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Verizon Gets Low-end Android Device: Motorola WX445
Jason Tsay
Well, well, what have we here? The carrier notorious for all their high-end DROID phones with a low-end handset in store? Most likely, this will be Motorola’s next Blur featuring phone running Android 2.1. The source tells us that it will have a pretty small screen in the 2.5” - 3” range and the camera will not have flash. I’m guessing that it will be in the 2-3 megapixel range, though no camera specs were revealed. The backing of the phone is rather reminiscent of the Palm Pre, which didn’t feel very expensive in the hand (though this device is keyboard-less).
This phone doesn’t look very appealing or impressive to me and I doubt it is even suitable for the market it is aimed at. What I mean is that previous low end Blur running devices have generally been aimed at youngsters and thus have physical keyboards. Since kids these days are mostly into texting, a full QWERTY would obviously be a feature they look for in a phone. I guess time will tell whether or not this will be a successful player or just another Backflip.
