Comments on: Motorola Atrix HD Review

By: Golden Eagle Stuart C

Golden Eagle Stuart C — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:32:00 +0000

Well, for this price, it’s value for money based on this kind of specs. My issue here is the non-removable battery.
I have been a Motorola fan since early 2000, used many of its phones and currently using the Atrix 4G, ROKR E8 and the Command One bluetooth (just bought another Elite Flip bluetooth recently). I was thinking of upgrading to either RAZR XT910, RAZR Maxx or the Atrix HD but only one thing held me back – the non-removable battery. I was truly disappointed with this design but it’s their designer’s call, so now I just have to hold on to my Atrix 4G a bit longer and since I bought the whole lot of Atrix 4G’s accessories. it doesn’t hurt so much to wait. Bought the Lapdock, the Multimedia Dock, bluetooth keyboard, bluetooth mouse, remote multimedia controller, one wall/USB charger, 2 additional batteries, car charger, 2 silicone covers and crazy me, another original battery cover. (God knows what was I thinking!)
Anyway, I really wanted to support Motorola but if they continue to produce smartphones with non-removable batteries, I might have to look elsewhere for my upgrade in the future until they come up with a removable battery model. Their crystaltalk technology is one of the best in the world and that’s what made me stay with their brand and I hate to start looking for another option, that is only if I really need to.
Battery is one aspect we owners has to be careful of, handles it right, it can probably serve you well between 2 to 3 years and the last 4 to 6 months will usually be the most painful experience, it requires frequent charges on daily basis. On the other hand, ignorant and high volume users might encounter shorter battery lifespan and the buyer of their used smartphones will be left to deal with the battery replacements which require Motorola’s know how technicians. Bear in mind that not many locations have these kinds of “specialists” resulting in more complaints and long term brand deterioration of Motorola. So if any guys reading here happen to work for Motorola (or GooGle), kindly take note of this or else you might risk losing more supporters in the future. That’s one reason why I don’t even want to look at Iphone besides other contributing reasons. So here I am, a concerned supporter providing my point of view, the rest will be up to you – Motorola.

By: jezza

jezza — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:12:00 +0000

without the big batt its useless

By: Jeff D

Jeff D — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:37:00 +0000

That’s kind of important, especially when the battery is not removable.

By: RobertPerez1

RobertPerez1 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:29:00 +0000

Nice! That Kevlar back is so much nicer than Samsungs el cheapo plastic GS3. Kudos to Motorola for taking some pride in their design.

By: Jokesy

Jokesy — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:49:00 +0000

Phonearena (http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Motorola-ATRIX-HD-Review_id3082/page/4) also confirms this phone has a weak battery

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:08:00 +0000

We’d have to see the same battery screen there or test them all side-by-side to really know how well they all work as far as battery goes. The GSIII is certainly going to be the best for battery, while the One X and the Atrix HD contend for second. One X is more than likely going to out-do the Atrix though in the end when they’re all right next to one another. Fun to see them all running the same processor and getting such different results.

By: Jeff D

Jeff D — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:51:00 +0000

Engadget’s review showed 5.5 hours of battery life for the Atrix HD vs 9.2 hours for the Galaxy S3 and 8.9 hours for the One X. I wonder why Slashgear’s tests are so different.

By: TGMzero

TGMzero — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:36:00 +0000

Looks good. On par with the One X and G3 with a deceptively cheaper price.