Motorola i425 Review

It is not often that you see a thin iDEN cellular phone. Billed as the thinnest iDEN phone (it's just a hair of slimmer then the i335), the i425 casts a base profile that should appeal to fans of thin phones. Its features are simple and limited but the thin style mames up for it.

The i425 has however a very simple design. As noted above, it is extremely slim (4.9 inches by 1.9 inches by 0.47 inches), but at 3.9 ounces it weighs a little more than you think. The i425 is available in white (i425e), or titanium (i425t), but the features are the same on both models. The phone fits well in my hand but the plastic material makes it feel quite cheap.

Like many iDEN phones, the i425 1.5-inch screen fails to impress me. Although it supports 65536 colors, the pixel resolution is fairly low (130x130). The graphics are not very clear and the colors were quite bad. You can however change the settings of the display backlight, contrast, and text size.



I was not a big fan of the navigation buttons on the keyboard. All the buttons are made of very cheap plastic, which does not make them very tactile. In addition, the navigation buttons are rather squashed together, and all keys are flat with the surface of the phone, making it difficult to dial a phone number and write SMS. There is a four-lane alternating with an OK button, two softkeys, a dedicated control menu, and the Talk and End / power keys. There is also a web browser shortcut, and you can program Switching to give access to four user-defined functions. The i425 also offers a speakerphone dedicated control below the keyboard buttons. Although i generally agree with such a button, it is not in the best position. The backlight keys is fine, even though the end Talk and buttons are difficult to see in the dark.

Since the phone is designed primarily to make calls, the i425 does not offer a lot of features. There is a 600-contact phone book with room in each entry for eight phone numbers (including a number PTT), an e-mail address and IP address. The i425 offers no photo caller ID, but you can make contacts with one of 20 polyphonic ring tones.

Basic offerings include a vibration mode, text messaging and multimedia, instant messaging, call timers, a notebook, a loudspeaker, a voice recorder and a calendar. Voice command is unexpected, but welcome addition, and the GPS-i425 is enabled.

You can customize the i425 with a variety of themes and the color of the wallpaper. You can download more options with the WAP browser. A number of games and applications that are at your disposal.

The volume level is strong enough and voice sounded natural when i tested the calling quality. There was a slight effect echoed calls from some of my friends and it sounded like they were far away. On their end, callers said i sounded fine, and they did not report any major problems. Speakerphone calls have been also been very good.

The i425 has a battery rated at 2.83 hours and five days of standby. which is quite good for a thin phone like this. Overall i think it is a quite good and simple phone.

It doesn't seem to look as though it is difficult to dial a number with such cheap plastic buttons. The overall look of it is great, never knew it had such bad quality. I'm glad I read this review, would share it with other friends and family.
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This sounds like a good phone. I wonder, though, if it's like the razr and only supports BREW as opposed to full Java.

This Motorola looks very cheep. Navigation buttons on the keyboard are just terrible. Personally I think you can find a much better phone in that price range.