Motorola BACKFLIP

Announced:  2010, January

For

• Cool touchpad navigator panel behind the screen
• Nice Keyboard
• Fairly good camera

Against

• Slow processor
• Short Battery Life
• Very poor call quality
• Poor wireless data connections
• Too little RAM memory (256 MB RAM)
• Low-resolution video capture
• Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment
• Lacks a proximity sensor that turns the display оff during a phone call

The Motorola Backflip is a flip phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, an innovative Backtrack touch navigation feature, and a 5 megapixel camera with 4X zoom. The Motorola BACKFLIP shares similar specs with the company's first Android phone, including a 3.1-inch touchscreen, 5MP camera. The social-centric MOTOBLUR interface is also here to keep you up to date with your buddies' latest thoughts about life. The Backflip has a very interesting design, and in some ways it succeeds. It's not a standard clamshell -- the screen flips around from behind the keyboard, which is always exposed. I like the reverse-flip nature of the design because it allows me to access the keyboard very quickly, but it feels strange in the hand because there isn't a smooth back of the phone.

Specification

Physical Specification
Handset Weight	133 g
Handset Dimensions	109.5 x 57.5 x 15 mm
Form Factor	Clamshell
Display
Size	320 x 480 pixels, 3.1 inches
Pixel density:	186ppi
Touch Screen	Yes, Capacitive, Multi-touch
Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors	256k
Features	Corning Gorilla Glass
Secondary Display	No
Camera / Imaging / Video
Camera	Yes 5.0 Megapixel
Resolution	2560 x 1920 pixels
Zoom	Yes
Flash	LED
Camera features	Geo tagging
Secondary Camera	No
Video	Yes,CIF@30fps
HD	No
Media
Audio	Yes: MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
Video	Yes: MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV9 player
Video Streaming	Yes
Ringtones	Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
FM Radio	Yes
Headphone Jack	Yes: 3.5mm
Connectivity
Bluetooth	Yes: v2.1 with A2DP
Irda	No
Wlan/Wi-fi	Yes: WIFI 802.11 b/g/n
USB	Yes: USB 2.0
GPS	yes
Internet browsing
Browser	Yes,Supports: HTML
Built-in online services	Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter
Messaging
SMS	YES
MMS	Yes
Instant Messaging	Yes
Email	YES
Hardware
System chip	Qualcomm MSM7201A
Processor	Single core, 528 MHz ARM 11
GPU	Adreno 130
Memory
System memory	256MB RAM, 512MB ROM
External Memory	Yes, MicroSD up to 32 GB
Platform
OS	Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake), upgradable to v2.1
Network/Data
Frequency Bands	GSM : 850/900/1800/1900 MHz HSDPA : 850 / 900 / 1900/2100 MHz
GPRS	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE	Class 12
3G	Yes,7.2Mps
Battery
Type	Li - Ion
Capacity	1000 mAh
Standby	Up to 315 h
Talktime	Up to 6 h
Other features
Sensors	Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity sensor
Input	QWERTY Keyboard