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Motorola Flipout review: 2010 square swivel Android.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2010·$200
Overall
52/100
Class rank
#11 of 12
Tier
Specialty
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Motorola Flipout.

Flipout's square swivel QWERTY was Moto's 2010 youth-targeted Android oddity.

01Display

56/100

56/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2010.

TypeTFT
Size2.8"
Resolution320 x 240

02Performance

50/100

50/100 trails the 54-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2010.

ChipsetMSM7227
RAM512 MB
Storage512 MB + microSD

03Camera

56/100

56/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2010.

Main3 MP

04Battery

64/100

64/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2010.

Capacity1,150 mAh (removable)

05Software

60/100

60/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for specialty phones of 2010.

What works
  • Distinct square-swivel form.
  • 5 pop colors.
  • Compact 125 g.
  • QWERTY + touch.
What doesn't
  • MSM7227 weak.
  • QVGA display.
  • 3 MP cam.
  • MotoBlur heavy.
Cross-shop it against
Xperia Play
$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 12-phone cohort of specialty devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .