Motorola Motofone F3 review

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January 2, 2008

Posted by: Fidrus

"Fundamentally flawed"

What I like:

Battery life, slim elegant design, good sound

What I don't like:

Absolutely awful menuing and messaging

Review:

I have never really liked Motorola's menuing system - compared to other phones, they have always struck me as being non-intuitive. But the menuing on this phone is just awful. Even the simplest taks require the manual to be consulted. And the phone keeps asking for codes to do everything. The display is OK for numbers, but awful for letters - it reminds me of the way people used to key in numbers such as 32135, turn the calculator upside down, and reid the word "seize".

The characters are also way too big for the screen, so that only a few letetrs fit on at the time. This leads to constant irritation, especially if you want to send or read a text message. Even long numbers are problematical!

Overall, a good product spoilt by a bad display and bad menuing. This could have been so much better ... how could Motorola have let this product out onto the market in this condition? Didn't they let a few people try it out first?