Motorola ATRIX 4G User Reviews
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Internet9.4/10Call quality9.4/10
Battery8.9/10Reception9.1/10
Display9.5/10Build quality8.7/10
Text input9.3/10Everyday usage9.6/10
UI speed9.1/10Camera8.9/10
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futureray posted on 31 Jan 2013, 14:25
Digitizer repair beware, design flaw
futureray has owned it for more than one year before publishing this review
Well did not make til my next contract renewal. The phone is great when it is working, but touch screen (digitizer) is too fragile, once every nine months it goes out. First time under warranty, and then I decided to replace it myself the second. I have experience repairing laptops, and other smartphone, like the iPhone. Big mistake, when I called AT&T store about parts they told me to call the manufacturer or I could buy the part on Ebay. After buying two digitizers, both of which the flex cable broke way to easily. I decided it is time to part with this phone, and maybe some else can fix it.
First no software upgrades from Motorola, then a design which is too fragile for repair. This maybe my last Motorola phone.Build quality 1/10Reception 7/10Call quality 7/10Internet 9/10Multimedia 9/10Camera 6/10UI speed 8/10Everyday usage 7/10Text input 6/10Display 9/10Battery 7/10
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Reporttburch posted on 16 Jun 2012, 20:19
Amazing Phone
tburch has owned it for more than one year before publishing this review
I've had this phone a little over a year now, and I can safely say it is by far the best phone I've ever had. The phone is amazingly fast, due to the tegra 2 processor. Gingerbread works very well on it, and I've heard ICS is coming out in a few months for it as well. I recently purchased the lapdock for it, and that works flawlessly as well. I am extremely satisfied with this phone. The only complaint I have is that occasionally on calls the other person can't hear my voice perfectly, but that's a very small percent of the time. I would recommend this phone to anyone.
Build quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 9/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 9/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
- Very fast
- Nice Design
- Nice display
- Lots of accessory options
Cons
- Voice reciever isn't the greatest
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Reportantmiu2 posted on 12 Mar 2012, 23:28
best value android!!
antmiu2 has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review
for people complaining on blur, it is not bad at all but it can be changed anyways,
you cant complain about battery because motorola is make the best among android devices.
cheap great price can be found for $200 on ebay as good as new .
i got the lapdock for a 50 dollar special
very good specs: 1ghz nvidia tegra 2 dual core, 1gb ram, huge battery = awesome phone..
i wish it had 900 at umts so it could be able to get 3g from orange dominicana but well it works at 850 for claro
display: scratch resistant is a must for me so im glad it has a gorilla glass..
hey the display is not super amoled but its awesome for being s-lcd motorola uses a nice res for a 4 inch display (854x480) and still gets great battery life..
i would say the this phone is definitely better overall then the iphone 4s for the price.. and will only get better with ics.. you will not be dissapointedBuild quality 9/10Reception 10/10Call quality 9/10Internet 9/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 9/10Pros
- back cover sourounds the corners and is cheap to replace
- i get signal bars everwhere!
- i have custom rom
- will upgrade to ICS Q3
- hdmi = webtop and landscape mirror is win
- battery is 1930mah and its one of the best among androids
- show off with fingerprint scanner!
Cons
- plasic slippery cheap back cover, but can get a case or a ruberish backdoor on ebay
- idk but my call quality arent oh so great for me
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Reporttj0575 posted on 04 Dec 2011, 05:52
Best Phone ATT has
tj0575 has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review
I think this phone rocks!!! Even my wife likes this phone(we both have one) this phone is FAST! period..no lagging...no freezing..none of that. I decided no to root the phone to see how it perfoms before tweaking it..no need.. this might be the first phone i have that i feel like i dont need to jailbreak/root in order to get full.maximum performance from. I am still playing with it to make sure i fully understand what it is capable of. the only downfall is my wife asking me how to do everything since she knows what a phone nerd i am. Great job mOTO....
Build quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 8/10Pros
- EVERYTHING
Cons
- batter could last longer, although it might be because I am constantly on the phone playing with it
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ReportDav33 posted on 09 Oct 2011, 17:48
Best Of The Best!
Dav33 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
I absolutely love this phone! It is the best phone I have ever used, as well as the fastest. It has a nice responsive touch screen, and many neat features such as the fingerprint scanner. I would recommend this phone if you want something that will do everything.
Build quality 9/10Reception 10/10Call quality 9/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 9/10Display 10/10Battery 9/10Pros
- Big Screen
- Clear Graphics
- Front and Back Facing Cameras
- Super Fast
- Nice Design
- Fingerprint Scanner
Cons
- Lock/Unlock Button Placement
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Reportlilgoose01 posted on 06 Oct 2011, 09:00
Favorite phone
lilgoose01 has owned it for less than year before publishing this review
Purchased in April, still have it. Super fast! Don't like the plastic back, although still durable. Gingerbread runs amazing, doesn't lag or freeze. I am a constant Facebook and Google+ user and the battery holds up great for me.
Build quality 8/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 9/10Multimedia 9/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10
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Reportledbetterp3 posted on 28 Sep 2011, 23:21
Best available phone on at&t by far so far
ledbetterp3 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
I use apps, games, texting, facebook, internet browsing and showing it off, it's a great phone that i'd recommend to anyone! I like the new motoblur UI that comes with gingerbread, it's a lot better for anyone who was doubting this phone because of it.
Build quality 10/10Reception 9/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
- everything
Cons
- Pricey accessories
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ReportDarkresurrect posted on 08 Sep 2011, 07:45
Mejor celular que el resto
Darkresurrect has owned it for less than year before publishing this review
LLevo con el celular desde que salio y he probado el samsung infuse, el iphone 4 y el samsung focus, tengo que admitir que este celular era una decepcion con el froyo (2.2), el samsung focus era mi preferido por su estabilidad con el windows phone 7 os, el iphone es mas de lo mismo desde que salio, y el infuse me enamoro su pantalla de 4.5 su bateria y su camara pero con el froyo aun sigue siendo una casi decepcion. El atrix me ha tomado por sorpresa con todo el cambio dramatico que dio con el salto a gingerbread 2.3.4 se ha convertido en un celular completamente nuevo y me siento super feliz ya que la bateria dura mas y es mucho mas estable sin los reseteos al azar que le sucedia antes, al dia de hoy cualquier persona que este buscando un celular potente y al dia con mucha vida aun por soporte de la compania ya que google compro a motorola le recomiendo el motorola atrix 4g ya que por el precio que bajo con contrato nuevo es casi un regalo. :) Espero que el Ice Cream Sandwich sea mejor y mas impresionante.
Build quality 9/10Reception 9/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 9/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 9/10Pros
- Beautiful Redesigned UI (2.3.4)
- Screen Res.
- Multimedia Capability
- Dual Core
- 1 GB DDR2 RAM
- Fast and stable
- Overall Exterior Design of the Phone
Cons
- Average Battery
- VGA Front Face Camera :(
- Plastic back battery cover
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Reportandanao2 posted on 04 Sep 2011, 01:04
Perfect
andanao2 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
I got this phone 3 weeks ago, while on a trip back home to the US, i live in Ecuador and am not willing to purchase a phone for 4 times the price that it would be there, so i wanted a high end android phone, with a decent battery life and so forth. I also wanted something that was fast, and did not have a large screen since i have small hands, i also liked the features liked the idea of having a fingerprint scanner
Build quality 7/10Reception 9/10Call quality 10/10Internet 9/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 9/10Everyday usage 8/10Text input 8/10Display 8/10Battery 10/10andanao2 alternatives:
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Reporttyger97 posted on 05 Aug 2011, 13:03
Ok buggy and traded it for the inspire
tyger97 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
It was a good phone for the first 3 days then it was so buggy and the screen was terrible. I could not take it and the motoblur so I got the inspire witch never bugs up.I had the atrix before gingerbread was out so i could not sideload any apps which was a major con.
Build quality 4/10Reception 6/10Call quality 6/10Internet 6/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 5/10UI speed 2/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 7/10Display 2/10Battery 2/10Pros
- fingerscanner
- speed
Cons
- built quality
- buggy motoblur
- no sideloading apps
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Reportmaikeru posted on 04 Aug 2011, 18:29
Love it
maikeru has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
I love this phone. AT&T's 4G is not up to speed yet so I haven't been able to explore this. I was trying to decide between this and the HTC Inspire 4G. I got this for a few reasons. For one I wanted to try swype, which Inspire doesn't have, and which it turns out I LOVE. 2, the inspire is huge and wouldn't be practical, and 3, when I looked at the display in the store, the atrix looked clearer and brighter. Also this has that impressive dual core processor, hdmi output, and all those accessories that make it like a regular computer. Just felt like it had more potential a year or 2 from now. Android apps are all great, phone calls are good, texting is great, I like the panoramic and highly customizable home screen, the browser. Though people complain about motoblur, I like it. All my accounts on 5 websites go into one widget. I can login from a pc, remotely wipe, gsp track if lost or stolen. If I had to complain about anything it's be that the speaker and camera are not as good as my sony ericsson c905a. Also, what is the point of ATT offering Pandora, Siruis XM and Netflix apps if we can't have unlimited data plans? That is frustrating but I suppose it applies to all phones.
Build quality 9/10Reception 9/10Call quality 9/10Internet 9/10Multimedia 9/10Camera 8/10UI speed 8/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 8/10Pros
- Everything
Cons
- AT&T's lack of unlimited dataplan
- AT&T's lack of real 4G
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Reportsyla posted on 22 Jul 2011, 02:58
wooow
syla has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review
awesomeness... great great great graphics...
excellent music quality
cool video play back
WOoooooHOO Samsung galaxy s 2 scuks u can see porn in sgs 2 ! thats all lol..
but wait if u compaired with sgs 2 u might think sgs 2 is better ! but its not! for a high end phone u need games games and games..... sgs 2 suck in that point!
Build quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
Cons
- only the cam
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Reportmegaman posted on 09 Jul 2011, 13:20
perfect and future phone
megaman has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
Fantastic Phone
i love it so much
i think it is a future phone must have . When you have it you will love it and happy happy so much for Everything that Atrix Have .
let take it soon soon .
new game , New app well done and video HD / Oh it amazing amazing /Build quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
- long life Battery
- Moto Blur
- Android 2.2 - 2.3
- Dualcore
- 1 GB ram
- figer print
- 4 " touch screen
- 1 st Webtop connect
- hd / HDMi
Cons
- easy to fall
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Reportdenys posted on 09 Jul 2011, 11:40
thia phone is so much better than galaxy s2
denys has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
In the quadrant i got score up to 2450 the mos high score was 2997 thats awesome, i got that scores and the tegra 2 is 1ghz and the glaxy s 2 is 1.2ghz, definitely the atrix is better i love my atrix...............................................................
Build quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 8/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
- all
- i think this phone is better than the galaxy s 2
- this phone is better than the iphone 5
Cons
- no gyro, 5megapixel camera
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Reportzeidof posted on 08 Jul 2011, 11:26
Fantastic
zeidof has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review
The dual core processor and 1 Gig of system ram make this phone fly. No issues at all and put it in the dock and you get a keyboard, mouse and two USB ports as well as a charger and great speakerphone. I like the dock for daily use at my desk. I would like to see a slide out keyboard on the next version, kinda like the EVO did with Shift.
Build quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 9/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
Cons
- Nothing
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Reportjoshuaadm posted on 03 Jun 2011, 13:22
Surprised
joshuaadm has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
WUSH! What was that!..Oh its the atrix flying by the iphone! I have to say that this mobile device is outstanding. I call it a mobile device because its the next revolution is wireless technology. The only minor things that i would alter is where the power button is. The button takes some time to adjust to.
Build quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
- Battery
- Device Feels Solid
- Accessories
- Screen is very colorful and bright
- volume is very loud
- very responsive
Cons
- Learning curve
- power button in back
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ReportAkrew10 posted on 01 Jun 2011, 15:16
AWESOME!!
Akrew10 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
This phone is fast!!! Motoblur is improving and it isnt to bad anymore.. Looks like motorola and at&t put quality work in this phone. I love it! :) great great great great great great great great great great.. Its future proof!! Dual core is the future of smartphones
Build quality 9/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 9/10Pros
- Screen
- Processor
- At&t
- Motorla is good with updates
- Getting 2.3 gingerbread
Cons
- Nothing!!
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Reportdeercela posted on 31 May 2011, 18:44
Best Phone Ive ever had!
deercela has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review
This is the best phone I've ever used! I love the 4G a lot!
The screen size is a very good and the phone charges fast. I think its better than an IPHONE, there are many new updates that come out regulary to improve it even better. Motoblur helps you stay connected to social media easily!Build quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 9/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
- Fast
- MOTOBLUR sincs all your email and social media together
- Charges Fast
Cons
- 5MP Camera, wish it was 8MP
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Reportjake posted on 30 May 2011, 21:33
the good, the bad, the pretty
jake has owned it for less than year before publishing this review
I came from the captivate to this phone, so processing power was not a factor. the atrix runs things faster, but i'm not gonna dwell on that. what i will dwell on is the battery life, after the 1.83 update, my phone goes all day with extensive use of pandora, browsing, games, phone calls, and texting and still sits at 20-30 percent battery at midnight when i go to sleep. speaking of updates, i have received 2 since i got the phone which was two more than i got on the captivate, and yet another promised in june/july. that is good support. as far as features go...the camera seems lacking since i had the htc pure, iphone 4, and then captivate and all had a 5MP camera. don't get me wrong, at least this one can record at 1080p. the screen isn't as clear as the iphone 4, period. i don't think any android phone is, but it looks nicer than the cappy's super amoled any day with the higher resolution. speaking of higher resolution, it really screws up the capability of alot of apps, be prepared for that. the gps is one thing i want to comment on, it rocks. the gps on the captivate barlely works, so it's easy to be impressed by one that does, but i had the iphone 4 and my girl currently has one, but the atrix's gps rocks, i couldn't stress it enough. as far as complaints go, of course motoblur is silly to have with all the widgets to make your own ui, i wish companies would give up and let google do it's then since they do it right. again, compatibility is an issue but 4.0 fixes it.
Build quality 9/10Reception 9/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 8/10Camera 8/10UI speed 9/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 9/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
- battery
- gps is perfect
- battery
- qHD+4"=pretty
- did i mention the battery?
Cons
- motoblur (see a trend yet?)
- camera, it's not bad just dated
- compatability
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Reportjake posted on 30 May 2011, 17:14
The good, the bad, the pretty...
jake has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review
I came from the captivate to this phone, so processing power was not a factor. the atrix runs things faster, but i'm not gonna dwell on that. what i will dwell on is the battery life, after the 1.83 update, my phone goes all day with extensive use of pandora, browsing, games, phone calls, and texting and still sits at 20-30 percent battery at midnight when i go to sleep. speaking of updates, i have received 2 since i got the phone which was two more than i got on the captivate, and yet another promised in june/july. that is good support. as far as features go...the camera seems lacking since i had the htc pure, iphone 4, and then captivate and all had a 5MP camera. don't get me wrong, at least this one can record at 1080p. the screen isn't as clear as the iphone 4, period. i don't think any android phone is, but it looks nicer than the cappy's super amoled any day with the higher resolution. speaking of higher resolution, it really screws up the campatability of alot of apps, be prepared for that. the gps is one thing i want to comment on, it rocks. the gps on the captivate barlely works, so it's easy to be impressed by one that does, but i had the iphone 4 and my girl currently has one, but the atrix's gps rocks, i couldn't stress it enough. as far as complaints go, of course motoblur is silly to have with all the widgets to make your own ui, i wish companies would give up and let google do it's then since they do it right. again, compatability is an issue but 4.0 fixes it.
Build quality 9/10Reception 8/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 8/10Camera 8/10UI speed 9/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 9/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
- tegra 2 (duh)
Cons
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Reportafghanmoose posted on 28 May 2011, 13:49
Ehh, pretty much rushed
afghanmoose has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
I was so excited to have the next, hottest thing for ATT, but after a weeks use with it, battery wasnt holding up to what was expected, im a power user so i run a lot of things on it. The screen was gorgeous, but Motoblur made it run slow, Gingerbread wasnt really optimized for a dual core-qHD phone when it came out so im guessing thats why there was lag. A big factor was no 4G, or 3G.5, im tired of phone companies trying to show off 4G phones when they all arent even true 4G, T-mobiles network is even faster than ATT's & ATmobile sucks with their coverage in my area, just sad ATT, hopefully they can save themselves with the launch of LTE if they can even catch up with Verizon.
Build quality 6/10Reception 4/10Call quality 8/10Internet 4/10Multimedia 8/10Camera 8/10UI speed 2/10Everyday usage 6/10Text input 4/10Display 8/10Battery 6/10Pros
- qHD screen, Finger swipe to unlock, Dual core Chip
Cons
- Motoblur, Lag,no 4G, battery still sucked
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ReportSoulmanager11 posted on 20 May 2011, 18:42
From iOS to Android
Soulmanager11 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
Just got the phone. Move from iPhone 3GS and not bad. Actually i feel that Android have lots of potential if the carriers didnt put all those restrictions on it. So far i like android. It has things that ios doesnt have and viceversa. Just getting use to it. I will post later more info on my long term use.
Build quality 9/10Reception 9/10Call quality 9/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 9/10Camera 8/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 9/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 9/10Pros
- Flash
- 4" qHD screen
- Browser speed
Cons
- Prices on accesories too high
- Motoblur
- No Gingerbread
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ReportDenys posted on 09 May 2011, 10:54
TOP
Denys has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
It's a excelente phone. If you use the Multimidia HD dock you will falling in love. The Android with Ubuntu together do a excellent combination. The Motoblur isn't the best UI of the world, but haves goods things for the usage in day-by-day. And you can change for another UI, so, this isn't a problem. In the xda-developers the guys build a Full Ubuntu for Atrix, and you can install softwares lika GIMP. Very Cool!!
Build quality 10/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 9/10UI speed 9/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 10/10Pros
- Everything
- Ubuntu + Linux
Cons
- Don't have gyroscope
- MotoBlur (but you can change)
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Reportbrett012405 posted on 17 Apr 2011, 16:45
Great Phone!!
brett012405 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review
I had the Inspire but switched to the Atrix because my reception was bad with the Inspire. I was dropping calls left and right. With the Atrix I havent dropped calls. The Atrix is super fast. The Nvidia Tegra2 processor is great. The only thing about the phone I dont like is the MotoBlur....other than that its awesome. The battery life is excellent and everything else works perfectly. Havent had any problems.
Build quality 9/10Reception 9/10Call quality 9/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 9/10Battery 9/10Pros
- Processor Speed
- Display is Clear
- Battery Life
Cons
- Moto Blur
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Reportprdmshrl posted on 15 Apr 2011, 13:24
Great phone!!
prdmshrl has owned it for less than 3 months before publishing this review
This phone is great. The Tegra 2 performs excellent. The high definition content displays great and games display great as well. I also love the fact that the phone has 1 GB RAM. The fingerprint scanner works really well.I also own the multimedia dock and it displays very great on a 55" HD display. The webtop application works very good as well. My only slight disappointment is that Gingerbread is not yet available for the phone. Overall I really love the phone, it is a pretty complete device. I moved from an iPhone 4 to this phone and so far I am not missing my iPhone 4 at all.
Build quality 9/10Reception 10/10Call quality 10/10Internet 10/10Multimedia 10/10Camera 10/10UI speed 10/10Everyday usage 10/10Text input 10/10Display 10/10Battery 9/10Pros
- Dual Core Tegra 2
- qHD display
- 1 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory and expandable memory
- Lot of accessories
- Webtop application
- Fingerprint Scanner
- HD Video recording
Cons
- Motoblur
- Not shipped with Gingerbread
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