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Motorola E398 Reviews Analysis

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Motorola E398
alaSCORE 78

365 reviews

November, 2009

74 / 100

41 Experts

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81 / 100

324 Users

What people think about the Motorola E398: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 365 reviews from across the web.

price

5

  • expensive)
  • cheap but good phone
  • mp3 player, cheap but good phone
  • cheap
  • cheap and strong
  • cheap and cable data+earphone include in package
 
  • very clear speakerphone, cheap and cable data+earphone include in package
  • good speaker, cable data, earphone, cd softwares, cheap
  • Good Value and Price
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LCD

5

  • screen shows up fingerprints and chips/cracks
  • can be a bit confusing at the start, 'silver' on sides of phone scratch easy, screen shows up fingerprints and chips/cracks, can be a bit slow
  • bright screen
  • bright 65K screen
  • The screen is of excellent quality
  • good screen
  • LCD screen
 
  • LCD screen, stereo speakers, bluetooth, expandable memory
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sound

5

  • cant vibrate and ring at same time
  • it show as anything very easy, can hold hardly send any messages, cord breaks easily to PC and charger, cant vibrate and ring at same time, when it does turn on it won't turn off
  • If a long time outside to listen to the sound to listen to music
  • If a long time outside to listen to the sound to listen to music, the battery will be dead soon
  • Stereo sound for MP3s
  • 3D stereo sound
  • Makes the best sound with your ringtones
  • mp3 ring tones
  • large range on ring tones
 
  • colour screen, camera with flash and 4xzoom, mp3 player, mp3 ring tones, large range on ring tones, easy to use with shortcuts, good joystick, stereo speakers, flashing coloured lights, headphones, great games, heaps of entertainment, rubber casing (non-slip), expandable memory and A LOT OF FUN
  • Very good sound quality through the stereo headphones
  • colour screen, camera with flash and 4x-zoom, mp3 player, mp3 ring tones, large range on ring tones, easy to use with shortcuts, good joystick, stereo speakers, flashing coloured lights, headphones, great games, heaps of entertainment, expandable memory is so good
  • Surround sound is too good
  • The sound quality of the E398 is excellent
  • with 3D (surround sound
  • The sound quality of the E398 is excellent, with 3D (surround sound
  • stereo speakers and CD quality sound
  • it does sound good
  • While not actually stereo, it does sound good
  • I was surprised at the quality and amplitude of sound the phone was able to produce
  • Sound good (especially for the mp3)
  • Sound good (especially for the mp3), cheap
  • sound
  • sound, Image
  • its sound is excellent
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keyboard

0.5

  • sometimes sluggish keypad response
  • something bad keyboard
 

interface

5

  • bright screen with excellent user interface
  • large, bright screen with excellent user interface
 

appearance

5

  • The E398 can play music stored in MP3 format
  • Sleek
 

battery

3.5

  • When the battery gets completely discharged (i.e
  • when the phone switches off after the entire battery has been drained)
  • When the battery gets completely discharged (i.e., when the phone switches off after the entire battery has been drained), the given motorolla charger cannot charge it
  • You have to take the battery out of the phone and give it a boost using a simple battery booster-charger device
  • the battery is bad
  • good battery life
  • attractive design and good battery life
  • Good features, attractive design and good battery life
  • it has a great battery life
  • good battery
  • the battery will be dead soon
  • good battery, cheap and strong
  • battery life is good
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reception

5

  • Excellent reception, talk & standby time
  • Very good signal reception, MP3 player, ringtones and alarms, expandable storage via Transflash, stereo speaker, VGA camera and Bluetooth
 

portability

3

  • I do not like the weight
  • light
 

size

4.5

  • heard some stories that it turns off for no reason and it's a bit big compared to other phones
  • Large
 

connectivity

5

  • Bluetooth
 

menu

5

  • menu set-out is logical
 

remote control

0.5

  • Joystick which we found difficult to control
 

usability

5

  • 'silver' on sides of phone scratch easy
  • it show as anything very easy
  • Simple shape
  • Simple
  • joystick is easy to use
  • easy to use with shortcuts
  • simple and straight forward interface and controls
  • Those used to the Nokia controls will take time to get used to it though
 
  • External speakers are also good and has a very good and easy to use speakerphone
  • Reliable and easy to use
  • easy to use and the fun lights
  • Small, Sleek, fun, easy to use and the fun lights
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design

5

  • stylish design
  • Simple, stylish design, Large, bright screen, Stereo sound for MP3s, VGA camera with flash, Expandable memory
  • Looking Classy
  • Looking Classy, Music Unplugged
  • nice and cool design
 
  • design look great
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voice guidance

5

  • Voice
 

image quality

5

  • a product of quality
  • the best quality of its speakers to play music files
  • Image
 

video

0.5

  • No video recording function
  • No video recording function, No FM radio, Joystick can be fiddly
  • Jerky video playback
  • no video recording
  • No video or voice recording
  • The phone is capable of video playback
  • but not video recording
  • The phone is capable of video playback, but not video recording
  • it hasnt got video
  • it hasnt got video, no FM radio, no video recording, no sms delivery reporting unless you have some special software installed, slow response times
  • no video recording, low pixel camera, laggish
  • lack of video recording
  • slow, lack of video recording, loud
  • Lacks video and can be slow
  • Without video recorder
  • No videor Recording
  • video recording
  • radio fm, video recording
  • can play the video but can not record video
 
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color

3

  • The silver colour on the sides scratch off easily
  • colour screen
 

memory

5

  • pictures and movies from the computer onto the mobile
  • can't seem to be able to transfer MP3 songs at the moment - but have been able to in the past (hmm), pictures and movies from the computer onto the mobile, one of the ear phones effortlessly broke apart ($100 for new ones - V
  • can't use your ringtones that are stored into your expandable memory
  • Expandable memory
  • external storage
  • Loads of storage
  • expandable memory and A LOT OF FUN
  • expandable memory is so good
 
  • Although the internal memory at 5 Mbytes is not huge
  • MP3 tracks can be stored on the new format TransFlash™ memory cards
  • Although the internal memory at 5 Mbytes is not huge, MP3 tracks can be stored on the new format TransFlash™ memory cards
  • Can upgrade memory
  • external memory chip
  • MP3 player, external memory chip, bluetooth, dual-ear headset, battery life is good
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resolution

5

  • Good screen resolution for the price
  • with 65k colours and a high resolution
  • The screen is of excellent quality, with 65k colours and a high resolution
 

performance

0.5

  • can be a bit slow
  • Pretty slow
  • Slow sms and menu speed
  • slow response times
  • slow
  • slow loading
  • slow file transfer if your friend is using a Sony Ericsson
 
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build quality

5

  • build quality is excellant
  • durable
  • light, colourful, durable, doesn't break easily
  • Sturdy design
  • Sturdy design, good screen, a product of quality
 

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