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hi this is dieter bohn for the verge and today we're taking a look at the Motorola Atrix 2 on AT&T this is the successor to the Atrix 4G on ATT which was kind of a hero device for the carrier but the atrix 2 has had a much quieter more understated launch which isn't fitting with the overall theme of the phone of being well quiet and understated the standout feature on the atrix 2 is definitely its 4.3 inch screen which is larger than what was on the original atrix 4g but it has the same screen resolution at 960 x 540 pixels but since it's a standard LCD that means you get very accurate color representation and very sharp text I have to say I'm very fond on the screen on this phone in general the atrix 2 has an elegant almost businesslike design there's really nothing flashy about this phone at all it does have a textured back which is nice for grip and Motorola has also removed the fingerprint scanner which is a boon for most users because it was a pretty annoying button to hit but I do miss it because it was a unique feature Motorola's also added a dedicated camera button but that's disappointing for a couple of reasons the first is that it's not a two-stage button which means you can't press it halfway to focus and then press it all the way to take the photo you just press it it focuses and takes a shot which is sort of annoying it also is an 8 megapixel camera but it's not a very good camera it doesn't handle the low light situations very well but of course it's fine and bright sunlight the atrix 2 is running tis OMAP 4 processor it's clocked at 1 gigahertz with one gig of ram and it's running android 2.3 point 5 with motorola's skin on top of it those are pretty middle-of-the-road specs for this day and age but motorola skin is light enough and android 2.3 point 5 it's fast enough that i don't have too many performance problems with with this phone it's not a screamer but it handles itself just fine the atrix 2 is ninety nine dollars on contract on AT&T which is a relatively inexpensive price for a relatively decent phone I like the atrix 2 because it doesn't try and be more than what it is it's a sign of what a company can achieve when it doesn't try and over each on a smartphone