Today we’ll be reviewing the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. This isn’t such a strong phone, but hopefully for this hardware configuration and features it won’t cost that much when you want to purchase one. This phone is quite restrictive since it will only be released for the China market, unless something will change until it will come out. The data you find in this post is taken from the preliminary official specifications. However, those being the official ones, you can pretty much trust the info here since even if something was to change, the change wouldn’t be that drastic and there won’t be much difference between what is here and what the phone will have.
GENERAL
Let us begin this little review by taking a look at some of the more general aspects of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out a thing or two about the supported networks and the announcement and release dates. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 supports both 2G and 3G networks. Those networks are as following : GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900 ( the 2G ones ) and HSDPA 2100 ( the 3G one ). The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 was announced in May 2012 and is expected to come out the same month. It may or may not already be available in some regions, but until it launches officially I can’t declare it available. I’m saying this because certain providers tend to get their hands on some models before they officially launch and sell them at outrageous contractual restrictions and you end up paying more than the original price – all because you wanted the phone earlier than it was scheduled to come out. But enough about this, let’s move to the aspect of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550.
BODY
Next up we’ll review the aspect related items of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out a bit of info about the size and weight of the device, as well as whether or not the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has any unusual marks that would make it stand out from a crowd. First off, let me just point out the obvious by saying that this phone looks awesome. It has very interesting combination of shape and colors. The white one looks exceptionally well : the front cover remains black for all of them and the white one has a white back with a red Motorola sign on the center of it. To me, that contrast is sublime. However, back to the matter at hand. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 is around 118 x 67.3 x 11.9 mm big. This phone also weighs around 131.5 grams. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 also has Touch-Sensitive Controls instead of frontal buttons. But enough about this, let’s move on to the display.
DISPLAY
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the display of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out a thing or two about the type of screen of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550, the screen size, the screen’s resolution and its pixel density as well as whether or not the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has any other screen-related features and screen protection. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has a TFT capacitive touchscreen with approximately 256 K colors. The screen of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 is around 4.0 inches big. This screen can house a resolution of approximately 320 x 480 pixels. The screen of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has a pixel density of approximately 144 ppi. This phone’s screen also has multitouch, however, it isn’t the advanced kind that can support more than 2 fingers on it. It’s disappointing to see the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has no screen protection whatsoever. I say this since you never know when the phone will take a fall with the wrong face down. It never hurts to be prepared. Let us now move on to the sound.
SOUND
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the audio output capabilities of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out a thing or two about the Alert types, the speaker and audio jack as well as whether or not the device has any software based sound enhancement or hardware based one installed on it. The Alert Types of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 include : Vibration and MP3 ringtones. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 also has a Loudspeaker and a 3.5 mm jack. This phone also has Dolby Mobile and SRS sound enhancement on it, so it should sound pretty crystal clear. That’s enough here, let’s move on to the memory of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550.
MEMORY
Next up we’ll take a brief look at the memory of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out a thing or two about the RAM memory and the internal storage space, as well as ways of expanding it. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has 512 MB of RAM, so that’s half decent, by my standards. It isn’t specified how much internal space it will have, but we know for sure that it has a Micro SD cards slot which can use any card of up to 32 GB. There isn’t more to say about the memory of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Let us move on to the connectivity of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550.
DATA CONNECTION
Next up we’ll take a look at the connectivity of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out a thing or two about the GPRS and EDGE of the device, the Speed and WLAN as well as the Bluetooth and USB connections. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has both GPRS and EDGE, however, it isn’t specified what Class they are and what speed in MB/s they can both reach. Same goes for the speed of the device. We know for sure that it has both HSDPA and HSUPA, but not the exact speed of any of them. The WLAN of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 is a Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Wi-Fi hotspot. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 also has Bluetooth with A2DP and its USB connection is done via a Micro USB v2.0 port. Enough about the connectivity of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Let us now take a look through the camera of the device.
CAMERA
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the camera of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out a bit of info about the main and secondary cameras of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550, their features and their capabilities. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has a 3.15 MP main camera that can photograph at around 2048 x 1536 pixels. The only known feature of the camera is : geo-tagging. This phone’s camera is also capable of recording video, however, you’d be the biggest idiot to expect any HD from a 3.15 one. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 also has a secondary VGA frontal camera with no other features. Enough about this, let’s move on to the battery.
BATTERY LIFE
Next we’ll be taking a look at the battery of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out a thing or two about the battery type and how long it can function. This phone has a Standard Li-Ion 1735 mAh battery. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550’s battery can function for up to 300 hours of stand-by time, 10 hours of talk-time and up to 30 hours of music play. That’s enough for the battery. Let’s move on to the hardware.
HARDWARE
Next up we have the hardware of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out a bit of info about the processor, motherboard and graphics card. Thankfully, this device, weak as it may be, has all three of those components. The processor of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 ia a Single Core 800 MHz Cortex-A5. This processor is accompanied by a Qualcomm MSM7225A Snapdragon chipset and an Adreno 200 GPU. That’s enough said about the hardware of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550, so let’s move to the software.
SOFTWARE
Now comes the review of the OS of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. Here you can find out about the OS version of the device and whether or not it can be upgraded. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 is known to come out with Android OS v2.3.6 Gingerbread and has no apparent update in the future. This will be the only supported version for this phone. Let’s now move on to the final part of the review.
FEATURES
Last but not least, we’ll take a look at some of the more random features and capabilities of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has the following sensors : Accelerometer, Proximity and Compass. The messaging on this phone can be done via : SMS ( with Threaded view ), MMS, E-Mail, Push Mail and even IM. This phone has a browser that uses HTML5 and has integrated support for Adobe Flash. The Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 has a radio with TBD and its GPS has integrated A-GPS support. This phone also has Java via Java MIDP emulation and is available in two colors : White and Black.
Here is a brief list of what the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 can do :
- SNS integration
- MP3/WAV/AAC+ player
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk
- Document viewer
- Photo viewer
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input
This concludes our little review of the Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550. If you feel that anything is lacking from this review feel free to leave your suggestions in the comment section below for things which should be added and I will be sure to take them into consideration when writing my future projects. In the meantime, I sincerely hope you had as much fun reading my little review as I had writing it.
