You will find the Motorola XT720 as an enhanced version of XT710. The new XT720 has almost all the features identical to its predecessor, except for a few upgrades. The 5 megapixels camera is upgraded to 8 megapixels. The display is made up of Gorilla glass, the resolution for video recording has been enhanced from D1 (720*480 pixels) to a HD 720p (1280*720 pixels). The other features that has been augmented are the capacity of the battery, and the speed of the processor clock, which is enhanced from 600 MHz to 720 MHz.

Package

You come to know that the rectangular box that contains the XT720 is similar to the XT710. The box contains the following items

Motorola XT720
Manuals
Battery
HDMI Cable (Indeed a pleasant surprise!)
Headphones
Charger Adapter

Design and construction

You will find the front bezel something unusual. The mobile comes in rectangular shape with edges in curved manner. You will find a hump at the right hand bottom side in order to offer the camera controls with an enhanced platform.

The dimensions of the phone are 116x60.9x10.9mm and 139 Gms in weight. The Smartphone has a touchscreen of 3.7 inches. It also possesses a camera of 8 megapixels along with xenon flash. You will find the mobile to be easily handled. Its matte backside facilitates to hold with a grip. The entire handset looks rigid devoid of any loose parts or screeches. The Motorola Milestone XT720 is accessible in black slate color. A dark grey metallic color encloses the frontal touch screen surface. The rear side is dark blue in color and the bezel comes in gun metal silver.

Keys and controls

Since the touch screen is present in the XT720, you will see only limited number of keys. Since the power switch is on the top buried into the casing, it is somewhat difficult to push. It would have been much easier, if it would have been located on the left side or upper right. An audio Jack of 3.5mm is present beside the button and a on the left side of the top portion, a HDMI slot is present.

Display

The Motorola Milestone XT720 posses a Gorilla glass, a capacitive touch screen of 3.7 inches and a resolution of 480*854 pixels. The touch screen is protected by the Gorilla glass from breaks and scratches.

OS

The handset runs on Android 2.1, and this may later get upgraded to 2.2 OS. With stock Android, the UI appears pretty and Motorola has done a few tweaks.

Connectivity and Memory

The Motorola Milestone XT720 ahs the features of EDGE, GPRS, HSUPA, 3G, HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi, and a micro USB 2.0 port.

Beneath the battery cover, you can see micro SD Card, which can be swapped. The phone supports a micro SD card of up to 32 GB. In most areas an 8 GB micro SD card is bundled with package for sales.

Music

Though the phone possesses a satisfactory good music system, but on full volume there are slight distortions. .The phone supports audio formats such as AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA9 and eAAC+

Camera

The handset possesses an 8 megapixel camera with Xenon flash. The interface of the camera is fundamental. You will find the pane with shortcuts on the right that assist in easily changing the settings.

Scene Mode (Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Auto, Sunset, Night, Macro)
The Brightness (From -3 to +3)
Capture Mode
Flash Mode (On, Off, Auto)
Gallery

Battery

The Motorola Milestone XT720 possesses a 1390mAh Battery. The battery has a standby time of 320 hours. But in certain conditions, the battery lasts only slightly over 24 hours at a maximum, and that to only when the phone is on 2G mode.

Conclusion

The design aspects may not attract every one, but it has good multimedia features. You will find the XT720 as an overall user-friendly phone.