Motorola Krzr K1m Review - Conclusion
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Alfredo Padilla Published on April 20, 2007 Comment on this |
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Who's It For
Business User
The Krzr K1m is not a good choice for business users due to its lack of built in email client and poor talk time. Although the Krzr K1m has a professional good looks anyone looking for a serious business device should look elsewhere.
Budget Callers
The Krzr K1m is not a good choice for budget callers due its high price tag. As we've already mentioned, you can get the Razr V3m for $150 less from Sprint and give up very little in terms of functionality.
Chatty Teenager
The Krzr K1m may be a good choice for a chatty teenager looking for a fashion phone that can double as music device. Still we have serious reservations about how chatty you can be with such a poor talk time.
Media Maven
The Krzr K1m may be a good choice for a media maven. It's expandable memory, music functionality and exterior music controls make it a solid media device. It is not a good choice for media mavens that want video capabilities as well as music, and the camera is poor. We also have concerns again about the battery performance, this phone isn't going to keep going as a music player all day long.
Conclusion
The Motorola Krzr K1m is a mid range handset that competes with a plethora of other mid range handsets with multimedia features like the LG Chocolate and Samsung Sync. We liked the Krzr K1m's styling, but beyond that there's not a lot to recommend the phone. The camera is sub-par, battery life was poor and the software and operating system are old and in some places (like the album software) ridiculously frustrating.
We did find the music functionality of the Krzr K1m better than adequate, with the exterior controls adding significant functionality over the Razr V3m. We also like that Sprint has lowered prices for their music store to the point where it is a viable alternative to services like Rhapsody or iTunes, but that's not phone specific. Overall the Krzr K1m is a phone that will appeal to those who like its looks, but we recommend anyone looking for solid functionality and performance look elsewhere, or at least wait until the Krzr's price falls to a point commesurate with its capabilities.
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