[Review] Motorola E398

[drgrudge]

Moto E398:

After doing 6260 and 9500 nokia models, now i plunge to review moto E398.
Motorola E398 has been designed as a dual-function mobile phone and music player.


* First impression
To be honest, i really dont like moto phones, and ppl here also know this fact :tongue:
But i was eager to listen to the mp3 with this phone, everyone are talking about's it's Bass effect and 3D Surround Sound speakers. I was liking a non-nokia phone!


* Specifications:
~ Bands/Modes: GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz
~ GPRS (2U/4D)
~ Size: 89 cc; 108mm x 46mm x 20.5mm
~ Weight: 110g
~ Display Resolution: 176x220 65K colors ,TFT
~ Talk Time: up to 590 mins
~ StandBy Time: up to 210 hrs

* Conectivity
WAP 2.0
GPRS (2U/4D)
Bluetooth
Email: POP3, SMTP, IMAP4

Now to the individual aspects of E398

* Camera

The phone has an integrated digital camera with 4x digital zoom and a flash for taking pictures in low light.
We can share the pictures takes via MMS.
This phone can't take video capture, it's the bigest minus point,but capable of video playback.
In general the pixs taken were of good quality.

* Sounds and speakers
It's here where the phone scores. Very good quality sound and it has two speakers. Bass and 3d surround are supported as well.
It can be loud enough to listen to in a car or among a group of people. It's as good as listening with our stereo speakers.It supports MPEG video as well.
There's an adjustable sensitivity to vibrations, which makes keypad, display and side colour LEDs blink at every vibration over the sensitivity limits.

Highlights:
Mp3 playback
Mp3 ringtones support, 32 cord polyphonic.
3D surround and Bass effects.
Loud and clear sounds
Two speakers
MPEG-4 format suport as well.
MOTOMIXER (Remixable MIDI ringer software)
stereo MP3 files and MIDI files as ringtones
Headsets are also provided with the phone.
Speaker phone

WOAH, so much to write abt it's sounds and speakers.

* Built quality/Keypads

The interface is is good unlike other moto phones, well we all have seen C375, it's keys arrangement sucks.But this is not the case with this phone.
The menu orientation is comfortable, but the mobile is a bit slow to react beacuse of a very slow processor.

It's possible to display the menu it in a list form or as a square matrix of nine positions with animated icons.





Price:
Rs. 12k

* Pros
+ Good sound
+ Excellent speakers (two)
+ Screen display, 65k TFT

* Cons
- Bluetooth issues
- no video capture
- slow processor
- no FM radio

MY opinion:
E898 is well-featured phone, a good mix of price and features. I suggest this phone for those looking for a combined phone and MP3 player. However it dont have a video capture and have very serious bluetooth issue, so it maybe suited for people who look out for MTV like fun phone.

as far as the speaker is the concerned it is the best, now come to the cons because of which it looses a lot to 6630, 6600 or K700i

Bad camera, use 4X Zoom & the image is all negative
No Video recording
Heavy compared to SE Phones
Issues with bluetooth, battry drainer compared to k700i

[icecoolz]

from the owner of a E398, I would say a pretty accurate review. Just a couple of changes. The phone's slow reaction tiime is easily fixed with a firmware upgrade. As far as a video capture capability goes that can also be done but is not supported by Motorola. Its actually loading another phones firmware into this. Works prefectly well however since it qualifies as a hack I wont go with it.

gx:

Battery life ????? come on man! I charge my phone once in 3-4 days!! thats how the long the battery lasts. And we know about sony Ericssons battry. Its a jk. And yes I use the camera and the mp3 regularly.

[blade_runner]

Originally Posted by icecoolz

Battery life ????? come on man! I charge my phone once in 3-4 days!! thats how the long the battery lasts. And we know about sony Ericssons battry. Its a jk. And yes I use the camera and the mp3 regularly.

Fixed with a firmware upgrade ! ..................a k700i on full charge lasts a neat 3-4 days.

[drgrudge]

Originally Posted by gxsaurav

Bad camera, use 4X Zoom & the image is all negative
No Video recording
Heavy compared to SE Phones
Issues with bluetooth, battry drainer compared to k700i

Hmm..., all the cons that u mentioned i already added them

@GX, i havent seen a SE fanboy like u, all these time in my life and stop spreading lies....

[Nemesis]

@gx: man, how can u even compare the E398 with 6630??? and phone cams r not good unless they r MP quality....so stop complaining....y do u have 2 pick out problems in the reviewed hardware rather than appreciate or criticize the review it self, huh???

btw, grudge, nice review again

ok, ok stop bashing me, but I did aprrreciated the speaker

[Dipen01]

Can we connect it to PC thru USB cable...??

[supernova]

yes you can connect with the cable supplied with the set.

[deathvirus_me]

considering the features at the price .. i personally would prefer e398 over any mid-range phone ...

also .. when i bought it i got 64mb sd card bundled ...

[superwiz]

btw..waht abt the ringtone forwarding problem from nokia to moto doea it still exist

[MotoMaster]

Now u can make ur E398 much more better with video recording and itunes in it...read my thread " Upgrade ur E398 "....