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Verizon's Droid 2 Specs Leaked

- By - Source : Tom's Guide US

The Motorola Droid caused quite a stir with its super-manly commercials and eventual launch. The device sold incredibly well and now it looks like there's a Droid 2 heading to Verizon in the near future.

The first pictures of the Droid 2 appeared online last night showing a few tweaks and changes but maintaining the same overall design of the first Droid handset. The only real change seems to be the keyboard, which lacks the D-pad of the origianl Droid and sports a slightly spongier looking keyboard.

Droid Life, which was the first to post the images, says the Droid 2 is more about internal changes than external changes. The device is said to pack a 3.7-inch screen, a 750MHz OMAP CPU, WiFi tethering, 8GB of internal storage along with an 8GB SD card, a 5-megapixel camera and a new version of Motoblur. Droid Life reports that the device will ship with Android 2.1 but we're pretty close to 2.2 so with any luck, the Droid 2 can add that to its resume.

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Pyroflea 06/12/2010 2:22 AM
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Pretty nice looking phone, both aesthetically and spec wise :)

tipoo 06/12/2010 2:34 AM
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I can't wait to yell out "DROIIIID" more frequently.

santfu 06/12/2010 2:47 AM
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osxsier :
Its shit compared to the iPhone 4


nice comment. liked it. well reasoned argument. This apple thing is becoming frighteningly like religion. "thou shall put down all other products" "thou shall not question anything we make" "thou shall believe without question anything we say"

Regulas 06/12/2010 3:00 AM
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gpace 06/12/2010 3:06 AM
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I'm still waiting for a good smartphone. I'd prefer a PDA, but those are dying, I don't really need a phone most of the time. This could be one to try, since I usually avoid the first generation of anything so the kinks can be worked out along with a few tweaks.

My last PDA was full of great freeware such as TCPMP media player, built in MS office portable, up to flash 7, Opera Mobile, and had decent battery life. Hardware: 3.5 inch VGA screen (640x480), 64mb ram, 624mhz Intel Xscale, SD and Compact flash slot. .7 inch thick, so a bit on the thick side, but this PDA came out in 2004 and i'm still looking for a good replacement (that doesn't cost too much).

climber 06/12/2010 3:22 AM
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Apple fans are like the borg.... fight the iPower...

klarko 06/12/2010 3:23 AM
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"a 750MHz OMAP CPU,"

I WANT 1GHz!

:/

Anyone have a release date? Looks to be my new phone if its out by August...

zoemayne 06/12/2010 3:30 AM
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Azriel4444 06/12/2010 3:53 AM
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I'm happy with my Samsung Moment, but like seeing the specs on the new phones.

miloo 06/12/2010 4:01 AM
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dont really like the design ~
HTC owned

jmchien 06/12/2010 4:02 AM
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It doesn't look like much of an upgrade from the original Droid... would have thought the camera would at least be better... I have a feeling that buy the time it reaches stores it will be outdated

Ragnar-Kon 06/12/2010 4:08 AM
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Spec wise, its better than the iPhone 4. But I'm almost positive the iPhone 4 will sell at least 3 times better than this... shame too.

Anonymous 06/12/2010 4:23 AM
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WIFI tethering? If that means tethering at WIFI only than that would be pretty useless. Maybe it should be worded differently.

You can use your cell phone to create a wifi hot spot. But most android phones will be able to do that with the 2.2 update.

dragonsqrrl 06/12/2010 4:35 AM
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regulas :
I agree. No different in saying a pair of Logitech speakers weren't shit compared to a pair of BOSE. Just done untactful.


BOSE?? BOSE are terrible, overpriced, and basically a joke in the audio community... not that I'm saying Logitech's are great either with their blown out bass.

Personally I would prefer a good Klipsch system any day. Altec Lansing used to be pretty good, but they don't seem to be producing high end speaker systems anymore.

...Anyway, specs on the phone seem to be pretty decent. The Processor is faster then the original Droid, but not much more to say for now. I hope they tweaked the keyboard a bit.

jezzarisky 06/12/2010 4:33 AM
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It was the physical keyboard and crappy camera that had me leaning towards HTC last time, hopefully they at least put a better quality camera in(even if it's still 5mp).

Anonymous 06/12/2010 4:38 AM
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Ragnar-Kon :
Spec wise, its better than the iPhone 4. But I'm almost positive the iPhone 4 will sell at least 3 times better than this... shame too.


Well, the original Droid did take less time to sell a million than the original Iphone, so yeah... It don't need to compete with the Iphone on the camera spec, but 8 + 32 GB card sounds like there is one department where Apple's toy is lacking in. Add removable battery for, what, 35 bucks or so, my Droid's one is ~32, where Apple's shiny toy needs to go to a medical-like facility not to scratch the already scratched surface anymore, out of $50 and 2-4 weeks waiting. My Droid picks up at least 25% more WiFi signals than all Iphones I compared to. And the 3GS dies after about the same time playing a demo, with WiFi off, and 2 bars of reception that Droid does browsing/youtubing/playing games/reading this friggin site, listening to music whenever possible, with no WiFi and 3-4 bars of same HSPA.

Race ON:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...............

littlec 06/12/2010 5:35 AM
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compfreak93 :
since they made it thinner i doubt they could but a 1GHz processor in it, but thats why they amde the HTC Incredible that phone is beautiful


Good point, and the HTC Incredible lives up to its name. Honestly though what do you do on your phone that would seriously benefit from a 1Ghz vs a 750mhz? I can't think of anything, other than being able to say it has one.

brendano257 06/12/2010 5:43 AM
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Decent specs, but I would expect a bit more after the EVO 4G just came out, lacking in processor, camera(s), and screen size. However some people dislike the much larger screen, so it's not necessarily a con. Overall not to bad though.

DjEaZy 06/12/2010 6:02 AM
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B-Unit 06/12/2010 6:52 AM
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osxier, enjoy playing how Steve says you can. I think I'll enjoy rooting my Droid, OCing to 1ghz, and loading whatever software I damn well please.

$amurai 06/12/2010 6:59 AM
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Hey, they fixed the keyboard! Some of my friends got the Droid because they wanted a physical keyboard, but when it's as bad as the original's is, why bother? This should be a great improvement.

makwy2 06/12/2010 7:47 AM
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silky salamandr 06/12/2010 7:55 AM
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osxsier :
When I said the Droid was shit compared to the iPhone 4,I knew my comment would incite the Anti-Apple crowd here. Look, I am a PC gamer through and through, hell thats why I read this site daily. Perhaps some of the other phones have better overall specs, but the iPhone has the best and most responsive GUI I have tried out of all the smart phones, that includes the Droid.And I am guessing many of you are PC gamers as well. Guess what? All the major games and development is for the Apple devices. Like it or not, if you call yourself a true gamer, you would have one already. So cry all your want about how the other phones are better. I think ill go enjoy a game of Street Fighter IV, Civilization Rev, Sim City or the countless other options I have...have fun playing with your limited options.



Yeah its so funny when people think that the iphone is the best phone because steve jobs told them so. This is the same person that ate it up when papa jobs said that the iphone is gonna have a "retinal display". My Evo wipes the floor with the iphone4g and will be cheaper to operate with sprints fantastic data plan. So good luck with your countless options, but I can promise you that my options are better. Your not elite. Your not uber. You aint ish period. I have a daddy and it aint steve jobs you damn sheep. Continue to follow while others lead.

jtt283 06/12/2010 7:51 AM
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My "New every Two" comes up this Fall, and if the price (+service) is reasonable, I definitely see a Droid in my future; although I'll be watching Moorestown development closely...

guitarpeggio 06/12/2010 8:07 AM
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DjEaZy :
... could care less...



The correct cliche phrase is "couldn't care less". "Could care less" would mean that you are in fact capable of caring less than you do, so you do in fact care about the topic at hand.

Why do people use phrases they don't understand?

tearlach2 06/12/2010 8:24 AM
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osxsier :
When I said the Droid was shit compared to the iPhone 4,I knew my comment would incite the Anti-Apple crowd here. Look, I am a PC gamer through and through, hell thats why I read this site daily. Perhaps some of the other phones have better overall specs, but the iPhone has the best and most responsive GUI I have tried out of all the smart phones, that includes the Droid.And I am guessing many of you are PC gamers as well. Guess what? All the major games and development is for the Apple devices. Like it or not, if you call yourself a true gamer, you would have one already. So cry all your want about how the other phones are better. I think ill go enjoy a game of Street Fighter IV, Civilization Rev, Sim City or the countless other options I have...have fun playing with your limited options.


A true gamer huh. Enjoy your PC games on a phone idiot. Your comment was an exercise in absurdity.

Listen buddy, if you were a real man would have just admitted you were a chump troll. Continuing on with your idiocy is just showing that you lack introspection completely.

tearlach2 06/12/2010 8:30 AM
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osxsier :
When I said the Droid was shit compared to the iPhone 4,I knew my comment would incite the Anti-Apple crowd here. Look, I am a PC gamer through and through, hell thats why I read this site daily. Perhaps some of the other phones have better overall specs, but the iPhone has the best and most responsive GUI I have tried out of all the smart phones, that includes the Droid.And I am guessing many of you are PC gamers as well. Guess what? All the major games and development is for the Apple devices. Like it or not, if you call yourself a true gamer, you would have one already. So cry all your want about how the other phones are better. I think ill go enjoy a game of Street Fighter IV, Civilization Rev, Sim City or the countless other options I have...have fun playing with your limited options.


I'm not done, you seem like a good case study on how to sell a fool anything. How much have you wasted on "apps" chump? And then what do you do with them, show them to friends like POGS?

My apologies but you are the cancer destroying society.

pirateboy 06/12/2010 11:07 AM
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where can I buy some bugspray to get rid of the apple fans...they're a pest.

iphone is about as useful as a fart in the face.

ben850 06/12/2010 11:17 AM
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nionloz 06/12/2010 11:49 AM
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I'm glad they haven't taken the ghz route in one sense. You'll get better battery life and yeah, what were you going to do with that extra 250mhz?

Then again though, with the desire/incredible/evo, we'll be routing it and controlling the frequencies ourselves; underclocking is better than overclocking, so I'll be enjoying for longer.

Also, yes, anyone that writes "I could care less" is a moron; I couldn't care less what happens to them.

Clintonio 06/12/2010 1:09 PM
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osxsier :
Its shit compared to the iPhone 4


Lots of phones beat the iPhone now. Most of them are Andriod!