Motorola BackFlip MB300
Product Features:
| 3G: Yes | Wifi: Yes | Camera: 5 MP with flash |
| Display: 3.1 inches | Touch: Yes, Capacitive | Memory Card: upto 32 GB |
| Music Player: Yes | OS: Android | FM Radio: No |
Product Review:
- MOTOBLUR
- Unique design
- Quality construction
- Decent photo quality
- Excellent calling quality
- Poor sunlight legibility
- No multi-touch
- One-finger zoom works only on the BACKTRACK touchpad
- No smart and voice dialing
Quick Specifications
See Full Specifications- General:
- Android, v2.1
- Qwerty
- Display:
- Touch (Capacitive)
- 3.1 inches
- 320 x 480 pixels
- Camera:
- 5 MP
- AutoFocus
- Flash
- Video Recording
- Technical:
- 256 MB Inbuilt Memory
- Memory Card Support, upto 32 GB
- 256 MB RAM
- 528 MHz Processor
- Connectivity:
- 3G
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- Extra:
- Music Player
- Video Player
- 3.5 mm Headphone
Advantages
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Has A Qwerty Keypad
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Qwerty keypad allows you to type faster. |
| Display | |
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Has A Responsive Touch Screen
Capacitive
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Touch Displays offer a more interactive experience. |
| Camera | |
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High Resloution Camera
5 MP with AutoFocus
(Average: 5.08 MP)
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High resolution camera for taking sharp and clear photos. |
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Has Flash For Camera
LED
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Having a camera flash allows you to take photos in low light. |
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Supports Memory Card
upto 32 GB
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Memory cards give your device more storage capacity. So you can store more songs, photos and videos. |
| Connectivity | |
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Supports 3G
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3G Enabled Handsets give you more download speed and a faster internet experience. |
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Faster Download Speed
7.2 Mbps
(Average: 9.4 Mbps)
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Faster Download Speed means stream videos at real time. |
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Supports WiFi
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You can connect to wifi hotspots in your area to experience a superior internet experience. |
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Supports Bluetooth v2.1
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Bluetooth enables you to wirelessly listen to music and calls using bluetooth headsets. |
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Supports GPS
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GPS is used for determining your location. You can get directions to a place with the help of GPS. |
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Has A 3.5mm Headphone Jack
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Having 3.5mm Jack enables you to connect to large number of other devices (such as speakers) having 3.5mm Port. |
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Has Accelerometer
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Detects motion as well as the orientation of a device (horizontally or vertically). |
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Has Compass
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Determines direction facing relative to North, East, West and South. |
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Supports Video Player
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Watch your favourite video songs and movies in video player. It supports MPEG4, H.263, H.264, 3GP file types. |
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Supports Music Player
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Listen to your favourite songs in music player. It supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, AMR etc. file types. |
Disadvantages
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Thick
15.3 mm
(Average: 12.6 mm)
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Flip phones are generally thick. |
| Display | |
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Doesn't Use OLED Display
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OLED Displays have faster response times, better viewing angles, improved contrast and consume less bettery power. |
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Low Resolution Screen
320 x 480 pixels
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Images, videos and text will not look very sharp. |
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Not Very Sharp Screen
~ 186 ppi
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Images, videos and text will not look very sharp. Text will be harder to read. |
| Camera | |
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Low Quality Video Recording
320 x 240 pixels @ 25fps
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Recorded videos will be of low resolution and quality. |
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No Front Camera
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Front Camera enables you to take your own photos and do videocalling (on supported phones). |
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Limited Storage Capacity
256 MB
(Average: 4.7 GB)
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Considering this phone's level of use, it has less amount of memory to store songs, videos, photos and applications. |
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Fewer Processing Cores
1 Core
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More cores result in better parallelism, meaning more tasks can be processed in parallel without slowing down the User Interface. |
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Slower CPU
528 MHz
(Average: 984.6 MHz)
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Slower CPU has trouble in running graphics rich applications. |
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Limited Amount Of RAM
256 MB
(Average: 597.7 MB)
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Small RAM has trouble in running more applications at the same time, which makes the phone little slower. |
| Connectivity | |
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Can't Output To TV
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You can't connect your smartphone to a TV. |
| Extra | |
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Doesn't Have A Gyroscope
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Gyroscope Determines orientation and rotation and provides more accurate 3D motion tracking than an accelerometer. |
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Doesn't Have A FM Radio
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You Can't Listen to your favourite radio stations on your phone. |
| Battery | |
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Short Battery Talk Time
6 hours
(Average: 9.2 hours)
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With short battery talk time, you won't be able to talk continously on the phone for a long period of time without charging. |
Full Specifications
Report An Error| General | |
| Sim Type: | GSM |
| Dual Sim: | No |
| Device Type: | Smartphone |
| Release Date: | January, 2010 |
| Design | |
| Dimensions: | 108 x 53 x 15.3 mm |
| Weight: | 133 g |
| Form Factor: | Flip (Clamshell) |
| Qwerty: | Yes |
| Display | |
| Type: | Color TFT screen, 256K colors |
| Touch: | Yes, Capacitive |
| Size: | 3.1 inches, 320 x 480 pixels |
| Memory | |
| Phonebook: | Unlimited |
| Internal: | 256 MB inbuilt, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM |
| Card Slot: | Yes, upto 32 GB, 2 GB included |
| Connectivity | |
| GPRS: | Yes |
| EDGE: | Yes |
| 3G: | Yes, 7.2 Mbps Download |
| Wifi: | Yes |
| Bluetooth: | Yes, v2.1 |
| USB: | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
| Extra | |
| GPS: | Yes, with A-GPS Support |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass |
| 3.5mm Headphone Jack: | Yes |
| Camera | |
| Camera: | Yes, 5 MP with autofocus |
| Features: | Geo tagging |
| Video Recording: | Yes, 320 x 240 pixels @ 25fps |
| Flash: | 1 Flash |
| Front Camera: | No |
| Technical | |
| OS: | Android, v2.1 |
| CPU: | 528 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7201A Processor |
| Browser: | Yes, supports HTML |
| Multimedia | |
| Supports: | MMS, Instant Messanging, Voice Recording, Calendar |
| Email: | Yes |
| Music: | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, AMR |
| Video: | MPEG4, H.263, H.264, 3GP |
| Document Reader: | Yes |
| Social Networking: | Facebook, Twitter |
| Battery | |
| Size: | 1400 mAH, Li-ion Battery |
| Standby time: | 315 hours |
| Talk time: | 360 minutes |
We can almost hear some users say thinking out of the box is overrated. We understand that and more importantly the Motorola BACKFLIP can get over people doubting it. Its a bold design, eccentric indeed, but it works. The Motorola BACKFLIP will tease you to give it a try. Though obviously not everyones cup of tea, it has what it takes to sustain that interest.
Inside that unusual body is a first generation Android but upgrading to later versions is reportedly on the way. read more →
- Unique form factor and sturdy build quality
- Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G support (7.2 Mbps HSDPA)
- 3.1" 256K-color 320x480 pixel capacitive touchscreen
- Android OS v1.5 (upgradeable to later versions) with MOTOBLUR UI and Live Widgets
- Folding four-row QWERTY keyboard
- Poor sunlight legibility
- No multi-touch
- One-finger zoom works only on the BACKTRACK touchpad
- No smart and voice dialing
- Limited camera features, lens on the QWERTY keyboard
The Motorola Backflip is a mediocre Android phone with one of the worst designs I've ever had to suffer through using. read more →
- Good keyboard
- MotoBlur integrates e-mail and social networking well
- Solid battery life.
Unlike Verizon’s plunge into Android, AT&T has decided to go with a less than magnificent entourage with their dive. It’s not to say that the Motorola BACKFLIP might not be garnered as the flagship Android device we would’ve envisioned, but it’s uniqueness in various aspects meticulously elevates it to a higher platform for AT&T customers that have been Android-less. read more →
- MOTOBLUR
- Unique design
- Quality construction
- Decent photo quality
- Excellent calling quality
- Stiff QWERTY
- Unstable performance
- Stuck on Android 1.5
The innovative design fails to hide some fatal flaws in the implementation and performance of the Backflip. Even its predecessor, the Dext, seems like a better alternative. The Backflip has a very bold design and that may be all to it. The excellent build quality and unique form factor aren't enough to cover for the major flaws with the keyboard, dated Android 1.5, sluggish performance and miserable battery life. Fortunately, the device can be had for next to nothing on selected operator price plans. read more →
- Excellent build quality
- offered with a number of services from the carrier
- powerful speakers.
- QWERTY keyboard impossible to use
- sluggish performance
- miserable battery life.
AT&T’s first Android phone bends over backwards to impress, but winds up feeling awkward and loaded with superfluous features.
At $99, the price is right but too much else is wrong. Although we like the Motoblur interface and appreciate that Motorola is trying to push the form factor envelope, ultimately the Backflip is more confusing than exciting. The touchpad feels gimmicky, the camera is lacking, and the inability to download apps outside of Android Market (paired with the bloatware) is annoying. read more →
- Motoblur aggregates social networking updates
- Good call quality
- Wealth of available apps;
- Awkward design
- Runs older version of Android
- Flat keyboard
- Lackluster AT&T services
- No multitouch support;
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