Comments on: Motorola ZN5, XPERL, whatever the hell it’s called hands on

By: Question?

Question? — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:07:20 +0000

Was this phone ever verified? It sure looks a lot like a black version of the Z9. It obviously isn’t the ZN5, so I am wondering if it is instead a version of the Z9 and only has a 2MP camera.

By: niko

niko — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:14:39 +0000

why are you all so quick to pass judgement on a phone that you can only see in low quality pictures? yes, motorola does have a lot of problems and a lot of crap phones and they desperately need to stop selling razrs, but I think this is one of the nicest looking phones moto has put out lately. i just dont understand why you instantly think motorola phones are crap, im sure the majority of you have owned one of their phones at one point in your life

By: evil

evil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:04:59 +0000

crap:P

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:26:26 +0000

No time soon?

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:36:12 +0000

How much longer for the full review? I have been tracking this panchromatic sensor since Kodak announced it last year. Make sure you try low light shots and fast moving shots.

By: SamCurt

SamCurt — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:15:49 +0000

@toysandme: Agree. Remembers those focus free cameras? Since the size of the the projected image is small (by a very small aparture, F/16 or smaller), the need to focus is no longer necessary. Nobody uses a cellphone camera for really serious use anyway, and the removal of a need to autofocus actually increase the speed of imaging.

By: toysandme

toysandme — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:53:39 +0000

Autofocus is not necessary IF the 5 MP sensor is very sensitive to light and IF there is a good wide angle lens. Small sensors have a huge depth of field and if the diaphragm is stopped down enough everything will be in sharp focus from a short distance to infinity. Kodak got some very interesting patents on noise reduction a couple of years ago and this could be the first implementation with this technoloy.

By: Avatar

Avatar — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:17:49 +0000

@Jonathan, Dude they have the nicest keypads ever… Nokias are cramped, SE lack actual buttons , Samsung have always been nasty, and LG seem to be moving awat from pysical buttons all together..

So Motorola FTW!

They have ALWAYS lead the way for design,

By: Munford

Munford — Sat, 31 May 2008 23:42:48 +0000

Hello, Moto, why bother with making such crap?

By: specced

specced — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:34:37 +0000

It’s not the worst phone I’ve ever seen, and the MOTOMAGX platform might be alright, but it just doesn’t do it anything for me. I see this, then I see new Nokias or Samsungs, and the Moto looks… like something I wouldn’t want in my pocket. The last cool thing Moto did was the kickslider, and look at where that went. Nowhere. They need a complete design, production, brand, and marketing revamp. Not another “me too” wannabe RAZR phone with the same design team just doing the same thing over and over again. Moto’s name and image have taken a beating lately, they need to start concentrating on that, rather than crappy phones.

By: girlgenius

girlgenius — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:06:15 +0000

u guys know that a lot of cam phones don’t have AF right?

By: sean

sean — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:44:37 +0000

one thing i will give motorola (and nokia) credit for over lg and samsung is that their phones are quadband!!!
i don’t where all you posters are from but i’m from america and we use the 850 band. the 1900 alone doesn’t cut it, especially indoors. i know because i used to have to motorola razr v3x triband. it sucks!

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:24:18 +0000

It would be one helluva phone…if it had fucking 3G and AF!! WTF?!?!?!?

By: andrewkfromaz

andrewkfromaz — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:36:40 +0000

I like the form factor and keypad way better than the N82 I was looking at a while back – this looks way slimmer despite the slide. If the photo quality is roughly equivalent I may consider this thing despite the lack of 3G (I use T-mo anyway lol) and it kind of excites me to think that this could be T-mo subsidized as well… That would really tilt the scales in this thing’s favor compared to buying the ~350 Euro N82.

By: GIAN R

GIAN R — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:30:49 +0000

Is it me that just sees this or does every Cellphone Maker Company just make phones that resemble BlackBerrys in there mid section design ….you know…call / end button layout….Example SAMSUNG….lawsuit back around 2006 for completely copying design….thats another old story thought……

By: yo

yo — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:26:03 +0000

but this has wifi…for me it is as good as 3g

By: Nitesmoke

Nitesmoke — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:58:18 +0000

Moto people must be highering technicians with down syndrome to design their specs. 5mp with out auto focus and 3g is retarded.

By: Rajat

Rajat — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:56:17 +0000

I had written about a ZN200 sometime back… Ain’t there a model number written beneath the battery??

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:12:37 +0000

What is with Moto and their crappy, nonfunctional keypad designs lately?

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:08:26 +0000

i would have to agree BGR has the phone pictured as something totally different.

By: The Boy Genius

The Boy Genius — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:07:47 +0000

Yeah, think it’s a new model, not sure on the model name, though…

By: Rajat

Rajat — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:55:03 +0000

This ain’t the ZN5. BG you’ve unveiled a new phone!! The ZN5 ain’t a slider…

By: yo

yo — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:35:51 +0000

This doesnt look a bit like zn5 which is found on a number of sites…

this is some other phone

By: Randomguy

Randomguy — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:29:02 +0000

A 5MP camera with no AF? No wonder people with Moto phones are laughed at over here…