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Motorola BACKFLIP review: Back and forth

18 March 2010 | Read the review | Post your comment
Motorola BACKFLIP review: Back and forth - read the full textAndroid elders must be staring at this one in disbelief. Looking down at it for all we know, measuring it up. What about the BACKFLIP? We guess it’s exactly the kind of gadget to stare back, humble but defiant. Android was a life...

 

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I would like to buy this phone
should i go for it or not?

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  • 2011-02-24 08:24
  • ut2I

I've been using for a couple of days now, so far works great! honestly I haven't had any hang or similar just some weird behaviour when it's pluged to the charger, right now I'm on 2.1 rom, and works perfect!

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  • 2010-10-16 02:27
  • PtxC

Please don't buy this phone..You can't take half of the calls coming since it hangs and people feel you are not taking the calls..also its a dead slow phone.. biggest mistake of my life..:(

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  • 2010-09-15 19:53
  • vGwx

I bought this phone yesterday and guess what?......
This phone dose nothing but hangs and hangs and hangs......
Also to top it all after using it for an hour or so i saw that there were TWO SCREWS MISSING on the back panel..... I now cant even throw it nor can i use it had to take it back and its a pain to get it changed now.....
and i have still not recieved a positive reply from Motorola....
Guys plese dont buy this phone its a waste of energy
POOR PHONE QUALITY POOR PERFORMANCE A sure waste of Money....
Its better to buy a NOKIA N97 plese dont buy this phone....

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  • 2010-09-04 05:50
  • vGYh

> In reply to Stop Copying from &a @ 2010-03-21 20:02 from pi39 - click to readIphone is not the the greatest touchscreen out there what with forgeting the basic needs like good reception and it feels locked to other gud stuff lyke flash support no company is trying to copy iphone they are just giving better options with like samsung galaxy (which is way better than the iphone) and the others

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  • 2010-09-02 23:57
  • N7Dr

Had the backflip for 3 days now and loving it.

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  • 2010-04-24 05:31
  • 2CMh

I have had this phone for 1 week and I HATE it with a passion. I am currently trying to get a replacement as I cannot stand this phone! It doesnt listen to you, it does what it wants - it's not user friendly, Motoblur sucks. This might be a phone for the under 25s but it's certainly not one for adults. One word of advice - do not buy this phone before seriously trying it out first and seeing if it fits into your lifestyle. There are so many things it does NOT do compared to the last Motorola I had.... I am extremely annoyed !

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  • 2010-04-15 04:40
  • Fvkx

haha im getting that phone soon (backflip) im happy. it gets u from point A to point B in style.

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  • 2010-04-15 03:22
  • YacW

i've been using the phone for a few weeks now. It is awesome. can't wait to get the Android 2.1 update. as a side comment, it does have voice dial, just tap the home key twice. cheers.

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  • 2010-04-09 20:23
  • qm7q

How they do phones with poor cameras and sound quality? That's ultrageous!

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  • 2010-04-09 19:08
  • Ljr0

i do think that the layout is almost an iPhone clone..
all they did is add 2 other buttons next to the home button.. oh well

thought this video was pretty funny though.. if you like the iPad ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGzY297wREE

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  • 2010-04-07 20:49
  • 4kCi

Does unlocking helps in getting rid of the restrictions on the phone?

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  • 2010-03-25 02:12
  • ijxS

> In reply to Blastalot @ 2010-03-24 16:40 from n%nF - click to readAgreed. In fact, we could sue each other for looking alike!

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  • 2010-03-24 17:29
  • qJme

I think the whole copying part is nonsense. Every phone manufacturer can sue each other for the one has come up with a camera in their phones, the sms function and you can go on and on like that.

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  • 2010-03-24 16:40
  • n%nF

> In reply to [deleted post]I will again reiterate my argument. If you feel the Backflip copied the front screen of the iPhone, why hasn't Apple taken any measures to point out such a design infringement?

Now take a look at another unique form factor... the Motorola RAZR V3. So many blatant copies from Chinese manufacturers, and even some design elements are incorporated to some Nokia phones. Why hasn't Motorola sue them years ago? There was no real case against this, yet you can clearly see them copy the RAZR. That's because there's no patent for the design. Does the iPhone have a patent for a slab of a form factor it has? No.

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  • 2010-03-23 15:37
  • qJme

> In reply to [deleted post]Temper temper! :P

Now, if you really think everything copied from Apple, let's see you list down at least five blatant copyright infringements done by any phone company. Then think about why Apple isn't suing them for those infringed patents.

Did you know that all competing devices look and feel the same, with just different components and features? Then tell me why Toshiba, HP, MSi, Dell, etc. aren't suing each other... when in fact their products are all laptops and they almost look and feel identical? Why hasn't GE, Sylvania, Philips and EcoSmart fight over when their products are practically lightbulbs?

All products can look alike, but that doesn't mean it's an infringement. Prove to me that other mobile handset manufacturers have design copies from you precious little iPhone.

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  • 2010-03-23 15:33
  • qJme

Im liking this. Android is really shaping up to be THE OS.

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  • 2010-03-23 14:26
  • nXZg

Is the limitation on the installation of applications outside the Android Market, and the Google search and other apps, due to AT&T? Or is it due to Motorola?

That is to say, an European Backflip will not have these limitations? Can someone confirm?

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  • 2010-03-22 18:09
  • vjvK

> In reply to Stop Copying from &a @ 2010-03-21 20:02 from pi39 - click to readDidn't Apple copied others by integrating a camera into their phone. Touchscreen market was already there before Apple arrived. LG had capacitive screen phone. The UI icons characteristic of the iPhone OS were first seen on Nokia 7710 ( have a look : http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_...ures-921.php ). Wi-Fi, GPRS, 3G, GPS... Why don't you say that Apple copied all these things. Its easy to say that everybody is copying Apple until you get to understand the evolution of mobile phones. The only credit Apple can take is to bring all the good things together in one device good that is easier to user suitable for the dumb and marketed it well with their penchant of closed source and proprietory stuff.

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  • 2010-03-22 12:13
  • PId}

> In reply to Phone @ 2010-03-22 01:51 from ijxS - click to readWhat you said is undoubtedly right, brother.

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  • 2010-03-22 04:36
  • qJme
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