Credit: Motorola, Inc.      

Design: Note that when we say candy bar, we really mean something as thick as a Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum.

However, thin as it might be, it’s just a bit longer and wider than a lot of cell phones in the market. This gives it a broad look, thereby making it look more of a mature phone, if you will.

The Motorola L6 follows the typical RAZR style keypad with a blue LED light lighting the unit, and a 4-way navigation key with a center click button. The buttons might look like the RAZR, but the difference lies in the fact that they are not made out of metal, are not laser cut, and if you look closely, it shows.

The tactile feedback is quite impressive, but it does take a bit of time to get used to the slightly broader design. This should not be considered a drawback because it’s more a matter of getting used to the design than a serious hindrance.

One final thing about the keypad area is that it has an ambient light sensor. This means that if you are out in the sunlight, the keypad lights will not turn on. This helps in saving a lot of battery life considering that the keypads are lit up like neon boards.

A small issue that Motorola can perhaps resolve is that the ambient light function doesn’t react immediately to the command, so if you were to walk into a dimly lit or dark room from outside (as you would normally do), the lights don’t automatically turn on. Similarly, they will not switch off automatically if you were to suddenly step out into bright sunlight.

Even though the keypad lighting can be adjusted, the screen’s brightness and contrast ratios can’t be altered. If Motorola had taken care to include this feature as well, it would’ve perhaps made the L6 even more efficient. But since the 262K-color screen is just gorgeous, we don’t think very many of you would want to turn it off. Regardless, it still would’ve been an appreciative feature to have for the battery conscious user.

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