Virgin Mobile Motorola Triumph Android

Virgin Mobile Motorola Triumph Android
by Motorola

Virgin Mobile Motorola Triumph Android

Review
In general I think the Triumph is a good phone. The design is nice (looks like a Droid) and the logo is on the back, so when somebody is looking at your cellphone (maybe on a desk) does not think "he is on Virgin... this guy must be cheap", at least not right away. 
The phone attracts a lot of attention and when I tell them I am on a prepaid (and that the prepaid is $25 a month) people does not believe it. 


The PROCESSOR is snappy. It works fine. I've played Angry Bird (and many other games) with no issue at all, scrolling and animations are smooth. 
The DISPLAY is very nice (but not superb, due to not excellent saturation of colors and a sort of blue tint), indoor. Outdoor, at least now in the summer, is hardly readable. The auto brightness takes a while (I would say a good minute) to adjust the brightness and most of the time I have to do that manually using a shortcut on the desktop. 
Good SPEAKER (loud) good mic. I think it has a noise reduction feature but is just a guess. It does not come with headphones, strangely. 
Good CAMERA that takes nice pictures, however it has a small lag. You hit the button but the image is recorded a second later. When timing is crucial you will find this very annoying. iPhone did not have this problem and photos were great. 
Even if I've read many critiques about the LED flash, I find it working fine. 

BATTERY life is 16 full hours. I unplug it at 7AM and I always get to 11PM. I've recently installed Juice Defender Beta (free on the market) and it helps to extend it to 24 hours. Anyway you have to charge it everyday. iPhone lasted a bit longer but same thing, I had to charge it everyday. Battery cover tends to get loose easily. When it does the battery hangs in there, it does not fall off, but it is annoying to have to put it back. I don't know why, maybe I played with it too much and I loosened it up. I'm tempted to put a little piece of tape but I'm still not at that point. 


The Android operative system is nice. It integrates very well with Gmail and all the other google services (Calendars, You Tube, Maps), as expected. However I don't find it as polished as iOS is. Sometime is not intuitive at all. You will soon realize that the menu button (the one on the bottom left with four little squares) is your best friend. Most of the options are hidden behind that shortcut. 

About Virgin Service. I am lucky, I live in an area where I always have good coverage and the 3G is pretty fast, even if I don't use it that much. The plan is cheap and allows me to save $55 a month (compared to a $49 iPhone contract, that with SMS, internet and taxes ended up being $80). Beside the saving what persuaded me to switch to a prepaid is the no-commitment. I could not stand those 2-year contracts any longer. I think I will never go back to a contract, as the prepaid are getting strong. Not only Virgin but also other, for example if you want a 4G phone look into Tmobile. 


In conclusion it is a good phone, not an iPhone or the high level HTC, but definitely a nice phone. I save $55 a month, that's a lot. Make sure Virgin has good coverage in your area. I bought a cheap virgin phone and I used it for a couple of weeks, taking it with me everywhere everywhere and trying to make some test phone calls. When I was sure that the coverage was ok, I ported my number. 


If you are activating a new Virgin phone, consider using my referral code that gives you and me 60 extra minutes. The code is pDL6Fou0


Product Description
Motorola TRIUMPH allows users to rev up their smartphone experience with a superfast 1GHz processor, 4.1-inch touchscreen, 5MP camera and, front-facing VGA camera for video chat, 720p HD camcorder with HDMI output, to allow for playback on HDTVs (requires HDMI cable sold separately).


Product Features and Technical Details
1GHZ Processor
Multi-Tasking
HD Video Capture, HDMI Out
Android Powered Smartphone
ASIN: B005DTSBEU
Item model number: VMW435MOk
Form Factor: Candybar Touchscreen
Operating System: Android 2.2
Networks: CDMA 1900 MHz
Data: EV-DO Rev. A
CPU: 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
RAM: 512MB
ROM: 2GB
Internal Memory: 2GB
Memory Expansion Type: microSD Card
Display (main): 4.1 inches
Display (secondary):
GPS: Yes
Bluetooth Type: Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n
Front Camera Resolution: Yes
Camera Resolution: 5 MP
Audio formats supported: AAC; AAC+; AMR; AMR-NB; MIDI; MP3; MP4; WAV; WMA
Video formats supported: AVI; H.263; H.264; MPEG-4
Talk / Standby Time: up to 8.3 hrs./up to 300 hrs.
Ports: 3.5mm headphone; micro HDMI; microUSB
Size: 4.8 x 2.6 x 0.39 inches
Weight: 5.04 ounces
SAR Rating (Head):
SAR Rating (Body):