The Flipside offers AT&T subscribers a powerful Android cell phone with a roomy QWERTY keyboard for a relatively low price. It's a decent choice for heavy texters, e-mailers, and app lovers. But thanks to AT&T's excellent selection of smartphones, the Flipside may have a tough time standing out.
Design and Call Quality
The Motorola Flipside is a lower-end Android phone that eschews the trend toward lightweight devices. It measures 4.3 by 2.2 by 0.6 inches (HWD) and weighs 5.1 ounces. It's a little on the big and heavy sides, but that's not a deal-breaker for a horizontal slider. It's made of a combination of matte and soft-touch plastics, with a glass front panel and a metal backing behind it (which is hidden when the phone is closed). The 3.1-inch, 320-by-480-pixel, glass capacitive touch screen was bright and responsive in person. The four-row QWERTY keyboard features a roomy design, generously-sized keys, and an extra-large space bar. Typing on it was sublime.