Comments on: Review of AT&T Motorola Backflip

By: Jigish thakar

Jigish thakar — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:21:00 +0000

i have this phone from past 3 months.. and i am techy guy and trust me this phone sucks.. initially i thought after upgrading it to 2.1 it will start performing.. .

but guess what i was wrong… its still suck a big time

By: Elle

Elle — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:43:00 +0000

I have the backflip and it does the same thing. It also sends texts messages to the wrong person.

By: Cody

Cody — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:38:00 +0000

You can change to Google search its built into the phone i found that after having it for 5 minutes. I’m not sure what your looking for i find the performance of this phone more than satisfactory. It does hang up when trying to call menu’s to quickly or hitting the touchscreen on the backside of the screen. When browsing the internet using the touch pad takes a second to get used to but when you do it really make the interface very fast. Texting is a breeze with either the flip keypad or the built in android touch keypad. I’ve had the phone for a month and am very impressed so far.

By: Saradolores37

Saradolores37 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:28:00 +0000

I’m 14 and absolutely LOVE mine. Mine doesn’t crashes? I can easily text, go on the internet, and listen to music. And all of my friends think it’s real cool how it flips…It is slow when it’s being turned on but does it really matter? I would recommend a cover though, because if dropped, it scratches the sides pretty easily. And being a teen, I drop my phones a lot.:) And to the yahoo situation, Just take a couple seconds to go to Google’s website?! Jeez they say kids are lazy!!

By: Mark A. Pope

Mark A. Pope — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:32:46 +0000

How many phone contacts will this phone hold? I have 400 contacts and am being told by AT&T that’s too many for this phone. Any idea?

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:45:49 +0000

My husband and I just ordered the back flip this is our first smartphone sooo I was just wanting to know if it is a good phone?….I am starting to worry a little.pls. help I dont wanna be stuck with this for 2 yrs.

By: Darianna Xa

Darianna Xa — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:26:49 +0000

This phone is cute but very annoying, experienced the same things that the above writers, stated, crashes, call unintended people, etc. My phone is still in warranty and this is the THIRD fone, I am getting, as it is no longer freezin up all the time, but powering off on its own,,,I am not very happy with my purchase, and its only been 6 months,,, i would get this fone if its free, but dont pay money for it, unless u want to be aggravated.

By: john

john — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:31:59 +0000

It crashes all the time. I think it has to do with the software version 13.xx..because my other Backflip with 12.xx do not have this issue. It would just reboots aften or just slow and freezes. I wouldn’t not recommend this phone.

By: autumn

autumn — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:51:08 +0000

i hate this pjone it stops working and i only had it for amonth and the phone would turnof and not want to turn on it frezzes up alot the messaging center is terrible it wont show the messages u get and it sends old messages when u dont want it to it just does what it wantsi donot recomend this phone unless u want tolose monety

By: annoymois

annoymois — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:04:47 +0000

i want to get the backflip but ma parents dont want me to get internet on it. i heard that if u hav the fone for a week or 2 u can disconnect the internet but once the company reliezes that you dont have internet on the phone they will activate it back on your fone..is that TRUE????

By: mike

mike — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:51:04 +0000

I have always liked Motorola. However, I don’t think I could hate this phone any more than I do. The screen is either too sensitive (and suddenly you’re calling someone you weren’t meaning to call) or too difficult to cancel, (phone jumps to home page and calls number and once you figure out how to get it back to a screen to hang up, you have to hit the disconnect button numerous times before it will actually hang up.
Battery life is most of a day unless I use it, and then suddenly there is the 15 minutes until the phone is dead alarm.
The keyboard doesn’t always work. Sometimes it’s necessary to push on the letter button several times before the letter will actually appear on the screen.
The backtrack feature is nice, however if you tap it to select something on the screen, it will sometimes select it, and other times it takes several attempts to make it work. I have found that if I use the backtrack to navigate the screen and tap the selected item physically on the screen I get better results.
You can’t adjust the font size. It’s small. There is a rumor that there will be a download fix that will enable you to change the font size. My guess is that if you put your right hand in your pocket and keep it there until the download is available, you’ll be left-handed the rest of your life.

By: penny

penny — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:53:45 +0000

I got this phone about a month ago as an upgrade. I actually “purchased” it thru the Walmart Lets Talk site, so I paid nothing – not even shipping. Mine did arrive in a box and I did NOT get the plastic covering with any identifiers except for the plastic on the backside mouse/scroll pad. (I am really starting to wonder about why the packaging and other minor things are so different depending on who ships it???)

I’m not highly technical so for me the phone works pretty good. My niece has the Verizon Droid (that she bought unlocked since she is an AT&T customer like me) and we have compared our phones, of course! She likes that the BF comes with more screens than hers & she actually does like the “flip” design, but overall, we both agree that her phone is faster and more reliable. Mine crashes or force closes more than hers. Also, I did notice that it takes a LONG time to boot up – which is really annoying b/c I was instructed to do a shut down and/or battery removal ever so often to improve performance. As far as the keyboard and screen being exposed, I don’t really have much problem with that since I have trained myself to automatically lock the screen when I drop the phone in my pocket or purse. BTW – my niece has different marketplace options than I. She was able to download something to add more screens to her phone & she also got an app called “Lookout” that does just about everything my Motoblur acct does (locate lost phone, restore info, etc)… All in all, I am not unhappy with the phone. I got it for free and as a basic phone, text and web user, I don’t think I will run into the aggro that a more technical-minded user would. Hope this info helped someone.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:45:22 +0000

I’m looking to get this phone, it looks awesome
I currently have a crappy LG Rumour and want a Smart phone upgrade …
Can’t wait to get this.