Motorola DEFY MINI User Reviews

Motorola DEFY MINI

Overall user rating

7.5

The overall rating is the average of all user reviews, while the overall alternatives are the ones that has been listed most.

UI speed
5.8
Camera
5.8
Multimedia
8.2
Internet
8.0
Battery
8.5
Call quality
9.0
Display
7.5
Reception
9.2
Text input
8.0
Build quality
9.8
Everyday usage
8.5
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Kirara posted on Jan 08, 2014, 2:01 PM
Posts: 0; Member since: Jan 08, 2014

4.0

Sturdy but behind

Kirara has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

It's a bottom tier phone when comparing to other smart phones today. I got this from my friend second hand as a temporary phone while I decided which one I was going to buy next. There are many things about it that aren't necessarily bad, but there are a few things that bring it down a lot. Those mostly being the terrible camera and the horrid internal storage. Although you can use an sd card that won't help when it comes to downloading apps. It also has trouble playing a lot of modern 3d games.

Build quality
9.0
Reception
9.0
Call quality
9.0
Internet
9.0
Multimedia
8.0
Camera
1.0
UI speed
3.0
Everyday usage
5.0
Text input
7.0
Display
4.0
Battery
7.0

Pros

  • Sturdiness

Cons

  • Camera
  • Internal Storage
  • UI Speed

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leon234 posted on Dec 18, 2013, 10:54 PM
Posts: 0; Member since: Dec 18, 2013

8.0

great phone for first smartphone buyers

leon234 has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

This is a great phone it lasts any where pretty understandable i say,for the price it is a great phone, one thing is it is not a gaming phone it doesnt have the space to put big games on.Phone designed for the people out side with the running apps and will last if you drop it.can take alot of damage

Build quality
10.0
Reception
8.0
goes through and people get texts a minute or so after i sent it
Call quality
7.0
the sound was a bit up and down during phone calls
Internet
5.0
never used the internet because i didnt know what to expect
Multimedia
7.0
nice and loud speaker quite clear but not as clear as all the big smart phones
Camera
6.0
dont expect much out of the camera it isnt really designed for shots but can take them if you dont have your camera on you
UI speed
5.0
Everyday usage
9.0
lasts a whole day keeps me orgainsed could do quite alot on it
Text input
5.0
to hard to text you had to take time but if you used swype it would work fast but you would have to stop every time you finish typing a word
Display
6.0
good display screen didnt crack for me and thats a first because phones i have smash and then dodnt work
Battery
8.0
it says it has got a good battery but it just lasted me a full day

Pros

  • reliable phone
  • waterproof
  • dust proof
  • great phone if you only want a phone that lasts and can text and recieve calls

Cons

  • a bit slow every now and then
  • not much room to download games and ect

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gabutti posted on Aug 28, 2013, 8:53 PM
Posts: 0; Member since: Aug 28, 2013

9.0

good for Field Engineers

gabutti has owned it for less than year before publishing this review

rugged, watter, dust, scratch resistant. cheap as chips!. rootable, overclocable, dropped it in oil, watter, hard croncrete at about 1.5 meters heigth... a little slow processor, but easy to overclock.

Build quality
10.0
heavy dutty phone for the field.
Reception
10.0
never had any issue
Call quality
10.0
no issues ever
Internet
8.0
can be forced to play flash, but it isn´t worth it at stock specs. need a faster processor for that, I´d overclocked and forced gpu acceleration for that, but its not a factory setting.
Multimedia
8.0
Camera
10.0
UI speed
7.0
ram is limited, need a couple of resets per day to refresh the responsiveness.
Everyday usage
10.0
Text input
10.0
Display
10.0
Battery
10.0

Pros

  • cheap
  • really rugged

Cons

  • low aviable space (unless rooted with sd mount)
  • low speed (unless rooted and fixed)

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kdavid991 posted on Jun 20, 2012, 2:34 PM
Posts: 0; Member since: Jun 20, 2012

9.0

Accepteble

kdavid991 has owned it for less than month before publishing this review

mid range use phone good at leat for engineers in hard sites with dust humidity , water , very good one for this usage , i know a lot searching for such device , choice for unordinary people , not bad to test , moto is perfect hardware

Build quality
10.0
Reception
10.0
Call quality
10.0
Internet
10.0
Multimedia
10.0
Camera
6.0
UI speed
8.0
Everyday usage
10.0
Text input
10.0
Display
10.0
Battery
9.0

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