Motorola Karma QA1 Phone, Black
- Curvy, 3G-powered messaging phone with one-click access to Facebook and MySpace as well as access to email and text/instant messaging
- Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service
- 2-megapixel camera/camcorder with flash; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD expansion to 16 GB; digital audio/video player
- Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 336 hours (14 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, battery, charger, quick start guide, user manual
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I did (what I think was) a lot of research. I like Motorola products and am very pleased with this purchase. Cheers.
Rating: 5 / 5
Just to say briefly. . . we absolutely love this phone. It fits so well in my purse, my hubby wears it on his belt. It is easy to use. It is rugged. We upgraded from Razrs and are thrilled. Best phone we have owned yet, and we have had quite a few!
Rating: 5 / 5
After extensive comparisons of cell phones that are excellent “phones” first and good at texting second, I chose the Motorola Karma. I didn’t want a phone with a $30/month data plan because I’m always near a computer when I need one. So I’m using the Karma primarily as a phone with the addition of an unlimited text plan. I’ve had the phone for two weeks, so these are just my first impressions.
(1) Call quality is excellent. I even hear my Mom, who’s calling from an awful Samsung phone, clearly and she no longer asks me to repeat what I’m saying like I did with my old Nokia 6820 (which did have pretty good call quality). My friends remark that I sound like I’m calling from a landline, even when I’m walking on a busy street.
(2) Call talk time is good. I’ve talked for nearly 3 hours between charges and still had juice left in the battery. Overall, I’m charging my phone about once every 4 days and I’m burning about 900 minutes/month.
(3) Camera is decent. While it’s not nearly as good as my 8MP Nikon camera, it is good enough for taking photos to upload to Facebook.
(4) Voice recorder works well.
(5) Sync’ing through MPT to my Outlook works like a dream. . . except for one small problem. . . meeting alert tones always get converted to “Piano”. (The Alarm also defaults to “Piano”) I’ve searched through every menu, been on every forum, all to no avail. You can individually change the alert to something else, meeting by meeting, but I have tons of meetings that change weekly. (Note: MPT5. 0 will automatically update to 5. 2x when you install it on your PC so it is compatible with the Karma. Also, MPT5. 0 comes with the sync cables that you’ll need to sync and charge from USB)
(6) Texting is fast. It’s zero lag. . . I type fast and it appears real-time. Sending, deleting, etc. is also quite speedy. The keyboard is easy for my big thumbs to type on. It’s been a glitch free experience.
The screen is bright and easy to see in daylight, but it’s resolution is not what an iPhone offers. I would not want to browse the web on the Karma. And although you have threaded text conversation support, it’s hard to see much threading with just four lines of text occupying the entire screen. At least the text is easy to read.
If you get this phone, you’ll want to go to Settings > Personalize > Home Screen (a quirk in the UI provides no indication that this is actually a menu item, just highlight it and press the center button) > Launch Bar (click on center button) then choose these settings for the launch bar: Icons: Hide, 1st: Create Message, 2nd Address Book, 3rd: Calendar, 4th: My Stuff. Pressing the upper section of the middle round button will bring up these four tools.
I’d recommend this phone to anyone who wants an excellent “cell phone” first with competent texting capability.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have only had this phone for a couple of days but so far it is great. The learning curve was not bad and I love the features and call quality. I only have 2 minor issues with this phone. First is that the button to disconnect a call is on the front and can push against your face so if you are not careful, you might disconnect a call. This happened only once and now that I know it is possible I just make sure to hold it at an angle away from my face.
The other quibble is that after I set up my hotmail account on the phone, it would randomly tell me I had a new message even if I didn’t! Also, this alert would come on even if I was in the middle of doing something else like entering an appointment on the calender which erased all the information I had already entered up to that point! Not sure how to turn off this alert other than deleting my hotmail setup from the phone.
Still, since I mainly use it for calls, it works great and the full keyboard makes texting and internet use easy. It easily linked with my scala bluetooth.
The best part of all was buying through Amazon Wireless though! AT&T wanted $70 after a mail in rebate that required me to sign up for a data plan for at least 1 month and Best Buy wanted $50 after the same sign up and in both cases I would have to wait 6-8 weeks for the rebate that would bring my cost down to that level. With Amazon, I got the phone for . 01, that’s right 1 penny plus an $18 activation fee and no data plan or waiting for a rebate check involved! I don’t know if the activation fee would have been added at the other places but even if it wasn’t $18. 01 is less than $50 or $70.
Rating: 5 / 5
I Love the Karma QA1, I was whining alot because my granddaughter dropped my Razr V9 and the case broke at the hindge and they are not available anymore, except from a private source. I started looking and the Karma caught my eye. After reading the reviews and looking at it in the store I finally ordered it on Amazonwireless. It is the best phone, very easy to use, very fast connectivity, fun details and easy texting. Love the big screen. I ordered the red rubberized case and everyone wants to see it. You will not be disappointed in the phone for simplicity, good looks and especially user friendly, 10 stars
Rating: 5 / 5