be the widely used "extra" feature as far as India goes. Rest of it is just pure clout value. "Oooh! I have a fone that has dolby 5.1 speaksers for ringing!!". If one goes for Just a phone, we are left with some shabby neanderthal models to choose from. One has to appreciate Motorola for their attention to the rebelion faction of mobile users who are happy to pay a little premium for Just a good looking phone (nothing more.. nothing less) .. VGA or not, camera in a phone is a big sham. Traditionally Motorolas have been underdogs of this industry in spite of churning out phones that are excellent at their core competency.. that is being a Phone!!! :) long live MOTO

by james, Chennai, on Jun 29, 2006 07:53 PM, Report abuse Reply

ALL the softwar flaws mentioned do exist though!!! Flawed. but beautiful.. what is beauty without a flaw eh?? :)))))))

by james, Chennai, on Jun 29, 2006 07:56 PM, Report abuse

beauty without flaws is flawless beauty...lol

by Karan, mumbai, on Jun 30, 2006 12:14 PM, Report abuse

Beauty WITHOUT brains. Should top Femina, should nt it?

by nobody, Kolkata, on Jun 30, 2006 02:16 PM, Report abuse

sure thing. you're right. we can use the other "extra" features. ummm ... for example, knockin' a burglar off tryin' to steal your ipod from the almirah ?!

by Tyrone, Calcutta, on Jul 19, 2006 02:29 AM, Report abuse

i would like to knw the difference between motorola v6/u6

by kleftwich, san diego, on Jul 30, 2006 03:41 AM, Report abuse

i am so upset with my pebl i thought there would be some way of gaining more memory but motorola lock included files so you cant even delete them to gain some space! i waited for ages to get a new phone and now i have to live with this disappointment for 18 months!(length of contract)

by elly, london, on Jul 18, 2006 12:20 PM, Report abuse Reply

What other reason could there be to buy this phone if style(fashion) is not what u want?

by shafiq issani, Hyderabad, on Jul 12, 2006 06:55 PM, Report abuse Reply

We all know how notorious Motorola is when it comes to interface (GUI).

by shafiq issani, Hyderabad, on Jul 12, 2006 06:51 PM, Report abuse Reply

excilent

by Surajit, Kolkata, on Jul 12, 2006 06:05 PM, Report abuse Reply

ya! i seen already through web. i like this model. really nice and lot of features r there. i'll purchase this moto mobile

by Venkat, Tirunelveli, on Jul 10, 2006 04:17 PM, Report abuse Reply

cost of Motorola PEBL

by Senthil Nathan, Namakkal, on Jul 09, 2006 09:53 AM, Report abuse Reply

no one in their right mind should pay the mentioned price for this kind of a feauture set..

by rip, Delhi, on Jun 30, 2006 10:02 AM, Report abuse Reply

exatly de features r worthless no MEMORY meant fr d style conscience whod probablykeep dere phone in a ornamental box to show off

by bonny, delhi, on Jul 06, 2006 04:03 PM, Report abuse

it has smart look from its previous models. 7 of course a different

by kin, jalandhar, on Jul 06, 2006 09:41 AM, Report abuse Reply

a beautiful piece only meant for delicate fingers and not for a rough hand like mine

by jasbir1961, Mumbai, on Jul 05, 2006 09:41 PM, Report abuse Reply

I would rather prefer the Nokia 6131 instead of this crap !!

by Rajiv Shankar, Chennai, on Jun 30, 2006 08:19 AM, Report abuse Reply

You can go for RAZR V3i, it's really a good one

by Koushik, Kolkata, on Jul 05, 2006 05:10 PM, Report abuse

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by 5CctXoJ3D3, 5CctXoJ3D3, on Jul 04, 2006 06:49 PM, Report abuse Reply

this thing is just that -- A PEBL! wtf can one do with the memory it offers???.. and that too rigged with some ancient OS

by rip, Delhi, on Jul 04, 2006 11:55 AM, Report abuse Reply

i had to theow it away and puirchase a nokia 6270 which has 512 card and 16 mb internal memory.pebl is worthless

by amritendu sen g, calcutta, on Jul 03, 2006 10:33 PM, Report abuse Reply

N80 Rox anytime!!

by Saddy, Kuwait, on Jul 01, 2006 10:54 AM, Report abuse Reply

hi plz tel the price of the mobile moto pebl...

by Raj, Coimbatore, on Jun 30, 2006 09:40 PM, Report abuse Reply

Ditto copycat of Moto RAZR, meant especially for womens.

by arnov007, New Delhi, on Jun 29, 2006 07:11 PM, Report abuse Reply

WOW...on what basis u call it a women's phone...It all depends whether one is good enough to carry something...also...just coz da features r not all dat cool u cant dump it to the women....check out the looks mate!!! PS..Neither do i own the phone nor am i a woman!

by Karan, mumbai, on Jun 30, 2006 12:10 PM, Report abuse

sony ericssion far better as far as features & price concerned. can get a lot features with same or less price

by Aveo, pune, on Jun 30, 2006 10:53 AM, Report abuse Reply

They should have added more memory, or perhaps an expansion slot.

by Pal, New Delhi, on Jun 30, 2006 10:08 AM, Report abuse Reply

Too difficult to handle.Would prefer Nokia for the sheer convenience of usage. What use for a phone if you cant conveniently handle one. Looks only would invite lifters taking it away.

by Rakesh, mumbai, on Jun 30, 2006 04:57 AM, Report abuse Reply

Go for Sony Ericssion

by Tulu, Raigarh, on Jun 29, 2006 10:43 PM, Report abuse Reply

its a sad phone.. sad features.. an sadder in looks.. man if i wanted 2 carry a pebble in my hand id get it from the beach for free .. y pay 10k for a phone with features of a 4 k phone??

by PUNK, MUMBAI, on Jun 29, 2006 10:31 PM, Report abuse Reply