Motorola DEFY

The Defy+ is an odd one. It’s rugged, there’s no denying that. So logically, if you need a rugged phone, then this might not be a bad choice. But that’s a long way off a recommendation from us, because frankly, there’s so much other stuff that’s unsatisfactory about this phone, that it actually makes us a bit cross.

 

The resetting happened too often to be a one-off glitch. We haven’t installed anything that could justify this, and we weren’t doing anything complicated at the time. For a phone, this is just unforgivable. We don’t like it when our PC crashes, but when a phone does, it’s just infuriating.

 

Factor in the slowness of the phone, and really there’s a phone that has very little to offer apart from being baby proof, and small enough to carry around easily. We could forgive it, but when you remember that most contracts now last for 18- or 24-months we can’t imagine living with this phone for that long. We, after all, get to give it back after a couple of weeks. If you want something small, get the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray. If you want something rugged, then perhaps get a good case for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray.