I bought this mobile in Dec 2005 for Rs 8000.00 and used it for 1 year, I would say this was good enough value for money during that period(other than Razr ) when there were not many competitors for this kindof phone. VGA camera was just OK for photos in those days , MP3 with surround sound was the best feature of this phone.
I enjoyed good quality mp3 on the headset for quite some time, I liked the funky lights and few java games. Drawbacks were poor battery life(Do I needto mention this for Motorola ) and poor RF after year of usage, Ifigured out very late that it was not a network issue but the phoneissue for low network bars displayed on my phone.
Overall decent value for money. But anyway this model is not available in market these days.
These days market is flooded with mid range multimedia feature packed phones form Nokia Samsung and LG which are better substitute for E398.