Motorola Droid X Confirmed for July
The hot-n-tasty Motorola DROID X invades Verizon in July.
Wednesday Verizon fired over a rather lengthy email announcing that the Motorola DROID X will be available in stores starting July 15. The new phone will cost $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, and will require Verizon's customary 2-year ball and chain (aka contract). As previously reported, this beast will come packed with a 4.3-inch high-resolution screen (854 x 480), a 1GHz OMAP processor, 24 GB of storage (8 GB internal, 16 GB removable), and 3G Mobile Hotspot capabilities (subscription required).
"Nine months ago, we made a commitment to our customers to bring the openness of Android to the Verizon Wireless network," said John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless. "Since then, we have introduced the top-selling Android phone in the marketplace today – the DROID by Motorola. DROID X takes that commitment to another level with exclusive content, faster processing speeds, and, of course, the reliability of our network."
This phone definitely sounds hot. One feature Motorola's original DROID lacked was video output--that's resolved with the DROID X, as it provides an HDMI output for DRM-free video content. Other bells and whistles (or in this case, beeps and bloops) include an 8-megapixel camera with a dual-LED flash, 720p video recording and playback, seven customizable home screens, and tons more goodies. Consumers who just purchased the original DROID are probably hating life right about now.
One other thing Verizon mentioned was streaming BLOCKBUSTER On Demand. Apparently Verizon has integrated this service into V CAST Video. Those who already subscribe to Verizon's video streaming service will be out of luck--apparently the BLOCKBUSTER aspect is only for the DROID X. Yeah, bummer.
"Movies and other video content look tremendous on DROID X, which has the screen, resolution and size to make it like nothing we’ve ever seen before on smartphones," said John Stratton, chief marketing officer at Verizon Wireless. "Right out of the box, DROID X customers will be the first to experience the hundreds of movies that will be available through the Blockbuster app."
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Im up in the air on this phone or the new DELL Streak 5 inch screen monster coming in July also. I want to be able to walk around and talk on the phone and look like Im talking with a black shoebox on the side of my head LOL.
Wait.. i thought the Processor was a 1GHz ARMv7?!
I assume they're using the 1GHz Texas Instruments OMAP4440 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore + PowerVR SGX 540 GPU + C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor). As per Wikipedia, the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore uses the ARM v7 instruction set architecture.
Pshh, DROID, DROID ERIS, DROID X... when are they bringing out DROID R2D2? Come on, it's the DROID everyone's looking for!
Verizon will nickel and dime you. I'm still game on picking up Sprint's Android phone in Feb when my contract with At&t expires.
iPhone 4 is such a nicer phone than this plastic crap Motorola keeps hashing together.
iPhone 4 is such a nicer phone than this plastic crap Motorola keeps hashing together.
c'mon doomtomb..i got an iphone 4g too, but lets please not start this opinionated argument..
Dig the removable storage. One of the things failing some touch phones *cough* iPhone. Looks spectacular, but I'm guessing no OLED screen?
OK I'm dying to see a comparison between this and the iPhone 4.
OK I'm dying to see a comparison between this and the iPhone 4.
THG's webite never works right for any browser I use... here's the comparison:
http://www.tipb.com/images/stories [...] usone1.jpg
iPhone 4 is such a nicer phone than this plastic crap Motorola keeps hashing together.
Uhh...are you positive this doesn't have metal construction? I am pretty sure the Droid was Metal...In more than one way
I spend tonight checking the 4 major carriers' family data plan price and Verizon is simply too expensive. T-mobile matched AT&T in price while Sprint is the cheapest by about $30/month.
My AT&T contract is up so it is either iPhone 4 or EVO 4G
BTW, can anyone confirm that Sprint is the best carrier in NYC?
Yeah that link you gave was pretty much useless. It has at least a couple of the stats mixed up. Says the iPhone4 has 8GB onboard and 16GB removable...@ Pei-Chen I am not sure who is the "best" carrier in any major metro area. I am guessing any carrier will work just fine in NYC but I could be wrong (I have only passed through there a few times.) However, if you never leave the city (or at least not very much) I would say go with Sprint. I am sure they will have more than enough coverage and they definitely have the best prices. However, if you are looking for the best coverage over the entire US then you will have to pay for it. That will be Verizon.
Well if my link was useless why don't you go find one then? I hate useless people.
Dig the removable storage. One of the things failing some touch phones *cough* iPhone. Looks spectacular, but I'm guessing no OLED screen?
No OLED screen AND THANK GOD. The current OLED implementations have inaccurate, blown out colors and poor color depth overall. Give me an LCD any day. I would probably be using a Droid Incredible right now, if it had an LCD instead of that hideous OLED. Honest to god, compare any LCD touch phone (even older ones) against the "next generation" incredible screen right next to each other, and the incredible will look like a piece of s^&#.
Do people really want to watch feature length film on their phone with any kind of regularity? I mean sure it would be great for the occasions where you are on a road trip or stuck in an elevator.
Dang, you have to subscribe to get the wireless hotspot? I have the original DROID and I got it to be a wireless hotspot just by rooting it and DLing the apk. and I overclock to 1.2 Ghz. So, no, I'm not hating life right about now.
It's funny, all my friends with apple products always ask to use my hot spot connection. I made my SSID "AppleSucks" so they have to click on it! hahahaha
Do people really want to watch feature length film on their phone with any kind of regularity? I mean sure it would be great for the occasions where you are on a road trip or stuck in an elevator.
For anyone who travels a lot it can be a big deal. It's nice having a phone that will last 6 or 8 hours on a charge playing movies/tv shows the whole time, and still be able to go back to the laptop and do work if it runs out.
Canadian release date?
Seriously though -- how many movies can you watch before the battery dies?
I want my X -- Droid X that is ...