• Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5

    Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5

    Frazier Barretto, Oct 10, 2008 1916 hrs IST

    This is Motorola's first attempt at a 5MP camera and that too a Kodak Imaging branded camera.

    Good Build, Design and build, 5MP Camera with Xenon Flash, Music Quality, WiFi, Price.

    Incomplete Multi-tasking, Poor QCIF video recording, No Sport Mode, Memory Card slot not hotswappable.

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Build & Design

The Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5, though not as stunning as the RAZR, is a pretty good-looking phone. The build quality of the phone is also good with metal and rubberized plastic on its body. The phone has a great feel to it with this combination and is comfortable to hold in your palm.



On the face of the ZN5 is a large 2.4-inch screen and above it is the earpiece disguised by a Moto logo. Also at the top of the screen there are LEDs to indicate battery charging and Bluetooth ON. Below the screen is the 5-way navigation D-Pad. The D-Pad is a little small but still easy to use.

The only problem is that the center click is rather too small and requires you to use your finger tips to punch it. On either side of the D-Pad are soft keys.




There is a back key and an Album browser shortcut. The call and call-end buttons are placed further away from the D-Pad on the side of the soft keys. It follows with the alphanumeric keypad. Now the entire keypad, leaving aside the D-Pad, is very much like the MOTOROKR E8 but just that it's laid over a smoothly rubberized plastic instead of a glossy base.



The buttons are denoted by dotted crystal-like looking stuff. The backlighting for the keypad is more than sufficient and you'll be able to read the keys easily. The keys for some maybe uncomfortable to type but after a while you will get used to it. It took me over a day to figure out where the keys are. Between the rows of keys there are some extra buttons.




There's a Delete button, Media Share, and Camera/Video switch all of these light up only when in camera mode.

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(17) Comments
Warlock
,New Delhi, on Oct 10, 2008 07:55 PM
this error kept nagging at me throughout the review : "the memory card slot is not hot swappable". how the hell can the slot be hot swappable? it is the damn card that is swappable.
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Aditya
,Coimbatore, on Oct 13, 2008 10:40 PM
Hot-swappable, my boy, means that one is able to change the card even while the phone is on... i.e. as in the SE K850i... unhappily, the ZN5 has it's card slot under the battery, so one wil have to shut down the phone and remove the battery in order to change cards.
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Vivek Gupta
,Delhi, on Oct 13, 2009 04:55 AM
Lolz.. good one.. the card is hot swappable not the slot...
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winfred
,chennai, on Aug 11, 2009 10:05 PM
great fone.. must buy
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juber bagwan
,pune saswad , on Apr 07, 2009 01:20 PM
in india service is not good like nokia handset allredy i am face promblem but it cant slove from service center in india mumbai pune office i purchace motorola zn 5 handset i march,10,2009 but only eight day go i face problem in hanset auto off auto on camera clerity problem all redy i gave him handste to repair it till it's pending reply me
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H.K. CHAWLA
,New Delhi, on Feb 13, 2009 05:52 PM
I want to know the best available or coming shortly best phone, features & performance wise, in the price range 10,000-15,000/-.
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Aarthi
,Chennai, on Jan 13, 2009 11:26 PM
If you're buyig a Moto, cross your fingers and hope that the phone doesnt develop any problem, worse if it happens within the warranty period. Their after-sales service totally sucks, and cursed be you if you're sent to a Redington service centre. Buy a Moto if you're willing to throw it away at the slightest problem.
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Harry
,mumbai, on Jan 11, 2009 03:15 PM
the only good thing about the ZN5 is 5MP camera at cheaper rate, no flash player inbuild neither downloadable, poor video, average music...
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rupjit
,nagpur, on Dec 22, 2008 03:46 AM
whats the price???????????
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vigh
,mumbai, on Oct 19, 2008 10:59 PM
cool phones!!i was waitin 4 it,n got it on d 1st day.
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tiger
,UK, on Oct 18, 2008 06:28 AM
Good Review - right on the money. there are a few modifications to the interface compared to the u9 and z6 phones but apart from that everything else is the same with the zn5 its strange that the OS is slow though - especially compared to the z6 which is very quick in comparison but my guess is software upgraded will fix that and thats my only concern with this phone really once they fix the lag issues then moto could be onto a winner.
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ralph
,mumbai, on Oct 12, 2008 12:04 AM
i bought this phone a few days back, the camera is very fast even in 5mp mode. it's an mp3 player, phone and camera all in one neat device so that's a plus for me
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seena
,thrissur, on Oct 11, 2008 07:04 PM
wht abt its cost?
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abhijeet
,Chitradurga, on Oct 11, 2008 11:17 AM
the reviewer failed to mention the tv out cable seen in the bundle!!!! isnt that an important accessory????
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Chintan
,Mumbai, on Oct 11, 2008 01:15 AM
its camera is much better than n82 the first in 5mp league.
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sachin
,goa, on Oct 10, 2008 10:40 PM
good phone by moto!! keep it up .
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nitin
,new delhi, on Oct 10, 2008 09:38 PM
good point and the linux OS is monta vista linux
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