TCAT: Atrix 2 Review

Less than 10 months later and here we are with the Atrix 2. As a proud Atrix 4G owner, I’m not left envious of those who will own the Atrix 2.

That does not mean the Atrix 2 is a bad phone or I would not own it if I had the chance.

What I’m saying is that the Atrix 2 is more of an aesthetic upgrade to allow AT&T’s Android phones to look more like what Verizon has with its Android line.

On the right side of the device you’ll find a volume rocker and a dedicated camera button near the bottom. The dedicated camera button is only single stage, meaning that you can’t push it down half -way to get the camera to focus then complete the press to take a picture.

On the left side there is the micro-USB and HDMI duo. Rounding out the top is a 3.5 mm jack and, sadly, Moto decided to ditch the fingerprint scanner for a standard power/ screen lock button. The back of the device has an amazing eight megapixel camera with LED flash.

You can record video in 1080p, which is great, especially for a phone at this price point.

Also on the back is a speaker grill, the sound that comes from it is great. But of course if you lay the phone on its back the sound will become muffled by whatever it’s on.

Inside the Atrix 2 is almost the same as the original Atrix, except for a few changes. Both have a one GHz dual-core processor, and one GB of RAM.

But for some reason Motorola saw it fit to decrease the Atrix 2 battery and the amount of internal storage compared to the original. With the Atrix 2 users have six GB of internal storage to work with instead of eight, and the battery is now 1,785mAh versus the original Atrix’s 1930mAh.

Logically you would think that bigger is better that Motorola is using, but it turns out not being something to worry about. The battery life actually performed slightly better than the original.

You can make it through the entire day using the Atrix 2 for watching videos, browsing the internet, making calls, and texting.

If you plan on playing graphic heavy games you might want to bring along your charger though.

The Atrix 2 does support micro-SD cards up to 32GB, which is where you will get the extra storage that you need.