{"id":32044,"date":"2011-08-19T13:29:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T11:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=32044"},"modified":"2011-08-19T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T13:37:14","slug":"motorola-atrix-hands-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/32044-motorola-atrix-hands-on.html","title":{"rendered":"Motorola Atrix hands-on"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motorola recently launched their Xoom tablet and Atrix smartphone in South Africa<\/a>. Both devices run Google\u2019s Android mobile operating system and boast an impressive combination of hardware.<\/p>\n

At the event, Motorola had demo models of the devices available and we got to spend some time with the Atrix.<\/p>\n

According to the Atrix\u2019s spec sheet, it is powered by a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H dual core system-on-a-chip (SoC), sports a 4-inch 540\u00d7960 qHD display, 1GB RAM, 16GB onboard storage and microSD expandable storage of up to 32GB.<\/p>\n

It also shipped with the slightly older \u201cFroyo\u201d (Frozen Yoghurt) version of Android. Motorola confirmed that the device would be coming out in South Africa with Froyo, but that an \u201cover-the-air\u201d (OTA) upgrade to version 2.3 \u201cGingerbread\u201d is expected for the Atrix in the coming months.<\/p>\n

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Motorola Atrix<\/p><\/div>\n

First impressions and benchmarks<\/h3>\n

In the time we spent with the Atrix we were able to run an AnTuTu benchmark as well as test the number of multitouch points on the screen with tools such as Multitouch Visualiser.<\/p>\n

The Atrix we tested ran Android Froyo version 2.2.2 and only registered two touches at once, which doesn\u2019t compare too favourably against the HTC Sensation which can handle 4 simultaneous touches or the Samsung Galaxy S2 that can handle 10 fingers at once.<\/p>\n

However, this doesn\u2019t seem to have too great an impact on the performance of the device\u2019s display as it was responsive in menus and responded well to two finger gestures.<\/p>\n

While the 5 megapixels available to the camera on the Atrix is quite a bit less than the so-called \u201csuperphones\u201d from HTC and Samsung, it took clear shots in the fluorescent-lit venue and the camera app\u2019s viewfinder didn\u2019t have the input lag you see on many other smartphone camera applications.<\/p>\n

For interest\u2019s sake we also ran an AnTuTu benchmark and a photo of the results is shown below.<\/p>\n

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Motorola Atrix AnTuTu benchmark<\/p><\/div>\n

Pricing<\/h3>\n

Motorola said that the Atrix would cost about R5,500 at retail and will come with an HD dock and remote control. Its laptop dock will be between R2,000 \u2013 R2,500, Motorola said.<\/p>\n

The R5,500 price point puts the Atrix in direct competition with the HTC Sensation, though Motorola has sweetened the pot with their local offering by including an HD dock and remote control with every Atrix.<\/p>\n

MTN SA\u2019s senior manager of device portfolio management, Teddy Maduna, previously told MyBroadband that they will have Motorola Atrix available from August 2011 on MTN 100 contracts for R239 per month.<\/p>\n

\"Motorola<\/a>

Motorola Atrix<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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