Motorola iron max - Motolux: The good and the bad

Motorola iron max - Motolux: The good and the bad

In the introduction of this post,  we will present a brief review one user of this phone, from the site amazon.com. It is the user lectriceye, and here's what he wrote about this phone.

Motorola iron max - motolux

What a dark horse this phone is. Recently got this phone after seeing on you tube by accident. I am a total phone nut & own approx eight at the moment including iphone4, samsung nexus s, LG optimus black, Lumia 800 & so on. So I know a good phone & this is a cracker! for below £200. It has an 800mhz processor but this does not slow it so much its noticed. What it does achieve though is a longer sustained battery life. On sole use of this mobile, can easily do 2 -3 days. All my other phones can achieve at best is one.

Due to the phone being an alloy design it does not creak when pressure is put on it. Anyone owns a plastic mobile will know exactly what I mean by that. The Motoluxe feels a very expensive device & best way to describe would be the feel of teflon. Its also very misleading on video just how slim the device is. I originally thought must be chuncky like the defy but its not.

The device is very slim & the styling makes it feel slimmer. I also like the illumination port lower left of device, that notifies of text, e-mail & calls. Great for me as work where mobile ringing calls not allowed, so easily know when a text or e-mail arrives. The quick launch from main screen to any applications you wish is also something only just being seen on ICS, devices. As said previous this phone is less than £200 & most middle range phones are well above this price.

I Believe the saving was due to using a sub 1ghz processor, but it doesn't appear to make any difference being slightly underpowered & Motorola have done a good job of getting a good performance out of the device. I only ever use 3G & constantly get buffering on my phones when playing videos, except this phone. I am very confused by the least powerfull phone I own being the best video player? bluetooth connects fine & GPS again perfect. Its the first Motorola I have ever owned, but after this device it wont be the last.

Review written by lectriceye users give the basic information about this phone. After I read a lot of reviews written about this phone, good and bad sections would be looked like this:

The good:

  -  Subtle design
  -  Great snapper
  -  Decent price
  -  Long battery life
  -  4-inch display is generous at this price
  -  Compact
  -  Design / hardware / finishing
  -  Nicelooking user interface by Motorola
  -  Low SAR
  -  8megapixel camera
  -  Good feature set for the price
  -  Distinctive look
  -  Attractive design
  -  Large screen

The bad:

   - Not the fastest phone around
   - Not the latest version of Android software
   - Display could be brighter
   - Poor camera performance
   - Motorola's tinkering could be more flexible
   - A little underpowered
   - Spotty response time
   - Low contrast display
   - Photo rendering
   - Low battery life
   - Camera a bit slow
   - No HD video recording
   - Weak hardware
   - No Android Ice Cream Sandwich
   - Camera is not good like 8Mpix cameras on the other phones