I really like the way BlackBerry has calibrated the colors, too. Although the Motion's screen isn't the most accurate, with a Delta-E rating of 0. The display isn't garishly oversaturated, nor does it come across as dull or washed out. And that's very fortunate, because the Motion does not offer any alternate-display modes. The Motion may be running an outdated form of Android — version 7.
The phone benefits from BlackBerry's suite of workflow apps, which actually present sophisticated solutions to common problems in a few cases. BlackBerry's Android devices typically feature an additional UI layer known as the Productivity Tab, which has returned here.
It lives on either the right or left side of the display, similar to the Edge Panel on Samsung's handsets, and functions almost like a widget that aggregates all your emails, messages and social media notifications, while offering shortcuts to your tasks and calendar as well.
If that sounds overwhelming, it can be; the Productivity Tab won't be for everyone. But if you're managing a corporate Twitter while pinging co-workers in Slack and fielding emails, it can prove its worth. I will readily admit I don't keep as close an eye on my emails as I probably should, but I appreciate that the Productivity Tab ensures all of my recent conversations are never more than a swipe away. There's also the Motion's innovative digital keyboard, which delivers predictive text in an unusual but effective way.
As you type, auto-complete words will appear above letters. To use one of the suggestions, simply swipe up on the associated key. It can be quite overwhelming to see so much noise on the typing surface, but it also opens you up to more than three suggestions at a time, and puts them in your line of sight, which likely means you're more likely to use them.
Although you won't find a physical keyboard on the Motion, BlackBerry has preserved one critical button from the KeyOne: the Convenience Key. Press it, and you're presented with shortcuts to various apps and tasks.
You can even program the key to display different shortcuts depending on context — whether you're in the car, connected to a specific Wi-Fi network, or in the middle of a meeting you've recorded on your calendar.
However, BlackBerry missed an obvious opportunity to let users hold or double-tap the button for secondary commands. Instead, the Convenience Key only responds to single presses, and forces you to make another tap on screen after that to select the shortcut out of a list of three. It's an unnecessary step that almost negates the purpose, and very odd, considering the KeyOne recognizes long and short presses on its keyboard shortcuts — so it's not like this isn't something BlackBerry hasn't made available elsewhere.
BlackBerry is very diligent about making sure its devices are always running Google's latest security patch, but DTEK is as much about educating users to make informed decisions as it is about preventing discreet attacks. One of the DTEK's useful considerations for security-minded owners is the way it monitors apps for abusing permissions. For example, tap on Chrome in the DTEK app, and it will show you all the times Google's browser pinged your location, called up your camera, or started recording from your microphone.
It'll break down each location event, and drop a pin on a map precisely where it took place. It's fascinating to see all this information provided so transparently, but ultimately, if you determine a rogue app needs to be curtailed, you'll be whisked back to the stock Android settings menu to turn off those pesky permissions.
In those situations, DTEK can feel like little more than window dressing. But BlackBerry's approach to security actually goes much deeper than that, starting at the manufacturing level. Like the KeyOne, and the Priv before it, DTEK is series of phones, with the processor inside the Motion bolstered by cryptographic keys that are checked against the firmware upon startup along with BlackBerry's servers, ensuring authenticity.
A stronger and continuously updated Linux kernel as well as a bespoke bootloader have made BlackBerry's phones notoriously difficult to root — something that can't be said for the majority of Android phones. The Motion comes equipped with the largest battery ever in a BlackBerry device, at 4, mAh. The last of the company's handsets we tested, the KeyOne, managed to last nearly 13 hours in our testing on a smaller 3,mAh pack — so if anything we expected to see better longevity here.
Surprisingly, the Motion lasted for 11 hours and 44 minutes when we ran it through our battery test, which consist of continuous web surfing on T-Mobile LTE. A result in the neighborhood of 12 hours is still very strong, though a little surprising given the size of the Motion's battery. For example, the Pixel 2 XL , with its remarkably sharp OLED display and processor tuned for performance rather than efficiency, bested the Motion at 12 hours and 9 minutes despite having a battery about the same size as the KeyOne's.
Powered by Qualcomm's QuickCharge 3. That'sat the bottom of the fastest-charging phones we tested, but it soon picked up the pace; in an hour it hit 74 percent, which is about even with the Pixel 2 XL and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Not shabby at all for such a large battery.
One of our primary sticking points with the BlackBerry KeyOne was its relatively underwhelming specs compared to the midrange competition. Like the Motion, that phone featured a Qualcomm Snapdragon system-on-chip. BlackBerry's latest is once again neither here-nor-there, which makes it a tough sell in a very competitive market.
Still, the Motion proved itself powerful enough to tackle most tasks, so long as they didn't push the phone's graphical capabilities to the limit. In Geekbench 4, a benchmarking app that measures overall system performance, the device delivered a score of 2, That's a ways off from the aforementioned G5 Plus and its 3,, but the Motion did not feel noticeably slower when juggling Chrome tabs, navigating in Google Maps, or streaming YouTube videos.
Graphics performance was similarly average. Camera quality is one of the major differentiators in choosing a smartphone today, and while the Motion won't put BlackBerry's imaging capabilities on the map, it performs a little better than you might expect.
There's no fancy dual-camera trickery here — the Motion can't manage shallow depth-of-field portraits or optical zoom with its single lens. But this isn't a significant loss, as most dual-camera systems in budget and midrange phones aren't nearly as useful as their higher-priced counterparts. Those missing megapixels make a difference when it comes to capturing those finer details, evident in these two portraits of my colleague Shaun.
If you zoom into the U11 Life's rendition, you can actually see the texture of his jacket and shirt. There's more gradation in his skin tone, and the background is blurred a bit more strongly, adding a little drama to the scene.
The Motion's portrait isn't poor by any means, but it's also not outstanding given the price of the phone. These late-afternoon shots taken inside an arched entryway outside our office in New York demonstrate the Motion's penchant for more saturated color and contrast in low light.
However, boosting these qualities doesn't necessarily guarantee a better photo, as we can see that the light passing through from the opposite side of the foyer absolutely scorches the ground and blows out the middle of the frame. Hope this helps. I've had the Motion for a little over 2 years now with flawless control until now. The screen seems to be losing it's 'touch'. I'm having a hard time swiping to answer calls and there's a short delay when dialing using the keypad.
Any ideas?? LCD screen going bad?? Zabra, 06 Jul I traded a Google Pixel 3 for this phone and have not regretted it, I don't understand th I traded a Google Pixel 3 for this phone and have not regretted it, I don't understand the shade being thrown at this phone It's really a great phone. Solid and reliable. Battery outperforms Apple, Google, Samsung, etc Really underrated phone in my opinion. Zabra, 04 Apr Owned for a year, phone works great.
Battery and camera comme It is featured with latest and newest version of software which makes it extremely faster to use.
Also it's battery life is best up to the mark and powerful, and once charged, it can stay active for up to 2 days without any requirement of charging, even using it for a longer time for carrying out any kind of work. It is powered with 6GB of RAM which makes it superfast in internet browsing and carrying out any kind of work. It has got extremely sensible touch screen which looks awesome. It has also got one of the best security services ever made by any android or smart phone till now.
Also it is featured with the shortcut keys which enables it to open any kind of applications with just a click on the go. Really an outstanding,cool and a very good looking smartphone till date!! Ronnie , 20 Aug Does Blackberry have patch updates for their phones?? Of course that BB released every month security path for their phones,because Blackberry is know for security and privacy.
But the Motion is nearly a 2 year old phone,and for a long support,you must the latest BB phone,which are Key2 and Key2 LE,both keyboard phone. Thank you. Post your opinion.
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