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The Android landscape's certainly getting crowded, isn't it? We can still vividly remember the days when the T-Mobile G1 was the only game in town, and now here we are -- just two years later -- flush with options covering virtually every market segment from the ultra-high end to the ultra-low and everything in between. One niche market that's usually underserved, though, is the beat-the-crap-out-of-your-phone market. You know who you are: you work hard, you play hard, or you've just got an incurable case of butterfingers -- but whatever the case, you need a phone that you aren't breaking, bricking, melting, freezing, or otherwise destroying every few weeks.
It's not that rugged phones haven't existed, of course. Far from it: Nextel and Motorola practically invented (and thrived off of) the concept, and options like AT&T's Samsung Rugby and Verizon's Casio G'zOne series have been available for some time. By and large, though, it's been a field devoid of smartphones -- and these days, that's just not going to cut it. The kinds of people that need a phone that can take a few knocks don't necessarily want to buy them at the expense of power or capability anymore. On that note, Motorola's new Android-powered Defy for T-Mobile USA (and other carriers abroad) is one of the few to take a shot at elegantly combining environmental resistance with a no-compromise smartphone experience, featuring Blur atop Android 2.1 with a 5 megapixel autofocus cam, LED flash, 800MHz TI OMAP3610 core, and a 3.7-inch 854 x 480 display. In other words, on paper, it's no slouch -- but can it hang? Let's find out.
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | | 3G Network | HSDPA 900 / 2100 | | Size | Dimensions | 107 x 59 x 13.4 mm | | Weight | 118 g | | Display | Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | | Size | 480 x 854 pixels, 3.7 inches | | | - Gorilla Glass display | | - Touch sensitive controls | | - MOTOBLUR UI with Live Widgets | | - Multi-touch input method | | - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate | | - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off | | Sound | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones | | Loudspeaker | Yes | | 3.5mm jack | Yes, check quality | | Memory | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photo call | | Call records | Practically unlimited | | Internal | 2 GB storage, 512 MB RAM | | Card slot | microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, buy memory | | Data | GPRS | Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps | | EDGE | Class 12 | | 3G | HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps | | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA | | Bluetooth | Yes, v2.1 with A2DP | | Infrared port | No | | USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 | | | | | Camera | Primary | 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality | | Features | Geo-tagging, image stabilization | | Video | Yes, VGA@30fps | | Secondary | No | | Features | OS | Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 | | CPU | 800MHz Cortex-A8 processor, TI OMAP3610 chipset | | Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email | | Browser | HTML | | Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | | Games | Yes + downloadable | | Colors | Black, White | | GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | | Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 | | | - Dustproof and water-resistant | | - Digital compass | | - MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC+ player | | - MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player | | - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk | | - Facebook, Twitter, MySpace integration | | - Document viewer | | - Flash Lite | | - Photo viewer/editor | | - Organizer | | - Voice memo/dial/commands | | - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | | - Predictive text input | | Battery | | Standard battery, Li-Po 1540 mAh | | | Stand-by | Up to 238 h |
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