Typical price: £49
What is it: Ultra-small 2GB flash-based MP3 player with tiny OLED screen
What we think: Affordable and feature-packed, the Zen Stone Plus is a terrific player for its size
Average user rating
6.0
good
Average user rating from 1 user
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Creative Zen Stone Plus user reviews
August 13, 2008
Posted by: Zither
"Almost, but not quite"
What I like:
Size, sound quality, radio, record
What I don't like:
No charger, songs menu, no clip
Review:
Got my 4GB Zen Stone Plus yesterday. My advice is: Don't pay the extra money to buy a 4GB, a 1GB is absolutely enough. Save the extra money to buy another player which is designed to handle a large quantity of music. This player is designed to handle several albums, for the on-the-go, like when you are jogging. The display is small, the songs menu doesn't allow any divisions into categories, so all the albums are mixed together.
Another disadvantage, there is no charger provided. I have to charge it with my computer turning on. A charger is available, I noticed afterwards, to be sold separately. And there is no clip or anything to hang it when one is jogging (except two little holes to put through a thin thread) . So I have to buy a clip etc.
All in all, to keep the price low or the profit margin high, some necessary accessories are deprived of, unlike some previous models of Zen. A handy small player for sports, with good sound quality, but not complete.
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