Motorola's Droid 4 May Infiltrate Verizon Next Week
The Motorola Droid 4 may launch next Thursday.
Droid Life reports that the fourth-generation Motorola Droid smartphone will arrive at Verizon next week.
The device was supposedly slated for a December 22, 2011 release, but given Verizon's robust launch schedule around the holidays, both Motorola and the Big Red reportedly decided to push its launch until after CES 2012.
The phone was then rescheduled for a February 2, 2012 launch, but so far Verizon hadn't officially announced it's release. Given it usually does so a week in advance, a new report claims the launch was pushed back yet again for a February 9 release, still keeping in line with Verizon's typical Thursday release schedule despite the prior delays.
As reported last week, the latest minimum advertised price (MAP) list from Verizon revealed the Droid 4 with a $199.99 USD pricetag after signing a two-year contract, just $50 down from the previous MAP listing. The device will also sell for $100 less than the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx which was just unleashed on Verizon's network on January 26.
Motorola has created its coolest Droid (vanilla) smartphone thus far, packing a roomy 5-row keyboard while measuring just half an inch thick. Under the 4-inch qHD TFT display will be a 1.2 GHz dual-core OMAP 4430 SoC from Texas Instruments, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, and support for up to 32 GB of extra storage via microSD.
Also on the Droid 4's hardware list will be an 8MP rear-facing camera with 1080p HD video capture, 4G LTE, a 1785 mAh battery, hotspot capabilities, and Android 2.3.5 "Gingerbread," with a 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" update on the way. The display will be protected by scratch and scrape resistant glass, and the phone itself will feature a water-repellent nanocoating for splash resistance.
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Sorry Verizon, when my smartphone dies, I'm dropping you like a hot potato. I really don't need the ability to check my email while I'm riding in my car from home to work and back again. It's simply not worth what you're charging me, not by a long shot. I have better things to spend my money on.
I've been patiently waiting for this phone to release. Was hoping for it to release today (2/2) but apparently I'm forced to wait yet another week. Damn it Verizon, just release the phone already!!!
"Motorola has created its coolest Droid (vanilla) smartphone"
Does this mean no Blur on it? Plain vanilla Android ROM? That would be great.
Or it could mean the OP is just throwing some words out there without paying attention (see the Honeycomb confusion).
Anyone have info on the screen? The info on DroidDoes is very vague "4inch qHD" does not say if it is TFT or Super Amoled.
COME TO AT&T PLEASE
Anyone have info on the screen? The info on DroidDoes is very vague "4inch qHD" does not say if it is TFT or Super Amoled.
It's unknown. On Moto's website trying to search the specs leads to an error "sorry, we could not find that page".
Tom's Guide, where is my EDIT button? It is not even under "read the comments on the forum", like it is on Tom's Hardware.
"Motorola has created its coolest Droid (vanilla) smartphone"Does this mean no Blur on it? Plain vanilla Android ROM? That would be great.Or it could mean the OP is just throwing some words out there without paying attention (see the Honeycomb confusion).
In case you're wondering what Honeycomb confusion, see that the OP has edited this article and deleted a message pointing to that. However, he has not edited the first article, the one the link points to. That still states "Honeycomb".
I am being a bit anal about this because there should be an edit button available for all the posters on the forum, not just for the OP; he can fix his errors, but the messages that point to these errors can not be edited by the people who posted them.
If you're interested, look for the original article, before that is fixed as well (and maybe this post deleted). Kevin should at least acknowledge his repeat "felony" and the fact that he deleted the comments after he fixed his mistakes.
2.3.5? I was hoping for a Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich.
It was never scheduled for a Feb 2nd launch, that was crap, like Feb 10th is probably crap. Its comes out when it comes out. The speculation is freuqently wrong.