The Motorola CLIQ, which we call the DEXT in Europe and is available in the UK exclusively through Orange, is Motorola’s first Android phone, predating the DROID/Milestone. It comes with Motorola’s MOTOBLUR smeared over the top of Android, in case Google’s seamless integration of social networking stuff isn’t good enough, plus there’s an impressive 5megapixel camera round the back.
The CLIQ/DEXT is also more curvaceous and prettier than the bizarrely fashionable DROID/Milestone to our eyes, although it’s currently lumbered with Android 1.5 – but internet chatter suggests the DEXT may get updated to Android 1.6 soon.
But anyway, what we want to know is… IS THE CAMERA ANY GOOD?
That’s a literally unbelievably good shot from the Motorola CLIQ/DEXT. OK, so this sort of bright, sunny, angular American cityscape isn’t exactly challenging for a digital camera, but the colour reproduction here is definitely the best we’ve seen from an Android device.
Well done to all at Motorola, or whichever Chinese wholesaler you bought the lenses and sensors off.
Another clear and sharp shot from the CLIQ/DEXT. There’s little purple-fringing visible even on those often tricky shiny surfaces, and the geometry is sharp – there’s only the slightest hint of barrel distortion on that top black section. Good work.
This one’s not so good, but until they start putting macro modes into mobile phones you’re never going to get a good close-up of something as small and round as an AA battery out of a phone. Trust me. I have experience in this field.
Pics taken from Ubergizmo’s Flickr page.
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