Motorola Atrix 4G review: A 2011 dual-core flagship with a fingerprint sensor and a laptop dock.
The first phone with a fingerprint reader.
Atrix 4G was bold — a dual-core 2011 flagship with a fingerprint sensor in the power button and an optional Laptop Dock that turned the phone into a netbook. The dock idea was ahead of its time and the fingerprint feature anticipated a key trend by years.
01Display
60/10060/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2011.
02Camera
50/10050/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2011.
03Performance
56/10056/100 puts it above the 51-point average for flagship phones of 2011.
04Battery
60/10060/100 puts it above the 56-point average for flagship phones of 2011.
05Build
60/10060/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2011.
06Value
58/100At 58/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2011 — 12 points above the cohort average.
- Fingerprint sensor in 2011 — way ahead.
- Tegra 2 dual-core, qHD screen.
- Laptop Dock and HD Dock accessories.
- 1 GB RAM was generous.
- MotoBlur skin was heavy.
- HSPA+ marketed as "4G".
- Laptop Dock was expensive.
- Mono speaker.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 70-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .