Motorola Atrix 4G Release Date

Motorola Mobility Ltd. is continuing its tryst with the increasingly popular Android operating system, and the Atrix 4G is one of its latest offerings. This smartphone was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January, and now we have more details for you.

Many people have claimed that this is the best smartphone that is expected in the next few months, and it is being eagerly awaited due to its latest cutting edge technology, 4G connectivity and some pretty interesting and unique features. This phone will be released for the AT&T network, and it will also work on their 4G network. The only disadvantage of the phone is that it will be working on Android 2.2 (Froyo), but an update for Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) can be expected sometime soon.

Release Date for the AT&T Motorola Atrix 4G

It was recently rumored that the Atrix 4G was going to be pushed back by a few months (along with the Motorola Droid BIONIC) due to some power management issues. But the company came out and dismissed this as plain old gibberish, and said that they will be sticking with their originally planned schedule of a Q1 2011 release.

It is now expected that the company will start taking pre-orders for the device from February 17, 2011. This date is just two days away, so you are that much closer to owning this excellent Motorola phone. The phone will subsequently be released by March 6, 2011 so you do not have long to go. The Motorola Atrix 4G price that has been suggested is $199 for a locked handset on a typical AT&T 2 year contract.

Motorola Atrix 4G Specs

Now that you know all about release date, you should also learn a bit more about the specifications and the features of this great device. Here are some of its notable characteristics.

• You will get a 4.0 inches screen, with an excellent image sharpness of 540x960 pixels. This sharpness has only been seen on the Apple iPhone 4 so far, and it is very impressive.
• The phone will weigh 136 grams, and its dimensions are 117.8mm x 63.5mm x 10.1mm.
• You will get Motorola's own MotoBlur UI and also a Gorilla Glass display that will prevent scratches.
• The phone will have 16GB internal storage, and an impressive 1GB RAM. Use of a microSD card for increasing memory is possible.
• You will get a 5 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash, and usual features like geo-tagging and image stabilization. Video recording at 720p HD format is also possible, and a secondary VGA camera is available as well.
• You will also get a HDMI port, and a future update to 1080p HD recording is expected.
• Inside the phone you have an impressive 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor. You also have a Tegra-2 chipset and a ULP GeForce GPU unit.

All of these specifications of the Atrix 4G are pretty impressive, and once the Android 2.3 update is made available, the device will become even more exciting. Apart from all these, there is one unique feature of the phone that makes it a great prospect. This is the laptop dock that comes as an accessory for the phone, and this alone has many people eagerly anticipating the Motorola Atrix 4G price and release date details. This will provide you with an eleven inch screen and a keyboard and a trackpad (all of which looks a lot like a laptop) and a dock for placing the Atrix 4G. The laptop has no OS and it is powered by the Atrix 4G itself. What this means is that you will be navigating through the phone using the hardware of a real laptop. Nothing like this has been seen before, and this feature alone will attract a lot of potential buyers.

Now you can make a decision about whether this is the right phone for you or not. There is a lot to like about this smartphone and it offers several of the latest features, so you could definitely do a lot more than this.