Difference Between Motorola Atrix 4G and Apple iPhone 4

Motorola Atrix 4G vs Apple iPhone 4 | Full Specs Compared | Atrix 4G vs iPhone 4 Performance, Speed and Features

Motorola Atrix 4G and Apple iPhone 4 are two closely competing smartphones. Motorola Atrix 4G is an Android phone that runs on Android 2.2.1 (Froyo) with a promised upgrade to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) while iPhone 4 runs iOS 4.2.1 which can be upgraded to the latest iOS 4.3. Motorola has emulated many iPhone features with its Motoblur in Atrix 4G. But when it comes to UX, Apple UI is better than Motoblur. However on the hardware side Motorola Atrix 4G is much superior to iPhone 4 and delivers faster and better performance. It’s packed with 4 inch display, 1GHz dual core processor, 1GB RAM and support Adobe Flash Player and compatible with high speed HSPA+ network. Apple iPhone features 3.5 inch display, 1GHz (850Mhz) A4 processor, 512MB RAM and no support for Adobe Flash Player.

Motorola Atrix 4G

The powerful Android smartphone from Motorola Atrix 4G is packed with excellent features and gives a benchmark performance. The 4″ QHD capacitive touch screen display that supports 960x 540 pixels resolution and 24-bit color depth produces a real sharp and bright pictures on the screen.

The Nvidia Tegra 2 chip-set (built with 1 GHz dual core ARM Cortex A9 CPU and GeForce ULV GPU) with 1 GB RAM and a very responsive display makes multitasking smooth and gives a better browsing and gaming experience. Motorola Atrix 4G runs Android 2.2 with Motoblur for UI and the Android WebKit browser supports full Adobe flash player 10.1 to allow all the graphics, text and animations on the web. The unique feature of Atrix 4G is the webtop technology and the fingerprint scanner. The fingerprint scanner combined with the power button at the top center back of the gadget gives an added security, you can enable the feature by going in to the set up and input your finger print with pin number.

Motorola introduced the Webtop technology with Atrix 4G that replaces a laptop. All you need to enjoy the power of mobile computing is the laptop dock and the software (which you have to purchase separately). The 11.5 inch laptop dock with full physical keyboard is built in with Mozila firefox browser and adobe flash player that allows a fast, seamless browsing in a large screen. It will also mirror your phone content on the large screen. You can connect to internet with Wi-Fi or the high speed HSPA+ network.

The other features include 5 megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and capability of HD video recording at 720p@30fps, front VGA camera (640×480 pixels) for video calling, internal memory of 16GB that can be expanded to 32GB using a memory card, HDMI port, microUSB port (HDMI cable and USB cable are included to the package). Video recording and play can increase to 1080p with OS upgrade to Android 2.3 or more. The battery life is impressive with a 1930 mAh Li-ion battery in place and the talk time is rated as 9 hours (3G).

Apple iPhone 4

The iPhone 4 is one of the slimmest smartphone (Galaxy S II has beaten iPhone’s record). It boasts about its 3.5 inches LED backlit Retina display with higher resolution of 960×640 pixels, 512 MB eDRAM, internal memory options of 16 or 32 GB and dual camera, 5 megapixel 5x digital zoom rear camera with LED flash and 0.3 megapixel camera for video calling.

The remarkable feature of the iPhone devices is the operating system iOS 4.2.1 and the Safari web browser. It is now upgradeable to iOS 4.3 that has included many new features, one such is the hotspot capability (depends on carriers). The new iOS will be a big boost to iPhones.

The very fact that new smartphones are being compared with Apple iPhone 4 that was launched in the middle of 2010 speaks volumes of the abilities of this amazing smartphone by Apple. It is a tribute to the innovative designing and outstanding features of iPhone 4. The 3.5 inches display in iPhone4 is not huge but comfortable enough to read everything because it is extremely bright with a resolution of 960 x 640 pixels. The touchscreen is highly sensitive and scratch resistant. The phone works very smoothly with a fast processor that is 1GHz Apple A4.

The operating system is iOS 4 that is considered to be the best in the business. Web browsing on Safari is a pleasant experience and the user has the liberty to download thousands of apps from Apple’s app store. Emailing is fun with this smartphone as there is a full QWERTY virtual keyboard for fast typing. iPhone 4 is Facebook compatible to stay connected with friends with a single touch. The smartphone is available in black and white colors in candy bar form. It has dimensions of 15.2 x 48.6 x 9.3 mm and weighs just 137g. For connectivity, there is Bluetooth v2.1+EDR and the phone has Wi-Fi 802.1b/g/n at 2.4 GHz.

iPhone 4s front and back glass design though acclaimed for its beauty had criticism of cracking when dropped. To overcome the criticism of display fragility, Apple has given a solution with vibrant color bumpers. It comes in six colors: white, black, blue, green, orange or pink.