Motorola Atrix 2 a.k.a. Edison gets hands-on treatment

23 September, 2011
Underneath the handsome design is a 1GHz TI OMAP processor and a new RGB, QHD resolution display.

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  • timiteh
  • ftF
  • 28 Sep 2011

I am extremly disappointed by the second iteration of this device.
The greatest features of the first Atrix were its dock capabilities.
Unfortunately, it was very underpowered (hardware wise) and the laptop/desktop software was not enough optimized.
Acknowledging that and seing what kind of hardware is already used in other devices, one could have expected that the second generation of the Atrix would have the most powerful hardware of all smartphones in order to have enough muscles to provide good to great laptop/experience.
What i see there is a device still quite underpowered and who will certainly not provide a good experience in laptop/desktop mode.
Motorola has had a great concept with the Atrix, it is too bad it is unable to provide a great device from this concept.

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    • Magnus
    • qKN
    • 27 Sep 2011

    Anonymous, 25 Sep 2011this is not atrix 2 atrix 2 must coming with much bete... moreMore like Atrix minus

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      • Anonymous
      • dQA
      • 25 Sep 2011

      well done moto

      go moto
      go

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        • Anonymous
        • L6Z
        • 25 Sep 2011

        this is not atrix 2

        atrix 2 must coming with much beter spec

        i think this is atrix+ or other name

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          • Anonymous
          • vIg
          • 24 Sep 2011

          people please...

          PowerVR SGX540 > Nvidia Geforce ULP.... and in the TI OMAP chip, the SGX540 is clcoked even higher than say the ones in the galaxy s

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            • Anonymous
            • PUj
            • 24 Sep 2011

            Atrix 2??? I dont think so.

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              • Anonymous
              • YT@
              • 24 Sep 2011

              goron, 24 Sep 2011lol cant you read it? its DUALCORE TI OMAP. i dont think i... moreIts only a single core TI OMAP...hit ehe source link and look at the specs.

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                • Anon.
                • fvD
                • 24 Sep 2011

                Anonymous, 24 Sep 2011realy which one is must powerfull : atrix : 1GHz ARM ... moresecond choice is better

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                  • Anonymous
                  • sF{
                  • 24 Sep 2011

                  This seems to be more of a downgrade.

                  Atrix = 1GHz Dual Core w/ nVidia Tegra2
                  Edison = 1GHz Dual Core w/ PowerVR SGX 540

                  Atrix = Fingerprint scanner
                  Edison = None.

                  Atrix = 16GB onboard memory
                  Edison = 8GB

                  p.s. Just a minor correction to your article..Atrix has a 4.0" qHD screen, so the Edison does not 'remain the same screen' size.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • dQA
                    • 24 Sep 2011

                    realy which one is must powerfull :

                    atrix :
                    1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, ULP GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 AP20H chipset

                    or

                    bionic and edison :
                    1GHz dual-core TI OMAP processor with PowerVR SGX 540 GPU

                    which one is beter !????


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                      • goron
                      • tA$
                      • 24 Sep 2011

                      bill, 23 Sep 2011lol less cpu and gpu than atrix 1?lol cant you read it? its DUALCORE TI OMAP.
                      i dont think it slower than tegra 2,in terms of CPU or GPU. the GPU it self is not singlecore.and dont forget omap chipset is more energy efficient than tegra 2.

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                        • MotoRamzR
                        • IWH
                        • 24 Sep 2011

                        how about gigantic 5 inch version all motorola's android

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                          • AnonD-1862
                          • kiN
                          • 24 Sep 2011

                          Besides the slightly bigger screen I dont see anything else to call this a successor, more like a step backwards to me.

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                            • AnonD-1862
                            • kiN
                            • 24 Sep 2011

                            Iam not buying this a bomboclot

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                              • Anonymous
                              • utH
                              • 24 Sep 2011

                              SGX 540 is on par with Nvidia GeForce ULP and better than all Adreno GPUs in Qualcomm SoCs(except Adreno 220). It is surpassed only by Mali(SGS2) and Adreno 220(HTC Sensation) in some benchmarks. Source : http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/17

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                                • AnonD-3601
                                • bC2
                                • 24 Sep 2011

                                please correct your statement....atrix has 4" and not 4.3"

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                                  • TatyzzZZ
                                  • 24 Sep 2011

                                  HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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                                    • P9J
                                    • 23 Sep 2011

                                    This'll be a great phone, and for all of you that are saying that this smartphone is a cheap phone, i'm pretty much sure that won't be able to afford this, so remain quiet, and you're supposed to "live" I can't belive what I read :" My laptop is my priority" you gotta be kidding, won't you prefer to get someone to talk to..??? kisses...!

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                                      • bill
                                      • L0u
                                      • 23 Sep 2011

                                      lol less cpu and gpu than atrix 1?

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                                        • AnonD-18418
                                        • KAj
                                        • 23 Sep 2011

                                        this isnt a dual core
                                        from the pics i saw in the "source" ,it specifies cores:1