The 25 Best Motorola Phones of All Time

20. Motorola Q

Year: 2006
The Palm alternative faired much better than anticipated due to its clear display, well-built keyboard, and ultrathin frame. Its multimedia and productivity tools really enhanced the Windows Mobile experience for the better by giving access to a great music player and several email clients: including Outlook Mobile. Hotmail, and other POP3 email clients.

19. Motorola i1000 plus

Year: 1998
At the start of the new millennium, every high schooler and young adult had their direct-connect Nextel strapped to the waist. And chances are it was this clamshell phone with protective flip cover. The multi-purpose handset served as both a great calling phone and two-way radio, while boasting cool wireless abilities like using the i1000 Plus as a digital modem for PDAs and notebook PCs. Remember any other phones at the time capable of pulling this off? Didn’t think so.

18. Moto X

Year: 2013
Google’s pet project never lived up to its expectations for a number of reasons. However, Motorola saw where the portable market was headed and took a stab at it by introducing a personalized smartphone that was customizable from the design and performance ends. The opportunity to pimp out accents and chassis with different colors sat well with the trendy crowd, where as its champion touchless experience spearheaded by the voice-activated Google Now showed the Moto X was just as much substance as it was style.

17. Motorola Ming A1200

Year: 2005
Granted it resembles the Star Trek communicator, the phone combined high-end features with a futuristically striking design—becoming a favorite amongst geeks across the universe. A user-friendly interface and unique traits like a business card reader, stereo Bluetooth, and world phone support pushed the Ming A1200 ahead of the mobile curve. Unfortunately, so did its high price tag.

16. Motorola SLVR L6

Year: 2006
The L6 garnered attention for its competitive pricing, handsome design, and valuable call quality. Motorola made several compromises to accommodate the thin form factor, though the low-capacity 720-mAh battery fitted inside the device squeezed every bit of juice to get owners past an entire business day. Reception shined as well with screened calls sounding extremely crisp, a rare talent that wasn’t afforded on most Motorola phones throughout the mid-2000s.