The Motorola Quench XT3 is a sight for sore eyes. The back is sleek, glossy grey; a stylish assortment of silver fixtures (like a metallic rim band) adorns the body; and the phone’s crowned with a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen surrounded by a black bezel.

But the phone’s good looks and affordability do come with a caveat – lower-performance hardware. Specifically, a 600MHz processor, a screen resolution of 320×480, 512MB flash storage, 256MB memory and a 3-megapixel camera with LED flash.

The XT3 runs the dated 1.6 version of Android, which means that it has a better camera gallery (you can delete multiple photos at one go); but it lacks the new contact lists, speed increments, HTML5 and Microsoft Exchange support in 2.0 and above. Though Motorola says that a 2.x firmware upgrade is forthcoming, there is no known release schedule at present.