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Motorola Quench XT5 review: 2010 budget MotoBlur.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2010·$150
Overall
54/100
Class rank
#10 of 17
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Motorola Quench XT5.

Quench XT5 brought MotoBlur Android to a $150 budget — Moto's 2010 entry social phone.

01Display

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 58-point average for budget phones of 2010.

TypeTFT touch
Size3.5"
Resolution480 x 320

02Performance

50/100

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

ChipsetMSM7227
RAM256 MB
Storage150 MB + microSD

03Camera

56/100

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

Main3 MP

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2010.

Capacity1,420 mAh (removable)

05Software

60/100

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

What works
  • 3.5" touch at $150.
  • MotoBlur social.
  • 4G ready hardware.
  • Removable battery.
What doesn't
  • MSM7227 weak.
  • 256 MB RAM.
  • 3 MP cam.
  • MotoBlur bloat.
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? .