Motorola E398
- Reviewer
- Debbie Davies
- Review Date
- 29 September 2004
- Manufacturer
- Motorola
- Price as reviewed
- £price dependent on contract
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User: Unknown, USA
Date Posted: 9 May 2006
Review: The e398 is a piece of junk, it can't be upgraded to 1GB transflash, there’s no USB driver or firmware support from Motorola.
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User: Macque, Philippines
Date Posted: 10 December 2005
Review: The style is awesome but it’s hard to operate like how to open the browser and web access!
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User: Oz, UK
Date Posted: 3 December 2005
Review: All the buttons have broken apart from the end call key. It was a brilliant phone up until then though.
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User: KMD, Newton Aycliffe, UK
Date Posted: 2 December 2005
Review: I've had my E398 for 4 months now. For the first 3 months it was fine. However, for the last month it has been crashing and the keys freeze up. This is my first Motorola phone, and it will be my last.
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User: Shann(me again), AKL New Zealand
Date Posted: 8 October 2005
Review: For all those who are having problems with this phone, this is how you fix it.....don't lock the keypad ever, don't rush the phone...or if that doesn’t work go to ‘settings’...’initial settings’ and then go ‘master reset’...and it will reset the phone to its original settings...but don't worry it won't erase anything on your phone but if you click ‘master clear’ then you will have nothing on your phone. The code to master reset is 000000......hope that helps. I love my phone now as I have fixed it and it runs like an angel.
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User: Shann, New Zealand (AKL)
Date Posted: 6 September 2005
Review: This phone is a great phone but I agree with TLAW1 that every time I play on it or do something it just will freeze and won't let me push any buttons so I have to turn it off and wait for like an hour till it will go again...and when it does crash it will only let me push 9...which is so annoying. But overall a good phone...when it’s going.
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User: Monowar, Bangladesh
Date Posted: 9 August 2005
Review: Overall the image quality is good. The sound is outstanding. The size & shape is also ok. But two things most importantly - the built-in camera cannot capture video & there is no fm radio!
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User: Rempit, Malaysia
Date Posted: 26 July 2005
Review: I’m very satisfied with the e398 apart from the fact that there is no voice recorder. Motorola built the recorder but then didn’t include it for normal use like for recording conversations, I don’t know why! The rhythm light is very astonishing though. Overall I give this phone 9/10.
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User: TLAW1, Portsmouth, UK
Date Posted: 16 June 2005
Review: I’ve had my e398 for about a month and it’s a good phone except for the glitches - it keeps crashing, the mp3 player doesn’t recognise my mp3s and the keys freeze up. I mean we pay for this phone and it doesn’t work properly sort it out Motorola.
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User: Kurtis, Bristle
Date Posted: 3 June 2005
Review: This phone is mint because it’s got all the latest stuff on it like Bluetooth, camera with flash but most importantly it’s got an mp3 player, I mean for that price it’s cheaper to buy a phone and mp3 in one than just an mp3 player on its own. No one has mentioned this yet but when you have the e398 in your hand you feel special because it’s quite cheap. If you’re thinking of getting one don’t even hesitate.
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User: Unknown, Unknown
Date Posted: 22 April 2005
Review: This phone is great, the graphics are great and the mp3 reeks class. I’m glad I bought it as its well worth the money.
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User: Lance, New Zealand
Date Posted: 8 April 2005
Review: I have had the phone for about 1 month and it is great, I’m loving it big time. No problems really except the memory card doesn’t hold too much, it’s around 12 mp3’s total for a 64M card. You can double this and buy a 128M memory card for $170.00, this will give you 24 Mp3s but this is still not that good. Who knows they may bring out a 512MB card one day. But overall great phone, 10/10.
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User: Lora, Middlesbrough
Date Posted: 3 April 2005
Review: I love the phone but somehow some of the songs I’ve downloaded onto it won’t play?
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User: Bailey, Bolton
Date Posted: 28 March 2005
Review: I hate this phone!! It’s rubbish and it won’t let me download more than one song and even then I can’t play it on the MP3 player!! DONT BUY IT! IT’S A WASTE OF MONEY!!!
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User: Paul, New York
Date Posted: 28 March 2005
Review: After almost one full year with the phone, here are my thoughts: <br>The Good: Great features, memory card, solid battery life and speak times, MP3 player, great sound, rhythm lights. <br>The Bad: Moto software (slow, crashes), writing SMS is not as fluid as Nokia, particularly for symbols. <br>The Ugly: Alarm feature and ringtone selection have frozen (I can't select or change them). <br>Overall, it has been a great phone. I've been a lifelong Nokia user, but the Moto is very sharp. It's fairly comfortable on the ear, the clarity is great, it fits well in the hand, and it has fun features but retains a professional look. Within the first month, the alarm function stopped working. In fact, when I try to select it, my phone freezes. Also, it's annoying that I can't change the ring tones. Luckily, I had programmed certain ringtones for my friends and family; however, when anyone else calls, it's that silly, technoish "Hello Moto" ringtone. I keep it on vibrate now.
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User: Richard Hope, Southend-on-sea
Date Posted: 31 January 2005
Review: I think that the Motorola E98 is a terrific phone because of the music sensitive lights, mp3 player with the 3d surround sound speakers (22hz), the exceptional VGA camera and the long lasting battery! When I first got the phone it didn’t look so good but now I have had it for a little while its fantastic!
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User: Solank, Southall UK
Date Posted: 23 December 2004
Review: The Motorola e398 is a great multi functional phone. It has everything you could ask for from an mp3 player, vga camera, a bright display, TFT screen. The best part is its speakers, great sound! Above all its price is very comforting when you see all its features. GO FOR IT!
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User: Sam, Sheffield UK
Date Posted: 1 November 2004
Review: This phone is great I have had hours playing music and playing games and sending things with Bluetooth
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