Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5 Review

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Average User Rating: 5.1

1. camera is great quality, phone not so quality

   

   By: kayser phornsavanh
   November 4, 2009 @ 2:37 PM

   The camera on the phone has a lot of cool effects and edit tools. And the pictures are very clean. The phone, on the other hand, is junk. It freezes all the time, while texting taking pictures, viewing the photos. Except for the camera, I wouldn’t buy the phone.

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2. Would not recommend

   

   By: Laura
   October 19, 2009 @ 12:21 PM

   Seemed nice at first, and yes the camera is great. But over the past year it has acquired more and more issues. The interface is very slow, trying to type a text is annoying because it can’t keep up. If I set it down too hard it will restart itself. The battery meter on mine is now messed up, will read fully charged one minute, then giving me low battery alerts the next minute. The audio jack is messed up, if I plug my aux. cable in to listen to music in the car, it will sometimes activate the voice-recognition software.

   Construction-wise, it’s built well. But the interface/firmware needs serious help.

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3. Camera-Awesome, Phone-Not impressed

   

   By: Stacey
   August 12, 2009 @ 11:02 AM

   Okay, so the camera on this phone is awesome and very convenient. With that said, the actual phone itself, I am not impressed with. It freezes up a lot when trying to scroll through different options and it has very slow texting. I often find that when I send a text I have to wait at least a min. before even attempting to touch any of the buttons on the phone or else it will freeze up and then take even longer…. I take photos with the phone a lot and will send a few to my email account. If I send more then 2 photos the phone randomly just shuts off in turn taking another 5mins just to turn back on and load back up again. The phone is now ‘refreshing’ my media list and has been doing this for the past 10mins…. So like I said the phone is great to take photos with, other then that it’s not all that great. If I had known the phone was going to be like this I would have just bought another phone and spent the extra money on a digital camera [after all the phone was reg. price $350.00!]….

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4. perty good

   

   By: bill
   August 3, 2009 @ 10:04 AM

   This phone has actually been pretty awesome, whats good about it is you can adjust the mp on the phone in a range of 1.2 to 5.0 mp’s, very fast, works great, love it! I’ve had Motorola in the past and I hate MOTOROLA!!! This is probably gonna be their only good phone out there.

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5. The best camera for ease and quality

   

   By: Jeff
   July 29, 2009 @ 9:57 AM

   I read reviews on other camera phones (by LG, Samsung, Nokia, etc) but this one sold me on its quickness and ease of use. It is like having a camera with you everywhere, ready to fire shots by just opening the lens cover, aiming and clicking the dedicated shutter button. I usually give myself more time to set the manual overrides for flash type, panoramas (amazing fun!), macro, etc.

   I wanted a phone with very good/excellent picture quality too, and this one is it. It lets me keep ready for pictures without taking a separate camera.

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6. Battery

   

   By: Max
   June 18, 2009 @ 3:21 PM

   This phone has a major problem with power consumption. It’s my second set and second battery, but the issue is due to bad design. The battery seems to last only for about 1.25 days, with minimal usage of basic functions.

   I expected more from a brand new battery.

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7. Very Slow Texting

   

   By: Mercedes
   June 12, 2009 @ 9:07 PM

   I got this phone about a month ago after I used the Google G1 for a couple of days. I had to return the G1 due to not being able to text one handed so when I went to the store I only looked at non-qwerty phones. The motozine looked like a winner, especially with a 5 megapixel camera. Well.. that is so not the case. It is extremely slow when texting or even just trying to open applications. And to make matters worse, the camera often doesn’t work or becomes grainy with lines on the screen. I would not advise anyone to get this phone!

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8. Great Camera...But phone is awful!!!

   

   By: C.Sham
   May 5, 2009 @ 3:59 PM

   I wanted to like this phone…very much. The camera rivals many stand-alone cameras with very nice features. But as a phone I can’t imagine it could be any worse. The user interface seems to have no logic whatsoever. And this phone is slow…sometimes very slow to register when buttons have been pressed. The reception is far worse than others have reported in my opinion. Voices sound quite muted and I find myself playing with the volume often. The buttons are an irritation too, spaced too close together. I often hit the wrong number when dialing or texting. I often receive unexplainable messages when trying to store phone numbers which I have not figured out yet… Not that I will! There are so few good things to say about this device as a phone that I won’t even mention them. But if you are looking for a cheap point and shoot camera with tons of features then buy the Motozine. Then go buy a good phone! Sorry Motorola, but this is a lousy effort on what could have been a great device!

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9. MALFUNTIONING BADLY.

   

   By: Raphael Telfer
   April 24, 2009 @ 1:39 PM

   I bought this phone less than two months ago, mainly for its camera/video feature. In the manual it states the phone is made to take pictures and videos. Camera is great but video recoding & playback are MOST TERRIBLE!!!!! Plus the phone is MALFUNCTIONING BADLY. Shuts off all the time. Battery charging is a problem. As a phone it gives you a lot of PROBLEMS. It has become USELESS. I have gone back to my old phone that works!! DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, YOU WILL REGRET IT!!!!!

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10. Disappointing Bluetooth capabilities.

    

    By: Paul
    April 11, 2009 @ 4:54 PM

    I purchased this phone less than four weeks ago to replace a Razr v3i. The main reason for purchasing this phone aside from the standard features that were present in my old phone was the 5 mega-pixel camera.

    The camera is great, crisp clear pictures, fast shutter speed once in focus. Overall the camera portion of the phone exceeds some of the early digital cameras from years past. That part is great. The part that isn’t great is the Voice recognition software and Bluetooth range.

    With my old phone using the same H680 Motorola headset I could hear clearly up to and beyond 30 feet from the phone and the voice was an easily understood clear female voice. With the motozine at 19 feet sound quality starts to drop and becomes static laden. Even sometimes with the phone in my front pocket I will get some slight static.

    I called Motorola and spoke to someone who advised that it was my headset, I didn’t think was. I still have my old razr and I tested it and the range far exceeded that of the motozine. In any case even after explaining this to the rep she said she was going to send me out a warranty exchange for the Bluetooth headset. It arrived just over a week ago. It has the same static quality issues. Not to mention that the new headset is defective because the button used to initiate voice commands and end calls does not work; you must use the handset instead.

    I went back to the store and they advised that they would have another phone sent to me as a warranty. I received that today. Guess what, same exact sound quality problems. So after two identical headsets and two identical phones the Bluetooth sound is exactly the same.

    As for the voice recognition it is a male voice that speaks English but not the same as what is spoken by me. For example, I have a contact in my phone that is Louis and the phone pronounces it as Louie. It does not recognize the difference between Shawn and Dawn even when I over emphasize the D sound in Dawn.

    I don’t know about you but a phone that takes great pictures with poor hands free capabilities is more like a camera that just happens to be a phone.

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11. Disappointing Bluetooth capabilities

    

    By: Paul
    April 11, 2009 @ 4:39 PM

    I purchased this phone less than four weeks ago to replace a Razr v3i. The main reason for purchasing this phone aside from the standard features that were present in my old phone was the 5 mega-pixel camera.

    The camera is great, crisp clear pictures, fast shutter speed once in focus. Overall the camera portion of the phone exceeds some of the early digital cameras from years past. That part is great. The part that isn’t great is the Voice recognition software and Bluetooth range.

    With my old phone using the same H680 Motorola headset I could hear clearly up to and beyond 30 feet from the phone and the voice was an easily understood clear female voice. With the motozine at 19 feet sound quality starts to drop and becomes static laden. Even sometimes with the phone in my front pocket I will get some slight static.

    I called Motorola and spoke to someone who advised that it was my headset, I didn’t think was. I still have my old razr and I tested it and the range far exceeded that of the motozine. In any case even after explaining this to the rep she said she was going to send me out a warranty exchange for the Bluetooth headset. It arrived just over a week ago. It has the same static quality issues. Not to mention that the new headset is defective because the button used to initiate voice commands and end calls does not work; you must use the handset instead.

    I went back to the store and they advised that they would have another phone sent to me as a warranty. I received that today. Guess what, same exact sound quality problems. So after two identical headsets and two identical phones the Bluetooth sound is exactly the same.

    As for the voice recognition it is a male voice that speaks English but not the same as what is spoken by me. For example, I have a contact in my phone that is Louis and the phone pronounces it as Louie. It does not recognize the difference between Shawn and Dawn even when I over emphasize the D sound in Dawn.

    I don’t know about you but a phone that takes great pictures with poor hands free capabilities is more like a camera that just happens to be a phone.

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12. Good Phone....Great Camera!!!

    

    By: C.Sham
    April 9, 2009 @ 9:57 AM

    Ok, so I finally decided on the MotoZine, after my Samsung T809’s display discontinued to work. I decided on not going with a slider or flip phone anymore, and really wanted a respectable camera as well. I took a close look at Samsung’s Behold, but after being spoiled by my iPod Touch, I just couldn’t do it. So as luck would have it, Motorola introduced its new MotoZine. If you need more than a 5mp camera on your phone then you should have a dedicated camera in my opinion. As a photographer myself, I have been looking at point and shoots just to have on hand when I didn’t have my DSLR ready for a while. And I have to say this little jewel is well worth the $60 I paid for the upgrade! and to have such a good point and shoot and phone in one makes it very convenient. This phone is not however perfect. The user interface could have been designed to be more intuitive. But once you get in to the phone, setting up the phone to receive emails was a cinch. The very best feature of this camera phone is…The Camera!

    It takes very good pictures and simply opening the shutter cover instantly turns the camera on and before you can put you finger on the dedicated shutter button it’s ready to shoot! You will never miss the shot if you camera is close by. Along with some cool editing tools…that work! This is as nice a point and shoot camera as it is a phone. Look, I like this phone because it will do the 4 things I need it to do…Make calls…Text…View emails…and take great Pics! Video, games and all the other stuff I don’t need or use. While it’s no iPhone, the MotoZine is the best Point and Shoot Camera…with a phone! And it’s Cheap….very Cheap! It’s worth taking a good close look if you are in the market for a new phone.

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13. it:'s worth buying

    

    By: bishnupada deb
    February 17, 2009 @ 11:08 PM

    while camera is good video recording and playback is terribly bad. If you exclude this factor then it not a bad camera considering it price.

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