Motorola ZN5

Mahi

I had this one . And really its the best of best i ever got. Such clarity in camera with KODAK camera. Still i compare those pictured with today's smart phone cameras. Motorolla should bring that technology back.

0ldt3ch

Agreed. I had this when it came out. I think it would be a hit now on 4g.

RYQ

I had this before it was snatch. This is ONE of the best CAMERA Phone and that is powered by Kodak technology. Hoping Motorola/Moto will update this model this 2018 and beyond. I miss this phone.

Anonymous

sry to hear tat. me too used that mob n i loved it much. camera is awesome n i bet u ll not get such camera clarity even with moto g4 plus bec now am using moto g4 plus and i miss tat mob. due to battery pro i forced to kep tat mob aside. but after that i liked moto g2, g3 mobile those are best whn compared to moto g4 plus 32 gb mobile. we wont be able to find its accessories anymore.....

Anonymous

I have used Motorola zn5 for 4 years best phone with th best Kodak camera but now it does not work as something is wrong with the mother board . Can I get a another one and where? I already bought anew battery and put that in. Please contact me [email protected]

AnonD-379429

i had this phone from 2008 now is working whith software from chinese site the best camera the best signal and sound during calls metal and gorilla glass is a masterpiece of motorola and kodak micro sd 32 giga still is hard to find a bigger batery no need to change for internet i have an blaupunkt tablet whith a huge battery

Dinesh

this is a awsm phone for camera function... used this for 6 months. music sound in headset and in speaker is also awsm. but apllication features are not there in this phone

Anonymous

can i run whatsapp in this phone?

Ramanu

Awesome Phone, Superb image quality, fast.. using it since 4 years. no problem till now, its a linux phone and m a linux guy, i run all the terminal commands in this phone, it just works without a single problem, but since MOTO is not great in advertising their product does't become more poplular as bought by only those who knows whats Technology means.

faraz

how to unlock this phone

jeevavoda

nokia 5233 best cemera

jeevavoda

suraj mast phone

suraj

best phone

AnonD-177064

LOOK FOR BATTERY OF MOTOROLA V8.it is compatible with zn5 .the company name is ERD.it is well known for batteries and chargers

Harish

any idea if i can get the battery(BX50 model) for this phone..

AnonD-166828

Look at pawn shops - thats what I did. You can buy one online here: Still a good phone with a nice autofocus camera, if you don´t like the droids. :)

dark crow

i wana buy this phone.. but where i can easily find it?

AnonD-160449

i need a batry for the mine i wanna learn to love this phone but without a batry i can't

Anonymous

i need i battry for the mine bx50 please and i wanna learn to love this phone without batry i can't

AshRathee

Best phone i have ever used,superb camera quality ,Music quality , Battery life , Looks are unique , Just superb .... I had lost it couple of weeks Ago , wanna buy again but not finding it anywhere. Internet speed is slow in this

Ummo

U can use the night vision in moto zn5 i.e the red eye . I didnt tried yet soory but wht i think it may get the results as u r expecting ! And leave moto zn5's flash light on ! Thank u ! Also do let me know if it works ;)

aamir

i want batrry motorola zn5 batrry model bx50

nyc

search for bx-80 1350 mAh baterry more info at motorola.com

AnonD-94280

where can i buy the original battery of zn5,[BX50] and how much it cost?

konvict

My first fone was moto e398..then moto razr, E6 followed by zn5, moto charm and then moto razr xt910...loved each moto fone and i have them all in great working conditions with all originally packaging n boxes...just need batteries for a few of then....each fone had that one unique thing that would make u fall in love with it. The only thing i hate is It is hard to get original parts for moto fones (India). I'm gonna b a moto fan forever. Will.be buying the razr hd maxx is a few months :)

lal

how to du that- help plz

Guru

Hi brother do you have motorola zn5 model means tell me i want one phone

ps

well, i've been using zn5 for the past 2 yrs. and its an ultimate piece of hardware !! its camera is just superb esp. with the xenon flash !! ....... no problems whatsoever till date ... i'm actually waiting for it to go down so that i may buy a new phone for a change ... but it doesn't give up !!

AnonD-67113

zine for android monsterpack from a chineze site the best stuf for zn5 if someone will translate it the batery goes longer and a lot of extras you can do photos in raw, binned raw, you can use rockbox etc

shirazcool

Hi Rishi Guru...I saw ur comments on motorola ZN5 .I am getting this phone for Rs 5000 .Shall I go for it since it is cheap..but it is without warranty...I need a phone under 6000 Rs....It is brand new.Spice Hot spot are selling it...pls suggest and advise...My mail id is [email protected] reply dear...thanks in advance...take care and have a nice day

Anonymous

i am using for a while a new software from a chineze site and i am very happy but the problem is that it has only the main menu in english the rest is in chineze and if rishi guru or someone else who has better skills in IT to translate this monsterpack becouse it is the best software for zn5 motorola forever

MGK

Where can i get this fone?

Anonymous

i went to motorola service centre the person droped the phone from 14 floor and it survived just a minor headphone jack problem fuckingly awesome quality which you cant get better

Nicky

simply put ... fucking awesome

zypher

I have used a lot of phones from different make, but ZN5 is defenitely the best bar phone I have ever used. If camera performance is what you are looking about, the ZN5 is the best of the lot and chalenges my Samsung Galaxy 8mp camera. The zenon flash id powerful and provide clear pictures at pitch dark conditions.

gauldoth

yes zn5 is slow, hell slow, but if you use you'r brain and google you will love your zn5. The processor supports 721mhz, give 200mb from the sd card to swap memory it will be used as RAM memory, use opera mobile (last version) if you want speed browsing over the internet, change the OS and when the phone rings even the dead will hear, also you can change the resolution of the screen. Then talk about too much speed on zn5.

Anonymous

how do i get my wifi to start browsing on d internet

johnny_boy

the ZN5 is slow- until you overclock the processor a bit with a custom rom to 550 mhz :)

sharif

it is the best slow mobil.it is not sopot any downlode thane.it's internet is vary slow and do not sputa any software.this mobil only have a good for camera but video qulaty vary bad.motorola zn5 is the lost qulaty mobil in the wold.i use it so know his qulaty.

Anonymous

I had this phone once and I feel the same way. It was slow, it didn't run java app very well but its just such a beautifully made phone I loved it anyway. Well crafted, and a really nice display. And TV out was a nice bonus which made up for some of its shortcomings.

iraj

yes zn5 is too slow and dum but I like my zn5 but i dont know why!

Robymello

the best camera in cellphone of the world.

i am

no.

Walkman

Xenon flash is superb. Fast browsing, large and crystal clear display, and the music also good. But the main problem of this phone is that my zn5 is too slow, not as fast as sony ericsson or other phone. I am using symbiosis x.2, how to make my phone faster?

YIBAREK ATNAFE

how can i use intrenet by zn5

YIBAREK ATNAFE

can u tell me how can i use internet may ineed softwear

AnonD-5453

can the volume of zn5 be turned up without using any modded firmware ? somebody, plz reply. thanx.

gurjeet singh delhi

first option ====OPEN BROWSER go to m.gmail.com and download 2.06 and install. 2nd option ==== go to messages-email-configure email-enter pop setting and it is ready.

Jimson

Does the zn5 support youtube vidios pleas healp

HelloMotoBoy

Symbiosis X.1 Final the best MP..there's a new MP.. Symbiosis X.2 Final..

HelloMotoBoy

Symbiosis X.1 Final the best MP..there's a new MP.. Symbiosis X.2 Final..

AnonD-5453

somebody, who has used this ph, plz confirm does it have "graphical smileys" for writing sms ? i'm waiting for d ans, plz ! thanx.

AnonD-5453

somebody plz tell me which is the best monster pack for zn5 ? thanx.

srikanth

This was a closed model. So you can find this at 2nd hand markets and some mobile stores which has the aging stock.

AnonD-5823

hi frnds... Can u plz tell me, where this mobile is available in india and its present price... i searched in spice hotspot and others mentioned here but cannot find this model... plz give the details... thanQ...

Anonymous

this is awsome camera and music phone hope moto make this like camera phone with android system and 12mp camera made by kodak

Cuong Nguyen

To Rishi Guru I have known you since I posted my first comment in this section. And I really appreciated your helpful advice. The zn5 has been with me for a year and a half, and it is still wonderful. I have just had a new Motorola EX300, except for the company label, I don't see any familiar features in this phone. It looks like it was produced from another company. Do you have any idea about the EX brand of Motorola?

bigboyzdocry

i need 2 unlock my phone cos the phone{zn5} is now in Nigeria

Mohit

this site states that the phone has 350mb internal memory while i am using this handset and found the memory to be 399.2mb of which 392mb is for files, 3.4mb for contacts & txts & 3.8mb for system. also the processor is 532mhz arm 11 & the battery we get is 920mAh.

flipmoe

Do it comes with a software, or disk? I was sold this handset without a program disk.

MazaMoto

Hi guys/ RishiGuru bhai.. been using this amazing phone since last 2 yrs. Camera is still ahead in terms of PQ when compared to other 8-10MP camera phones. I bought it for Rs: 16,000INR in Jan 2008. Here some guys are claiming to bought it for 5-6000Rs only. Is the recent price? Is it for a new phone with bill? Which shop & location? Please answer so that I can gift it to someone... In my area (Mumbai) its hard to find. Lots of shop owners dont even know ZN5. Some says its long discontinued... Regards.

johnny_boy

just got this phone, and i have to say that, after having several nokia, like N78, E61i, 6300 etc, it`s good to see a motorola again. it has a great camera, solid build quality, very nice screen and excelent audio quality during calls and also whilst listening to the radio. the keypad isn`t as bad as some people say, it`s actually decent after you get used to it. one think i noticed is that sometimes it takes about 10 seconds to close an applications, but that doesn`t bother me, because i bought this phone at a very low price and all-in-all, it`s better than all the nokia phones i had so far, and i`m glad i bought it :D

TND

WHy doesnt this Superb Cam phone yet have not been reviewed on this site ...i feel its a shame that i has not been so far and not to mention i aint basied to moto and certainly feel theres no harm in posting just the review of its camera quality above everything else THANKS TND

Mohit

motorola phone tools 5.0, the cd is found in the box

Mohit

it costs Rs.5500 at any Spice Hotspot in Delhi.

satyamurthy2005@yaho

Mohit, what is ZN5 cost ? is it available in India?

Mohit

i bought this phone 3-4 days ago .. it is an excellent phone in every aspect. love the processor, linux is very user friendly , built quality , battery backup , music quality , wifi speed ... the camera is the best that i know in any phone i have seen so far i clicked a random pic n it had 2.42MB memory n super clear even after full digital zoom.. i love it. only wish it had 3g+secondary cam.. but no harm when it costs only a meagre Rs. 5500

Rob

I am looking at getting one of those 7" mini smartbooks running WINDOWS CE6. Is it possible to tether my ZN5 on one of these? Any suggestions would be welcome.

babu

which pc suite is suitable for this mobile

DT

Do anyone know how to set gmail on my ZN5. Please help.

Anonymous

thnx for the info....

Anonymous

In Delhi, you should get it around 5k-6k. 2nd hand, it is around 3-4k. One year ago, I have brought at 8.5k @ Blore.

Anonymous

wat is d cost of zn5 in delhi? both new and 2nd hand..

Anonymous

Hey dear I just bought ZN5 two months ago. Really great experience to have this. Please suggest is it wise to mod the gadget with available firmwire in the various sites as mentioned here? i.e. Also, do ZN5 supports thrid party software to play music, because whenever I listen the music the inbuild player plays all the mp3 files whether it is ringtones or songs which (ringtones in between songs) irritates me a lot. I mean to say is there any other option to play music directly i.e. Sony Ericsson without making playlist. As making a playlist in this device is very lengthy process while in Sony Ericsson it is easy you just click on the option to to playlist make new playlist select the folder where your songs are stored and enjoy the music. Please suggest. Regards, D T

DT

Hey dear I just bought ZN5 a six days ago. Please suggest is it wise to mod the gadget with available firmwire in the various sites as mentioned here? Also, do ZN5 supports thrid party software to play music, because whenever I listen the music the inbuild player plays all the mp3 files whether it is ringtones or songs which (ringtones in between songs) irritates me a lot. I mean to say is there any other option to play music directly i.e. Sony Ericsson without making playlist. As making a playlist in this device is very lengthy process while in Sony Ericsson it is easy you just click on the option to to playlist make new playlist select the folder where your songs are stored and enjoy the music. Please suggest. Regards, D T

Basu

Hi RishjiGuru, Thanks for detail response. U are really Rishi & Guru of ZN5. - Basu

RishiGuru

Hi,this is RishiGuru, it has been a while since my last visit to GSMArena. I have been abroad & quite busy for some time, and could not spare time to visit here, let alone replying in posts. ZN5 uses tempered mineral glass and not Gorilla glass. The glass used is of very high quality & thick to protect the screen. This type of glass are very hard to scratch, and needs brick load of force to break it. Gorilla glass is a new implementation in phones and currently reserved for top end handsets. I have been using the ZN5 for last three years, and it is still delivers performance in heaps. No phone had stood so long with me. One side of my mind is telling me to buy a new phone, while ZN5 with its superb built quality, top notch materials & hardware, good software, the very best 5MP camera + xenon flash & out of the world audio quality is telling me "I still have some juice left". This quad band phone is so versatile over the world, changes GSM networks seamlessly, the reception quality + CrystalTalk provides excellent network reception & are way superior than my Nokia N82 & N79. Also Motorola traditionally uses proper speakers in their phones. That is the reason why the ringtones sound so sweet as the speakers can travel a wide audio frequency spectrum that the new breed of small alarm clock speakers currently used in ultra thin phones cannot. That is the reason why they sound more shrilly. On the downside, the software is little slow 7 not so "spicy" as Samsung's, but i can live with it. After all ZN5 does all its work properly but without the added zing. Since the last 3 years my iPod & cannon camera is lying in my home, since my ZN5 can do all there daily work with ease. I have also made my own personal record. I visited GSMArena for it. I have completed snapping in total 50,000 pictures with my ZN5 yesterday. It is still eager to snap 50,000 more. I just cannot tame the beastly eagerness of the ZN5's camera. Any way I will buy a new high end phone next year. Until then Chow!!!!!!

Anonymous

only RishiGuru expert of Motozine ZN5 can confirm whether Gorilla glass has been used in Display.

Basu

Hi, How to confirm, this model uses Gorilla glass display.Few weeks back one expert was there on this site. He knows lot of things about this Model. I think, He is the right person to confirm. Thanks in Advance.

vivek

hi if u want to chang formware then try this it's support themes and all type of video, exlent working speed,video recording with 240-320 ...it

Anonymous

is this handset uses gorilla glass? or perhaps scratch proof?, i have mine but never thought of this, my 2yrs old zn5 doesnt have any scratches one thing i really like..

karan

does anybody know any webite to download apps for this handset? thank you

remy

Seems like you don`t know much about your phones. You forgot to mention bigger 2.4 inch display, 3.5 mm audio jack, triple the internal memory, xenon flash and a 5 MP camera with Kodak technology.

sgghghgfjgh

Can anyone plz tell me if i can put symbian os, android or windows mobile 6 on this phone and how?

Plat

Actually, ZN5 and VE66 are identical-only difference worth mentioning is battery life... I had both...very lovely phones:-)

remy

You don`t need help for this. Sorry but how small your brain can be to ask a question like that? It`s obvious ZN5 has better features, just compare them and you`ll find the answer.

Anonymous

which one is beter ve66 or zn5 help

ZN5 User

Hi everybody! I want to know what are the differences between 05R firmware and 0ER or 0DR which as i know are newer. Currently my phone runs on 05R and must say i`m not completely satisfied with it and would like to know if other firmwares could give me a better experience when using ZN5. Those of you who have used other firmwares besides 05R, like 0DR and especially 0ER (latest official) by flashing your phone or by default, please give me an answer. I am interested in differences like performance, speed, photo\music\call quality, stability, battery life and other aspects. Thanks a lot!

Anonymous

exellent phone i'm used it since dec 2008 till now gorilla glass display is brilliant camera is cool.. just open the cover lens and ready to take a pic ," review time" to take pic can set to: none seconds, 2 seconds, 4 seconds, 6 seconds with autosafe to memory card or phone storage. design is nice .. saund is good best in the class ..

fire

no, the phone is solid and stable. been using this for 1.5 years using stock fw.

D T

Hey dear I just bought ZN5 a six days ago. Please suggest is it wise to mod the gadget with available firmwire in the various sites as mentioned here? Also, do ZN5 supports thrid party software to play music, because whenever I listen the music the inbuild player plays all the mp3 files whether it is ringtones or songs which (ringtones in between songs) irritates me a lot. I mean to say is there any other option to play music directly i.e. Sony Ericsson without making playlist. As making a playlist in this device is very lengthy process while in Sony Ericsson it is easy you just click on the option to to playlist make new playlist select the folder where your songs are stored and enjoy the music. Please suggest. Regards, D T

D T

I just buy this fabulous device six days ago and I am really satisfied with this. But I want to have an impressive music player for my ZN5. Do any one help me that where can I get this and how to install in this device. Also, I had E8 earlier but it didn't support any 3rd party software. Please help.

rem

No, it doesn`t.

nafi.da.great

can i know....does this fone support multi-tasking...?

benyamin

hi i had this phone 1 years ago and i sold it because its os is linux and there is barely software for it but it has java j2me photo quality is good but not good as n82 but in night zn5 is head and shoulder above the other 5 megapixels phones its speed is good and its sound as well but it doesnt support office or pdf maybe some firmwares does but i needed more software and bigger screen

HelloMoto

Im using Sony Ericsson k800i it has a xenon flash too but im not satisfy.. i want a powerful camera! i want this phone since im using two phones.. Nokia e90 and Sony Ericsson k800i.. Does the Motorola Zn5 has a powerful camera? but the OS is Linux.. many reviews i read that the disadvantge of this phone is always hangging and very slow.. is it true? help me.. i can't decide..

nikhil

[email protected] please contact me here . wanna ask you few questions abouyt the phone !!

OMG

could you please upload the pictures ??? Am confused to choose between N82 and ZN5... Am looking for a camera phone... and I really mean it, affordable one for ma pocket too.

k

well if there is anyone who doubts the camera on this hadnset let me anser that question for you. in my office from my desk the fire exit sign is 230meters away. the sign board is 15 inches wide and same in the height i used a ss galaxy s which my boss uses, Nokia N82 from a friend and my zn5 other two mobiles have bigger screen to see the picture larger as compared to zn5 however when we zoomed in to the pic on zn5 we were able to read the exit sign board clearly where in on the other handsets it apeared vague after we zoomed in that was just the first part second time we tried to take a snap of a butterfly while it was in mid air flapping the wings galaxy s failed severly when we saw the image as it showed that butterfly had 3-4 wings nokia however was satisfactory as it matched the clearity of ZN5 and both the pics were almost same clear but again when we zoomed in to the pick to 100% on zn5 we were also able to see the antenas of that fly while nokia again made the pic blurry this phone has a powerful camera

ZE DOCAIXAO

NO, only read txt files if you mod your moto can read pdf an some txt files but no office documents

ShamiedZ

I have q9h n zn5, overall this phone is very good n affordable, only rp 1.200.000 = $ 135 but these day this phone is lag. If i receive message this phone hang n so damn lag. Why 500mhz zn5 processor so lag in multitasking than 300mhz in q9.

Anonymous

Everywhere a salesman always said the best, otherwise number one. these are good by you,but not necessarily for others :)

Anonymous

I've tried so many modded firmwares so far and found Symbiosis X the best one.. Its very fast than the preinstalled firmware...And got many extra feature..

AlexSerbia

Does Motorola ZN5 have document viewer?

Horia

Don't worry! You have to insert a small piece of paper or anything else in order to press the battery onto the golden plated contacts. You will see your phone never shutting down and restart itself. Good luck! :-)

unlucky

Hi all. Iam a zn5 user. I bought zn5 about 6 months ago,i have very bad experience with zn5. The phone restart/turn off it self/automatic. sometimes 2-3 times a day. I dont know why, my zn5 has software problem? and recently i have new problem, My zn5 in the inactive state,i dont know maybe the battery was empty, Then i charging my zn5,on the screen appears chargin. And when it full,it says charging complete. Then I tried to turn on,i press hard time after time,but my zn5 can't On. Im very confused what happening with my zn5. I also tried to change my simcard with another simcard but still the same story. now my zn5 tottaly off,i can't use my zn5 anymore, Ive to go to service center tomorow hwaaa >.

Anonymous

the prices of zn5 dropped drastically

Anonymous

I dont think so. i think camera of zn5 is the same quality with average 5mpx camera phones in market. nothing special except powerfull xenon flash of zn5

Anonymous

this is king of 5mp camera phone

RishiGuru

Man you are nuts!!! You are comparing the mighty ZN5 5MP CMOS camera with a 2MP fixed focus camera of Sony Ericsson Natie. Either you have no idea about camera technology, or you are nuts.

I don't believe

You never comparing camera of zn5 vs sony ericsson Naite? Then you will say which one is better (ofcourse Without flash and same size 2mpx) Let's try I just want to say that camera of Naite is AMAZING than zn5. Ive had the two of them. If you dont trust me,you can buy then compare yourself

Apache

Please, never ever use any mobile phone again.Hi tech is not for you. Hello from Serbia!!!

RishiGuru

Very comprehensive review. Thanks!!! The ZN5 runs on the Linux-Java based OS, which is found in the RAZR2 V8, RIZR Z6, MOTO U9, ROKR E8 & ROKR EM30. I found it superior to the standard software used in other Motorola models including all features, look and user experience. I found it neither fast nor slow, the menus are logically structured and the interface looks ok. It lacks a �wow� effect and will not really impress you with anything particular, but it works fine, which is very important for me.

RishiGuru

ZN5 uses micro SDHC card

Anonymous

Can the ZN5 use a micro SDHC card? Or only the Transflash type?

RishiGuru

Exceptional mobile phone. Actually I consider it to be the Motorola�s MASTERPIECE. Motorola is known to manufacture mobile phones with rock solid built quality using top notch & expensive materials like steel, aluminum, mineral glass rather than glossy plastic commonly used by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG. This always has been Motorola�s strong point. The ZN5 is no exception either, it is almost built in metal & has a thick mineral glass over the TFT display matrix which is excellent. The set looks a feels like a monolith. The Motorola ZN5 measure 12mm in thickness, which is a rather nice achievement - it actually puts it in Top 5 of slimmest 5 megapixel cameraphones. The body thickness however increases around the camera area to up to 16mm. A very famous website www.smape.com did a rigorus durability test on ZN5 and at first rode over the ZN5 lying in the road on a SUV weighing 2.5 tones. The ZN5 passed with flying colors. Only the mineral glass cover over the display was broken but the mobile phone operated normally receiving calls, playing music etc. Then they put it in a freezer for severel hours at sub zero temapature, then in a washing machine for an hour, dropped it from the hand severel times, cleaned it in running tap water and merged it in a glass of beer. After that they dried it for a night besides a room heater and it started working the next morning!!! I think this is enough of an example of the phone�s durability. The display in ZN5 is way ahead of the European contenders like Nokia & Sony Ericsson. Actually mobile phones which are manufactured in Japan by Japanese companies have exceptional displays & generally are way better than the European counterparts. Just think about top LCD screen manufactures of the world � Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, JVC,etc all reside in Japan. Whereas European mobile phone manufactures use TFT displays manufactured by local European companies, Motorola uses TFT display manufactured by Sharp Corporation of Japan. The display has class leading brightness and contrast levels, the colors are maximally natural and saturated. Undeniably, the best 2.4 inch QVGA display to adorn a mobile phone so far. The morphing keypad, called ModeShift and first introduced in Motorola E8, is also present in ZN5. It's got haptic feedback on every key press and key designations and backlight change in accordance to the currently used application. The phone is all about the camera and it does not disappoint on this ground. Believe me, it is the BEST 5 MP camera currently available on the market today, make no mistake about it. Only the Nokia N82 comes close. On the review of www.mobiset.ru they compared the pictures taken by ZN5 & N82 of a same object (say a poster) under high magnification and found that ZN5�s picture contains higher details and better color saturation than N82. The Kodak's participation has brought the Kodak Perfect Touch technology to the ZN5 which can make any picture taken look sharper & brighter. Motorola ZN5 is also the industry first to introduce VARIABLE APERTURE technology in the camera unit of a mobile phone. The ZN5 camera will offer two apertures values. The camera will automatically pick between F2.8 (the standard for all cameraphones) and F5.6 (when there is enough light). Now that may not mean much to you, but a tighter aperture such as F5.6 will actually bring less lens issues and better corner-to-corner sharpness. ZN5 has the most powerful xenon flash found on any mobile phone till date. It can take pictures at pitch dark with ease because of xenon flash and produce bright pictures. The ZN5 also offers direct image upload to KODAK Gallery, as well as integration of the ShoZu client, which can upload images to various social networking clients. The hardware found in ZN5 almost represents the hardware of a stealth fighter plane i.e. built to kill its opposition. Running on a Freescale MXC275-30 platform having 532 MHz ARM11 applications processor & 208MHz Digital Signal Processor speaks for itself. Also it has two Image Processing Units (IPU) instead of one, one is the dedicated Freescale IPU that comes with the MXC275-30 platform capable of handling up to 2 Mpix images & the other is Texas Instruments dedicated DM299 IPU which has a ARM7 processor embedded in it capable of handling up to 5 Mpix images. Thus ZN5 have hardware capable of handling 5+2=7 Mpix images and thus can handle image & video much better than any of its 5 Mpix opposition. Internal memory is 512 MB which is huge, no opposition can match that and also you can extend it up to 4GB with a microSD card. Audio sound quality from the music player is awesome. Believe me some of the renowned Russian websites like www.smape.com, www.mobile-review.com, etc known for their thorough review have told that the ZN5 can challenge the mighty Apple iPod on this ground which, literally speaking is phenomenal for any mobile phone. Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), 3.5mm audio/video jack (TV-out) all adds to the list making it a perfect choice instead of a dedicated portable music player. After using Nokia N82, Sony Ericsson K850 and also Samsung, LG phones of the same range, I have to accept that ZN5 is the best of them all when it comes to PURE SOUND QUALITY. As I looked in the RMAA sound test graphs as published by different websites, the sound characteristic needs no explanation, because we face one of the best decisions at the personal audio market, ZN5 is not ashamed to compare itself with players from Creative ZEN Micro Photo, Sony HD5, Cowon D2 or even Apple iPod. I am dealing with one of the best solutions for pure listening pleasure, with a clean sound devoid of any colorings, embellishment or ornamentation in the sound, commonly found in Sony Ericsson phones. Now I can easily hear many of the previously obscure details in the compositions of a complicated music composition, and if desired, with a quality headset, can clearly set apart all the instruments used in the music composition, thus I am able to focus not only on the primary instrument, which is audible, but also on the fact that what instrument I want to hear. This calls for a detailed elaboration of the DAC and amplifier found in ZN5. Most modern audio signals are stored in digital form (for example MP3s and CDs) and in order to be heard through speakers they must be converted into an analog signal. They normally take the digital output like MP3 and convert the signal into a line-level output that can then be fed into a pre-amplifier stage. The DAC used in ZN5 is definitely of very high quality. The inbuilt radio have very strong reception quality and the sound is crisp and clear. The best radio I have seen so far on any mobile phone. This mobile phone is capable of playing videos of very high bitrates (Higher bitrates means better quality) due to its 2 IPU�s & 208 Mhz DSP. Bitrates as high as 1100 kbps can be played easily. Besides functionality, the quality of assembly and materials is the lodestone around which a phone�s success is built, playing a decisive role in the customer�s choice. Better materials and assembly allow a handset to live longer and sustain more damage Besides a minimized use of glue (much favored by Sony Ericsson), Motorola phones are also remarkable for a total lack of technical apertures on the chip, commonly found under all onboard components in Nokia and Samsung products. Please don�t take this point for an attempt to start another holy war, an ordinary consumer shouldn�t normally get concerned about this sort of things. Every company does their best to minimize the production costs, but somehow it�s ZN5 alone that uses metal not only for product image purposes (like the face and back panel pieces), but inside the casing as well � to ensure a maximum durability. What goes to the above-mentioned apertures, those have a bad habit of harboring condensated moisture, leading to the decay of neighboring components and lowering the chances for successful recovery after drowning. These subtle nuances concealed from the buyer is what constitutes the difference in lifespan of differently crafted products. I cannot stop praising the phone isn�t it!! One has to remember ZN5 is a smartphone since it comes with an operating system (Linux) and not just a software. So third party software�s and modding options are limitless. Lastly, I want to say even if it sounds demoralizing, that there is no phone in the world that happens to be absolutely perfect. Every phone have its pros and cons and it depends on the user needs that how the person will rate his/her phone. Cons of ZN5 : 1) ZN5 does not support 3G, but have EDGE & WiFi to complement it. So if you are using 3G a lot avoid buying this phone. 2) Video recording is poor. Nokia N82 wins over ZN5 on this aspect hands down. If you want the best 5Mpix mobile phone to shoot still images buy ZN5, but if you want to record videos over still images buy N82.

Anonymous

oh this phone is terrible the camera sucks and the wifi doesn't work and the battery life sucks it doesn't even last two hours with full charge

Horia

Yes, you have to check the metal gold plated contacts which come to the battery. Please insert a small piece of paper to press the battery onto the contacts. That's it!

Horia

Yes, it's because of large number of photos stored on memory card with different names. Save your photos from memory card and then format the MC. It works.

Anonymous

crappy video recording :S

sad gal

my phone says invalid battery can anyone tell me why it does not want to charge i love da phone & wana use it but am unable to:-(

Anonymous

what battery does the phone use?

minori_aoi

Because no one will ever bothered to make one on a system which no one is using.

Anonymous

Have been using the handset for a while now The best thing about the phone is the camera i have also used N82 and is still one of my favourite phones. comparing the two, the camera on n82 is very reliable, will never over expose your shot in any situation. you can snap with your eyes closed. it will always give you the best result. ZN5 on the other hand wins in speed and flash power. its flash is more powerful than n82 and the camera is extremely fast. the speed of the camera is really amazing. snap to snap time is less than 2 seconds. amazing!!! with zn5 you will never miss the moment. taking photos with zn5 is a whole new and really enjoyable experience. you wont see a phone with such brilliant camera!! only sometimes it fails to give you the desired result but thats very rare and can be fixed easily with proper settings. and one thing, the camera interface on zn5 is very easy and comfortable to use. all setting are just a few clicks away. the kodak perfect touch is also a nice addition. the video recording is poor. The battery life is not exceptional but its much better than n82 and will not disappoint you. the phone charges from usb cable. thats really handy. the genuine charger charges the battery from empty to full in 2.5hours. the loudspeaker volume is a little low. also the loudspeaker is located at the back. so if the phone is placed in normal position the speaker will get blocked, further lowering the volume. that really creates problem sometimes as you wont be able to hear the alarm or the call alert. the vibrator is good and powerful the linux os is easy to use. there is nothing special about it. not so much options or customization is possible but it has all the basic functions. the default theme is one of the most beautiful i have seen on a phone. the os lags sometimes but its rare and get back to normal quickly. the symbian os on n82 is mch better in terms of options and customization and also the availability of third party software. the menu organization is a bit awkward and some really common apps are hidden deep inside the menu but can be rearranged. also the menu is easy to go thru using the numbers on the keypad like you can quickly go to voice recorder by pressing menu...6...5. This is not a phone for the gamers. there are 2 games on the phone but they are trial version and need to be purchased after a while. the phone is very easy to use physically. the d-pad is good. the keypad is totally flat and need some time to get used to. but once you get familiar with it , typing goes smoothly. the built in dictionary can remember words of your language and offers them to you while typing. which is quite handy. messaging offers list of 5 recently messaged people which saves a lot of time. sending message to multiple people is very easy. there is a small led at top which shows the status of charging. the set is one single peace with no moving parts and is very solid to handle. it is also quite slim compared to n82. the display on phone is way better than the one on n82. sunlight visibility is not so well but if the brightness is full there is no problem in reading the screen in even the brightest light. the sound quality in headphones.... one of the best! easily beats other phones including the n82, in this area. the music player is not so advanced but does its job well. the phone does not offer multitasking. except the music player and a few other applications. but not a big deal as its not a smartphone. the sound during call in earphones is very clear and loud enough. the phone has great reception as well. the phone offers 50 received, 50 missed and 50 dialled calls in all. as opposed to 20 which is mentioned in the specifications. the memory available for the user is around 140mb. the sms memory is unlimited. you can save as many sms as you wish. the web browser is just ok and does its job well. nothig very special. the symbian webbrowser is much better and more advanced. there is no option to record a call. althoug there is a voice recorder which can record voice without any time limit. the smart dialing feature is another plus and is built-in in ZN5. the operating system also offers you the option to lock messages, phonebook, recent calls, web browser, or calendar so the phone will ask for password whenever you open one of these. but strangely, gallery cannot be password protected which is annoying. google maps can be installed and works fine but the my location feature does not work. you can set upto 3 alarms which can be repeated daily, weekly and so on. overall a phone with exceptional camera and sound/call quality. if you are into listening to music or need a camera phone, go for it. you will be more than happy. the review was written in a hurry, so there might be mistakes and it is also not well-organized but i hope it will help those who are thinking about buying the phone.

Musa

Have been using the handset for a while now The best thing about the phone is the camera i have also used N82 and is still one of my favourite phones. comparing the two, the camera on n82 is very reliable, will never over expose your shot in any situation. you can snap with your eyes closed. it will always give you the best result. ZN5 on the other hand wins in speed and flash power. its flash is more powerful than n82 and the camera is extremely fast. the speed of the camera is really amazing. snap to snap time is less than 2 seconds. amazing!!! with zn5 you will never miss the moment. taking photos with zn5 is a whole new and really enjoyable experience. you wont see a phone with such brilliant camera!! only sometimes it fails to give you the desired result but thats very rare and can be fixed easily with proper settings. and one thing, the camera interface on zn5 is very easy and comfortable to use. all setting are just a few clicks away. the kodak perfect touch is also a nice addition. the video recording is poor. The battery life is not exceptional but its much better than n82 and will not disappoint you. the phone charges from usb cable. thats really handy. the genuine charger charges the battery from empty to full in 2.5hours. the loudspeaker volume is a little low. also the loudspeaker is located at the back. so if the phone is placed in normal position the speaker will get blocked, further lowering the volume. that really creates problem sometimes as you wont be able to hear the alarm or the call alert. the vibrator is good and powerful the linux os is easy to use. there is nothing special about it. not so much options or customization is possible but it has all the basic functions. the default theme is one of the most beautiful i have seen on a phone. the os lags sometimes but its rare and get back to normal quickly. the symbian os on n82 is mch better in terms of options and customization and also the availability of third party software. the menu organization is a bit awkward and some really common apps are hidden deep inside the menu but can be rearranged. also the menu is easy to go thru using the numbers on the keypad like you can quickly go to voice recorder by pressing menu...6...5. This is not a phone for the gamers. there are 2 games on the phone but they are trial version and need to be purchased after a while. the phone is very easy to use physically. the d-pad is good. the keypad is totally flat and need some time to get used to. but once you get familiar with it , typing goes smoothly. the built in dictionary can remember words of your language and offers them to you while typing. which is quite handy. messaging offers list of 5 recently messaged people which saves a lot of time. sending message to multiple people is very easy. there is a small led at top which shows the status of charging. the set is one single peace with no moving parts and is very solid to handle. it is also quite slim compared to n82. the display on phone is way better than the one on n82. sunlight visibility is not so well but if the brightness is full there is no problem in reading the screen in even the brightest light. the sound quality in headphones.... one of the best! easily beats other phones including the n82, in this area. the music player is not so advanced but does its job well. the phone does not offer multitasking. except the music player and a few other applications. but not a big deal as its not a smartphone. the sound during call in earphones is very clear and loud enough. the phone has great reception as well. the phone offers 50 received, 50 missed and 50 dialled calls in all. as opposed to 20 which is mentioned in the specifications. the memory available for the user is around 140mb. the sms memory is unlimited. you can save as many sms as you wish. the web browser is just ok and does its job well. nothig very special. the symbian webbrowser is much better and more advanced. there is no option to record a call. althoug there is a voice recorder which can record voice without any time limit. the smart dialing feature is another plus and is built-in in ZN5. the operating system also offers you the option to lock messages, phonebook, recent calls, web browser, or calendar so the phone will ask for password whenever you open one of these. but strangely, gallery cannot be password protected which is annoying. google maps can be installed and works fine but the my location feature does not work. you can set upto 3 alarms which can be repeated daily, weekly and so on. overall a phone with exceptional camera and sound/call quality. if you are into listening to music or need a camera phone, go for it. you will be more than happy. the review was written in a hurry, so there might be mistakes and it is also not well-organized but i hope it will help those who are thinking about buying the phone.

Anonymous

There is no spyware, malware or virus for LINUX yet.

Anonymous

i think you need to reset your phone

anna

hey hun ur phone has av virus thets why the camera is slowing down.

Nagaraj AV

Hi All, I have been useing this handset for nrly 2 yrs.... Recently, camera is giving me error " THE CAMERA IS BUSY" . Does anybody have any idea about it

kj

@rishiguru : u think u smart enough? why dont u be a moderator in motorola mods forum i ve buy my zn5 couple day ago. and i have try many kind of unofficial firmware. i think this phone got many potential thx to modders. old firmware based on 05FR 0.62a bot loader. and now im happy with 7 silence 0.7r with a little moods. no more laggy menu. but stil got bug in accesing galery photo. after all this phone is superb. use this phone with your brain my friend

Anonymous

The slowest performance phone i ever had. Always take time to open application. I have no time for it. Sometimes it freeze/hang even restart itself. Im just put mp3 40% and 20%photos of 1gb. Also foto of camera can not focus total. Background behind object always comes blur.. my phone before k800,it was great,fantastic Camera phone. Anyway,ill sell my zn5 soon and back to SE ^_^

Jim

Why when I connect to YouTube there is no sound ... I tried both edge and wifi connection ... Video was there but sound was missing ... Any ideas ? Also I can't install any java app ... Not only free but even those that you have to pay ... I downloaded a gameloft game from vodafone live and when it started installing it said that something was missing and the installation couldn't procced ! I tried to find answers from the store that I bought it ( which happens to be the biggest store chain in my country, Greece ) I even went to motorola service in my city , but as usual our Greek cows were sleeping standing up and didn't help me ... If you can please reply !!! U just bought it for 50 euros ... New ... And I didn't mod it or anything else .......

Anonymous

Imo points of Zn5 Camera 6/10. Xenon 8/10. Video recording 4/10 Music via hf 9/10 Music via speaker 7/10 Earphone 9/10 Battery 5/10 Display 8/10 Internet 6/10 Wifi 8/10 Keypad 5/10 U.friendly 6/10. Performance 5/10 Conclusion: This phone just good for calling and listen music via hf.

Anonymous

yes

Anonymous

How to taking photos with the good result?..i tried many times until the battery was low n i dont find the good photos of this phone..i tried to send to apple macbook pro the pictures still the same poor there...i dont know i have a fake phone or this phone was poor :(

Voel duizelig

I dont understand with this phone.. Using about 4 months and now sometimes off itself. I have to press endcall pad back to turn on. Does anyone have the same problem like me?

crayon

is this phone can't open apps together???????

saseendran

i cant add any extra themes in my mobile i cant like this

Coyster

I just love ur comment. Thanks a lot for the help in my decision! Like you i am also keen in good quality music

cris

You can also try changing memory card.

mirza asif baig

I've only had my phone for 3 months and the camera has stopped focusing. All of my pictures are coming out blurry and I can't figure out what is wrong with it. I've checked all of the camera settings and wiped off the lens. Everything is blurry just looking through the lens before I take a picture. Can anyone help me out

dados

thank you..i will try to mod my firmware..

Anonymous

you can get a lot of ZN5 application n themes at modmymoto forum. You can share and learn how to maximize your linux phone it would be easier to instal application by mod your ZN5 firnware rather than use stock firmware. i use silence 7 ztm (based on OER firmware) now

RishiGuru

To me ZN5 is the best non-touchscreen phone Motorola had made till-date. Motorola was always known for its build quality & use of top notch materials that it used to build the phones, but at the same time it lagged in the software department to its opposition, user interface was always dated and slow. The Linux Java software platform that is used for ZN5 gave it a welcome boost and took it in the same league to Nokia, Sony Ericsson & Samsung. I have this phone for almost two years. Here, take a look at the rundown of the key features and the major disadvantages as I saw them: Key features : 1) 5 MP AutoFocus Variable Aperture camera capable of taking still pictures of exceptional quality 2) Zenon Flash & red eye reduction technology 3) Kodak Perfect Touch technolgy available in the phone 4) Truely amazing 2.4 inch QVGA, TFT screen from Sharp 5) Audio player & exceptional audio quality 6) Good video player capable of playing high bitrate videos. 7) 500 Mhz + applications processor, 230 Mhz DSP 8) 3.5 mm audio jack, WIFI, TV-Out 9) Great built quality, built to last like a tank Disadvantages : 1) User interface is a little slower than Nokia 2) Poor video recording quality 3) Lack of 3G

Himura

I have problem with pinkmod&mgx apps.i don't know how to install pinkmod&mgx apps to my lovely zn5.please can anyone tell me how?

ANNA

it's pictuer perfect.

ANNA

isn't this phone the best. i love it. its great. it does almost every thing.

Dados

May i know where i can get mgx&mgs aplications?since i'm new user of zn5.i'm glad to have one in my hand..thanx..

Dados

May i know where i can get mgx&mgs aplications?since i'm new user of zn5.i'm glad to have one in my hand..thanx..

Anonymous

hey lol. this phone works with every thing. bless.

Anonymous

this phon is fantabulistic. love it with a passion.

Anonymous

i use this firmware : S/W version R6637_G_81.03.05R is this best firmware for zn5 i want take picture in raw mode ?

Janmarc

I used this phone and it really very useful I even connect to facebook via wi-fi.

Tam-Tam

You can buy the zn5 from www.bidorbuy.co.za(just click the mobile phone category select motorola phones and there you go! its currently costing R1099 with free postage

Piotr

This is an example of good direction in the development of cells. But why is not available in Poland?

Anonymous

I have a question for the ZN5 owners. Are you able to sign in to MSN Messenger via Wi-Fi with this phone??? Only ZN5 owners please! Because I read somewhere on the web that with Wi-Fi you're only able to Surf the Web but at the moment that you try to use the MSN Messenger the Wi-Fi wouldn't connect and won't work via Wi-Fi. That supposedly MSN Messenger on ZN5 only works using a Data Plan. Is this true or what??? Please reply ASAP! Thanks!

brickles

I bought mine recently, June 25, 2010. Here's my personal review of the phone: 1. Camera is superb even at dark/night, it takes good photos. Images were sharp and crisp. 2. Sound for music play is loud enough for me. 3. Call clarity, I don't have problems about drop calls. Incoming calls/voice were clear and as per my caller said, no problem about my voice calls. Thanks for the crystal talk technology. 4. Web access/browser, just configured wifi connection in our home. Set as default browser profile and surf the net for free. 5. Facebook mobile, youtube mobile, mobile messenger, email and etc... Cons: 1. Lags but not all the time. But still I find it considerable and not a big deal for me. Overall: I love this phone!♥♥♥

Dados

I bought zn5 yesterday,finally.i had been waiting to buy it..i'm really impressed with this phone..camera quality is awesome..best i've been used..thanx to everyone who write their opinions..it makes me believe that zn5 is rock...! The best cameraphone in my opinions..

Zak

Well, i do not agree this phone has simple spec. it has linux operating system, so it can be installed a lot of application (mgx application) and its user interface appearance can be changed (mgs file) with a lot cool themes. but its not as easy as other brand to instal the application. maybe you have to mod your firmware, or use samba connection, or pinkmod (its easier) to maximize your ZN5 feature

Anonymous

How to copy sim contacts to phone memory???

Jonathon

hi there good cell but where in South Africa is this cell available? thanks

sam

i am using this phone from last nov... and its imaging quality is the best that i have ever seen ... night pictures are also similar to other digital cameras with the help of xenon flash ..battry bakup is near about two days if u use it normaly on stand by it will give u 3-4 days time... but on edge and wifi battry bakup is for one day ... music quality is good matalic body give you tuff handset..but i face problem in not get any application which install on it.... over all its a best phone for a a camera lover phone a music lover ... but we miss 3g in it....if u want to buy this phone in india just try rates in the mobile store ...u willl definatly surprised ....

nike

HOw is the battery backup of this phone? In India where is this phone available? Is development going on for this phone? i want to buy this phone so first i need to know these things.. Thanks..

k

definetly you cannot find any other phone that has a 5mp camera and gives you better images then ZN5. i do agree that the phone is a little slow to execute the commands but that does not affect downloading speed from the internet or viewing videos on youtube. people may hate the phone because they think the phone looks too good so it will performe too good. Guys please check the specification.It is just a simple handset with extra-ordinary camera. please keep the handset away from liquid damage cause i accidently drowned ma handset in water and could not get it fixed and m still looking for a handset that has camera as crystal as this one and price also similar range.

Horia

Yes, that's it... but I think it's not a S/W issue, but a Flex one. Anyway, ZN5 is a pretty old device and probably will be no more firmware updates. officially, I mean :-) because I really don't want to flash my Moto with any "handmade" firmware... At least, the new entries from motorola solved this issue, I checked it with my hand. :-)

jASON dUBAI

we true about motorola mine is a motorola a3100 sound quality is the best

rem

S/W Version: R6637_G_81.03.05R Flex Version: GCJPIXLCOREEU056 Do you have problems when typing with romanian characters? I tried to use romanian as language for texting and sometimes the sms is switching to mms plus can`t find all the characters i need so i guess you got the same problem. I use english instead and works fine. Maybe another firmware will solve this issue, a newer and better one as i heard, like 0ER for example. I would like to use this version but i am afraid not to avoid the warranty because you need to flash the phone software using an unofficial program, so i`am stuck with 05R for the moment.

RishiGuru

I am a music aficionado & give a lot of stress to the audio sound quality of a handset. I have personally tried different handsets from different manufactures like Sony Ericsson, Nokia & Motorola. But when it comes to PURE SOUND QUALITY nothing comes close to Motorola. I will try illustrating by giving an example: Think you are the boss in an office where three women are working under you. 1) Extremely beautiful lady who cannot do her work properly: Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson renowned Walkman series phones have an exceptionally beautiful music player interface with so many controls, snazzy feel, ease of use, ability to use different skins in music player, MEGABASS etc. You think you have the best music phone but actually the case is just the opposite. It is to be noted that the audio sound quality depends on a number of factors, but in case of Sony Ericsson the only factor to be taken into consideration is it's default inbuilt equalizer setting, which instead of being a flat curve figuratively resembles the letter "V" but it doesn't stands for "Victory", alas. You can only dream of the range of 20-20000 HZ, the sound ranges from 0-80 Hz to somewhere behind 12000 Hz, and there's no middle at all. This kind of sound can be easily referred to "squeak & bass" genre, and if it may seem acceptable for those accustomed to boom boxes, a refined music connoisseur is going to be terrified. Sony Ericsson also do not provide the all important 3.5mm audio jack as it allows to avoid accidental signal distortions and we can also use the headphone of our choice, rather than buying SE branded headphones only. That's how the legends turn to dust - smooth and easy. 2) Beautiful woman who can work properly: Nokia Nokia renowned XpressMusic series phones have a very good music player interface with many controls may be not as many as Sony Ericsson but still we can use different skins in music player, download online songs, etc. As for the Nokia music solutions, one must say that they always were in a sharp animosity with those of the Sony Ericsson camp. The strategy of building music phones in Nokia differs just as drastically as the sound in their headphones. Just be pleased to meet all of your best friends: the low, the middle and the high frequencies and they're all balanced and there's not a ghost of a chance to see the familiar "V" letter on your equalizer. Nokia also provide the all important 3.5mm audio jack as it allows avoiding accidental signal distortions and we can also use the headphone of our choice. I should probably run across this "well-balanced lady" than the one before. 3) Simple looking lady who can work extremely well: Motorola ZN5 is not a music oriented phone but still inherited all the good qualities from the ROKR series. This is because both ROKR & MotoZine series to which ZN5 belongs runs on the same software & hardware platform. The music player interface is good, simple & effective and does not have the number of options its opposition provides, lacking the snazzy feel and thus looks pale in comparison to Sony Ericsson & Nokia. It is also a bit slower than both Nokia & Sony Ericsson, and you do not get different skins options for the music player. So by now you come to the conclusion that ZN5 is not good for listening music. Believe me this is where you make the biggest mistake. It's not much of a secret that every music phone manufacturer tries everything to outreach its competitors in terms of sound quality. Motorola tends to put more emphasis in the idea that quality should prevail over snazzy interface & puts all of your hard earned money in high quality hardware rather than making snazzy interface. The utilization of dedicated Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a detached processor to carry out all of the music operations instead of overloading the main CPU with them it results in a considerable improvement of sounding results in an unmatched quality of sound since DSP puts into action sophisticated algorithms & advanced audio codec�s to improve the audio signal. The DSP separates unwanted noise from the audio signal, and only then is passed to the amplifier. ZN5 utilizes a dedicated 208 MHZ StarCore SC140e DSP and a selection of advanced audio codec�s. The Spatial Audio technology polishes the resulting audio signal to a state of perfection rarely seen on a mobile phone these days. I also looked in the RMAA sound test graphs as published by different websites, the sound characteristic needs no explanation, because we face one of the best decisions at the personal audio market, ZN5 is not ashamed to compare itself with players from Creative ZEN, Sony, Cowon or even Apple iPod. It also has the all important 3.5mm audio jack as it allows avoiding accidental signal distortions and we can also use the headphone of our choice. I am dealing with one of the best solutions for pure listening pleasure, with a clean sound devoid of any colorings, embellishment or ornamentation in the sound, commonly found in Sony Ericsson phones. Now I can easily hear many of the previously obscure details in the compositions of a complicated music composition, and if desired, with a quality headset, can clearly set apart all the instruments used in the music composition, thus I am able to focus not only on the primary instrument, which is audible, but also on the fact that what instrument I want to hear. So, you see at the end of the day when you are forced by your superiors to fire two of the three lady employees & keep only one, you as their boss will ultimately choose the one who happens to be the best worker THE SIMPLE LOOKING LADY WHO CAN WORK EXTREMELY WELL!!!

Horia

Pls, what S/W version do you have on your device? And what Flex version? What about Romanian letters in SMS? Thx.

rem

I bought a brand new one, unlocked, with no contract from Germanos Romania, about three months ago with 120 euros. You can still buy a new one from an online shop with prices starting from 140 euros.

rem

Go to Settings-Connections-Data Connections and add a connection with "connections preference" set to "Wi-Fi only". Then go to Browser-Browser Setup-Browser Profiles and create a new profile using for "Data connections" the account you just created in data connections. Done!

deny Abindan

I love the phone even though I haven't got it yet..how much did you bought it guys??i want to know..

vik...

i cant use my wifi,, help me out plz

Horia

S/W version R6637_G_81.03.05R works fine for photo camera. It's fast and reliable. A lot of post-processing tools are available within this S/W.

Horia

Good device, very good sound in calls, very fast and clear photo camera (about 10,000 photos in 19 months of use. Nice menus and icons, but there are some inconsistencies at this level... Sometime lose signal in 1800 MHz band, when signal is weak and when other sets don't, but in 900 MHz it roks. Big question: Does Motorola published any firmware upgrade to solve the problem of displaying Romanian letters ă,î,ş,ţ,â­ in SMS? and more important, to prevent changing a SMS into MMS when using special characters...

Anonymous

hey guys whiche firmware is the best for best quality picture - i very like photography ? help me thx

Anonymous

i buy this phone today . deeee i very love this phone very nice design

Anonymous

I love this phone, never had a problem with it, sometimes you just get a bad phone. Mine was never slow and it was the best camera u can get on a phone..

Alejandro

Flash with OER firmware. It's the fastest official one i've ever tried. There are other firmwares out there. You can try one which you like.

Anonymous

This phone is very slow.

Luke

Does the Symbiosis modded firmware eliminate any stock features of the zine?

Anonymous

i want buy this phone tomarrow

well done

Nice comment bro. Thumbs up.

RishiGuru

To me ZN5 is the best non-touchscreen phone Motorola had made till-date. Motorola was always known for its build quality & use of top notch materials that it used to build the phones, but at the same time it lagged in the software department to its opposition, user interface was always dated and slow. The Linux Java software platform that is used for ZN5 gave it a welcome boost and took it in the same league to Nokia, Sony Ericsson & Samsung. I have this phone for almost two years. Here, take a look at the rundown of the key features and the major disadvantages as I saw them: Key features : 1) 5 MP AutoFocus Variable Aperture camera capable of taking still pictures of exceptional quality 2) Zenon Flash & red eye reduction technology 3) Kodak Perfect Touch technolgy available in the phone 4) Truely amazing 2.4 inch QVGA, TFT screen from Sharp 5) Audio player & exceptional audio quality 6) Good video player capable of playing high bitrate videos. 7) 500 Mhz + applications processor, 230 Mhz DSP 8) 3.5 mm audio jack, WIFI, TV-Out 9) Great built quality, built to last like a tank Disadvantages : 1) User interface is a little slower than Nokia 2) Poor video recording quality 3) Lack of 3G

Anonymous

i'll say this phone camera the BEST.. even got a shutter. The phone itself is very excellent!

vinay

it is very decent

Anonymous

Replace your stock firmware with a moded firmware like symbiosis, i use silence 7 firmware, instal mpkgbox on your phone, so you can instal mgx file. There s a lot of mgx application. If you dont want to mod your phone firmware, try pinkmod cos its easier than firmware modding and you can instal mgx application like rockbox or game like counter strike

anna

this phones camera i the best. i love it.phone works good in general.best

RishiGuru

Exceptional mobile phone. Actually I consider it to be the Motorola�s MASTERPIECE. Motorola is known to manufacture mobile phones with rock solid built quality using top notch & expensive materials like steel, aluminum, mineral glass rather than glossy plastic commonly used by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG. This always has been Motorola�s strong point. The ZN5 is no exception either, it is almost built in metal & has a thick mineral glass over the TFT display matrix which is excellent. The set looks a feels like a monolith. The Motorola ZN5 measure 12mm in thickness, which is a rather nice achievement - it actually puts it in Top 5 of slimmest 5 megapixel cameraphones. The body thickness however increases around the camera area to up to 16mm. A very famous website www.smape.com did a rigorus durability test on ZN5 and at first rode over the ZN5 lying in the road on a SUV weighing 2.5 tones. The ZN5 passed with flying colors. Only the mineral glass cover over the display was broken but the mobile phone operated normally receiving calls, playing music etc. Then they put it in a freezer for severel hours at sub zero temapature, then in a washing machine for an hour, dropped it from the hand severel times, cleaned it in running tap water and merged it in a glass of beer. After that they dried it for a night besides a room heater and it started working the next morning!!! I think this is enough of an example of the phone�s durability. The display in ZN5 is way ahead of the European contenders like Nokia & Sony Ericsson. Actually mobile phones which are manufactured in Japan by Japanese companies have exceptional displays & generally are way better than the European counterparts. Just think about top LCD screen manufactures of the world � Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, JVC,etc all reside in Japan. Whereas European mobile phone manufactures use TFT displays manufactured by local European companies, Motorola uses TFT display manufactured by Sharp Corporation of Japan. The display has class leading brightness and contrast levels, the colors are maximally natural and saturated. Undeniably, the best 2.4 inch QVGA display to adorn a mobile phone so far. The morphing keypad, called ModeShift and first introduced in Motorola E8, is also present in ZN5. It's got haptic feedback on every key press and key designations and backlight change in accordance to the currently used application. The phone is all about the camera and it does not disappoint on this ground. Believe me, it is the BEST 5 MP camera currently available on the market today, make no mistake about it. Only the Nokia N82 comes close. On the review of www.mobiset.ru they compared the pictures taken by ZN5 & N82 of a same object (say a poster) under high magnification and found that ZN5�s picture contains higher details and better color saturation than N82. The Kodak's participation has brought the Kodak Perfect Touch technology to the ZN5 which can make any picture taken look sharper & brighter. Motorola ZN5 is also the industry first to introduce VARIABLE APERTURE technology in the camera unit of a mobile phone. The ZN5 camera will offer two apertures values. The camera will automatically pick between F2.8 (the standard for all cameraphones) and F5.6 (when there is enough light). Now that may not mean much to you, but a tighter aperture such as F5.6 will actually bring less lens issues and better corner-to-corner sharpness. ZN5 has the most powerful xenon flash found on any mobile phone till date. It can take pictures at pitch dark with ease because of xenon flash and produce bright pictures. The ZN5 also offers direct image upload to KODAK Gallery, as well as integration of the ShoZu client, which can upload images to various social networking clients. The hardware found in ZN5 almost represents the hardware of a stealth fighter plane i.e. built to kill its opposition. Running on a Freescale MXC275-30 platform having 532 MHz ARM11 applications processor & 208MHz Digital Signal Processor speaks for itself. Also it has two Image Processing Units (IPU) instead of one, one is the dedicated Freescale IPU that comes with the MXC275-30 platform capable of handling up to 2 Mpix images & the other is Texas Instruments dedicated DM299 IPU which has a ARM7 processor embedded in it capable of handling up to 5 Mpix images. Thus ZN5 have hardware capable of handling 5+2=7 Mpix images and thus can handle image & video much better than any of its 5 Mpix opposition. Internal memory is 512 MB which is huge, no opposition can match that and also you can extend it up to 4GB with a microSD card. Audio sound quality from the music player is awesome. Believe me some of the renowned Russian websites like www.smape.com, www.mobile-review.com, etc known for their thorough review have told that the ZN5 can challenge the mighty Apple iPod on this ground which, literally speaking is phenomenal for any mobile phone. Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), 3.5mm audio/video jack (TV-out) all adds to the list making it a perfect choice instead of a dedicated portable music player. After using Nokia N82, Sony Ericsson K850 and also Samsung, LG phones of the same range, I have to accept that ZN5 is the best of them all when it comes to PURE SOUND QUALITY. As I looked in the RMAA sound test graphs as published by different websites, the sound characteristic needs no explanation, because we face one of the best decisions at the personal audio market, ZN5 is not ashamed to compare itself with players from Creative ZEN Micro Photo, Sony HD5, Cowon D2 or even Apple iPod. I am dealing with one of the best solutions for pure listening pleasure, with a clean sound devoid of any colorings, embellishment or ornamentation in the sound, commonly found in Sony Ericsson phones. Now I can easily hear many of the previously obscure details in the compositions of a complicated music composition, and if desired, with a quality headset, can clearly set apart all the instruments used in the music composition, thus I am able to focus not only on the primary instrument, which is audible, but also on the fact that what instrument I want to hear. This calls for a detailed elaboration of the DAC and amplifier found in ZN5. Most modern audio signals are stored in digital form (for example MP3s and CDs) and in order to be heard through speakers they must be converted into an analog signal. They normally take the digital output like MP3 and convert the signal into a line-level output that can then be fed into a pre-amplifier stage. The DAC used in ZN5 is definitely of very high quality. The inbuilt radio have very strong reception quality and the sound is crisp and clear. The best radio I have seen so far on any mobile phone. This mobile phone is capable of playing videos of very high bitrates (Higher bitrates means better quality) due to its 2 IPU�s & 208 Mhz DSP. Bitrates as high as 1100 kbps can be played easily. Besides functionality, the quality of assembly and materials is the lodestone around which a phone�s success is built, playing a decisive role in the customer�s choice. Better materials and assembly allow a handset to live longer and sustain more damage Besides a minimized use of glue (much favored by Sony Ericsson), Motorola phones are also remarkable for a total lack of technical apertures on the chip, commonly found under all onboard components in Nokia and Samsung products. Please don�t take this point for an attempt to start another holy war, an ordinary consumer shouldn�t normally get concerned about this sort of things. Every company does their best to minimize the production costs, but somehow it�s ZN5 alone that uses metal not only for product image purposes (like the face and back panel pieces), but inside the casing as well � to ensure a maximum durability. What goes to the above-mentioned apertures, those have a bad habit of harboring condensated moisture, leading to the decay of neighboring components and lowering the chances for successful recovery after drowning. These subtle nuances concealed from the buyer is what constitutes the difference in lifespan of differently crafted products. I cannot stop praising the phone isn�t it!! One has to remember ZN5 is a smartphone since it comes with an operating system (Linux) and not just a software. So third party software�s and modding options are limitless. Lastly, I want to say even if it sounds demoralizing, that there is no phone in the world that happens to be absolutely perfect. Every phone have its pros and cons and it depends on the user needs that how the person will rate his/her phone. Cons of ZN5 : 1) ZN5 does not support 3G, but have EDGE & WiFi to complement it. So if you are using 3G a lot avoid buying this phone. 2) Video recording is poor. Nokia N82 wins over ZN5 on this aspect hands down. If you want the best 5Mpix mobile phone to shoot still images buy ZN5, but if you want to record videos over still images buy N82.

Anonymous

Can u give detailed info about using mgx file.. i'm having trouble with it.. :-(

Zak

search Rockbox.mgx for ZN5 on 4shared or try visit modmymoto.com

prajith

Plzzz don't buy....Poor service and more costly spares

Anonymous

How to install rockbox in zn5?

Anonymous

How to install rockbox in zn5

MAZAMOTO

Try Installing latest USB Drivers from Motorola's Site. There is also updated drivers for Windows 7. Try installing that & check again..

Zak

i tried installing Rockbox aplication in my ZN5, n the result amazing, the music quality really mind blowing, the sound out put just amazing. far away better than music phone from other brand. try installing rockbox on your ZN5 people

Anonymous

Hi rishiguru, I am also a zn5 user and i am very much impressed by your opinion about this mobile.. I need a help from your side as i cannot connect my mobile to pc in modem mode.. I updated to newest motorola phone tools but still its showing 'your mobile cannot be detected'.. Please help me..

Cramik

Hi.. I am using motorola zn5 from last 2 weeks but, i can't connect my phone with computer in modem mode.. I am using windows 7..

Anonymous

i am thinking of buying ZN5 but i hear that motorola cells get out of work very soon. can any body advice me?

yank

well if can you buy it ,look for that in internet to ibey this cellphone is very cool try it

John

Terrible lag at times, useless WiFi, buggy battery indicator (no charger, it shows 3 bars, plug it in, it shows 1). After a while, I would have calls and kept pressing answer but the phone lagged so bad I couldn't even answer and had to call people back. It's ok for pictures and light users, but it'll drive you mad texting.

Zn5 user

You're really a blind, how can you say that a poor K800 can beat zn5, eventho zn5 beats clearly phones like n82,k850,c905,pixon or whatever. I am sure that you've never owned a Zn5, that's why you're just talkin bullsh*t.

jejemon

set it to low light on.

jejemon

i am running google maps via wifi no problem.

Anonymous

One of the best exteriors of any mobile fone ever, in terms of materials, build quality and design. But really louzy software. Has anybody managed to run google maps on this. I tried and failed. In fact it dosent seem to run a lot of javas very well, but it is absolutely gorgeous!

DARMOND(Malaysia)

fmoto : thanks for the info

Franz

i don't like the zoom that it has

fmoto

I bought it in Indonesia with IDR 220 M about 4 months ago. Try to look at Tekka in Little India Singapore. There's a famous phone store there. I usually hunt phones on that shop.

fred

um, wanna know...what's video recording resolution?

DARMOND(Malaysia)

hi there guys...where can i buy this phone??i'm from malaysia but i heard motorola malaysia and singapore are closing down..do they have it in thailand or indonesia????plz state the price for the phone also..tq

Destiny

Whos intruder? This my right I say what it is So what?

Zak

Intruder detected.. ZN5 rock i tried use silence 7 mod firmware. the phone has better display interface, and it can change with various phone theme.. silence 7 actually based on OER firmware love my ZN5 best camera at the sunlight, but not the best at dark condition, but thanks it has xenon flash

Destiny

I bought zn5 around 3 months ago. about camera really2 disappointed for me. K800 more2 better than this one to take photos in the dark place if compare by display. Im not blind,my friend,somebody else also said like that. Zn5 totaly blur and video recording very2 bad. Sony ericsson minimum now 15fps QVGA/MP4. Zn5 only 15fps QCIF/3GP. Far far away Ive plan to sell my zn5 but everyshop phones would not accept bcause its rarely interested persons. So this is my destiny

RishiGuru

I am a music aficionado & give a lot of stress to the audio sound quality of a handset. I have personally tried different handsets from different manufactures like Sony Ericsson, Nokia & Motorola. But when it comes to PURE SOUND QUALITY nothing comes close to Motorola. I will try illustrating by giving an example: Think you are the boss in an office where three women are working under you. 1) Extremely beautiful lady who cannot do her work properly: Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson renowned Walkman series phones have an exceptionally beautiful music player interface with so many controls, snazzy feel, ease of use, ability to use different skins in music player, MEGABASS etc. You think you have the best music phone but actually the case is just the opposite. It is to be noted that the audio sound quality depends on a number of factors, but in case of Sony Ericsson the only factor to be taken into consideration is it's default inbuilt equalizer setting, which instead of being a flat curve figuratively resembles the letter "V" but it doesn't stands for "Victory", alas. You can only dream of the range of 20-20000 HZ, the sound ranges from 0-80 Hz to somewhere behind 12000 Hz, and there's no middle at all. This kind of sound can be easily referred to "squeak & bass" genre, and if it may seem acceptable for those accustomed to boom boxes, a refined music connoisseur is going to be terrified. Sony Ericsson also do not provide the all important 3.5mm audio jack as it allows to avoid accidental signal distortions and we can also use the headphone of our choice, rather than buying SE branded headphones only. That's how the legends turn to dust - smooth and easy. 2) Beautiful woman who can work properly: Nokia Nokia renowned XpressMusic series phones have a very good music player interface with many controls may be not as many as Sony Ericsson but still we can use different skins in music player, download online songs, etc. As for the Nokia music solutions, one must say that they always were in a sharp animosity with those of the Sony Ericsson camp. The strategy of building music phones in Nokia differs just as drastically as the sound in their headphones. Just be pleased to meet all of your best friends: the low, the middle and the high frequencies and they're all balanced and there's not a ghost of a chance to see the familiar "V" letter on your equalizer. Nokia also provide the all important 3.5mm audio jack as it allows avoiding accidental signal distortions and we can also use the headphone of our choice. I should probably run across this "well-balanced lady" than the one before. 3) Simple looking lady who can work extremely well: Motorola ZN5 is not a music oriented phone but still inherited all the good qualities from the ROKR series. This is because both ROKR & MotoZine series to which ZN5 belongs runs on the same software & hardware platform. The music player interface is good, simple & effective and does not have the number of options its opposition provides, lacking the snazzy feel and thus looks pale in comparison to Sony Ericsson & Nokia. It is also a bit slower than both Nokia & Sony Ericsson, and you do not get different skins options for the music player. So by now you come to the conclusion that ZN5 is not good for listening music. Believe me this is where you make the biggest mistake. It's not much of a secret that every music phone manufacturer tries everything to outreach its competitors in terms of sound quality. Motorola tends to put more emphasis in the idea that quality should prevail over snazzy interface & puts all of your hard earned money in high quality hardware rather than making snazzy interface. The utilization of dedicated Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a detached processor to carry out all of the music operations instead of overloading the main CPU with them it results in a considerable improvement of sounding results in an unmatched quality of sound since DSP puts into action sophisticated algorithms & advanced audio codec�s to improve the audio signal. The DSP separates unwanted noise from the audio signal, and only then is passed to the amplifier. ZN5 utilizes a dedicated 208 MHZ StarCore SC140e DSP and a selection of advanced audio codec�s. The Spatial Audio technology polishes the resulting audio signal to a state of perfection rarely seen on a mobile phone these days. I also looked in the RMAA sound test graphs as published by different websites, the sound characteristic needs no explanation, because we face one of the best decisions at the personal audio market, ZN5 is not ashamed to compare itself with players from Creative ZEN, Sony, Cowon or even Apple iPod. It also has the all important 3.5mm audio jack as it allows avoiding accidental signal distortions and we can also use the headphone of our choice. I am dealing with one of the best solutions for pure listening pleasure, with a clean sound devoid of any colorings, embellishment or ornamentation in the sound, commonly found in Sony Ericsson phones. Now I can easily hear many of the previously obscure details in the compositions of a complicated music composition, and if desired, with a quality headset, can clearly set apart all the instruments used in the music composition, thus I am able to focus not only on the primary instrument, which is audible, but also on the fact that what instrument I want to hear. So, you see at the end of the day when you are forced by your superiors to fire two of the three lady employees & keep only one, you as their boss will ultimately choose the one who happens to be the best worker THE SIMPLE LOOKING LADY WHO CAN WORK EXTREMELY WELL!!!

Anonymous

Hi RishiGuru, I am surprised by your technical knowledge about mobile phones especially about MotoZine ZN5. Recently, I have brought this phone and updated software from "05R" to "0ER". I have heard that the SAR rate of this phone is more compared to other phones. I am concerned about the SAR rating of this phone. Could you please through some light on the SAR rating. How it will effect our health? Thanks in Advance

RishiGuru

Exceptional mobile phone. Actually I consider it to be the Motorola�s MASTERPIECE. Motorola is known to manufacture mobile phones with rock solid built quality using top notch & expensive materials like steel, aluminum, mineral glass rather than glossy plastic commonly used by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG. This always has been Motorola�s strong point. The ZN5 is no exception either, it is almost built in metal & has a thick mineral glass over the TFT display matrix which is excellent. The set looks a feels like a monolith. The Motorola ZN5 measure 12mm in thickness, which is a rather nice achievement - it actually puts it in Top 5 of slimmest 5 megapixel cameraphones. The body thickness however increases around the camera area to up to 16mm. A very famous website www.smape.com did a rigorus durability test on ZN5 and at first rode over the ZN5 lying in the road on a SUV weighing 2.5 tones. The ZN5 passed with flying colors. Only the mineral glass cover over the display was broken but the mobile phone operated normally receiving calls, playing music etc. Then they put it in a freezer for severel hours at sub zero temapature, then in a washing machine for an hour, dropped it from the hand severel times, cleaned it in running tap water and merged it in a glass of beer. After that they dried it for a night besides a room heater and it started working the next morning!!! I think this is enough of an example of the phone�s durability. The display in ZN5 is way ahead of the European contenders like Nokia & Sony Ericsson. Actually mobile phones which are manufactured in Japan by Japanese companies have exceptional displays & generally are way better than the European counterparts. Just think about top LCD screen manufactures of the world � Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, JVC,etc all reside in Japan. Whereas European mobile phone manufactures use TFT displays manufactured by local European companies, Motorola uses TFT display manufactured by Sharp Corporation of Japan. The display has class leading brightness and contrast levels, the colors are maximally natural and saturated. Undeniably, the best 2.4 inch QVGA display to adorn a mobile phone so far. The morphing keypad, called ModeShift and first introduced in Motorola E8, is also present in ZN5. It's got haptic feedback on every key press and key designations and backlight change in accordance to the currently used application. The phone is all about the camera and it does not disappoint on this ground. Believe me, it is the BEST 5 MP camera currently available on the market today, make no mistake about it. Only the Nokia N82 comes close. On the review of www.mobiset.ru they compared the pictures taken by ZN5 & N82 of a same object (say a poster) under high magnification and found that ZN5�s picture contains higher details and better color saturation than N82. The Kodak's participation has brought the Kodak Perfect Touch technology to the ZN5 which can make any picture taken look sharper & brighter. Motorola ZN5 is also the industry first to introduce VARIABLE APERTURE technology in the camera unit of a mobile phone. The ZN5 camera will offer two apertures values. The camera will automatically pick between F2.8 (the standard for all cameraphones) and F5.6 (when there is enough light). Now that may not mean much to you, but a tighter aperture such as F5.6 will actually bring less lens issues and better corner-to-corner sharpness. ZN5 has the most powerful xenon flash found on any mobile phone till date. It can take pictures at pitch dark with ease because of xenon flash and produce bright pictures. The ZN5 also offers direct image upload to KODAK Gallery, as well as integration of the ShoZu client, which can upload images to various social networking clients. The hardware found in ZN5 almost represents the hardware of a stealth fighter plane i.e. built to kill its opposition. Running on a Freescale MXC275-30 platform having 532 MHz ARM11 applications processor & 208MHz Digital Signal Processor speaks for itself. Also it has two Image Processing Units (IPU) instead of one, one is the dedicated Freescale IPU that comes with the MXC275-30 platform capable of handling up to 2 Mpix images & the other is Texas Instruments dedicated DM299 IPU which has a ARM7 processor embedded in it capable of handling up to 5 Mpix images. Thus ZN5 have hardware capable of handling 5+2=7 Mpix images and thus can handle image & video much better than any of its 5 Mpix opposition. Internal memory is 512 MB which is huge, no opposition can match that and also you can extend it up to 4GB with a microSD card. Audio sound quality from the music player is awesome. Believe me some of the renowned Russian websites like www.smape.com, www.mobile-review.com, etc known for their thorough review have told that the ZN5 can challenge the mighty Apple iPod on this ground which, literally speaking is phenomenal for any mobile phone. Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), 3.5mm audio/video jack (TV-out) all adds to the list making it a perfect choice instead of a dedicated portable music player. After using Nokia N82, Sony Ericsson K850 and also Samsung, LG phones of the same range, I have to accept that ZN5 is the best of them all when it comes to PURE SOUND QUALITY. As I looked in the RMAA sound test graphs as published by different websites, the sound characteristic needs no explanation, because we face one of the best decisions at the personal audio market, ZN5 is not ashamed to compare itself with players from Creative ZEN Micro Photo, Sony HD5, Cowon D2 or even Apple iPod. I am dealing with one of the best solutions for pure listening pleasure, with a clean sound devoid of any colorings, embellishment or ornamentation in the sound, commonly found in Sony Ericsson phones. Now I can easily hear many of the previously obscure details in the compositions of a complicated music composition, and if desired, with a quality headset, can clearly set apart all the instruments used in the music composition, thus I am able to focus not only on the primary instrument, which is audible, but also on the fact that what instrument I want to hear. This calls for a detailed elaboration of the DAC and amplifier found in ZN5. Most modern audio signals are stored in digital form (for example MP3s and CDs) and in order to be heard through speakers they must be converted into an analog signal. They normally take the digital output like MP3 and convert the signal into a line-level output that can then be fed into a pre-amplifier stage. The DAC used in ZN5 is definitely of very high quality. The inbuilt radio have very strong reception quality and the sound is crisp and clear. The best radio I have seen so far on any mobile phone. This mobile phone is capable of playing videos of very high bitrates (Higher bitrates means better quality) due to its 2 IPU�s & 208 Mhz DSP. Bitrates as high as 1100 kbps can be played easily. Besides functionality, the quality of assembly and materials is the lodestone around which a phone�s success is built, playing a decisive role in the customer�s choice. Better materials and assembly allow a handset to live longer and sustain more damage Besides a minimized use of glue (much favored by Sony Ericsson), Motorola phones are also remarkable for a total lack of technical apertures on the chip, commonly found under all onboard components in Nokia and Samsung products. Please don�t take this point for an attempt to start another holy war, an ordinary consumer shouldn�t normally get concerned about this sort of things. Every company does their best to minimize the production costs, but somehow it�s ZN5 alone that uses metal not only for product image purposes (like the face and back panel pieces), but inside the casing as well � to ensure a maximum durability. What goes to the above-mentioned apertures, those have a bad habit of harboring condensated moisture, leading to the decay of neighboring components and lowering the chances for successful recovery after drowning. These subtle nuances concealed from the buyer is what constitutes the difference in lifespan of differently crafted products. I cannot stop praising the phone isn�t it!! One has to remember ZN5 is a smartphone since it comes with an operating system (Linux) and not just a software. So third party software�s and modding options are limitless. Lastly, I want to say even if it sounds demoralizing, that there is no phone in the world that happens to be absolutely perfect. Every phone have its pros and cons and it depends on the user needs that how the person will rate his/her phone. Cons of ZN5 : 1) ZN5 does not support 3G, but have EDGE & WiFi to complement it. So if you are using 3G a lot avoid buying this phone. 2) Video recording is poor. Nokia N82 wins over ZN5 on this aspect hands down. If you want the best 5Mpix mobile phone to shoot still images buy ZN5, but if you want to record videos over still images buy N82

rem

For a better browsing experience install Opera Mini. I`ve installed version 4.2 on my ZN5 and it works well.

Anonymous

I have buy this phone today Sound quality is rock Camera is prefect better than any 5.0 mega an 8.0 mega but video recording is sux Really great performance for music lovers and capture photo

kris

rishiguru, can we install new themes in this firmware? or still needs modding to have new themes?

Andy

The ZN5 can detect counterfeit batteries. It seems that's the case here. Whenever I connect a China made/clone battery to my ZN5, it says invalid battery.

Himanshu

for good music quality , buy Sony Vivaz

kris

lee! what techwebsite did you bought your ZN5? for how much in peso? i'm longing for this phone..is it thru corrier?

Cupid_bd

To rishiguru i m a music lover.litsening music daily 8to 10hrs.i use several phones(se,nokia n81).nw i using motorokr em30.my question is which phones have da best sound quality now available at market.plz xcept iphone suggest me a phone which have superb sound quality with gud user interference.plz reply.thnx

Lee

Yeah I agree, the phone is slow but the image quality is great. @kris - I am from the Philippines too, I just bought my ZN5 used from a tech website.

foosoomin

Can we use 3rd party software utilities to fully backup the phone 100% information ? Yes, i mean all information, just like Siemens

Himanshu

lookwise it is really a nice phone and the sound quality is also good but as far as the performance is concern, it is lil bit slow then other phones though it has 500 Mhz of processor but it is slow. Can any1 tell me how can we make it fast. ..

kris

is this available in the philippines? been looking for the long time and i cant find one..ived used ROKRE8 before and want to upgade to this..

Anonymous

very very good phone much beter than n82

fmoto

Just realized the different is LP. Thanks.

fmoto

Btw, is it all OER firmware variants perform same?

fmoto

Cheers..

RishiGuru

R6637_G_81.03.0ER

fmoto

Thanks for the answer, really worthy. Which official firmware that best for image and sound quality in your opinion? Please write me completely about current firmware you use (R.......). Cheers

RishiGuru

But modded firmwares can also be unstable. You see when a official version is released the company tests it through and through to eliminate any bugs. They can do this due to their financial resource & strength of people they have in their possession. Also, modded firmwares can cause excessive strain on the hardware if not coded carefully. Say you installed a new firmware and found the interface speed jump up, so you thought, "oh it�s great". That speed may be in the expense of increasing the application processor speed to the maximum which in extreme case will result in a complete processor burn out. All I want mean is that I am not opposing the use modded firmwares, a lot of them are really good as I found out and provide a significant advantage over official ones, but be careful before installing and try to read the details of the modded firmwares and the opinion of those people who have used it and try it only when you are fully satisfied.

fmoto

I can perform multitasking and activate HSA panel (multi shortcut on display). Also more eye catching interface and some other tweaks. May I know your personal opinion about the official one and the modded one? Cheers

RishiGuru

Tell me your opinion about 'officially released' & 'modded firmware'. Why are you using modded firmware? What are the benefits you are getting in your modded firmware that are not available in the stock one?

fmoto

Thanks RishiGuru. I am currently running Symbiotic V photo version on my zn5. It has OER, O5R and AR camera library. You're true that audio quality is one of the best in music phone. It also looks fashionable and very well build quality. What pros and cons you found with unofficial firmware than official one. I am stacked with my official firmware as when i've tried to update it said my warranty is already over, so I couldn't perform official update. I am noob in modding. Cheers

RishiGuru

I have used Symbiosis before and am currently running the officially released 0ER firmware. I used to do a lot of modding when I was in college, but currently the modding ghost have gave up on me, I am quite happy with 0ER.

RishiGuru

I am a music aficionado & give a lot of stress to the audio sound quality of a handset. I have personally tried different handsets from different manufactures like Sony Ericsson, Nokia & Motorola. But when it comes to PURE SOUND QUALITY nothing comes close to Motorola. I will try illustrating by giving an example: Think you are the boss in an office where three women are working under you. 1) Extremely beautiful lady who cannot do her work properly: Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson renowned Walkman series phones have an exceptionally beautiful music player interface with so many controls, snazzy feel, ease of use, ability to use different skins in music player, MEGABASS etc. You think you have the best music phone but actually the case is just the opposite. It is to be noted that the audio sound quality depends on a number of factors, but in case of Sony Ericsson the only factor to be taken into consideration is it's default inbuilt equalizer setting, which instead of being a flat curve figuratively resembles the letter "V" but it doesn't stands for "Victory", alas. You can only dream of the range of 20-20000 HZ, the sound ranges from 0-80 Hz to somewhere behind 12000 Hz, and there's no middle at all. This kind of sound can be easily referred to "squeak & bass" genre, and if it may seem acceptable for those accustomed to boom boxes, a refined music connoisseur is going to be terrified. Sony Ericsson also do not provide the all important 3.5mm audio jack as it allows to avoid accidental signal distortions and we can also use the headphone of our choice, rather than buying SE branded headphones only. That's how the legends turn to dust - smooth and easy. 2) Beautiful woman who can work properly: Nokia Nokia renowned XpressMusic series phones have a very good music player interface with many controls may be not as many as Sony Ericsson but still we can use different skins in music player, download online songs, etc. As for the Nokia music solutions, one must say that they always were in a sharp animosity with those of the Sony Ericsson camp. The strategy of building music phones in Nokia differs just as drastically as the sound in their headphones. Just be pleased to meet all of your best friends: the low, the middle and the high frequencies and they're all balanced and there's not a ghost of a chance to see the familiar "V" letter on your equalizer. Nokia also provide the all important 3.5mm audio jack as it allows avoiding accidental signal distortions and we can also use the headphone of our choice. I should probably run across this "well-balanced lady" than the one before. 3) Simple looking lady who can work extremely well: Motorola ZN5 is not a music oriented phone but still inherited all the good qualities from the ROKR series. This is because both ROKR & MotoZine series to which ZN5 belongs runs on the same software & hardware platform. The music player interface is good, simple & effective and does not have the number of options its opposition provides, lacking the snazzy feel and thus looks pale in comparison to Sony Ericsson & Nokia. It is also a bit slower than both Nokia & Sony Ericsson, and you do not get different skins options for the music player. So by now you come to the conclusion that ZN5 is not good for listening music. Believe me this is where you make the biggest mistake. It's not much of a secret that every music phone manufacturer tries everything to outreach its competitors in terms of sound quality. Motorola tends to put more emphasis in the idea that quality should prevail over snazzy interface & puts all of your hard earned money in high quality hardware rather than making snazzy interface. The utilization of dedicated Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a detached processor to carry out all of the music operations instead of overloading the main CPU with them it results in a considerable improvement of sounding results in an unmatched quality of sound since DSP puts into action sophisticated algorithms & advanced audio codec�s to improve the audio signal. The DSP separates unwanted noise from the audio signal, and only then is passed to the amplifier. ZN5 utilizes a dedicated 208 MHZ StarCore SC140e DSP and a selection of advanced audio codec�s. The Spatial Audio technology polishes the resulting audio signal to a state of perfection rarely seen on a mobile phone these days. I also looked in the RMAA sound test graphs as published by different websites, the sound characteristic needs no explanation, because we face one of the best decisions at the personal audio market, ZN5 is not ashamed to compare itself with players from Creative ZEN, Sony, Cowon or even Apple iPod. It also has the all important 3.5mm audio jack as it allows avoiding accidental signal distortions and we can also use the headphone of our choice. I am dealing with one of the best solutions for pure listening pleasure, with a clean sound devoid of any colorings, embellishment or ornamentation in the sound, commonly found in Sony Ericsson phones. Now I can easily hear many of the previously obscure details in the compositions of a complicated music composition, and if desired, with a quality headset, can clearly set apart all the instruments used in the music composition, thus I am able to focus not only on the primary instrument, which is audible, but also on the fact that what instrument I want to hear. So, you see at the end of the day when you are forced by your superiors to fire two of the three lady employees & keep only one, you as their boss will ultimately choose the one who happens to be the best worker THE SIMPLE LOOKING LADY WHO CAN WORK EXTREMELY WELL!!!

fmoto

Very nice writing, RishiGuru. I found zn5 is the best solution for music and image enthusiast. Its audio quality is much better than Nokia 5800 xpress music. I have both of them, only zn5 that produces more detils and balanced sound. Btw, did u ever uses modded firmware like Symbiosis? Please i wanna know ur opinion compare to stocked firmware. Thanks and have a great day.

RishiGuru

I never user 05R

Anonymous

Hi RishiGuru, Thanks for writing the fantastic article. The analogy u have mentioned will give clear picture why Motozine is best compared to Nokia and SE. Coming to firmwares, I am assuming you have tried every firmware from '05R' to '0FR. Could you please give some data in terms of percentage How good is '0ER' compared to 05R' in the category of music and photography. For example : Is music quality of '0ER' is 50% more good than '05R'.

RishiGuru

'0ER' is the latest firmware version available for ZN5. Versions in descending order: 0FR > 0ER > 0DR > 0CR > 0BR > 0AR > ..... 07R > 05R 0ER is the latest 'officially released' firmware and have the best camera libraries except 0FR according to my personal opinion. After all you buy ZN5 because of its camera. 0FR was never officially released. I personally believe that ZN5 is the best 5MP camera phone for taking still images & the ease of using the camera. I take a picture, and it takes ZN5 1 sec to save it and immediately can take the next picture. It is so DAMN fast!!! Instead Nokia N82 takes 5-6 sec to save and I have to wait for ages to take a second shot. Nokia N82 has much better video recording capability than ZN5, but I don't record video clips a lot, I love to take still images in which ZN5 is the king. I am also a music aficionado & give a lot of stress to the music quality. With every firmware release the sound quality have improved due to the application of better audio codec�s & is getting nearer and nearer to the ROKR E8 which is the benchmark. The numbers of equalizers presets have also increased giving us more options. My second reason for buying ZN5 is for the PURE AUDIO SOUND QUALITY of the music player. I will try to give an example: Think you are the boss in an office where three women are working under you. 1) Extremely beautiful lady who cannot do her work properly: Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson renowned Walkman series phones have an exceptionally beautiful music player interface with so many controls, snazzy feel, ease of use, ability to use different skins in music player, MEGABASS etc. You think you have the best music phone but actually the case is just the opposite. But nevertheless, it is to be noted that the sound quality depends on a number of factors, but the only factor that is to be taken into consideration in the case of Sony Ericsson is it's default equalizer adjustments since they figuratively resembles the letter "V" but it doesn't stands for "Victory", alas. You can only dream of the range of 20-20000 HZ, the sound ranges from 0-80 Hz to somewhere behind 12000 Hz, and there's no middle at all. This kind of sound can be easily referred to "squeak & bass" genre, and if it may seem acceptable for those accustomed to boom boxes, a refined music connoisseur is going to be terrified. That's how the legends turn to dust - smooth and easy. 2) Beautiful woman who can work properly: Nokia Nokia renowned XpressMusic series phones have a very good music player interface with many controls, may be not as many as Sony Ericsson but still we can use different skins in music player, download online songs, etc. As for the Nokia music solutions, one must say that they always were in a sharp animosity with those of the Ericsson camp. The strategy of building music phones in Nokia differs just as drastically as the sound in their headphones. Just be pleased to meet all of your best friends: the low, the middle and the high frequencies and they're all balanced and there's not a ghost of a chance to see the familiar "V" letter on your equalizer. I should probably run across this "well-balanced lady" than the one before. 3) Simple looking lady who can work extremely well: Motorola ZN5 is not a music oriented phone but still inherited all the good qualities from the ROKR series. This is because both ROKR & MotoZine series to which ZN5 belongs runs on the same software & hardware platform. The music player interface is good & simple, does not have the snazzy feel and looks pale in comparison to SE & Nokia. It is a bit slower than both Nokia & Sony Ericsson, and does not provide different skins for the music player. So you come to the conclusion that ZN5 is not good for listening music. Believe me this is where you make the biggest mistake. It's not much of a secret that every music phone manufacturer does everything to outreach its competitors in the sound quality. Motorola tends to put more emphasis in the idea that quality should prevail over volume & puts all its effort in high quality hardware rather than making snazzy interface. The utilization of dedicated DSP in Motorola offers an unmatched quality of sound since DSP puts into action sophisticated algorithms & advanced audio codec�s to improve the audio signal rather than making the sound louder. The DSP separates unwanted noise from the audio signal, and only then is passed to the amplifier. ZN5 utilizes a dedicated 208 MHZ StarCore SC140e DSP and a selection of advanced audio codec�s. The Spatial Audio technology polishes the resulting audio signal to a state of perfection rarely seen on a mobile phone these days. I also looked in the RMAA sound test graphs as published by different websites, the sound characteristic needs no explanation, because we face one of the best decisions at the personal audio market, ZN5 is not ashamed to compare itself with players from Creative ZEN, Sony, Cowon or even Apple iPod. I am dealing with one of the best solutions for pure listening pleasure, with a clean sound devoid of any colorings, embellishment or ornamentation in the sound, commonly found in Sony Ericsson phones. Now I can easily hear many of the previously obscure details in the compositions of a complicated music composition, and if desired, with a quality headset, can clearly set apart all the instruments used in the music composition, thus I am able to focus not only on the primary instrument, which is audible, but also on the fact that what instrument I want to hear. So, you see at the end of the day when you are forced by your superiors to fire two of the three lady employees & keep only one, you as their boss will ultimately choose the one who happens to be the best worker THE SIMPLE LOOKING LADY WHO CAN WORK EXTREMELY WELL!!!

Anonymous

Hi RishiGuru, Thanks for your detail response on How to upgrade firmware using phone tools. I have updated my mobile firmware version from '05R" to '0ER' successfully. I have followed every instructions you have given in your response. The process of firmware update was interesting and I enjoyed that one. I think '0ER' is latest version Motorola officially provided. As you said before, Motorola has stopped working on this firmware. Could please share your observation on this firmware compared to '05' Thanks

RishiGuru

The Motorola Software Update will at the first phase will download the firmware through Internet, the downloading time is completely dependent on your internet speed. The phone needs to be constantly connected via USB in the modem mode when downloading and a bar will show the percentage of download. At the time when the firmware is downloaded in your PC, and had yet to reach 100%, if your PC shuts down or internet connection breaks, their will be no damage to your phone. You just need to start the updating procedure once again. When the bar reaches 100%, the second phase will start and the updating software will reboot your phone automatically, you will be able to see the bootloader version in you phone screen & the new firware will be installed in your phone. This second phase last for a maximum of 3 minutes and is the most critical phase. During this second phase if your PC bogs down, the USB cable is detached or your phone battery being not fully charged shuts the phone down, YOUR PHONE WILL BE BRICKED!!! Remember that internet connectivity is not important in second phase. In the third & final phase the phone will again reboot and the update software will say that your phone have been updated to the newest available firmware. During the whole update process, i recommend not to run any memory hungry software in your PC. Let only the update program run with all other softwares closed down. BEST OF LUCK!!!

rem

Probably this is the reason I have this issue. I`ve also sent an e-mail to Motorola support to make sure this is my problem. Thank you very much for your help.

Anonymous

Hi RishiGuru, Recently, I have brought Motozine ZN5. I have "05R" version now. I would like to update to the latest version using Motorola phone tools. Could you please tell me How much time it will take for update? In between update process, If computer resets then what will happen? If ask Motorola Service center, will they do software update? Thanks in advance

RishiGuru

rem, i replied to your post before, but gsmarena did not publish it, it said while submitting that a DB moderator will check my post first and then only will it be published. Anyway, i think these conflicting countries is the cause of your problem. Motorola does not sell ZN5 in your country, so they may not be providing firmware updates of this particular phone in your country. You see we both have same phones, same hardware, same bootloader version but in our country ZN5 is available so i can update. You have to update the firmware manually. Look at www.modmymoto.com for detailed instuctions.

rem

Maybe you need to know these things too in order to help me. I`m using this phone on Vodafone RO (Romania) and because was not officially released in this country I can`t take advantage of newer updates. I downloaded Motorola Software Update by selecting Germany because my country was not in the list. Maybe this is the problem and the only way to update is by downloading and installing the new firmware manually although the phone is in warranty. Please confirm

RishiGuru

It is quite strange, since software you downloaded is ok, your device is registered, 06.2A bootloader version is same as mine, we have the same hardware. While updating, on the left of the screen look for 'the phone is connected' & it will also display the IMEI number & phone model number. Now, I do not know that whether Motorola had stopped proving firmware updates for Linux-Java platform based phones since i last updated on October 2009 or what their strategy is that some countries will get updates will others wont. In any case, try to install the same software in another PC try from their, if not read the instructions from modding websites and try updating your phone.

rem

I don`t have any CD in the phone box but when entered here: ­ (Via your computer) I downloaded MotoTools and now I have Motorola Software Update, Motorola Update Manager, MotoConnect, Motorola Software and Diagnostics, Motorola Driver Installation 4.5.0, Moto Helper Service on my computer. I registered my device successfully using Motorola Update Manager, is says "In warranty". For updating I used both Motorola Software Update and the wizard from link above and the same message: "No new software available" and "Your phone is up to date". My bootloader is 06.2A and I use Windows 7 Ultimate on my laptop.

RishiGuru

When you install the software CD provided with the phone, you will get two types of update from your start menu, 1) Motorola Live Update 2) Motorola Software Update Which of this two have you used for update? The former is for updating the phone drivers in your computer where as the later is for firmware update of your phone. Also, with this software you can only update devices that are within the warranty period. Register Your Device You can manually register your device as follows: Launch the Motorola Update Manager program by selecting Start > Programs > Motorola > Motorola Update Manager. From the main menu, select Register a Device for Updates. The Device Registration Wizard starts. Connect your device to the PC using a USB cable. If your phone is out of warranty, then the only way to upgarde your software is to to download the firmware and update the firmware by yourself. There are various modding websites in internet like www.modmymoto.com where you will get the firmwares & detailed instuctions of how to update your phone. What is your bootloader version? turn off the phone. press * # and power(red) key to see bootloader.

rem

I followed the steps from opensource.motorola.com, installed MotoTools, the phone was successfully detected and conected (USB connection set as Modem) but I got this message "Your device's software is up to date" although my current firmware in Phone Settings-Properties is R6637_G_81.03.05R The same message "Your phone is up to date) I got when trying to update using Motorola Software Update. Why is that if a newer version is available?

RishiGuru

rem, i would recommend you to update the current firmware with the help of Motorola Software Update. With every release of a phone firmware, the software developers solves some the the problems the mobile phone may be having, introduce some new features & make the firmware more stable. When i updated to OER, i found my ZN5 become very stable, the phone did not hang so much any more, though there was no improvement in interface speed. 0DR the previous version of 0ER was fast but offered less stability. I also used many different modded versions of the ZN5 firmwares like hevily modded unrealesd 0FR version which offered QVGA recording, but found the 0ER camera libraries to be the best, the mobile takes best pictures with 0ER firmware.

rem

To RishiGuru: I have been using this phone for a few days, design is fantastic, features are great so I am happy with it for the moment. Sometimes it`s a bit slow but this is the way it works, I`m not bothered by this. One single problem I had with it, the phone froze and I had to power off and restart. Currently I am running 05R firmware and saw in your post that 0ER is the latest firmware. Should I upgrade to the latest firmware, is it much better, faster...which are the differences? Thanks

PRINCE

I wish they make it the black one

cuong nguyen

It's cool because it meets our needs! tha's all!

Anonymous

Sometimes i get unable to open message inbox through message icon (unable to open sms inbox-jammed), thus i have to restart the phone to get it works back properly. Has anyone here ever experienced the same issue. ?

Anonymous

you guy are crazy this phone is not that cool

SUSAN

when its nice u do it twice

Anna

beautiful camera 5mega pix.i love it.

ANNA

beautiful camera 5mega pix.i.love it.

Zak

thanks

motofan.ir

for zn5 and other moto phone :

motofan.ir

Prizefight: Motorola Zine ZN5 vs. Samsung Innov8 & ZN5 vs.C902 Cyber-shot Let's have a clean fight, fellas. Ding Ding! :

timi zn5

the best phone for me..

Zak

To RashiGuru, where i can find any software, application, etc. for ZN5

RishiGuru

Explain in detail what your problem is. Remember after taking a photo using the zenon flash, the capacitor of the flash unit needs atleast 30 sec to 60 sec to become fully charged and then only it can deleiver at its full capacity producing bright illumination.

kikz

hi rishiguru... can u tell me why my xenon flash seem not working, when i took a picture in dark condition..btw my phone is already replaced with a new one..thx 4 ur suggestion...

Motofanatic

Great to have one in my hand!

Zak

Nice info bro, motorola ZN5 rocks

Rishiguru

Exceptional mobile phone. Actually I consider it to be the Motorola�s MASTERPIECE. Motorola is known to manufacture mobile phones with rock solid built quality using top notch & expensive materials like steel, aluminum, mineral glass rather than glossy plastic commonly used by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG. This always has been Motorola�s strong point. The ZN5 is no exception either, it is almost built in metal & has a thick mineral glass over the TFT display matrix which is excellent. The set looks a feels like a monolith. The Motorola ZN5 measure 12mm in thickness, which is a rather nice achievement - it actually puts it in Top 5 of slimmest 5 megapixel cameraphones. The body thickness however increases around the camera area to up to 16mm. A very famous website www.smape.com did a rigorus durability test on ZN5 and at first rode over the ZN5 lying in the road on a SUV weighing 2.5 tones. The ZN5 passed with flying colors. Only the mineral glass cover over the display was broken but the mobile phone operated normally receiving calls, playing music etc. Then they put it in a freezer for severel hours at sub zero temapature, then in a washing machine for an hour, dropped it from the hand severel times, cleaned it in running tap water and merged it in a glass of beer. After that they dried it for a night besides a room heater and it started working the next morning!!! I think this is enough of an example of the phone�s durability. The display in ZN5 is way ahead of the European contenders like Nokia & Sony Ericsson. Actually mobile phones which are manufactured in Japan by Japanese companies have exceptional displays & generally are way better than the European counterparts. Just think about top LCD screen manufactures of the world � Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, JVC,etc all reside in Japan. Whereas European mobile phone manufactures use TFT displays manufactured by local European companies, Motorola uses TFT display manufactured by Sharp Corporation of Japan. The display has class leading brightness and contrast levels, the colors are maximally natural and saturated. Undeniably, the best 2.4 inch QVGA display to adorn a mobile phone so far. The morphing keypad, called ModeShift and first introduced in Motorola E8, is also present in ZN5. It's got haptic feedback on every key press and key designations and backlight change in accordance to the currently used application. The phone is all about the camera and it does not disappoint on this ground. Believe me, it is the BEST 5 MP camera currently available on the market today, make no mistake about it. Only the Nokia N82 comes close. On the review of www.mobiset.ru they compared the pictures taken by ZN5 & N82 of a same object (say a poster) under high magnification and found that ZN5�s picture contains higher details and better color saturation than N82. The Kodak's participation has brought the Kodak Perfect Touch technology to the ZN5 which can make any picture taken look sharper & brighter. Motorola ZN5 is also the industry first to introduce VARIABLE APERTURE technology in the camera unit of a mobile phone. The ZN5 camera will offer two apertures values. The camera will automatically pick between F2.8 (the standard for all cameraphones) and F5.6 (when there is enough light). Now that may not mean much to you, but a tighter aperture such as F5.6 will actually bring less lens issues and better corner-to-corner sharpness. ZN5 has the most powerful xenon flash found on any mobile phone till date. It can take pictures at pitch dark with ease because of xenon flash and produce bright pictures. The ZN5 also offers direct image upload to KODAK Gallery, as well as integration of the ShoZu client, which can upload images to various social networking clients. The hardware found in ZN5 almost represents the hardware of a stealth fighter plane i.e. built to kill its opposition. Running on a Freescale MXC275-30 platform having 532 MHz ARM11 applications processor & 208MHz Digital Signal Processor speaks for itself. Also it has two Image Processing Units (IPU) instead of one, one is the dedicated Freescale IPU that comes with the MXC275-30 platform capable of handling up to 2 Mpix images & the other is Texas Instruments dedicated DM299 IPU which has a ARM7 processor embedded in it capable of handling up to 5 Mpix images. Thus ZN5 have hardware capable of handling 5+2=7 Mpix images and thus can handle image & video much better than any of its 5 Mpix opposition. Internal memory is 512 MB which is huge, no opposition can match that and also you can extend it up to 4GB with a microSD card. Audio sound quality from the music player is awesome. Believe me some of the renowned Russian websites like www.smape.com, www.mobile-review.com, etc known for their thorough review have told that the ZN5 can challenge the mighty Apple iPod on this ground which, literally speaking is phenomenal for any mobile phone. Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), 3.5mm audio/video jack (TV-out) all adds to the list making it a perfect choice instead of a dedicated portable music player. After using Nokia N82, Sony Ericsson K850 and also Samsung, LG phones of the same range, I have to accept that ZN5 is the best of them all when it comes to PURE SOUND QUALITY. As I looked in the RMAA sound test graphs as published by different websites, the sound characteristic needs no explanation, because we face one of the best decisions at the personal audio market, ZN5 is not ashamed to compare itself with players from Creative ZEN Micro Photo, Sony HD5, Cowon D2 or even Apple iPod. I am dealing with one of the best solutions for pure listening pleasure, with a clean sound devoid of any colorings, embellishment or ornamentation in the sound, commonly found in Sony Ericsson phones. Now I can easily hear many of the previously obscure details in the compositions of a complicated music composition, and if desired, with a quality headset, can clearly set apart all the instruments used in the music composition, thus I am able to focus not only on the primary instrument, which is audible, but also on the fact that what instrument I want to hear. This calls for a detailed elaboration of the DAC and amplifier found in ZN5. Most modern audio signals are stored in digital form (for example MP3s and CDs) and in order to be heard through speakers they must be converted into an analog signal. They normally take the digital output like MP3 and convert the signal into a line-level output that can then be fed into a pre-amplifier stage. The DAC used in ZN5 is definitely of very high quality. The inbuilt radio have very strong reception quality and the sound is crisp and clear. The best radio I have seen so far on any mobile phone. This mobile phone is capable of playing videos of very high bitrates (Higher bitrates means better quality) due to its 2 IPU�s & 208 Mhz DSP. Bitrates as high as 1100 kbps can be played easily. Besides functionality, the quality of assembly and materials is the lodestone around which a phone�s success is built, playing a decisive role in the customer�s choice. Better materials and assembly allow a handset to live longer and sustain more damage Besides a minimized use of glue (much favored by Sony Ericsson), Motorola phones are also remarkable for a total lack of technical apertures on the chip, commonly found under all onboard components in Nokia and Samsung products. Please don�t take this point for an attempt to start another holy war, an ordinary consumer shouldn�t normally get concerned about this sort of things. Every company does their best to minimize the production costs, but somehow it�s ZN5 alone that uses metal not only for product image purposes (like the face and back panel pieces), but inside the casing as well � to ensure a maximum durability. What goes to the above-mentioned apertures, those have a bad habit of harboring condensated moisture, leading to the decay of neighboring components and lowering the chances for successful recovery after drowning. These subtle nuances concealed from the buyer is what constitutes the difference in lifespan of differently crafted products. I cannot stop praising the phone isn�t it!! One has to remember ZN5 is a smartphone since it comes with an operating system (Linux) and not just a software. So third party software�s and modding options are limitless. Lastly, I want to say even if it sounds demoralizing, that there is no phone in the world that happens to be absolutely perfect. Every phone have its pros and cons and it depends on the user needs that how the person will rate his/her phone. Cons of ZN5 : 1) ZN5 does not support 3G, but have EDGE & WiFi to complement it. So if you are using 3G a lot avoid buying this phone. 2) Video recording is poor. Nokia N82 wins over ZN5 on this aspect hands down. If you want the best 5Mpix mobile phone to shoot still images buy ZN5, but if you want to record videos over still images buy N82.

RishiGuru

I personally believe MotoZINE ZN5 is the best non-touchscreen phone Motorola has ever produced.

Bob

thats great. i will buy it

RishiGuru

foxit pdf reader

mazamoto

Dear RishiGuru, Nice to have you here. Can u plz suggest a software through which we can view PDF documents? (I use some media player that can read word documents but nothing for PDF). Also It seems that most of the network providers in India, cant find easy internet settings for this phone. (I mean I can use internet from Phone, but cant establish any connection through PC by using phone as modem)I used Airtel & Currently Vodafone... Thanks

Mike

Can one tweak it to include 3G?

fmoto

Congats! Symbiosis V is my most my favourite MP so far. It makes my motozine smarter

cuong nguyen

wow, i relaxed until the next day and tried again. this time it worked ^^ thank u so much. and i tweaked the menu as u suggested, the speed has sharply improved ^^ thank u thank u so much!

fmoto

Use modem mode to connect with RSD lite. Await till it says connected then start flashing. I use RSD version 4.5 Opening menu such as media file relatively fast. You can tweak processor clock on tweak menu

cuong nguyen

I set the phone into modem and tools mode, but it didnt work... do i have to set anything else?

cuong nguyen

thanks for ur suggestion, but it didn't work. i;m hopeless. the symbiosis is fast, but only for the menu. when i get into media, or detailed settings, it;s extremely slow.

fmoto

Firstly flashing with norsa boatloader based on your original firmware and then flash with symbiosis v firmware. To me Symbiosis 4.5 is fast and symbiosis v is fastest one. Plus it's tweakale so that brings your motozine more context aware.

cuong nguyen

also, please tell me how to kill RSA.

cuong nguyen

whener i tried to flash it, it failed

cuong nguyen

i'm using symbiosis 4.5, and i cant flash either symbiosis 5 or any other firmwares. please help. this fw makes my phone really slow. I want to get my 0DR back

Anonymous

Thanks a lot, fmoto! I will. motofanatic

fmoto

Congrats! It's the sweetest way to have linux os. By the way Symbiosis 5 seems fastest firmware i tried so far. Plus several tweaks you can do on it. It rocks!

Anonymous

I ask a friend to do it for me using his PC and it works. I'm a very happy Motozine ZN5 owner.Great phone!

fmoto

I have no idea as i use windows xp.

Anonymous

I there any means that I can do this on a Mac/Apple OS setup?

fmoto

Based on showthread i read in modymoto, some firmwares have faster UI. I previously had stocked firmware, a bit bad and not suprising GUI. Then i modded my motozine by flashing with unofficial firmware named Symbiosis 4.5. Still slow to open some menus. Yesterday i flashed with newest Symbiosis 5. It's faster and better than stocked firmware. Plus you can tweak some settings on it. If you're noob you can follow instruction on modymoto forum for modding your motozine. To me it's the great side having motozine zn5 that has linux os as you can optimize it by modding and tweaking.

motofanatic

I got this phone in exchange with my motorola K3. I'm experiencing slow response in going to the next message or changing profile, theme etc. Is there any means to make the it faster? formatting or factory setting?

fmoto

I've just flashed my Motozine ZN5 with Symbiosis 5 firmware/MP and it rocks! The MP has 2 versions foto and video. I choosed foto version as i use more for capturing images than recording video. It's relatively fast and has good GUI. So far so good. I love it!

gurjeet delhi

hi Rishiguru, i am using ZN5 since oct 2009 and it is working excellent.you have quite a good knowledge of this phone.any software available for reading PDF files? is it pssible that firmware can be updated using headset through internet? using airtel mobile office for internet thanks gurjeet 98180 14878 Delhi (dealing in barcode printers,scanners)

dreed-zn5

i cant connect to any site using wifi network. display shows- THIS MACHINE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS SITE? what does this mean? i thought all the time, its wifi is so useful but when it comes to connection, it always show that advisory. and sometimes, it appears on the screen, can't capture a picture, memory is low. what are the possible things to do? pls help...

michmadz

hi... i encountered same problem with my motorola E365 before... try to clean the battery terminals... its in the terminal... just remove the battery try to clean all the battery connection etc... hope it works...

RishiGuru

It's a pleasure kikz. I feel sorry for you but don't worry, if within warranty they will probably exchange yours with a new one.

kikz

first of all thk u 4 ur suggestion... it seems that my phone had a problem in IC processor... coz i already complained about this problem to the store i bought.. n u know what, it really disapointed for me,if u know about the history why i bought this phone. ok once again thk u so much..

fmoto

dear rishiguru. What firmware /MP do u use for your zn5? I currently using symbiosis 4.5 as it's possible recording QVGA video plus it has nice GUI. By the way i like reading your comments and opinions

RishiGuru

Strange problem, never heard of it before. Ok take the following steps 1) Shut the phone down, remove the battery and re insert after 10 minutes and see if the problem persists. 2) In the phones setting option there is a factory reset option, reset the phone and see if the problem persists. 3) Update your firmware through Motorola software update tool and i think my this time all your problem will be solved. if not, the case is more serious, 1) Defective Battery or hardware. If within warranty immediately take it to service center. Service will be done for free. Out of warranty and you have to pay. Have you installed any customed version of the software?

kikz

dear RishiGuru.. i just bought ZN5 but i think there somethings wrong with the battery indicator..can u tell me why my ZN5 Battery Meter is Invalid Battery?? i mean on home screen the battery seems empty but if i push the main menu then my battery indicator turn to fully charge..??? is there something wrong with the phone?? need help please...thx....

Anonymous

excellent phone every thing's good

RishiGuru

You are right about the video recording capibility of the ZN5, actually that is the only chink in the armor for the mighty ZN5. Nokia N82 beats ZN5 on video recording capibilty hands down, while ZN5 beats N82 on rest of the features.

Helloct

Hi, nice and detailed comment about this phone. I just can't seem too understand why GSMArena did not make a review for this phone. My only deception about this phone is the video resolution capability (recording and playing), it has good quality thought but as a camera phone, it could be better (VGA At 30, 25 or 15fps least). Ok, it's good when playing video in the phone but the problem is that you'll have un contest almost all your video with your PC first. Just my opinion. :)

beholdlamb

The battery that has been shipping with "new" ZN5's is a cheap version and not an authentic battery. The charge only lasts a few hours of use. I got a replacement Batt from Moto directly and I now get 2-3 days of use before I need to charge.

argentinajuan

hey guys,this is my next mobile so, i was wondering what was the problem that the battery has? thank you.

himanshu

Its a good phone, perfect for my nono.. love u..

Shveta

heyy jazmin... ma husband gifted me this phone last week, with an amazing pink case.. Case manufacturer is molife..U can try that..

fmoto

I flashed my motozine zn5 two days ago with Symbiosis 4.5. Great ui though a bit slow. Audio quality is very good, better than nokia 5800, so does camera, very fast. I use it alongside Nokia e71. Perfect match!

octavio ag comunicac

I have this phone and i love it but is too slow i try to change the system to fix modmymoto.com

beholdlamb

I've had my ZN5 for 1 month and had the same problem with the battery. Upon taking a closer look I noticed the battery that came with the phone was not a GENUINE Motorola one. It was a knock off. I then got a GENUINE Moto battery. The part number is SNN5807B the cell is made in Japan and finished in China. I registered my phone with Motorola and complained about the battery. They sent me a new one at no charge!!!

gaurav

i am using motorola zine zn5 for last 2,3 months it has very week battry back up in this price range others companies giving good phones with lots of features.10/4

RishiGuru

Exceptional mobile phone. Actually I consider it to be the Motorola�s MASTERPIECE. Motorola is known to manufacture mobile phones with rock solid built quality using top notch & expensive materials like steel, aluminum, mineral glass rather than glossy plastic commonly used by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG. This has been always been Motorola�s strong point. The ZN5 is no exception either; it is almost built in metal & has a thick mineral glass over the TFT display matrix which is excellent. The set looks a feels like a monolith. Actually a very famous website www.smape.com did a durability test on ZN5 and in one of their tests they rode over the ZN5 lying in the road on a Honda CRV weighing 2.5 tones. The ZN5 passed with flying colors. Only the mineral glass cover over the display was broken but the mobile phone operated normally receiving calls, playing music etc. I think this is enough of an example of the phone�s durability. The display in ZN5 is way ahead of the European contenders like Nokia & Sony Ericsson. Actually mobile phones which are manufactured in Japan by Japanese companies have exceptional displays & generally are way better than the European counterparts. Just think about top LCD screen manufactures of the world � Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, JVC,etc all reside in Japan. Whereas European mobile phone manufactures use TFT displays manufactured by local European companies, Motorola uses TFT display manufactured by Sharp Corporation of Japan. The phone is all about the camera and it does not disappoint on this ground. Believe me, it is the BEST 5 MP camera currently available on the market today, make no mistake about it. Only the Nokia N82 comes close. On the review of www.mobiset.ru they compared the pictures taken by ZN5 & N82 of a same object (say a poster) under high magnification and found that ZN5�s picture contains higher details and better color saturation than N82. The ZN5 also has Kodak�s Perfect Touch Technology which can make any picture taken look sharper & brighter. Motorola ZN5 is also the industry first to introduce VARIABLE APERTURE technology in the camera unit. ZN5 has the most powerful xenon flash found on any mobile phone till date. It can take pictures at pitch dark with ease because of xenon flash and produce bright pictures. The hardware found in ZN5 almost represents the hardware of a stealth fighter plane i.e. built to kill its opposition. Running on a Freescale MXC275-30 platform having 532 MHz ARM11 applications processor & 208MHz Digital Signal Processor speaks for itself. Also it has two Image Processing Units (IPU) instead of one, one is the dedicated Freescale IPU that comes with the MXC275-30 platform capable of handling up to 2 Mpix images & the other is Texas Instruments dedicated DM299 IPU which has a ARM7 processor embedded in it capable of handling up to 5 Mpix images. Thus ZN5 have hardware capable of handling 5+2=7 Mpix images and thus can handle image & video much better than any of its 5 Mpix opposition. Internal memory is 512 MB which is huge, no opposition can match that and also you can extend it up to 4GB with a microSD card. Audio sound quality from the music player is awesome. Believe me some of the renowned Russian websites like www.smape.com, www.mobile-review.com, etc known for their thorough review have told that the ZN5 can challenge the mighty Apple iPod on this ground which, literally speaking is phenomenal for any mobile phone. After using Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung I have to accept that ZN5 is the best when it comes to sound quality. The inbuilt radio has very good reception quality and the sound is crisp and clear. The best radio I have ever seen till date on any mobile phone. This mobile phone is capable of playing videos of very high bitrates (Higher bitrates means better quality) due to its 2 IPU�s & 208 Mhz DSP. Bitrates as high as 1100 kbps can be played easily. I cannot stop praising the phone isn�t it!! Lastly one have to remember ZN5 is a smartphone since it comes with an operating system (Linux) and not just a software. So third party software�s and modding options are limitless. Some technical details of Motorola ZN5 HARDWARE Platform : Freescale MXC275-30, using patented Mobile eXtreme Convergence (MXC) Technology Applications Processor : 532 Mhz, ARM11 Width of Machine Word : 32 bit Level 2 Cache : 128 KB Digital Signal Processor(DSP) : 208 Mhz . Handles digital audio (MP3), video data. Includes Symphony Audio Processor. Image Processing Units : 2 instead of 1 resulting to zero shutter lag & high bit rate video playing capability. RAM : 64 MB, SDRAM Internal Memory : 512 MB, Flash EEPROM ROM : 128 MB User accessible memory : 512 � 128 = 384 MB GRAPHICAL SUBSYSTEM Display Manufacturer : Sharp Corporation (Japan) Display Type : Color, Transflective TFT display, Transmissive Micro Reflective(TMR) Display Color Depth : 18bit/pixel (262144 scales) Display Diagonal : 2.4 inch Display Resolution : 240 X 320 (76800 pixels) Dot Pitch : 166.6 pixel/inch Video Out : NTSC/PAL resolution, Proprietary connector BUILT IN DIGITAL CAMERA Sensor Type : CMOS Sensor Diagonal : 7.1 mm Lens Manufacturer : Carl Zeiss Lens Material : Plastic Lens Diameter : 3 mm Lens view angle : 62 degrees (diagonal), 52.6 degrees (horizontal) Focal Length :5.56 mm Aperture : Variable Aperture (Industry First for Mobile Phones) Aperture mechanism : Automatic Aperture range : f2.8/ f5.6 Focussing Technology : AutoFocus Focus Range : 30 cm to infinity, Macro � 10 to 40 cm, Landscape � 5cm to infinity Shutter Type : Mechanical shutter Shutter Speed : 1/60 � 1/1000 seconds in Auto mode Zoom : 4x Max Resolution : 2592x1944 pixels on the sensor, 2560x1920 on a JPEG file (the difference is due to image processing algorithms). Dot size - 2.2um. Camera viewfinder : 2.4 inch 320 x 240 pixels 262 k colors at 30 fps. Flash Type : Zenon Flash module length : 8mm Red Eye Reduction : Yes Video Capture : 176X144 pixels @ 15 fps Image Capturing & Video recording software provided by KODAK. OPERATING SYSTEM OS Name : MOTOMAGX OS Version : LJ6.3 Latest Firmware Version : R6637_G_81.03.0ER (as on 12/12/2009) Firmware obtaining Website : www.opensource.motorola.com VIDEO PLAYING CAPIBILITY File Type : MP4 (most efficient) Maximum Bitrate : i) Maximum of [ 1000kbps @ 29.97fps, 320 X240 video & 128 kps audio, NTSC] ii) Maximum of [ 1100 kbps @ 25fps, 320X240 video & 128 kbps audio, PAL] This mobile is capable of playing video files having 3 times the bitrate (350 kbps is the standard) than its competition. Thus the video quality is exceptional almost like High Definition Movies. BATTERY : 920 mAh, BX50

Ralf

i love my zn5 the best phone i ever had. i wont trade this for any 5mp camera phone. i just love it and im keep loving it every single day. thank you motorola.

Anonymous

zn5 music quality is awsome and even beter than all walkman series very very clear and lucid best camera phone with best mp3 player

RishiGuru

Motorola ZN5 have exceptional audio quality. SE Walkman series phones has more cusmozation options in audio player

floryn

I can't believe this phone doesn't have a review

kikz

hello can anyone tellme how is the quality for music in ZN5,is it GOOD???? coz i have a problem to choose btwn SE Walkman or ZN5?? Thxxx....

RishiGuru

Thomas, Motorola ZN5 can do multitasking. It can handle a java game, internet browsing and read a document at the same time. I have done that. But it is not the king of multitasking, that award goes to Sony Ericsson. Buy Sony Ericsson C901 if multitasking is your primary requirment. C901 have almost same set of features as ZN5. As for Nokia 5530, it is a touch screen phone. Actually 5300 & ZN5 should never be compared because they belong to different segment. So, 1) Want the best 5MP camera phone with zenon flash, one of best music player with stonking bass and market leading audio quality, crystal clear radio reception, great built quality to last a decade with somewhat slow user interface -> Motorola ZN5 2) Want one(not the best) 5MP camera phone with zenon flash, one of best music player with a lot of customization options and very good audio quality, very fast user interface and truely multitasking king. -> Sony Ericsson C901 3) Want a great display, touch screen capibility, one of the best audio player & exceptional audio quality, not so good camera-> Nokia 5530 So, now the choice is yours.

Thomas

It can do a multitasking ,can't it ? Is there anyone know ? I wanna buy a new phone ,but its not easy to choose between 5530 or zn5 .neither 5530 nor zn5 isnt use an OS . If zn5 can do a multitasking ,i'll buy it .in indonesia ,their price is quite same . Thx a lot !

ERMANO

there are 2 kind of public opinions about this mobile. 1: (those who havent used it) its motorola mobile and we dont like it. so, we dont rate it. 2: (those who used it, no matter if only once) its just awesome. i really agree with the second opinion guys. its really awesome.

Ya30n

1)how hard reset moto ZN5 ?

Thomas

Can't zn5 do a multitasking ? I never had use linux OS .thx

raffy reyes

i have the zn5 for 6mos. now and so far i have all but praises. It's camera is sharp for a phone. It is simple to use wifi/web browsing is great.. since i have wifi at home! good thing i bought it by accident here in the philippines. Ive been a nokia, a sony ericsson and sAMSUng user, and none of those came close to my zn5! good job moto! only wissh there are more apps!

gs_delhi

hi Rishiguru, i am using ZN5 since oct 2009 and it is working excellent.you have quite a good knowledge of this phone.any software available for reading PDF files? thanks gurjeet Delhi (dealing in barcode printers,scanners)

jazmin

hi my husband gave me zn5 im so happy the camera is good i used it as my digicam.i really love it,i just have one problem,i can't see any case suited for it.

cuong nguyen

I think 7FR can make zn5 become smarter, but slower.

mw

i have a zn5 but its not taking pictures very clearly what can i do to improve the quality,and how do i use the wifi for web browsing.

ramin

hi everyone i bought this phone 3 days ago from iran photo quality is very good but there is some problems for me i am persian and this phone does not support persian or arabic and the other is I live in iran and i cant update my firmware because my country's name is not in the list when i want to upgrade i would appreciate for any help good luck

setiawan

regarding with photo quality, which one is better firmware 05R or ODR ? or something else ?, I heard 05R is the best firmware for photo quality. Does anyone here ever compare both firmwares ? thx

kris

where can i buy this mobile in the philippines?anyone?

Basu

Hi RishiGuru, It seems that you are familiar with ZN5. You know most of things about ZN5. From your name, It looks like you are Indian. I am also from India and residing in Bangalore. I would like to buy this phone. Could you please let me know where I will get this phone in Bangalore and the price for this phone? Cheer! Basu

Anonymous

you must learn photography technich

Anonymous

which are the best firmware OER or ODR?

Anonymous

I'm curious that the blur case is just a matter of autofocus?? I've met a handful of people who use phone or even digicam but don't know hot to use the shutter (half press) to focus the lens here in Indonesia

RishiGuru

The firmware of ZN5 is uses MOTOMAGX Linux-Java(LJ) software platform. It is superior in every way to the P2K platform used before. But due to some strategic decision, Motorola decided to abondon LJ since it did not feature 3G technology while P2K had it but lacked the rich user experience provide by LJ platform. Android platform was chosen for the uber expensive touchscreen phones while for non-touchscreen phones the desicion to upgrade P2K platform to provide rich user experince like LJ having 3G was taken and all developments on LJ platform was stopped. It's a shame while this decision was taken 7FR version was in its development stage and thus was annuled. It had QVGA(320x240) recording stock as well as landscape camera settings and advanced camera stats. So the latest firmware version available for ZN5 is 0ER.The versions are 7FR > 0ER > 0DR If any one updates the phone through Motorola software update he/she will get the last officialy relased version 0ER. 7FR may be obtained from dedicated motorola blogs like www.modmymoto.com, etc. But their are a lot of steps to install the firmware and is not as easy as software update. All the procedures for installation is provide their. But be very carefull or your phone will be bricked, and the warranty may also get void. BEST OF LUCK!!!

ravi

Dear Rishi guru, Please tell me Where can i get FR version for my zn5..

Anonymous

which firmware of zn5 has the best video recording resolution?and which are the best firware of zn5?

Anonymous

which firware has the best resolution for video recording?

Anonymous

which are the best firmware for zn5?

Anonymous

I just wanted to make sure that i really get the zn5 with a very bad camera and here i say what it is Then i ask you if i give you the full address,you want to come??? btw,i dont want a lot of talk that there's no end everyone has different opinions and i should appreciate it This my first and last time i had a bad experience with handphone Anyway thanks for your advice mr.engineer :)

RishiGuru

Firstly, i am not a salesman. I am an engineer. Now i find your main woe is related to the camera. You say that it takes blurry pictures. Well, blurry pictures is very uncommon for ZN5. I mean i have read dozens of editor reviews from top mobile websites & all the 104 pages of GSM arena's user opinion and i have not found a single person complaning about blurry pictures. It may be that your set is defective, having a manufacturing fault and need to be replaced. Also do you have the latest fimrware version installed in your mobile? If not, use the software update to install the latest version. Your problem may be solved. As for the FREE invitation to check your phone, THANKS!!! But how can i find someone named Anonymous without any address in Indonesia???????? Now, I am using this phone for over a year, have taken more than 5000 shots and printed over 500 of them and every body have praised of the photo quality and was amazed to learn that it had been taken from a mobile phone. You say that it takes 176x144pix max. 15fps video. Thats true. Actually ZN5 competitor Nokia N82 takes 320x240@25fps which is much better. But that's not because ZN5 is incapable of 320x240 video. If you get the FR version of the firmware the phone will take 320dx240 video. Lastly, there is no phone in the market which you can bet to be absolutely perfect. Every phone has its pros & cons. It is on the users taste and mode the of use that he/she rates his/her phone.

Anonymous

who was wrong? I say what it is This zn5 still in my hand. if you want to try the camera and video come here FREE for you! Oya,i just bought SE naite/j105i and i want you know results camera of the zn5 vs naite by the display * naite only 2mpix with no af

Anonymous

@rishiguru whether you are a salesman? Bcoz the reality is not fit with what you describe anyway everywhere a salesman is smart deceive people and always say good without telling weakness!

Anonymous

I use it for about 2 days and my conclusion.. Advantages -good audio quality -good wifi -radio with good signal -good speaker (Clear and trible like a sony ericsson)but zn5 more bass power Disadvantages -very bad video recording (Only 176x144pix max. 15fps) -poor camera quality (Always blur,blur and blur)if you dont believe me,please take my zn5 then compare yourself than you seemed to want to take a hammer and hit the cam to pieces (i live in indonesia) -bad signal in building About userfriendly/easy ,depending on the time use. Overall,this phone is not the best 5mpix camera! would be better to find something else before you regret it

Anonymous

Can i open the incoming messages while browsing without having to exit the aplication? i dont know what to do Thx

bpn-09

sometimes I have blur results too, because the object moving and I cannot half press the shutter button steadily and wait the autofocus to lock before full press for image shot. if I can lock the autofocus, then the result is very good. I never carry my cheap digital camera now, this zn5 done all, take pics and uploading..:)

Anonymous

i really confused where is the good camera of zn5. i ve had also sony ericsson w902 and i tried many2 times to taking pictures and compare the both, w902 its waay better than zn5.. how to do the best to take pictures by zn5? Ok,zn5 has good speaker,wifi,soundsystem, but the camera tottaly BLUR! and about video,,its very2 bad! very bad video i ever seen. Anyway i dont want to go on late in grief Just this once i use the worst experience of getting a phone of motorola Thanks for you time gsmarena

motofan. ir

the zn5 camera is best in 5mp class and even easly can Challenge with same 8mp the lcd clarity is super .if u dont belief me compare zn5 side by side with n95 /n82/ k850/g800 and other phone in this range . the phone speed is good and new firmware can hellp you to increase phone speed attention zn5 cpu is 550mhz over clock and more powerfull than same smartphone nowadays . battery life is good for me for 2-3 days for normal use but if you use phone very much daily this is not phone's battery problem. maybe for someone typing with zn5 for first's day's and first week is difficult but you get it very soon and can type very fast like normal keypad however ModeShift morphing keypad in zn5 is very usefull when u are in gallery or camera mode or in player at last zn5 is excellent and very capable phone and this is best buy in this class with beter price than rival you can update your zn5 with new firmware for beter speed and beter camera speed and other spec and features ------------------------------------------------­-------

Anonymous

some version of firmware can help you and you can read pdf file's this phone is very stable

Xaviel

i have a friend that had this phone for while... i take some pictures with it... and its incredible fast! and the pictures looks very nice! even at night.. the flash is very cool!.. if you want a phone with a good camera and stability, this phone is for you..

Anonymous

just bought zn5. Really2 disappointed camera and performance is bad...! Battery life is poor.. Sms difficult to typing and ringtone so slowly only one advantage of this phone is speaker Its clear and crispy . I heard this phone has good display of sharp.corp. But reality like the sh**! sorry for my bad english *im really regreting

Anonymous

can i buy dis fone for under 10,000

RishiGuru

txt files are recognised by ZN5 and we can read it, but doc & pdf files are not supported.

benyamin

hi every one can we view doc and pdf by this cell phone

Anonymous

can i buy dis fone for under 10,000

ravi

Yes it has good wifi,EDGE network and battery life.

Anonymous

i will buy it just little while whether this phone has good wifi and batery life?

dragos

Hey everybody! I bought this phone yesterday and i love it.The camera is awesome and it is very handy because it is small and easy to use.If somebody put me to compare with a touchscreen phone i choose this phone.I LIKE IT!!

ravi

a very great article about zn5, by rishiguru thanx for getting such a depth ingo of zn5, and i am using this mobile past 1 week satisfied in all aspects. and 1 thing i want to know how can i sync with pc to use internet on pc. thanx in advance....

Anonymous

Hello pals i have had this phone for about 3 days and im loving it its preety cool the camera is awesome, and all the other specs are ok for a phone that has such a low price, now i have a question has anyone been able to sync the phone to the PC without motorola phone tools? if so can anyone give me a hand plz... peace everyone and I would recomend this phone to anyoone that is on budget and wants to get a great phone for a great price.

MotoRamzr

why no 3.5g version of zn5, this phone is one from many moto's good design and concept phone like v9 ,v3i , L7 ,pebl , mpx, e8 etc.... there is no upgrade version of good design model... such 3g , wifi, fm / tv tuner

Anonymous

In my opinion this phone is better than ve66 for many reasons.It has 10 times better camera while optical and digital zooming and it has xenon flash.For a 5MP camera-phone i think it is one of the top 3.VE66 may have nice design (because it's slide) and smaller but the main keys for the menu and basic functions are crap and you frequently press them wrong.Also this one has better battery than VE66.Yes this one is bigger and simple(because it's a bar phone) and slow when you first bought it but if you put an other superfast firmware (not update) like R6637_G_81.03.0DR or a modded firmware found in some motomodding sites you will be happy with your new moto.Finally this phone has been more researched from the motomodders and has more potential than VE66 i think.

cuong nguyen

i'm sorry, all i know about ve66 is on reviews. it's not available in vietnam. but no one has talked about its speed. I think it's acceptable, and it's not a matter to be complained about^^

Anonymous

thank you for you attention but which one is faster ve66 or zn5

cuong nguyen

the camera in this phone is much better than that in ve66 ^^ but in the whole, ve66 is said to be better^^

cuong nguyen

in box^^ in vietnam it is^^ im not sure in your coutry^^

cuong nguyen

flash your phone with a suitable firware, you'll be amazed^^

Marco28cro

Hi fox.. I buy ZN5 before 2 days and have to say phone rocks!!! First of all the cam is BEST-Kodak did the job, flash great in dark room two.. Phone have wlan which is so good, u can download messangers or surf internet... Only thing I dont like on Moto is software, it is kind of slow..I like to enter apll in milliseconsds.. Anyway for the price I gave the phone is top of the pop.. :-)

adg

It is def an excellent camera shooter. zoom is not as good as sony ericssons in this same range and the battery life is quite average. wud want to know what are the video formats this mobile supports?

Ian

Pls info whether Cable TV Out including on Box or we must buy as additional acessories ?

Anonymous

is this beter phone or moto ve66 please help me ? and is Call records increase 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls is little fo i

Anonymous

where can i get dis phone for less dan 10000rs

Anonymous

Does this phone have a pdf,doc fiewer

Anonymous

thank you

Moto_S

Great article, RishiGUru.

RishiGuru

Exceptional mobile phone. Actually I consider it to be the Motorola�s MASTERPIECE. Motorola is known to manufacture mobile phones with rock solid built quality using top notch & expensive materials like steel, aluminum, mineral glass rather than glossy plastic commonly used by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG. This has been always been Motorola�s strong point. The ZN5 is no exception either; it is almost built in metal & has a thick mineral glass over the TFT display matrix which is excellent. The set looks a feels like a monolith. Actually a very famous website www.smape.com did a durability test on ZN5 and in one of their tests they rode over the ZN5 lying in the road on a Honda CRV weighing 2.5 tones. The ZN5 passed with flying colors. Only the mineral glass cover over the display was broken but the mobile phone operated normally receiving calls, playing music etc. I think this is enough of an example of the phone�s durability. The display in ZN5 is way ahead of the European contenders like Nokia & Sony Ericsson. Actually mobile phones which are manufactured in Japan by Japanese companies have exceptional displays & generally are way better than the European counterparts. Just think about top LCD screen manufactures of the world � Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, JVC,etc all reside in Japan. Whereas European mobile phone manufactures use TFT displays manufactured by local European companies, Motorola uses TFT display manufactured by Sharp Corporation of Japan. The phone is all about the camera and it does not disappoint on that ground. Believe me, it is currently the BEST 5 MP camera available today, make no mistake about it. Only the Nokia N82 comes close. On the review of www.mobiset.ru they compared the pictures taken by ZN5 & N82 of a same object (say a poster) under high magnification and found that ZN5�s picture contains higher details and better color saturation than N82. The ZN5 also has Kodak�s Perfect Touch Technology which can make any picture taken look sharper & brighter. Motorola ZN5 is also the industry first to introduce VARIABLE APERTURE technology in the camera unit. ZN5 has the most powerful xenon flash found on any mobile phone till date. It can take pictures at pitch dark with ease because of xenon flash and produce bright pictures. The hardware found in ZN5 almost represents the hardware of a stealth fighter plane i.e. built to kill its opposition. Running on a Freescale MXC275-30 platform having 532 MHz ARM11 applications processor & 208MHz Digital Signal Processor speaks for itself. Also it has two Image Processing Units (IPU) instead of one, one is the dedicated Freescale IPU that comes with the MXC275-30 platform capable of handling up to 2 Mpix images & the other is Texas Instruments dedicated DM299 IPU which has a ARM7 processor embedded in it capable of handling up to 5 Mpix images. Thus ZN5 have hardware capable of handling 5+2=7 Mpix images and thus can handle image & video much better than any of its 5 Mpix opposition. Internal memory is 512 MB which is huge, no opposition can match that and also you can extend it up to 4GB with a microSD card. Audio sound quality from the music player is awesome. Believe me some of the renowned Russian websites like www.smape.com, www.mobile-review.com, etc known for their thorough review have told that the ZN5 can challenge the mighty Apple iPod on this ground which, literally speaking is phenomenal for any mobile phone. After using Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung I have to accept that ZN5 is the best when it comes to sound quality. The inbuilt radio has very good reception quality and the sound is crisp and clear. The best radio I have ever seen till date on any mobile phone. This mobile phone is capable of playing videos of very high bitrates (Higher bitrates means better quality) due to its 2 IPU�s & 208 Mhz DSP. Bitrates as high as 1100 kbps can be played easily. I cannot stop praising the phone isn�t it!! Lastly one have to remember ZN5 is a smartphone since it comes with an operating system (Linux) and not just a software. So third party software�s and modding options are limitless. Some technical details of Motorola ZN5 HARDWARE Platform : Freescale MXC275-30, using patented Mobile eXtreme Convergence (MXC) Technology Applications Processor : 532 Mhz, ARM11 Width of Machine Word : 32 bit Level 2 Cache : 128 KB Digital Signal Processor(DSP) : 208 Mhz . Handles digital audio (MP3), video data. Includes Symphony Audio Processor. Image Processing Units : 2 instead of 1 resulting to zero shutter lag & high bit rate video playing capability. RAM : 64 MB, SDRAM Internal Memory : 512 MB, Flash EEPROM ROM : 128 MB User accessible memory : 512 � 128 = 384 MB GRAPHICAL SUBSYSTEM Display Manufacturer : Sharp Corporation (Japan) Display Type : Color, Transflective TFT display, Transmissive Micro Reflective(TMR) Display Color Depth : 18bit/pixel (262144 scales) Display Diagonal : 2.4 inch Display Resolution : 240 X 320 (76800 pixels) Dot Pitch : 166.6 pixel/inch Video Out : NTSC/PAL resolution, Proprietary connector BUILT IN DIGITAL CAMERA Sensor Type : CMOS Sensor Diagonal : 7.1 mm Lens Manufacturer : Carl Zeiss Lens Material : Plastic Lens Diameter : 3 mm Lens view angle : 62 degrees (diagonal), 52.6 degrees (horizontal) Focal Length :5.56 mm Aperture : Variable Aperture (Industry First for Mobile Phones) Aperture mechanism : Automatic Aperture range : f2.8/ f5.6 Focussing Technology : AutoFocus Focus Range : 30 cm to infinity, Macro � 10 to 40 cm, Landscape � 5cm to infinity Shutter Type : Mechanical shutter Shutter Speed : 1/60 � 1/1000 seconds in Auto mode Zoom : 4x Max Resolution : 2592x1944 pixels on the sensor, 2560x1920 on a JPEG file (the difference is due to image processing algorithms). Dot size - 2.2um. Camera viewfinder : 2.4 inch 320 x 240 pixels 262 k colors at 30 fps. Flash Type : Zenon Flash module length : 8mm Red Eye Reduction : Yes Video Capture : 176X144 pixels @ 15 fps Image Capturing & Video recording software provided by KODAK. OPERATING SYSTEM OS Name : MOTOMAGX OS Version : LJ6.3 Latest Firmware Version : R6637_G_81.03.0ER (as on 12/12/2009) Firmware obtaining Website : www.opensource.motorola.com VIDEO PLAYING CAPIBILITY File Type : MP4 (most efficient) Maximum Bitrate : i) Maximum of [ 1000kbps @ 29.97fps, 320 X240 video & 128 kps audio, NTSC] ii) Maximum of [ 1100 kbps @ 25fps, 320X240 video & 128 kbps audio, PAL] This mobile is capable of playing video files having 3 times the bitrate (350 kbps is the standard) than its competition. Thus the video quality is exceptional almost like High Definition Movies. BATTERY : 920 mAh, BX50

Harsha

HI Motorola is not vanished in India wait some days Motorola will get back in the game once they come back other brands will vanish especially Nokia,Samsung!

green_mage_sama

i found this how to mod motorola, sounds not easy huh?? by the way i bought new ZN5 with 40% discount, 250$ --> 150$ , how lucky i am...

florin

hello everyone.i recently bought a zn5.It is a good phone but i want to install a diferent firmware to make it run faster.i mean simbiosis 4.how do i do that?Where i can find my java apllication?I would appreciate..:)

Anonymous

Yeah... Youtube videos can streamed on zn5.

qidlat

im here in baguio city,philippines right now and will be here for a long time. i just lost my lg kp500 phone..need this phone real quick..i've looked for it but im havin no luck..anyone know where i could purchase it?

karan

in my opinion motorola has vanished from indian market.. so no service no warrantee and no accessories... this phone is no doubt good but... just like chinese phone.. once sell dont come back

thanz

thanks... But this mobile is not even shown in their website and i contacted them on the number i got from the website and they say that its not available (am from Kerala)... in which state you saw ZN5 ?

RishiGuru

You can find the location of The Mobile Store in India in the www.themobilestore.in website

RishiGuru

Right now Motorola MotoZine ZN5 is available in India at Rs.8500/- at The Mobile Store outlets.

Benyamin

I believe no handset manufacturer has had these features included in a handset at such a low price. Its amazing..

Coklom

Thanx but i need more explaination..what linux phones have but symbian don't..sorry for my bad english..

Anonymous

very good phone

motofan.iran

today one of best firmware " ODR " that you can download it for free from russian site or modmy moto.com zn5 forum / downloads and here you can find your theme -walpaper- softwere and ... for your zn5 . free

green_mage_sama

I already bought it, and like it at the first sight :p the camera can be selected as macro focus, not manually like K770 and LG C510, by the way I am newbie about modding, how i can use firmware? any link to describe this? thanks guys...

dext lover

linux =no lags -speedy -no hang -no virus -open source symbian= lags - slowly -hang - virus - close source

Cuong Nguyen

Yes, I agree, the largest video resolution that ZN5 can take is only about 144*176. But flashing a suitable firmware can help it to take larger resolution (320*240). Some people said that, it could even play a video file with higher resolution than that!

Cuong Nguyen

In my opinion, the difference between a xenon flash and a led flash is that the former is much more powerful, which means that it needs a couple of seconds to recharge for the next shot. So I think it cant "flash" continuously, and cant be used as a flashlight!

the owner

i'm using this phone right now . COOOOOOOOOOOOOL but video quality is (0)poooooooooooor . i hate it .but photos are best .i like photo speed and prefect flash :) .

hxa([email protected]

If you have this phone, pls tell me if the flashlight(xenon) can be used like an independent flashlight without making pics, like the one from Nokia 1100. thnx

hxa([email protected]

PLease tell me is the xenon available without making pictures? I mean like the flashlight from Nokia 1100 for example.

hxa

Hi, do you know if I the xenon can be used as a flashlight like the one from Nokia 1100, I mean without making picture.

Coklom

Guys help me..please tell me what make this phone different from symbian phone..i means a good parts of this..some symbian user hurt my hearts..they said i buy a wrong phone..anyone help me..please make me proud to be zn5 users..thanx

Anonymous

yes,of course it is a problem if you're going to talk a lot.

thanz

I would like to buy this phone... But the SAR radiation of this phone is given as 1.59 and the maximum allowable limit is 1.60.. Is this a big problem ??? Please help.... Thanks

jawslyn

can play downloaded games from pc??? mobiles 24???

Cuong Nguyen

Or u can try an 0ER firmware. In one forum, it was voted the most for the best firmware for ZN5! if these dont help, i think you should have it serviced!

Cuong Nguyen

That;s weird! at first when I was using the original firmware, I had a lot of problem, including "camera is busy..." and "invalid battery". I had tried some firmwares, and i think the best is "0DR" as i said before. But some people think the one they are using is better! I think the problem here is that u havent found the most suitable for ur phone. try some more ones. In this link u can find a firmware which i think is good! try it out!

wa-1

I have done your suggestion, unfortunately I am still having the problem, I am currenty using ODR,previously I was using O5R

Dados Himura

Thanx a lot..i really appreciate it..now i'm looking forward to buy zn5.i'm sure i'll have fun with it..thanx

Dados Himura

Thanx 4 the information

wa-1

FYI: i am currently use R6637_G_81.03.05R it recognized stable and no bugs.I am wondering why other people who use the same firmware they don't have the same problem as mine. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks

motofan.ir

today one of best firmware " ODR " that you can download it for free from russian site or modmy moto.com zn5 forum / downloads and here you can find your theme -walpaper- softwere and ... for your zn5 . free some firmware symbiosis 4 firmware : (support RAW, 0ER-camera and QVGA video shooting). - "Intellectual" CPU overclocking - SWAP (from file or partition) - Mgxbox, PEManager, zTaskMan. Java-applications - Sudoku - Diamond Twister - UCWEB - Opera 5.0 eng - Gmail client - Read Maniaс - Text Editor - DocViewer and ............ Symbiosis is monsterpack which includes the best firmwares� features and the most useful software for Moto Zn5 all-in-one! The main criteria for monsterpack: usability, speed, quality of photos, bugs absence and stability. ------------------------------------------------­�------ Zine Evolution v0.5 firmware : + Fixed bugs of beta versions (many thanks BeZ'u Camera + 05R + Raw + Binned Raw Turbo (script continuous CPU overclocking to 532 Mhz) [by Neomoto] Added icons for certain file types in the file manager [thx Bez New version zSettings + New version zTaskMan + HSA + Changed items in the menu "Options + New icons in the file manager and ......... ------------------------------------------------­�-- magx reloaded firmware : QVGA Camera with RAW | Binnaed RAW Support CPU 532Mhz during power on NEW MgxBox FTP&Telnet UnionFS Swap Auto Enable EasyThemes SDL Preinstalled in /usr/lib Run Scripts from FM Opera Mini 4.2 Tetris Sudoku Song ID Motorola SETUP Motorola BACKUP Motorola TEXT Several Games Partition Scripts Custom Menu Applications Folder HSA Icons ........

cliq

go to modmy moto for all your need

Dados Himura

Thanx for your suggestion&the sample pictures.it's really awesome..now i'm sure to change my c702 to zn5 :-) btw what is firmware?how could i get it?

Dados Himura

Thanx for your suggestion..

stwn

motorola zn5 crash test, awesome, copy and paste the link below, due to gsmarena changes the link

wa-1

Oh, I thought you never had the problem ...thank you for your suggestion ...

Bpn-09

Bought this handset last week, like: camera !! , wifi, big display, build qlty - ok: keypad - wish: bigger batt for xnon flash, better browser, easier set up mail client, customize menu. Batt is ok for normal use, but xnon flash is so strong, so it needs lot more power. Is extended batt available ??

motofan.ir

the zenon flash in zn5 is very very powefull zn5 is realy best 5mp at world and its like pefesional camera way way beter than se c702 attention some zn5 firmware have beter camera features and ability like raw mode and ... you can see sample pictures here :

Anonymous

yes,that is true absolutely.its xenon flash is very powerful as well.

Dados Himura

Hello everybody..i'm using se c702 now.it takes an awesome picture at the day.but when i take a picture at dark situation,the result is bad.please tell me,is zn5's xenon flash can takes a good picture at dark environment?i heard that zn5 is the best 5mp cameraphone in the world.is that true?thanx..

cuong nguyen

At first, I was afraid so when it happened. After searching that problem in moto's forums, I was advised changed the firmware. and it worked! and after using several firmwares, I think an 0DR firmware is the best due to ist speed, stability, especially image quanlity taken at dark conditions. Yes, it;s not a hardware problem

w-1

Is it not hardware problem ?..

Anonymous

yes odr firmware is good

Yenal Shoumenn

i adore Linux platforms in mobile phones, and as soon as i've seen it in markets i instantly bought it. the Camera as 5 MP is outstanding - the speed of taking photos is also remarkable, the headsets is loud and nice, the alarm ring tones - can ring the whole song (not just 1 minute of it), the screen & color is amazing, the design is something else neat design of the buttons but not separated that you might press two/three keys per once, & it is slow, hard to find a decent software for it, the media player is bit weird, group SMSing is 1 by 1 which ends up with lots of (timeout of sending) and stay in your outbox. & i was hoping that the CD suit might be installed on linux OS but i was wrong. i can mod it but i'm afraid to brick it. in the end - i need to obtain another device that provide my needs - but i'm keeping this unique piece.

lexqqq

Hey people. What about EAP/TTLS and PAP support? I really need it to connect this phone on my collage via WiFi.

Cuong Nguyen

Try to flash another firmware! (an 0DR is recommended!)

wa-1

every time I try to take a picture with the motozine it says "camera is busy" and shuts the camera function down. anybody know how to fix this?

gud job

a vry gud representation m gonna gt it jst bcuz of u

Anonymous

battery is good and is usefull for 2-3 days

fred

can youtube videos be watched on this phone?

im from zamboanga

if u have plan to buy a unit, go for ZN5, the best cellphone i ever had, previously i used nokia n95, k850..as of now, i can truly say motorola is the best for now

Anonymous

no way

motofan.ir

zn5 camera quality is miles ahead than K800i and SE K850i... just near Rival is n82 anyway zn5 is best 5mp at world

stwn

How the camera quality of ZN5 compared to SE K800i and SE K850i...

John Abraham

Any time better than Nokia, Sony or Samsung

cuong nguyen

1gb memory card, a cable, a tv output, a headset, cd, manual book!

cuong nguyen

this fone supports Shozu, by which u can quickly upload fotos on facebook or videos on youtube (via wifi or gprs)

Jonathon

hi there good people can anyone tell me what do you get in the box eg headphones memory card usb cable as i am very interested in purchasing this cell thank you

Jonathon

hi there good people does this cell support facebook? thank you

Sorry4DeanAshtoninju

I think nokia's wifi phone have the ability to catches signal(hotspot)far better than Moto ZN5's. cant rely the ZN5's wifi.

RishiGuru

Exceptional mobile phone. Actually I consider it to be the Motorola�s MASTERPIECE. Motorola is known to manufacture mobile phones with rock solid built quality using top notch & expensive materials like steel, aluminum, mineral glass rather than glossy plastic commonly used by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG. The ZN5 is no exception either; it is almost built in metal & has a thick mineral glass over the TFT display matrix which is excellent. The set looks a feels like a monolith. Actually a very famous website www.smape.com did a durability test on ZN5 and in one of their tests they rode over the ZN5 lying in the road on a Honda CRV weighing 2.5 tones. The ZN5 passed with flying colors. Only the mineral glass cover over the display was broken but the mobile phone operated normally receiving calls, playing music etc. The display in ZN5 is way ahead of the European contenders like Nokia & Sony Ericsson. Actually mobile phones which are manufactured in Japan by Japanese companies have exceptional displays & generally are way better than the European counterparts. Just think about top LCD screen manufactures of the world � Sharp, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, JVC,etc all reside in Japan. Whereas European mobile phone manufactures use TFT displays manufactured by local European companies, Motorola uses TFT display manufactured by Sharp Corporation of Japan. The phone is all about the camera and it does not disappoint on that ground. Believe me, it is currently the BEST 5 MP camera available today, make no mistake about it. Only the Nokia N82 comes close. Motorola ZN5 is also the industry first to introduce VARIABLE APERTURE technology in the camera unit of ZN5. The hardware found in ZN5 almost represents the hardware of a stealth fighter plane i.e. built to kill its opposition. Running on a Freescale MXC275-30 platform having 532 MHz ARM11 processor speaks for itself. Also it has two Image Processing Units (IPU) instead of one and thus can handle image & video much better than its opposition. Internal memory is 512 MB which is huge, also you can extend it up to 4GB with a microSD card. Audio sound quality from the music player is awesome. Believe me some of the renowned Russian websites like www.smape.com, www.mobile-review.com, etc known for their thorough review have told that the ZN5 can challenge the mighty Apple iPod on this ground which, literally speaking is phenomenal for any mobile phone. After using Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung I have to accept that ZN5 is the best when it comes to sound quality. This mobile phone is capable of playing videos of very high bitrates (Higher bitrates means better quality) due to its 2 IPU�s & 208 Mhz DSP. Bitrates as high as 1100 kbps can be played easily.

RishiGuru

Some technical details of Motorola ZN5 HARDWARE Platform : Freescale MXC275-30, using patented Mobile eXtreme Convergence (MXC) Technology Applications Processor : 532 Mhz, ARM11 Width of Machine Word : 32 bit Level 2 Cache : 128 KB Digital Signal Processor(DSP) : 208 Mhz . Handles digital audio (MP3), video data. Includes Symphony Audio Processor. Image Processing Units : 2 instead of 1 resulting to zero shutter lag & high bit rate video playing capability. RAM : 64 MB, SDRAM Internal Memory : 512 MB, Flash EEPROM ROM : 128 MB User accessible memory : 512 � 128 = 384 MB GRAPHICAL SUBSYSTEM Display Manufacturer : Sharp Corporation (Japan) Display Type : Color, Transflective TFT display, Transmissive Micro Reflective(TMR) Display Color Depth : 18bit/pixel (262144 scales) Display Diagonal : 2.4 inch Display Resolution : 240 X 320 (76800 pixels) Dot Pitch : 166.6 pixel/inch Video Out : NTSC/PAL resolution, Proprietary connector BUILT IN DIGITAL CAMERA Sensor Type : CMOS Sensor Diagonal : 7.1 mm Lens Manufacturer : Carl Zeiss Lens Material : Plastic Lens Diameter : 3 mm Lens view angle : 62 degrees (diagonal), 52.6 degrees (horizontal) Focal Length :5.56 mm Aperture : Variable Aperture (Industry First for Mobile Phones) Aperture mechanism : Automatic Aperture range : f2.8/ f5.6 Focussing Technology : AutoFocus Focus Range : 30 cm to infinity, Macro � 10 to 40 cm, Landscape � 5cm to infinity Shutter Type : Mechanical shutter Shutter Speed : 1/60 � 1/1000 seconds in Auto mode Zoom : 4x Max Resolution : 2592x1944 pixels on the sensor, 2560x1920 on a JPEG file (the difference is due to image processing algorithms). Dot size - 2.2um. Camera viewfinder : 2.4 inch 320 x 240 pixels 262 k colors at 30 fps. Flash Type : Zenon Flash module length : 8mm Red Eye Reduction : Yes Video Capture : 176X144 pixels @ 15 fps Image Capturing & Video recording software provided by KODAK. OPERATING SYSTEM OS Name : MOTOMAGX OS Version : LJ6.3 Latest Firmware Version : R6637_G_81.03.0ER (as on 12/12/2009) Firmware obtaining Website : www.opensource.motorola.com VIDEO PLAYING CAPIBILITY File Type : MP4 (most efficient) Maximum Bitrate : i) Maximum of [ 1000kbps @ 29.97fps, 320 X240 video & 128 kps audio, NTSC] ii) Maximum of [ 1100 kbps @ 25fps, 320X240 video & 128 kbps audio, PAL] This mobile is capable of playing video files having 3 times the bitrate (350 kbps is the standard) than its competition. Thus the video quality is exceptional almost like High Definition Movies. BATTERY : 920 mAh, BX50

RishiGuru

The most recent firmware is 0ER & not 0DR. I am an member of opensource.motorola.com i asked this question to Dennis Deng(Administratior). Which is the latest firmware? Currently a month ago i updated my ZN5 (not the T-Mobile version) firmware by Motorola Software Update. After updation i found version to be R6637_G_81.03.0ER. I also found my bootloader version being 06.2A. Currently in opensource.motorola.com a newer firmware R6637_G_81.03.0DR is available. But when i again use software update it says no new updates are available. Also 0ER comes after 0DR so logically 0ER should be latest version but the realase date of 0DR is later than 0ER. Answer : R6637_G_81.03.0ER is later software.The date the OSS source of R6637_G_81.03.0DR is posted to opensource.motorola.com is not the same as R6637_G_81.03.0DR software release date. In this particular case, R6637_G_81.03.0DR OSS source was posted later than that of R6637_G_81.03.0ER. Dennis

cuong nguyen

I'm using 0DR firmware, which replaced an 0ER. I think the current one is much better, due to its image quality, speed and stability. but the audio quality is a bit worse (through headset)!

Anonymous

which are the best firmware?0DR or 0ER

MOTOFAN.IR

ZN5 is very good phone and great camera and with new firmware is pefect with faster speed and a3100 is realy without any predilection is great phone

cuong nguyen

not sure, but motosurf a3100 is much better! sure!

Anonymous

if u want camera phone zn5 is great if you want winmobile full touch get a3100

Anonymous

zn5 is very very beter

motomen

best of 5mp phone

zn5 is camera phone and HTC Touch Viva is low smartphone with poor feature like 2mp or 200MHz cpu !! zn5 have 530 MHz cpu and best 5mp camera phone and very good sound quality , radio , ... my choice is zn5 but if you want get smartphone i recommend you buy moto a3100 or even a3000 very beter than htc viva with very beter features and design and realy great material and Assemble

MGV

Is this a better phone than the HTC Touch Viva?

K.

No, "the highest SAR value for this device when tested at the ear was 0.86 W/kg. As mobile devices offer a range of functions, they can be used in other positions, such as on the body as described in this user guide. In this case, the highest tested SAR value is 0.51 W/kg".

ahmed

it has high sar rate 1.59

Miguel

Can anyone explain me why in Motorola site it says that this phone has wifi but "data transfers only"?? What does that mean? How am I gonna be limited?

MOTOFAN.IR

some firmware have this ability symbiosis 4 firmware : (support RAW, 0ER-camera and QVGA video shooting). - "Intellectual" CPU overclocking - SWAP (from file or partition) - Mgxbox, PEManager, zTaskMan. Java-applications - Sudoku - Diamond Twister - UCWEB - Opera 5.0 eng - Gmail client - Read Maniaс - Text Editor - DocViewer and ............ Symbiosis is monsterpack which includes the best firmwares� features and the most useful software for Moto Zn5 all-in-one! The main criteria for monsterpack: usability, speed, quality of photos, bugs absence and stability. ------------------------------------------------­------ Zine Evolution v0.5 firmware : + Fixed bugs of beta versions (many thanks BeZ'u Camera + 05R + Raw + Binned Raw Turbo (script continuous CPU overclocking to 532 Mhz) [by Neomoto] Added icons for certain file types in the file manager [thx Bez New version zSettings + New version zTaskMan + HSA + Changed items in the menu "Options + New icons in the file manager and ......... ------------------------------------------------­-- magx reloaded firmware : QVGA Camera with RAW | Binnaed RAW Support CPU 532Mhz during power on NEW MgxBox FTP&Telnet UnionFS Swap Auto Enable EasyThemes SDL Preinstalled in /usr/lib Run Scripts from FM Opera Mini 4.2 Tetris Sudoku Song ID Motorola SETUP Motorola BACKUP Motorola TEXT Several Games Partition Scripts Custom Menu Applications Folder HSA Icons ........

David

The story of Motorola has always been one of "the phones that look better that they really are." Bought one last week, it ain't bad, but coming from a smartphone i do miss being able to toggle between open apps more easily (task manager please) and the menu structure isn't great - more customization would be nice. And i'd like a better place to put my own installed apps. I do like the phonebook and the call records are bigger than what it says on the spec sheet. Currently i got 28 answered, 29 dialed and 21 missed calls. And i just love having call duration on all those. Symbian s60 still cant seem to get any of that right. What you get with little Motozine is a beautiful looking mobile phone with a brilliant camera and a nice sounding music player. 2.4 inch display is smartphone Nokia N series and E series territory, so thanks for that addition, its absolutely lovely. The 3.5mm jack is most appreciated, and TV out - thats a huge deal sweetener. Radio sounds good but interface sux - no manual tuning so if signal is not strong enough for the auto tune to pick it up, no luck for you! Wifi without 3g is a compromise which i think more manufacturers should offer - you simply don't NEED 3g coz in places where high speed data is costly - (like the UAE where i live) you simply wont use it - but at the office/ airport/ coffee shop / shopping mall and home, you can hook up a bit of wifi action. I am also wondering - is there any you tube app that will work with this? I'd love to put my wifi to work a bit more. Also - which IM apps work on this?

Anonymous

there is no onboard ofrice reader but you can install sofwere for view office documents (word,excel,pdf ..)

motofan.ir

yes read the zn5 review on mobile-review.com/en/ and smape.com/en/

M. Fraij

hi, is this phone can view the office documents (word,excel,..)?? i want to bay this phone but need to know about this option!? thanks

Anonymous

hey motofan, where are these test results with the rmaa software that you talk of? Are they published on any website? For that matter is there any website comparing music phone audio quality to that of stand alone mp3 players?

Anonymous

i have this phone and very like it moto must make this phone with 8mp camera and biger display and touch and named it zn8

motofan .ir

to dills The Motorola ZN5�s results in our RMAA tests can be easily compared with music players from top manufacturers, including Apple, Samsung and Creative � the fact of the matter is that there is only a handful of handsets that fare just as well on this front. The standard 3,5 mm jack also adds to the ZN5�s brilliance of sound, as it allows to avoid accidental signal distortions. Plus, the handset�s tweaked software allocates more resources to sound processing. at last : While the ZN5 is not positioned as a music-centric handset, it ships with a pretty decent player, FM-radio, and 3.5mm headset jack. But more importantly, its sound quality is nearly unrivalled these days, being on a par with the ROKR E8 and some dedicated music players (by the way it trumps the Apple iPod on this front hands down). In other words, the average user will be more than content with what the ZN5 brings to the table, plus it�s quite loud and has very few settings to worry about.

Anonymous

however this is not musice phone and is best 5 or 8 mp camera at world but mp3 player is very good and voice quality is beter than nokia experes or walkman se

Anonymous

the sound quality is great and loud enouph

Dills

Hi am really in search of a good phone and i desperately need some help. Could you guys please tell me abt this phone....I have seen that the camera is gud but what about the music??? Is the sound quality as gud as "Walkman, Nokia - Xpress Music" ??? Please reply guys - tks

motofan.ir

400mb space is avaliable for sms almost unlimited for i and there is psbackup on the phone originally that you can copy your sms on the memory card easily

Anonymous

the inbox sms is unlimited

jj

the inbox sms is unlimited

Anonymous

unlimited sms

Anonymous

kindly need info from you guys here. Could you inform how many maximum this cell's memory can store sms? a friend told it's unlimited? is that true? thx in advance.

cuong nguyen

When I bought this phone, I had the same problem. It disappointed me very much. The I flashed a new firmware, it became much better! now i'm using .ODR firmware, and I think it's the best! also, i adjust the display brightness down to 1, and normally it can last for over 4 or 5days for a single charge!

rej

Hi Is there any sip settings in this phone? Is there any chance to set sip settings for action voip using fring or nimbus in this phone?

rasel !

battery life is good about 3days for me with normal and low usage

motofan .ir

the battery is enough for 2-3 days for normal use minimum 2/5 days for myself with normal use maybe u use it very much and it spend after 1 day but if you want to save battery can lessen light screen and set searching network to medium >

Liquid Spin

I have one for over 6 months... Never could use the Wi-Fi... Im in Brazil, and there�s no such configuration for my country... Is that the problem? How do I fix that? Is there any way this cell become a document reader? TY all...

marlon

i bought this phone last month..the problem is battery...1 day only...hang in write message can any 1 tel me the rison?

Anonymous

both model are good but zn5 have 2.4" screen 3.5mm jack and zenon flash and ve66 have beter design and RAM and video recorder

surya

every thin s good but am not satisfied wit sound

adee

ive had this phone for roughly a year now. i bought in the UK because its not yet available in my country on its first release. so far i donnot have a problem with the phone. the camera is great it can actually compete with my k850 w/c i already sold to my classmate and still has the moto with me and i dont bring didgicam when i go out at nyt or hang out with my friends i can still keep the pictureque memoir causre i got my moto with me. i usually have 3 mobile phone with with me and so far the ZN5 is one of the best that i have. currenlty i have lg and iphone but i still love my ZN..

Anonymous

i want this phone im in iran nice phone and great camera

cuong nguyen

I think VE66 is much better. but I dont like a slider!^^

cuong nguyen

i've just replaced the .OER with .0DR firmware. That;s great so far! the speed is much better, and my phone is more stable! the audio is not as good as that of the former firmware! pictures taken in dark condition is much better, in day ligh just the same!

Anonymous

anyone have any problem with this phone say me please i want buy this phone and need your opinion zn5 or ve66 which one is beter that i get ? thanks for your opinion

gaurav singh

its avery good phone.. im happy with this, after i used samsung star, Nokia N79, but its a superb phone overall.... very good and execellient... gaurav singh 9011786111

tour guide jac

hello. im looking for this phone model. i am from negros island in the philippines. a friend of mine has one and he is all smiles ever since. thanks for any info you can give me.

MazaMoto

Use this phone with .0DR firmware. U wouldnt ask 4 anything else then. Its the fastest firmware w/o any lags or memory low errors. When its comes to camera, ZN5 is d best phone 4 its capture speed & xenon flash. The sound quality is great. (use creative/ SE in ear headphones for in depth bass)

Anonymous

zn5 is king of camera phone at world

Johan74

Which one is the best 5MP gsm-phone now with light weight and small size

Somebody

its such a great phone and pictures are great to take with it.. lol but when i go to school people think its a touch screen haha.. im lovin it so far and you can go on the internet with it too.. you can edit pictures and everything but the buttons will sometimes pop off and i love how it has a lock on it so it dosnt press any buttons.. i have a colorful background with a colorful flashing screensaver so thats why people love it lol.

09175805452

i bought mine from sulit.com for only P6500. It's a nice phone. and still has a warranty on it...

PRAJITH

i not ever such a waist service from any other company.Motorola is the worst customer support organisation. ZN5 is an average phone with lot of issues.

Anonymous

I wrote days before about the "restart" issue and, following advice of some users here, taped the battery to fit better - voila, no restarts anymore!

Anonymous

i like this phone

rst

ummm i have a Q does it have an unlimited SMS ??

Anonymous

samsung and sc qus for u between zn5 and se w995 whicn one is the best music qulty in headphone?

ketut-Bali

Been using for 3 weeks now, so far so good. Just lags sometimes when opened multimedia files. But for taking pictures, it's awesome. Easy to use&really fast autofocus. Sound qualities via headset isn't good, compared to my K850, sound are weird and not clear. But for this price, this phone O.K

Samsung and SE

I have Sony Ericsoon W995 and I think the ZN5 is better then W995.

Anonymous

in this class this is best phone with best price beter than n82 best 5mp camera and mp3 player

R12

Luv the KODAK THEME. So mistery...tehehehe..

Anonymous

no slow speed is good for example beter than n82

monster

i heard this phone is kinda slow ?? is it true ?? when typing message is it slow ??

glady

wats the price????????? in india i m from delhi... and say about music quality ??its loud in headphones?? people ask 12000 in india thats true? SORRY 4 MY BAD ENGLISH

lingam

i want this mobile (motorola zn5) plzz tel availabile stores in tamilnadu(india) plzz call 09944544449

R12

I agreed with u,the keypad its a lil bit akward to me.but compare to the ROKR EM30,this one its a hole lot better.its soft n the lil crystal that on it doesnt feel hurts!! Its just the number 2 button that too close to the d-pad key.

cuong nguyen

sadly to say, the "keyboard" on this phone is difficult to use. you will have to spend a lot of time to get used to it. and i think it's impossible to use with gloves. but once u've got used to it, it;s just ok!

Billy

How is the feeling of the "keyboard" on this phone ? Are the keys clearly defined ? or you can push easely on another key by mistake ? Can you use it with gloves ?

motofan.ir

dear friend i have same problem with my z8 last year it restart spontaneous or some time when i take a picture it restart but when i change old firmware with new ferrari firmware it worked very well and without any problem however i think z8 is good phone but the os is painful symbian uiq and i never get the phone with symbian os im very thankful of moto that stop make symian os phone?!

Anonymous

Thank you motofan.jr; I think it�s rather a battery problem, since I got the newest fw (from motorola) right from the beginning (I had same thing with the U9 with a battery, which did not fit right..) anyway, this is a masterpiece of technic; I can only hope the moto cellphone divison will recover and get finally the reputation they deserve!!!

motofan.ir

i think you have a problem with your battery that your phone restart spontaneous or mabe your battery cover is Wobbly and maybe you have a problem with software that can untie this problem with new firmware enjoy with your zn5

Anonymous

A really outstanding phone with superb qualities; only drawback: from time to time it restarts itself, all of a sudden; either it is a battery or fw problem !? but I can live it that.

J.R

best camera phone ever...

Anonymous

very good phone and solid i have no problem with my zn5

R12

no prob mate.hope ur zn5 get well soon

help

thanks my friend for help.. i'll take my zn5 to the moto service center and i'll wait what will they do.. thanks R12..

Anonymous

MOTO Ruby gets official as MOTO Klassic in Korea a 5MP autofocus camera, GPS, Bluetooth, MicroSD card the external one being touch-sensitive-CDMA Ev-DO connectivity. ... . realy realy nice phone moto must make ruby for world wide

R12

I think u got fw prob.Try to reflash the fw.If ur zn5 still in warranty period,try reflash on moto service center.

help

i have a problem with my zn5!!! when i capture an outdoor when there is sun the result is a white picture,, but if i capture an indoor pic it looks brilliant and nice.. can any one help me to solve this problem??!!!

Anonymous

zn5 camera is realy Porfessional with exceleny musice player

R12

Wow..r u really change ur N82 to this fone? I'm a ZN5 user to.i mean,that the biggest compatitor for ZN5.The result of N82 is really sharp n quite clean,except for day night capture.the only thing that a bit lack for N82 is the color to over exposure,imo.

Bibhuranjan

the motorola phone tool CD is not instaling complete when i connect it from my computer

the monster-zn5-

the best camera i ever seen and used... and also has a good function thats make any one change to zn5(I change my N82 to Zn5 and the later is the best)

Anonymous

please help me i m using windows 7 and unable to connect my zn5 to my pc,,,,,,,it's keep saying tht 'usb connection cancelled'

cuong nguyen

of course, i adjusted the display brightness down to level1. hehe!

cuong nguyen

mine even manages to work well from Monday to Sunday :)) (with an average of sending and receiving sms/calls, taking photos, playing music)

R12

I agreed!!! The speed of capturing images are wicked! Totaly!! What im got really amazed is,even for capturing in size 5 mpx,still fast n sharp!!

Kabir

Seriuosly, I have never posted a comment on any phone till now but for zn5, I have to say that I was really really impressed with the speed of capturing the photo...seriously it is amazing! I loved it...it beats the best digital cameras available straight down! good work motorola!

Chaiyasit

What kind of application with match to this phone I though not much when compare with Nokia

Anonymous

i dont have any problem with battery it use for 2-3 days easy

Anonymous

I think it's time for you to change your battery. My Zn5 doesn't have this problem when taking pictures. With full usage of listening music and taking pic, my battery can last more than 20 hours.

the baghdady

hi ! yes ZN5 is a great phone but the battery !...try to get several rapid pix. with flash ..youll discover that the battery go down from 100% to 45% ! thank you

Anonymous

i hope moto make very soon next super camera phone with 8mp resolation to beat all 8 and 12 mp of other brand come soon moto

R12

Just bought this fone.easy to use n what i like the most is,the speed of camera that capture object just a split of second!!amazed!!

The Unbiased

In my opinion, iPhone is actually a normal mobile phone with special features like touch-screen and 3G. That's all. What make it looks special is the creativeness of Apple in building those great great mobile applications for iPhone. At the end, people are using it because of the mobile applications, not the phone itself.

motofan.ir

battery life : Model ZN5 Regular duty 3days Multimedia cycle,video (3GP) 3:25 Multimedia cycle, audio (MP3) 15:20 The screen quality is very high, bearing an evident advantage over Nokia N82. The colors are maximally natural and saturated, it�s one of the best screens on the market The most interesting point on the whole list is the CPU frequency, which amounts to 532 Mhz, which is enough to provide a high performance of all the basic actions of the operating system, default applications and interface When ZN5 was in development, it was clear that 5 Mp photos taken in RAW mode will make the regular IPU choke, which resulted in an extra IPU getting installed on board. This gives the handset enough computing power to beat even Nokia N82 and its dedicated 2D/3D graphics accelerator which makes part of the OMPA 2420 platform The interface is based off Linux Java and can indeed be called one of the best interface solutions currently available on the market Talking Phone : for example set it so the phone will pronounce the digits of the number you're looking up in the phonebook - along with the contactee's name, once the record is found. The menu and submenu titles can also be pronounced, the SMS and E-mail messages can be read aloud by the phone itself .... MP3 player and radio Polyphonic +, 64 voices it�s quite convenient and ergonomic. The search function poses some real interest: you can search a track by title, author, album and by any other field, at times this feature proves extremely useful, for instance if you have lots of music The headset sound is loud, of a high quality, obviously ranking among the best audio solutions on the market While the ZN5 is not positioned as a music-centric handset, it ships with a pretty decent player, FM-radio, and 3.5mm headset jack. But more importantly, its sound quality is nearly unrivalled these days, being on a par with the ROKR E8 and some dedicated music players (by the way it trumps the Apple iPod on this front hands down). In other words, the average user will be more than content with what the ZN5 brings to the table, plus it�s quite loud and has very few settings to worry about Camera interface and settings : all world know

motofan.ir

oh this is explicit that zn5 is beter than 5630 when all compare zn5 with n82 ,n95, 6620 , se c902 and in many features zn5 is beter than above phone however i dont belief this site rat or opinion beacause for example u cant see iphone 3gs at top 10 phone rating this site but all world know whats a great phone iphone ?! but zn5 have not 3g and gps about video recorder with new firmwere u can upgrade your zn5 and if 5630 have Dedicated music keys zn5 have very interesting and usefull ModeShift morphing keypad and great CrystalTalk Technology linux is realy great &so zn5 never get mobile virus and zn5 have beter price

The Unbiased

It really depends on what you need. Beside of the camera, video captured and 3G, there is no other big difference on this two phones. If you like camera, go for Zn5. If you use 3g frequently, then go for 5630. 5630 aslo has better quality of video captured but the problem of 15fps video on Zn5 can be solved by firmware upgrade. Check ModMyMoto dot com for more details. I had compared the audio output between this two phones. 5630 which was launched with the XpressMusic tag, has produce louder voice but in terms of music quality, I prefer Zn5. I would like to stress here that this is purely my opinion. Hope I had answered your question. Basically by just comparing the ratings on both phones in this site, you should know that Zn5 is better.

Xudi

Is this phone worth buying ??? A nokia 5630 or this ZN5 ???

Anonymous

yes u must install the softwere to read document ( word ... )

nivo

Does anyone know ,can this phone read MS office documents, pdf ,word, excel or powerpoint . Thank you

DROID

------------------multitasking------------------­�------ dont you wish you had a robot sidekick that moved at light speed ,could get out of any problem and lived in your pocket ?? soon you will

The Unbiased

Zn5 is one year older than your N86. What are you expecting?

motorola Phan

this phone is the best it has 350mb internal memory plus a great camera and its cheap who coud ask for more

Anonymous

great camera phone

ketut-Bali

I'm using ZN5 and samsung i780. But I still can't understand why GSMARENA has no review on this phone. For me ZN5 has a perfect ability in imaging. I also compare the photos from ZN5, K850, N95. It's obvious ZN5 has the most perfect results unless u have colour blindness. Peace

Anonymous

n95 camera is good ????!!!!! lol all world know zn5 is best 5mp and next n82

The Unbiased

Please, don't create flame here. Everyone that uses Zn5 before will definitely know that the camera of this phone is unbeatable compared to N82 and N95. I don't know if you are trying to bash Zn5 here or what, but please write something that contributes or remain silence. Thanks.

mikiiiii

n95 8gb or n82 make pictures better than this phone...

Thanz..

Would like to know where its available for 9k in india... would like to buy this device at that price... ur help in this regard will be appreciated... thank u...

RAM

sorrypaa u d'not have moto zn5,correct

wekka

hey please tell me where it's available for rs 9000,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,please

Anonymous

this phone is realy powerfull camera phone i cant believe that othet 5mp or even 8mp can challeng with zn5

100 Moto

Costs around US$190 in HK, unlock and no contract.

roni

i just had a pick on the phone,very good device, (as i like to mood it into something else :) but. . .cudnt compromise with the price,so think as a best phone.And i bought a sony ericsson w890i. about the camera. . . ii saw what i saw.cant blame

Csaba

Come on! You (and you friend)must be blind than.Moto ZN5 is the best camera phone ever.

Anonymous

review :

motofan

actually is true.. when u take the pic.. u c .. nokia and samsung sux even its 8mp phone

motofan

yeap!! and it is great!! hmm all phone nowadays are make in china ma! hmm... but i bought it in singapore that why... hmm i think bevcause singapore custom checks all phone.. that why.. singapore hardly have any handphone defects... wat ur motorola zn5 prob.. isit solve??

Anonymous

please help me i want buy moto phone : ve66 or zn5 at last which of them is beter ??? thank u im waiting for your opinion

Anonymous

Its because the battery is a little loose, put some tape on the battery or something. :D

Anonymous

motorola zn5 best 5mp camera phone 2008

cuong nguyen

then ur friend has a serious problem with his eyes!

Anonymous

any idea,why my zn5 is suddenly switch off and switch on itself frequently. any idea how to solve it?

wei chong

wat? king of camera.nonsense...my friend said even his 2mp nokia is better than zn5!

cuong nguyen

the wifi of my zn5 works fine! the only bad thing is that it cannot play videos on youtube.. but that's ok for me! yes, mine's made in china too!

claudiu

your phone is also made in china??? in romania i bought it eith 180 dollars without a contract

motofan`

erm... i bought it yesterday too with 98SG dollar with contract.. at singtel retailer shop... hmmm.. is ok.. is working fine.. and i love it hah!!! wifi is nort prob for mi too.. i still can connect ar... theres is no prob and the mp3 player is great!

claudiu

hello moto fans! yesterday i bought my zn5 an 3 monthes ago a roker e8. bought are made in china and the quality of zn5 is very bad. i have a problem with wi-fi. it discover the network but doesn,t connet to it even if the network don't have a password. why??? excuse my poor english

bmwa6

does it supports mp4 ?

Anonymous

When will moto release its 3g version?

Anonymous

zn5 s just 9000Rs in india..

Anonymous

If I'm facing this kind of problem, most probably I'll go back to the place where this phone was bought, and ask for a repair or whatever.

cuong nguyen

How can i solve the battery invalid problem? does anyone here have the same one?

stphnstnd

got my zn 5.. this phone is superb for pix.. i traded my s.e. k800 for this phone,, i love this phone so much i also got s.e. k850i but it doesn't match the prowess and powers of this phone.. for me this is the best 5 mega pixel camera in the market.. moto zn 5 is the best 5mp camera phone! the price is superb and worth it. got wi-fi also to upload pix directly to my facebook account.. this is a super camera cellphone.. the downside is (for me) can't play youtube videos.. but thankfully i have my ipodtouch to play youtube.. nothing more to say..

cuong nguyen

I wonder if the media list of Zn5 refreshes itself only when I restart the phone. Am i right?

Anonymous

and about mp3player zn5 worked like the best music phone voice qulity is amazing and realy unrival and too loud everythig is great thanks very much moto

Anonymous

i use zn5 for 1year and realy happy i bet u never other company cant make the phone with this quality camera zn5 is realy king of camera phone

ekasro

how to insatal new firmwares????please,,,

cuong nguyen

Tip: turn the screen brightness down to level 1, the phone will last for over 4days ^^ with an average of usage (including messaging, playing music, receiving phone calls, and taking photos) for a single charge!!! nice!

motofan.ir

check here i thinck your need's are here guys : enjoy with your moto phone with new firmwere

coklom

please teach me how to install new firmware to zn5 from www.modmymoto.com..anyone help me please..

bogs28

this is the true king of camera phones!!!!!!!

S2

ZN5 still the best 5MP camera phone in the market. Camera response is fast and picture quality is superb. Even i trade in my 6220 classic with ZN5

cuong nguyen

Just bought this phone last week. Awesome. This phone runs faster than nokia's symbyan. the screen color is deep and sharp. call quality is exellent! last but not least, the price is good!^^

Anonymous

cool fone...awsome features...has wifi and 5 megapixel in 12000 range,dis fone is gr8

motofan.ir

""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""­"""""" compare battery life : Model ZN5 N82 Regular duty 3days 3day Multimedia cycle,video (3GP) 3:25 4:33 Multimedia cycle, audio (MP3) 15:20 11:54 The screen quality is very high, bearing an evident advantage over Nokia N82. The colors are maximally natural and saturated, it�s one of the best screens on the market The most interesting point on the whole list is the CPU frequency, which amounts to 532 Mhz, which is enough to provide a high performance of all the basic actions of the operating system, default applications and interface When ZN5 was in development, it was clear that 5 Mp photos taken in RAW mode will make the regular IPU choke, which resulted in an extra IPU getting installed on board. This gives the handset enough computing power to beat even Nokia N82 and its dedicated 2D/3D graphics accelerator which makes part of the OMPA 2420 platform The interface is based off Linux Java and can indeed be called one of the best interface solutions currently available on the market Talking Phone : for example set it so the phone will pronounce the digits of the number you're looking up in the phonebook - along with the contactee's name, once the record is found. The menu and submenu titles can also be pronounced, the SMS and E-mail messages can be read aloud by the phone itself .... MP3 player and radio Polyphonic +, 64 voices it�s quite convenient and ergonomic. It�s not the best player around The search function poses some real interest: you can search a track by title, author, album and by any other field, at times this feature proves extremely useful, for instance if you have lots of music The headset sound is loud, of a high quality, obviously ranking among the best audio solutions on the market While the ZN5 is not positioned as a music-centric handset, it ships with a pretty decent player, FM-radio, and 3.5mm headset jack. But more importantly, its sound quality is nearly unrivalled these days, being on a par with the ROKR E8 and some dedicated music players (by the way it trumps the Apple iPod on this front hands down). In other words, the average user will be more than content with what the ZN5 brings to the table, plus it�s quite loud and has very few settings to worry about Camera interface and settings : all world know ... """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""­"""""

Anonymous

Oppps, another post for you, n's. This phone does have Wifi which functions really well for me. Many people here complain about the lacking of 3G and GPS. It is okay for me as I don't use these technologies, I don't need them. Wifi is enough for me to surf around on Internet. In conclusion, choose a phone that meets your needs. If you want 3G or GPS, I recommend you to buy either N82 or SE W995. Zn5 is a camera phone, which suits those who like to take pics, like ME. ;)

Anonymous

Hey n's. There is no use for you asking around here as you still have doubt with Zn5 although people is giving some good and real answers on the phone. Why don't you go to a Moto outlet at your place and have a test on Zn5 sample phone? I'm sure they will allow you to play around with the sample. This is what I did whenever heard of a good phone, go to the outlet store, and have a look at the phone, test it yourself. It is already almost a year of time since this phone was available on the market, and believe me, this is still the best Moto phone out there.

Anonymous

moto zn5 have wi fi and good sound...wake up baby

n's

is it have gud quality when conversation onlyy?? other function?? like macro mode with flash??? i dont think so it can handled this situation..no wifi no gps...hmmm grow up motorola...

adi

can install applications on this os?

ghost

can this phone relly get themes and updates ? and in the mp3 liberary,can we search music by name like nokia ?

motofan.ir

call quality is famous in moto phone's and all world know this with crystal talk technology at new moto phone's and this phone u have not any problem about quality and loud sound

Anonymous

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ood phone

Anonymous

call quality is excellent an one of best at market

Deborah

Hello! I am a fan of moto since startac 130 (brilliant) and always fascinated of the reception- and call quality, even of low-end phones like C140 or W220. My question: I read in reviews (magazines and consumer)of ZN5 that you cannot hear the person you are calling and talking with properly, even with maximum volume the voice is too low!? I had some phones (not moto) with this problem and I hated it,because I use cells mainly for conversation -but, since I read about the brilliant camera, I want to get ZN5 :-) Can somebody tell me about the volume during conversations? thank you

motofan.ir

call and audio quality very beter than all nokia and se product panorama mode 3132x930 pixels 5-10 seconds to process a panorama shot 1.2 MP (4:3) � 1280x960 pixels, 600-700 Kb; 2.8 MP (4:3) � 1920x1440 pixels, 1-1.2 Mb; 4.4 MP (3:2) � 2568x1712 pixels, 1.3-1.5 Mb; 5.0 MP (4:3) � 2560x1920 pixels, 1.8-1.9 Mb; Binned RAW � 1272x954 pixels, 300-600 Kb; RAW � 2560x1920 pixels, 1.3-1.5 Mb; yes u can update video recorder to qvga 15fps or qif u can find theme and other need in and

KK india

from where can i get themes for this fone

Anonymous

Hi! I want to get this phone, but read comments that the volume in conversation is too low!?

stewart medanese

this phone 'ZN5' audio quality is beyond nightmares compare to Nokia, SonEr.. wanna ditch this phone as quickly as possible!

stewart Indonesia

I'm interested in following camera questions: 1. Can shutter sound be turned off? ~ absolutely yes! 2. Can burst mode save all pictures after capture? ~ maximum 4 photos per shot and it called multi-shot. 3. Is it possible to use centered navigation button as camera shutter button (like in SE K800)? ~ impossible. shutter button only the purple one on the right side of the bar. dont have any alternative. 4. My NOKIA N82 do not remember camera settings. How about ZN5? ~ probably same as N82. once u set the camera and close it and activate it again setting will come back to condition before u make any setting. 5. Does SPORT mode exists in presets, so I can capture fast motions (footbal, etc)? ~ doesnt support Sport mode. impossible to capture fast motion.

Alexander

I'm interested in following camera questions: 1. Can shutter sound be turned off? 2. Can burst mode save all pictures after capture? 3. Is it possible to use centered navigation button as camera shutter button (like in SE K800)? 4. My NOKIA N82 do not remember camera settings. How about ZN5? 5. Does SPORT mode exists in presets, so I can capture fast motions (footbal, etc)? Really appreciate if you can give me answers... Many Thanks!

Anonymous

can anyone offer me a spec of the video of this phone, ie qvga 15fps?

Anonymous

whats price now

Anonymous

y i like moto 1.Charging thro USB 2.Great display clarity 3.Operating System(linux)- no chance of virus attack unlike other manufacturer.

Anonymous

still waiting for its 3g version...

Anonymous

zn5 is very beter than ugly n82 with awesome camera and great mp3 player

anukul

this is one of the top rated phones on gsmarena currently no. 10th, still it is not reviewed. can anyone care. i am a big fan of this phone and is disappointed by the fact. cammon....

Kriso

It has been 1 year i am using Motozine zn5. Damn good phone with damn good features. The camera is cool . Picture clarity is awesome.

Anonymous

2rd

Anonymous

first ??!! 10000+1

Anonymous

i want buy this phone tomarrow hello moto

motofan.ir

my friend before do this any way for your problem show your phone to skillful phone maker maybe its just a teeny problem anyway u can change your firmware easily and upgrade you phone function for exapmle with some firmware video recorder upgrade to QVGA OR cif ... . just dont used locked frimware ,If you flash locked firmware to your phone, it will be locked (( Should be the same way as all the other Linux Motos. You need Handset USB drivers from developer.motorola.com, currently version 3.7.0, choose the right ones for your operating system, 32 bit or 64 bit. Then you need RSD (version 4.3 ish is fine), you have to google for that as it is considered warez and therefore can not be linked to for legal reasons. And you will need a ZN5 firmware, mostly in rar file format, but unpacked in sbf file format That's it, what you need. first install the Handset USB drivers and reboot your PC, then install RSD, next connect USB cable from PC to ZN5 and start RSD (Windows will install some drivers now), when RSD has detected the ZN5 navigate to the ZN5 sbf file and press Start. If everything works as it should then after 5 to 10 minutes RSD should reboot the ZN5 and do some final checks and finally give a "PASS" message. Well, just flashed your ZN5. ))

Anonymous

perfect cameraphone.i bought it recently and i'm completely satisfied with it.keep on MOTO!

Anonymous

maybe the connection just fails.or the network is unstable....

Anonymous

im not sure about your problem with your web browser but if with restart cant regeneration it my friend u can updait your phone with new firmware and improve your phone capability go to modmymoto.com and get new firmware(free download) example monsterpack or freedom firmware then install it at your phone /

Anonymous

or flash it?

Anonymous

one of best moto and camera phone

Anonymous

good price good features

Anonymous

maybe u will restart your phone or flash it

young saunders

im having a problem with my web browser. i connect to a wifi network but wen i try to browsw the web it jus freezes while loading

Anonymous

oh my friend i understand your problem u are se fan and never got zn5 u talking about SE k800 ?! what is it ?! is phone ? even bigest SE fanboy dont like speak about this Trashy phone

stewart Indonesia

im sure that i bought moto ZN5 with 5mpx. included 1G microSD card. hmm.. probably the shop attendant gimme refurbished phone with camera downgrade to 2mpx?? who knows. but i admit that zn5's xenon flash and red eye works well. i think the camera too many noises. SE type K such as K800i's camera quality still the best. peace.

Nagaraj

I got this fone last year, when it was launched in Bangalore. Been using since then.... Damn goood fone. Battery is good and picture clarity is awesome. cant find better then this :)

motofan.ir

how u can compare zn5 photo with your last SE K610 2mpx ????????!!!!!!!!! when all world compare zn5 with best 5mp at world(n82 /k850/c902/...) and even zn5 beat 8mp phone ?! maybe u cant use it ? are u sure that buy zn5 ?

stewart from Indones

yesterday i just bought this phone, now i feel regret to this phone the fact is this phone was not as i expected. quality of the photo 5 mpx is damn average wonder why the quality of moto ZN5's 5mpx just same as the quality of my last phone which is SE K610 2mpx. so blurr... anybody care to explain? zoom 3x is below average. just give the suggestion.. to whom r going to buy this phone try it first before u regret it. peace.

Anonymous

zn5 at compare k850 : have beter screen : size and qulity / beter sound qulity / loud speaker / beter life battery / and best 5mp camera phone / beter call qulity u can see zn5 review and compare it with k850 at mobile review.com and smap.com

Jrf

Does anybody know of a good comparison between this phone and the SE k850i? I havent found any good comparison on the cameras and flash power and I realy want to buy me one. The k850 is already down to it's final stock in my city so I kinda need to decide fast. Thanks for any help you can give me!

Anonymous

camera 10 / 10

Anonymous

its realy great phone

Joelle

I have a question about this phone. May i know when one assign a ringtone to a number in the phonebook, does the SMS coming from this number also becomes the same ringtone? Thank you. :)

Anonymous

in my country its about 250$ and i want buy it this week

Tutenstien

Wonderfull phone for the price. Except a bit bigger than expected. camera is jus beautiful

victory

first look at motorola QLIC :

Anonymous

motofan.ir

Motorola announces MotoBlur, Motorola Cliq (Dext) Android smartphone :

Anonymous

zn5 camera example photos see these site IMMINENT : its amazing

pinoy21

this phone is really great but i really dont know how to protect it from scratch...especialy the side part which shines...i always put this in its pouch but still it has scratch...but the phones features really great...........................................­..(",)

Jrf

Sorry my bad! Didnt finish reading the comment xD you were talking about the voting thing on the side to rate this phone, srry again!

Jrf

Actually you can tell if people repeat themselves. Under your comment, by the date, there is a code, that is like an ID. I can put any name I want but my code will be the same. Any ways, to any user: how is the flash? And does the wifi only work with pic or can you surf the net too?

josh

picture are EXCLAMATORY !!!!!!!! its realy best 5mp at world

Anonymous

full features and low price its my choice

Anonymous

best phone that i see

badrakaran

i love the phone but its somethin slow & then musoc player is not loud as it was in L6 or L9 tats the oly problem wit this

nokia n86 user

nice phone my brother have a zn5 about 7mounth one of best moto phones

MOTOFAN

Yeah Here Full Of Motorola Phone Haters They only like samsung,se,Nokia keep off ****

Anonymous

beter design than n82

100 Moto

Since anyone can login here and do almost everything....why even bother with the voting results? You can never tell if the same person votes 100 times anyway. Can't believe Zn5 is almost (if not already) one year old. How many one-year-old phones (especially from the almighty brand) still looks / performs as good? I know iphone is one of them. But not too many others that I can recall...

Anonymous

Something I'm quite sad with people on this site. Those anti-MOTOs start giving low rate votings to this GREAT phone once it rose to fourth place in the overall ranking. Now it is out of the top 15. Haiz.....

john

is it available here in the philippines? if yes, where can i find it and how much

Anonymous

yes its realy great phone and beter than all 5mp phone

motofan.ir

its realy great phone and i never cant believe negative opinion about it maybe some friends say videorecorder is poor but guys u can updait this with new frimvere from qvga or cif chek it on modmy moto.com i never cant confidence at gsmarena that was COMPETENT and RIGHTEOU ... : when last gsmarena review about moto phones is about 2-3 years later (v8) and they never attention to user and site viewer about review zn5 , ve 66 ,z10 , a3100 , and .... now do u BELIEVE me ?

Anonymous

Something I'm quite sad with people on this site. Those anti-MOTOs start giving low rate votings to this GREAT phone once it rose to fourth place in the overall ranking. Now it is out of the top 15. Haiz.....

Anonymous

very very good phone mp3 player worked like my ipod and cameraaaa oh my god ??!!!!

Eric

I have had this phone for almost a year now and I can say that this phone is built very sturdy. I have dropped it sooooooo many times and it's still going strong. The phone seems like my last phone in that it probably will last forever. I had my last phone for about 4 years. My fav thing of course is the phone's battery life, never really have a problem with low power. Also phone calls are noticeably very clear. I'm not a huge Motorola fan but I like this phone. Plus it's very inexpensive.

MOTOFAN

Hello All who are looking for themes for zn5 just go to www.modmymoto.com/downloads.php and the select zn5 themes and download if you want to know how to install themes in this mobile ask in forums and dont goto zedge.net it doesnt have motorola files

Anonymous

and check it friends for softwere for motorola

motofan.ir

for read office doccuments( word, pdf,)will instal softwer and do it easy instal free softwer theme walpaper .... for motorola :

claudiu

hello moto fans!!! does zn5 support themes???( from zedge.net)...does it read office doccuments( word, pdf,)

Middle East

very very good price for this class phone with this features i want to buy it in my country 290T

Anonymous

good good good

Anonymous

its great phone just moto

Anonymous

another super phone from moto :

Anonymous

best of west

s os

excelent : 1. camera 2. voice qulity at call ,music player headphone and speaker 3. fast wifi 4. update avalible os with new frimewer 5. never hank 6.very good material building 7. mod shift morphing keypad intersting

Anonymous

almost 150votes in 2 days.. zn5 has moved 4m 8th spot to 4th spot.. great goin zine..i think it deserves in d top 3 spots..only mobile which s better dan dis s 5800 xpress music currently in 2nd spot..

ilessthan3moto

ow thanks, i own a k850i too. well how about any drawbacks there like freezing,rebooting,crashing or something like that?

edw

zn5 camera is realy best at world i own compare picture that take with my k850 , n82 , n 95 and i8510 and zn5 pictures are very briliant sharpnes and natural and about mp3 player, it work like ipod ???!!!

pol

after 1year use zn5 i wana say its greaaaaaaaat phone

ilessthan3moto

help.! is this phone really worth buying for??? please explain or point some few things

Sun

Wats the current market price in India/Mumbai

Anonymous

wat do mean by d.f.p?

CuriousJoe

BUt we're rating the pone based to its D. F. P. not for it's price ratio

Anonymous

I have this phone is very good phone, positive points: camera(picture), price, design, acessories, Moto ID, wi-fi, batterie. Negative points no GPS, very fragille (someone hit, the phone turns off), video camera, No 3G. But I recomend is very good phone for your price

Anonymous

video recorder can update to qvga resolation good

@@

it also has uma technology

Anonymous

dis fone has got only 8.5 in d ratings.. dis 1 deserves more 4 its price..

motofan.ir

instal free softwer them walpaper .... for motorola :

helpmehere

Oh ok tnx..but even i have the money i wouldn't go for the nookia phone..i know that it's good but i'm def. liking this phone.

josh

every things good and price is very gooooood

Anonymous

sum ve problems... but don't worry ,they r 1 in a million.. my friend has dis fone 4 a while..he doesn't ve a single prob as of now.. i'm planin 2 buy dis mobile by nxt month..if u can afford sum more money go for N86..just read d conclusion of zn5 in mobile-review.com...

helpmehere

OK thnx for the info dude.. but does this phone a free problem phne?

Anonymous

buy moto good sound quality wit an xcellent camera

helpmehere

Ok guys i need ur help! i'm choosing between An mp4 or this phone since both of them has the same price ratio.. so should i go with this phone?? i reaally love moto phones..but ryt now i have a SE k850i(and beliv me this phone is a pain in the %^&)

Anonymous

mp3 player is very good like musice phone and sound qulity from speaker is superb

KeepEr

oh ok thnx,im planning to buy this one. was updating the firmware hard to do?

Anonymous

thro firmware update 4m modmymoto.com,dis beautiful baby s fast as *******

KeepEr

does this phone doesn't have a slow down issues

Anonymous

great phone and goooooooooood price

McD

I got this phone now... ITS SO GOOD! well the design is the best i could say... it looks better than My Motorola V3i & V8! I certainly look nice as my Aura(that i got 1 month before this)... Well I prefer this phone than my Aura or my Vertu Diamond! MOTOROLA ROCKS!!!!!! thx motorola... keep up the good camera function...!

Anonymous

u can update camrecorder to Qvga WITH new framwere chek modmymoto.com

zn5 user

i bought zn5 for 9mounth camera is amzing work with morphin keypad is intresting(thancks moto ) speaker volume is very good and loud and beter than my walkman High quality screens Powerful firmware platform call qulity is unrivaled and talking phone is surprise ... honestly recommend buying

CuriousJoe

Aww.. i live in LAguna.. i think i'll look for other places

techmastercy.blogspo

try going to star search store in market market taguig. i bought the phone last july. price is now only P5900 which is i think the best in price-feature ratio right know. e8 is just only P4700.

CuriousJoe

Oh! so that explains why i can't seem to find it in some particular malls.. i think i should try looking up for online shopping..one of my friend told me that it ranges to 9k only?? idk. thnx for the info bro.!

eisu

im from the ph, i bought my phone since dec 2008, where as it was released on nov, but i believe it will be harder for u to buy this phone in the ph since the motorola store is closed, it does have 1 gb included and pack of accessories, that time it cost me 19k where 5800xm is 22k, n82 23k (not gb) and c905 (23k), ryt now the price really becomes lower, hmm maybe 15k or lower but be sure it has all the accessories, (tv-out, charger, micro usb cable, rokr headset, and the box) what ive read in the news, moto ph will come back this December with the release of moto android phone, hope so, my zn5 charger is dead, i cant replace it via moto cs, they said moto cs main is located at mcarthur hiway pasic (semicon). so if there still semicon in the malls, maybe u shud ask them..

motofan.ir

latest news :

Chex

My phone does not go into power-save mode...it is draining my battery life! Anyway I can fix that? I tried resetting several times and I set the time from 10 seconds to 5 seconds. This phone is great and I wish to keep it longer...but I can't keep it if it keeps doing this. HELP HELP HELP

jons

i just bought this an hour ago! hahaha... well, lets hope this baby does it job. :)

Anonymous

i bought d mobile last week..i believe this s d best fone i had .. no lag.great camera and nice music player.it perfectly suits my requirements.

siry martin

i like motorola, it�s better than N96 and i am happy that it doesn�t have gps, battery standby is great.

Anonymous

Anonymous

You saw the competition right, N96 i think, VSZN5 and other two poor phones with 8MPX i think, ZN5 beated the three of them, have you seen pics taken with this, or even the modded video camera, better than any Nokia, believe me

Anonymous

the phone have not GPS...

Anonymous

N86 s equiped wit 8mp and it s a latest fone from a mobile giant .. bring a 5mp fone ,i bet tat it can't even stand bfr d 5MP GOD "zine"

Anonymous

"ZN5 is a kick ass phone and can compite with any SE and beat any Nokia when it comes to camera." You're joking, right? This camera is of N95-quality, there are better ones now, like N86... but Moto is still stuck in 2007's standards.

dablonganthropus

kodak technology n keypad is fantastic for 5 mp camera... but just it... nothing else...

dare

my moto zn5 reset by himself can anibody help me?thanks

Rahoni

And, yes, you can browse anything you want... I use OperaMini to do that. It�s the best.

Rahoni

Yes, you can use the phone as a modem.

Moinul

Edge specifies Class 12. But how many kbps it will be??? Nothing is mentioned!! As the operating system is Linux (i do not have any idea), can we browse facebook from there? Also can it be used as modem to the laptop via datacable & Bluetooth?

motofan.ir

theme ringtone walpaper softwere for motorola phone chek modmymoto.com and :

Anonymous

work with morphin keypad is realy interesting thancks moto

vishwa

how to enable java apllication in motorola w320

Anonymous

Yes, definitely!

jons

guys, i want to buy it this weekend. but first i need to know one thing, does it have a flight mode? thanks before. :)

Anonymous

That ain't true, modded FW are as safe as any other, WiFi remains cool, and working, i saw this post WiFi is working for all of them And to add themes, check there at modmymoto.com they work cool

ebs - Indonesia

is it ok if i mod my zn5 with that one firmware? coz i heard from a friend here that when you update the firmware with the QVGA resolution, the WiFi ability will be gone... please reply for the result, thanks!

Anonymous

how to put skins on my zn5,my email is [email protected],please help me

Anonymous

cuz this thing beat both things

techmaster

why not buy nokia? = ) or buy a dedicated mp3 player.

techmaster

agree.

Anonymous

ZN5 is a kick ass phone and can compite with any SE and beat any Nokia when it comes to camera. Believe me, i found the qvga mod at modmymoto.com, it's so cool, it also improved my speed and now i have skins! and can change them anytime

jo

dear trini i think your phone have problem or maybe u cant REGULATION right your phone beacus all world know the zn5 camera is realy best at 5mp and even can challang whit some 8mp phone and about battery life too

trini

my Zn5 sucks!!!...the camera is very BLURRY and the pictures are not of good quality...the phone itself is slow and the battery life sucks aswell..it will last me a day and a half..sometimes a day!!..anyone knows if CTI miami still operating????..i think my phone maybe faulty...from the comments everyone leaving abt there camera...

motofan.ir

guys you can updait your zn5 video recorder to qwga

elli

forgot to tell you about video. though camera is superb, video is really bad. the speaker is so and so ..

elli

i have the zn5 it has an awesome camera better than all 5mp camera phones. the ring is quite loud, i dont think youll find a problem with that except if you are in a really noisy enviroment like club. all in all if youre looking for a camera phone you definetely should buy it! here in greece you can find it for 100 euros now in sales..

Anonymous

at last which one is beter that i buy it ve66 or zn5 how about video record and loud voulom speaker at ve66 ?

100 Moto

Different people have different needs, I can listen to radio as much as 10 hours a day. Only 2 of those hours are for music, the rest are talk shows which none of my MP3 file can replace. Plus in where I live, radio provides the most updated news, quite often faster than internet or news via 3G network service providers. Indeed, I wish the radio is "built in" on Zn5 like VE66.

fireball

this phone is a great bargain! everything is just superb! this will be better if it is at least 3g ready and quick office capable.

Vernon

I bought this phone and have not been disappointed. The only thing about this phone I would change is the inclusion of the FM tuner. Seriously, with the advent of MP3 players, does anybody really still listen to the radio? And now there are MP3 players built into everything, including phones, so what is the point? Minus that feature they could have probably included more RAM or a faster processor since the menus sometimes can be sluggish. But this is truly a great camera with a phone built around it which happens to be pretty good!

Anthony

If someone calls you, can jou put the ZN5 on speaker phone?

=]

the speaker this is higher ???

xD

the speaker this is higher ??

Anonymous

i have this phone for 5 month ... i love my phone... battery life , camera, video play back , LCD,voice qulity are very nice... i think most of negative comments in this site is lie !!

Trust me

The menues are slow and the battery sux. The guy who is telling us to lower down the brightness, i say why, if nokia can make phones which can playback for like 17 hours y cant motorola make up a freakin good battery. Thats just lame. They need to go the basics i think.

Anonymous

howe about speed menu ? slow or fast ? i hear we can update video record to qvga ? is it true ?1

Zn5

I bought a card 4gb and now i can take more than 2500 pictures on 5mpx

Anvin mathew

I could not use wifi.it doesnt show ny available wlan network.. At d same time nokia phones show it..nybdy pls help me.?..i m a user frm india

Anvin mathew

I could not use wifi.it doesnt show ny available wlan network.. At d same time nokia phones show it..nybdy pls help me.?

depmod

Motorola allways put very powerfull and high-quality speakers. With the 3.5mm jack, I am just AMASED from the so high quality since

Ali

what about the output sound of this phone,is it goood or its bad ?????????? and is their any option that can we this mobile cam as webcam which is same as in motorokr e6

MOYEED

what about the output sound of this fone???????????????? ,is it good 0r it is bad & can we use this mobile cam as a web cam is their any option like that which is same as in motorokr e6 "use as a webcam"

Anonymous

oh i like zn5 and zn50 realy

El-Jose

Perhaps the battery issue is because of your FW, if you want to change it, you can come to ModMyMoto.com, and ask there

GTX

Bluetooth = off WIFI = off (when you don't use them)

Imman0

I tried lowering the brightness level into 2 a few weeks ago plus i dont use the vibrate and feedback options so save battery but still the battery drains within the day. :((

hossain

guys wifi does drain ur battery but also pls check ur display brightness....... keep it on 2 or max 3 ......... do not make it more! lesser the brightness more ur battery life i have tried it mill times ! try it n lemme knw if ur battery improves!

motofan.ir

Snap and Share � Instantly! No other phone from Motorola puts image capture first, with a high-resolution landscape screen and one of the fastest click-to-click times available for 5 megapixel camera phones. Auto-focus locks in less than one second and there are no delays when taking one photo to the next. With one touch, users can view all their photos right from the home screen; no menus, no searching. The ZN5 is optimized to work with KODAK EASYSHARE Software and provides one-touch access to KODAK Gallery or other internet sharing sites, by using ShoZu to easily move pictures off the device, allowing consumers to print, share and enjoy their photos whenever they want. Share images with Edge or Wi-Fi connectivity via websites directly from the device and display instant slideshows on your TV to friends and family with just one cable. Printing photos via Bluetooth Wireless Technology is easy with KODAK Picture Kiosks and KODAK All-in-One Printers.

motofan.ir

Simply slide the lens cover open to illuminate ModeShift Technology, transforming the full-featured mobile phone into an ultra-fast 5 megapixel camera, complete with auto-focus, low-light optimization, and a bright Xenon flash. The MOTOZINE ZN5 is the only mobile phone to have KODAK Imaging Technology that can be instantly combined with KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology for brighter, more vivid pictures on the spot which look noticeably better than pictures created without the technology. Users can take advantage of multiple capture modes, including panorama, which automatically stitches together continuous shots taken on the horizon line into a single, extended image

Anonymous

Memory: 350MB available memory4, optional removable 4GB memory card Imaging: KODAK 5-megapixel Camera, auto-focus, low light optimized with Xenon flash Multi-shot mode Capture and edit modes: panorama, grayscale, sepia, negative, reddish, greenish, blueish Focal length: 5.86mm. Aperture: 2.8/5.6. Digital viewfinder Sl

Anonymous

KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology enhances photos with brighter colors and sharper details. The only phone on the market co-developed with Kodak that enables you to upload and manage your images via KODAK EASYSHARE Software. Photos can be uploaded via KODAK Gallery Link and instantly shared to the KODAK Gallery1 online in one simple click. Use KODAK EASYSHARE Software to quickly transfer pictures from your phone to your PC via USB. With KODAK EASYSHARE Software you can organize, edit, print, and share your photos

Imman0

yeah i guess 30 mins of surfing can be considered as heavy usage but there are days when i only use my phone purely for sms and still i drain my batt within a day.. is that normal? i think around that i send around 100 sms.. **and a correction to my first post: regularly i send 50 sms a day and not 50 mms.

Anonymous

IMO surfing net through wifi for 30min is considered as heavy usage.

Imman0

hey guys i've been using th zn5 for about 3 weeks now and i absolutely love it! the picture quality is great, i surf the web using wifi and i can't say enough about the call quality! its a really good phone! especially for its price! But its slower than my old phone but its tolerable and i have already coped with it. And one more thing, my battery can't last an entire day with me and all i do is send around 50 mms, call for about 30 mins and surf for around 30 mins again. Is it my heavy usage or do i have a faulty battery with me? And pls tell me if i can do anything to speed up the OS of the Zn5. OVERALL i really like this phone and i love it! i just want to further improve this great phone. cheers!:D

Julius

Sure it's a smart phone And it ain't slow if you mod it Check ModMyMoto.com for more tips at modding and tweaking for this phone, also for support for it, it's free and cool :D

nick

is it a real smartphone ??

Rahoni

Dear anonymous, I don�t know what site is this, but look: I didn�t say the quality is bad, but only that the sound is low! But maybe it�s only my phone. If I could compare my Zn5 with another Zn5, I would know if it�s only my phone or the model itself. I�ll look for someone that has it too! Thx! Bye.

Anonymous

can you find the great phone like zn5 with this low price

Anonymous

but dear rahoni i read at one site than zn5 was on 10top musice phone 2008 however zn5 is camera phone and how u say sound is low ???!!! i hear zn5 volume and was very good and loud

Rahoni

I don't like or hate this or that trademark. I think that this kind of behavior's totally wrong. There are good and bad phones from every brands. My last phone was a V3i with a MP installed on it. It was very very fast. I just had to click and the response was there. Maybe that's why I'm thinking that ZN5 is slow. Comparing to my last moto, it is. About the volume... I still think that it's low. See that I'm not talking about quality. They're two different things.

Anonymous

The slowness problem on several phones (not just this one) could be because of the size memory you put on it. Most standard phones get somehow slow with extra memory (2GB+ cards)

bob

CrystalTalk� Technology - CrystalTalkTM technology delivers supreme clarity and deep resonance to every single conversation an zn5 owner has, even in noisy environments

Anonymous

i have this phone for 5 month ... i love my phone... battery life , camera, video play back , LCD,voice qulity are very nice... i think most of negative comments in this site is lie !!

Anonymous

very good price for this phone whit this superb camera

mark

zn5 is slow ??!! are you realy use zn5 for the moment or just hate moto u can compare it to all nokia n series to see which is slow voice qulity whit cristall talk technology is excellent

Rahoni

"No Slow"? Ok, if it's your first phone... The phone IS slow. PERIOD. And its volume in conversation is very low. PERIOD. Even though, for it's price, it's a very very good phone. PERIOD TOO!

Anonymous

no slow speed is good

Rahoni

Very slow!

clientelle

how much is ZN5 now in the philipiines???

kj

got a question to you all how would you rate the speed of this phone? (in navigating, typing sms, opening applications) and does it get slower when you have lots of stuffs in it? thanks

GTX

because you will have blurry pics, thanks to the zoom

Anonymous

y wouldnt i?

Anonymous

Thank You!

Anonymous

n95 camera never cant challenge whit zn5 and just n82 can compare whit zn5

GTX

why the heck would you want to take zoom photos?

Anonymous

cpu : Freescale 500 MHz processor very powerfull

Anonymous

Well, I have the phone for about 1 week, and I'm in doubt about the quality of the camera. Is it really good comparing with N82 or N95? Zoom photos are not good at all... =(

Anonymous

Loud voice with good quality definitely!

eric

how about speaker volume ??? is it loud sound whit qulity ??? thancks guys

Anonymous

It is having the best camera in any cell phone till yet ... its just unbeatable in camera quality and looks of this phone are just awesome... the way it shines , really shows its grace... I'll love to buy this phone... N79 is nothing in front of this beautiful gadget... its really a cool phone...

HARSHA

yeah you can upgrade your video quality with 30 fps motorola modders already done it and working the video quality is superb thanks for more info goto www.modmymoto.com

Anonymous

very very good phone

Rahoni

Yes, you can! Easy and simple.

ahamed

i like this mobile i can instal voipcall software?

Zn5

How can i configure the wi-fi connection?

Anonymous

moto please upgrade video recording this phone camera is realy excelent and video rec should was minimum 30 f/ps nice sound

Neel

I want Auto call recording facility in Moto ZINE ZN5 Any software and guidance on how to install it

analnymous

Someone knows if i can install google maps in this phone?

Analnymous

I bought yesterday this phone and I realy love it, the camera works nice to take pictures but the videos was not too good, The sound is very loud, I only have some problems to connect wi-fi but this phone is pretty good for your low price.

GTX

yes you can!

arjun

i own the k850 now and i love it. but i kinda regret not buying this phone.

Anonymous

can we go to any WiFi hotspot and get free internet access?

Anonymous

soud qulity is greaaaat and louuuuuuuuuud

Anonymous

good job moto

motofan.ir

install for zn5 theme game sofwere ringtone :

Anonymous

motorola we are waiting for your 8 or 10 mp camera phone .that like zn5 best 5mp

coklom

how to install new skin to this zn5?anyone help please...

Rage

can i watch youtube and browse thru enet in free using ZN5

Vaitheez

nice phone but no 3G :(..

Anonymous

motorola : best

Diego

Well this is one of the best phones i've got ;D but one problem with the wifi, it won't let me use my wep key because its 10 chars, and in the phone it says if it is a wep key you need 5 or 13 char leght... Any one know what to do? ;o

Anonymous

oh guys camera is realy best of best motorola and kodak woooooooooow

Anonymous

after the decline of razr era, this is the best motorola phone so far... waiting for its 3g version and a better video recorder.

calvin

I recently got the phone! It was AMAZING! The photos taken with the camera have AMAZING quality. overall, I will give it 9/10.

Anonymous

looks like u hav gone mad. go nd chech out the cam of n95 nd zn5 nd then come nd talk

Anonymous

Someone can tell me if in the wifi connection, can i watch youtube videos? i realy thanks for the answers.

Anonymous

3.5mm jack. Love it! I can listen to FM radio using my regular MP3 headphones.

Anonymous

Was able to get it free from T-Mobile with a new activation. Had it for about week, very pleased with camera and sound quality. Guess it's not a popular phone since it's a bar phone, but besides that, it's really a well made phone. Oh, Wifi only lets you allow post pictures on the internet without a internet plan. But, it's the current best camera budget phone out there.

Anonymous

the 5mp cam is realy unrival

Anonymous

very good sound qulity

Anonymous

What a joke. Comes 18 months later than N95, and is worse in every single area!!!

Ebs - Indonesia

Its available in Indonesia for only US$ 250 plus 2GB microSD, and its unlocked! and new stock!!!

dub

an old firmware has activated RDS for radio and record QVGA video!

gayladyboy69analsex

ebay. buy this on the internet.

gopinath

u can get from poorvika or wavetelmobile

mr.crave for zv5

hello there, people of gsmarena... I need your help... where can i buy such here in the philippines? I've learned from a cellphone shop that it's impossible now a days that you can find motorola new unit because the main motorola service center (here in the philippines) was closed...pls, i need your help... thanks alot.

jo

but for take the picture zn5 is best at world

f4tron

LOL...the keypad is not a problem for ZN5. It is a pretty scratch-resistant keypad. I can't scratch it with my nails (even if I want that). Here ar some real problems for ZN5 : 1. No 3G support; 2. No RDS for Radio; 3. No accelerometer sensor for dispaly auto-rotate; 4. Low resolution for video recording - only 144 x 176 at 15 fps; 5 No manual focus for camera (only zoom presets); 3,4 and 5 - this is why ZN5 is not the best camera phone on the market (it is one of the best, but not the best).

debrup

motozine zn5 is very good phone, but the problem was 'KEYPAD'. The keypad has easily scrached by nail. Otherwise it is a outstanding phone all over.

f4tron

According to Motorola - 580h of standby and 9h 30min. of tlak time. In real world, you will get : - about 7h of continuous talk time (with full batery); - somewhere between 510-600h in standby mode ; (I saw this values in a review of ZN5 made by Connect Magazine); This is what I get with my ZN5 : - over 3 days with normal use(text, some photos, 1h of calls and 1h of music); - over 5 days if you use it only to make calls;

Anonymous

best phone on the market..rather have it over my old nokia, no issues, greta price absolute bargain buy!! compliments to motoralla

TRACEY

brilliant camera, just like my digital, full specs, great volume, and great storage, highly recommended mobile

Anonymous

fantastic mobile, motoralla is usually rubish, but this mobile is brill, had it for 6 months now wudnt change it

Anonymous

Hey guys i am from chennai all the motorola showroom are closed and everyone are telling motorola mobiles phones are not marketed in chennai , but i really liked this phone can anyone from chennai help me out from this . Can i get this phone . how is the battery back for a normal usage , i mean 1 hour songs , some snaps and 1 hour talking .

f4tron

Motorola ZN5 review - google it ...

Anonymous

hello to all the guys at gsmarena. U people hav been doing a great job. i hav a request can u please put up a review of the motorola Zn5.. please.....a review testing all its skills with pros nd cons.. bcoz i am planning to buy it... i am an redent visitor of ur website, though i hav read reviews of it in other websites but i beleive only on gsmarena's reviews .. so once again please... hopefully i will get to see it soon.. thank u amit

amit

hello to all the guys at gsmarena. U people hav been doing a great job. i hav a request can u please put up a review of the motorola Zn5.. please.....a review testing all its skills with pros nd cons.. bcoz i am planning to buy it... i am an redent visitor of ur website, though i hav read reviews of it in other websites but i beleive only on gsmarena's reviews .. so once again please... hopefully i will get to see it soon.. thank u amit

Anonymous

very good phone and good price

sara

nice phone i like the design

Ebs - Indonesia

from The upcoming standards, which have not yet been released, are 802.11e and 802.11i. The 802.11e standard is the first to span the home and business wireless arenas. It includes Quality of Service (QoS) and multimedia features. 802.11e is so cool because it will allow wireless home users video on demand, audio on demand, voice over IP and high-speed Internet access. Finally we have 802.11i. This standard concentrates on resolving the security holes present in past standards. 802.11i introduces Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) security protocol.

f4tron

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/i = Wi-Fi

Anonymous

what in name of god is that� WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/i Wi-Fi i ???? i??

ahmad

radio worked very good and mp3 player speaker loud sound

motofan.ir

free theme game wallpaper softwere for zn5 and other moto phone :

Salil

Good phone. But anyone pls say from where i could get themes for this mobile. Pls reply as room as possible.

Anonymous

veeeeeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyy good phone

Ameer Ahmed Qasmi

Can you send me the setting for the wifi ?

Ameer Ahmed Qasmi

Mr. YoYo, Can you share your experience with me that is it possible to lock the phone through the passkeys? in place of Manual key? and 2nd question is that have you use the wifi ? if yes then can you explain the configuration to operat the wifi ? And this set can announce the in comming call ? Thanks and waiting for your kind reply.

Anonymous

where can i buy such here in the philippines? I've learned from a cellphone shop that it's impossible now a days that you can find motorola new unit because the main motorola service center (here in the philippines) was closed...pls, i need your help... thanks alot.

Anonymous

great sound qulity

Anonymous

thanks for that > does it mean the oil like effect will not affect the picture quality ? now i understand . thanks ! i love motorola actually but the highest camera resolution in malaysia market is just 3 mp , which isa the motorola a3100 . quite sad to say . fortunately , a3100 is a nice phone ^^

@MiR

for games www.waptrick.com and for applications www.getjar.com

n's

i think u must learn how to take nice pict at nite..even camera digital cant take nice pict at nite..if i compare my n82 pic n my cybershot 8mp,my n82 pict is better at nite..that mean camera phone is better then digicam.zN5 Is nice camera phone u must know n learn how to use all function and setting in zn5 camera..

indos

hey guys just got it and i want to install games and stuff. can you give me a nice site with freeware? (sorry for bad english)

GTX

night pics are noisy daylight pics aren't

MazaMoto

Yeah.. sadly thats true. IT shows lot of noise for dark / nite pics. But in daylight its considerably good. Only when you view them @ full resolutions you will notice the bubble jet/ oil paint like effect. But the pic quality of ZN5 can be compared to some other 5-7MP Digital cameras. The color reproduction is very natural...

n's

thanx 4 the information

Anonymous

motorola's phones captures photos with a lot of noise in them . nearly every phone are like this . ve66 , zn5 ... all of them . hope motorola can hear me and improve this problem for the upcoming products

f4tron

"The advantage of the RAW format is that it contains much more data, in other words tiny details, which stand for greater image adjustability at a later stage when the data are submitted into a graphics editor; photos saved as JPEG or TIFF files can�t offer all the editing opportunities that come with a RAW file. If you are using RAW image acquisition, you can adjust parameters like white balance and ISO any time after the image has been saved. RAW files converted into JPEGs with a professional PC software suite provide much more detail than JPEGs created using the regular post-processing routine ran by your cell phone�s CPU after the moment of image acquisition. These algorithms, just like any other converters, rebuild the missing colors by applying a colored RGB filter to each cell of the matrix. After that, the resulting color of each pixel is calculated from the colors of neighboring matrix cells to which the filter was applied (this process is called RAW interpolation). An inevitable loss of data occurs when RAW files are converted into JPEGs, so there�s no way to rebuild a RAW from its JPEG descendant. Different compression levels stand for different amount of detail preserved in the final file and different filesize. Moderate compression makes an image appear as almost indistinguishable from the original RAW file to the human eye, especially after the picture gets resized and printed." "There�s no way to print RAW images directly, they look as black and white pictures although in fact use a 12-bit encoding. Here comes the weird discovery: Motorola ZN5 produces 8-bit raw images, and those are immediately saved in the memory as TIFF files. That�s why RAW is but a marketing slogan following ZN5 all the way long, while the handset can�t take any real RAW shots at all." "The TIFF file format is the result of compressing RAW data using a less cruel algorithm than JPEG employs, which results in compressed images with almost the same high level of detail preserved, which isn�t bad at all: you won�t find such a feature in any other phone no matter how hard you try. The images equally appear as black-and-white pictures, you must have a good command of PC graphics editing software to restore the colors. In comparison with the regular JPEGs, the level of detail is much higher, and the color palette is all up to you to play with and make adjustments." Here you can find more:

f4tron

ZN5 text messaging performance video : Very fast and intuitive.

n's

led flash not strong enough to beat xenon flash...what meaning RAW mode?

moha

zn5 is my best choice after 1years

motofan.ir

ve66 has led flash realy is great phone

dmatt

You're welcome, this phone is so good I had to write about it! I'm not in the UK but the phone's ability to keep signal should be present in all regions. It does have a lock, just below the volume key, it's rather convenient, you can easily access to it with your thumb and it blocks all features (camera, calling, etc). Regarding texting, the input is very fast, no lags, and very intuitive (iTap method, similar to T9 on the Sony models) . As I said, keyboard takes a bit to get used to, but once you get the hang of it, it's very easy.

n's

ve 66 have xenon flash?

motofan.ir

Alexander Dembovsky�s take on the ZN5."mobile review" The Motorola ZN5�s results in our RMAA tests can be easily compared with music players from top manufacturers, including Apple, Samsung and Creative � the fact of the matter is that there is only a handful of handsets that fare just as well on this front. The standard 3,5 mm jack also adds to the ZN5�s brilliance of sound, as it allows to avoid accidental signal distortions. Plus, the handset�s tweaked software allocates more resources to sound processing. On the other hand, though, passing our battery of tests with flying colors doesn�t necessarily mean the phone�s real sound will appeal to everyone � some deemed it a tad too heavy or, on the contrary, lackluster In these cases, you can opt for equalizers or, which I personally find more suitable, good custom earphones befitting your music style. The Z�s output signal strength is pretty decent too, which enables it to handle most professional headphones.

Pete A

Thanks for your input on this site. Signal strength on ZN5 good what Network are you on and roughly where are u in UK. I want this as a phone and text is this all as good as mentioned also 'stupid one' does this have a keypad lock so I dont call from my pockets! Thanks

Pankaj Magar

Hi i got ZN5 10 days back. i m very happy with the phone music , clear voice clarity but regarding camera i not satisfied. The pictures which are taken fron normal 1x zoom areof exellent quality. But in zooming mode the are always blurred specialy the long distance pictures. Unknowningly the pics got cleared for 2 days but it again started getting blurred pictures. Is there any problem with my lens? Please tell me how to take clear pictures in zooming mode? Pictures are getting blurred in landscape and macro mode . PLEASE HELP ME

100 Moto

Onwers of Zn5 would appreciate how Zn5 works the best as a "phone" with Crystal Talk, which probably can "connect people" better than the almighty brand.

100 Moto

Moto has another model with 5mp cam called VE66.

dmatt

I just got the phone last week and here are some true, insightful comments on this amazingly gorgeous phone ;-) First of all, signal strength is amazing! I previously owned a motorola V9 , which was good with signal already but, because of where I live, it came and went (a bit annyoingly, I must say) . Now I **always** have signal, and what's more cool, 90% of the time full bars. Call quality is superb, like they named it.. it's crystal clear, loud and crisp. That alone should encourage you to buy it, it's a phone what you're buying after all! Design is exquisite, the materials involved are very high quality, and it feels awesome in hand, I have large hands and I feel very comfortable with it. You should treat it carefully though, as with any other gadget, it's exposed to peeling or scratches, but it's sturdy enough to carry around in your jeans pocket. Camera is very nice and fast, I'm no professional photographer but all I say is I took some shots when clubbing last night and the outcome was sharp pictures in a near-pitch dark environment thanks to the very potent xenon flash. Another feature you might like is the speed, between shots you don't have to wait more than 2 seconds, so you won't miss "that" special pic, and I think that's rather important. Now my favorite part about this phone. Music department. Genius. Audio spaciation will bring out details on your songs that you've never heard before. It's a whole new level for music lovers, plus you've got the preset equalizers and bass control. 3.5mm jack means you can enjoy even more with your own fancy headphones, but I found myself loving the ones included with the phone. They're that good. Video is lackluster, but I have hopes that this will be corrected in the near future. Keypad is a bit tricky for the first days but you'll be fine after that period. Phone menu is very responsive and fast, no lags or freezing so far, and the multitasking is nice (i.e. listening to music while texting and sending a file via bluetooth) . Any other questions, feel free to ask, I highly recommend this phone for all the points mentioned above.

n's

all the best zn5 user

MazaMoto

Hi n's for Nokia's ,,,,,,, It's not Nokia N82 vs Motolora ZN5 here.. Its bout the best 5MP Camera phone for your money... here Moto ZN5 wins. It may not got any "AWARD". But it surely has got well deserved acclamation from the public & reviewers. I myself am a Nokia User.. But its really a nice & wonderful camera phone.. NO offence... It may not have got Doc viewer functionality, but you only tell me how many times you really use your phone for ur office work or is it something that you call entertainment on the go??? So dear n's ,, Kindly leave the ZN5 users & wannabe users alone .. ZN5 got linux-java.. you can modify it as the way You want.. U can telnet to Linux for many of the stuffs.. you can make your own themes... Visit here to believe it :[link]http://www.mmus.us/forum//forumdisplay.ph­p?f=158[/link]

leo

can anyone help me? is this available in the philippines? how much does it cost? and what shop or mall could i find it pls? i have E8 at present but still i want this one. expecting any feedback from forumers

n's

at least nokia release 2 series 5 mp camera with carl zeiss lens like n82 n 6220c..moto release one only 5mp...at least n82 have award from T.I.P.A (best imaging device) slimmest 5mp phone is wasted n not worth it if doesnt have gps..secondary camera..doc viewer,.thats why this phone is slimmest coz doesnt have a function like n82. .go n search at google zn5 vs n82..thats ur answer for camera n all rounder perfomance..

tom

zn5 is realy best 5mp camera at world

f4tron

MotoZINE ZN5 is a unique device, which is very much different from the majority of cameraphones offered on the market today...To begin with, ZN5 is the smallest and slimmest 5 Mp cameraphone with a xenon flash, at the same time sporting a very high quality of assembly and materials, which makes it quite distinguishable against the background of competitive solutions. The closest rival, Nokia N82, feels bulkier and looks less interesting, while Nokia 6220 Classic and SE K850i suffer from worse assembly and material quality, not to mention a more limited functionality (smaller screen, no Wi-Fi or TV-Out, some interface slots are missing, etc.) Full review:

n's

photo with raw Mode,crystal talk,?zn5 just got these 2 speciality?zn5 cant record video with 30 fps,no gps,no secondary camera..flat keypad..no document viewer.is this u said that zn5 is better than n82?does zn5 got award best imaging device like n82?

n's

ok..that choice r urs :)

motofan.ir

aboute the keypad zn5 has morfhin keypad like roker e8 and its a realy a INVENTION from motorola that other company cant make it for example when you want to make a call only number are vailable on keypad and when you want to take a photo or play music tne number are hiding and camera button are active on keypad and for tipe message vey soon you get it The screen which is quite up to the modern standards. The screen quality is very high, bearing an evident advantage over Nokia N82. The colors are maximally natural and saturated, it�s one of the best screens on the market. battery life ZN5 N82 Regular duty 3 days 3 days video (3GP) 3:25 4:33 audio (MP3) 15:20 11:54

Anonymous

zn5 is very beter than ugly n82 n82 never cant take photo in raw mode shooting zn5 has CrystalTalk and is Polyphonic 64 voices

claudiu /romania

yep, i think i'll choose zn5, because i had a nokia n78 wich is similar to n82 and i want to change the brand. plus n82 is so ugly:)

Gena

The phone is simply beautiful.

discoveryrs

I will keep my Nokia N85,, 8GB--GPS--WI-FI--5Mp Cam--VIDEO VGA 30Fps- -FM transmitter;

100 Moto

Believe Zn5 outperforms N82 as a "phone" with its Crystal Talk technology, which guarantees clear voice quality even at the noisest environment.

ns

welcome..its up to u to decide..if u want all rounder phone juz go n82.if u wanna camera only zn5 is enough to u..n82 ram is 128mb...u can open 10 application at a same time without hang n stuck.

Anonymous

great

motofan.ir

about keypad zn5 has morphin keypad near like roker e8 and its VICISSITUDE and PROPRIETARY for motorola for example : when you want to make a call the numbers keypad are active and when you want take a photo the number are hiden and camera button are active and u can work very easy to this .This way, you can delete any shot or beam it over to another device or online gallery in just on touch. and keypad is not hard to write massage and very soon u get it beter than simple keypad battery life : ZN5 N82 Regular duty : 3 days 3 days video (3GP): 3:25 4:33 audio (MP3): 15:20 11:54 The screen diagonal amounts to 2,4 inches, which is quite up to the modern standards .The screen quality is very high, bearing an evident advantage over Nokia N82. The colors are maximally natural and saturated, it�s one of the best screens on the market

claudiu /romania

thank you.. in romania is 250 Euro

moto weakness

i'm agreed with u if u said zn5 design is nice..but i'm disagree if u said mp3 n wifi is better than n82...coz zn5 still use standard wifi,and not wimax..zn5 doesnt have gps like standard new phone.it keypad is flat n hard to texting.

Anonymous

zn5 design , camera and mp3 player and wifi is so much beter than n82

ns

if this phone can extract zip file,have pdf viewer doc viewer n have gps receiver, i would buy this phone.seriously..but it camera is such a nice lar,but doesnt have award like n82..u can use google maps wif this phone, if without internet how come u wanna use google maps?like n82 it have gps receiver,which mean u can search a place without internet...so think twice b4 buy a phone.

n's

such a fanboy..go to google and type n82 vs zn5..there ur answer..this phone such a wasted...i dont said that n82 is a best .if u wanna an answer go google it..good

claudiu /romania

can i see office documents, such as pdf. , word ,...

claudiu /romania

with my n78 y had a lots of problems and now i hate nokia. i am using a samsung u 600 . how does google maps works??? where do you find the software???

motofan.ir

everybody know than motorola have ever best camera phone and last model is zn5 is best 5mp cam at 2008 and beter from n82-n95- 6220-k850 -c902...and even beter from samsung i8510 whit 8mp !! you can right this topic in :

Anonymous

however zn5 isnt roker and is canera centric but sound qulity is one of best

Anonymous

great phone

GTX

dont listen to the guy below WIFI works excelent with this phone i have ebuddy, google maps and opera working with it

n's

better go to n82..it have all what u want..

Anonymous

hey, people, do you think this is also good as a music phone? not only in sound quality, but in interface too. is it like the best rokrs?

claudiu /romania

hello moto fans! i want to buy a zn5 , but i don't know if this phone suports operamini, google maps etc. how does wi-fi works. i have a nokia n78 and the wi-fi on it is verry good. thanks

n's

i'm very proud to zn5 coz it a best camera phones at pc world,but it dont have award like n82..n82 have award like T.I.P.A. Best imaging device..zn5 only have award at internet only.

some guy

just got it a couple of days ago, great pictures, great calls, great music, highly recommended

Anonymous

very nice phone sexy design camera realy unrival at 5mp even 8mp sound qulity and loud speaker is very good

SACHIN

it's nice but there are some mising feature like 3G fm not with rds apart fro that it's realy a nice phone within that range ....... it's cool .......... us it then you find you have the fastest camera phone in your hand>>>>>>

Daniz

Hi Guys, MOTTO zn5 really rocks,5mp camera and sexy Casing but poor in photo editor and FM without RDS apart from that all other features really attracts.Really proud to have ZN5. cheers MOTO.......................................

Anonymous

Design is bad!!!

Anonymous

this is the only good phone from moto for years after razr era. a bit pitty it's not a 3g phone. i really hope moto will release its 3g version very soon (yeah moto is becoming famous for its very slow prodction *did i mention very slow*) or moto will surely going under.

malevo

www.modmymoto.com ;) look for the thread under zn5 label

Caio Fran�a (Brasil

Very good. Show!!!!!

Junior (Brasil)

This mobile is very very good... Perfect... Motorola is wonderful...

Anonymous

i like it unrival camera

Xypher

@motofan.ir is there any upgrade/update on the video module of this device?

motofan.ir

Screen: The screen is powered by the TFT technology. The matrix is produced by Sharp. The screen diagonal amounts to 2,4 inches, which is quite up to the modern standards. The screen quality is very high, bearing an evident advantage over Nokia N82. The colors are maximally natural and saturated, it�s one of the best screens on the market. The CrystalTalk technology provides better voice signal filtering techniques, making the interlocutors� voice appear clearer and more easily comprehensible. This feature really does contribute to the cause: even in the noisiest streets we were able to hear one another again after CrystalTalk was switched on. The extent of signal filtering directly depends on the level of the ambient noise, the sophisticated algorithms do their best to make the wanted signal stronger while peeling away the noises The most interesting point on the whole list is the CPU frequency, which amounts to 532 Mhz, which is enough to provide a high performance of all the basic actions of the operating system, default applications and interface .When ZN5 was in development, it was clear that 5 Mp photos taken in RAW mode will make the regular IPU choke, which resulted in an extra IPU getting installed on board. This gives the handset enough computing power to beat even Nokia N82 and its dedicated 2D/3D graphics accelerator which makes part of the OMPA 2420 platform. A TV-Out is available (a TV cable comes in the box with the phone).

Anonymous

realy good

phani

hey,try to buy it on www.futurebazaar.com ,they are quoting 12990 rupees only .

jan

but my zn5 volume speaker is good and very clear and work like my ipod however zn5 is the camera cetric

BalaMondO

Hi guys I just bought this fone b4 3 hour, but I'm not happy with it, but the reception for the fone is very good, but and the sound quality is very clear BUT LOW, the phone is ease to use, but I'm not happy with it cos the sound volume is low. camera is clear. i think better then N82. that's what i get in 3 hour checking.

acepogs

opera mina for unbranded zn5 works well, if u have a t-mobile, it wont allow u, unless u mod the phone...

Xypher

I researched all the moto modding sites but they did not included what the updates is all about and their effect(s). Seems like the video restrictions is more on the hardware side than a software fix.

Coklom

Operamini work well with zn5..i use zn5 posted this..

GTX

very fast!

Xypher

How's the speed of this phone after modding it?

Artanis

Motorola adapted the Kodak insignia as an opposed to Sony-Ericsson's Cybershot. Kodak's popularity remains fruitful to photographer's eye. Good thing, it has 500mhz processor. In constinuancy, someday there will be a threat to IDUO's supremacy.

pepe

great phone i have it aboute 11 mounth everything work nice

jay

i asked the price from sm clark(cellshoppe stall) and their zn5 cost 16800 with no memory card.. i think the price is reasonable.. ahaha.. i'm planning to grab one soon.. but i prefer to get my drumset 1st before the phone.. aboout the opera mini i'm not sure.. but try reading some reviews about this phone..

curious 101

Whats the latest price of this zn5 in the philippines particularly in manila?And what st0re? Does opera mini works here?

Faheem

Can we use skype on this phone

Dr.Vinayak

The phone is awesome. The price has come down form 17500 to 12500. For that price the features u get is handful. The camera is excellent in outdoor or with proper light..but indoor is not upto the mark. But still very fast and resposive camera...comes with a kodak software. Music player is also sastisfatory. Some feature like USB charging, TV output etc are add-ons.

Anonymous

NO.

Anonymous

is this phone has 3g or not?

100 Moto

"Basic" features like Crystal Talk (which makes a phone really a phone), charging by USB, and of course, a much lower price. Zn5 now costs around US$210 where I live now, unlock without contract.

Salil

I agree zn5 is very good phone but better than n82. Can any one say 'what lacks in n82 which zn5 has?'

meysam

its explicit that zn5 is beter than n82 becuse this is motorola

motofan.ir

theme walpaper ringtone and ... for zn5 and other motorola phone :

JOS

how to install new theme in Zn5

acepogs

tired of non motorola smart phones? then w8 for them to release google android phone, base on the facts, this 3rd quarter or 4th, sony, lg and samsung will also adopt it, not sure for the nokia since theyre symbian based phones... dont ask, simply look around, just google it...

acepogs

motorola phones are moddable, themes for zn5, look for the modding community, i have a lot of themes but i dont use it much, i mod my phone, and thats why i like it too, but somehow zn5 is quiet new, i have to w8 for the modding community expands their list.

acepogs

fyi does n82 can handle 32gb of mem? if it does then theyre equal all mid end up to high end motorola phones support up to 32 gb, they only specifies 4gb or 8gb becoz they only tested it for that, we can use 32gb or less, i got a 8gb mem, cnt afford 16gb and that dont know what am i gonna put on it, hundreds of mp4 or mp3? im gonna be crazy for that...

acepogs

fyi, i own zn5, i can compare n82 and zn5 here it is.. zn5 lcd is much sharper and brighter than n82, and that is sharp matrix. y? generation of LCD...newer shud be better than older ones. the built? of course much quality built and sturdy.u can see it am i ryt? the camera? zn5 is much sharper and vivid than n82, u can really see the differences, if u look at any reviews, point this flash of n82, is much better than zn5 at night, zn5 macro, i really love it becoz it still sharp. more details in zn5 compare to n82 zn5 has no 3g and n82 has? of course ur gonna pay additional for that hardware, im from Philippnes, 3g doesn't worth to much for me, i don't use it even i have a 3g phone, until now n82 is pricey than zn5, n82 = 22k+, zn5 18+ php n82 is a smartphone, ur gonna pay a lot becoz of the application ur phone have, as well as the 3g hardware, but in hardware, looks like cheaper whereas cost u more what is inside. while zn5, best for the hardware, and it is not a smartphone, but look, can u actually use all the application inside the smartphone, if zn5 is a smartphone, even me as i am, i wud not use such application, so its ok for me if its a smart or not, ur the one whus smart, what u almost do is mostly running these applications' mp3, mp4 playback, camera tools, radio, web surfing, text and call, bluetooth, wifi, av output therefore u can do it on the same phone... now look what u are preferring for... i choose zn5 becoz that all what i need, sony has the same category but i prefer zn5, thnx for reading...

Franco

how many cuntry have 3g : very few every know that 256k moto is beter than even 16milion and n82 design is realy bad at compare whit zn5

Salil

How can u say 'better than n82'!!! N82 has all those specifications which zn5 has. Apart from than n82 has 3g, more memory and a 16m screen. Yes zn5 is very good than any other phone but not than n82.

Anonymous

mp3 player work wery good and whit 3.5mm jack is like ipod and see picture whit tv out is very good

sara

i like zn5 design realy best 5mp , mp3 player is great and voice qulity is unrival, menu is very nice , and beter than n82 ugly

Salil

Its price is very good. Xenon flash is superb. Motorola pls pls pls provide 3g in this phone with no price change. Better than any 5 mp phone except n82 which only stands in front of it.

Salil

best phone i have ever bought. Best 5mp phone. Only thing lacks is 3g. If ur phone got some virus d phone wili automatically delete it.

sankr

can u tell me how theme has to be updated?? will be of great help to me.

Anonymous

I don't know whether Zn5 is a prototype phone or not as you mentioned. But if yes, it is, I'm still happy enough with the kind of functions and specifications offered by this so called "prototype phone". Great camera, efficient Wifi, nice audio output quality. What do you expect more, ghelo?!

Mahbub Alam

This is one of the best mobile phone of motorola mobile. camera thats give me the best picture quality. all things are very goog & qualityfull technology. if the headphone music quality is higher so it will also lot better. now ok but if have a rokr type music quality so it will best best.

100 Moto

Moto concentrates its touchscreen phones in the Asia markets with A1600/A3100/A1210 etc... Bad thing about Moto is it always does good things only once...camera on Zn5 is the best ever but Moto hasn't put the same camera on any of its other phone...including the 5mp VE66.

sank

s its possible

sankar

i bought this mobile 1 month back, but till now im not able to use any other themes apart from the inbuilt ones. Please tell me whether its possible

Anonymous

Motorola is a very strong phone , i like all settings , but why they never do more of touch screen phone.

Joelle

Does this phone charge off USB?? I hope it does.

Javi

How is playing mp3s? it have good music specifications? sound? thanks

dMb

zn5 is first mobile that can save pictures whit raw mod like Porfessional camera and you cant see this technology in other brand motorola always have new technology for dumbfound the world and all other mobile company raw mod , Navigation scroll wheel , mod shift keypad ,

Anonymous

this phone is good the only bad is sometimes it freezes does this happen to any1 else?

ali

zn5 has tv out and gsmarena dont write it ??

motofan.ir

theme walpaper ringtone and ... for zn5 and other motorola phone :

jos

how to install new theme in Zn5

100 Moto

For those who are interested, HK's major chain store is having a clearance sale on this unit for about US$210...unlock without contract. And of course the phone can be set to English...(usually automatically detected thru the SIM)

Anonymous

Screen: The screen is powered by the TFT technology. The matrix is produced by Sharp. The screen diagonal amounts to 2,4 inches, which is quite up to the modern standards. The screen quality is very high, bearing an evident advantage over Nokia N82. The colors are maximally natural and saturated, it�s one of the best screens on the market.

Anonymous

CrystalTalk : The CrystalTalk technology provides better voice signal filtering techniques, making the interlocutors� voice appear clearer and more easily comprehensible. This feature really does contribute to the cause: even in the noisiest streets we were able to hear one another again after CrystalTalk was switched on. The extent of signal filtering directly depends on the level of the ambient noise, the sophisticated algorithms do their best to make the wanted signal stronger while peeling away the noises. Motorola ZN5 along with the remaining few latest additions to the company�s portfolio seems to offer a considerably better voice signals than most competitors, with is a serious advantage Talking Phone : Similar to the many other models produced by the company, ZN5 is equipped with a voice control system which has a zero learning curve. The device is equally good at understanding all kinds of voices, mistakes occur but on a rare occasions. Holding the dial button pressed for a few seconds activates the voice control mode, and the handset prompts to pronounce a voice command or a person�s name form the phonebook to dial. The list of supported commands is very vast, all the necessary functions are present. For instance, when selecting a person to deal or adding a new contact record, the handset will ask you to pronounce the number, in case of a mistake you can always repeat the attempt after cancelling the action confirmation which is required for most voice-controlled operations to be carried out. In addition to the standard set of functions accessible with the voice control, a special setting dubbed Talking Phone comes with the phone as well. Here you can utilize the full power of the speech synthesizer engine, for example set it so the phone will pronounce the digits of the number you're looking up in the phonebook - along with the contactee's name, once the record is found. The menu and submenu titles can also be pronounced, the SMS and E-mail messages can be read aloud by the phone itself. The implementation is rather nice, the Talking Phone function is by no means another kitschy addition but rather a useful feature. It enjoys a certain degree of customization that, for instance, allows you to limit it to speaking the phone number only and mute the rest of hints. However some of the aspects of this functionality are disputable. There are no options customizing the characteristics of the synthesized speech - language selection, speed and so on - everything is fixated.

Anonymous

TV-Out A TV-Out is available (a TV cable comes in the box with the phone). The settings are very scarce: PAL or NTSC The most interesting point on the whole list is the CPU frequency, which amounts to 532 Mhz, which is enough to provide a high performance of all the basic actions of the operating system, default applications and interface .When ZN5 was in development, it was clear that 5 Mp photos taken in RAW mode will make the regular IPU choke, which resulted in an extra IPU getting installed on board. This gives the handset enough computing power to beat even Nokia N82 and its dedicated 2D/3D graphics accelerator which makes part of the OMPA 2420 platform.

Anonymous

realy best 5mp camera phone motorola please , we are waiting for your first 8mp

Anonymous

jenni im congruent whit u

jenni

i have this phone for 7mounth im realy acqiuescent for buy zn5 the design realy nice and diferent camera is legendary mp3 player and loud speaker beter than my past w960 voice qulity whit cristal talk is very lucid ...

moto fanatic

Lyfe is good with the Zn5 but not complete without the best motorola laptop (ML910) ever produced by any laptop producing company EVER. A lil off topic,buuuut i wanna bring 2 ur attention that motorola guys are making it big in the laptop world.The laptops which they have released are specifically made 4 tha army,ie they can withstand most conditions which other laptops cannot withstand,eg rain,dust,extreme temperatures............ name it,suppotrt for gps,wifi n more.For more info go @ http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:7rskzMudGnAJ­:www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Business/Products/­Mobile%2520Computers/Rugged%2520Notebooks/ML910/­_Documents/staticFiles/ML910%2520Rugged%2520Note­book%2520User%2520Guide%25206871008P31-B.pdf+Ml9­10+os&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ke

motofan.ir

Anonymous

OMG motorola fans~~u cant find that offen this days

mazamoto

Hi 100moto.. I guess u misu'stood me... I am not trying to say that linux is slow... infact I was just adding that linux is faster than most of the other Mobile OS... to others who are in any doubt to buy this phone, well I will certainly say to go & buy it.. its really different than other phones.. Simple to use .. great battery backup.. simple & clear music player..

GTX

congrats so you make android and all linuxes crap congrats again!

100 Moto

Let's see how Linux compares to others in the following areas: - use MP3 ringtone as alarm clock, how many steps and software are required for Windows Mobile? - shutting down the phone and closes all the applications....does that work on all Symbian phones? Indeed, if you turn on 3 phones from power off at the same time, guess which OS is the fastest? I can bet on Linux for sure. And if Linux is so bad, why recently so many netbooks are using this O/S?

SkyNET

For your information, yahoo, google, and many other important systems in the world (even supercomputers) are based on linux. If you have a faulty phone, go change it. Linux can be many times faster than windows because of architectural difference (no COM, ActiveX, Registry and so on...)

Anonymous

dear linux is free not because its crap... but the people behind this software works for free... plz update urself and comment...

mazamoto

@rahim: dude.. many good things in life are free.... If you can ever try some of the customizing features of linux then u'll u'ndstand...you can customize your phone the way "YOU" wants it to be like & not like some readymade mod that you cant change as per ur needs... I agree in some part the ZN5 is slow.. but then again its not a superphone kind.. Actually in some parts its so fast that you get a benchmark to compare, thats y u feel its slow in some parts...

rahim

I noticed that it's a little bit slow, especially when u're playing music , and u wanna increase the volume or decrease it, for the camera is 8/10, again it hangs, linux is piece of crap, that's why it's a free os.

Anonymous

okay i need some answers here is this fone really bad?? do you guys think the behold is better??can you recomend me this fone?

GTX

right...i like people complaining there are no appz for this phone if u think 3.5 k appz are not enough...well...make your own! simply go to getjar and star looking for appz i have google maps opera 4.2 world map micro CS nimbuzz ebuddy and the list goes on all fullscreen and no error the vibration is VERY powerfull on this phone and this isn't video phone

100 Moto

Can you elaborate what you meant by: "When you're in a quiet place and talking to someone thats driving in a car, you can forget about having a conversation with them" From my experience, when I'm in a noisy environment, the other party NEVER said "could you speak louder please", they all heard my conversation clearly. No problem with the ringer or vibrate function on my phone either. Phone never lags or hangs since I got mine back in Oct last year.

GTX

it is obvious you don't know how to use it! to not miss any call, set it on vibrate AND ring! My phone isn't slow(perhaps you have a faulty one)?

Anonymous

the fone is a peice'o shit...i have been using it for 2 months and God knows how i did it...its like getting you self torchered every time you use it 1..the vibrater is so soft that you wont even fell it vibrating in ur pocket 2..the volume is so low that u cant hear it of feel it vibrating while u are driving a bike 3..the phone lags very much and some time hangs 4..video quality suckX.....its lyk taking a video from a vga cam phone(I AM NOT KIDDING) 5..only a hand full of softwares and games are available for this crap i bought this fone in january for INR-15800 and now(march)its INR-11500 plz guys dont even think of buying this fone

michelle

I had this phone for 4 month and I absolutely hate it. The volume on this phone is so quiet that I miss my phone calls 90% of the time. There is no option to increase the volume on the ringing. 2nd, the phone is sooo slow and it stalls on me at least 2 times a day. It won't hang up when you want it to nor disconnects from my bluetooth. 3rd, people cannot hear you when you are on bluetooth with this phone. When you're in a quiet place and talking to someone thats driving in a car, you can forget about having a conversation with them. They cannot hear a word you are saying. I rate this phone a -5 out of a 10. Dissatisfied owner...

Maverick

can any 1 plz telme how to use wifi in web browser?

dimitris

what about software ? where someone can find linux programs to install to the phone ? is there a site that offers free software for this phone?

jay

can we have a review with this phone although its late.. thx. cant compare the phone in real life because i dont have the money to purchase it and dont have a friend that has one.. thx..

Anonymous

excellent phone

Anonymous

hulkforall

Yeah. Me too. I dont like Roy cause he look so overacting. Anyway, it's still a little bit expensive to buy ZN5 in INA. Specially for me. Damn! I hate when it happen to me. :(

Roy Suryo KeRMiT

off course not! cause i really hate him, hahaha. (hi roy!) but i love ZN5 so much...

Anonymous

zn5 has really decent camera quality ... and its simply the best camera phone in 5MPX camera phone range...

amy

I have this phone a month ago Its the firts time Im using moto coz I always bought SE. Im a cell phone lover and Im super pleased the camera its great the video mmmm well at night its not good... anyway its perfect 4 me coz I hate have a camera and my cell and all the girly stuff I use in my handbag! final conclusion: I love this phone, great camera, nice sound oh and great look :)

motofan.ir

n82 ?! is realy ugly phone and never cant challenge whit zn5 zn5 is best 5mp at world whit OPINION every site

gtx

why don't YOU read again?

Anonymous

n82 is the 5mp camera kings,, mwah,.. its very clear in the site below that you gave,, n82 i still the best 5mp... see it for your self..

motofan.ir

rahim

Thank u for the website, very useful to me!!

motofan.ir

everybody know than motorola have ever best camera phone and last model is zn5 is best 5mp cam at 2008 and beter from n82-n95- 6220-k850 -c902...and even beter from samsung i8510 whit 8mp !! you can right this topic in :

100 Moto

Don't know if you ever read the articles here before you made your purchase.... Most here would agree t-mobile MESSES up ALL Moto phones (if not others) with its own software. U can go to Mobile Review and see how Zn5 competes with N82...ultra clear photo quality. (same goes to my unit since Sept....not a single problem at all...of course I did NOT get thru t-mobile) Apparently your unit is faulty and I'll exchange another unit ASAP if I were u...then possibly sell it and get AT&T or whatever other version...anything EXCEPT t-mobile. Can't believe such lame operator does such a great job to mess up good phones...or does the company receives subsidies from Moto's competitors?

V

I bought this phone for tmobile, it is slow on certain programs..well its pretty slow period. Its not fast. The camera is really weak for a 5mp, or maybe I just got a bad one, because when I took pictures the quality was really really bad, so I thought maybe because it is on the phone's small screen, so I transfer it to pc and look at it, it looked exactly bad like on the phone. For example, I took a picture of my long desk. The lines of the desk were aligned, they were dashing.

Anonymous

best of best

sabari

Hi this is sabari from coimbatore.i bought this mob last month..i suggest u for good camera n cal musics.but not satisfied with the performance,themes cant be newly installed.moreover its not a music phone.low performance.no document viwer.gud wifi.i am 40% ok wit the phone,tryin to sel this mob n go for nokia nseries.

hulkforall

Yeah, me too. But since this global crisis, Im afraid we have to wait zn8 for a view times more. Looks like it will took a big cost for me to get zn8.Thats why I hope for zn5 upgrade version. It's more compromise with my pocket :)

Anonymous

im waiting for first 8mp moto phone that maybe named zn8 ?! than like zn5 best 5mp at world

GTX

agreed with all except :opera mini :well i got it through the phone's browser and it works flawless! battery i don't know...a 1000MAH would have been bettter but even the 950 one does a good job!

hulkforall

Or maybe they have to name it zn6 :)

hulkforall

I love this phone. I know that zn5 doesnt have 3G and opera mini, but I still love it because of the design. I just imagine what would it be if motorola decided to make a better version of zn5. - Name : zn5 3G (with same design of course) - Camera : 6 megapixels (not 8mp cause to make it more compromise with the market) - Camera Feature : plus smile shutter mode - Video Recording : 30 frames per second (not 120 f/s cause another compromise) - Application : plus opera mini - Battery : li-ion 1100 How about that???:)

Anonymous

so you think moto is behind with FW's no? :)))))