Motorola ATRIX 2

$200
  • Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
  • 3.5G
  • 4.3"
  • Dual core 1 GHz
Released October, 2011
The touch screen is also bigger and crisper at 4.3 inches qHD without the Pentile display.
Rated 80% by by c|net (Oct, 2011)

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First reviewed December, 2011

Features Key features of the Motorola ATRIX 2

Back view of Motorola ATRIX 2

1 GHz

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 3.5G

Using the touch screen is great, and it's responsiveness, power and functions make it worth getting one.
Rated 100% by by Greg-Law (Dec, 2012)

screen size

4.3"
3.8"
4.7"
overall phone is really good, fast and screen is crystal clear and not too small and not too big.
ATRIX 2 by Vitalii (Jan, 2013)
The phone itself is just the right size and the screen is a perfect 4.3 inches.
ATRIX 2 by Enemeovalla (Dec, 2012)

screen resolution

Motorola ATRIX 2
HTC Sensation XL
Samsung Infuse 4G
It fits my hand perfectly, it is very fast in all tasks and the screen is great (although lagging behind the new guys in resolution).
ATRIX 2 by Franco52 (Jan, 2012)
At first I wasn't to sure about a Motorola droid phone as I owned a Samsung; but I have to say that I'm more than happy with this cell phone; after upgrading to ICS the menus and the applications are a lot faster; the battery duration is very good and I'm very suprised by the resolution of the display; It is a very cheap phone for the quality it has.
ATRIX 2 by Juan-Pablo (Dec, 2012)

memory

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0.5 GB
1 GB
1 GB

processor

Motorola ATRIX 2
HTC Sensation XL
Samsung Infuse 4G
The internet is fast due to the dual core proccesor all in all I would recomend this phone to anyone.
ATRIX 2 by CountryKid (Nov, 2012)
The battery life goes pretty quickly with heavy use, but that is to be expected since you are pretty much working the Dual Core processor it has and the phone does really well at keeping up with extreme use (texting, emailing, checking in, web use, downloading, uploading, camera usage, video camera usage, etc.).
ATRIX 2 by Brian-S.-Hah (Dec, 2011)

camera resolution

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Despite the 8 megapixel, camera is low quality, especially when compared to the excellent Galaxy S2 camera.
ATRIX 2 by Alexandre-H.-Rattes--Alex-Rattes (Jan, 2012)
8 megapixel camera works pretty good, but not so much at night (most cellphones have this issue).
ATRIX 2 by Ronald-Segura
 

Performance Real world tests of Motorola ATRIX 2

cpu speed

Still, these changes are somewhat incremental, as the processor speed hasn't changed and it still only supports HSPA+ and not AT&T's nascent LTE network.
ATRIX 2 by c|net (Oct, 2011)
It has the same slab design, and since it still has a 1GHz dual-core processor and HSPA+ speeds, it's not that much faster.
ATRIX 2 by c|net (Oct, 2011)

browser benchmark

Motorola ATRIX 2
Samsung Infuse 4G
Motorola DROID X2
To go on the record for benchmark hounds, my Quadrant scores were consistently in the mid 2200 range while a SunSpider test in the browser returned 4102.7ms — not as good as the RAZR with its 1.2GHz clock speed, but still respectable for a $99 Android phone.
ATRIX 2 by The Verge (Nov, 2011)
This phone has a nice form factor for a man with medium sized hands like mine; I can actually use it for some web browsing and reading (unlike my Sony Ericsson st15a mini which is another great phone btw).
ATRIX 2 by Jthore (Jan, 2013)

download speed

5.13 Mb/s
1.87 Mb/s
4.34 Mb/s
The phone is really responsive and delivers fast data connectivity, I confirm good mobile network download speed with Movistar Colombia, usually over 2M but at least 1M, upload around 500K.
ATRIX 2 by Carlos-J-Alba-P (Jan, 2012)
They're definitely a huge improvement over the poor data speeds of the original Atrix.
ATRIX 2 by c|net (Oct, 2011)

talk time

510 min
1,350 min
1,290 min
More moderate use with a combination of web browsing,gaming,music, and watching videos through out the day I can get between 12-18 hours of use out of before I need to charge it.
ATRIX 2 by Johnny-O
Now bare in mind this is using wifi only with Bluetooth and GPS turned off permanently and using 0% brightness the large majority of the time I don't have a data plan so don't know how much enabling 3G would negatively affect battery life.
ATRIX 2 by Johnny-O
 

Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors

pros

  • 3.5 mm
  • Android Market (Android 4.1 Jelly Bean)
  • Capacitive
  • 8 MP
  • HDMI
  • 1920 x 1080 @ 30 fps
  • Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
  • Listen to music and news from local radio stations
  • 8 MP
  • Share your cellphone's data plan with other devices
  • 4.3"
  • 78.8%
  • 10 mm

cons

  • Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash
  • Some newer payment by phone methods require NFC
  • Doesn't support the fastest, most reliable networks
  • 147 g
  • Cannot detect when the tablet is rotated
  • Oct, 2011

Reviews Word on the street

Rated 76%
Read the review (Nov, 2011)
In fact, I find the LCD display here to be bright and crisp with sharp, readable text even at tiny font sizes.
Rated 80%
Read the review (Oct, 2011)
The overall phone feels nicer in the hand, and we like the image quality of the 8-megapixel camera.
Rated 80% by 124 users at amazon.com
camera is impressive havent used that much however outdoor trials came out as good as a point and shoot camera.
Rated 100% by by O.-C.-Namli (Oct, 2011)
The video recording quality is great as long as there enough light no complaints there it records at a smooth a 30fps at 1080p and played back on an hdtv or just the phone it self looks great.
Rated 100% by by Johnny-O
I've had the fortunate luck of being able to use both phones and have been pleased with the performance levels and durability of both.
Rated 100% by by Brian-S.-Hah (Dec, 2011)

Screen

Outdoor visibility in direct sunlight is pretty good as long as you turn the screen brightness up which is the only case when I will use 100% screen brightness.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by Johnny-O
The screen is big and has good touch controls.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by M.-Thompson--mrealm32 (Oct, 2012)
I recommend getting the Zagg Invisible Shield as a screen protector, its the best screen protector out there and it covers the whole screen, unlike other that i've also used.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by Estefano (Dec, 2012)

Operating System

I would recommend this phone to anyone wanting a well priced android phone with the latest version and feature rich.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by Neville (Sep, 2012)
I am sure there will be plenty, but compared to Android and the Apple ios iphone and ipad platform ...well it's rather apparent.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by techyguy (Apr, 2012)
Screen is great, Android is great, construction is great, Moto is doing good stuff.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by Pablo (Jan, 2012)

Battery

For me the battery life is very good heavy use of the phone will kill the battery within 5-8 hours depending on what I was doing(3D games and videos kill battery faster then just web browsing or 2d apps and games).
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by Johnny-O
The phone has decent battery length and is easy enough to get spare batteries and other parts through Amazon.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by Enemeovalla (Dec, 2012)
Settings optimixed well, it gives me about 10 to 12 hours without charge with.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by Neville (Sep, 2012)

Operating system

The multi tasking ability on the phone is fantastic and display is crystal clear.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by Brian-S.-Hah (Dec, 2011)
On the software side, performance was sluggish at best.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 76% by by The Verge (Nov, 2011)
I had a great HTC Tilt 2, which is a great smartphone except for the WinMobile 6.5 os from Microsoft windows which developers basically stopped supporting from way back.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by techyguy (Apr, 2012)

Camera

The camera is good nothing amazing its about on par with what other similar priced phones are offering but can't compete with higher end phone cameras but still much better then the crappy cameras you find on lowerend phones.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by Johnny-O
I like to do close up photos of nature such as inside of flowers and such, woven fabrics, paintings, small print and this thing auto focuses and shoots super crisp photos.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by techyguy (Apr, 2012)
Camera is truely excellent quality.
Motorola ATRIX 2 | Rated 100% by by techyguy (Apr, 2012)

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