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Motorola Atrix HD review: A 4G LTE 720p flagship with a Kevlar back for AT&T.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2012·$200
Overall
46/100
Class rank
#55 of 82
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

An LTE Atrix with a Kevlar back.

Atrix HD took the Droid RAZR's Kevlar weave aesthetic and put it on AT&T with a 720p display and Snapdragon S4 dual-core. A solid early-LTE flagship of the post-Atrix-4G era.

01Display

62/100

62/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2012.

TypeColorBoost LCD
Size4.5 inches
Resolution1,280 × 720 px (HD)

02Camera

56/100

56/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2012.

Main8 MP, autofocus, LED
Video1080p
Front1.3 MP

03Performance

56/100

56/100 puts it above the 53-point average for flagship phones of 2012.

ChipsetSnapdragon S4 Plus dual-core 1.5 GHz
RAM1 GB
Storage8 GB · microSD

04Battery

54/100

54/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2012.

Capacity1,780 mAh
Standby~ 540 hours

05Build

68/100

At 68/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2012 — 7 points above the cohort average.

06Value

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2012 — 12 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • 720p ColorBoost display.
  • Kevlar woven back.
  • Snapdragon S4 dual-core + LTE.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • 1,780 mAh battery vs LTE.
  • AT&T-locked.
  • Sealed battery.
  • Mono speaker.
Cross-shop it against
Nexus 5 (LG)
$349 · score 84/100

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 82-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .