Motorola KRZR K1 review: It's all about the looks
Motorola has launched a new leader. The popular RAZR is being substituted by the new KRZR, whose glossy materials look luxurious. On the other hand, the innovations made since the forerunner are very few. Is this wrong? Not at all, provided all you need is a new pretty toy.
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> In reply to d s,mflml;f @ 2008-04-14 02:28 from 4AKnI have just ordered this phone myself so do not know thee phone but it would have to be either does it come with a cd if it does then there would be a program on there that would help you with that and if not install your usb cable and your pc should be able to openup your device so you can put pic from pc to phone. i would think. hope this helps
jim
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- 2008-12-16 18:58
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- d s,mflml;f
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How do you download your pictures from your krz phone from the usb cord to the computer
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- 2008-04-14 02:28
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- alexaa
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ohh, also the front screen does NOT always break easily.
I drop it all the time and nothing happens to it.
I've dropped my phone out the window of a 2-story house.
ONTO CONCREETE!!!.
it's fine. get a case if you're afraid that it will break.
byeee
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- 2008-02-28 02:47
- jy9b
- sabrina
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i have the krzr k1 in silver for t-mobile.
to start off, t-mobile uber sucks. You don't get service anywhere. For instance, at school i don't get service. Even if there are windows in the room. I also don't get service on the bus when I'm inside my neighborhood. lol.
Go for verizon or at&t. they're deffinetly the best phone services out there.
for this phone, the battery is terrible, i text and call and take pictures a lot and the low battery power doesn't help at all.
I end up having to charge it 2-3 times a day.
It is very attractive in design. For the people who keep talking about how it catches dust, fingerprints, and smudges, you can put a silicone cover on it so that doesn't happen. Plus the covers come in many different colors so if you buy a few, you can have a different shade for all of your moods lol.
Well anyway, i would suggest not to get this phone unless you would like to carry your charger around with you everywhere
but it's totally and completly up to you.
well;; laterr =DD
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- 2008-02-28 02:45
- jy9b
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Dont buy this phone. The front glass screen breaks very easy and it is very cheap and has a poor design. T--
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- 2007-12-24 00:28
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This phone has so much battery problems. Don't buy it, its a bad buy
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- 2007-12-03 13:42
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- swa
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hai guys i am d owner of k1
the only disadvantage is it gets scratched more quickly...
i spend most of my time cleaning finger prints boring job..
thanx
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- 2007-10-04 19:23
- upYi
- may b Atsh
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yup waza motorola can be full screen videos by pressing # or * say thnx for the information :D:D
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- 2007-08-16 08:28
- iDmG
- SmartAnbu
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The design is good but s/w very bad. the deigital audio player is not userfriendly operation. The motorola could improve to provide s/w like in Nokia phones.
Another problem, while roaming the digital clock time changed automatically. I have to re-set the time on everyday if i away from home network.
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- 2007-08-14 16:07
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- jesse
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can motorola krzr k1 full screen a video???
please help me with this
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- 2007-07-09 06:54
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Plugging it into a computer via USB won't charge it unless the driver is loaded on the PC. The driver doesn't install automatically and you can't get it from the web - you can only get it from the CD that comes with the phone.
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install this driver and you can charge it with a USB cable from your computer. http://hacktherazr.com/app/hac...iverTool.exe
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- 2007-06-12 18:29
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I've been using this phone for 3 months, only disappointment i have is it gets scratched easily plus each time that i flip the phone open i have to wipe the screen like 4-5 times to get the rubber mark off the screen, i don't know if any of you notice but it takes a while to load up data.... overall, excellent unique phone and for function lovers... this phone do not offer a wide range of features....
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- 2007-04-03 07:51
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- rikardo23
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K1 looks brilliant with full glass front which is very strong as I have dropped it a few times. Feels great in the hand with the magnesium finish. Camera prints fine at 6x4 on my photo printer. No mobile will ever replace a real camera. Don't miss the flash, can only imagine if it had one it would make it really thick.
Video is unlimited as I have 2gb micro sd. records i think around 7.5 frames plays back 15.5 frames which is good enough for anyone unless you riddley scott. music you have 2 players one in games or in sounds. I use sounds so i can continue to use the phone for everything. when i mean everything i mean everything pic video record, text, calls diary etc..... The best thing about the music is that its wireless with a2dp and remote control built in. sales man showed me and sold me the matching accessories. dc800 ht820. Very cool no wires to the headphones sound sent overstereo bluetooth. i can make and recieve calls, i can switch music on without touching my phone. i can volume up and down and skip tracks forward and back. dc800 allows me to send the 1000 songs i have stored to be sent via bluetooth to my hifi. to put your music on its recommended by moto to use windows media player 11. which is very easy to use. it took me only 5 minute to rip a cd into mp3, transfer to phone and press play! compared to my previous music phone from another famous manufactur it very fast. PLus i didn't have to load anything from a cd rom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Overall i would give the K1 8/10
Summary Great looks, Great Music experience, 2 megapixel good for printing, New menu is very easy to use plus you can change it if you want to!! What more does a normal consumer need if all we do is ring text listen music and take the odd pic? Finally it fits in your pocket with out making you look like you have a lump! Complete bonus
Thanks
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- 2007-01-26 13:59
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The backlight from both the inner and outer screen lights at the same time. So when it is closed and you are looking at the outer screen, the inner screen is also lit, wasting the battery. And when it is open and you are looking at the inner screen, the outer screen is also lit, wasting the battery (and also displaying an upside down motorola logo which you can't change).
When viewing photos you have taken or you have received, I don't think it is possible to zoom in to the photo (ie, to see if it is sharp, or to see fine details). It just shows the photo at reduced size in order to fit the screen. It does allow you to zoom out even further (WTF?) but not to zoom in to original size.
There isn't an attachment for stereo earphones - you need to use bluetooth, which uses more battery power (and means you have to recharge the battery in the bluetooth device too).
The 'glass' on the front doesn't seem like glass - it seems like plastic. It seems to scratch relatively easily - mine has a tiny scratch or two already.
The 2 megapixel sensor on the camera is a waste, given that it's so tiny and the 'lens' is so subject to fingerprints. You have to wipe it clean whenever you take a photo, and the quality at its full resolution is quite blurry.
The mains charger it came with makes a high pitched whining sound which keeps me awake at night. I'll try returning it, but I don't like my chances - given that it still charges properly despite the whining noise.
Plugging it into a computer via USB won't charge it unless the driver is loaded on the PC. The driver doesn't install automatically and you can't get it from the web - you can only get it from the CD that comes with the phone. I think that's ridiculous. Also if you use USB mass storage mode you can only get to the contents of the microSD card, not the phone's internal 20MB, and the phone won't charge via USB when it's in USB mass storage mode.
That is still a whole lot better than Nokia, though, because at least they use a normal USB connection and a cable is supplied. A USB cable for my previous Nokia was an 'optional accessory' which cost $150 (probably $99 US) at the time it was released. That's because it had a non-standard plug.
The value for money is great - what with the supplied bluetooth headset, the supplied USB cable, the supplied microSD card, etc. It's almost everything you need, though I would appreciate a car charger.
I really hope that Motorola puts drivers for this on their website because I don't want to have to carry a CD with me whenever I hook it up to a computer to charge it. And not providing drivers on their website is silly. What are they worried people will do? They'll only work if you have the Motorola phone anyway. Perhaps I just overlooked it, but I'm pretty sure this or any similar model has no downloadable drivers.
Reception is good and the network setup allows me to put it in a 'slow' polling mode which saves battery, especially if you often travel in areas without phone reception or you commute on an underground train.
I can't find a way to display the local cell name on the screen - ie the name of where you are. The nokias had that.
My stupid phone network only allows 100KB MMS so I have to put the camera on 640x480 in the medium quality mode. If I send bigger pictures it will look like they are sent, but nobody will receive them. And I think I get charged for them all the same.
The predictive text on these phones is way better than on Nokias! I am so happy! It took some getting used to.
When replying to a message, the "Send" button is where you would expect the backspace button to be, and it doesn't confirm or pause before it sends, so you end up actually sending the message when you wanted to just delete the previous character.
When I first got it, half the keys didn't work properly, particularly the arrow keys. You'd push them and nothing would happen. It's ok now though. You need to mash the keys a bit when it is new to 'wear them in' I suppose. After a couple of weeks it'll be fine.
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- 2007-01-26 04:14
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