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Motorola Charm review: 2010 landscape QWERTY.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2010·$100
Overall
52/100
Class rank
#11 of 17
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Motorola Charm.

Charm had a landscape QWERTY below its touchscreen — Moto's 2010 T-Mobile Sidekick-style oddity.

01Display

56/100

56/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for budget phones of 2010.

TypeTFT touch
Size2.8"
Resolution320 x 240

02Performance

50/100

50/100 trails the 52-point cohort average for budget phones of 2010.

ChipsetMSM7227
RAM256 MB
Storage512 MB + microSD

03Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2010.

Main3 MP

04Battery

64/100

64/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for budget phones of 2010.

Capacity1,170 mAh (removable)

05Software

60/100

60/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for budget phones of 2010.

What works
  • Landscape QWERTY below screen.
  • Backtrack touchpad.
  • 107 g.
  • $100 T-Mobile.
What doesn't
  • MSM7227 weak.
  • 256 MB RAM.
  • QVGA display.
  • MotoBlur slow.
Cross-shop it against
LG Optimus One P500
$200 · score 64/100

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