my 18 hours with the atrix 2

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received my atrix 2 yesterday afternoon, and i thought i'd share my thoughts/experiences with it so far.

first impression was that it was a nice looking phone, a little big for my taste, but manageable. screen is beautiful, however, the size makes one handed navigating difficult. if i try to use one hand-thumb, i have to shuffle the phone up and down in my palm. i constantly feel like i am going to drop this thing.

software wise, i'm not very impressed. i read that the atrix 2 was as close to vanilla as motorola has gotten, but, wow, it's nothing like a vanilla GB rom. i had a lot of email whoes, but finally finding where moto has hidden all the settings seems to have fixed my problems. not to mention i never would have thought that messaging would contain the email apps. this rom is also the heaviest i have ever seen, weighing in at almost 400mb. the blur aspect adds a ton of services, the moto gallery reminds me of sony's mediascape.

other than some of the moto apps, i like the UI. the launcher is unbelievably similar to the new ice cream sandwich launcher (grid pattern pop up, horizontally paginated app drawer with market link, calendar widget is the same as ICS's). the email and contact apps also have a lot of similar framework as ICS's.

i do not like the stock ringtones and notifications, but this is easily remedied.

camera is great, on par with most other devices.

sound quality has been good, however, i can hear myself on the ear piece, which i do not like. signal has been good. i get 3.5 down and about 1 up vs 2 down and 1 up i get on my nexus s.

had motorola gone with a more tradition email app and did not molest the settings and left some of the blur options out, this phone would be the best i've used so far. i can't really draw an honest opinion yet though since it has been less than 24 hours. haven't really had enough time for things to either really impress me, or really annoy me, lol.

i am however, pulling the rom apart. should have a custom rom to flash by the time cwm is working fully. looking at stripping the blur stuff out, going with a more vanilla rom.

I too am not a fan of the Blur items, but I must say, with my experience with previous Moto Roms, this is the least Blurred Moto Rom I've used. Most of the blur items are just apps and you can easily use alternatives and freeze (or remove) the old. The setting are shuffled a little but I think they are still close to stock. The email app is not the best, so I simply don't use it. As for the size, a lot of that is the Webtop, it's not the Blur bloat. IMHO this Rom is more stock than most other manufacturers stock Roms.

Thanks in advance for your work on the Rom, we all look forward to seeing some dev goodness on the awesome device.

I agree. the least blurred phone ive used.

A stripped rom would be nice though.

I'd be more than happy to test it out and give feedback, count me in!

It's the least Blurred because it's NOT a Blur phone.

Although it does have a few of blurs features and adjustments...

Originally Posted by svtfmook

received my atrix 2 yesterday afternoon, and i thought i'd share my thoughts/experiences with it so far.

first impression .

thx dear friend
but your review is not complate !

please tell more about phone body quality and material and assemble

how about display quality

phone speed in game play and other job

battery life with normal use ! how much day is stand !?

thx for reply

Originally Posted by fire159

thx dear friend
but your review is not complate !

please tell more about phone body quality and material and assemble

how about display quality

phone speed in game play and other job

battery life with normal use ! how much day is stand !?

thx for reply

It was only 18 hours.

However, to add yo my original post....

The display is great. Large, bright and extremely clear.

The physical design is good my only complaints are the usb on the side, which makes using while plugged in difficult and the sheer size, which the size is due to the screen size, so i let that pass. The screen is extremely smooth and pleasant to glide around on. The rubbery back is different to say the least, but offers a comfortable grip with a soft touch.

Battery has been decent so far for me. I have a lot of signal dead spots at work, these severely hinder my battery performance, but i still get more time off charger over my other devices.

Camera is still not as good as i would prefer. So I'm waiting on the update to see how they improve the camera.


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I hope they do put up an update to improve the camera. The thing is, the Bionic and Razr seem to also share the same exact camera, with the same probs. Maybe once the Razr gets released for a bit they will push an update and it will trickle down to the Atrix 2, if they bothered to that is.

Originally Posted by svtfmook

Camera is still not as good as i would prefer. So I'm waiting on the update to see how they improve the camera.

Many, myself included, are experiencing a noticeable cam performance using Camera Zoom FX



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