Motorola Backflip
Phone Scoop Review
Mar 9, 2010 by Eric M. Zeman
AT&T lands the Motorola Backflip as its first Android handset. Based on our experiences, it's tough to recommend to anyone other than the most diehard Motorola and AT&T fans. read review ›
User Reviews
Average Ratings
Decent But...
Phone is a really good phone however, the operating system is still 1.5 and you wont receive 2.1 until the third quarter... The phone is very small and the design is awesome. The camera and keyboard is cool too. I like that its ATT's first Android based phone.
PROS:
5mp Cam w/ Flash
Track Pad on the back of the Screen
Sleek Keyboard
Moto Blur
Light and Small sleek Backflip Design
CONS:
1.5 Android
Phone Lags at times
No Live Wallpaper
Limited Apps due to 1.5
I personally think this phone is more of a girls phone, but either or would like the design and its ease to be able to use social networking and email.
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Gets the job done w/a Full Keyboard
Millions of people are making the switch to the Android platorm and the Backflip is one good reason to do so.
Pros:
Full Keyboard (not on screen)
5 Meg Camera (placed on front of phone for Video chat >>Skype.com)
Xenon Flash
Responsive touchscreen
ANDROID=Free Apps galore
Fun Design
MotoBlur.com>>find where your phone is if its lost or stolen
Headphone jack
5 Home Screens to customize to your liking
Cons:
Runs on the older Android platform (which I find to be a very small difference)
Not exactly Durable
First generation for AT&T (HTC Aria just released giving AT&T theyre second Android handset)
AT&T's soon to release more android handsets however the Backflip is a quality device. The price is right at under $100 after mail in.
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Better have a charger handy
Let me say first, this is my first Android as I'm a LONG time AT&T customer, so I don't have other Android experience to compare. But I LOVE my Backflip, all except for the batter life. It is awful! I'm a stay at home mom, and I'm really not on my cell that much, and sometimes the full charge doesn't even last a day. I charge it every night, which would be okay if it would last the day. I shutter to think of how long it would last if it was used lots.
Improve the batter life, and this would be a great phone. For now, I have my home charger and car charger handy. :)
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HATEIT but im a teen
at first i thought: WOW AMAZING
After 4 months: HATE ITTT
pros: the look
Cons: my main problem is that it is so slow!!! the keyboard is horribeee and it is so hard to have a conversaion with some one over texts because it takes forever adn i laggs out horribly.
if you are a teenager who does alot of texting and doesnt want to wait for a phone DO NOT GET THIS PHONE
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Att & Motorola's biggest flop
Hello all
i have had the motorola backflip for the past 4 months and have had a warrenty replacement on this model five times..
Pro's
Full text keybard
5 mpix camera
Con's
Everything
locks up
shuts down and restarts on its own
makes phone calls on its own to people on your contact list and sounds like a fax machine when it calls that person...
Device responds slow between apps
slow when closing apps and switching screens
the biggest flopp by motorola
Please stay clear of this device...
Going on number six for warrenty replacment
wish me luck
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Good phone for size
had phone for a month good screen,call quality,sound,not iphone but a good little giant and I love it . Cons; battery life ,and screen should been larger. speed dial should been a little more easier friendly. because of yahoo instead of google it runs slower then other ones . Hope at&t get more Motorola android phones. Way to come back Motorola move over Htc Motorola is coming .
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Good Phone
Overall I enjoy the phone. I've had it for a couple of months now and its been reliable. Im not to fond of the phone dialer and I hate constantly having to change which contact folder to view (shows ALL by default and I only have 300+ facebook friends that i never call).
Pros:
Great keyboard/camera (no issues with rebooting when i take a picture)
Screen size/Browser
Cons:
Battery Life
Phone dialer
Signal
Overall it was worth it... I won the phone. Honestly I am not sure if I would buy it.
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MOTOROLA BACKFLIP AWESOME PHONE
THIS PHONE BY FAR IS THE BEST IVE TRIED SINCE SWITCHING FROM HTC TOUCH . EVERYTHING ON THIS PHONE WORKS FLAWLESSLY N SMOOTH . I HAVE HAD IT FOR FEW DAYS AN ABSOLUTLY LOVE IT .
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Backflip is FTW!
OK, so the only bad thing about this phone is the Android 1.5, when they update with 2.0 and multi touch, the phone will be perfect. i give it a "4.5 out of 5". call clarity is great, software is seamless so far other than the AT&T bloat-ware. if you have the problem with your phone turning off and rebooting, its because you have too many apps running in the background, get an app killer for when your phone starts to slow down, this is for all android phones though. keyboard and virtual keyboard are very responsive. MOTO did a good job with this one. good droid competitor.
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Nice
After having an Iphone (in all its variations) the past 3 years, it was time for something different.
I'm really digging the Backflip. Easy to use and to setup. The phone holds a great signal in the PNW area of the country, and voice quality is awesome compared to the Iphone 3Gs.
PROS:
-Touchscreen and Keyboard options
-5.0 camera with flash and autofocus
-5 Customizable homescreens
-Android marketplace has more options of what you can do to the phone.
-Compact
-Good build
-Moto Blur makes it so you don't need a GMail email address to use phone.
-Location finding and remote wipe features of MOTO Blur.
-Call quality
-Noise Cancellation (it has 2 mics for it)
-Usable Speaker phone
-Independent of a computer for future software upgrades and contact sync
-a ton of free applications
-No login creation necessary for application store
Cons:
-Some people may not like that it doesn't physically sync with a computer. It does contact sync wirelessly through Moto Blur's website
-Definitely buy something to protect the screen. Its a plastic LCD, not a scratch resistant glass like the iphone has.
-Not as "fluid" and smooth moving about the phone
-Android's Web Browser is 2nd tier to Iphone's Safari, but nothing that won't be noticed too much by a casual user. There's always Skyfire in the Marketplace for better results
-Could be overwhelming to someone new to smartphones, but not as overwhelming as a Blackberry
-Should download shortcuts for GPS, Bluetooth, and Wifi on and off switches
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