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Motorola Atrix 4G
8.0
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Criteria Comments Rating
  • Reception and call quality Never had any problems hearing or being heard. great!
  • Display Still not a retina display. But, that's hard to live up to. qHD resolution is interesting. I always ran in to anti-aliasing problems on small text. good
  • Battery life Nothing to write home about - not horrendous either. good
  • Camera No comments —
  • Ease of use Motosuck blows. Fingerprint reader is cool, but glitchy. so-so
  • Design and form factor Not the thinnest or sexiest. Seems very businessy - like they are targeting the BB audience. good
  • Portability (size / weight) Size is great, very light, but probably because it's made out of plastic. great!
  • Media support Android is very open, it supports pretty much everything. Laptop dock is a joke. good
  • Durability Plastic back showed fingerprints easily, and it looked like it was fragile, but felt good in the hand. good
  • Ecosystem (apps, accessories, etc.) Android does ecosystem the best. great!
Detailed review
I had it for about 20 days, and returned it because I was addicted to the retina display. I found it kind of sluggish, even though it had a dual core processor (more than likely because of Motoblur). I just don't think I was ready for Android at the time.

I just ordered a Samsung Galaxy S II, and I think I'm ready to take the plunge. The Atrix wasn't sexy, I didn't feel proud to say that it was my phone (outside of the initial fingerprint reader wow factor).

My recommendation is to try before you buy.