Motorola ATRIX 4G Hands-on
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Naturally, high-end specs are all around with the Motorola ATRIX 4G with its sizable 4” qHD display that boasts a stunning resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. Looking straight at it, there's no arguing the kind of beauty and elegance it embodies as it packs plenty of crisp visuals to make your eyes gleam with joy. Moreover, there are other admirable features that will surely make you fall in love – such as 1GB of RAM, large 1,930 mAh battery, and support for faster speeds thanks to HSPA+ connectivity.
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Taking a hold of the device, it doesn't quite have that stark industrial design that made devices like the Motorola DROID and DROID X stand out. But nonetheless, you can gauge that there was a lot of love put into its construction and design to still catapult it to the status of other high-end devices on the market. In fact, it's surprising to find it come close to the same dimensions as the iPhone 4 – which is impressive when you consider that it packs a healthy sized 4” display.
Underneath all of the top notch hardware, we find the Motorola ATRIX 4G running that all too known customized MOTOBLUR skin on top of Android 2.2 Froyo. Yeah, we know what you're going to say, but we simply hope it will receive the Gingerbread treatment quickly. All in all, the dual-core Tegra 2 chipset enables the handset to fly in just about every aspect we put the device through – so literally, you won't ever have to miss a beat on anything.
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1. JVII posted on 06 Jan 2011, 12:27 1 1
Impressive. When can we expect a Verizon version with similar specs?
11. BobbyTaba posted on 06 Jan 2011, 18:25 3 0
Atrix has double RAM and 4 inch screen with 5mp camera
Droid tonic has 4.3 inch screen and 8mp
27. thoth posted on 10 Jan 2011, 12:12 2 2
Better Yet when will there EVER be a sprint phone with similar Specs ???!!!
33. somepeoplearestupid (unregistered) posted on 11 Jan 2011, 13:57 2 0
I see people bitching on different sites about Bionic "only" getting 512MB of memory. Do people realize that it is 512MB of DDR2? that is twice as fast as a 512MB SDRAM!!! DDRs transfer data on the rising and falling edges of the bus clock signal (i.e. why they are Double Data Rates SDRAM). So the 512MB DDR2 on the Bionic is as fast as the 1gig SDRAM on the Atrix!
good try though bobbytaba.
35. CobraRGuy (unregistered) posted on 11 Jan 2011, 17:18 0 2
The 1GB SDRAM in the Motorola Atrix is DDR3 which is much faster and lower power than DDR2.
39. Cryptkeep (unregistered) posted on 24 Jan 2011, 01:29 0 0
CobraRGuy sorry but you are wrong about the Atrix being DDR3, SDRAM or SINGLE Data Rates is not DDR3 or DOUBLE Data Rates memory, SDRAM is a much slower RAM then the DDR2 somepeoplearestupid (nice name very fitting) is 100% right about this. The DDR2 on the Bionic will actually in a test out preform the 1gb of SDRAM anyday of the week. Also if you read the Bionic post is specifically mentions that is it "desktop" equal ram. Plus I highly doubt that a phone could handle the heat out put 1gb of DDR3 ram. Nice try but no success sorry.
40. blonco (unregistered) posted on 25 Jan 2011, 14:22 0 0
The atrix has 1gb of DDR2
44. CobraRGuy (unregistered) posted on 04 Feb 2011, 19:28 0 0
Hello,
OK, I thought I saw that the SDRAM in the Atrix was DDR3... my bad. It is a fact that DDR3 is both faster and lower power than DDR2. If the Atrix has 1GB of DDR2 SDRAM then it could certainly handle 1GB of DDR3 SDRAM. BTW, SDRAM stands for "Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory". It has nothing to do with single data rate clocking. Not all SDRAM is DDR (some older memory is single data rate), but ALL DDR/DDR2/DDR3 IS SDRAM.
43. Landmarkcm posted on 27 Jan 2011, 01:41 0 0
I'll Stick with my EvoShift thanks. So glad they offered it in a slightly smaller package. Some screens are getting to big to pocket around.
2. phonefreak (unregistered) posted on 06 Jan 2011, 12:51 2 0
I guess u haven't met the Droid Bionic
3. jd829 posted on 06 Jan 2011, 13:22 1 2
Atrix has double the RAM of bionic, otherwise they're identical devices
34. somepeoplearestupid (unregistered) posted on 11 Jan 2011, 14:00 3 0
Do people realize that it is 512MB of DDR2? that is twice as fast as a 512MB SDRAM
4. omarc26 posted on 06 Jan 2011, 14:31 2 2
well im gettin the atrix because it has double the ram than the bionic . And also because its gsm which will work in europe were the bionic wont work because i go to spain every year. .
5. Ryry loves phones (unregistered) posted on 06 Jan 2011, 14:44 2 1
Actually they aren't identical cause the Bionic has a 4.3 inch screen while the Atrix has a 4 inch screen so in your face! I'm on Verizon but I personally think that the 4 inch screen is way morea appealing...
6. Tre-Nitty posted on 06 Jan 2011, 15:12 1 1
I agree about the screen but i'm going with the infuse 4.5 inch screen lol. Atrix with the double ram is more appealing but basically depends on which company ya got. Both are awesome looking phones.
7. john smith (unregistered) posted on 06 Jan 2011, 15:34 0 0
I wish they moved away from the all black plasticky look and accented it with some metal or chrome or something else to make it look a bit more aesthetically pleasing. But I guess it's whats under the hood that's the most important.
8. josuearisty posted on 06 Jan 2011, 17:31 0 0
I hope to get this baby soon, when will AT&T be sellin this strong beast!
9. Dual Core (unregistered) posted on 06 Jan 2011, 17:48 1 1
It would be a worthless beast if AT&T is not up to it. (signal-wise, like Verizon)
28. networkdood posted on 10 Jan 2011, 13:08 2 2
wow, my cappy is a beast right now with AT&T....you have been reading too much about AT&T and their supposed inferior network - it really is not....
