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"Verizon KRZR K1M"
Pros: Sexy design, solid build, perfect size, touch sensitive controls, awesome color
Cons: Crippled operating system, 1.3 MP Camera; GSM has 2MP, Simply a streched V3M
Summary: The much anticipated Verizon KRZR is a solid phone lacking innovation and features. Motorolas GSM counterpart will be equipped with a 2 MP camera and will be more feature packed than the CDMA version. Verizon and Motorola did have their ducks in a row when they designed this phone; it is slim, very slim. For someone with large hands it fits like a glove and was incredibly comfortable to talk on for long periods of time. The design is beautiful, streamlined, and reminiscent of a luxury automobile such as a Lamborghini (Glass finish on front casing, brushed aluminum, stippled metal bottom, slate grey back, chrome accents). The finish is a very dark charcoal; to those with limited vision it is simply black.
On to the phone. The inside controls are the same electroluminescent light push as the RAZR. The cut of the keys is changed to straightened lines compared to the mix of laser cuts made in the RAZR keyboard. The screen is slightly smaller and shares the same resolution as the RAZR.
Charging port has a metal finish dust cover which I prefer, keeping my phone free of dust and making it look pretty sweet in the process. Most phones have a cheap rubber cover. It also comes with an adapter allowing you to plug into the charging port and then plug a standard earpiece in to that. No holster included for all of the hip wearing folks out there.
Camera is ok but nothing compared to its GSM counterpart. With the storage available up to 2GB; it would have been nice to see. Video clips are decent at 15 FPS, but not worth your myspace page. We did win over our GSM friends on the finish; GSM carries a wack blue color that should have remained a prototype.
Mini SD is under the battery door case but not under the battery making it easy to pop out and drop some songs off. Make sure you buy the music essentials kit if you plan on doing this.
Battery life is very good. No problems here, first charge lasted three days, however I dont yip yap for hours on end like my fiancé!
Front touch or heat sensitive controls are money! They light up a cool blue and are very useful until the accidental touch changes your song. My big complaint, you cant turn on any features from the front of the phone. You must go in to the OS and boot up the tunes before the controls work.
Pre-loaded tunes are the usual, terrible, ring tones all verizon phones come equipped with. Really people this phone is for someone who wants the best, why would you stuff a phone with childish ring tones and the worst pre-loaded wall paper ever known to man? Nextel has always done it right by delivery 10 very professional rings to their phones. I dont know about you but I love to here Moonlight Haze around business partners. I rather have some 50 Cent pop off on a call then these horrible tones. What are you thinking verizon?
The operating system is the same old boring, crippled OS verizon uses on all there non PDA phones. If you dont know what Im talking about, look at the top and bottom red bars on your phone. No matter what phone you buy from verizon it will be the same inside and deliver the same features despite its cost. One of the most anticipating new aspects of buying a new phone was the new, cool features you get to check out. Not any more. It should be against the law to make us have the red bars top and bottom. They say the color red can make you angry if you are exposed for too long! Did you here that verizon, you have some mad customers out there! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
I feel like my Lamborghini has a Chevy motor in it.
Overall the phone is good. If you dont care about what your phone can do and are in the market for a sexy, reliable phone, you cant go wrong. For me, this sucker is going back to verizon and getting traded in for a Motorola Q. Verizon has the best service hands down, and I am willing to pay for the data and get the Q.
If it were not for the crippled software and low res camera this baby would be a solid 10!
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i have a razr and i cannot stand the sound quality. everyone who uses my phone always asks: why is the volume so low?? and all i can say is thats as loud as it gets. im considering getting either the Krzr or the chocolate. I'd prefer the krzr but if the sound is as bad as the Razr's is than i am more inclined to buy the chocolate. does anyone know anything about the sound quality??
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Great review. I just got the k1m. A couple of questions:
1) Why is there a lock symbol next to all the ringtones and wallpaper? Don't tell me I have to pay for these?
2) It doesn't seem that the ringtone volumes adjust with Master Volume. Does this happen to you?
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