[Video] First Hands on the Motorola Backflip

[wuyanks]

nice video... man, that phone is laggy

[Nerf]

My GF and I played with it at CES in Jan. for a while and it definitely wasn't this laggy. Yes, it was 1.6 and yes, it was running Motoblur. The phone seemed pretty solid, but I'm not a big fan of this new form factor.

[Dave12308]

Thanks Tigger, looks interesting. Definitely a funky design I think I might be able to get used to. Motoblur is essentially just widgets you can remove, right? I've never tried it but it looks like something I would ditch immediately.

It does seem laggy too, does anyone know what kind of processor this has? I couldn't find it on the moto web site.

It has a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A with 256MB of RAM and 512MB of ROM, according to PDAdb. Looking at the spec sheet, it is approximately as powerful as the processor in the Droid Eris (MSM7600, which I believe is a CDMA variant of the 7200A - the CPU and GPU cores seem the same)

In my opinion, it is a bit underpowered for a new device, but this seems to be a lower-end device, so it's not out of the ordinary. Unfortunately, looking at the video, it seems to perform about as well as my Motorola Droid underclocked to 250MHz (actually, the app drawer lag was about like my Droid at 125MHz).

I also find the completely exposed keyboard to be a horrible idea, the keys are not protected at all. I have a strange feeling these phones won't last long in people's pockets.

[KZIWarrior]

My GF and I played with it at CES in Jan. for a while and it definitely wasn't this laggy. Yes, it was 1.6 and yes, it was running Motoblur. The phone seemed pretty solid, but I'm not a big fan of this new form factor.

Go figure... a demo at a show like CES had been optimized to impress people, this surprises you why?? The window (and other reviews that are coming out) are 'otb'/as is. Even our Droids are not great otb, especially compared to one running a custom (i.e. optimized) ROM. Don't think for a second the OEMs don't do the same for press events ect.

[RinTinTigger]

Yeah MotoBlur wasn't running to smooth on it and that was on a fresh boot.

Other than that what are your initial impressions on the device. Weight, feel etc etc

Thanks Tigger

Te other impressions where just fine. Weight is OPTIMAL! The fold-mechanism is stable like the droid's slider, the Keyboard is a blast when compared to the droid's.

If this phone would just be as fast as the droid, and running 2.1 instead of 1.6,
it would be a NEW KILLER.....would be....

[RinTinTigger]

Fallout 3 music!!!!

And nice video

I LOVE IT....cant wait to get Fallout New Vegas in my hands

[beneharris]

Fallout 3 music!!!!

And nice video

I LOVE IT....cant wait to get Fallout New Vegas in my hands

ah i coudln't figure out what song that was!! awesome game

[bobmundo123]

honestly Motoblur i feel is for like little kids.. It dhould be a kids phone.. like middle school nd high school kids.. the phone itslef.. resembles the iphone a bit more than i'd like it too.. i do enjoy the ANDROID boot screen though... nice font there..

[chrisoverly]

Didn't let it actually get fully booted before you started playing with it... even my DROID takes up to 1 minute after loading to fully stabilize.

[atlharry]

Didn't let it actually get fully booted before you started playing with it... even my DROID takes up to 1 minute after loading to fully stabilize.

Agreed. Gotta let all the background tasks finish loading up.