Motorola Defy

09 March 2013: Motorola Mobility, which is now owned by Google, recently announced of no plans to shut down India operations apart from the fact that it is not looking forward to any expansion of its offerings in the country. Talking of this particular handset, Motorola Defy was launched in India back in 2011 as an extremely rugged, dust and scratch-proof phone. The phone was then launched with Android v2.1 Eclair but soon got updates. The company later introduced two variants of the phone namely Motorola Defy XT and Defy Mini, seeing the changing market and consumer needs.

The features are:

* Boasts of a 3.7 inch TFT capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 480×854 pixels that in turn leads to a pixel density of 265 pixels per inch

* Has a 5-megapixel primary autofocus rear camera with added features like, LED Flash, image stabilization and Geo-tagging etc. It is capable of recording VGA videos @30frames per second

* Sports Motorola's MotoBlur social networking system with Live widgets

* Good to carry yet tough device for being water and dust resistant

* Packs in a Li-Po 1540 mAh battery which gives a maximum stand-by time of 238 hours

* Powered by an 800MHz OMAP 3610 processor

The Defy was launched by Motorola in October 2010.  At the time of its launch, the Defy was supposed to be unveiled as a unique Android handset that would occupy a special niche in terms of style and functionality. The Motorola Defy is an old phone that is almost outdated now. Since then, Motorola has launched two mid-range phones belonging to the Defy family- the Defy XT and the Defy Mini, both of which run on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and feature the new MotoSwitch 2.0 user interface. While most of the features remain similar to the original Defy, the specs have been beefed up to compete with the new budget Android smartphones that are rapidly flooding this category.   

Motorola Mobiles is known for proffering its consumers with stylish and feature devices, which are not only user friendly but also ensure not to burn a hole in your pocket. Motorola introduced its smartphone, Motorola Defy with all pomp and show, which is loaded with so many ultimate features that keep the ability to blow your mind away. The phone is made tough by introducing features like dust resistant, water resistant and scratch proof screen.

Starting with the screen, Motorola Defy sports a TFT capacitive touch screen display of 3.7 inches that has a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The screen size and quality is quite pleasing and is ideal for viewing videos and images. The display is made up of gorilla glass and features Touch sensitive controls and MOTOBLUR UI with Live Widgets. The device has a Cortex –A8 processor that is clocked at the speed of 800 MHz and is powered with Android 2.1 Éclair operating system, which is upgradable to Android 2.2 Froyo.

Motorola defy also features a stunning 5 mega pixel of camera that comes with facilities like LED flash and auto focus. The camera is capable of capturing decent quality videos even in dim light environment. From camera let’s discuss about the internal memory storage. Motorola Defy has a sufficient 2GB of inbuilt memory along with 512 MB of RAM. The inbuilt memory storage could further be increased to 32 GB by the means of microSD card slot. Memory wise, Motorola Defy is totally fantastic.

Internet connectivity is an absolutely important feature that has to be present in all smartphones today. And Motorola Defy has tried its best to include every connectivity feature into the device, so that users may use the internet on the go. The phone comes with 3G, GPRS/EDGE, A-GPS support, Wi-Fi along with Bluetooth. To enhance the connectivity of the phone, Motorola Defy has HTML and adobe flash lite browser. 

Music lovers will be relieved with Motorola Defy with the presence of stereo FM radio with RDS, multi format audio and video player and 3.5 mm audio jack. If you feel bored, than Android market is present for you to download so many applications and games. The Li-Po 1540 mAh of battery has a long life and promises the user to provide sufficient talk time and stand-by time.

On the whole, Motorola Defy is the device, which has all kinds of features that one needs in a phone. Therefore, Thumbs up to Motorola Defy!