[Q] Atrix vs G2x

[tomniu]

Hi I am buying a new phone, and I have 2 phones in mind: g2x or atrix.
I am on tmobile but i can unlock atrix to work with tmobile.
Now which one would you recommend?
G2x:
Better camera
Snappier
Better screen(IPS is brighter and more vibrant)

Atrix:
more ram
Bigger storage
higher resolution screen

Please help. I know this is in the atrix forum, but please give unbiased suggestions.

 

[termleech]

Hi I am buying a new phone, and I have 2 phones in mind: g2x or atrix.
I am on tmobile but i can unlock atrix to work with tmobile.
Now which one would you recommend?
G2x:
Better camera
Snappier
Better screen(IPS is brighter and more vibrant)

Atrix:
more ram
Bigger storage
higher resolution screen

Please help. I know this is in the atrix forum, but please give unbiased suggestions.

I don't know a lot about the g2x, but my choice would be the atrix due to the more ram. More ram makes your phone more future proof. I also like the higher resolution of the atrix and CM7 is progressing nicely for the atrix so you will have a way to get rid of the motoblur crap.

 

[lilhaiti]

I don't know how much hands on you've had with the G2X, but it is only snappier in it's fresh out of the box state. My coworker bought one and once you start installing apps and setting up widgets, it started to feel choppier. The ram does make a difference. Don't let the reviews and benchmarks fool ya. The Atrix is faster than the G2X in real world situations. But the G2X is faster fresh out of the box due to it having a vanilla version of Android installed.

 

[thegregulator]

Lots of the people here have chosen the Atrix over the G2X, so it's going to be tough to find much support for LG here. That said, the reason I chose the Atrix over the G2X is because of the accessories that come with the Atrix. The lapdock really interested me, and I finally got one last week. For what I need, it's been an awesome addition. The bigger battery in the Atrix will also go a long way (in my opinion). I wish the camera was a little better in the Atrix, but that's what I have a point and shoot for. All in all, and this is just my opinion, there are very few areas where the LG has a distinct advantage over the Atrix.

 

[Auxilium]

Also, with the recent Google purchase of Motorola Mobility, it does increase our chance of getting Ice Cream Sandwich at some point.

Even though Google said it will keep Motorola Mobility as a separate company, it does increase the chances of pushing future updates sooner for us.

 

[Magnetox]

The atrix will get ice cream sandwich.

Officially.

Guaranteed.

 

[aaronb532]

If I were on T-Mobile I would get the phone that works on their 3G/4G. And that is the G2X.

If that doesn't matter to you then the Atrix is the better phone overall.

 

[tian105]

Atrix with CM7 feels as snappy as my computer, but i dont buy a phone and expect it to run crysis. for everyday use, atrix with cm7 is very snappy while stable.

my 2 cents

 

[mcquill]

One feature from the G2x that I wish that Motorola would eventually enable on the Atrix would be HDMI mirroring. By default, you only can only access Motorola's media player when you use the hdmi-out (or the webtop mode if you use a lapdock/HD multimedia dock, or mod). Currently, the only way to get HDMI mirroring on the Atrix is if you unlock the bootloader, root, and flash the hdmi mirroring mod (but landscape mode isn't supported yet).

But whether you're hoping to use video calls on the Atrix or G2x, you'll have to resort to Google Talk's video chat (or other non-Skype alternative) because Skype hasn't decided to support phones with a Tegra 2 chipset. Google Talk's video chat can be enabled on the Atrix over 3G through existing mods/custom ROMs.

If you're planning to use your phone for business/power point presentations, the G2x is probably the better choice. If you never use those features, the Atrix is a pretty solid phone (and has a fingerprint reader!). If you can freely choose carriers, I would say go with the Droid Bionic or Photon. They're like the Atrix except less crippled by Motorola.

 

[Purple Drama Llama]

The atrix will get ice cream sandwich.

Officially.

Guaranteed.

Proofs??????????????

 

[Auxilium]

Hi I am buying a new phone, and I have 2 phones in mind: g2x or atrix.
I am on tmobile but i can unlock atrix to work with tmobile.
Now which one would you recommend?
G2x:
Better camera
Snappier
Better screen(IPS is brighter and more vibrant)

Atrix:
more ram
Bigger storage
higher resolution screen

Please help. I know this is in the atrix forum, but please give unbiased suggestions.

I love my Atrix and it's amazing, but you could save your money and wait for the Nexus Prime. I'll probably be waiting for it also.

Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

 

[Sinful Animosity]

I read on the G2X forum that a LOT of people had screen bleeding problems.

 

[tomniu]

One question that's being baffling for a while now: why does the g2x get 50fps or even 117fps in the quadrant standard graphics test, while any other phone(including atrix) only gets 60fps max?

 

[aaronb532]

One question that's being baffling for a while now: why does the g2x get 50fps or even 117fps in the quadrant standard graphics test, while any other phone(including atrix) only gets 60fps max?

I pulled these comments from users in the SGS2 forum, maybe they apply to the Atrix too?

The display registers at 60MHz meaning any fps above this will not look smoother or in any way better. In fact you'd simply be pushing the device harder using more battery for zero improvements. Apart from certain benchmarks of course, which is a ridiculous reason to mod a device anyway.

The screen of the Galaxy S II has a refresh rate of 60 Hertz, meaning the screen physically cannot display any material higher than 60 frames per second. If you uncap the software frame rate, then the CPU and GPU of the phone will work harder to render as much material as possible - let's say in this case, we have something that has 80 frames to display in a single second. Yet since the screen cannot display 80 frames per second, 20 of those frames will never be shown, and the resulting movement could even suffer from tearing because of the mismatched refresh rate and frame rate. In order to fix tearing, a technique called vertical sync is employed, which would cut frame rates to 60fps in order to eliminate the extra frames which cause tearing.

 

[xploited]

I was facing the same choice before I got the Atrix.

The biggest factor that turned me towards the Atrix is: G2X has a VERY high return rate due to screen bleeding issues and other HARDWARE bugs. Last time I read articles were speculating that G2X will get pulled due to hardware issues, but I don't know how that ended.

 

[flsoop]

I would think that you can find more development work for Atrix than G2x.
As such, you can find more customised rom for atrix than g2x.

 

[ccrows]

Atrix with CM7 feels as snappy as my computer, but i dont buy a phone and expect it to run crysis. for everyday use, atrix with cm7 is very snappy while stable.

my 2 cents

Give it more time, it's only gonna get better...

Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

 

[youngpic48]

I chose the Atrix over the G2X, GS2 and HTC Sensation. Why? Because the G2X has less RAM,the GS2 reminded me of the HD2 ...and the Sensation also had less ram and Sense ui . I also love the Fingerprint scanner on the Atrix and that the phone is still compact enough to fit in my jeans.

Motorola Atrix 4G

 

[G-Man.]

How many more Atrix vs <whatever> - Which one should I get? threads do we really have to see here? If you have to ask.... you dont need it. A simple google search is more than enough to provide all the information one would need to make an informed decision (god forbid you might have to actually read)

 

[xploited]

How many more Atrix vs <whatever> - Which one should I get? threads do we really have to see here? If you have to ask.... you dont need it. A simple google search is more than enough to provide all the information one would need to make an informed decision (god forbid you might have to actually read)

+1 Actually you are right.

It's quiet easy to find even video comparisons of Phone X vs Phone Y on professional Android blogs. These reviews will give you all the insight you need.