Motorola's Droid 4 Will Cost $199.99 Subsidized?

Lol the article said the new droid will only be a half inch thick? That's a big ass phone.

^I had no idea that Honeycomb and Gingerbread are the same thing!

/sarcasm

For a hardware-keyboard (slide-out) phone, it's really slim. It says so under specs, if one bothers to learn how to read.
A LOT of people prefer hard keys over touchscreen keys. It's a matter of personal preference. Android phones and BB allow one to choose. Others, not so.

I love how article writers have no clue about the topics they write about. Honeycomb is a tablet only version of Android. Research much?

Why can't they ship all new stuff with ICS already if it's out?!

Anyway, SGS2's specs pwn this... moving on...

Really don't get why this is news or why paying the extra $50 is even a big deal. You are locked into a contract that costs at least $80 a month for 24 months. So it will cost $2120 instead $2170 big whoop.

This phone is great, but one of its drawbacks is that it doesn't have a user replaceable battery. No way I would purchase such a phone.

Man, I hope this phone comes out for at&t(doubtful) being as wet behind the ears as I am. I have no credit established and trying to get a contract for Verizon will be a pita..:''(

And paying $900 for an unlocked version is absolutely out of the picture

Um, hey Toms...

Android Honeycomb = Android 3.0
Android Gingerbread = Android 2.3.5

Not bad for the money spent

@del35: Yeah, and where's the 5.25" floppy drive? This thing is useless without a floppy drive and a parallel port!

Motorola phones come with a ton of junk bloatware. And their cameras continue to suck. I liked my Droid3's keyboard...and that was about it. Going to iPhone4S just worked out better for me. I also don't need to get a hard on from bragging on the internet about rooting phones.

I take it Tom's is still looking for that copy editor?

Silly, there are virtually no unlocked CDMA phones. Verizon's subsidy is around $250, so this is a ~$500 phone.

Let’s discuss for a moment what this phone having Android 3.0 Honeycomb could mean for the user. First of all, Honeycomb was designed with fragments, these fragments for all intensive purposes making Honeycomb a diverse enough situation to be able to work on this small a phone, but, as a person who’s used this operating system on a tablet, I must say it’ll be a little odd having it function on such a small screen. Buttons meant to be big, and all that. On the other hand, it might just be that the original source for this information added the word Honeycomb in error for 2.3, which would be Android 2.3 Gingerbread, which would make a whole lot more sense.

We shall see!

I've said it before and I'll say it again...you guys in the US are being bumpoked by these prices and contracts. In europe people roflmao @ your prices and crazy contracts. is it even POSSIBLE to set up a pay as you go billing service (without signing a minimum 12-24 month contract?)?
SGS2 - 345 euros.
Prepaid SIM card with 15 euros of call time + TRUE uncapped data - 15 euros/month
contract - what contract? I leave when I want, biiiaaat*h.

@del: I don't know what you need a removeable battery for anymore...

I've had a full keyboard on my phones for over 4 years, but considering the similarities, I'm getting the Droid Razr Maxx instead. I think phones have moved beyond the need for a full keyboard like they needed 2+ years ago, and the battery life on the Maxx is far superior.
It's very likely the software on both platforms is identical, but can't be certain until this phone is released to compare it side by side to mine.

Hard to call these prices "subsidized" when they rape you for the cost of the phone + more in the 2 year contract. I rather them have an additional option of having a cheaper monthly plan where you bring your own phone; right now there is no cost reduction if you bring your own equipment.
Also, OMAP 4430 is old news... motorola needs to lead not trail behind by a year if they want market.

Didn't Google buy Motorola's cell phone division? Is that a done deal or is it still pending? How, if any, is Google involved in this (other than supplying the operating system)?

I would be much happier if some companies sold phones with much bigger capacity batteries out of the gate:
I buy a phone, and step 1 is going onto ebay to get the largest capacity battery I can find.
I understand many people love thin phones. But there are many other people who don't care how big or heavy the phone is, so long as the battery life is better than 1 charge per day...

well if its for needing to replace battery to get extra time i can understand, but if its becose in 2 years the battery will become bad, and you need to replace it. its only to get the same volt and fix it yourself ;b. but its not alot of phones you can replace the battery in today. its strange id think you wuld sell more dev if they let you replace more freely. and dont give me the old if we make a replaceble battery the phone will get bigger its all such bull.

sorry delengowski ment to add a remark to the guy below you can newer understand how to work this site it ceeps double posting and messing around, sorry for alerting you.

So let me get this straight: the 64gb iPhone 4s has been on the market for roughly 4 months, and the 64gb iTouch for over a year. So it's physically possible to have a portable device with a decent amount of internal memory. And this high-end phone, not even out yet, top-of-the-line for Moto, still has only 16gb of internal memory? That's complete BS.
As a diehard Android fan it's becoming harder to defend phone maker's hardware decision when one of the key advantages of Android is (supposedly) it's better spec'ed phones.
Flash memory costs next to nothing now and I still have to mess around with micro sd cards and data fragmentation between my internal memory and the card. Stupid beyond belief. At least offer an OPTION for more memory!

@driverdude I usually carry a second battery. No user replacable batteries means you are at the mercy of being able to charge your phone on long trips. This has nothing to do with parallel ports or floppy drives. Apple degraded the old standards of user servicability and now people assume that is normal and manufacturers use it to make more money.