Motorola E1000 Review
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Review: February 2005. Updated September 2006.
The Motorola E1000 is a very powerful 3G mobile that combines the functionality
of a phone with an MP3 player / media player.
The E1000 supports the full range of 3G services. This includes video calling,
video messaging and downloading video content such as sports or music. It also
has Assisted GPS for accurate location-based services on the 3G network.
It has one of the best quality screens in any 3G mobile with 262k colours and
an ultra-high resolution of 240 x 320 pixels which is even more than the best
smartphones currently available. It's a superb platform for any kind of video
content. The integrated 1.2 megapixel digital camera is also one of the best
available in any current phone, making the E1000 almost unbeatable when it comes
to imaging.
As if this was not enough, the E1000 is also one of the best MP3 player phones
around. It features twin 3D stereo speakers for high quality sound, and with
its removable TransFlash™ memory cards, it can store a decent number of
MP3 tracks. At the time of writing (February 2005), TransFlash™ memory
cards are available in sizes up to 256 Mbytes. A stereo headset can also be
used with the phone.
The Motorola E1000 is an exceptionally well-featured phone that's not too expensive.
When it comes to multimedia its simply one of the best phones on the market
today. The high weight and poor battery life are definitely a disadvantage,
and some may find the Motorola user interface unintuitive, but for those looking
for the functionality that the E1000 offers and who are prepared to live with
these shortcomings, its a great phone. The E1000 has now been replaced by the
E1070.
Features of the Motorola E1000 include:
- Display: Active matrix TFT, 262,000 colours, 240 x 320 pixels
- 1.2 megapixel camera with camera light and 8x digital zoom
- Video capture, playback and download
- MP3 player
- 3D stereo speakers
- MP3 ringtones & 22-voice polyphonic ringtones
- Downloadable themes: animated screensavers, wallpapers and ringtones
- Java™ games: embedded & space for downloads
- Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, email, Group SMS, instant messaging
- iTap™ predictive text
- Voice activated dialling
- In-built hands-free speakerphone
- Connectivity: Bluetooth™ & USB
- Phonebook: up to 500 entries
- Picture phonebook
- Calculator, currency converter, date and clock, PIM functionality
- Vibration alert
- Memory: 16 Mbytes + removable TransFlash™ memory card (up to 256 Mbytes)
- WAP 2.0, GPRS, XHTML web browser
- Triband
- Size: 114 x 52 x 23 mm
- Weight: 140g
- Talktime: up to 2 hours
- Battery standby: up to 150 hours
Motorola E1000 User Reviews
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Reviewed by Ben from UK on 12th Oct 2005
This phone has to be the worst phone I have ever owned. The amount of
problems is endless, on paper it looks like a excellent phone but in
realality its apalling. The battery life is dreadful, the camera is
grainy and poor quality and the videos are even worse. The joy pad is
very temperamental and often doesn't work, the address book saves a
contacts different numbers as seperate entries. It often resets without
reason, the reception seems to just go sometimes but this could be my
operator (Three). The menu is aimed at 3 year olds with stupid icons,
also underneath the screen it collects more dust than a duster. There
are more problems but too many to list. I only have two postitive comments,
the screen quality is really good when you upload your own photos and
also when playing music the speaker quality is high. I definitely would
not recommend anyone buying this phone.
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Reviewed by Kev from UK on 11th Oct 2005
Poor battery life, easy to accidently activate browser, confusing menu
system. Prefer Nok or SE any time.
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Reviewed by Carlos from Espana on 7th Oct 2005
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Reviewed by Sandra from UK on 4th Oct 2005
Absolute pile of rubbish.... I was recommended this phone because of
all the wierd and wonderful things it can do and because I'm on a contract
that I cant get out of i am now on my 3rd handset! (Vodafone wont let
me have another make so im stuck with it) Where do i begin.... Battery
life is awful, if you make any calls it has to be charged every day,
the picture quality is grainy, video quality is grainy and to get any
decent pictures you have to faff about in the menu to get the correct
light settings. Not good when you want to record something on the spur
of the moment. You can leave the automatic setting on but whats the
point when you want the best quality you can get and automatic certainly
doesnt provide that. The screen keeps locking and the only way i can
get it back to normal is to take the battery out and turn it back on
that way. Apparently Vodafone have had no other customers complain about
this phone, if thats the case and theyre such good phones why dont they
sell them anymore???? My hubby has a nice Samsung Z500 and although
the texting seems to be a bit long winded it seems like a much better
phone and not a housebrick like the E1000. Im expecting my new replacement
E1000 to arrive tomorrow, lets see what thats like!
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Reviewed by oliver sanders from england on 13th
Sep 2005
excellent mobile phone, suits me great. screen and camera quality unbelieable
especially once downloaded to your computer. able to watch films with
the correct software on your pc then upload it to the phone. (got a
load of converted vids already!)
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Reviewed by Alan Breen from United Kingdom on
5th Sep 2005
I have had this phone for some time now and I just cannot get alogn
with it. I got the phone because of all the features it boosted and
the 3G coverage. Problem is 3G does not work well at the moment. Charging
can be a nightmare as the charger does not fit easily. There is no reassuring
click that the charger is actually in place. After 6 months of usage
the phone buttons are now falling off which is not what I expect as
my last phone a Sony Ericsson T68i lasted years. As with the features
I just do not use them. My provider constantly sends me messages with
nice pictures but it is noe getting tedious. This phone is pretty cheap
looking and very heavy.
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Reviewed by carlos from uk on 1st Sep 2005
this phone is great its got everything you need in a phone, bluetooth,
3g, mp3 player. I would recomend this phone to anyone who wants it!
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Reviewed by shaun from england on 29th Aug 2005
this has to be the best phone in the world its better then the d500
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Reviewed by Colin from UK on 27th Aug 2005
I have just read the reviews of the E1000 and can't understand them.
This is the best phone I have had. No problems with bluetooth, charging,
using it when on charge either in the car or at home. The battery life
could be better but I have turned of all the bling and everything is
fine. My only gripe is with contract im on and im going to change that
very soon.
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Reviewed by Haz from UK on 21st Aug 2005
great phone, i've had it for 6 months. The video only records for 30secs
but it does zoom in alot. The colour is great and the phone looks really
good. Its got bluetooth and you can download videos,pictures,games and
mp3. If your thinking of buying it buy it.
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Reviewed by Sambob from UK on 20th Aug 2005
Had this phone since febuary till last week when i broke it. I was pretty
impressed with the ease of use and the general 3G technology implimented.
Connectivity with other phones is difficult and will make you cry after
a while since motorola have figured out a quite obsqure way of doing
it. I was dissapointed with its camera abilities even though it has
quite a high resolution the picture produced was grainy and dithered.
The video recording ability was awful, i think something was wrong with
the video encoder software on my phone im not sure but the frame rate
fluctuated constantly between 1fps and the manufactures 15fps plus the
quality justified why you should use this phone to record video. My
final complaint is minor and major at the same time...i beleive the
screen is mounted too close and tight to the main case since i have
managed to crack the screen within the phone and not cover. Apart from
that is was an alright phone lets see how my nokia 8830 goes.
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Reviewed by Josh from England on 19th Aug 2005
whats up with the charger? you have to wiggle it bout to get it in the
correct place, then stick it with some tape! other than that and the
battery life, i would say the phone is great! but whats a phone when
it has no battery?
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Reviewed by Tony Grant from UK on 17th Aug 2005
If I had kmown that my e1000 battery would last less than two days I
would not have taken out the twelve month contract (or any contract).
to make matters worse the phone will NOT work when it is on charge.
Give me back my LG
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Reviewed by Dave from UK on 16th Aug 2005
should be a no-star rating. had the fone since april now on the 5th
1. there is no battery life. it cuts out all the time, keypad sticks,poor
reception need i go on? even vodafone are giving me a completely different
fone tomorrow. WARNING DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE
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Reviewed by Gene from UK on 12th Aug 2005
Battery life is horrible in 3G areas. In 2G areas (i.e. like USA), will
last up to one week. It's heavy. The joystick starts wearing down after
a few months. Can't unlock it. Can't turn off the backlight during recharging
- it will finish charging after a few hours, but leave the backlight
on until YOU unplug the phone from the mains. So if you leave it charging
overnight, the phone battery will be pretty weak in the morning, since
the backlight will be on for hours after the charging has finished.
The ring setting changes to Loud (and stays that way sometimes) during
charging. Bluetooth functionality is poor - you can't find other phones;
they must find you. So two e1000's can never talk to one another. File
management is absurd - files that do not have specific extensions will
not show up in the picture, sound, or video menus. Therefore, if you
upload or receive them, you will never be able to delete them. Think
twice before buying.
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Reviewed by Tom from UK on 10th Aug 2005
This is by far the best phone i have ever owned. the picture quality
is great if you size down the pictures slightly, the sound is great,
you can lock the keys despite what everyone says, with a 256mb transflash
card installed (£18) you can record 3mins of video (and no transflash
are not hard to get ahold of), and store and watch entire movies on
the phone encoded on computer!
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Reviewed by Baz from UK on 10th Aug 2005
1) Battery life ain't great but if you read the specs for the phone
before you buy it then you will expect this. Personally I don't use
all the 3G services, keep the bluetooth off for most of the time and
use the battery saving features and I have no problem with it. 2) Phone
is easy and simple to use, though the contacts could do with something
like a T610 interface. 3) Can't comment on the Three network customer
service yet, however I get better coverage where I live & work with
3 than I did with my old service provider Vodafone. 4) Great add on's
and great offers available on the phone currently. 5) Camera and Video
quality is good 6) Reasonable storage capacity, memory card helps a
lot. Basically if you don't do your research on the phone and the network
providers then you're asking to be disappointed. If your prepared to
put up with the (very few) shortcomings of the phone then I would recommend.
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Reviewed by James from UK on 9th Aug 2005
great phone, read my review further down, but the 3 network is appauling
when it comes to customer service. They refuse to repair manufacturers
fault and are insistent on you paying them more money to upgrade. The
lack of communication skills from the call centres and constant repetition
during long calls makes the 3 service the worst i have ever encountered.
Its a nightmare to find someone who actually understands what your trying
to say and then they seem knowledgeless as to offer a suitable solution
and instead repeat useless comments that didnt help me the first time
they said it, what makes them think saying it 5 more times in a minute
will solve anything. Good phone though, shame about 3 network, if u
can handle high levels of stress and resist the urge to punch the phone
in frustration when ringing customer service then this phone is great.
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Reviewed by Tim from Uk on 8th Aug 2005
Dont buy this words cannot describe how bad it is!
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Reviewed by Sajid from UK on 8th Aug 2005
The Moto E1000 on paper is a very good phone with the kind of features
that stand out, such as the mp3 player,camera etc but comes with three
distinct problems. The first is that the battery life isnt poor its
beyond belief! i cant seem to go a day without having to charge it and
even after a 10-12 hr charge the battery still cannot manage to get
through more than two calls! Secondly the coverage is appalling and
i live in the centre of london! with calls cutting out sometimes after
just a minute, resulting in a lot of calling back. The third problem
is the customer service. It is appalling with the call centres not understanding
anything, resulting in repeating everything twice, and being put on
hold a lot, one call lasted 50 minutes! Once my phone had a problem,
after 3 months, i sent the phone to them and a resulting letter stated
that i had to pay them £50 to upgrade the software! They wouldnt repair
the phone otherwise, stating it was because i had dropped the phone
that the problem had occured. It took 3 months to resolve this and i
had to get a pay as you go resulting in extra cost. Just dont go with
three stick to a network that knows how to treat customers.
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Reviewed by Mintie Todd from Manchester England on
7th Aug 2005
Great this phone is Mint ! used the 3G Video calling contact my brother
Jess while on missions. The Video calls are luxury ! A great phone packed
with features. I could recommend it for anyone associated with the security
services, the MP3 ringtones are Mint ! Don't be a sucker and buy a Razer,
this phone is the top of the range for Motorola ! Buy it now !
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Reviewed by Jonathan from England on 2nd Aug 2005
This phone may look big and heavy but it has great features. The video
calling is outstanding and it's mp3 player is just like an ipod i recommend
this phone to anyone upgrading.
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Reviewed by James from UK on 31st Jul 2005
This phone has an excellent camera with a very good video recording
capability (10 seconds). Theres a huge screen and excellent colour display.
The joystick is easy to use and the keys are the ideal size for texting.
The memory is good and the battery time is god if you dont use the camera
all day, but chargnign takes a couple of hours at least which when charging
can still be used. Camera on front of phone means u can take a picture
of yourself and see the screen aswell. It does however have an average
memory but that isnt a problem if u keep deleting old texts. Great phone
in total, money well spent.
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Reviewed by Jonathan from UK on 31st Jul 2005
0 out of 5! In it's favour are good sound. Nice looking screen. MP3
ringtones and video. But that's where it stops. If this is all you want
just get yourself an MP3 player, if you want a phone then look elsewhere.
The negative things about the phone are: 1.) The battery life is very
poor. If it is not used for any calls it will only last 48 hours before
the battery packs up. This is true even when the phone is put in "Power
saving mode"! If it is used then the battery will last even less. You
will find that you have to leave the phone on charge every night and
if you forget or want to go away for the weekend without a charger you
won't be able to user your phone after the first day as the battery
will be flat! It reminds me of when I first had a mobile phone over
10 years ago and that also had to be charged every day. 2.) The phone
is quite bulky and heavy. This is 2005 and phones shouldn't be built
like bricks any more. 3.) Although it may look like a brick it is in
fact very fragile. The case over the screen is made of soft plastic.
If you put it in your pocket and lean against a table the plastic covering
on the screen will bow into the LCD display and break it. The cost for
this repair is £135 and is not covered by the warranty even though it
is a design fault. 4.) The ringtone seems to change itself from loud
to vibrate and ring to vibrate only and silent. You will find you miss
a lot of calls or they will be answered in your pocket while you are
totally unaware. 5.) Although this phone boasts a 1.3 Mega pixel camera
the quality of the shots is appalling as you will see when you download
them to you PC. This is due to the tiny cheap lenses that are installed
in the phone.
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Reviewed by Tayo from England on 29th Jul 2005
Appalling. This is an excuse for a phone, coupled with the fact that
I am on the 3 network, makes this phone a nightmare. I've read all the
reviews on this site and I've used this phone for 4 months now, cursing
it everyday. Battery life is non-existent. WHen charging the phone (even
when it's put off), the screen is permanently lit. It has no infra-red
(don't tell me it's got bluetooth, because a bluetooth is not mutually
exclusive to an infrared - learn from Nokia on that). The blue-tooth
is cumbersome to put it mildly (I know how to use it, but I've used
easier ones). The memory is hardly expandable (go look for a Transflash
- I'm yet to find one) and is awkwardly located - BENEATH THE DEAD BATTERY.
The connectivity is depressing. A simple USB port might have solved
this problem. The phone freezes of its own accord. There is no auto-lock
feature, for crying out loud, this is the 21st Century. My Nokia 3130
had autolock! Who says I need pictures I can't delete? The phone comes
with some utterly useless pictures that take up space, which I can't
delete! I can't record more than 30seconds! - 3G my foot! Pictures are
given some weird names automatically by the phone and doesn't give me
the option of renaming before I save. So I need to scroll through a
myriad of meaningless picture names to get to the one I want to rename
it. Contacts? I'd rather rely on my old paper addressbook. Why would
I need to enter my pal's name five times just to save his email, cell,
land, work and fax numbers? Need I go on? This is the worst phone to
be sent to the market. If you are paid to be given one, please decline.
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Reviewed by chaza from england on 22nd Jul 2005
ive had my motorola e1000 for a week now. there is so much to do on
this phone. the mp3 player is set up just like an i pod.the video quality
is oneof the best that i have seen on a phone.the bluetooth on this
phone is great. it takes a matter of secconds to send a picture or a
song.ITS THE BEST PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD!!!!!! GET ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Steve from England on 21st Jul 2005
Brialliant phone all round !!! GET ONE
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Reviewed by Karen from UK on 13th Jul 2005
This is the first Motorola I have owned, I previously had a Nokia 6610i
which I adored but I must say that I am so pleased I upgraded to this
phone! What can I say, I love everything about it - it is so easy to
use, the camera is excellent and the MP3 player is astounding. The only
draw-back is the battery life. I usually need to re-charge my phone
every other day but I tend to do this on a night so it's not a problem.
I would highly recommend this phone!
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Reviewed by Karen from UK on 13th Jul 2005
This is the first Motorola I have owned, I previously had a Nokia 6610i
which I adored but I must say that I am so pleased I upgraded to this
phone! What can I say, I love everything about it - it is so easy to
use, the camera is excellent and the MP3 player is astounding. The only
draw-back is the battery life. I usually need to re-charge my phone
every other day but I tend to do this on a night so it's not a problem.
I would highly recommend this phone!
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Reviewed by Antony from UK on 13th Jul 2005
This phone looks very flash, i prefer clamshell phones but this one
almost changed me but...... The texting on this phone is absolutely
terrible, the iTap software is just in no uncertain terms - rubbish.
On a positive the sound from this phone is fantastic and it would make
a great mp3 player, the screen is very clear and is somehow even clearer
than my LG 8120 which is already a fantastic colour screen.
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Reviewed by Daniel from UK on 11th Jul 2005
what are you all on the is the best phone ever, you can do every thing
on it and i think it is even better than the samsung D500
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Reviewed by Mark - Wirral from United Kingdom on
11th Jul 2005
Suprisingly compact for all it's features, this phone has to be one
of the best on the market. Easy navigation of menus and services, so
well laid out that you really don't need to read the manual. Excessive
use does lower the battery life, but it's not a major problem as this
phone re-charges very fast. Blue tooth reception is excellent, I purchased
a Jabra blue tooth ear piece and the quality when used with the E1000
is first rate. I purchased this phone through Vodafone, and the customer
service has been fantastic. All in all a good alround phone system,
well priced and stylish.
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Reviewed by rocky from great britain on 10th Jul
2005
just got my new e1000 what a phone!!!!! the picture is so crisp and
clear better than my old siemans s65 the mp3 player is ace very good
speakers" very easy to use aswell all this rubbish about the battery
not lasting long rubbish what do ya expect with this many functions
being used all the time!! the 3g is good also dont be put of very good
phone buy it now
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Reviewed by jam from uk on 7th Jul 2005
ive had this phone for 2 days the best phone ever made it has 3g 2 face
2 face video calling buy this phone its the best n it has very battery
life buy buy
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Reviewed by Russ from Devon Enlgand on 4th Jul
2005
Nice fone, and if you peeps mess about with yer settings on it, the
battery will last lots longer than u are gettin.. Firstly. Turn off
Bluetooth when not needed. Turn off the AGPS when not needed. and disable
any screensavers ect..just set the screen time out to 1 min and the
backlight to 10 seconds. Love the media quality on this phone. I gave
up my XDA II for this. and dont regret it yet, all tho i still carry
me xda in the car. Like some other people said on here as well, 3's
customer service is the worst i ever came accross, Phoned em up to try
and disable call divert to me mail/video box, and they had NO idea what
i was on about. so.. E1000.... nice phone, but avoid 3's network
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Reviewed by james bond from uk on 4th Jul 2005
first i fought this fone woz da best but once ma dad got it,it turned
out to be rubbish.the only good features r its mp3 its 2 camers. the
phone has a light with the camera but it does not do anyting and the
blootooth is only for motarola phones the last thing is the battery
life its only 5 hours if yor lucky. oh year the phone keeps crashin
when u put 2many pictures,mp3 or videos init u will only like this phone
if ur a child
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Reviewed by Tommy d from England on 4th Jul 2005
i think this phone ias awesome i have had it for a bout 2 months and
i have nothing to complain about. It has awesome video footage great
camera and it gots bluetooth this phone has everything for such a good
price. the only slightlty bad thing about it is the battery like it
will only last about 3 nights but if you have a charger what is the
problem, it has perfect weight at slips in your pocket beautifully.
i love at i wish there where more phones like it!
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Reviewed by rebekah from birmingham on 29th Jun
2005
this is a okay phone. the pixel from the camera is superb, it is like
a real phone. the only problem is couldn't use 3 sim so had to go out
and get another one. b******************
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Reviewed by Kayne from England on 28th Jun 2005
How do u use the mp3 player on this fone ? ma frend tried to send me
akon lonely to ma fone and the fone dont recognise it ( and its an mp3
). And also ma pc dont recognise the usb port that goes onto the fone
so u cant transfer ur music to the fone. there was sum cd with it but
i dont think it is anything to do with the usb cos it is a user guide
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Reviewed by Ian from UK on 21st Jun 2005
This phone really is great, ive had it about 6month's now, and the screen
has got dust under it, which cannot be removed and is a bit of a pain,
the joystick is very sticky and sometimes does not work and lastly,
there is now a constant crackling in the call's which is not network
related. at the moment its just getting fixed by the trusty people at
3. now to the good bits, the camera is SUPERB!, the hifi speakers really
do sound great and the screen quality is really good, although difficult
to see in sunlight. Video recording is limited to under 60seconds which
is quite poor in my opinion, and the internal memory is limited (although
you can expand), on holiday i filled it with pictures and the phone
was constantly crashing and very very slow! overall this phone is ok,
but there need's to be a lot of improvements for the next one!
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Reviewed by Sam from England Of Course on 16th
Jun 2005
I love this fone. I got it delivered dis morning and have not been able
to put it down. As most people have said, the fone has poor battery
life but im not sure if I can buy a new battery. Anyway I am loving
the camera and i think the video quality is brill. I am glad that this
fone has an mp3 player and it has a memory card up to 256mb u can put
into the fone. The bluetooth is easy to use and the 3G service is up
to scratch. One downside I am bothered about is the battery life cos
it has to always be on charge as u cant do much without a full battery.
Another downside is the weight as it cums in at 140g and most newer
fones ( Like Samsung D500 ) weigh less than 100g. Therefore I am giving
this fone an excellent rating cos it has evrything u need on a fone
these days except good battery and low weight.
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Reviewed by Sam Buckstone from England Of Course on
15th Jun 2005
Dis fone is excellent. It has evrything u need with mp3 player, 1.2
megapixel camera, video recording, playback and download and it has
16mb memory that u can expand with a memory card. I ordered this fone
not long ago and i was hearing it was gd. ma frends got it and he says
its gd and from what ive heard, i dont think its gd, but outstanding.
The camera might not be as gd as samsung D500 1.3 megapixel camera or
hav the same amount of memory but this fone is da best anyhow, and at
such a low price.
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Reviewed by Joe from Ye Old England on 14th Jun
2005
Well i bought this phone online and when it arrived i was amazed. It
has all the awsome features like Mp3 player and 1.2 megapixel camera
but that fact that the main feature of a phone is to be a phone(ie.
Make and recieve calls) and this it does well it doesnt lack sound quality
and coverage is good worldwide, i have this phone on Vodaphone pay as
you talk and its Awsome ! I highly recomend it.
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Reviewed by Rob Irving from England on 12th Jun
2005
Phone is O.K at best. Had it for six months now and can't hack it anymore
so have bitten the bullet and gone back to Nokia and Vodafone. Battery
life is terrible, as is Three's Network coverage and customer Services.
The phone drops calls when moving from a 3g to non 3g area, i hardly
ever have a signal and usually only know i've recieved a call by getting
a text telling me i have voice mail. definately not user friendly. Heavy
and cumbersome. Avoid the phone, and more importantly THREE like the
plague.
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Reviewed by Disgruntled Phone User of the Month! from
England on 10th Jun 2005
Looks Good - In the palm of your hand it feels like quality. It does
enough to impress you so much when you are looking to make you want
one. That is as good as it gets. Heres the flaws: Battery. Need I say
anymore. Can't make or recieve calls whilst phone is in car charger!!!
If you assign a ringtone to a contact in your address book - the entire
ringtone will play if that person text messages you, so you could have
a 2 minute tune for a text message. The phones Bluetooth capability
is amateur at best in comparison to a Sony Ericsson. This is 2005 and
Dust gets under the screen! and can not be cleaned out! If the phone
is in your pocket it can answer itself! The phones memory is terrible.
If you are lucky to find a memory card you have to take the battery
out to insert and retrieve the said card. Wonderful. The alarm clock
has a mind of it's own. Phone does not come with any software, games
etc... It does come with loads foolish pictures that can not be erased
which take up memory. The phones contact layout is primitive. I pray
for SONY ERICSSON to introduce a 3G phone on the 3 network. DO NOT BUY
THIS PHONE!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Roland Fearnley from Australia on
31st May 2005
I think that's a load of tripe about the Motorola E1000 having a short
battery life. An example to prove this is that on one long weekend (ie
3 days) where I went rock climbing I forgot my charger, I was still
able to make around 60 1.2 megapixel photos before the battery was empty.
A tip for people with low experience with phones who are having troubles
with short battery life is to turn the bluetooth function to off. I've
rarely had that on and I haven't had any dramas so far.
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Reviewed by Andrew from UK on 21st May 2005
Good phone on the outside, looks brilliant - big and bulky but nice
finish. First negative is battery life. Lasts 8 hours if you like messing
with the camera and mp3 player, and about 16 hours on stand-by. Very
poor. The mp3 player is good, with cd-player features like skip repeat
and shuffle - you can also customise your own playlists. Speaker quality
is good, but not a patch on what I was expecting considering its "3D
stereo" - no better than my previous phone (Motorola's V525). The screen
is nice and bright with rich colour and a clear menu. I just don't understand
why the camera is so poor - its identical in quality to my V525 which
I got nearly two years ago and when you go into the media album to view
the pictures they look even worse. On this basis I have taken the phone
back because I was expecting something with a more advanced camera than
my V525. Got a Sharp GX30i which is outstanding and has a screen that
rivals TFT computer monitors - no joke. Nice phone Moto, the two stars
are for the screen quality and mp3 player, just get the camera, battery
life and size sorted.
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Reviewed by Sulla from England on 19th May 2005
Battery life is poor but that is the only downside to the phone. I have
had it since December and i can report no faults what so ever. Firstly
you should charge the battery for at least 15+ hours when you ANY phone
brand new. Secondly let the battery completely die the first couple
of times you use the phone then Completely charge, you will get the
most out of the battery on any phone. The phone is well featured and
its camera is ace sound is brilliant and Bluetooth is really fast. Select
whatever you want to 'copy' then you have two options 'phone' or 'bluetooth'
select 'bluetooth'. Simple. Battery life is a pain hence the 4 stars.
i have a memory card which cost £20 and i can record for 3 minutes
with a 128mb card that is. A 256 card will allow one record for longer.
A class phone!!
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Reviewed by Tom from UK on 17th May 2005
This phone has lots of great features: mp3 player, camera, bluetooth,
video calling to mention a few highlights. However, the battery life
is poor and inconsistent, a full charge gives between 6 hours to a max
of 18hours, before it switches off. The joystick jams frequently. To
top it all '3' customer service is exceptionally bad. I would advise
waiting for another 9-12 months until better battery life 3G phones
come out, and avoid '3'.
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Reviewed by Jay from UKAY!! on 16th May 2005
Ppl on ere must b really retarded, dis phone as it all and to peps who
cant use bluetooth properly i suggest u read the intructions coz it
works fine 4 me with pc and ova fones, buy it u wont regret it
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Reviewed by Mark from England on 16th May 2005
This is my first 3G phone and im pretty impressed with it, not least
by the fantastic smooth metallic black finish. Texting on this phone
couldn't be more perfect, the keys are well spaced and feel nice under
your fingers - don't be put off by the positioning of the joystick in
the middle of the keypad, trust me you'll easily adjust. One thing that
I never actually considered but find very useful is the positioning
of some buttons up the side of the phone, gone are the days of accidentally
cancelling out of something!! The mp3 player is fairly standard in terms
of operation, but the sound quality resembles more of a small hifi than
a phone, the best i've heard from a mobile phone but don't expect the
volume of a hifi. Another plus you can build your own playlists as well
as use mp3s as loud vibrant ringtones. The earphones provided are superb,
they're not your average tinny handfrees earphone, sound is rich in
both treble and bass. Two downsides to point out - firstly the camera
isn't quite as good as i'd expect from a phone with a 262k screen, but
its still pretty good (smooth enough and has plenty of colour). I recommend
you take full advantage of the 1.2megapixel imaging, the pictures look
brilliant when you upload them onto your computer (this phone actually
comes with a USB lead, thank you motorola - no more searching on ebay
for a cheap USB lead). Secondly as other reviews have pointed out the
battery life is quite poor, it needs charging every night if you use
it heavily during the day, but to be honest it doesn't bother me coz
i don't use the phone while im asleep. A pretty dam good phone, would
recommend it to anyone who loves feature rich mobiles
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Reviewed by nikki from london on 11th May 2005
hello well i bought this phone on 3 g i was really excited even though
i had heard about the battery life. well LISTEN to that advice do not
get the phone it is a piece of junk reall i have managed to talk on
it for 40 mins then it died even though it had been charging all night
it seems the further you go into the city the more power it takes up
when i have used it at home i can get 1 hour if im lucky also bluetooth
on this is rubbish and only works with motorola head set do not buy
it there is no other battery you can buy so remember that when you feel
you need to make a purchase and buy this phone
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Reviewed by WAVE from FRANCE on 9th May 2005
this phone is all right but it could do with a bit more memory
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Reviewed by uptonboy from England on 7th May 2005
This phone is the best phone i have ever had,and believe me i've had
a few.The camera is excellent,the recorder is great,the sound quality
is crystal clear the size is nice and the screen is bright with great
clearness.As for the battery i have not found it to be that bad at all,and
i have been playing with it all day........All in all great phone BUY...BUY...BUY
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by SIMON from ENGLAND on 6th May 2005
HAD THE PHONE 1 MONTH,WORST PHONE IVE HAD ,BATTERY LIFE RUBBISH,I WAS
ON THE PHONE TO 3 THE OTHER DAY FOR 58 MINITES(phone pluged in to mains)AFTER
BEING TOLD THAT I WAS LUCKY IF MY BATTERY LASTED 20 HOURS DO NOT BUY
THIS PHONE DO NOT CHANGE TO 3 CUSTERMER SERVICE IS TERRIBLE WISH I HAD
STAYED WITH OTHER NETWORK . GOOD LUCK Si.
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Reviewed by kirsty from england on 30th Apr 2005
i think this phone is really good! it's hard to find quite a small phone
with all the high tech features. camara quality is amazing and the memory
on the phone is outstanding. if you would like extra memory for music
then it costs as much as £20 on amazon. definately worth the money,
buy it!!!
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Reviewed by Luap from UK on 26th Apr 2005
Overall very good phone, with slid advanced 3G features and good cameras.
However, battery life is a pain. I charge it every night, to avoid the
worry, but if I do a lot of surfing or video it may not last a full
day, sort of defeats the purpose of being 3G really. Full of bugs. I've
checked the forums and made some mods to fix some of the problems, but
there are quite a lot. Alarms don't wake up the phone always, seems
to depend on Ring Style being set to Loud, Calendar Alarms won't wake
up the phone at all. Organiser is pretty basic for such an advanced
phone. Very good for web-surfing though with good display and fast connection.
Major problems with Ring Style options not doing what they say. Very
fuzzy definition of certain items, like reminders (are they alarm sounds
or just display?) Contacts are terribly organised, full of bugs. Try
typing a letter in contacts view and only 50% chance that it will select
a contact beginning with that letter (tried making sure every letter
had a primary contact among many other settings). Worst is when the
alarms or network connection just plain fails, even with full battery
and full signal. Sometimes switching off and on works(i.e. reboot),
other times needs a master reset, which erases all of you internet profiles
among other things stored in the phone memory. Can't recommend the E1000
for serious use as it is not 100% dependable at's it's basic function,
i.e. a phone. Maybe when the next phone and firmware comes out and the
bugs are solved, it will be the phone it has the potential to be.
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Reviewed by Will from England on 24th Apr 2005
Short battery life gets on my nerves, but otherewise, the phone is great
looking, and the screen res and brightness is pretty amazing. For those
trying to work out how to make it ring and vibrate at the same time.
Go to RING STYLES and change it from LOUD to Vib and Ring. You can usually
get to the RING STYLES menu by pushing left on the home screen, otherwise
through the menus. It took me ages to find this option and i kept missing
calls.
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Reviewed by Nick Pugh from England on 24th Apr
2005
I have had my phone for over a month now and it is the best phone I
have evr had bar none! It looks great, and everything about it is great!
The camera quality is fantastic and the vision and sound quality is
almost as good as a TV. Everbody I know who has the phone feels exactly
the same as me. However, the downsides to the phone are the battery
life - which lasts about 2-3 days; and the fact that you can only video
record for 10 seconds. Overall, a superb phone which would be recommended
to anybody!
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Reviewed by Dean from England on 20th Apr 2005
I have had this phone now for about 5 months & i have had no problems.
I work in a phone retailer (not linked to 3 so im not just saying this
because im a good sales person!) & everyone who i have showed my phone
to have had one just because of the fact that the phone is so good.
MP3 is top notch as you can have the MP3 files as ringtones & set different
MP3s to different people, the playback quaility is very good (providing
you have a good MP3 file sent to the handset), the speaker phone is
the loudest i have heard on any handset, the dual speakers are loud
& very effective & the light is one of the brighest i have seen on a
handset that you dont have to attach. The downfalls are that the Motorola
Tools Kit (to download files to & from the phone & computer) is very
poor unlike the Nokia PS Suite. I always have problems conecting to
my laptop even thought i have connected the handset right & the icon
pops up in the bottom of my laptop screen, when you transefer or you
select a wallpaper that you want it goes all pixalated & it looks poor
(but with the aid of Windows XP i have overcome that problem by editing
the picture size but it is still annoying that i have to go throught
all that trouble!). So i think over all the phone is very good considering
i do not like Motorola phones & i always said that i would never personally
own one. The battery life is the biggest let down on the handset but
then compaired to other 3 handsets thats a minor fault!
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Reviewed by Dave E from England on 17th Apr 2005
Forget what i said about the E1000 before, about the bluetooth etc,
got it working. it was my nokia playing up. so, i have gone through
eveything on it and here it what i say. Fantastic, battery is alright
not great but good enough for what the phone does. Buy it, buy it, buy
it. I have shown my mates and they are all going to get one, Vodaphone
sell them for 150 pounds at the minute on "Pay as you go", what a great
price!!!! even for a pay as you go phone. You can't go wrong with this
phone!!!!!
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Reviewed by Chan from Australia on 15th Apr 2005
This phone is full of bugs these are just the ones I've found so far:
Screen light is always on while charging; Can't delete the first 4 Web
Shortcuts; Music pauses when you select options while in play mode;
The headset that you get with the phone looks really stupid. The ear
buds are huge, they keep dropping out of my ears. Placement of the headphone
port is very bad (bottom right of the phone), it's right where you would
hold the phone with your right hand. Battery life is ridiculous (I get
average 14 hours). The manual is a joke. The little joystick thing is
really stupid, I'm always selecting the wrong thing because it's a semi
analogue device. The external speakers are at the rear of the phone,
why? Avoid this phone at all costs.
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Reviewed by Dave E from England on 12th Apr 2005
Just got the phone even after looking at all the reviews, one question
for me guys. How do you recieve data from another phone, i have a nokia
also from work and I cannot get it to send data to the E1000, but can
send it to any other phone. What makes it worse I can send data via
bluetooth from the E1000 to the nokia?? at a loss, please tell me beofre
i throw it at the shopkeeper. Also, trying to transfer videos to the
phone through USB doesn't work. The phone reqiure a 3GP file not the
standard MPEG which nokia do. Poor point there for me. I am tkaing back
tomorrow for a Nokia 3G instead. tried and trusted phones. Everything
else on the phone is excellent though, shame really.
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Reviewed by G p from england on 12th Apr 2005
very very very very very very very very very good outstanding outstanding
outstanding outstanding outstanding outstanding outstanding outstanding
outstanding outstanding outstanding outstanding
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Reviewed by Resy from UK on 12th Apr 2005
Just got the E1000 the other day. I decided on a 3G phone not so long
ago, I just didn't know which on to get. I tried to read all the reviews
to make an informed choice on the handsets available. I was sceptical
at first as a lot of people have said the E1000 is rubbish. But I must
say I've grown to like it. Granted, the battery doesn't last more than
a day and a half. But the Camera, High-res screen and quality MP4 music
videos d/loads are spot on. I've been using 'three' services non-stop
the past few days, browsing & d/loading music+footy highlights & the
batterys has still held all day, calling people in between, a lot better
than I thought. I previously had the NEC e616, which wouldn't even get
me thru the day on the chunky car type battery pack they provide, absolute
rubbish, as I'm sure some of you will agree. Bluetooth is a very useful
feature on this phone & I've used it to great effect. I read somewhere
that someone had difficulty sending from the phone to the computer.
What you need to do is 'check' (Mark with a tick) the file you wish
to transfer, then 'copy file to..,' providing you have a bluetooth adaptor
on your PC, the E1000 will discover devices and you can then send to
whichever folder you set up to receive files. Simple as. The only files
you'll be unable to send are files which have a 'padlock' symbol on
them ('three' obviously don't want you to mass distribute, the music
video you just d/loaded). Also, to lock your keypad from the front screen,
all you need do is press the menu button (Looks like an equals symbol)
then the star button quickly. Someone else seemed to think locking the
keypad was not possible in another review I read on here. Summary, a
good 3G handset (One of the better one's) with v.good multimedia functions.
Battery, getting there, will last a day easily.
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Reviewed by Peter from UK on 4th Apr 2005
I'm only writing this review to warn people not to buy this phone purely
and simply because of the battery life(or lack of it). Some ppl are
saying charging it every night is the answer but this is not the case.
My phone has never once made it through the day. It usually dies by
lunch time. I need a charger for home, a charger for work, an in car
charger and 2 spare batteries. I really am telling the truth here guys.
You are a fool if you buy this phone. Be warned.
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Reviewed by jack from united kingdom on 31st Mar
2005
Battery life makes this phone a total liabiity ! You can't take it more
than 10ft away from a charger. The only thing going for it - is its
weight - that will give you an edge, in the phone chucking contest !
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Reviewed by sam from england on 30th Mar 2005
ive never had much luk with fones and this one has to be 1 of the better
the best 1 i ave is the nokia 3220 at the moment and its alot better
than this onei had this fone 3 weeks and it was brill and the the screen
leaked took it back and the shop said I DID IT! so i cud only trade
it in 4 a tenner and i bort it for £110! a total rip off
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Reviewed by ALEX from ENGLAND on 29th Mar 2005
I HAD 2 OF THE THINGS IN 12 DAYS, SO WHAT CAN I SAY. THE FIRST 1 WAS
RETURNED AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS COS I HAD TO PRESS THE MUNU BUTTON TWICE
AS HARD AS ANY OF THE OTHER BUTTONS TO GET IT TO WORK BUT EVERYTHING
ELSE WORKED FINE. SECOND HANDSET, BLUETOOTH HAD PROBLEMS POWERING UP
AND AUDIO PLAYER HAD EXPIRED!! 3 COULDN'T HELP WI THE PROBLEM SO BACK
IT WENT. DIDN'T WANT TO RISK ANOTHER DODGY PHONE. CAMERA AND VID WERE
PRETTY POOR. COS IT WAS SHINY BLACK I WAS CONSTANTLY HAVING TO WIPE
FINGER PRINTS OFF IT AND THE BATTERY LIFE SUCKED, BUT MAYBE IF I'D OF
HAD TIME TO TRAIN THE BATTERY IT COULD OF BEEN OK. 3G...WASTE OF TIME
UNLESS YOU'VE GOT MONEY TO THROW AWAY PAYING FOR VID CLIPS, AND MUSIC
ETC. I'VE GONE BACK TO TRUSTY NOKIA
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Reviewed by Jimmy from england e on 29th Mar 2005
U NEED BLUE TOOTH ON URE COMP TO DO IT !! BUY A DOOGLE
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Reviewed by tommy from UK on 25th Mar 2005
Very good phone got it today. Been using all day battery still at 6
bars. one things confusing me though. how do i transfer pictures and
videos from the phone to a computer using bluetooth? i can send music
and pics fine from computer to phone but cant find the option in phone's
menu to send back to computer. Also anyone know what format videos need
to be encoded in so they will play on this phone? thanks.
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Reviewed by dennis from uk on 23rd Mar 2005
this is possibly the worst phone ever made, u see my major problem is
that i pay three £30 a month for 500 minutes and 100 texts but
never get to use them coz the battery is always flat, i may as well
have brought a cordless bt phone and carried that around with me for
all the good the e1000 does me, secondly you need a pilots liscence
and degree in astro phsics to use the bluetooth, i mean seriously, whatever
they were on when they desingned that bluetooth system i want sum coz
it must be good stuff,thirdly, where is the wap, oh thats right u get
3's own site, fat lot of good that is when u do download sumthin that
you might want to share its locked so u cant send it neway, its nice
lookin but thats all i can say about it, i only wish this site gave
the option of no stars coz 1 star is way to genorous for this poor excuse
for a mobile, should have kept my samsung a800 which i had for 3 yrs,
at least i could use it
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Reviewed by Steven Kennedy from UK on 13th Mar
2005
Guys, switch off the screensaver and instead have the screen time out
then you will get 7-8 days battery life
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Reviewed by john from uk on 13th Mar 2005
Can't realy say much about the phone itself, as the battery is always
flat when I want to use it ! However - on the positive side - I can
report , that the SIM Card makes an excellent - "tiddlywinks squidger"
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Reviewed by Richard from UK on 13th Mar 2005
I've had the phone for 2 weeks and I'm well impressed. This phone is
only slightly larger than the average 2G phone. Having owned Nokias
in past I don't like the menu, and yes the blue tooth is hard to use
and battery life is limited. On the whole however, the phone is good
and easy to use.
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Reviewed by Francesca from United Kingdom on 11th
Mar 2005
i really dont know how to use the mp3 player? could someone explain???
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Reviewed by Muhit from United Kingdom on 11th
Mar 2005
I have got this phone for about 3 weeks now and I really like it. There
are so many functionalities in the phone. I think the reason that the
battary does not last long because its a 3G service. I went to Paris
last week and the phone worked over there using a local 2G network and
the battary life was longer then usual. I think its the 3G network that
causes the battary life problem. Other then that the phone is a 'Must
have one'.
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Reviewed by Mitz from UK on 10th Mar 2005
What a BRILLIANT phone! this phone has everything any once can desire
in technology! its prtty much jam paked with many features... MOST IMPORTANTLY
it lets me make CALLS!!!! n take calls! what more do u want! battery
life is just fine for me.....
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Reviewed by Berty Basset from UK on 9th Mar 2005
Many people complain about the battery life. 2-3 days max. If you are
in a 2g area it is greater! Possibly more to do with how 3g uses more
channels to do things, so uses more power! The screen is excellent.As
is sound capability. You can talk and charge in cars, well at least
I have done it many time! Internal antenna is not as good as Nokia 7600,
but that may just be my handset. Bluetooth is fine too. Have connected
to other mobiles, PC and headset. Camera is fine, but it s not as good
as a dedicated 1.3 Meg camera. 128 meg transflash card are available
on line at many places. Overall a good phone with lots of good features.
Remember too by a case/screen protector as a big screen is easily scratched!
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Reviewed by Flashy from UK on 8th Mar 2005
I can't understand why anyone will say this phone is big. The phone
is the size of an average Nokia phone. I think the only thing Nokia
phones are good for are for texting. I have this Motorola e1000 phone
for about a week now and it has surpassed every other phone I have used
(bearing in mind that I have about three phones every year). The 262k
colour screen is amazing. The digtal camera with 8x zoom is got a very
good quality. The surround sound blew me off when I played the new 50
Cent's tune on it. The interface of the phone is very user-friendly.
When I showed it to all my friends, they all admired the slick look
of it. I would reccommend this phone to anyone. It's the best 3G phone
out at the moment. Well the battery is a bit of a let down but if you
charge it every night, then you will be fine. Until there is a new technology
for new mobile phones, the batteries will all run down quickly for the
amount of stuff new phones do these days. Motorola have done something
ver y good with this phone. Motorola e1000 is the best phone A++++++++.
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Reviewed by Posse from England on 5th Mar 2005
Really hate it after 2 weeks, no auto keylock, blootooth is hard work,
charger is faulty and i can't get it to ring and vibrate. Me being thick?
I'm used to Nokia's. Simple and do what you want them to. The camera's
good but i have a digi cam if i need to take pics or my nokia if i'm
desperate. I can't think of anything good to say about it. The instruction
book is a bit brief! i've managed not to smash it up. There must be
some logic to how the text works. What was wrong with the normal predictive
text. The biggest problem i have is that i'm on 3 so i can't revert
to using the sim in the Nokia, i'm stuck with it! Only 11 months and
2 weeks, wont it fly lugging that brick around!
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Reviewed by Yinka from UK on 3rd Mar 2005
I don't understand you guys that are complaining about the size of this
phone. The phone is as small as the average 2G phones. I got the phone
today and the features I've seen so far are great. The battery may not
be the greatest but that's the case with most new advanced phones these
days. Just charge your phone every night.
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Reviewed by Mike Stallion from England on 1st
Mar 2005
I find it hard to understand the logic that motorola applied to designing
this phone; it has features that would shame many a space ship and yet
won't lock the key pad automatically, so that when you forget to you
end up surfing the internet from inside your coat pocket for three hours!
Not clever. Chargers would not work reliably and would freeze on average
once a day. Pretty poor
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Reviewed by I.W from Australia on 1st Mar 2005
Its a good phone but i dont know how to use the mp3 player. The bad
thing about the phone is that it doesnt have voice recorder.
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Reviewed by Richard Spencer from England on 21st
Feb 2005
This is the best phone i've ever had and i've always tried to buy a
top of the range model, always a Nokia, when i've got a new phone. I
had a Motorola v980, and i thought the battery was dodgy so i took it
back, but i figured its just the current 3G phones as this is just the
same, if not marginally better, oh well. The sound is amazing, picture
quality is amazing, Vodafone Live! is great (mainly because it's free
apart from downloads!). This would be a 5* mobile, just get the battery
thing sorted Motorola.
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Reviewed by Gabe from England on 21st Feb 2005
Response to steve R, If you press the hash key for about 3 seconds this
puts the phone on silent. Question to others: have you found that you
cannot make or receive calls when the phone is plugged in to the car
charger? if not, then my handset is faulty and I would seek to have
it replaced. I have had the charger replaced but this still happens,
this is fraustrating given the fact that the battery life is so bad!!!
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Reviewed by Ste Corris from UNited Kingdom on
20th Feb 2005
This phone is what I wanted in a Pay As You Go phone, from Vodafone
for 250.00. I read one review which said that the phone kept switching
off or dialing while it was in theri pocket, well lock the keyes then
( meu button, then *) simple. The battery doesnt last long (a day) then
charge on a night when your in bed. This phone is great for a PAYG phone.
The sound quality is very good and the software is very easy, drag and
drop. You can alter pictures and music to fit onto the phone. I read
all the reviews on this website before I went to pick a phone and what
put me off buying it, was when people were commenting on the rubbish
battery. Well I got the phone and I charge it when I go to bed abd its
ready for all day. I don't use the video, camera, mp3 player every 5
seconds, so its good fro me. It is heavy, but it is a 3G phone. Just
as good as the Samsung D500.
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Reviewed by Ryan from UK on 20th Feb 2005
this phone is the best eve made, its so cool, i got i for my birthday
4 days ago and i still can't put it down!!! its so good, the only negative
of this phone is the battery life. everything else is wicked and the
best thing about it is, well, everything else part from the battery.
wicked
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Reviewed by Steve R from England on 18th Feb 2005
I have had the Motoralla E1000 on a Vodafone contract for three months,
but stopped using it after 6 weeks. So, first the bad bits: The battery
life is poor - 2 day's max with LIGHT use (ie typically runs out half
way through day 2 then your stuck. If you use it's features (eg play
videos) then it might not last a day. Secondly, is the built in software.
The address book unbelievably (by me anyway) requires a separate entry
for every NUMBER (not person). So, you have a pal with three numbers
say, you have to enter the pal THREE times. Most other phones you put
one name in, and have sevral numbers assosciated with them. Profiles
next. It's usually an easy matter to switch from a LOUD setting to a
SILENT one. You can't do it quietly with this phone - very frustrating
if you are in a meeting. Now the GOOD STUFF. The phone looks brilliant.
It has a great screen. Great Stereo sound. One of the few phones that
can play vdeos LANDSCAPE as well as portrait. Very cool. There you go
then!
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Reviewed by Gene from UK on 18th Feb 2005
Man, the battery life is horrible. For those who say that the e1000's
other features make up for it, you're wrong! A freshly charged battery
can even be depleted even in 24 h on standby. Plus, the screen does
not turn off during charging, nor even after the battery is re-charged,
so if you plug the phone into the mains supply at night, the screen
is left on the whole time (and depleting the battery!) after the battery
is re-charged. If you intend to talk a lot with the e1000, buy another
mains charger and carry it around with you. You'll need it. The phone
beeps a few times, and then cuts out.
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Reviewed by Bingo from UK on 15th Feb 2005
come on people!! look i admit the battery life aint what you could call
good but who cares. you are at home at nite charge your fone then when
you wake up in the morning like magic you have a fully charged phone
problem solved. the Camera is great and the screen is excellent. alot
of people have complained about the size of the phone, if it was a ordinary
2g handset then i can c why people are complainin about the size but
compare to everyother 3g candy-bar handset out there and you realize
how good it is for its size. also the weight i admit abit heavier then
2g handsets but what do you expect as it is so much better with such
a big high quality screen as well!! best phone i have ever had bar none!!
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Reviewed by Kaveer from South Africa on 15th Feb
2005
Firstly,everyone stop complaining about the Battery life. motorola supports
about 30% more features than of any of the nokia's. with a high resolution
262k screen, stereo mp3 player, 1.2mp camera, video call which makes
its hard to compare with a meazly nokia which is inferior in all senses
with all its software problems. easy solution to battery problem, get
a second battery, problem solved. E1000 sound quality is superb,best
i've heard. one cant have a small phone and a large screen at the same
time. large screen for better video viewing. tried viewing a video clip
on the N6230, woh wat was that, that i just saw. E1000. brilliant video
qaulity. overall outstanding phone. will recomend top any prospective
purchaser. will give it 10 stars. meet up
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Reviewed by Cas from UK on 12th Feb 2005
I have the e1000 for 4 weeks now. loved it when i got it but sadly as
time goes be i begin to hate it more and more. It looks & feels great
with excellent screen. I have being using nokia fhones for the past
few years and wish i never changed. the only reason i did is because
the e1000 has agps. But it is a feature i dont use anymore because it
is rubbish and you get charged everytime you use it. So basicly it charges
you to give you very poor info. The phone always answers in my pocket
because the answer button is on the side. Phone book is really bad.
Bluetooth on it is very akward. The phone when you get it is blank,
no games, pics, decent ringtones etc and its not compatable with anything
on the web to download from. You have an option to password your multimedia
but you can bypass that if you use a short cut. I was late for work
the first monday i got the fhone because the alarm doesn't go off if
the fhone is off. Its really bad at text messages, it doesn't learn
well. Camera is excellent, but one of its only good points is ruined
because it won't let you take a movie longer than 30sec's, i dont know
why it does that. Battery is usless and so is its battery meter. You
dont know you need to charge untill its to late. I can only give one
star and that goes to its looks.
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Reviewed by Gabe from England on 11th Feb 2005
I have had this phone for 1 week now and initially I was quite excited
until I began to realise some major floors! Firstly, The battery life
is disgraceful! What is the point of having a mobile if you have to
keep it plugged in to the mains in order to use it! Talk time is well
under 2 hours! The battery went flat on me while I was on the line to
a customer service representative, and that is after the red battery
indicator had been on for only 5 minutes! Secondly and more annoyingly,
is the fact that one cannot make nor receive calls when the phone is
connected to the in car charger! Now combine this fact with the fact
that the battery life is so poor! Makes this beautifully designed handset
virtually useless when one is out and about! Thirdly, The lack of an
infrared port is rather annoying! In saying that it does have bluetooth
connectivity. Another down side is the fact that the compartment for
the Trans flash memory card is located beneath the battery compartment.
I guess the designer figured out that this should not be a problem as
the battery would invariably be flat (due to such a poor battery life).
Hence, there would be no need for you to power off your phone in order
to change memory cards the battery will take care of that! Now that's
Genius! Fourthly, The phone does not come supplied with the micro Trans
flash memory card which at the moment is only limited to 128Meg,unlike
the Nokia 6600 which is supplied with the handset as standard albeit
with a 32meg MMC card. I have searched high and low to buy one on the
high street to get one but, wey hey! No joy! Sorry to be so negative,
but there are certain crucial things in this day and age that one comes
to expect from mobile phones, and the Motorola e 1000 is lacking in
the essentials which otherwise lets down what could have been an exceptionally
good phone! When I started writing this review I had initially given
the Motorola E1000 a rating of 3 stars, but it has dawned on me as I
continue to type this review that the handset is not worthy of more
than 2 stars! Think long and hard before choosing this handset and ask
yourself " can I live with all these floors?" To be foretold is to be
forewarned!
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Reviewed by Ton from uk on 10th Feb 2005
Rubbish battery life, rubbish camera. Everything else OK.
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Reviewed by Chris from UK on 9th Feb 2005
Amazing phone !! This is a must have for music lovers, the speakers
and mp3 player are great. Only downside is the battery life.
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Reviewed by Reno from UK on 8th Feb 2005
The best one i've ever got so far. Audio? It's fantastic. You can't
find this kind of sound(3D)with any phone today. Video is superb. It
plays even the 3GPP file format converted by Nokia MMConverter. You
think it's heavy? It's full packed with goodies man...not to mention
being a 3G phone. What about SE V800, or Nokia 6600, do you say they
are light and not bulky? The only thing Motorola should improve is their
promotions, advertising and designs.
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Reviewed by Werner from South Africa on 8th Feb
2005
Phone and features are fine, battery life and talk time is exceptionally
poor! Be aware, actual talk time is only 2:15 minutes, then your phone
WILL SHUT DOWN. Had software upgrade done to increase battery life,
but to no avail, maybe a 10% increase in performance. Lacks the excellent
battery life and talk time of a Nokia. Also, with a Nokia, you can add
a mobile number, a home or business number, a fax number, e-mail address
and web adress under the contact's name. However, with the Motorola,
the contact's details are broken up and stored as individual "contacts".
For example, if you had a total of 50 people's contact details on your
Nokia phone, and you had a a home or business number, a fax number,
e-mail address and web adress for each contact, Motorola will break
each of those up and store it seperately, which means that you now suddenly
have 50 X 5 "contacts" in your phone book. The frustration does not
end there. With a Nokia, you can search for a contact by entering the
1st letter of the contact, and for example all the names starting with
"A" will be listed. You can then refine your search, by adding the next
letter of the contact's name, i.e. "Al.." (for Allen). Nokia's menu
will then take you to all your contacts starting with "Al". And if you
add the third letter, the search is further refined, etc. NOT SO with
Motorola! Your number of contacts have already been multiplied by the
number of entries you had under the particular contacts' name. Now with
the Motorola, you have to manually search thru all the "A"'s (keeping
in mind that you wil have 5 contacts for "Allen Smith"(all being the
same person). There is no refined search facility. So you have to manually
scroll down thru all the contacts under that particular letter of the
alphabet: how frustrating! Yes, there are some nice features, such as
the MP3 player, and the big screen with excellent resolution. But it
does NOT make up for the frustration of the extremely poor battery life.
I'd rather prefer a phone with less feautures and a longer battery life,
than vice versa.
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Reviewed by Yasir from United Kingdom on 7th Feb
2005
This is the phone i ever loved to have.But the only thing that pulls
it down...the poor battery results.But only battery can't led it down.congrats
Motorola Team carry on.
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Reviewed by Chantelle from United Kingdom on 6th
Feb 2005
Absolute rubbish phone. It's too big, too bulky and too heavy. It has
a battery life of about one and a half days, two days if you're really
lucky. It consistantly cuts out when on a call and the coverage is terrible
compared to my old Panasonic. Extremely disappointed customer...
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