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Posted: 23 Jun 2008 Announced: 23 Jun 2008
Market Status: Released
Release date: 23 Sep 2008
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US carrier availability: T-Mobile - Discontinued
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Motorola ZINE ZN5 is the first 5-megapixel cameraphone of the manufacturer, made in cooperation with KODAK. It has Xenon flash, dedicated shortcut keys when in camera mode and is said to be really fast. ZN5 also has integrated WiFi, full HTML Internet browser, Stereo Bluetooth and is quad-band GSM.

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Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5 specifications

Pros

Features a Xenon flash - better than a standard LED

Cons

Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (167 ppi)
Slow data means slow Internet browsing (EDGE)
Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Too little RAM memory (64 MB RAM)
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Device type:
- Smart phone
OS:
- Linux
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Candybar
Dimensions:
- 4.65 x 1.99 x 0.63 (118 x 50.5 x 16 mm)
Weight:
- 4.02 oz (114 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 2.40 inches
Resolution:
- 240 x 320 pixels
Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 167 ppi
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 262 144

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 5.50 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 19.0 days (456 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
Capacity:
- 950 mAh

Hardware

Processor:
Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.
- 500 MHz
System memory:
System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.
- 64 MB RAM / 128 MB ROM
Built-in storage:
- 146 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD
- Maximum card size:
  Maximum card size - Shows the capacity of the memory expansion slot that can be added
  - 4 GB

Camera

Camera:
- - 5 megapixels
- Flash:
  - Xenon
- Aperture size:
  Aperture size - The aperture of a camera is the opening through which light travels before it reaches the camera sensor. The smaller the number is, the bigger this opening can get.
  - F2.8-F5.6
- Features:
  - Auto focus
Camcorder:
- - Yes

Multimedia

Radio:
- - FM

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - HTML

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- EDGE

Phone features

Phonebook:
- 1000 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, World clock
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input
E-mail:
- - IMAP, POP3, SMTP

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 2.0
Wi-Fi:
Wi-Fi - Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) - used radio waves (RF) or infrared signals to send and receive data over the air. Most popular WLAN solutions today is Wi-Fi (802.11b and 802.11g) standards. 801.11b provides data speeds of around 11mbps while 802.11g can go up to 54 mbps.
- - 802.11 b, g, a
USB:
- - USB 2.0
- Connector:
  - microUSB
- TV-Out

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Phone profiles, Silent mode, Speakerphone
- Voice dialing, Voice recording

Availability

Officially announced:
- 23 Jun 2008

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