Motorola Droid unboxing!

We just got a stack of Droid review units at Engadget HQ, and we're told that this is in fact the final packaging. The charger is just Micro USB, and that's really all you get in the box -- the docks will cost you extra. We're digging for pricing info on those, we'll let you know.

Motorola Droid unboxing!

[kjones555 Posted Oct 28th 2009 3:31PM]

Could have sworn that the docks were going to come with the Droid...oh well, not a deal breaker.

[Macinmypocket Posted Oct 28th 2009 3:42PM]

Its so beautiful... I want one... but it needs to come to Sprint :(

[MacIdol Posted Oct 28th 2009 3:46PM]

Uhhh... Hal 9000 anyone. Wasn't he insane? "Call 911... CALL 911!!!", "I'm sorry.. I can't do that"... And yur dead in space. And everyone knows... In space, no one can hear you scream.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 28th 2009 4:05PM]

DO WANT.
Also, if you don't know what to do with one of the review units, you can just throw it away. In my direction.

[theswiss Posted Oct 28th 2009 4:10PM]

there was a timewhere mobile fones had fancy packages and opening the package was like a celebration. but today i feel like opening a cheap bag of candy...

[Jeff Posted Oct 28th 2009 4:14PM]

Ohh my love, you will always be the Sholes to me....

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 28th 2009 5:40PM]

I'm guessing the 199.99 price point is for the 2 year contract.

I'm cancelling my AT&T plan A.S.A.P

Anyone interested in an Epix less than a month old flashed with WM6.5?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 28th 2009 5:40PM]

This IS the droid I'm looking for

[78ernico Posted Oct 28th 2009 5:52PM]

no headphones?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 28th 2009 6:10PM]

You don't need headphones. It wirelessly transmits your music directly into your BRAIN.

[Ariel Bender Posted Oct 28th 2009 6:13PM]

What they're not telling you (from Wired): (Droid) "...is very good thing for those who have become Google citizens and are already used to entrusting their contacts, documents and discovery needs to that cloud.

On the down side, you will need a Gmail, Facebook or Microsoft exchange account to use the e-mail app. And, there is no provision for syncing to an address book (or calendar) on your desktop. Everything is in the Google cloud, which — given the recent Sidekick data-loss debacle — may not be the greatest selling point just now."

Epic fcuking fail. I said that.

[Suspiro Posted Oct 28th 2009 7:56PM]

Nice Dollar Store packaging. Surprised it didn't come in a brown paper bag. Utterly undeserving packaging. Tight ass VZW bastards

[okbyme Posted Oct 28th 2009 8:41PM]

Just sold my iPhone 3Gs on Ebay ($475) and will cancel the contract on the 6th. I hope to have this phone on the 6th. AT&T SUCKS

[billtech66 Posted Dec 17th 2009 3:11PM]

@(Unverified) yes AT&T sucks, but the droid is worse.

droid compared to iphone short review:
overall rating *** of 5.

Not as easy to use as the iphone in many ways.

1. Harder to edit text (more steps to do so, less intuitive.)

2. Some web pages are more limited than the same page on iphone. (and since it can't use 3G in my main location it's a LOT slower.)

3. camera/movie is not near as good as the iphone, due to much less light sensitivity. (I did a back to back duplicate video of my location, indoors then outside, and the iphone video showed clearly in areas where the Droid was totally black.)

4. Calendar was really really slow until I figured out I had to shut off the syncing with Google Calendar online. then it was much better.

5. However after doing that I was not able to access my Google calendar events through the Droid browser. But had no trouble doing so on the iphone.

6. I couldn't download the Droid Manual by using the Droid (link not available), but at the same site I had no trouble downloading it in a few seconds on the iphone. (I was trying to find out what the signal icon meant, that was showing on the Droid, upper left. it looks like an M, & it is supposed to be 3G for best signal.)
7. it was very difficult getting all of my calendar events loaded onto the Droid.

8. this site is trying to time me out for 'inactivity'. so end of review.

Pros:
better battery life so far, feels solid, I like the vibrate when touching screen on certain things

Cons:
in my area it's much slower access to internet than the iphone. iphone uses 3G here, but not Droid

[billtech66 Posted Dec 17th 2009 3:24PM]

@billtech66
in my review
"8. this site is trying to time me out for 'inactivity'. so end of review." was the Verizon site, not this one.

I tried to post this review on Verizon as well, but since it failed to complete after I hit "enter" and for a long time afterwords, I assumed it wouldn't be accepted.

Verizon site is often very slow, even on my computer with Cable very high speed internet access.

and they didn't count my typing in the review, as 'activity'. hehe.

[jeepguy1980 Posted Oct 28th 2009 8:44PM]

When do you ever see the box? Not until after you've bought the phone. Most places keep demos out front and boxes of new phones in the back. I have never seen a single phone box until after I had already purchased it.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 29th 2009 12:54PM]

The box art isn't that appealing. Instead, I would have done an all black box with embossed circuits leading to the red eye in the middle. No logos. Less is more.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2009 12:22AM]

I feel this is finally phone that "ACTUALLY" has everything you want in a smartphone.

[tnkgrl Posted Oct 30th 2009 6:59AM]

If you want even more pictures, check out my unboxing: http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/unboxing-the-motorola-droid-part-2/