- 3G-enabled, Google Android OS-powered smartphone with MOTOBLUR social networking, 3.1-inch touchscreen, and slide-out QWERTY keyboard
- Compatible with T-Mobile’s 3G network (available in select markets); T-Mobile’s myFaves service provides unlimited calling to your five most called contacts
- Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); GPS location services; 5-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, MicroSD expansion to 32 GB
- Up to 6.0 hours of talk time, up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time
- What’s in the Box: handset, battery, charger, USB cable, 2 GB memory card, wired stereo headset, quick start guide
Amazon.com Product Description
The CLIQ 3G-enabled touchscreen phone for T-Mobile, is Motorola’s first Android-powered device, and the first to feature the innovative MOTOBLUR overlay to the Android OS, which manages and integrates email and social networking activity including Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. In addition to a brightly colorful 3.5-inch touchscreen, the Motorola CLIQ also offers a side sliding full QWERTY keyboard for quick typing of tweets, status updates, and email. … More >>
I just purchased my Cliq and found out that Motorola has not committed to providing an update to the Android 2.0 OS even though the Droid on Verizon already has 2.0. This is because the cliq comes with MotoBlur, which modifies the vanilla Android OS.
Even though this phone just came out and is brand new, there is no commitment from Motorola to continue to support it.
Mine has been returned for a MyTouch 3G. I miss the keyboard, but I want an Android phone I am sure will get the 2.0 OS.
I will never purchase another Motorola product again because it appears they don’t care about their existing customers.
Rating: 1 / 5
Pretty OK phone that would be a very OK phone if it weren’t for Motorola’s blocking of Android 2.0. Why bother buying a phone with crippled functionality? It’s like non-alcoholic beverages.
Rating: 2 / 5
GRIPE #1:
I’ve owned the Cliq for almost 2 weeks now, the last 3 days of which it was submersed in a bowl of rice in an effort to fully dry it out, and hopefully get it fully operational again.
Did I drop it in the toilet? Did I forget in my pants that went in the washer? Did I take it swimming? No. I simply took it out of my pocket when my hands were SLIGHTLY wet from being in the rain (and I was not in the rain when I took it out of my waterproof pocket). Then I put it back in my pocket. When I took it out next and unlocked it it threw a conniption fit; hopping back and forth between ringer and silent. Worried I opened the battery door and saw a couple drops of water BEHIND the door. After fully drying off the phone for 3 days in a rice-bath two of the four side buttons no longer work.
Now I’d like stress several facts here.
* 1) I remember when Motorola made phones like the StarTAC which were almost indestructible. I foolishly continued to expect a high-reliability phone out of the Moto camp.
* 2) I am a very technical person with enough experience to know what I should and shouldn’t expect from a device. This is not some crazy-guy review written by someone who’s angry his phone didn’t survive a tsunami.
* 3) This phone did NOT get wet. Nothing this phone was put through should have had any effect on it whatsoever.
This phone seems to be extremely finicky with regards to weather conditions. If you live in the northwest (as I do) or any place that gets large amounts of rain and humidity I would highly suggest that you buy a different phone. I’m simply amazed at how little it took for this phone to go down. My Blackberry Pearl has done been quite the champion for the past two years when it comes to ruggedness and I’ve never really thought of it as a rugged phone per se; this level of fragility is really inexcusable.
GRIPE #2
Random parts of the screen go dead every so often. This is an issue for multiple Cliq owners already. For more information on this problem do a search for “cliq keyboard dead zone” in your favorite search engine.
OTHER GRIPES:
Side buttons have barely any travel and therefore provide virtually zero tactile feedback.
Front buttons and keyboard keys feel squishy and don’t instill confidence.
Integration all of your contacts lists from various sources (facebook, twitter, google, etc.) is painfully rudimentary. This is not an Android complaint, but a complaint of Motorola’s software implementation Motoblur.
There is no way to stop the phone from ringing by way of a hardware key. So if you get a call/text/calendar notification and wish to stop it mid way you must first get it out of your pocket. Hit any button to wake it up. Then hit the menu button to unlock it. Then, if you’ve got a security code (as I do) enter that in. Then finally hit the notification bar. The entire process, as you can imagine, takes a long time and if you’re in a meeting or some such situation it’s very annoying. I must mention that you CAN also use the “silent” switch on the side to terminate the audible alert however that too take a while as the switch is flush with the phone and changing it’s position isn’t quick.
THE POSITIVE SIDE
* Nice looking screen.
* Responsive.
* The sliding screen (to reveal the keyboard) does have really good feel.
* While I admit to worrying about the long-term life of the physical keyboard, it is REALLY nice to have a tactile keyboard. Especially considering the problems with the touch screen.
THE BOTTOM LINE
If this was the only Android phone out there, I would probably have thrown an extra star in the rating for the OS alone. But there are three other Android phones out right now and half a dozen on the way in short order. There’s no excuse for a phone with this price tag to come from a company with as much experience as Motorola and have such serious design flaws. High-tech and and high reliability are not mutually exclusive, and don’t let anyone tell you different.
You have better options for an Android phone.
(In the interest of full disclosure, this is a duplicate review from the [[ASIN: B002UK7WOA Motorola CLIQ Phone with MOTOBLUR, Titanium (T-Mobile, Phone Only, No Service)]] page.
Rating: 2 / 5
I would not recommend to anyone to buy a new phone from Amazon because they will give you the complete run around that they have done with me. I ordered my phone a week ago and did 2 day shipping they told me that I had to call T-mobile so that I can run a credit report. I was approved and T-MOBILE sent Amazon the email. Two days later I got an email that said I need to confirm my update so I did that. Last night I found out the phone STILL has not been shipped out. So very furious an frustrated I called Amazon and the people act as if they don’t know what they are doing and their customer service skills are terrible. I asked to speak to a manager and they had me on hold for a HALF HOUR and the manger told me that T-MOBILE didn’t send out a report to them which was a complete lie because I called T-mobile and said that it’s nothing on their end because there should never be any issues because I was approved instantly. NEVER again will I buy another item from Amazon. Its ridiculous.
Rating: 1 / 5
I didn’t have such a great experience with this phone in just one week I had already experienced enough problems with it to make me want to return it. The first problem was dropped calls, I spent more time redialing numbers, then having an actual conversation. Second, was the poor battery life, I would charge this phone during the night and by the time it reached noon, the battery was more than halfway drained. The last straw was when I noticed the back light on the physical keyboard stopped working all of a sudden. I googled a solution for the back light problem, and apparently lot of others had the same issue, and the only solution was to exchange or return the phone. In fear that I would get another lemon I ended up exchanging it for a completely different phone. Now I’m not gonna say that everything on this phone sucked because it didn’t. I did really enjoy the web browsing experience,and the app store which contained lots of free apps. I also like the customizable home screen, and all the different little widgets you can add to it. The touchscreen was okay even though sometimes it was a hassle to scroll with it, and sometimes the end call button was unresponsive, and the touch keyboard was just impossible to type with. As for the Motoblur feature I guess its pretty convenient for those who like to keep updating their social networking accounts without having to go into the app itself to do so, it is a little annoying, but you can remove that widget off your screen, if you feel its too much. I personally didn’t care much for it. I liked the physical keyboard and the fact it was pretty spacious, I was texting super fast with it. I also like the slider build it was really nice and firm and non-wobbly, making it a sturdy phone. If the backlight problem hadn’t occurred most likely I would’ve kept this phone.
Rating: 2 / 5