Motorola Droid 2 stars in its first video, touts 1GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM?

It was inevitable, really, that a phone as widely leaked as the Droid 2 would end up caught on video. Doing the honors for us today are Android and Me, who've compared the new Droid to the classic variant. Funnily enough, they didn't find too much deviation from Motorola, describing the two handsets as "virtually identical," with the major physical change being the replacement of the previous keyboard's navigation pad with arrow buttons. The front end's soft buttons have also changed to Moto's Blur options, but otherwise you're still looking at a 3.7-incher with a 5 megapixel imager. The big improvement seems to have been under the hood with a new 1GHz TI OMAP3630 processor and 512MB of RAM (PowerVR SGX530 graphics unit remains the same) driving the Droid 2 to some robust benchmark scores. Of course, we don't see the handset booted up in this hands-on video, so treat these specs and results as provisional until we hear from the official horse's mouth in a couple of days.

[Thanks, Naveed]

[Prevacator Posted Jun 21st 2010 10:51AM]

I must admit, I think the original Droid looks a lot better without that faux chrome trim around it.

So much more aggressive and mean looking with those sharp, all black edges.

[Zigmar Posted Jun 21st 2010 12:18PM]

@Prevacator
Agee. Looks like they tried to please an iphone crowd with chrome bathtub finish :) Liked the older elegant design much more.

[JubbaTheHutt Posted Jun 21st 2010 11:00AM]

I was pretty much sold on the Droid X until I started reading and seeing more of the Droid 2. I'm not sure just how much of a need I have for a physical keyboard, as I've somehow managed to use the Storm's "Press" screen for nearly two years (cringes) I figure I could get by without the extra girth the Droid 2 has.

Also, it would have been nice if Moto had updated its GPU, especially considering the additions of the HDMI port.

Wed. can't come soon enough.

[thescreensavers Posted Jun 21st 2010 3:14PM]

@JubbaTheHutt

Same here, I am on the Storm 1 I hate it, I want a physical QWERTY keyboard back soo bad.

[Jamesology Posted Jun 22nd 2010 2:48AM]

@thescreensavers

OMG! You went all touch screen LOL Sucks to be you! As a BB9700 I'm glad I still have my keyboard. But now seeing this Droid2, I am so torn. Should I keep it BBM or sacrifice it for a thing of beauty like the Droid2.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 21st 2010 11:55AM]

Anyone know when we're going to hear more about n900's successor the "n9"?
There's been an absolute dearth of solid info....

[BabyShaker Posted Jun 21st 2010 12:47PM]

Looks sweet. Just watched the video. I couldn't tell cause of the poor video quality are they almost identical? Hahaha

[psprat496 Posted Jun 21st 2010 12:54PM]

Hey, my names Naveed to. HAHAHA

[Caprice Dates Posted Jun 21st 2010 12:57PM]

What I am wondering is if the Droid 2 uses the same battey as the Droid, I wanted him to remove the back cover. I would consider this phone if I can stick My Droid's Seidio extended battery into it.

[RogueGenius Posted Jun 21st 2010 2:15PM]

And now the video is marked as private...:-(

[JAG Posted Jun 21st 2010 3:26PM]

DROID X commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOnC5chCag0

[Jono20 Posted Jun 21st 2010 3:53PM]

I would take a Droid 2 over my Nexus One now. I hope there is a Milestone 2 so I can get one up here in Canada

[Bjay Posted Jun 21st 2010 5:10PM]

I am loving it

[kmehrabi Posted Jun 21st 2010 6:08PM]

Is it just me, or does that look like a little notch for a front-facing camera to the top right of the motorola logo?

[Nunya Bizness Posted Jun 22nd 2010 2:27AM]

Unlock the video you douche.

[aviattor Posted Jun 23rd 2010 12:05AM]

Video is still private.......

[kenny goo Posted Jul 18th 2010 8:56PM]

1GHz OMAP? Making the Snapdragon look rather slow now eh?