Motorola KRZR
Oct 27, 2006, 1:36 am
#32
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Pretty much every MOTO is the same nowadays. They give them a SNZY name and hope PEPL will purchase them. Just look at the RAZR; same phone for the past 3 years., but make it PRPL or PINK and people go gaga over it. They are seriously lacking in the innovation DEPT. I played with a GSM KRZR last night, and it reminded me why I don't like Motorola. Compared to a current generation SonyEricsson or Nokia it is at least 5 years behind. Add a 3.2mp camera, Symbian support, decent 3G, radio with RDS, 1Gb memorystick, a GOOD music and video player and they may catch up... I did leave the store with a TyTN though.... why on earth HTC decided to copy that stupid naming system is beyond me...
The one good thing about the Moto is that a lot of people have figured out how to modify the firmware, so you can re-enable things that your phone company may have decided to disable so they can try to extract more money from you.
-David
Oct 27, 2006, 7:15 am
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Originally Posted by LIH Prem
The one good thing about the Moto is that a lot of people have figured out how to modify the firmware, so you can re-enable things that your phone company may have decided to disable so they can try to extract more money from you.
-David
-David
Oct 28, 2006, 8:23 am
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Good point. Moto's are a dream to hack around in. But of course it's a shame you have to hack them in the first place, so many operators disable stuff I'd say is essential in a phone nowadays. (Verizon with their Bluetooth, T-mobile with video recording etc...)
No Doubt.... I remember doing the video recording flex on the V3.... why the heck did they leave that out???
Oct 29, 2006, 4:53 pm
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Originally Posted by LIH Prem
Cute post. I went back to a Moto e815 after using a Sony t616 for years. (That was the problem, the t616 was a great phone, but it was getting old in the tooth after all those years.) I still can't get used to the Moto user interface. Everything seems counterintuitive. I keep ending up back on the home screen when I'm trying to view missed calls, because they make you switch from the left button to the right button in order to view them. If you click left (recent)/left, you end up back home. You have to click left (recent)/right (view). The left button becomes the exit button after the first left click. And that's just the first thing that comes to mind about it.
The one good thing about the Moto is that a lot of people have figured out how to modify the firmware, so you can re-enable things that your phone company may have decided to disable so they can try to extract more money from you.
-David
The one good thing about the Moto is that a lot of people have figured out how to modify the firmware, so you can re-enable things that your phone company may have decided to disable so they can try to extract more money from you.
-David
Oct 29, 2006, 5:41 pm
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Originally Posted by Landing Gear
Interesting. I dumped my E-815 for a KRZR after waiting through the entire RAZR release. As far as I am concerned, the thinner, the better.
If you're happy with your KRZR, that's really all that matters. It doesn't really matter what I think or what ScottC thinks or what anybody else thinks about Moto and the KRZR, right?
-David
Last edited by LIH Prem; Oct 29, 2006 at 5:47 pm
Oct 29, 2006, 6:41 pm
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Funny this post came up, as I was having a conversation with cblaisd about my XV-6700 and still deciding whether to trade it in for the KRAZR. I don't need the data network, so my XV-6700 is basically collecting dust on the EVDO features. Liking the Wifi but the UI (Mobile Windows 5.0) is rather buggy, as I assume as a standard.
It boils down to the fact that I need a phone and only a phone, so I'm planning on returning the XV-6700 for the KRAZR to the Verizon store when my trial is up. Though, based on web reviews, it seems the KRAZRs from Verizon got a bit problems themselves in terms of battery life and poor manufacturing...
It boils down to the fact that I need a phone and only a phone, so I'm planning on returning the XV-6700 for the KRAZR to the Verizon store when my trial is up. Though, based on web reviews, it seems the KRAZRs from Verizon got a bit problems themselves in terms of battery life and poor manufacturing...
Oct 29, 2006, 11:25 pm
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Originally Posted by stimpy
FWIW, I can't recall charging my GSM KRZR once over the last 5 days. It still has plenty of battery left.
May 27, 2007, 11:38 pm
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I'm looking to get either the Moto KRZR or the Samsung m610:
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=1058
Anyway, i'm looking to order it within the next couple of days and would appreciate any input. Right now, for what it's worth, i'm leaning towords the KRZR as my last/current phone is a Moto SLVR L7 and I have no real complaints with it since my main concerns with a phone are bluetooth use (handfree talking), reception, sound quality and of course, battery life. Thanks for the help and hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend.
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=1058
Anyway, i'm looking to order it within the next couple of days and would appreciate any input. Right now, for what it's worth, i'm leaning towords the KRZR as my last/current phone is a Moto SLVR L7 and I have no real complaints with it since my main concerns with a phone are bluetooth use (handfree talking), reception, sound quality and of course, battery life. Thanks for the help and hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend.
May 28, 2007, 12:04 am
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I'm looking to get either the Moto KRZR or the Samsung m610:
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=1058
Anyway, i'm looking to order it within the next couple of days and would appreciate any input. Right now, for what it's worth, i'm leaning towords the KRZR as my last/current phone is a Moto SLVR L7 and I have no real complaints with it since my main concerns with a phone are bluetooth use (handfree talking), reception, sound quality and of course, battery life. Thanks for the help and hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend.
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=1058
Anyway, i'm looking to order it within the next couple of days and would appreciate any input. Right now, for what it's worth, i'm leaning towords the KRZR as my last/current phone is a Moto SLVR L7 and I have no real complaints with it since my main concerns with a phone are bluetooth use (handfree talking), reception, sound quality and of course, battery life. Thanks for the help and hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend.
May 28, 2007, 12:33 am
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May 28, 2007, 12:50 am
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May 28, 2007, 10:58 am
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I guess my main issue is that all Motorola's ive used so far have given me good luck and I have no experience with Samsung phone's and have only heard bad things. I just want to be sure I pick the right phone since i'll be stuck with it for two years.