Camera Phone Reviews

Motorola Moto Z9

Motorola Z9 Reviews

Wired reviews the Motorola Z9 and writes, "The 2-megapixel camera isn't bad either. Colors aren't spectacular and the shutter lag is a bit pronounced. Still, it's decent — you can definitely tell what you're looking at...Would I recommend the Z9? Too soon to tell, definitely. I'm leaning towards "yes" but only if I can get past the ill-conceived button design. We'll see how it goes in another day or so."

CNET reviews the Motorola Z9 and writes, "The camera lens and flash sit at the top end of the Z9 on its rear side. Unlike some other slider phones, you don't need to open the handset to use the camera. The remaining controls are a volume rocker and a music shortcut on the left spine and a camera shutter on the right spine. Though the side controls are small and thin, they offer the vibrating feedback that we saw on the V9. Just above the camera shutter is a microUSB port for the charger. Included in the box is an adapter for miniUSB devices."

PCMag reviews the Motorola Z9 and writes, "The phone's 2-megapixel camera is tuned for daylight shots. Under the bright desert sun, it did an excellent job of capturing the blue of the sky and not blowing out bright areas. But indoor, low-light shots had a severe blur problem that made the camera nearly unusable in low light. The video-recording mode captured 320-by-240-pixel videos at 11 frames per second—a lower frame rate than we'd like, but at least the videos didn't have the irksome pulsing effect seen on some other 320-by-240 videophones, like the Samsung SCH-u900 FlipShot. The Z9 worked fine with our Kingston 4GB microSD memory card, which slips into a slot under the back cover over the battery. There's also about 50MB of onboard memory."

MobileTechReview has a review of the Motorola Z9 and writes, "Motorola's cameras weren't among the best once up a time, but recent phones like the Z9 have changed our minds about Moto's camera phones. The Z9's 2 megapixel camera takes really nice shots that are at the top of the 2MP crop. The imaging software does a good job of sharpening photos without oversharpening and colors are generally accurate and well saturated. Exposure is balanced and we were particularly impressed with low light indoor shots that came out well lit with relatively low noise. The Moto can take photos at a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 and offers 3 lower resolutions as well. There are relatively few settings and these include resolution, shutter sound (including no sound), save location, flash and a self timer."

InfoSync reviews the Motorola Z9 and writes, "Images taken with the Moto Z9 weren't horrible, and that's being generous to a camera phone. Colors were okay, but edges and details were fuzzy at best, and oversharpened at worst. Images were noisy, even at the camera's best settings. We did like that the camera isn't hidden by the slide, but with middling performance, and the fact that the camera crashed on us sending an MMS message, means we won't be relying on the lens for anything more than celebrity sightings."

MobileBurn reviews the Motorola Z9 and writes, "The standard 2 megapixel camera on the back includes a small LED flash, and a side-mounted shutter button activates the camera quickly. The phone uses landscape orientation for photos and videos, which is nice, but the shutter button is positioned to the left, rather than the right, which makes it slightly awkward. From the home screen, the camera only takes about 3 seconds to open, which is very impressive. There is barely any shutter lag, so the Z9 is great for capturing spur-of-the-moment photos."