Following G’z One Commando’s mild success, Motorola hopes to conquer the niche with its latest release, the Titanium. The same guiding concepts define this smartphone, which is destined for the ones who work or live in more extreme conditions, or are not particularly careful with their gadgets. The Titanium was announced a few months ago, but only recently it received a release date and a price which proves that Motorola has high hopes with overtaking the competition right away. It will cost $150 and it will hit the shelves on July 24th, on a two-year plan.
Its major selling point is of course the durability of the chassis, an impressive case that will resist not only big variations of temperature, but also shocks, vibrations and radiations. For the ones who are working on a construction site during these days and can’t afford to take shelter each time the temperature reaches a higher level; this can be an option. You can leave it virtually anywhere, and it will survive a lot of abuse, and give the outdated operating system, this could occur by more than blind chance.
Shipping with Android 2,1 Éclair is not going to charm the audience, and it’s hard for Motorola to justify this downside, as we are not even talking about a singe generation gap. In a world where most newly released smartphones are running on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the Titanium seems to come from another era. Since the ability to travel back in time is not advertised as one of the strong points of this smartphone, alongside all those heavy-duty features, it will be difficult to convince the customers. You’d have to be hell-bent on buying a durable gadget with a physical keyboard, to overlook this aspect, but fortunately for Motorola, there are enough people who are.
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