haha wut?
actually, it sounds like they're advertising it as 2Ghz single core when what it really is is 1Ghz dual-core. doesn't sound like they're referring to overclocking at all.

but if you wanna just add up the cores, it would be
Atrix - 2Ghz
SGS2 - 2.4Ghz

 

ahh i see
with some tweaking it's pretty far up there. but out of the box and un-rooted, not by a long shot.

 

at the end of the day both phones are awesome. I got the GS2 but would jealous if any of my mates had the Atrix with the dock. only reason I went for samsung is the 2 yr warranty vs motos 1yr

 

The only thing Atrix got over SGSII is webtop dock. Otherwise SGSII wins by long shot.

 

webtop dock... really???
did they drop the price of it or something. because last i heard, most people were outraged that it cost as much as a standalone laptop.

def not something i would go for. maybe that's just me, though.

 

I have them both.

The Galaxy S II is far superior in every area.

The Atrix is the one Android I've had out of over 12 new phones this year, that is just not very good. It's disappointing at best.

I wouldn't pay too much attention to all the talk about processors. Not because it doesn't matter, but rather because we are just getting into using dual core. There is an awfully lot of marketing hype surrounding these as the chip makers want to sell them.

It's very well known that the Samsung GS 2 has a very fast dual core CPU yet I can tell you first hand, that while it's certainly not slow, it's not as fast as they would have you believe.

In fact I've actually got three of these, as I bought two for friends. All three are running at the exact same speed, so it's not like one is defective. You've got to have a very balanced system to get the most out of a dual core processor.

Contrary to popular belief smartphone technology is not quite up to maximizing the full speed capabilities of the current crop of dual core processors (yet).

If you choose the GS2, you will be very satisfied and quite impressed

Cheers

 

well said.

yeah i find it funny now that Android as an OS has a little catching up to do. i'm thinking Ice Cream will bring a lot more speed to dual-core devices. more so than FroYo to Gingerbread.

 

No one has mentioned the reason I returned my Atrix to AT&T: The locked bootloader and required Motoblur account.

 

the sgs2 looks better too

 

Which popular belief is this? lol I'm always on the net and read tones of forums and Android news blogs (AF, XDA, AC, Phandroid, Android Police etc etc) and EVERYONE around here/there knows that the dual cores aren't being 100% utilized with Froyo and GB. I mean Froyo has some capabilities of dual threadings and GB more so. Until ICS (ice cream sandwich) is released, dual cores just a marketing hype.

I think ICS will fully utilize the dual cores. Honeycomb (HC) already utilize it and ICS is a marriage between GB and HC. So it only makes sense that ICS fully utilize the dual core processors

Yeah...their mareketers really don't know much about the phones they are promoting >_>;; That's beyond misleading!

No, you don't need a Motoblur account to use the Atrix. I bypassed the motoblur sign in when I started using my Atrix. Rooted and froze everything blur related.

 

FWIW, 8mp vs. 5MP isn't really an issue for a camera phone. I'd prefer improved senors, better flash systems, upgraded optics, and _good_ camera software.

A 5MP shot would still let you print a nice 8x10" photo.

The main problems with the Atrix camera was so-so optics/sensors and +terrible+ camera firmware. I experimented with some 3rd party options, but wound up returning it before I found a decent solution.

 

agreed. i wish that was the area where manufacturers concentrated more.
most people still don't realize that the MP doesn't necessarily dictate the quality of the photo lol

 

I don't understand people's obsession with higher MP. If you don't do much photo editing, 5MP is find for 4X6 (or 8x10) photos; which is what most people normally print. Photos still look good with 5pm.

More MP means the picture is bigger; 5mp is around 60mb which is already too big to email it to someone.

If you're into editing and photoshoping, whould it not be better to use a dedicated SLR (or even a pocket) camera?

I agree wtih DT that OEMs need to pick up the slack on sensors/flash/optics/softwares. Upping the MP doesn't do much for picture quality. And that's the complaint most people have, picture quality on their phone. But higher MP does not equate to better pictures, just bigger pictures with the same (blah) quality.

 

I dont understand where folks are getting it that you have to sign in to Blur to use a current phone with Blur.

Maybe its based on older phones with Blur. You didnt have to do this with the Droid X and 2 either.

 

not trying to be a know it all or anything, but i'm pretty sure the D70/80 have two different sensors.
D70 - APS-C (23.7 x 15.5 mm)
D80 - APS-C (23.6 x 15.8 mm)

and making a jump from 6.0 to 10.0 (effective pixels) means different sensor as well. so while you were using the same lenses with a higher MP count, the difference came from the sensors i'm afraid.

however, the "Monet impressionist effect" does have a lot to do with effective pixels. still, though, the sensor has lots more to do with the over all clarity over MP

i don't know a whole lot about photography/cameras. my brother is the expert in that area. but i believe this is correct.