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 The E1000 has now been replaced by the E1070.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
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Average
rating from 100 reviews:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
Reviewed by Carlos from Espana on
7th Oct 2005
!!!!!!! Rating:
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! Rating:
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!) Rating:
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. Rating:
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! Rating:
Reviewed by shaun from england on
29th Aug 2005
this has to be the best phone in the world its better then the d500 Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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? Rating:
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 Rating:
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 Rating:
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. Rating:
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! Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
Reviewed by Tim from Uk on 8th
Aug 2005
Dont buy this words cannot describe how bad it is! Rating:
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. Rating:
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 ! Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
Reviewed by Steve from England on
21st Jul 2005
Brialliant phone all round !!! GET ONE Rating:
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! Rating:
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! Rating:
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. Rating:
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 Rating:
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. Rating:
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 Rating:
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 Rating:
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 Rating:
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 Rating:
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! Rating:
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****************** Rating:
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 Rating:
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! Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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!!!!!!!! Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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!! Rating:
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'. Rating:
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 Rating:
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 Rating:
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 Rating:
Reviewed by WAVE from FRANCE on
9th May 2005
this phone is all right but it could do with a bit more memory Rating:
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 !!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating:
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. Rating:
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!!! Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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! Rating:
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! Rating:
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!!!!! Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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 Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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 ! Rating:
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 Rating:
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 Rating:
Reviewed by Jimmy from england e on
29th Mar 2005
U NEED BLUE TOOTH ON URE COMP TO DO IT !! BUY A DOOGLE Rating:
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. Rating:
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 Rating:
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 Rating:
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" Rating:
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. Rating:
Reviewed by Francesca from United Kingdom
on 11th Mar 2005
i really dont know how to use the mp3 player? could someone explain??? Rating:
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'. Rating:
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..... Rating:
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! Rating:
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++++++++. Rating:
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! Rating:
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.
Rating:
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 Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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!!! Rating:
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. Rating:
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 Rating:
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! Rating:
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. Rating:
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!! Rating:
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 Rating:
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. Rating:
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! Rating:
Reviewed by Ton from uk on 10th
Feb 2005
Rubbish battery life, rubbish camera. Everything else OK. Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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. Rating:
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... Rating:
Reviewed by O.A. from England on
5th Feb 2005
Excellent phone. The best I have ever had. The only thing that lets
it down is the battery life, and possibly its size. Rating:
