*Official* What I Love About My New Atrix Thread

[atlbuc]

HI,
I am a former captivate user. The Atrix is what I expected when i first got an android phone, captivate now looks like a nightmare. There are some pluses and minuses, but overall a quality product just needing the promised gingerbread update from Motorola. I don't have an accessories so I can only mention what I have.

Screen - not as vibrant as I would have liked or used to from captivate, but it is a great screen overall. The colors are just different. Kind of like comparing plasma to lcd.

Speed - Fast. I have not benchmarked it, but overall usage has been flawless and you can definitely tell it has more horsepower all around.

GPS - WOW! this thing had a lock on me indoors and has stayed within 5ft of my mark with over an hour of use. They definitely got the GPS down on this one.

Build - Great build. Plastics are fine. Big plus is that the way the plastics are designed custom back covers should be easily manufactured. Maybe even an induction charging back cover.

Camera - What I expected. It is not my DSLR, but it is a quality 5mp phone camera. It captures details well. The better thing is the reaction time. I think they made some sacrifices, but the response time to take pictures - to quality is great.

Calls - Of course I have had a few dropped calls with AT&T, I live in Atlanta. But otherwise clear and always seem to have a strong signal.

Motoblur - A first for me. I like and I hate it. Mostly like it for the few widgets I actually do use. I think the contacts widgets are the most useful.

Battery - It is a monster. Took me hours of heavy usage to wear it out and it still kept rocking. I spent at least six hours updating, surfing, fiddling, gaming before I even got a low battery warning.


I really think this phone is more of an all around winner. I don't think it specifically shines in one area compared to some of the other dual cores coming out, but it seems like moto did a great job at building an all dependable device. I have only had it for 1 day. But 1 day with this phone has been better than a week with my captivate

I agree, just sold my Captivate yesterday for $300.

 

[sean76]

Here are my initial impressions; the phone is very fast and responsive and if you set the phone to no animations you get even faster transitions but I like animations so I

 

[JvKintheUSA]

I had a Galaxy S before and was one of the many with a non-working GPS. I vowed not to buy A Samsung phone for a while. So far the GPS on the Atrix works flawlessly. Little disappointed in the screen compared to the AMOLED Samsung uses.

 

[atlbuc]

See now your word counts...I see u a lot rollin through the Forums, and you sound like you have a pulse for how the phone really performs, and what to expect out of Android. Thanks for the feedback man! I'll peep in to see How your liking it after a few days in...Enjoy Your new Toy!

No problem dude, glad I could help.

 

[arunsharma7]

Here are my initial impressions; the phone is very fast and responsive and if you set the phone to no animations you get even faster transitions but I like animations so I

 

[atlbuc]

how is the signal strength? I saw a drastic degradation in my signal strength coming form BB

My signal strength has been excellent.

 

[atlbuc]

So after taking my phone off the charger this morning at 7am, I'm at 80%. I have taking several phone calls, been texting all morning, running the Phandroid app to post to the forums and I did some surfing.

 

[MattBee]

Well I have had my Atrix for almost a full day, and have read several posts, comments, reviews about the device having lag!

Well, all I can say is I must have gotten a perfect one, because there is NO lag what so ever! Coming from an iPhone4, and several other devices the Atrix is running flawlessly.

Setting up the fingerprint unlocking feature was easy, and works great! All my Google info migrated in perfectly, Android market is working perfectly as well!

The display looks wonderful, but will admit the colors are not spectacularly bright.......

Battery life being only one-day old has been terrific so far!

Data speeds being I live in the middle of nowhere, out in the middle of south central Florida on a 9,000 acre cattle ranch are quite acceptable. I ran several speed tests using Xtremelabs Speed test application (Which is downloadable in the market place) and all were pretty much about the same, being 1.2 to 1.9 download speed, and .340 to .700 upload speed. Surely not H+ speeds, but there again, I don't think the AT&T backhaul and upgrade has been completed or turned on.

Just thought I would share my experiences with the Atrix so far!

Good Luck If You Decide To Get One!

 

[Jeremy81]

I've had 2 Dell Streaks, 2 Nexus Ones, and 2 iPhone 4s most recently and I can say the Atrix is definitely snappier than any of them. It's hard to compare iOS vs Android but with the Atrix Android is definitely showing the same level of smoothness. I can't wait until Motorola releases the promised upgrade later this year.

 

[s.m.knipe]

Well I have had my Atrix for almost a full day, and have read several posts, comments, reviews about the device having lag!

Well, all I can say is I must have gotten a perfect one, because there is NO lag what so ever! Coming from an iPhone4, and several other devices the Atrix is running flawlessly.

Setting up the fingerprint unlocking feature was easy, and works great! All my Google info migrated in perfectly, Android market is working perfectly as well!

The display looks wonderful, but will admit the colors are not spectacularly bright.......

Battery life being only one-day old has been terrific so far!

Data speeds being I live in the middle of nowhere, out in the middle of south central Florida on a 9,000 acre cattle ranch are quite acceptable. I ran several speed tests using Xtremelabs Speed test application (Which is downloadable in the market place) and all were pretty much about the same, being 1.2 to 1.9 download speed, and .340 to .700 upload speed. Surely not H+ speeds, but there again, I don't think the AT&T backhaul and upgrade has been completed or turned on.

Just thought I would share my experiences with the Atrix so far!

Good Luck If You Decide To Get One!

I agree, I haven't even had any stutters or hiccups, let alone any lag.

 

[arunsharma7]

My signal strength has been excellent.

so do you think my phone could have an radio issue? is that possible when others does not have any issue of the same batch?

 

[atlbuc]

so do you think my phone could have an radio issue? is that possible when others does not have any issue of the same batch?

Its possible, I would either call or take iron to get it replaced

 

[gwlaw99]

Does anyone find the resolution to be a big difference over the Galaxy S (Captivate)?

 

[Deleted User]

I think the resolution is better. The big concern from most people is the colors. I do believe that I am so used to the captivate saturated colors, so as of right now I am letting myself adjust. Most colors seem on point. I agree with most that the yellow tones seem to be too dark. Not a deal breaker for me. AS I said above this phone is an all around good phone, not too good in one area or another. But it is a beast of a performer.

 

[2003vstrom]

Well I have had my Atrix for almost a full day, and have read several posts, comments, reviews about the device having lag!

Well, all I can say is I must have gotten a perfect one, because there is NO lag what so ever! Coming from an iPhone4, and several other devices the Atrix is running flawlessly.

Setting up the fingerprint unlocking feature was easy, and works great! All my Google info migrated in perfectly, Android market is working perfectly as well!

The display looks wonderful, but will admit the colors are not spectacularly bright.......

Battery life being only one-day old has been terrific so far!

Data speeds being I live in the middle of nowhere, out in the middle of south central Florida on a 9,000 acre cattle ranch are quite acceptable. I ran several speed tests using Xtremelabs Speed test application (Which is downloadable in the market place) and all were pretty much about the same, being 1.2 to 1.9 download speed, and .340 to .700 upload speed. Surely not H+ speeds, but there again, I don't think the AT&T backhaul and upgrade has been completed or turned on.

Just thought I would share my experiences with the Atrix so far!

Good Luck If You Decide To Get One!

mines work the same I love this phone
+10000000000000000000000000....................................

 

[MosIncredible]

I agree. This phone has absolutely no lag. Everything I do happens as soon as I request it to be done. I have never used a phone this fast.

 

[citizenpaul]

With the exception of SystemPanel Lite I've closed everything that can be closed w/ the built in "Task Manager". The result shows 61% of RAM used leaving 319.6MB available. That's good but I'm surprised at how much is being used.

 

[mattalter]

So just got the phone in.

Screen color looks good. I have a captivate/iphone3gs, inspire
I have used motoblur in the past with a droid x. Still not digging motoblur
Why did moto not update the dialer. Using stock.
Kinda slow browser rendering compared to inspire/captivate and touch to zoom slow.

Overall first impressions, good size, decent screen, but not that impressed with the performance.

The inspire feels the same from a performance view.

I would say for me, sense is a better experience and more consistent.

 

[coreymcl]

I've only had my phone and the laptop dock for a few hours but what I can say so far is WOW this phone is great so far. Extremely fast and Motorola has done a nice job with the customizations. And the Laptop dock is very cool.

I'm expecting once my wife gets home and plays with it I might be buying here one, phone that is.

 

[unity04]

So just got the phone in.

Why did moto not update the dialer. Using stock.

Is it the stock Android dialer (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/dialer1.png) where you type in your numbers over your history, or a separate page where you dial a number (http://www.prethinking.com/storage/...ng?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260743233890)?

 

[Deleted User]

Is it the stock Android dialer (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/07/dialer1.png) where you type in your numbers over your history, or a separate page where you dial a number (http://www.prethinking.com/storage/...ng?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260743233890)?

It is not the stock dialer being used on the atrix.

 

[Baldilocks]

It is not the stock dialer being used on the atrix.

Pretty sure it is.

 

[Deleted User]

Pretty sure it is.

Looks like the second image if that one is stock. I was under the impression that the first picture was stock and the second was not. here is the picture of the dialer.

 

[Baldilocks]

No, the first pic is HTC Sense Dialer. The one you posted above is the stock (ugly) Android Dialer. Supposedly it got an upgrade in 2.3

 

[qcom]

I love how it's a million times faster than my 2.5 year old iphone 3g!!!!

Same here!!!