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*Official* What I Love About My New Atrix Thread

atlbuc

atlbuc

Android Enthusiast
In anticipation of our phones arriving today I have created this thread which Roze will sticky for us.
 
This phone really does feel solid and fast, don't know what some reviewers were talking about it feeling plasticity.
 
First impressions:

Solid, well put together, plastic is fine.

The display is fantastic. Immediately I could tell the difference in small text/details vs. the Captivate. Pentile schmentile :D

VERY fast out of the box.

I'm only on WiFi right now, so I'll have to update on my cell performance.

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Connected to Google, accounts/contacts/etc., are all sync'ed up :)
 
So far very impressed with the Atrix, camera and video are great! Very fast opening applications. Display is great, best part for me is the call quality! Called a few people that I normally talk with and they could tell a difference from my Iphone 3GS.
 
Very fast but I think my screen is plastic. Compared to my sisters iPhone, it doesn't feel like glass and when you press in on the screen it disturbs the LCD.
 
redrider67 said:
So far very impressed with the Atrix, camera and video are great! Very fast opening applications. Display is great, best part for me is the call quality! Called a few people that I normally talk with and they could tell a difference from my Iphone 3GS.
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When you get a moment (I know you have just had the phone) but could you upload some photo & video samples on here or Flickr/youtube.

Cheeers :D
 
DT said:
First impressions:

Solid, well put together, plastic is fine.

The display is fantastic. Immediately I could tell the difference in small text/details vs. the Captivate. Pentile schmentile :D

VERY fast out of the box.

I'm only on WiFi right now, so I'll have to update on my cell performance.

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Connected to Google, accounts/contacts/etc., are all sync'ed up :)
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How can you tell if the data transmission is using the wifi connection as opposed to att's network?
 
=KLRS=ZERO said:
Very fast but I think my screen is plastic. Compared to my sisters iPhone, it doesn't feel like glass and when you press in on the screen it disturbs the LCD.
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my droid x is the same way. they both are supposedly gorilla glass. The glass apparently isn't as thick as what is used on the iPhone and HTC devices.
 
Yea the Droid X is definitely the same. As many times as I have dropped it, and dropped it face first...it has to be Gorilla Glass...lol

If I compare it to my Omnia 1 screen....its no contest. It has to be Gorilla Glass.
 
francodman said:
How can you tell if the data transmission is using the wifi connection as opposed to att's network?
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if you see the wifi symbol in the status bar at the top of the screen data will be transmitted using wifi. when you are connected to a wifi network data defaults to wifi.
 
I love that it's not an iPhone...2 years of Apple was enough. Seriously though, I love that I could delete the bloatware and get wireless hotspot without rooting or paying for tether.
 
Just a few comments: phone is very fast, having been using a Motorola XT701. No trouble importing contacts etc even though the XT701 was obviously not an ATT phone. Phone is light and relatively small; compared to XT701 the main difference is that the viewing screen is larger but phone is about the same size. Also smaller than my wife's new HTC Inspire and feels much lighter than that phone. Can't tell MotoBLur is much of an issue but then I have never had it before. I am 3 hours west of Dallas Texas and am getting download numbers right around 3.0 mbps. Seamless transition from one application to another. Did I mention the phone is fast? Only annoying thing right now is that the browser opens to Yahoo and I haven't found a way to change it. Will make a widget for Google. so far love it. Down to 30% battery but I downloaded all my old apps right from the androidmarket.com.
 
sean76 said:
@ atlbuc....after a Day of use, what's good? Is it worth all the hype my man
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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’m leaving it on. You can install Spare Parts to speed up or slow down animations and transitions. Opening and switching between apps are instantaneous. Blur is not a problem on this phone at all. With the exception of a few apps that aren't optimized for Tegra2, all apps run perfect for me. I haven't experienced any lag or sluggishness and I haven't rebooted the phone yet. Running the phone in the laptop dock is pretty smooth. While scrolling some websites I did find it to be a little choppy but nothing to be a deal breaker for me. Citrix receiver worked great with no real slow down. Gestures would have been nice in the track pad but I'm using a Bluetooth mouse so not all that bad for me. While in the dock the phone stays pretty cool to the touch which is great. I love the fingerprint reader, very convenient. Call quality is excellent for me as well as using the speakerphone while in the dock. This is easily the fastest Android phone if not Smartphone period. Browser speeds are good in Atlanta although I think once the Back haul is complete we’ll see even faster speeds. Battery life has been good but I haven’t had it off the dock long enough to get a good gauge. I took the phone off the charger at 7am so I’m going to see how it goes today without it being on the dock. A lot of people were trying to compare this phone to the Inspire and I have to say from testing the Inspire that the Atrix is definitely faster, lighter and more pocket friendly. People were saying that the Dual core wouldn't make a difference, well it does.
 
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 any 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.

Speakers - They are fine. It is a cell phone and not a speaker system. I found music quite acceptable. The use of the equalizer and speaker settings does help in making the speakers perform better

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 a 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
 
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