Customer Reviews

Motorola ROKR E8 Phone, Navy (T-Mobile)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I ordered this phone about a week after it became available. So far, I'm in love with it! Much better sound quality than any Blackberry or previous Motorola phones I've used. I get great reception, the battery life is awesome, and the best part, of course, is the morphing key pad (with haptic). The MP3 player is kind of similar to an Ipod, and the phone stores 2 GB; you can add up to 4 more (microSD). So far, my only complaint is difficulty getting my Macbook to connect to the internet through the phone, but I think that problem lies with T-mobile rather than the phone. Hopefully that will be sorted out soon; I've connected via bluetooth with every other T-mobile phone I've used.

The E8 is very user friendly, and My Faves compatible. Camera lacks indoors, as do most Motorola camera phones, in my experience. The browser is decent; however, I have so far been unable to get Opera Mini to properly install. Having a standard headphone jack is cool. I love being able to hook it directly to my speakers with no converter. Overall, it's a great phone. I'd definitely recommend it.

I've had mine for a couple weeks now and here are some +'s and -'s as I see it. I got this phone mostly because of the music capabilities, thinking it is great to carry only one device rather than 2

On the plus side......
- nice storage capacity. I have a 4 gig card in there now, but have an 8 gig on the way, and understand this phone likes the 8 gig memory card
- sound quality is a little better than my iPod or Sansa w. nice ways to manipulate the sound output. i think it sounds very good, and the included earbuds are pretty good
-i think it looks pretty cool, but take note of the measurements....this is not a small phone
-music transfer is flawless and a snap using a file manager, and it works great with Napster to Go even though it isnt listed as a supported device
- the 3.5 mm jack is a nice way to go
-there are some other pluses i think....

On the minus side.......
-The keypad is QUIRKY..and I mean quirky..especially the center select button which seems to have a mind of its own. Also after two weeks, I still dont have a good hang of the scroll wheel when i found the sansa one and ipod very easy to work. This is the big minus for me...it's awkward
-The menu system lags at times..i dont mean by a fraction..i mean it lags.
-The voice dialing <VR> system they use doesnt work so well <doesnt do a good job at recognizing names>. not nearly as good as my last phone which was a Samsung. It also lags
-it doesnt work with my audiobooks from Audible.com

I am hoping they fix what I see to be problems with this phone via firmware updates and they make it Audible compatible...
I am mostly happy with this phone.

First of all, I'm not one of those super crazy tech geeks. I just use my phone as a clock/alarm and to make/receive calls. Ever since I got the Rokr though, I must admit that I began to use its music functions more often then I thought I would. The 3.5mm standard earphone jack may not seem like much but trust me, it's really nice because the quality of sound is much better and my regular earphones work on it as well. I never thought that I'd use the FM radio (yes, this phone has FM radio) but it's really nice to have when you're working out at the gym. It's super user friendly, has plenty of storage (2GB plus micro SD), looks pretty cool, and though the cool-looking key pads may feel a bit strange, I really have no complaints about it. The battery life is exceptional, and all this came at more than a reasonable price. I actually loved the phone at first and would've given it a 5 stars if I rated it the day that I got it. UNTIL...

this phone started to FREEZE for about 5 seconds. May be "lag" would be a better description, but either way, it just refuses to do anything for about 4~5 seconds, and then operates again as if nothing happened. At first I figured, "well, I could just wait a little bit... it's really not a big deal," but guess what. 4~5 seconds of lag is PERFECT for me to 1. get a call, 2. press the answer button, 3. press the answer button again, 4. frantically press the answer button about eight more times, and 5. miss the call. This doesn't happen all the time, but it happens enough for me to get super annoyed. Though not a valid statistical sample, I think I get a missed call per every 5~6 calls due to the lag. I don't know. May be my phone is possessed. May be I'm a bit unlucky and this phone might have a defect, JUST LIKE MY FIRST ONE.

Oh, did I mention that my first ROKR had a problem with its would've-been-awesome-if-it-didn't-break-down 3.5mm plug and I ended up returning it? The first phone also lagged once in a while, just not as often. The new one didn't lag that much in the beginning, but during the past 2 weeks, I've gotten a lot of missed calls as I hysterically press the answer button.

Simply put, for the price, this phone would've been perfect except for the lag and lack of better quality control. Does the lag justify deducting two stars from a nearly perfect phone? Yes, it is that annoying to me. You might want to gamble and just buy the phone anyway. If the lag is not there, it's a pretty darn good phone. But if any of my friends asked me today, I would tell them to get something else.

I absolutely love this phone. The pros are that I have an excellent music player and I can switch between messages and other things much easier than my old phone. I also now have a much easier time to switching for three way since my other phone had no option to do that. The only con would be maybe that this phone is very slow sometimes so if you plan to buy it, you need to be the patient type!

This phone would be pretty good, but for one, major problem.

IT DOESN'T WORK!

Other reveiewers have remarked on the input lag. It makes this phone a nightmare to use. Sometimes the input lag is so great that when a call comes in, even if you push 'answer' on the first ring, the phone doesn't respond quick enough that the call goes to voicemail.

That, right, THIS IS A PHONE THAT DOESN'T ANSWER CALLS.

You can forget about texting too - typing a message is a disaster when you have 5-10 seconds of input lag.

The music functionality would be good if the input lag didn't cripple that too.

I've never had a phone this terrible before, and I will never buy a Motorola phone again.

I purchased the LG Dare VX9700 with Verizon service package less than a year ago. One of the main considerations in my purchase was the touch screen "keypad" because the tips of my fingers are big and do not work well with small buttons. The phone has not been abused. It has not been allowed to get wet. It has not been dropped. None-the-less, two months ago the touch screen keypad started to act up. The touch screen keypad has an automatic timed out locking feature which was nice until the touchscreen lock release "button" at the bottom of the screen stopped working properly. Now I frequently miss calls because I cannot get the touch screen unlocked to hit ANSWER. One month ago the integrated camera feature of the phone stopped working. Attempts to access this function are met with the error message "CAMERA START ERROR" and that's that! No options. A minor nuisance is that to access stored numbers of contacts from the main or home screen one has to select the letter of the alphabet corresponding to the contact name by stroking a very small alphabet positioned across the top of the screen. This is small and extremely sensitive making it difficult to select a single letter accurately. Despite the touchscreen this phone really requires a stylus and two hands to operate effectively. My advice: If AT&T Wireless provides coverage in your area, buy an iPhone. I don't have any connection to Apple or AT&T Wireless by the way.

The phone is just excellent. I first thought that just a mere touch screen would be a problem but after using it, its just fantastic. The camera resolution is pretty good. Its features may be the same as most phones but the style of the product and UI is worth it.

I love this phone and the calling plan as well. I have had my phone about a month now, and I can't say enough good stuff about it. Definitely would reccommend..

I love this phone. My best friend got it a couple months before and i just had to have one. I dont think i can ever go back to a normal phone again, touch screen is the way to go :)

I attempted to sign up for an extension of my contract with Verizon while buying new phones. Unfortunately, the Amazon site did not warn me that the purchase of new phones would not allow me to replace the existing agreement with Verizon. To make matters worse, the phone was activated at the moment or purchase which caused me to receive two bills simultaneously. On top of that, when I went in to the Verizon store to activate(?- that is what I was told) my new phones I was informed that I could not port my existing numbers to the new phones. Therefore, I was left to return the phones to Amazon and buy new phones from Verizon. All in all, a highly unsatisfactory experience.