The Motorola Electrify M for US Cellular is now available for purchase online. The handset will be in US Cellular’s retail stores tomorrow. The Android 4.0 device is essentially the regional carrier’s version of the Motorola Droid RAZR M, which recently launched for Verizon, and features an edge-to-edge qHD display measuring 4.3 inches, a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 CPU, and features such as an 8MP camera, NFC, and 4g LTE support.
Speaking of 4G LTE, pricing for the handset gets a little wonky depending on your coverage area. In areas where US Cellular offers 4G LTE services the phone is priced at $99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. For non-4G markets the phone is priced at $149 after the same $100 mail-in rebate.
While we haven’t had time to go hands-on with the Electrify M, if it’s anything like the Droid RAZR M (and it is a lot like that phone), it offers one of the better smartphone experiences you will get at the $100 price point. Solid build quality, great features, and a well-implemented Android experience. If you plan on picking the Electrify M up today or tomorrow, head over to Android Forums to join the discussion.
Motorola has also added this to their list of devices with unlockable bootloaders.
Yup. Guess US Cellular isn’t as anal about locking their phones up. Nice.
Woulda been nice to have this as an option on SPRINT during the G/B > ICS failure w/the PHOTON.
I’m 100% pleased w/the SGS III, but, if this were an option,chances are I would have opted for this instead.
Now that the genetic cleansing of MOTOBLUR is over & I have been assimilated into the TOUCHWIZ BORG COLLECTIVE, there’s no turning back…….. :D
Woulda been nice to have this as an option on SPRINT during the G/B > ICS failure w/the PHOTON.
I’m 100% pleased w/the SGS III, but, if this were an option,chances are I would have opted for this instead.
Now that the genetic cleansing of MOTOBLUR is over & I have been assimilated into the TOUCHWIZ BORG COLLECTIVE, there’s no turning back…….. :D
This thing also gets monstrous battery life, I hear.