Nowadays, handphone have become a necessity in every person life. Handphone also has evolved into a multimedia gadget compared to old days which handphone only used for talking and plain SMS.
As for me, I use Motorola E398. I love this model because it has 65k colors TFT screen, MMS messaging, MP3 player, video player, VGA camera, Java games, stereo loudspeaker, email support and Bluetooth wireless technology. I don't want to talk about the phone's spec much but you can see it's full spec by clicking here.
After a year using this phone, I want share with you my opinion about this handset. The pros are:-
- The phone joystick is still in good condition although after heavy usage. My friend who owns a Sony Ericssons K500i told me that his joystick have to be pressed very hard to navigate the menu.
- Original battery included was splendid. A single phone charge can last for about 3 days on medium usage. I hope my battery will last for a year or more. Hehehe.(Save money).
- Keypad still maintain it's responsiveness although I everyday play pinball in my phone. The layout of the keypad also suitable for my big palm while playing game and typing message.
- The navigating menu are a bit confusing especially for someone previously own a Nokia like me. But when you familiar with the interface, you will find that the menu's are very intuitive and user friendly. Typing message also very fast indeed.
- The most things I like is the 16 mm stereo speaker. Stereo sound it produced from mp3 playback is very good. The bass and treble sounds much deeper than the other phone in its class. The stock earphone provided also sounds good.
Now we go to the cons:-
- At 110 grams, I think it is a bit heavy for average user.
- Design of the charging port also not suitable. Sometimes I cannot charging the phone. I have to try many times to successfully make the display "charging". I think Motorola should design a new port to solve this problem.
- The camera lens easy to get dirty. It make the picture sometimes blur.
- inbuilt mp3 player take a long time to load.
- The use of transflash memory card I think do not suitable to in mobile phone because it is to small. I almost lost it when I try to slot in to the sd adapter supplied. The price of the card also a tad higher compare to rs-mmc
This is my personal opinion about Motorola E398. If u like to comment about it, please do so. I think that a newer version of this phone avaiable called Motorola
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