The Motorola Defy Is A Durable Android Smartphone

Feb 22
08:56

2011

Chris Westley

Chris Westley

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The Motorola Defy is a new Android smartphone which offers all the bells and whistles you would expect from such as device, but with the added bonus of being both dustproof and waterproof.

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This makes it the ideal smartphone for people who work outdoors or live an active lifestyle,The Motorola Defy Is A Durable Android Smartphone Articles but don’t want to sacrifice features to have a durable phone.

 

The handset measures 107x 59x 13.4 millimetres, and is very lightweight at 118 grams. It boasts a TFT capacitive touchscreen which is on hand to display up to 16 million colours within its 3.7 inch dimensions which is made up of 480x 854 pixels. This provides great quality display of the on screen imagery, and makes it the perfect phone for viewing photos, watching videos, playing games and browsing the web. The screen additionally comes with proximity and accelerometer sensors, as well as multi touch input support, and a touch sensitive shortcut panel.

 

The Motorola Defy boasts a generous 2 GB of internal storage capacity alongside 512 MB RAM, meaning that several files can be stored within the phone. In order to achieve more storage, there is an integrated microSD slot which can accommodate a memory card of up to 32 GB, and as an added bonus, this comes with a pre-installed memory card.

 

Class 12 versions of both GPRS and EDGE are on hand to provide the phone’s initial means of internet connectivity and connection to cellular networks. 3G coverage provides an enhanced connection thanks to an HSDPA connection which allows users to enjoy download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps. An even faster connection is available through Wi-Fi whenever users have access to local wireless networks. Additional connectivity methods utilised by the Motorola Defy include Bluetooth, MicroUSB, GPS and DLNA. The latter allows users to wirelessly stream multimedia to a compatible TV.

 

In order to take high quality snapshots, the Motorola Defy comes with a 5 megapixel camera which includes a number of image enhancing features such as autofocus, LED flash and image stabilization. As an alternative method of image capture, the camera also boasts the ability to shoot HD video footage in VGA quality.

 

The versatile Android operating system (v2.1, upgradeable) works alongside an 800 MHz processor which provides the power to run demanding applications with ease. Users can browse over 100,000 apps from the Android Market. Plenty of multimedia and entertainment apps are included as standard to keep users occupied, and there is also the standard package of Google widgets as is found on all Android phones.

 

The Motorola Defy has cleverly targeted a very specific market, but also has appeal to a range of users.