Motorola's ZN5 (or whatever) in all its... uh, glory

So wait a second, let us make sure we have this right: buzz has been building for many months around this supposed Motorola superphone -- the ZN5, ZINE, or whatever it's called -- with the hope that it could be just the phone to bring Moto back from the brink. The darned thing's clearly been in the labs for ages, so they've got to be doing something amazing back in there, right? Eh, not so much. First of all, it tops out with EDGE data as expected, which is utterly inexcusable for a device in this class. Granted, it's got WiFi, but we would've expected these guys to spend the few extra bucks, upgrade the chipset, and get MOTOMAGX freaking working with HSDPA. But wait, we haven't even gotten to the best part: that 5 megapixel camera back there? Yeah, no autofocus. Amazing. Hop on over to Boy Genius Report for some more pictures of a phone we'll never be owning.

Update: Whoa, yeah, the ZN5 is supposed to be a candybar. Is this the slider equivalent?

[fernando Posted May 29th 2008 3:30PM]

This ain’t the ZN5. BG you’ve unveiled a new phone!! The ZN5 ain’t a slider…

[Chris Posted May 29th 2008 3:37PM]

Yeah, great call. Could this be the slider version of the same thing, a la V9 / Z9?

[(Unverified) Posted May 29th 2008 3:39PM]

Oh come on now. Stick this on Engadget Classic so more people can laugh at Motorola!

[(Unverified) Posted May 29th 2008 3:58PM]

So mediocre. 5mpxl is no bigge anymore.

[(Unverified) Posted May 29th 2008 7:38PM]

Engadget just got a blackeye

[Step666 Posted May 29th 2008 4:00PM]

Funny, last time I checked, having only an EDGE connection and wi-fi was worthy of idolatry...

[(Unverified) Posted May 29th 2008 7:06PM]

I see what you did there...haha

[(Unverified) Posted May 29th 2008 7:38PM]

99% sure T-Mobile will sell this motherf*cker, period!

[Mark Larson Posted May 30th 2008 2:53PM]

Downgrade the camera to 1.3mp and you're gold.

[(Unverified) Posted May 29th 2008 9:51PM]

Give it up Motorola. You suck at making phones. Why don't you open an antenna store or something.