External signs
Design has always been important at Motorola handsets and this is no different in the case of ZN5 either. It is a great thing, however, that this time it’s no one-of-a-dozen phone, fortunately it has nothing to do with V3, but it has some similarities with the recently launched E8 musical phone, as their keyboards look very much alike. The materials used are great, they are hard plastics that are nice to touch and don’t get dirty easily. Besides this the joints are very precise and the back is made of metal. This might be the reason for the 114 grams of weight, as the whole thing is not thick at all, its thickness is 16 mm at the camera and 12 in other parts, its height is 118 and width is 50.5 mm. So, I like the overall impressing, but I’m not alone with this opinion as my acquaintances have all told (except of one), regardless of their sex that they would accept the phone. The thing is that I have the same opinion, although I feel such a thing very rarely.
On top of the front cover there is the inevitable Motorola logo and we can see the phone’s speaker right near it. Below them there is the QVGA display with a diagonal of 2.4” and thanks to its high brightness level it can be read easily in sunshine too, and it’s high quality anyway. On the bottom there is the keypad, which, as I have already mentioned, resembles the one on E8, with the exception that here we physically have to press the keys to make them function. One might complain about the design over here, as the keypad looks a bit like a Christmas tree, it has so many colors. The center of the d-pad is pink (uh-oh), it has the red/green call handling keys near it, and the multimedia player that is colored in a different shade of pink. As a bonus we have the camera hotkeys hidden between the numeric keys. The keypad is not bad otherwise, even more one can type really easy on it, I only disliked the call handling keys, since they are too close to the softkeys.
The back is not extravagant either, but in spite of this it’s a great demonstration of the handset’s features. On top it’s four millimeters thicker than in other places, as here is the 5 megapixel Kodak camera, which is protected by a sliding cover. The mechanical system is great, even sliding is a great experience on its own. Below this, on the slimmer part, there is the Xenon flash and the handsfree speaker is in the bottom part.
On top we can only see the hook for attaching the wristband, just below this, on the left side of the handset, there is the standard 3.5 mm headset output – we again have to transmit our gratitude to the smart designers, however we have to add that Motorola is fortunately not one of those manufacturers who are forcing the least usable 2.5 mm connector. On the bottom there is the microUSB connector, protected by a rubber cover.
The bottom part is coated in rubber, there is an “engraved” Motorola label on it. In the bottom right there is the camera’s exposure key, its color is disgusting, I don’t understand why they had to do this. A bit upwards we can see the keylock slider with the volume control keys above it.
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