The unusual-looking square Android phone that was leaked in blurry-cam photo format a few months ago has been revealed in a lovely official product shot, apparently under the name Motorola Flipout. That’s certainly a very descriptive model name.
Flipout is square, it rolls open (flips out) from the hinged corner, and inside there’s a 700MHz processor along with Android 2.1 and Motorola’s MOTOBLUR user interface layered over the top.
It’s… madness.
We’ll reserve judgement on it, let’s put it like that. That keyboard is either going to be staggeringly innovative or a NIGHTMARE. Links via MobileCrunch and HDBlog.
It’s smooth to use, the 1080p display is sharp, clear and bright, the device is extremely light and thin and therefore very pocketable and portable — much more so than other 5-inch phones we’ve used. And yet… we’re a bit unimpressed by the overall package…
A relatively high-spec smartphone, with a 4.5″ display running at 480 x 854 resolution and powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, plus the Ascend G510 arrives running Android 4.1.1 — albeit potentially hindered by Huawei only sticking 512MB of RAM inside it..
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Niels C
/ May 11, 2010It’s an odd looking device alright. With regard to the keyboard ot is my impression that some reviewers are full of themselves, and what doesn’t fit in their petty worldview is going *down*, rather than give it a chance by taking things on their terms.
That said, it’s odd looking. Best wishes Moto.