Motorola Devour Cell Phone Review

The Hardware

The top of the Devour, shown in Figure 7, has a Power Key that is pressed to put the display to sleep or held down to turn the device off. This power button is flush with the phone so that you can’t accidently hit it. Because of this, however, it is somewhat difficult to find and press without looking. In the middle of the top there is also a standard 3.5 mm headset jack.

Figure 7: The top of the Devour.

The back of the Devour, shown in Figure 8, has the camera on the top left. The top and bottom edges are curved and covered with a black material that feels slightly rubberized. At the bottom you can see the holes for the phone’s speaker. You won’t find the battery compartment on the back of the phone. Instead Motorola put it on the side.

Figure 8: The back of the Devour.

In Figure 9, you can see the curvature of the bottom as well as the speaker holes.

Figure 9: The bottom of the Devour.

In a somewhat unusual, but feasible arrangement, the battery and microSD card slot are accessible via a door on the phone’s left side. This door is shown in Figure 10. It’s a rather unusual arrangement, but it works well. The Devour comes with an 8 GB storage card and can take cards up to 16 GB, so there is plenty of room for music, picture, and video storage. Under the battery/card door is a standard Micro-USB/charger port.

Figure 10: The left side of the Devour.

Pushing down slightly on the door, releases a large, thin rubber door, as shown in Figure 11.

Figure 11: The battery door open.

The right side of the Devour has the Volume Keys on the top, as shown in Figure 12. Under that is the Voice Command Key. Near the bottom is the Camera Key. We found this placement very useable as the keys are far enough apart to find them without looking.

Figure 12: The right side of the Devour.