Motorola Citrus

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

1
Average:

2
Bad:

3

Pros:

Small size, Good battery life (in most conditions), Durable construction.
Good battery life, Decent camera performance
Simple and easy to use, Touch pad on the back is interesting, Very small

Cons:

Performance is not great, Small screen
Cheap materials, poor display, Laggy phone performance, Overpriced, even if its free

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Last revision on August 22, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Small size, Good battery life (in most conditions), Durable construction
Good battery life, Decent camera performance
Simple and easy to use, Touch pad on the back is interesting, Very small
Clear voice quality. Good battery life

Reviewers Didn't Like

Performance is not great, Small screen
Cheap materials, poor display, Laggy phone performance, Overpriced, even if its free
Poor camera, Browsing experience is not the best, Low resolution and the screen is small
Screen resolution is too low for Android UI, and also limits Android Market app compatibility. Backtrack is useless. Stubborn on-screen QWERTY keypad. Lots of bugs

Expert reviews and ratings

As I stated in the beginning of this review, I had to quickly adjust my perspective of the Motorola Citrus due to its positioning and difficulties that I had with inputting text. It's not one of the high-end devices I typically use. The market for...

By Brighthand on January 02, 2011

Call quality was lacking on the CITRUS. Callers complained that the phone had a cave effect, making us sound very hollow. They said that at times it was hard to make out what we were saying and rated us 7.5/10. Quality was decent on our end, but...

By Phone Arena on December 08, 2010

After spending some quality time with the Motorola Citrus, we felt…impatient. And this is not because we're spoiled with speed demons like the Droid Pro and iPhone 4. The Motorola Citrus is really a slow phone. It lags, it's glitchy, and...

By infoSync World on December 07, 2010

The Citrus sells for $50 which isn’t bad at all for this type of phone. It’s nice to see a fairly decent entry level phone at a low price. The Citrus does have some issues yes, but they’re not all that bad especially when you consider...

By Testfreaks on December 07, 2010

The Motorola Citrus is a poor Android device for Verizon subscribers; it's not nearly enough of a contender to warrant the modest savings at the retail counter. Buy it...

By PC Mag on December 07, 2010

Overall the Motorola Citrus is actually quite a disappointment. Though it does have a low price point of $49.99 on contract, it's still a very underwhelming Android handset. The sluggish interface, horrid resolution and fairly useless 3...

By BrightHub on November 11, 2010

The Motorola Citrus was announced in early October alongside the Droid Pro. Besides an apparent marketing attempt to begin naming phones after fruit, the Citrus is Motorola’s offering for a low-cost Android smartphone. Specs Dimensions:...

By Geek.com on November 29, 2010

I’m not sure how this phone made it past Motorola and Verizon Wireless’ test group. The performance is plain lousy, whether you’re browsing the interface, dialing a phone number or typing a message. The poor touch response and...

By Phone Scoop on November 24, 2010

Take a gander at the Motorola Citrus, Verizon and Moto's plan for the aspirational, new-to-smartphones user. It has a small, almost cute form-factor that more than a few people have likened to the Palm Pre without the slide-out keyboard. We think we...

By Android Central on October 06, 2010

Mit dem Motorola Citrus erscheint ein weiteres preiswertes Gerät im Android-Lager. Die Vorzüge des Google-Betriebssystems liegen vor allem in einer reichhaltigen Ausstattung und dem tollen „Android Market“. Die Bedienung des Citrus...

By Betabuzz on December 01, 2010

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