Creative Zen Stone Plus

1228 reviews

May, 2013

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1228 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the usability and reliability. The storage and value for money also get good feedback, but there are some negative views about the performance.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other MP3 Players the Creative Zen Stone Plus is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by: Shayne Rana (tech2.in.com)

Creative Zen Stone Plus

Ever wonder how companies sometimes manage to cram so many features into a small device? I do too. And here's another for your amazement. If you thought the Zen Stone was a tiny powerhouse for music, you'll love the Zen Stone Plus. Design The design...

The Zen Stone Plus is a great player as it is. Even the FM pickup is good. At a price of Rs. 5,000, it’s a great buy for a 2GB player, except for the fact that it's super slow. It could be an issue with just this piece I got for review, and I really...

Sep, 2007

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Expert review by: Jasmine France (cnet.com)

Creative Zen Stone Plus (2GB, black)

Creative has a penchant for offering a wide array of choices for the MP3 player consumer, so it comes as little surprise that the company decided to add a screen and some extra features to the ultra-basic Zen Stone. The new Plus version, which comes...

The Creative Zen Stone Plus comes in a choice of six colors and offers 2GB of storage for less than $70. It includes some handy extras, such as an FM tuner, a stopwatch, and a voice recorder. The player also has good sound quality

The Zen Stone Plus interface is not totally intuitive, and the screen is too small to display full track info. It also doesn't offer full ID3 tag sorting for music, and the rated battery life is unimpressive

For those who want a supersmall and cute MP3 player that offers more than just simple music playback, the Creative Zen Stone Plus fits the bill nicely.

Jul, 2007

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Expert review by: Tim Gideon (pcmag.com)

Creative ZEN Stone Plus

Creative has given its barebones ZEN Stone a radical update. The new ZEN Stone Plus adds several features the original Stone lacked: an OLED screen, twice the storage (i.e., 2GB), an FM tuner, voice recording, a stopwatch/clock, and EQ options. Not...

Small and lightweight. FM radio. Voice recording. Stopwatch and clock. EQ options. Can delete songs on device itself. Snazzy date/time display.

Short USB cable. So-so earbuds. Annoyingly long start-up time. No way to monitor voice recorder.

The ZEN Stone Plus, at 2GB, has twice the storage of the original ZEN Stone, a screen, FM radio, and voice recording. This is about as cheap as it gets for a reliable 2 GB player (the screen-less 1GB iPod Shuffle is $80), but if storage isn't your main...

Jul, 2007

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Expert review by: Consumer Guide (howstuffworks.com)

Creative Zen Stone Plus Review and Prices

The Creative Zen Stone Plus is a tiny MP3 player which, despite a few lingering issues, offers a dependable music listening experience for those leading active lifestyles. This skipping-stone sized player is just a half-inch thick and weighs less...

Value price, good sound, LED display

Not large finger friendly, light user documentation, low battery life

Dec, 2007

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Expert review by: Amanda Lian (hardwarezone.com)

Creative Zen Stone Plus (2GB)

The Creative Zen Stone Plus is a tiny, minuscule player that includes all the necessary portable music functions at a reasonable price and more.

Aug, 2007

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Expert review by: Grahm Skee (anythingbutipod.com)

Creative Zen Stone Plus Review

Shortly after Creative released its screenless Shuffle competitor, the Zen Stone, they upped the ante and released the Zen Stone Plus. For around thirty dollars more, the Stone Plus added a screen and a few fairly standard MP3 player features such as...

Solid Build, Small form factor, Nice selection of optional accessories, MSC (any OS)

Awkward interface, Cannot browse individual songs, Lagging interface when music is playing, Poor FM reception

First I would like to say I am a fan of Creative's Zen line of MP3 players. Although they have their issues and deficiencies like any MP3 player, overall they are a solid product line. The Zen Stone Plus has some good things going for it such as MSC...

Jul, 2007

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Consumer review by: Ashley_Charron (cnet.com)

Overly-priced

It's a good mp3 player for exercise and whatnot, since it's small and unobtrusive. But I honestly feel that this little gadget is way over-priced for it's poor quality. Did not last me very long, and I was very frustrated upon learning that it was not...

Small, cute design that comes in many colors ; Decent sound quality

Difficult to get music on and off of it ; Screen is too small to display all of the track info ; EXTREMELY fragile ; Poor battery life ; Freezes up a lot; resetting is a pain in the neck ; Died very quickly (less than six months after I got it)

Nov, 2010

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Consumer review by: remda666 (cnet.com)

Creative Zen Stone Plus (2GB, black)

Satisfied !

Everything including price: $50. (unlike some competitive ones who has no screen, made of metal, and need special software to copy which went for $75)

A bit slow

Jan, 2009

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Consumer review by: NefDena (cnet.com)

Creative Zen Stone Plus (2GB, black)

Description claims 20 hours of play time - not! I would have to charge over night, then use a safety pin to restart, spent usually 10-15 minutes pushing and clicking to turn on (the music I spent countless hours installing - using my favorite cd's)....

Small and compact - able to fit into any pocket

Limited Warranty best describes this product. Purchased June 2008 and after reviewing this sites warranty, etc., its definitely the truth! My little convenient cute any pocket size MP3 player completely died on me 2 mon. early of expectancy

Jan, 2009

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Consumer review by: shiroii93 (cnet.com)

Poor screen and broke within 2 months

I did not like this player at all. I bought it at first because I needed something with a little bit more memory then the muvo and I thought it looked cute. However I was quickly made aware of my mistake. I first noticed that the buttons required quite...

it looks nice

the screen is hard to see, the buttons do not press easily and broke very quickly

Aug, 2008

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