|
From:Motorola
|
See Product Page
|
User Rating: Amazon Sales Rank:#125 |
| | Page: << 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 19 >> |
 I thought it was great, 2008-11-08
I had a Krzr before through at&t and it worked great. I dropped it all the time and there was hardly a scratch on it. I recommend getting a cover though because it smudges alot from fingerprints. The reason I gave it 4-star is because of the battery.It does deplete quickly, after about 5 months I had to charge it every day-but that's a battery problem and not a phone problem. The only reason I'm getting a new Krzr is because it went through the wash while still on. I just bought one from here today and am waiting for it to come in the mail.
 Poor Quality, 2008-11-05
The back of unit has cheap clips. One of the clips broke after changing the 'new' battery twice that wouldn't charge. Another junk product from Motorola.
Great phone when I first got it, now can't wait to get rid of it, 2008-11-05
This phone was great when I first got it. My son and I have the same phone different colors. It is very elegant looking. He started having problems right away, they gave him a new phone. Now we both have problems, mostly battery problems. We have both replaced the batteries in this phone twice in one year. From what I understand Verizon is no longer carrying this phone due to the amount of problems they have had. A charge lasts about 12 hours when it used to last a week. Very frustrated and would not recommend this to anyone. I guess looks aren't everything.
 Nice as a phone. Not terrible as a camera. Questionable for other stuff., 2008-10-28
I'm rating this 3 stars as a phone with text messaging. If you want to include the MP3 player functionality it would be 2 stars and internet access (at least through AT&T) it would be 0.
First off, as others have written, this phone looks and feels very nice. I care less about the looks, but it just feels good in the hand. Nice smooth curves and especially a nice solid feel.
It seems to pull in signals well. My house is a good place to test GSM phones: the 1900MHz signal from T-Mobile and the 850MHz from Cingular/ATT are both marginal, but this phone pulls in AT&T very nicely. Even at one bar, it does not seem to suffer dropouts. I also get an Edge data indicator (more about that later).
The bluetooth works just fine with the built-in handsfree system in my car. I had a problem with that on the CECT phone I tried earlier, so it is not a given. You can also disconnect from the bluetooth while a call is in progress, for example if you reach your destination and want to get out of the car!
The speakerphone capability is pretty decent. Voice quality seems ok. A plug-in earbud with mike also comes with it, and seems ok (did not really try it much).
This phone has Ringer-ID (i.e. a personlized ring tone for different callers) but see below. I never buy ringtones...I rip MP3 files from various places, or find MIDI files on line for free. That works just fine. But you need to have the SD card (as nearly as I can tell). It does not appear that you can easily get an file on your computer to the built-in flash memory on the phone. (There is some 3rd party software around, but that is scary...it lets you access the basic control files of the phone, and I'd rather not brick my new purchase quite so soon :-)
The text messaging works fine ootb with AT&T; just as you expect (but see below about notifications).
The reasons I downrate it as a phone are as follows:
1) The voice pickup on the phone itself is less than ideal. Contrary to other reviewers, I did not think that it was as clear as some phones. I did an experiment: I connected to my car hands-free and called my home answering machine and started talking. Then I disconnected the call in progress and started talking on the phone itself. Finally I went back and listened. The voice on the hands-free was nice and clear. The voice on the handset mike was somewhat muffled. Not bad; just not crisp.
2) This appears to be just a Motorola thing, but it drives be CRAZY! I love Ringer-ID, that is setting up a personlized ring-tone for different callers, and this phone has it. But guess what? If you set it up for a caller the SAME MP3 or MIDI plays when you get text from them! I've done a lot of internet searching; that appears to be just the way it is. Grrrr.
3) I don't really like the Moto menu system. Wouldn't you think that the settings would be under "Settings"? Oh, no, if you want to set up for messaging, that's under messages. If you want to set up for web access, that's under web. Settings has only the stuff that fit in no other category. But that's just me.
I said 2 stars as an MP3 player. That's because while it seems to work ok, there is no obvious way to connect your own headphone. There is no phone jack; only a mini-USB. The earbuds that come with it work ok, but darnit, I want to use my Bose noise-cancelling phones when I'm on a plane. You can buy USB-to-phone-jack adapters, but the ones I found either did not include or explicitly excluded Motorola. Oh, but this has the Bluetooth profile for high-quality sound. Fine, but you can't use that on an airplane.
I said 0 stars as an internet device on AT&T. I spent literally hours attempting to get data access. I combed the internet. I even used the AT&T Chat tech assistence (and they were actually really great!) but I had not luck at all. I got all the settings as they ask (as nearly as possible; the profile you are supposed to edit is locked, so I created a new one...maybe that is the problem?) but I continually get a message saying that GPRS is unavailable despite the indicator on the phone that it IS available. The AT&T guy said there should be no difference between Edge and GPRS in terms of the settings, and my old phone could use GPRS with the same SIM card. So my account is ok; I just can't get the right settings on the MOTO. Ah well...I wanted it as a phone, mainly.
Ah, the camera. All I can say is that it is better than camera on my previous phone. There is no flash, and I have not tried it in dim light, but the outdoor picture I took was passable. Better to have this than nothing when need to snap off a quick shot, but don't replace your Nikon with it.
As others have mentioned, the charger is for some other plug standard than US, but it comes with an an adapter. No big deal. Plus if you really hate it you can get an iGO charger from Radio Shack or Amazon. I think the tip is A38.
To summarize: It's a pretty nice phone, especially if you will be using it with a hands-free. Even just using the handset, it's pretty ok. It's stylish, feels good in the hands, pulls in signals well, does text messages well with a possibly slighly poor outgoing voice quality. Don't buy it because you want an internet device, and don't expect it to replace your iPod.
===============================================
14-Nov: Someone else mentioned that the case cracked. Mine did too. The flip has a crack on the outside. No, I did not drop it or otherwise abuse it. It must be a poorly designed with stress points somewhere. Too bad...it is nice looking.
But worst, it seems today that the charger is refuseing to charge it, and the charge meter is inconsistent. This is a all a sign of bad things to come, I'm afraid. I don't recommend buying this phone (although it is still working ok as a phone.)
Krzr K1, 2008-10-16
This phone arrived on time as promised, no problems there. The phone itself had a small crack on the outside front of the phone across the the screen. Other than that the phone itself is awsome. It works great, has a good battery life, & I love the predictive text feature. I hope the small crack isn't a clue about what is yet to come....
|
| Page: << 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 19 >> |
|