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KRZR K1M Interface and Sound
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Posted by: flamerid

KRZR K1M, a Poser

So why did I even buy a KRZR in the first place if I'm posting about it here? I originally wanted a RAZR but I disliked the short and fat design. I thought it would be perfect it was just a little thinner and taller and then I saw it!

KRZR!

On top of that I was so SICK of carrying around a bunch of crap. iPod, earphones, wallet, change, misc. stuff, and a phone?? I wanted to avoid looking like a gangster with overloaded, baggy pockets. The KRZR with it's MP3 player that was identical to the iPods was amazing! And for $300 it damn well probably had an AWESOME uncompressed audio driver.

Then I finally decided and the KRZR was mine..

KRZR Bastards: "

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For the price the KRZR lives up to its sleek design, BUT.. what about the rest?

Well, it took me a couple days to figure it but when I noticed there wasn't any place to plug any type of headphones in I was pretty pissed. However, due to my awesome researching skills I found two adapters that allows me to plug a 3.5mm headphone into a 2.5 adapter to a cell usb input.

The sound is AWFUL. The bass was way distorted and if turned up past volume level 3 then it becomes so distorted it sounds like a bunch of static. The outter speaker of the phone was in the back and sounded like a crappy FM speaker. When placed on surfaces the sound became muffled.

I find myself still carrying around and ipod because I can't stand the crappy sound. It really is that bad. No clarity what so ever and that's WITH my $69 Yuin PK2 earphones (ear phones that best even some stereo phones).

The phone is slow. The phone is a lot faster than claims said when the KRZR first came out but it takes at least 30 seconds for the phone to turn on and there's no freezing but it still feels like you've downgraded from a nice computer to a cruddy 68 MB RAM PC. It takes a while for music/videos to pop up.

MetroPCS makes it worse. I love the plans and I'm willing to compensate features for my wallet, to an extent. However, I saw the KRZR K1M interface for Sprint and was pissed once again. It had tons of features and was a lot nicer to boot. Even my friend's 4 year-old $99 Samsung slide phone has more features than this phone.

The negatives may make this phone seem lower than dog **** but...it probably is. My phone choices with metro were sort of limited and because of this I still enjoy what the KRZR does offer me. However, it still doesn't change the fact that Motorolla really f'd on this one. This phone doesn't even seem like it's worth $50 even though it looks like it. For this reason I will eventually sell this phone off and buy an iPhone once it becomes unlocked. I'll miss unlimited MetroPCS minutes but this phone just doesn't bring me the happiness affiliated with the price.

I hope this half-***** review helps you understand my pain and the cheap technical advancements of Motorola. I'm a computer guy and know that this cell is seriously technologically crappy compared to other devices now a days for this price.

Some may disagree that the phone sucks but those opinions don't change the facts that the interface, sound, speaker design, and function ability have much to be desired. Besides the improved RAZR look and the reception, the phone offers nothing else.

Posted by: lukevinyl

Welcome to Motorola World....

Posted by: GeminiIII

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Originally Posted by lukevinyl

Welcome to Motorola World....

they're not all like that. from what i can gather, the K1 is meant to be a bit of a dud.

Posted by: Baldilocks

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Originally Posted by lukevinyl

Welcome to Motorola World....

The GSM KRZR K1 is not slow. However, it is slower than my V3xx. The V3xx has NO lag as far as the UI goes and the nVidia graphics card makes video and picture processing smooth and fast as well.

You can keep your LG

Posted by: flamerid

Their not slow, but you can tell once you load your pictures and sounds. It takes a while for 9 photos to load. Where on a standard low-grade computer, 9 files is nothing to load. They load faster on my 5 year old phone.

Did I mention the screen is a bit cruddy? The pics look verygood quality once transferred to a computer but on the phone it looks like 5h17.

Posted by: wdh2313

I think you got a defected phone because my sister has the krzr and what u are saying doesn't happen with hers. I personaly think the phone is ugly i have the razr but hers is fine and in great working order...