Motorola Backflip Review

My Motorola Backflip has only a few more hours left in my life…I just got my iPhone 3GS, so I will be taking the Backflip back to the AT&T store in Boyertown as soon as I get this Motorola Backflip review post done.

And none too soon..

Having used the Backflip for about 3 weeks, I can honestly say there have been very few moments that have gone by when I have not cursed the poorly designed smart phone.  Below is my video review of the Backflip, and below it you will find a list of my gripes..there might even be a list of the few things I like about the Backflip..a short list indeed.

Motorola Backflip Features I Like

• The 5 mega pixel camera- nice for a cell phone camera.
• A Video camera – my missing iphone 3G didn’t take videos.
• The wide qwerty flip out keyboard for easier texting.
• Updates your Social Media profiles instantly with Motoblur.
• A touch pad on the back of the screen in addition to the touch screen comes in handy for correcting spelling mistakes in email and texts.

Motorola Backflip Features I Hate

• Comes with Yahoo as the defualt search engine..I was unable to change it to Google, but did manage to make Google my homepage only the before.
• The setting screen lets you adjust nothing. You would think this would be were I could change the default search engine to Google, but it doesn’t let you do it. I even had the people at the AT&T store trying to figure it out. My son came across a forum post that said it was possible, but it gave no directions on how to do so.
• Often times when I get a call, it will not let me answer the phone. The “slide to answer” button did not work all the time.
• During calls, the screen fades to black and the will come back on but will then fade after a few seconds, and will do this on off cycle continually…must be an energy saving feature.
• Speaking of energy, I was continually having to charge the battery, and often I was left with a dead phone when there was not a charge to be found.
• The car charger was not a a rapid charger..it seemed to take forever to charge via the car charger.
• Often times my fingers would touch something and screens would appear or disappear without the least bit of reason why.
• On the call screen the mute button is next to the call button, and on more than one call I accidentally muted the call.
• The phone seems to have really poor reception, as I had trouble getting any calls in my basement office. It had not been a problem with my iPhone.
• The notification that I have voicemail is either so small that I can not see it or non-existent..not quite sure, but I found my self calling my voice mail to learn I had missed multiple important calls.
• Since last week the Foursquare app has refused to update the location..this might be a problem with the app..but any way according to the phone I am still in Coatsville, PA.
• Every time the phone shuts down, you need to press the button to the left to see either the last screen you were on or the home screen.
• The volume control is placed so that when you are using the qwerty keyboard, the volume keys accidentally get hit and often interfere with your texting.
• The video camera did not download to my computer.. I was unsure which way to take the vids..the first one I uploaded to Youtube was upsidedown. It also lets you share via email, but it is in a file extension that I have yet to been able to use..I guess I need some software to be able to use it. That would have been nice to have in the box.
• The touch screen is way to sensitive.
• Dropped calls way too much.
• It also does a lot of butt dialling even though I don’t put my phone in my back pocket, and do make a habit of hitting the hybernate button. My landscaper, must think I am a pain in the butt for sure.

As you can tell from the amount of negatives, my opinion of the Motorola Backflip is less than favorable. Perhaps I might be too spoiled after using an iPhone 3G for about 6 months. If I were a young teenager I would probably love this phone.  But for me, I think I will be glad to be once again be using an iPhone.

Written by Pixelhead on May 20th, 2010 with 69 comments.
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