| Design | 4/5 |
| Display & Interface | 3.4/5 |
| Calling | 3.8/5 |
| Talk time | 4.5/5 |
| Messaging | 3/5 |
| Music | 2.6/5 |
| Video | 3.2/5 |
| Camera | 2.6/5 |
| Memory | 2.8/5 |
| Web browsing | 2.4/5 |
| Connectivity | 3.2/5 |
| Productivity | 2/5 |
| Scheduling | 2.5/5 |
| Laptop sidekick | 2/5 |
| Navigation | 4/5 |
| Gaming | 3.5/5 |
| Mobile services | 4/5 |
| Accessories | 3/5 |
| Value | 2.5/5 |
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Pros:
Responsive touchscreen interface. Cool design with the clear flip and invisible wiring. Great navigation features. |
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Cons:
User interface feels half-baked. Some static during calls. Reception problems with V Cast Mobile TV service. Lousy Web browser with strange pointer tool. Aging messaging and music playback apps. |
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| The Motorola Krave ZN4 has some great hardware, with a cool flip shell and a very responsive touchscreen interface. Unfortunately, the user interface that hardware supports is something of a letdown, with an inconsistent design and some aging apps, like the V Cast Music Store and the OpenWave Web browser, that haven't gotten better with time. In this way, the Motorola Krave ZN4 is like the opposite of the LG Dare on Verizon Wireless, which was a phone that had a unique and modern interface, but lacked the hardware to keep up. Of course, both of these phones borrow liberally from the Apple iPhone 3G's playbook, but neither of them come close to measuring up to AT&T's multimedia smartphone. We liked the cool, clear flip and the V Cast Mobile TV capabilities, but even the advanced TV features gave us trouble, and for the severe starting price, we'd have to recommend buyers look elsewhere. The Motorola Krave ZN4 feels like the first version of a phone family that might someday be great, and we'd stick with the look and feel, but everything else on this phone needs an update. |
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