Motorola Krzr K1 (AT&T)

9 out of 10 - Spectacular
Great phone much better than the razr
I purchased this phone from topgiant.com and I have had it for around 1 week. When I first opened ...
I purchased this phone from topgiant.com and I have had it for around 1 week. When I first opened the box I noticed it looked alittle long compared to my old RAZR, but it was much slimmer and fit in my hand much better than the RAZR did. The Digital camera is great for photos and the speakerphone is loud, here are some pros and cons:

Pros:
Solid Construction
Quality Materials
2.0 MP digital camera and video record
nice color display inside and out
strong reception with T-Mobile service
Loud Speakerphone
Quad band service for overseas use
Bluetooth
Removable memory card slot
no antenna
Mp3 Player with stereo headphones(sounds great!!)
Long Battery life
Its a head turner!

Cons:
Should have FM radio on it
high price

This is a really great phone, I am enjoying it and I love when people ask me about it and it gives me a lot of attention, I would reccomend it to anyone Read more
by dsm51182 (see profile) - September 20, 2006

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5 out of 10 - Average
Great Design/Programming an issue
From a design perspective, this phone is ideal for the person needing a sleek, cool design with attitude. Keys are ...
From a design perspective, this phone is ideal for the person needing a sleek, cool design with attitude. Keys are easier to use than V3 or any other RAZR series. Great camera, DURING THE DAY. No flash destroys the fact of a good camera. Great text message memory. Not a fan of the fact that everything has a menu. Too much to push and not convinent.

If you don't mind that you have to push more buttons to get to the selections you need, or that you can't truly personalize the phone as you could any other RAZR, then your okay. Also the music feature takes too long to come up vs. any other MP3 phone. When you try to retrieve pics from your memory card, you get a lot of formatting errors. I am big about the phone working for me and not me working for the phone. Read more
by jo5723 (see profile) - January 29, 2007

11 out of 12 users found this user opinion helpful.

7 out of 10 - Very good
Great design and solid construction
The shape and heft of this phone is excellent. It feels "solid" without being bulky or heavy. The screen, while ...
The shape and heft of this phone is excellent. It feels "solid" without being bulky or heavy. The screen, while necessarily narrow, is clear and easy to see even in daylight.

The glassy front cover looks great at first but its charm is short term. As numerous other reviews have mentioned it seems to literally suck the fingerprints off of your hand. For the first week or so you'll polish it constantly then, if you are like me, you'll just resign yourself to a fingerprint covered phone and only polish it up when showing it to admirers.

The little plastic cover over the power/USB connector feels remarkably flimsy for such an otherwise solidly constructed phone. I'll be curious to see how long it before it breaks off...I'm not expecting it to last long. On the other hand, many other phones don't have any cover over the connector at all.

My worst gripe is software. For a high end phone you'd think Motorola would (1) have higher quality software and (2) include it with the phone. Instead you have to purchase it separately and its interface and interaction with outlook is far inferior to the software that is available for free for my previous nokia. Read more
by fwp1 (see profile) - January 4, 2007

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3 out of 10 - Poor
Horrible Phone
I generally get a new phone every few months and decided to try a Krzr. I have hear horrible things ...
I generally get a new phone every few months and decided to try a Krzr. I have hear horrible things about the RZRs in the past but the employee at the store where I purchased this one from informed me that this one is much better.

He was wrong. The call quality on this was terrible. It consistantly dropped calls and I was constantly asking people to repeat themselves.

In my opinion a phone is as good as its call quality and the rest is just a bonus. This phone is the WORST phone I have ever owned. After replacing it through the warranty 4 times because each one was worse ATT finally gave me a Blackjack. I must say the call quality is far more superior.

DO NOT BUY THE KRZR! Read more
by lawstudent82 (see profile) - July 24, 2007

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9 out of 10 - Spectacular
Wow I'm embarrassed for CNET
Ok someone needs to fire whoever looks over these reviews. First of CNET says the following:
"Unlike the Krzr, which
...
Ok someone needs to fire whoever looks over these reviews. First of CNET says the following:
"Unlike the Krzr, which supports Verizon's 3G EV-DO network, the Krzr K1m taps out at 2.5G EDGEG networks."

it should read:
"Unlike the Krzr K1m, which supports Verizon's 3G EV-DO network, the Krzr K1 taps out at 2.5G EDGE networks."

Also we have here:
"The internal display still supports 65,536 colors and measures 1.9 inches (176x220 pixels)"

The KRZR actually supports TFT 256K colors not 65K colors.

And lastly:
"We tested the (GSM 850/900/1800/1900; GPRS; EV-DO) Motorola Krzr K1 world phone in San Francisco using Cingular's service."

should read:
"We tested the (GSM 850/900/1800/1900; GPRS; EDGE) Motorola Krzr K1 world phone in San Francisco using Cingular's service."

Anyways this is an amazingly sexy phones with not the highest end of features but I'm not trying to have the phone make me a pizza or anything, it's a phone first and it does that spectacularly. Read more
by dfalc86 (see profile) - December 22, 2006

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8 out of 10 - Excellent
Great phone, needs better PC software
This is a nice phone, in my opinion nicer than the original RAZR phones by a mile. It feels much ...
This is a nice phone, in my opinion nicer than the original RAZR phones by a mile. It feels much more solid and comfortable in my hand.

However, as with most media phones, the PC software for transferring music is terrible. I've been using the beta of SimpleCenter 4.1 (http://www.simplecenter.org), and it's a much better experience. It lets you transfer media back and forth pretty easily, and fixes the major shortcoming of the KRZR. Read more
by virtualdrummer (see profile) - December 19, 2006

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5 out of 10 - Average
Buy the insurance on this bad boy!
I wish I would have read some discussion threads before buying my KRZR. Mine is a little over a month ...
I wish I would have read some discussion threads before buying my KRZR. Mine is a little over a month old and the first time I dropped it the glass cracked. I contacted the Cingular store I purchased it from and since I didn't buy the insurance they advised I would have to contact Motorola directly. There customer service with Motorola has been awful. I called first and they said they could not sell me the replacement part, because they do not sell replacement parts to the end consumer. I followed up with their on-line web service. They do not respond in a timely manner and they would not address my concerns and then they would close the ticket. The two choices they gave me were to find a local authorized repaired center, which there are none within 500 miles of where I live - Seattle. The other option was: "You may also send the unit directly to Motorola where our technicians will make any necessary repair to ensure a properly functioning unit. Our turnaround time at our National Service Center is 10-15 business days. If the phone is determined to have suffered physical or liquid damage, it will be shipped back to you unrepaired." Obviously, I wasn't going to do that since I clearly stated to them I had dropped it.

I sent them the link to some discussion threads, so they could see other people's frustration and they did not seem to care. I have been a loyal Motorola customer for years and this is the first time I have had to deal with their customer service. I ended up buying the replacement glass on Ebay from Hong Kong. It wasn't really an exact match on the color and broke also and I didn't even drop it this time. Read more
by sansqu (see profile) - July 16, 2007

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10 out of 10 - Perfect
Way better than a Rizr! This Thing Rocks!!!
I am not talking about the K1m, but the K1 is so much better than the Rizr V3! I say ...
I am not talking about the K1m, but the K1 is so much better than the Rizr V3! I say this because it is smaller and thinner, it has better looking pictures, and it has a self veiw finder! Kent German seemed to discriminate the krzr. I say this because in the rizr review, he said it was prettier and had a 262,000 color screen but the krzr only had a 65,00 color screen. This is not true. The Krzr is an improvment over the rizr with a 265,000 color screen! Hey Kent German! The Krzr is called the Krazr because it is crazy, fast, hot, slim and packed of features! Well, at least the K1 but not the K1m!!! Hey kent german! Did you know that the volume rockers can be used as external music controls! Everyone that reads this, please know that this information is also found at www.krzr.com or motorolas official web site! That is were I found this information! See Ya!!! Read more
by Cuttersack (see profile) - June 17, 2007

2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

5 out of 10 - Average
Nice Looks, but not a buy
I've had this phone for 3 months now. The phone is VERY SLOW to move between menus. You are ...
I've had this phone for 3 months now. The phone is VERY SLOW to move between menus. You are forced to select so many options before you can create a text message, add a contact or anything else. When you open the phone after receiving a text, there?s a 3 second delay before you can read it. The menu does not follow logic. I had to put in an extended battery and even that dies after 2-3 days of use. There is no VIB and HIGH ring at the same time. I had an LG6100 and it was far better. Basically, it's the new Razor, only smaller and slower. It looks cool, but its all show, no go. Very disappointing, just an average phone. Verizon has also locked down the phone too much! You can only use Motorola?s Phone Tool to adjust contacts and the calendar

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3 out of 10 - Poor
Slow, unreliable, had for 2 months and want to return!!
This phone is not worth the money I paid! Verizon was running a deal for existing customers, I paid $50 ...
This phone is not worth the money I paid! Verizon was running a deal for existing customers, I paid $50 and want all of my money back! This phone is so slow, needs to be restarted at least twice a day. The phone turns off on its own even when there is a full battery. The front screen and the main screen inside go blank and can only be cleared by taking the battery out. Also, if you are looking for a phone with text messaging capability, look elsewhere. This phone will a lot of times not send the messages, will not receive messages, and will restart in the middle of typing a message. Overall, I would not recommend this phone. Motorola will not stand behind it even though I have had all of these problems only within the first 2 months of owning it.

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