Motorola ATRIX 2 hands-on

By on Oct 11, 2011 at 7:55 PM
mobile October 11, 2011

We just met with Motorola in San Diego during the CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 trade show to get a first-hand look at the newly announced Motorola ATRIX 2, and we love what we see so far. The phone is made of plastic, and while we generally prefer more high-end materials such as aluminum, it feels weighty and solid in the hand. We also appreciate that Motorola added a dedicated camera button this time around, which makes it easy to launch the camera app for quick photo taking. The ATRIX 2 is also equipped with a beautiful 4.3-inch qHD display that was very sharp, a 1GHz dual-core processor, 8GB of storage, 1GB of RAM and support for AT&T’s HSPA+ 21 network. Additionally, it runs the latest Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system. The ATRIX 2 will be available on Sunday, October 16th for $99.99 with a new two-year contract. We’ll reserve final judgements until we write our full review, but we’re definitely respecting the high-spec build-out at an affordable price point. Be sure to check out our gallery below.

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  • Anonymous

    So its the same phone but cheaper?

    • Anonymous

      This one has a “2″ on the end.

    • Anonymous

      it’s like the s for the iPhone… but the iPhone is at the same price.

      • Anonymous

        fail

      • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/VCBEBTYM2XLKT7WBH4OWJ5QUZ4 commonsenseplease

        Aww.  Someone had their feelings hurt.

        It’s ok..we know you only get to choose from the same recycled shape and O/S year after year.

    • Kit

      Same price isn’t it? Only other differences is this one has larger screen and no finger scanner. Both of which make me like the original better. 

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Simon-Yu/100000989859895 Simon Yu

      It uses an OMAP processor instead, which is better and has better support in ICS. But that’s about it?

    • https://sites.google.com/site/barry99705/ barry99705

      It’s missing the fingerprint reader, which is really what sets the Atrix apart from pretty much every other phone out there at the moment.

    • Anonymous

      Change from Tegra to OMAP (OMAP is better).
      Increased display size.

      And the biggest thing, 21MB modem.  It is much faster.

  • Anonymous

    Can AT&T tell us first where they have 21mbps network with 64QAM enabled so we can test the phone properly?
    kthx.

  • Christopher Strawn

    I love my Atrix. Wish this had more to make me want to upgrade. Ultimately it just seems like another option to the Atrix for AT&T. Side by side I still think I choose the Atrix over the Atrix 2. Personally the screen size is perfect on the Atrix and the finger scanner is awesome! If Android had Salesforce I wouldn’t even need to carry my work iPhone 4 around anymore. 

  • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

    wonder what the preorder numbers are gonna look like… 1? 2?  Maybe 3? lol this is crap like all androids

    • Anonymous

      Not taking preorders. First come first serve.

    • http://www.allegrotechie.blogspot.com Allegrotechie

      Why do you keep getting hacked?

    • Anonymous

      Dude you’re correct.  The million iPhone 4s preorders actually make the iPhone better.  I hear if the number hits two million, the screen size will increase to 4+ inches! WIN!    

      • Guest

        how early do you have to get up to dick ride apple and hate on android , this shit has to keep yall busy.

    • Anonymous

      Android sucks ass. Seriously Google can’t code for shit. Neither can Motorola. 

    • Guest

      i agree, ford outsells Lamborghini all day, it has to be a better car. motorola has to learn how to brainwash people . no one can sale a phone like steve jobs . this is why we’ll always love and remember him. he gets us to buy his iphones and apps and we cant see clearly theres a better platform out there. now who are we gonna look up to? we have the best selling phone ever and we still look to see what else is offered out there, but none of them have a 3.5″ screen.

    • Anonymous

      just like the crap your coming out with..please change your name to iNorm

  • Anonymous

    No me gusta

  • http://twitter.com/jrcrow79 EK

    hands on pics..lame!

  • Anonymous

    It’s on AT&T, its garbage.

  • Anonymous

    I really do not care either way but, why are all phones using the Android OS so similar.  All seem to be made of plastic with a qHD or WVGA display with a tegra 2.  It would be nice to see something a bit different.  I would like to see a phone with Android with an enclosure similar to the iPhone 4.  Granted, I’m not saying the iPhone 4 is perfect, but how nice would it be to see a company make a sexier Android phone?  I can’t be the only one that finds them depressingly similar physically and specs-wise.

    • Anonymous

      Thats why I like samsung phones. 

      • Anonymous

        I don’t really find that Samsung phones really look any different than any others.  My wife has the GS2 for example, and while it’s a decent phone it’s still a plastic phone with a wvga display that looks pretty similar to my Nexus S and Sensation.

      • Anonymous

        Samsung sucks. Ugly uninspired plastic crap.

      • wow mom cool

        Dude omg stop it I am getting so angry at you!

  • Anonymous

    you lost me at qhd

  • Anonymous

    I honestly don’t get the purpose of this phone.  But that’s irrelevant.  As long as it increases Android’s market share, it’s worth producing.  So many butt hurt.

  • GH

    This ATRIX has 8MP, 1080p Full HD video recording, Camera auto-focus shutter button, 4.3-inch…

  • Anonymous

    Plastic, 1GHz, qHD, Gingerbread…? Was this phone a hold-over from last Spring? Come on Motorola, we’ve moved beyond this already.

  • Brahma

    Based on images, I am disappointed.  I have the Original Atrix and have the laptop dock and car dock…Looks like those aren’t compatible with the Atrix 2…This might actually be worse than Apples every 4 months you get a new product labeled S marketing.

  • ozziedog

    Okay hands on, is it gorilla glass, monkey glass, or just plastic???

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