UNLOCKED MOTOROLA QUENCH XT5 XT502 GSM CELL PHONE REVIEWS, PRICE AND HOT DEALS

MOTOROLA is aiming to be Android top dog and to achieve that takes not only awesome high-end smart phones like the Atrixes, but also phones that take potential buyers’ wallets into consideration. This resulted in the MOTOROLA QUENCH XT5, a phone that takes on the LG Optimus One P500 and the Samsung Galaxy 3. We clearly liked both of the aforementioned devices, so the XT5 has quite the task ahead of it. The MOTOROLA QUENCH XT5 is powered by a Qualcomm MSM7227 processor, which is clocked at 600MHz, and comes with stock Android 2.1 Eclair. Eclair’s a bit of a bummer, not by itself, but simply because the Optimus One ships with FroYo out of the box, and even the perennially slow Samsung have announced a FroYo update for the Galaxy 3. Motorola on the other hand, are being rather defiant about updating their phones, and there’s no news on if/when the XT will get an OS update. One might expect the 600MHz processor to cause a performance bottleneck, but contrary to expectations, the UNLOCKED MOTOROLA QUENCH XT5 performs admirably. The touch screen, even when using multi-touch, is responsive and there’s minimal to no lag present and even that only shows up when the phone’s undergoing heavy multi-tasking. The accelerometer is also quite responsive and it recognizes tilts quickly and accurately. There are three different keyboard layouts for text input, which can be changed at will by swiping over them. These include the standard QWERTY layout, the numeric keypad and even a half-QWERTY keypad. The keys are well spaced out, especially in landscape mode, so typing isn’t much of a hassle. The video player on the XT5 is decent, as its augmented by a pretty good screen. It only plays files of resolutions of up to 640x480 (640x360 for 16:9 videos), but the codec support is pretty good, with DivX and H264 both supported.