Motorola Electrify 2 and Defy XT
The Electrify is the successor to last year's Electrify, also known as
the Photon 4G, but it is closer to the current Atrix HD. The two look a
lot similar but the Electrify 2 cuts down on certain things. For
example, it has a 4.3-inch qHD display compared to the 4.5-inch HD
display on the Atrix HD. It also get a slower 1.2GHz dual-core processor
(no specific ship mentioned but it's probably the OMAP 4430 from the
RAZR).
Other features include an 8 megapixel camera with 1080p video recording,
1GB RAM, 8GB built-in memory, 8.4mm thickness, Keblar back, splash
resistant body, Android 4.0 and 1,780mAh battery.
The Motorola Electrify 2 is now on sale for $199 with a $100 mail-in
rebate. At that price you'd have to wonder why you would buy a phone
that has less features than the Atrix HD instead of the Atrix HD itself,
which sells for the same price on AT&T.
Moving on to the Defy XT, this one gets a 3.7-inch “high resolution”
display, 1GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera, FWVGA (854 x 480) video
recording, 512MB RAM, 1GB ROM and the same rugged body that the Defy
series is known for. Unfortunately, this phone will be launching with
Android 2.3, Gingerbread, which is simply unacceptable today.
The Motorola Defy XT will go on sale tomorrow, although no price information is available at the moment.
