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Switch to Atrix???

Ok. I have had the inspire since it came out and I think its a huge upgrade from the captivate. My question is, for another $50 should I go to the Atrix?
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For another 50? It will cost me 100 more plus the 35.00 restoring fee. And I'm buying one today to compare to my inspire. I love the inspire but the atrix also looks nice so going to see which one I keep. The inspire screen looks much bigger than the 4.0 on the atrix, I have to see if it will make a difference web browsing n watching movies.

I'm keeping both for a while. Absolutely love the inspire, but those specs on the atrix are just too irresistible.

Yeah with an available upgrade you can get an atrix for $149 from radioshack. I went from a cappy to a surround to a focus (wp7 needs alot of work) to an inspire. I love it but the screen has some touch issues and it has locked up on me a few times. So I am a little concerned about that. Plus dual core is hard for a nerd like me to ignore.
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Plus dual core is hard for a nerd like me to ignore.
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Ditto lol......

I know dual core, but will the Atrix be LTE compatible?
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I loved the atrix at first. Then I tried my inspire. For me at least Android without htc sense just feels like something is missing. I came from a nexus one to nexus s to iPhone 4 and now to my inspire. The atrix seems like As close as you'll get to a pure Google experience on at&t at least. I'm tempted to check one out only because of the awesome screen and hdmi out. But thats bot enough to make me switch from my sense to motoblur. That's the deal breaker for me... if only the inspire had a fingerprint reader
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That is a very good point about LTE. It may be a monster of a phone but there is definitely no LTE support that I have read about. From my understanding AT&T will be putting out LTE phones this year but not for a while.
Also good to know about motoblur. I am a huge, HUGE, fan of Sense. I came from samsung's horrible touchwiz so sense has completely restored my faith in android. I have read several reviews that were not to keen on motoblur and I don't want to get caught up in constant rom flashing like I was with the captivate. Seems like everyday i was flashing a new rom and that just got old.
Either way, I will never go back to the iPhone. Not unless they make major improvements to their OS. But thats for another thread.

unless I am mistaking the Inspire doesn't have LTE support either, right?

Inspire might not be LTE compatible either, but It's half the price and had a bigger screen.
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That is a very good point about LTE. It may be a monster of a phone but there is definitely no LTE support that I have read about. From my understanding AT&T will be putting out LTE phones this year but not for a while.
Also good to know about motoblur. I am a huge, HUGE, fan of Sense. I came from samsung's horrible touchwiz so sense has completely restored my faith in android. I have read several reviews that were not to keen on motoblur and I don't want to get caught up in constant rom flashing like I was with the captivate. Seems like everyday i was flashing a new rom and that just got old.
Either way, I will never go back to the iPhone. Not unless they make major improvements to their OS. But thats for another thread.
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Yeah, I loathe motoblur. I just got the atrix and I hate it as much as everyone else that I've read. The first thing I'm doing is loading on ADW Ex....
And sense is amazing. It should be the standard on android.

Just came from an AT&T store to handle the Atrix and the 1st impression was WOW, small screen, maybe because there's hardly any bezel it makes the screen seem dwarfish. When I placed it alongside the Inspire it was noticeably smaller. I honestly don't know if I can downgrade in screen size.

shawn1224 said:
Just came from an AT&T store to handle the Atrix and the 1st impression was WOW, small screen, maybe because there's hardly any bezel it makes the screen seem dwarfish. When I placed it alongside the Inspire it was noticeably smaller. I honestly don't know if I can downgrade in screen size.
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I noticed this too.....what a difference from the inspire.....hard to believe the difference is only .3 inches

I just checked the Atrix at my friendly ATT shop, and I'm not sold to exchange my inspire for the Atrix. Colors seem better on the inspire, but the whites look whiter on the Atrix. Quadrant and nenamark1 were amazingly faster on the Atrix. I also checked the laptop dock and I was not impress by it. I check YouTube @ 1080p and it couldn't handle it. Even 720p was jittery. What do you guys think?
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I too was less then impressed with Atrix so I'll stick with Inspire at least for now. Hopefully Infuse will drop soon.

nevermind ....

CM7 will never make it to the atrix and development will be restricted to the same kernel released by moto. So hell no.

I went to the ATT store with the intent of trading my inspire for an Atrix. I played with it for a few minutes and decided it wouldn't be an upgrade for me. I mainly use my phone for texting, email and twitter. Dual core can't improve that experience very much. Maybe I'd see it a different way if I played lots of games on my phone but I don't.
They even let me play with the laptop dock, which further cemented my decision. It really can't compete with even the cheapest of netbooks out today. Too slow, especially on pages with flash.
I also just like the massive solid metal feel over the plastic of the Atrix.

If you guys are looking for speed, our CPU overclocked to 1.6 feels much faster than the atrix. I'm well satisfied with my purchase.
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DOAlaboratories said:
If you guys are looking for speed, our CPU overclocked to 1.6 feels much faster than the atrix. I'm well satisfied with my purchase.
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how is the battery on the overclocked ROM?

Atrix To Inspire?

I am considering returning my Atrix 4G and switching to the Inspire 4G and wanted to see if others that I have seen in the same boat are glad they did.
I still cannot utilize the full potential of the Atrix so away it will have to go!
No better place than here to get honest opinions!
Thanks in advance!

I got both the inspire and atrix on their release dates and I'm keeping the inspire. I think the inspire screen looks better and the bigger size is a plus for me.
I'm not typically one to load roms or overclock but those who do on the inspire are seeing major results (up to somewhere in the range of 3500 quadrant scores). I've also seen some report still getting good battery life with overclocking.
I personally prefer the inspire over the atrix. I feel like I had to try and convince myself to like and keep the atrix, when, with the inspire, I loved it from day one. Good luck
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I have/had both when they were released and returned the Atrix. It would reboot on its own out of the blue, the screen was too small and not as vibrant as the Inspire. Motoblur lags too much for me and I didn't want an alternate launcher. The widgets on Sense were much more appealing and removed the need for a number of additional apps (calendar, twitter, news reader, etc.)
It's up to you, but I think you'll find the Inspire to be a great device. I'm very happy with it and my decision to return the Atrix.

Thanks, I am leaning in that direction. I felt almost embarrased to say that my modified Captivate's both have a better feel to them than the Atrix. While I do not have any "Real" complaints I just seem to like them better. I will say however that the battery live on the Atrix is very good compared to the Captivates. How has it been on the Inspire's? I have no problem charging occasionally during the course of the day if need be but I dont want to have to every 4 or 5 hours.........
Thanks again all......

The atrix was nothing but a complete let down. The screen was horrible, the OS was brutal, and the UI was clunky. The docks were merely a gimmick as you could really hardly do anything with them.
Inspire has been nothing but PERFECT for me. Way better battery life than the Atrix also. Plus you can mod it and it scores higher than the atrix on benchmarks

I am in the same boat.. I have both phones sitting in front of me and I like the size of the Atrix but there seem to be too many small issues that make it a poor user experience. The issues with the Atrix I have seen are -
1. MLB app just won't stream audio at all
2. Skype audio doesn't function
3. Poor audio quality on phone calls. Callers said I sounded low and or muffeled.
When popping the same SIM card into the Inspire I do not have any of these issues at all. The interface is snappy and quick which is refreshing when compared to the Atrix. The fact that I can put custom ROM's on the Inspire if I wanted to is also a bonus.
I was going to exchange the Atrix to see if the voice quality issues would be better with a different device but I am now thinking that it will just be returned.
The Inspire has been quite a pleasant surprise.

gshocker said:
I am in the same boat.. I have both phones sitting in front of me and I like the size of the Atrix but there seem to be too many small issues that make it a poor user experience. The issues with the Atrix I have seen are -
1. MLB app just won't stream audio at all
2. Skype audio doesn't function
3. Poor audio quality on phone calls. Callers said I sounded low and or muffeled.
When popping the same SIM card into the Inspire I do not have any of these issues at all. The interface is snappy and quick which is refreshing when compared to the Atrix. The fact that I can put custom ROM's on the Inspire if I wanted to is also a bonus.
I was going to exchange the Atrix to see if the voice quality issues would be better with a different device but I am now thinking that it will just be returned.
The Inspire has been quite a pleasant surprise.
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want something to decide for you? Open up anything with the real color yellow. Compare what yellow on the atrix looks like to the inspire. The screen on the inspire is 100 fold better than the atrix. Atrix cant produce the color yellow!!!! Thats pathetic.

I just returned my atrix today for inspire

I truly thank you guys for this imput.
I was so "On the fence" about weather to return it or just live with it and keep hoping the the Dev's would crack the bootloader, or I should say "until they do" as I do not have any doubts that eventually they will. When that happens I do think the Atrix will be a superb product. Until then, Back to ATT it will go!
Have fun all, I will be back in a couple of days to start to learn how to Root & Rom on the Inspire as I am sure it is an entirely different process than the Captivates......

I also returned my Atrix to get the Inspire. I found that the larger screen and overall build quality of the Inspire is what led to my decision. As stated above with the roms cooked up here by our awsome devs the Inspire can out perform the Atrix in its current state.

Me too returned Atrix for Inspire. I didn't like small fonts & the horrible screen. Also had issues with call quality & battery. I have none of those issues with Inspire, loving the sense UI! Battery easily lasts 15+ hrs, amazing with a 1230mAH battery!!

i went from the Inspire to the Atrix. Atrix is a better all round device for me. I think the screen is great, battery life SO MUCH BETTER that the Inspire (could be where I use it) and speed is fantastic. Also call quality (speaker and ear) are much better on Atrix (comparable to my Captivate), and i dont have any issues playing video. Finally camera is WAY BETTER on Atrix, as is the flash and the video. Oh and lets not forget HDMI out. Its also lighter than the Inspire.
I do miss Sense, though.
DOnt get me wrong, I liked the Inspire, and had it come out 6 months earlier I would have been delighted. But it felt like last years technology (was like using my HD2). And that awful battery.

Is there an automated Root for the Inspire such as the one for the Captivate and now for the Atrix? Jumping the gun as I dont even have the device but I am anxios to flash!

SNadler said:
I am considering returning my Atrix 4G and switching to the Inspire 4G and wanted to see if others that I have seen in the same boat are glad they did.
I still cannot utilize the full potential of the Atrix so away it will have to go!
No better place than here to get honest opinions!
Thanks in advance!
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I'm dealing with the same issue. I think I'm going with the Inspire though, mainly because of the hackability. I actually like the size of the Atrix better, never had a problem with the screen (yellows look fine). In fact, I prefer the Atrix screen to the Inspire. But, the ability to hack the device will make the decision for me. If and when they crack the bootloader, I'll probably go pick up an Atrix.
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Is there an automated Root for the Inspire such as the one for the Captivate and now for the Atrix? Jumping the gun as I dont even have the device but I am anxios to flash!
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Not from what I've read.

I actually just switched out my atrix for the inspire today. Like a few other people said I felt like I had to force myself to want to keep the atrix, I honestly think it's a really good phone but it just wouldn't do what I needed it to do. Although it was from motorola so I knew what I was getting into but I thought that hardware would win me over but it didn't, so far I'm very happy with my Inspire, although it is a little large but that's not really a negative for me.

If there is a section with definitions of the new terminology I would truly appreciate being pointed in the correct direction so I can read up before I root and flash. I have learned the terminology for working with the captivate and now it seems I am a 100% NOOB again!
I just picked up the Inspire and want to get off on the right path. I have read but am not clear on some of these things.
What is a Gold Card?
What is Flashing Radio
One Click to Root?
Safely get back to Stock if I mess up?
Good rom that is reliable to start out?
Advise is always appreciated and welcome!

SNadler said:
I truly thank you guys for this imput.
I was so "On the fence" about weather to return it or just live with it and keep hoping the the Dev's would crack the bootloader, or I should say "until they do" as I do not have any doubts that eventually they will. When that happens I do think the Atrix will be a superb product. Until then, Back to ATT it will go!
Have fun all, I will be back in a couple of days to start to learn how to Root & Rom on the Inspire as I am sure it is an entirely different process than the Captivates......
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i wouldnt count on the atrix bootloader being cracked. am i mistaken, or has the droid x never truly been cracked open to load full on custom ROMs? it was my understanding that the moto bootloader was never truly unlocked.

Samsung infuse expected 4/15

Found at cells4u.com had it listed at 499.99 and in stores on the 31st
Not sure how legit it is but seems like a legit site.
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Took them long enough to get a Galaxy S phone at $500.

I'm guessing you probably could it get sooner if you go through AT&T. Actually, I hoping you could because waiting for the GS2 is painful & I need a phone since I returned my Inspire 4G.

I hope it is true. I have been trying to find a release date for quite some time.

I hope it's true also. I'm getting my captivate back from being repaired tomorrow so I will be returning my atrix tomorrow also.
I've tried to like both the inspire and the atrix but for some reason just can't. In my opinion although they may be faster they just don't match up to my captivate. I find myself using my wifes captivate more than my atrix even though she has a pink case on it.
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...they just don't match up to my captivate....
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How do you like the Captivate? I have always been an 'HTC Man' and the Infuse will be my first Samsung. Can you compare the Samsung UI to HTC Sense? Anything else that I should be aware of? Thanks.

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How do you like the Captivate? I have always been an 'HTC Man' and the Infuse will be my first Samsung. Can you compare the Samsung UI to HTC Sense? Anything else that I should be aware of? Thanks.
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I think those that are use to sense on the htc phones will need some time to adjust to samsungs ui. I'm mainly basing my judgement on the screen itself which on the captivate is only bettered by the iphone 4 in my experience.
The infuse has an updated version of the screen. They are calling it super amoled plus, it's supposed to look better than the iphone from what I've read.
I tried getting use to sense on the htc inspire 4g but after using my captivate and launcher pro and adw launchers I just couldn't get use to it. Being that your an htc guy you may want to look at the incredible s which is also at the site I listed, from what I've read it will work on att. Not 100% on that but it's worth looking in to.
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I've also read today that the sgs2 will be coming in late may and from what ive read the price is going to be pretty hefty. They were talking in the $700.00 range off contract. I don't remember the exact site I saw that on but it seems it won't be cheap.
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I was waiting for the gs2, but the dates keep changing on the release date, and who knows what the price will be. Im hoping we can get an infuse section on xda? and DG gets one so we can have some good stuff to flash.

IS it going to release on March 31st

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I was waiting for the gs2, but the dates keep changing on the release date, and who knows what the price will be. Im hoping we can get an infuse section on xda? and DG gets one so we can have some good stuff to flash.
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Yea that's how I feel; I always knew the phone was slated to be released here eventually but it got slid under the rug by all of the new phones coming out now. I have an upgrade so it is going to he really hard holding on to it when this releases.

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How do you like the Captivate? I have always been an 'HTC Man' and the Infuse will be my first Samsung. Can you compare the Samsung UI to HTC Sense? Anything else that I should be aware of? Thanks.
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The Captivate is a pretty good phone; fast, has alright battery life, and a great screen, but INO it needs to be rooted and nodded to make it good.
You should definitely get a custom rom on the phone; without putting one on, you're going tovhave to deal without the lag that comes froohone'phone's file system.
The GPS isnt that great either.
All in all, it was a great phone when it came out but it isn't really worth buying now; there are.better phones out there.

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How do you like the Captivate? I have always been an 'HTC Man' and the Infuse will be my first Samsung. Can you compare the Samsung UI to HTC Sense? Anything else that I should be aware of? Thanks.
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Well I have to disagree with FLAC Vest. I happen to think the Captivate is a GREAT phone overall. Yes, you definitely need to put a custom ROM, but doing so makes the performance extremely good and the GPS is just fine if outside or on your dashboard.
The Super AMOLED screen is great, contrast is amazing. I prefer it to the iPhone retina display. Super AMOLED Plus should be even better. I'm really looking forward to the 4.5" screen of the infuse but may wait for a aftermarket battery.
My only gripe with the Captivate is BATTERY, BATTERY, BATTERY. I bought a 3200mah Mugen and it makes a world of difference, I can finally go a whole day without charging instead of 3pm recharges. Only problem is cases don't fit.
I looked at the Atrix because of the bigger battery but it appears that Motorola are almost impossible to put a custom ROM on and the Motoblur interface is consistently bashed on the internet. Just flipping through home screens was DRAMATICALLY slower than my Captivate using ADW Launcher.

@Phytrax
You make some good points, thanks for making that comment. I think we will both agree that the battery life with stock batteries sucks though.
After having the phone for about a month, I bought 2 spare batteries and a ccharger off of eBay; that definitely remedied the problems.
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ive had my craptivate since june. My wife has the inspire 4g. As of right now, the inspire is WAY better than the captivate. I have a custom rom, oc/uv etc... and her stock phone is just as fast, gets better battery with a bigger screen and smaller battery? The screen is good. The gps works on hers etc. The captivate is pretty good after you root, rom, tweak the hell out of it, the htc is good out of the box. Thats the difference. At this point, im getting the infuse when it comes out, with the hope that it is good out of the box. If it sucks, im just going return it and get the htc. Samsung gets one more chance from me. The sgs2 is great, but its going to be too pricey, and it probably wont be THAT great, ala MOTOROLA ATRIX. LOL

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My wife has the inspire 4g. As of right now, the inspire is WAY better than the captivate. I have a custom rom, oc/uv etc... and her stock phone is just as fast, gets better battery with a bigger screen and smaller battery? ...
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My wife and I really liked the Inspire 4g but the 1250mah battery scares the hell out of me. Even the talk time numbers show it not lasting as long as the Captivate. I suspect your wife doesn't use her phone as much as you but I'd love to see some real numbers. Maybe you can fully charge both of them and then see how long you can play a certain movie?? With my Mugen battery I can watch a 2 hr movie and have 70% battery left.
I was very impressed with the performance of the Inspire in the store though, much smoother than the Atrix, and the screen was better than I expected.

I personally get better battery life out of my Inspire, but my Cappy needs a new battery. The only thing I miss is the screen--but it's worth the extra speed in my opinion.
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The more research I do, the less I am believing the Marh 31st date. (No matter how much I wish it was true) Does anybody else have any info?

I'm also interested in this. I was hoping to use my upgrade on an Atrix, but after hearing about all the issues it has, I think I'll hold out for the Infuse. I have friends that have Galaxy S variants and they seem really happy with their phones.
Maybe I'll just get an iPhone and use it until the Infuse comes out, then jailbreak and unlock it, sell it on eBay and buy the Infuse at full price.

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I personally get better battery life out of my Inspire, but my Cappy needs a new battery. The only thing I miss is the screen--but it's worth the extra speed in my opinion.
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When I had my inspire I got pretty good battery life out of it but just couldn't get use to that screen on it.
Just my opinion but the screen was horrible compared to the captivate screen.
Now I have an atrix sitting in its box waiting and hoping that the infuse does come out on the 31st. If not I might just return the atrix and buy a tablet instead.
I had high hopes for both the inspire and atrix but neither matched up to my captivate. Guess with warm weather coming its time to stop playing with the phones and get the boat ready for bass fishing.
I keep checking the cells4you.com site and they still have the infuse listed as coming on the 31st.
I am hoping to hear something at ctia but its not looking very good on the phone front. Tablets are stealing the show.
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Inspire vs. Atrix, considering selling my Atrix

Why would you Inspire people recommended the Inspire over the Atrix?
I'm kinda curious. I have seen the 1.8Ghz OC kernel, and Cyanogenmod 7 on the forums but haven't been able to find a video or anything. Can anyone compare this to the experience of a stock Atrix? I want to believe that a Inspire w/ CM7 @ 1.8Ghz would be scorchingly fast.
I'm sure the Atrix battery lasts nearly 2X the inspire overclocked like that, but I don't mind carrying around a 2nd battery for a phone. I always had 2 with my OG Droid

the fact that it doesn't have blurr should be the main reason. Alone the inspire is such a mod-able phone its not even funny. Performance wise from playing with a friends atrix and mine (not o.c.). Mine still ran smoother.
Its all about what the person wants. Specs or customization.
Not over clocked I get a good day day half of heavy use.

There have been a few devs who left the atrix for the inspire, the inspire has bigger dev community. As far as 1.8 goes, I don't think thats realistic for everyday performance. 1.5 is the performance sweet spot for most.
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I had an inspire, got rid of it BC I was a noob with android and the battery wasn't working out. Bought an atrix, and was disgusted after about a week to the point that I didn't care if the battery OJ the inspire was small - I just wanted it back. Sold my atrix, bought a new inspire and never looked back. The phone is seriously just 100 better. L
The kicker is that with certain custom roms, cm7 being the best, the battery life is equal to that of the atrix.
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yeah i bought the Galaxy S because of the "specs" Let's just say i learned my lesson on that... For me it's all about the Dev Support, and as you can see the Inspire 4G has LOTS!!!
On a side note.. I actually checked which phone was supported by CyanogenMod before purchasing..
I believe that HTC is the way Android is meant to be..

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Why would you Inspire people recommended the Inspire over the Atrix?
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mmm....
$199 - Atrix
- 79 - Inspire4G
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$129 Difference.
That's (2) weeks worth of Gasoline! That's what made up mind in a heartbeat!

Inspire vs Atrix
A stock Inspire runs very smoothly and very quickly. The Atrix is very fast because of the dual core processor, but that's pretty much it. Motoblur slows the phone down quite a bit and while it does seem to maintain it's responsiveness despite some lag, as I said it's still pretty laggy. HTC Sense isn't just an overlay on top of Froyo, it actually seems to enhance the experience of using an Android phone because everything seems to run so much smoother. Gaming on the Inspire isnt as good as it is on the Atrix because it's not dual core, but games for the most part run very smoothly (I've played quake 3 on mine with no issues). But yea, if you're just looking for speed, the Inspire is more than capable. It's already very fast underclocked, but its very fast overclocked as well.
This vid may help u decide if u should keep the Atrix or not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmFKACFIu1s

Atrix disappoints
I work at a Best Buy and a lot of people bought the Atrix on release day at my store. I, however, wanted to wait and see, plus being a huge HTC fan the Inspire was really desirable (pun intended). So yeah I got an Inspire while one of my co-workers in the Geek Squad has an Atrix, and we go back and forth. "My resolution is higher!" he says, "My screen is more vibrant and larger" I say... Then his phone lags and doesn't scroll smoothly and I laugh. Speed test side-by-side I blow him out of the water, it really ticked him off when I connected his Atrix to my 3G hotspot and Speed tested quicker than his Atrix alone. Plus with the Atrix you have to rely on Motorola to release updates, and there is no way to put CM7 or another custom ROM (as of now due to encrypted bootloader)... Not to mention the version of 2.2 on there doesn't utilize the second core (if I am incorrect let me know). Sure he can hook it up to a TV and play around, but that isn't useful...

Get rid of the atrix. For a dual core phone that thing is a straight up embarrassment to Android. No ones kidding when they say the inspire is faster with no overclock. Doing side by side tests of inspire (stock) vs both atrixs I had, the inspire won EVERY speed test I gave it. With an overclock, its not even close.
And yes the atrix IS utilizing both cores with that version of froyo that's its shipped with, and with no possible way to ever flash a kernel, don't expect it to get much faster than it is right now
Edit- and my battery life actually isn't to bad at 1.8 surprisingly. It thought it was gonna be really bad, but it turned out to be pretty good.

Update:
Bought a brand new Inspire today!
Thanks for the input everyone!
PS. If anyone is interested in my Atrix it is for sale. $400
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in terms of stock one of the reasons people prefer the inspire is because of the htc sense UI it gives a smoother and better experience with andriod
motorola's UI is lik a rip off of htc from wat ive seen of it at least

lonehawk2k4 said:
in terms of stock one of the reasons people prefer the inspire is because of the htc sense UI it gives a smoother and better experience with andriod
motorola's UI is lik a rip off of htc from wat ive seen of it at least
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If it was even close to a rip off it would be passable.., but its far from it.
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plvaulter06 said:
Why would you Inspire people recommended the Inspire over the Atrix?
I'm kinda curious. I have seen the 1.8Ghz OC kernel, and Cyanogenmod 7 on the forums but haven't been able to find a video or anything. Can anyone compare this to the experience of a stock Atrix? I want to believe that a Inspire w/ CM7 @ 1.8Ghz would be scorchingly fast.
I'm sure the Atrix battery lasts nearly 2X the inspire overclocked like that, but I don't mind carrying around a 2nd battery for a phone. I always had 2 with my OG Droid
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The Atrix is from Motorola, for the main reason. Blur is horrible and Motorola locks their phones down to where modding just isn't as plentiful as an HTC phone. On paper, the Atrix is a must-have device. But in reality, it is a buggy Motorola phone. The build quality of the Atrix seems to be excellent, though.

MartyLK said:
The Atrix is from Motorola, for the main reason. Blur is horrible and Motorola locks their phones down to where modding just isn't as plentiful as an HTC phone. On paper, the Atrix is a must-have device. But in reality, it is a buggy Motorola phone. The build quality of the Atrix seems to be excellent, though.
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Its not great build quality. It does have some heft to it, but the back creaks and it is entirely plastic. The only good thing is the whole back can be replaced. The fingerprint sensors also aren't aligned or centered... they look like they were thrown in there.
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I had both the inspire and the artix
my atrix experience wasn't terrible but that might have been because of the fact i was rooted running gingerblur the best rom out right now for the atrix... i enjoyed the atrix's great battery life and fingerprint scanner but the build quality wasn't good and felt cheap to me
in my opinion if your running a stock atrix with no intention of flashing a rom to it your going to get annoyed and bored of blur..
that being said sense isn't much better for me im much more a fan of stock android or miui actually is pretty good to. I would personally get rid of the atrix and try the inspire the screen is bigger and brighter in my opinion and has a lot more of rom development the atrix

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Its not great build quality. It does have some heft to it, but the back creaks and it is entirely plastic. The only good thing is the whole back can be replaced. The fingerprint sensors also aren't aligned or centered... they look like they were thrown in there.
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QFT. I couldn't stand how badly my back cover creaked. Nothing about that phone screamed quality to me at all, software or hardware wise.

locked bootloader= no reason to buy EVER. Even with the cool dual core you can't overclock or do any cool **** w/ roms. On top of that motoblur is a piece of junk.

[Q] Converting ATT user to Android, which phone?

Whats shaking?
My momma was at an Alice Cooper concert this past week, and the guy next to her, she said, was taking amazing pictures with his android while she was taking crappy ones on her iPhone 3g. lolol, That kind of thing is the most important for her because of her grandbabies and such. She is realizing it is time for a new phone.
Anyway, I suppose my question for the Inspire forum is, out of the phones available for ATT, I was interested in the HTC Inspire for her because
1, I have an EVO and am a fan of HTC
2, I am a fan of the roms and work done for the htc EVO
So I'm wondering if the Inspire has a good following or is it worth getting?
Maybe the motorola atrix is better as far as being new, more options with roms and such, idk. I don't keep up with ATT really.
With my experience in the past, I am not a fan of motorola, personally.
Any suggestions?
thanks in advance

Coming to an inspire thread, you know that you are going to get biased opinions lol. I would recommend the inspire over the atrix. From my understanding and from what I've read, the general consensus is the atrix was supposed to be ATT' s flagship Android phone by hardware stats, but ended up being a fail of a phone. There are some atrix owners who swear by it, but there was a mass of people trading in their atrix for the inspire. The main deal breakers for a lot of people was that the screen was too small, the front facing camera has such poor quality that its not even worth using, don't like the motoblur UI, and the development for the atrix doesn't come close to the inspire. Inspire vs the atrix is a classic example that hardware stats aren't everything. It's the overall experience and features you get with the phone.
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best phone I bought in a long time... it's fast and smooth, I love the screen size it's much better to view.. the pictures and video come out really nice for a cam phone... I've recommended this phone to a few friends and family and they love it
if she dont like the sense feel you can always install MIUI for her it has the iPhone ui look and the cam is great on there ... love the anti shake button when taking pics

i have an atrix, inspire, and captivate....i havent turned on my captivate in probably months now, but my atrix and inspire get used frequently. i only use my atrix as my backup phone for when i am tweaking the inspire....and i loathe every minute i am on my atrix, even with the lapdock....
go with the inspire. better camera, better ui, bigger screen, and it just seems all around, more reliable than my atrix

Thank you for your input.

Well I think the Inspire is a much better choice than the Atrix. From what I've read in the Atrix forum it's relatively easy to hard brick it and **** your phone. But most problems with the Inspire can be easily solved. And the camera is pretty awesome too!

You could be an awesome son and snag her a sensation from Canada (bell). Great pics, full hd video @30+ fps.
Of course the inspire is a great phone as well, but if using an upgrade is your plan, I would buy a phone second hand right now and hold on to the upgrade for an ip5 to sell when they come out.

While I love the inspire, if I were about to sign a 2 year contract I would hols out for the HTC Holiday aka the Inspire HD. However that will be more like a 199 priced phone while the inspire is a steal at 99, sometimes found through radio shack or Costco for less.
Drew
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The inspire is the most phone for the money on ATT. My wife has taken some downright amazing pix using hers.
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