**Motorola XT 71 Review: A Mid-Range Android Phone with AT&T Support**
The Motorola XT 71 is an unlocked phone designed for the Chinese market, but it's also supported by major carriers like AT&T and Rogers in Canada. This means that if you're planning to use it in the United States or Canada, you can take advantage of their 3G frequencies, although T-Mobile users will only get Edge speeds.
One of the most interesting features of this phone is its ability to support English as a primary language, even though it's designed for the Chinese market. This makes it an attractive option for those who want a phone that can handle both local and international languages. Additionally, the phone has AT&T's 3G frequencies built-in, which also means that Rogers in Canada will be supported.
**Features**
The Motorola XT 71 comes with the usual features found in modern smartphones, including GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a digital compass. The digital compass is particularly useful for navigation purposes, as it allows users to know their direction of travel using Android apps like Google Maps. The phone also has a basic set of pre-installed applications, although some features are only available on the higher-end Nexus One.
In terms of software, the Motorola XT 71 runs vanilla Android 2.1 update 1, which is similar to the operating system found on the Nexus One. However, unlike the Nexus One, this phone does not come with a custom user interface, and instead relies on the standard Android application drawer. Some features that were added by Motorola include corporate calendar and directory applications, which are useful for those who need to stay organized on-the-go.
**Performance**
In terms of performance, the Motorola XT 71 is surprisingly quick and responsive. Transitions between screens are fast and smooth, and the phone handles basic tasks with ease. The keyboard is also noteworthy, as it's similar in design to the standard Android keyboard but has a few distinctive features that set it apart.
**Camera**
The camera on the Motorola XT 71 is a key feature of the phone, and it's notable for its Smile detection and face detection capabilities. These features allow users to take more accurate and informative photos, even with friends or family members who may not be fully aware of what they're being photographed. While the quality of the camera isn't exceptional, it's clear that Motorola put some thought into making this phone a good candidate for those interested in photography.
**Conclusion**
Overall, the Motorola XT 71 is a solid mid-range Android phone that offers a good balance of features and performance. If you're looking for an alternative to the Droid but don't mind not having a physical keyboard, this phone may be worth considering. It's also a more affordable option than the Nexus One, although it comes with similar features.
**Additional Features**
The Motorola XT 71 also includes several other features that make it a worthwhile choice, including:
* Quick Office: A free software package that allows users to edit and view Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.
* Sim manager: A feature that allows users to transfer contacts between the phone's SIM card and their computer.
* SD card backup program: A utility that allows users to back up their data to an external SD card.
* Firewall: A security feature that blocks incoming and outgoing calls.
These features may seem minor, but they can be useful in certain situations. Overall, the Motorola XT 71 is a solid choice for anyone looking for a reliable and feature-rich Android phone.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys it's David from the unlocker.net have the phone then inside we have the battery a wired headset a charger which is European cuz this is a unlocked phone uh usually these come with an adapter whenever you buy them from a store uh and a USB cable plus uh a getting started guide in English and a getting started guide in Chinese okay quickly we're going to go over the hardware of the device uh this phone is very similar to users in the United States are used to the Motorola Droid from Verizon um just like the Droid has a 3.7 in uh capacitive touchscreen 480x 854 resolution we got touch sensitive navigation down here at the bottom for menu home back and search uh on the top we have a 3.5 mm headphone jack just like the Droid our power and also a sleep button on the back we have a 5 megapixel camera just like the Droid uh the one difference here is that this has a Xenon flash as opposed to a dual LED flash um on the side we do have our micro SD slot just like the Droid volume rockers camera button uh and obviously we're missing the slide out Cy keyboard okay internally we have some similarities to the Droid as well same processor 600 MHz um same amount of ram 256 megab of ram one difference is it has 8 gigs of internal storage where the Droid does not still also has a Micro SD card slot just like the Droid um one major difference is this phone is gsm uh so it takes a SIM card unlike the Droid which is CDMA will only work on CDMA carriers in the states that means you can use this phone on AT&T and T-Mobile uh it will not work on variz and Sprint Metro altel Etc all the CDMA carriers um so that's a big differ the one thing that's really cool about this phone is that even though it is for the Chinese market and it is an unlocked phone it supports English fine and it also has AT&T's 3G frequencies built in which also means Rogers in Canada as well so if you're going to use it here in the States you can use it on T-Mobile um you can also use it on AT&T but for 3G you're going to have to be using AT&T T-Mobile will only get Edge speed so if you are not someone that uses their data plan very much you just kind of connect to Wi-Fi then won't be a problem on either of the carriers but again if you want 3G you got to be on AT&T or in Canada Rogers Etc okay other than all that it does have your basic features that most phones are going to have nowadays most smartphones uh GPS Wi-Fi Bluetooth uh a digital compass built in um for use some like Google Maps and so it can know which direction you're facing which is useful in the certain Android apps uh and that's about it now this is an Android phone uh so I'm not going to go too much into using of the phone because by now you're probably familiar with it um and with as with all Android phones they're they're pretty much the same considering this is vanilla Android it doesn't have any user interface on top of it um this phone is running Android 2.1 update 1 it comes like that which is basically what the Nexus one was running um only difference is you don't get the Nexus One launcher you have your normal application drawer other than that uh some pre-installed applications are really the only difference between this and say what the Nexus one was running as far as software is concerned so some of the things Motorola added um were corporate calendar corporate directories these are basically things that sync with your exchange mail um because Android 2.1 didn't have that feature built in uh it has exchange mail working fine but it doesn't have ways to uh sync with your calendar uh and your your contacts Etc that came in Android 2.2 um so Motorola put that in here in the meantime so you have that's what the corporate calendar is that's corporate directory is they also put an FM radio in here um Quick Office they gave you for free um which normally costs I think $30 50 bucks I don't know if I'm right on that but it normally costs money um they give you a Sim manager so you can transfer contacts back and forth to the Sim because Android didn't have that built in uh an SD card backup program um firewall which I'm actually not quite sure what that is uh it's to block incoming calls um and outgoing calls it's interesting um yeah but that's about it as far as the difference between this and regular Android as for the performance of the phone um it's actually pretty good it's very quick uh transitioning between screens um using different things here I'll just tap through a few apps so you can see how it performs when you're moving around right it has its own little keyboard that they made it's very similar to the Android keyboard things are a little bit Bolder um and it also has Chinese uh handwriting recognition in there as well uh and that's pretty much it okay the other thing to check out is the camera uh has a 5 megapixel camera uh similar to the Droid one of the differen is that uh this phone actually has Smile detection and face detection whereas the Droid does not it's not going to detect the little smile of my Android though but we'll take a picture of them now you can't really tell the quality of the camera when you're looking at it through a camera but it's as best as I can really show it to you so there you go uh not too chabby about the same as the Droid to be honest I think it's the exact same lens um and yeah that's about it that's about it for a quick phone review of the Motorola XT 71 uh in conclusion basically if you have AT&T and you're using 3G um and you want something similar to a Droid but you don't mind not having a Cy keyboard this is not a bad choice at all um the other one that I would suggest it's close to this is the Nexus one but this is actually a little bit cheaper than the Nexus One um so that's not too bad also if you're using T-Mobile and you don't use the data plan um and you just want to use Wi-Fi again it's not too bad of a choice considering it is a little bit cheaper than an Nexus one uh with very similar features so there you have ithey guys it's David from the unlocker.net have the phone then inside we have the battery a wired headset a charger which is European cuz this is a unlocked phone uh usually these come with an adapter whenever you buy them from a store uh and a USB cable plus uh a getting started guide in English and a getting started guide in Chinese okay quickly we're going to go over the hardware of the device uh this phone is very similar to users in the United States are used to the Motorola Droid from Verizon um just like the Droid has a 3.7 in uh capacitive touchscreen 480x 854 resolution we got touch sensitive navigation down here at the bottom for menu home back and search uh on the top we have a 3.5 mm headphone jack just like the Droid our power and also a sleep button on the back we have a 5 megapixel camera just like the Droid uh the one difference here is that this has a Xenon flash as opposed to a dual LED flash um on the side we do have our micro SD slot just like the Droid volume rockers camera button uh and obviously we're missing the slide out Cy keyboard okay internally we have some similarities to the Droid as well same processor 600 MHz um same amount of ram 256 megab of ram one difference is it has 8 gigs of internal storage where the Droid does not still also has a Micro SD card slot just like the Droid um one major difference is this phone is gsm uh so it takes a SIM card unlike the Droid which is CDMA will only work on CDMA carriers in the states that means you can use this phone on AT&T and T-Mobile uh it will not work on variz and Sprint Metro altel Etc all the CDMA carriers um so that's a big differ the one thing that's really cool about this phone is that even though it is for the Chinese market and it is an unlocked phone it supports English fine and it also has AT&T's 3G frequencies built in which also means Rogers in Canada as well so if you're going to use it here in the States you can use it on T-Mobile um you can also use it on AT&T but for 3G you're going to have to be using AT&T T-Mobile will only get Edge speed so if you are not someone that uses their data plan very much you just kind of connect to Wi-Fi then won't be a problem on either of the carriers but again if you want 3G you got to be on AT&T or in Canada Rogers Etc okay other than all that it does have your basic features that most phones are going to have nowadays most smartphones uh GPS Wi-Fi Bluetooth uh a digital compass built in um for use some like Google Maps and so it can know which direction you're facing which is useful in the certain Android apps uh and that's about it now this is an Android phone uh so I'm not going to go too much into using of the phone because by now you're probably familiar with it um and with as with all Android phones they're they're pretty much the same considering this is vanilla Android it doesn't have any user interface on top of it um this phone is running Android 2.1 update 1 it comes like that which is basically what the Nexus one was running um only difference is you don't get the Nexus One launcher you have your normal application drawer other than that uh some pre-installed applications are really the only difference between this and say what the Nexus one was running as far as software is concerned so some of the things Motorola added um were corporate calendar corporate directories these are basically things that sync with your exchange mail um because Android 2.1 didn't have that feature built in uh it has exchange mail working fine but it doesn't have ways to uh sync with your calendar uh and your your contacts Etc that came in Android 2.2 um so Motorola put that in here in the meantime so you have that's what the corporate calendar is that's corporate directory is they also put an FM radio in here um Quick Office they gave you for free um which normally costs I think $30 50 bucks I don't know if I'm right on that but it normally costs money um they give you a Sim manager so you can transfer contacts back and forth to the Sim because Android didn't have that built in uh an SD card backup program um firewall which I'm actually not quite sure what that is uh it's to block incoming calls um and outgoing calls it's interesting um yeah but that's about it as far as the difference between this and regular Android as for the performance of the phone um it's actually pretty good it's very quick uh transitioning between screens um using different things here I'll just tap through a few apps so you can see how it performs when you're moving around right it has its own little keyboard that they made it's very similar to the Android keyboard things are a little bit Bolder um and it also has Chinese uh handwriting recognition in there as well uh and that's pretty much it okay the other thing to check out is the camera uh has a 5 megapixel camera uh similar to the Droid one of the differen is that uh this phone actually has Smile detection and face detection whereas the Droid does not it's not going to detect the little smile of my Android though but we'll take a picture of them now you can't really tell the quality of the camera when you're looking at it through a camera but it's as best as I can really show it to you so there you go uh not too chabby about the same as the Droid to be honest I think it's the exact same lens um and yeah that's about it that's about it for a quick phone review of the Motorola XT 71 uh in conclusion basically if you have AT&T and you're using 3G um and you want something similar to a Droid but you don't mind not having a Cy keyboard this is not a bad choice at all um the other one that I would suggest it's close to this is the Nexus one but this is actually a little bit cheaper than the Nexus One um so that's not too bad also if you're using T-Mobile and you don't use the data plan um and you just want to use Wi-Fi again it's not too bad of a choice considering it is a little bit cheaper than an Nexus one uh with very similar features so there you have it\n"
