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Motorola ROKR E1 review: iTunes phone 2005.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2005·$250
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#9 of 11
Tier
Feature
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Motorola ROKR E1.

ROKR E1 was the first phone with iTunes — Apple capped it at 100 songs to protect the iPod, killing its appeal.

01Display

50/100

50/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for feature phones of 2005.

TypeTFT
Size1.9"
Resolution176 x 220

02Performance

40/100

40/100 trails the 42-point cohort average for feature phones of 2005.

ChipsetCustom
Storage100 MB

03Camera

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for feature phones of 2005.

MainVGA

04Battery

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for feature phones of 2005.

Capacity1,000 mAh

05Software

50/100

50/100 is one of the weaker software results among feature phones of 2005 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • First phone with iTunes.
  • 100 songs sync.
  • Compact 107 g.
  • Apple-licensed.
What doesn't
  • Hard 100-song cap.
  • Slow USB 1.1 sync.
  • VGA cam.
  • $250 niche use.
Cross-shop it against
Sony Ericsson K800i
$500 · score 60/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 11-phone cohort of feature devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .