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Motorola Triumph WX435 review: 2011 Virgin Mobile no-contract.

Item: Motorola Triumph WX435
Rating: 64
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2011·$300

Overall

64/100

Class rank

#1 of 26

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Triumph WX435.

Motorola's 2011 Triumph was Virgin Mobile's no-contract Android for $300 with HDMI out.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2011 — 13 points above the cohort average.

TypeCapacitive TFT

Size4.1"

Resolution480 x 854

02Performance

66/100

At 66/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2011 — 15 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetQualcomm MSM8255

CPU1 GHz Scorpion

RAM512 MB

03Camera

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2011 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Main5.0 MP AF + LED

FrontVGA

04Battery

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 68-point average for budget phones of 2011.

Capacity1,400 mAh (removable)

05Software

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2011.

What works

$300 no-contract.
HDMI mini-port.
5 MP AF cam.
Virgin Mobile prepaid.

What doesn't

Froyo at launch.
512 MB RAM.
Sprint network reach.
Build cheap.

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