Motorola stylish MOTOLUXE and rugged DEFY MINI

Motorola made its first two announcements for 2012, unveiling the stylish MOTOLUXE and the rugged DEFY MINI smartphones. The two mid-range handsets run Android Gingerbread aim to deliver solid smartphone experience without breaking the bank. Actually, we’ve already met the Motorola MOTOLUXE, which has been available in China for some time now, under the name XT615. Coming with a 4“ LCD of FWVGA resolution (854 x 480 pixels) and an 800 MHz Scorpion CPU, this one will hardly top any benchmark leaderboards, but its Snapdragon chipset should allow it to run all productive applications easily. Connectivity is nicely covered here with HSDPA, Wi-Fi b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB and a audio jack. For the multimedia fans, the Motorola MOTOLUXE offers an 8 megapixel camera and DivX support. The onboard storage is just 512MB, but we assume there’s a microSD card slot for expanding it. Motorola XT615 MOTOLUXE is expected to come to Europe a