Motorola
has been silently developing some interesting innovation recently, not
mentioning its high-end new RAZR series. But the highlight is in the mid-range
Android handsets like Motoluxe, which despite its premium sounding name and
better than average camera is very much an “OK” phone.
Design
It has
the familiar Motorola black slab design but has an extended lanyard slot at
lower left, with an insert green LED inside that lights up when you receive a
message or when the phone is on charging mode.
The
four-inch screen offers a perfectly respectable 854x480 pixels, which works out
at 244ppi -- it's not up there with the very best but it's certainly not bad,
and looks crisp and detailed enough when surfing the web or viewing video.
Features
Unfortunately, it’s still running on an Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system however Motorola have promised to have an update for the firmware of this phone. Switch it on and you're presented with a twist on the lock ring we've seen on some of HTC's Gingerbread handsets. On this version there's a central key button surrounded by six programmable shortcuts for phone, browser, texting, email and calendar, plus a mute setting. You can open the last function you accessed by pulling the key outwards, or you can go straight to one of the functions by dragging it into the centre. It's a neat, time-saving feature.
Unfortunately, it’s still running on an Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system however Motorola have promised to have an update for the firmware of this phone. Switch it on and you're presented with a twist on the lock ring we've seen on some of HTC's Gingerbread handsets. On this version there's a central key button surrounded by six programmable shortcuts for phone, browser, texting, email and calendar, plus a mute setting. You can open the last function you accessed by pulling the key outwards, or you can go straight to one of the functions by dragging it into the centre. It's a neat, time-saving feature.
Other
Motorola tweaks include the Social Graph widget, which can be set to populate
the screen automatically with pics of your most popular contacts (or you can
set it up with your favourites manually). There's also the Activity Graph
widget, which does the same for your most popular apps. Neither are essential,
but they are useful, and help to make the phone a bit more distinctive.
Performance
The 800MHz processor backed by 512MB RAM won't come top in many hi-spec lists, but it did its job capably enough, with no obvious signs of lag. The eight-megapixel camera is a bit above the mid-range Android average by at least three megapixels. It's helped by a bright LED flash, autofocus and digital zoom and while picture quality is pretty good, there are other snappers that do better with these sort of specs, notably from Samsung and LG. On the downside, it takes a little too long to open and there's no HD video recording either, just standard-definition 800x489-pixel resolution.
The 800MHz processor backed by 512MB RAM won't come top in many hi-spec lists, but it did its job capably enough, with no obvious signs of lag. The eight-megapixel camera is a bit above the mid-range Android average by at least three megapixels. It's helped by a bright LED flash, autofocus and digital zoom and while picture quality is pretty good, there are other snappers that do better with these sort of specs, notably from Samsung and LG. On the downside, it takes a little too long to open and there's no HD video recording either, just standard-definition 800x489-pixel resolution.
There's
a measly 300MB of memory on-board but you can insert a microSD card up to 32GB.
The battery held up fairly well, delivering a solid day's worth of steady use.
Conclusion
The Motorola Motoluxe offers a decent range of features and just a little bit of Motorola personality to help it stand out from the mediocre Android crowd.
The Motorola Motoluxe offers a decent range of features and just a little bit of Motorola personality to help it stand out from the mediocre Android crowd.
Specifications
- Software : Android 2.3.7
Gingerbread
- Processor : 800MHz
- Memory slot : microSD
- Display : 4in 1024x768
pixels multitouch
- Connectivity :
GSM/GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth3.0
- Ports : Micro USB, 3.5mm
headphones
- Camera : 8 megapixel with
LED Flash, digital zoom, geo-tagging, VGAfront-facing camera
- Video playback : MPEG-4, H.264,
H.263, RMVB, DivX
- Audio playback : MP3 eAAC+, MP3,
WAV, AAC, AMR, AAC+, MIDI
- Radio : Yes
- Battery : Li-ion 1400 mAh
- Size : 118x61x10mm
- Weight : 122g
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