The trend for seeking an Android smartphone is on the rise and more and more people are gradually adopting it either in the form of a mobile phone or a large screen tablet. There are however not many choices available while purchasing an Android based smartphone particularly in India as compared to Symbian or other proprietary based mobile operating system powered handsets being available in the market. But as time progresses, we have seen many such new handsets being released one after another and the most featured one among them which was recently made available in India is that of the Motorola Defy which is said to have the capability to sustain rugged usage. It runs on the Android 2.1 (Eclair) and comes along with an enhanced version of the Motoblur Interface.

This particular mobile phone is quite friendly to the Indian environmental conditions and can accordingly resist dust and water which really extends the freedom to use it under many such condition which would otherwise be considered unfavorable. It is also having a 3.7 inch Gorilla Glass WVGA display that can support a screen resolution of around 480 x 854 pixels and has a Touch Tablet style form factor. Few other key aspects of this Android smartphone can also be mentioned as that of the 5MP camera with auto-focus and LED flash, 800 MHz processor, 512MB RAM and 2GB internal memory which also extends the possibility to expand it further through removable storage using microSD cards up to a maximum of 32GB.

The connectivity features of this handset consist of Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, microUSB, USB 2.0 and 3.5mm audio jack. It supports a lot of apps which can be downloaded via the Android Market while also having many useful apps preloaded such as Google Mail, Google Maps, Google Talk, Youtube and many other handy tools. It supports the A-GPS navigation and can be used with the maps available through Google Maps as well as any other third-party navigation tools available within the Android Market that can be downloaded as and when required. The multimedia features are also considerable which supports a number of popular media file formats such as AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, H.264, MPEG4, AMR-WB and WMA9 for audio playback and can also play the video contents at 26-30 fps which is also the same for video capture.

Motorola Defy measures a dimension of 59 x 107 x 13.4 mm and has a weight equivalent to 118 grams. It is powered by a 1540 mAh Li-Ion Battery which can provide around 400 minutes of talktime and a standby time of 400 hours approximately. The price of Motorola Defy Android phone in India is Rs.18,990/- approximately and the same can be purchased from some of the leading mobile stores across the country.