Evaluation of Motorola Backflip

IT 168 mobile phone evaluation Although Motorola's performance has declined in recent two years, it has left us with one eternal classic after another: the rotating screen of V70, the transparent flip of A 1200, and the thinness of V3 ... 20 10. Motorola, which has the great momentum of the return of the king of Google Android system, has successfully launched? Milestones? After milestone(DROID), we once again caught the eye with industrial design, and launched a very subversive mobile phone product: BackFlip (Chinese free translation: backflip), and the domestic model: ME600.

Before this, the shape design of mobile phones can be roughly divided into five categories: straight plate, flip cover, slide cover, side slide cover and rotating screen, and Motorola once again tells us what it means to face this almost unchangeable form. Anything is possible? . A magical machine with three advantages of straight board, handsome flip cover and full keyboard with side slide cover was born. Because of the subversive design of the back flip cover, its name is also named: back flip, back flip. This term comes from gymnastics, which is very dynamic and energetic. )

Football player? Backflip? Celebrate the goal

Happily, this masterpiece, which just appeared at the CES show in the United States and won the title of best mobile phone in one fell swoop, will be listed in Chinese mainland at the end of this month! For people who are used to tasting foreigners? What about the rest of the fruit? For domestic consumers, the sales method of back flip is undoubtedly extremely subversive. (This also shows that the China market has been highly valued by mobile phone manufacturers. ) our IT 168 mobile phone channel also obtained the evaluation prototype of the official sales version of this mobile phone at the first time. Let's have a look. Backflip? The charm of:

Motorola ME600 (back flip)

From the front, the Motorola ME600 is almost the same as the popular touch phone in the market, with only a simple bar screen and a few buttons. The silver border adds a little vitality to it.

Motorola ME600 (back flip)

Viewed from the side, it is somewhat similar to CLIQ, a slide phone launched by Motorola before, with a relatively rounded curve design around it. However, the rotating shaft of the frame part still shows some differences from the traditional side slide phone.

Motorola ME600 (back flip)

Push up the screen and you can fold it from multiple angles. Within 30 degrees, the screen will automatically close, and over 30 degrees, you can stay between 180 degrees at will, providing users with the most comfortable viewing angle.

Extremely special keyboard

The biggest difference from the traditional side slide phone is that the full keyboard of Motorola ME600 (back flip) is located at the bottom of the fuselage, and the key surface is located at the bottom when the phone is closed, rather than hidden in the middle. In order to solve the wear problem of the key surface, Motorola has adopted a very fine polishing process here, which not only ensures the external beauty, but also does not sacrifice the service life too much and feels very comfortable.

Compared with fixed angles such as N97, Motorola ME600 can support more angles.

180 degree rotation limit, reminding everyone that the screen cannot be folded to the position opposite the keyboard.

What the back looks like when it is fully opened.

Full keyboard, please.

In the lower left corner of the keyboard, we were surprised to find the camera and flash, which is unprecedented in design. Of course, the main reason is that the keyboard is exposed. It is still being properly handled, and it will not affect the control of the keyboard. In the upper left corner of the camera, we also saw a small hole. Users who are familiar with Motorola's mobile phones may think that this small hole is one of the important components of Motorola's Li Yin technology, the noise reduction microphone. Through it, the environmental noise in the call is collected, and then the noise is reduced by Li Yin processing, so that the call quality of users is clearer. At the top of the camera, there is also a button to switch between Chinese and English. This button is specially designed by Motorola for the usage habits of users in China. Users can easily switch between Chinese and English with one key in the input process, which greatly improves the input efficiency. However, the author found that this key can only be played in the built-in Motorola input method, but it can't be realized in my favorite sogou Pinyin, which is a little regrettable. Fortunately, Motorola input method is also a favorite input method for many users, and it is also very easy to use, and there is not much need to replace it.

Compared with the milestone keyboard area

To be more intuitive, we compare the keyboard of ME600 with milestone. From the area, we can clearly see that each key surface of ME600 is much larger than milestone, which solves the problem that the largest key of the whole keyboard is crowded, thus making it more convenient for users to operate. In terms of feel, the ME600 is also much more comfortable than milestone.

360 degree control: touchpad

Even more amazing, on the back of the screen, Motorola also successfully transplanted the design of notebook touchpad to ME600. When the user holds it with both hands, the touchpad is specially designed, and the two index fingers naturally park there. You can move the cursor on the screen just by gently sliding your fingertips, especially when browsing programs or web pages. Double-clicking can also complete the selection operation. Thereby forming a 360-degree stereoscopic control experience of the full keyboard+touchpad.

After reading the creative keyboard and touchpad, let's go back and pay attention to the basic details:

On both sides of the receiver above the screen, there are very practical distance sensors and light sensors.

The distance sensor can automatically control the switch of the screen according to the distance between the face and the screen when making a phone call, so as to avoid misoperation and save electricity. The light sensor will automatically adjust the brightness of the screen according to the external light to achieve better visual effects.

Android's iconic menu, HOME and back buttons don't have search keys, but it's no big deal.

Top-level 3.5mm universal earphone interface allows users to choose universal headphones freely.

Universal microUSB interface for charging and data transmission

The back cover is made of all-metal material, which is strong and strong.

Do I need to press it first? Organ? Only in this way can the back cover be removed, and then the microSD card expansion slot and SIM card slot can be seen, which can support 32GB capacity expansion and hot plug at most. Equipped with 1350mAh battery, due to the small screen size, there is no problem to maintain battery life for about two days under normal intensity.

It's easy to hold it in one hand.

It is more comfortable to control with both hands.

Compare iPhone 3GS with milestone.

The thickness is equivalent to a milestone, slightly thicker than the iPhone 3GS.

Compare it with the extended milestone.

Compared with the iPhone 3GS handheld effect,

Comparison of screen size and display effect (3.5: 3. 1: 3.7 inches)

Appearance summary: Although the 3. 1 inch screen of Motorola ME600 is different from the 3.7-inch screen commonly used by Google's flagship at present, it is also due to the control of the overall size. Although the thickness is the strongest of the three, it can still be easily controlled due to the small peripheral size, and the resolution display effect of HVGA(320x480 pixels) is also very delicate. The design of the back flip cover, the large and humanized full keyboard and the creative touchpad are the highlights of the ME600.

Android 1.5 freely customize the home screen.

Like other Android phones, we can still customize every home screen of the ME600 very freely. ME600 adopts Android 1.5 operating system. The default number of home screens is five, which can be switched by sliding left and right. The five points at the top of the screen can indicate the current home screen position. The method of adding home screen elements and designing is the same as other Android phones, and the program list also adopts pop-up menu.

MOTOBLUR came to China.

Localized MOTOBLUR service

As an information aggregation platform, MOTOBLUR service has appeared in CLIQ before. Its biggest feature is that it can effectively integrate and push a lot of external information of users (e-mail, short messages, friends' dynamics, customized information, etc.). ). Users can easily get messages from all directions, avoiding the trouble of asking and dealing with them at the first time. Motorola has brought this powerful service platform to China. As long as we register a MOTOBLUR account, we can enjoy its comprehensive and powerful services. Kaixin.com, Renren.com, 126 mailbox, Sina mailbox and other services. After Motorola cooperates with many domestic service providers, we can bundle our own services. And hand it over to MOTOBLUR for management, so as to realize the aggregation and integration of information. Push. You can also back up your mobile phone data in time through your MOTOBLUR account.

Practical and easy-to-use basic functions

On the insistence of Li Yin science and technology, we can see that Motorola still attaches great importance to the basic functions of the mobile phone itself. Compared with many mobile phones with fancy configurations or functions, Motorola is quite responsible in this respect, and these efforts are believed to be remembered by users. In the dialing interface, we can automatically associate phone book contacts when dialing, so as to achieve the purpose of fast search. In the contact number details, it is convenient to make a phone call or send a text message, and you can specify a ringtone or back up the number to the SIM card. It's just that the virtual dialing keyboard is slightly smaller, which is dangerous for men with thick fingers.

In terms of input method, Motorola ME600 has built-in Motorola's own input method, which supports virtual keyboard, physical keyboard and handwriting operation. Of course, users can also install third-party input methods (such as sogou Pinyin). However, it should be reminded that one-key switching between Chinese and English on the physical keyboard is only effective for MOTO input method at present, and other input methods are not supported for the time being.

Perfect support for mobile newspaper

Many users who have used Android phones know that the native system of Android system is made in China? Mobile phone newspaper? Insufficient support, users often need to install third-party software (such as anMMS) to read normally. Motorola is naturally optimized in this respect, which can perfectly support the mobile newspaper business, and there is no problem with multi-screen browsing.

Call firewall with local color

ME600 also supports the firewall function that many domestic users like very much, which is convenient for filtering incoming calls or going to electricity, effectively avoiding strange harassment or avoiding specific incoming calls.

WIFI connection supports FLASH.

The perfect internet experience is the concept that Android has been pursuing, and Motorola ME600 is no exception. In addition to supporting WCDMA 3G network, users can also make higher-speed network connection through WIFI connection. The built-in browser of ME600 can well support FLASH in web pages, which greatly improves the user's network experience. Unfortunately, multi-touch is not supported, and we still need to zoom with the built-in gadgets in the browser.

Internet video

ME600 has a built-in Cool 6 mobile phone client, and users can access video programs on demand through 3G or WIFI, which plays smoothly and the effect is acceptable. Of course, users can also choose to install other similar video-on-demand software to have a richer network video experience.

MOTO software store

Third-party software expansion is the essence of smart phones, and Motorola also attaches great importance to this and strives to build its own brand Moto software store. Although the number of software provided by this store is still limited, it is believed that it will become richer and richer over time, bringing more convenience to users.

Android market

Of course, users can also install the very popular Android market client by themselves, and the amount of software here should basically meet the needs of ordinary users. Unfortunately, there is no built-in Android Market in ME600, otherwise there will be more applications to choose from.

In terms of taking photos, the Motorola ME600 is equipped with a 5 megapixel autofocus lens and an LED flash. The camera option is still not free from the tradition of Android phones, and there are not many adjustable options except basic exposure and scene mode, which is still simple.

Photographing interface

Dazzling three-dimensional gallery effect

Photo sample:

Outdoor proof

Outdoor proof

Night view proofs

Night view proofs

Judging from the photo proofs, the performance of this 5 megapixel lens can be said to be quite satisfactory, and the control of color reproduction and exposure is still in place, but the center of the picture is still slightly red and the night scene noise is obvious. It is no problem to meet the video recording needs of ordinary users.

Galvin manufacturing company

Evaluation summary: Motorola not only subverts tradition? Backflip? The design makes our eyes shine, and shows the most precious quality of an old mobile phone manufacturer with many very human designs. Although the ME600 is not light and thin, it is highly praised for its portability and ease of use. Specially designed QWERTY keyboard and ingenious touch pad bring unprecedented stereoscopic operation experience to users. The powerful MOTOBLUR has injected the powerful information interaction ability into ME600, making it an information tool that the network can't put down. Rich local function applications make it easier for domestic users to get started, and they can also experience the brand-new experience brought by ME600.

Galvin manufacturing company

Suitable for the crowd: Compared with Motorola milestone and Google Nexus One, ME600 is more attractive in design, but the overall configuration is not outstanding. The main users will be young people who like fashion and socializing.

Market analysis: It's a good thing that ME600 will take the lead in global pre-sale in China at the end of this month. However, the official has not disclosed the specific price at present, but it is expected that it may reach about 4,000 yuan in the initial stage of listing. As there are no parallel imports into the market for the time being, it is difficult to form an effective price shock. The author thinks that 3000-3500 is a reasonable price range for this machine, which is for reference only.