Motorola DEFY Review - good smartphone with high durability

Motorola DEFY impressed with elegant design and impact-resistant, water fall ...

Design

Motorola DEFY is a phone classic bar, size 107 x 59 x 13.4 mm and weighs 118 g. Design machine is fairly simple. Front only large touch screen, keyboard basics of Android OS is also close to touch the tail is very easy to press or touch the wrong when used with one hand.

The reverse is the 5MP camera and flash at the top, the M logo in bold in the middle and closing the lid neatly arranged below. The auxiliary function keys, charger jack, headphones are arranged around the body.

One of the features in the design of the Motorola DEFY is the outer shell material. Front Gorilla Glass using technology to reduce scratches on the sensor surface. Surrounding the body is a flexible rubber layer has a protective effect on the machine from damage occurring during use, allowing your back just to be superior "slimming". There is also the appearance of the screws around like a "reinforced" add certainty to the product.


Neutral design, modern and fit in both size and weight, Motorola DEFY easily attract users, both men and women.

Use

1. Interface and screen

DEFY screen the kind of large-size 3.7 inches, 480 x 854 pixel resolution for display sharp and bright colors. This is also the strength of the current smartphones from Motorola.

Defy the big screen is nice, relatively good sensitivity, but the graphics processing capabilities are not really "smooth".


MOTOBLUR UI interface with the Widgets Live is also worth noting the DEFY. There are seven main screen for users comfortable arrangement, installation quick access to your liking. The widgets on the interface of Defy very handy.

For example, the Facebook application constantly updated continuously, every morning is turn on the screen you can update the status of your friends. Or, it can be turned off, detect Wi-Fi quickly without the menu inside.

2. Entertainment, the connection

DEFY Motorola camera on achieving resolution 5 megapixel with flash, Auto Focus, fully supports 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth ... factory memory of 2GB and a 2GB card box comes, the users can expand the storage capacity via microSD card (located under the battery) up to 32GB.

Quality photographs from Motorola DEFY very nice. Detailed images and sharp. Vibrant colors, but only when viewed directly on the machine. When making a large screen, color fidelity will decrease slightly, but this is not a big problem.

Combined with more options mode, the camera tweak the DEFY, users will feel the shot is no longer on the phone to a smartphone "to have" anymore. Unfortunately limited 5MP camera can not record video in HD resolution.

Ability to listen to music on Motorola DEFY and at quite enough to entertain. A standard 3.5mm audio jack on the top of the camera enables users to upgrade and replace more quality headset.

Practical experience shows that the ability to browse the Web on DEFY not much different from other Android smartphone. Although wide-screen 3.7 inches, but less interaction between the fingers was limited to touch many emotions.

A remarkable advantage, check mail via Defy very fast and convenient, especially when you need to view documents in Word, Excel attachments.

Motorola DEFY features available using 3G to Wi-Fi inside the menu, called 3G Mobile hotspot. This feature is sufficient for use in emergencies.

3. Endurance test

Apparently only the name has DEFY is challenging. IP67 standard strength (standard for equipment to ensure good operation in the harshest environments), Motorola DEFY is resistant to external impacts such as dust, scratches, shock and water. This is also the main point of the product that Motorola wanted to create for DEFY.

Not only suitable for those who frequently travel or work in harsh environments, the strength of Motorola DEFY also necessary to avoid the collision problem, fell into the water in daily use.


Actual experiment, we soaked in a boiling water Motorola DEFY period sufficient for the normal phone off light. Results showed that, while telephone numbers of DEFY, machine still running normally, after receiving a call to self-switching mode "Silence" (perhaps better speaker in the water .)

4. Performance

Unlike other phones, "metastable" is on the market today, Motorola DEFY is a true smartphone.

Motorola DEFY activities with OMAP 3610 processor speed of 800MHz and 512 MB RAM. Owned a hardware platform is not fast or strong today, but surprisingly there were no hanging phenomenon, or a lag in processing activities alone.

The only downside on this device is that Motorola DEFY operating system is running. Currently, the computer is using Android 2.1 operating system has become obsolete (the latest version of Android at the moment is the Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread).

Motorola promised to upgrade to 2.2 Froyo Android, but the Motorola DEFY sold on the market recently equipped Android version v2.1.

Motorola DEFY catch good waves and stability. Machine 2 is integrated microphone allows reducing ambient noise while conducting a conversation. Li-Po 1540 mAh battery comes to using the average time of about 2 days and took nearly 3 hours to fully charge.

Overview

With nearly 375$ price, the price that Motorola offers for DEFY is not a lack of facilities. Of course at the same price segment, you have many choices of products stronger, or more luxurious. But surely, you can not find a good compromise between smartphone that beautifully designed, high durability and better hardware in this same price.

Advantage

- Design beautiful, compact
- Camera is quite
- Anti-shock, waterproof

Limited

- Card slot beneath the battery
- Still using the Android 2.1

Specifications: Dimensions 107 x 59 x 13.4 mm, 118 gr
Touch screen: 480 x 854 pixels, 3.7 inches. Gorilla Glass tech scratch resistant display
OS: Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
CPU: Cortex-A8 speed of 800MHz, the chipset TI OMAP3610
Connectivity: 3G , Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspots, Bluetooth
Camera: 5 MP , VGA video recording, autofocus, LED flash

You can find this smartphone in Amazon: Motorola DEFY MB525 Android (Unlocked Quadband) GSM Cell Phone - 5 Megapixel camera, Motorola DEFY with MOTOBLUR - International Version with No Warranty