Guest hecatae Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 On the 9th February, Motorola Mobility announced they are releasing the Defy Mini in Europe. It's a cute device, running Android 2.3.7, and is IP67 certified, With dust-proof, water-resistant and a scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass display. Hardware highlights include; MSM7225A 600mhz ArmV7 processor, 512mb RAM, 3 Megapixel Camera, LED Flash, and a 3.2 inch HVGA display. But that is where the good stuff stops, because since Motorola's Software Update Release schedule has been published, it's clear that the Defy Mini is the new Motorola Flipout, in other words it's staying on it's release version of Android indefinitely. Add in the fact that Motorola lock down their bootloaders, this handset has little chance of a custom rom community. I would advise to avoid this handset unless Motorola change it's mind and announce Android 4.0 ICS for it as an update... do you agree? Source:Motorola This item was promoted to the News page - click here to view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Davidoff59 Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Agreed fully. It may appeal to some if its cheap but who wants to be stuck on the operators rom, especially if its a slow butchered buggy rom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FatherD Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 I think ... (no real facts to back it up) that it is or should be illegal for manufacturers to stop us messing with our devices in any way we see fit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Karucifer Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Motorola are a member of OHA, that commits them to updates for 18 months. I'm not sure there's any way they can worm out of providing ICS for this device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BashyUK Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 If that's true, i hope that's acid spilling on to it :-p Really, really wanted a RAZR but not much customisation killed that for me. There was a time when I would hae said 'locked what..?' then I discovered MoDaCo in Summer 2010. Damn you! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest unrandomsam Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Being stuck on gingerbread is less of a problem than 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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