This seems to happen with virtually every hotly-anticipated device Verizon ever offers, so we can't say we're too surprised to hear rumors that Motorola's
Droid X has already started showing up in customers' hands. Usually, this happens through a combination of persistence, repeated calls to customers service, and finding just the right rep who doesn't realize that he or she shouldn't be selling a particular device yet -- but in the case of the Droid X, Verizon's been teasing the launch with its @DroidLanding Twitter account, saying "
you might get yours before" the official July 15 release. In other words, we think we're in the process of getting punked by some viral marketing... but hey, if you're getting punked by something, it might as well be one of the baddest-ass Android phones around.
posted July 6th 2010 7:01PM
How fast until the next Android phone supplants this?
@PaladinX13
Droid 2, HTC Twist, I don't know, maybe 4 months.
@PaladinX13 2 days ok, so what is you point?
@PaladinX13
Already supplanted by iPhone 4
@PaladinX13
iPhone 4 FTW. lol downrank away!!!! To oblivion and beyond!
@dementedacademic
When your ads bill your product as the "Ultimate Phone" it kind of matters...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/droid-x-ad-pokes-fun-at-iphone-4-antenna-troubles/
@PaladinX13
I preordered yesterday. Im glad I can make phone calls and hold my phone anyway I like.
Man it feels good to be free!,
@okok only Apple Fanboys bought i
Unlike Apple, Motorola doesn't go backwards with it's designs and make something new obsolete to a device from 2004. *cough* reception issues *cough*
@okok only Apple Fanboys bought i
since I can make my android phone look like a carbon copy of ios does that mean ios is ugly?
@okok only Apple Fanboys bought i
You are so fucking stupid. not even joking, you are so stupid that you make hated one look like a genius.
@PaladinX13
BASTARDS 9 more days!
@beast101 You can make calls and hold the iPhone any way you want, probably in even more ways since it's symmetrical and flat, no bump...plus the freedom of being able to access any site without a ton of flash in seconds, rather than 30 seconds
@n8equalsd
He is more despised than clak, ocean, ieye, Brooklyn, London, and hated together
@SiXiam
Droid2 has the same internal specs. It's only improvement is a keyboard. And I guess if you want a smaller screensize.
@PaladinX13 Exactly yea, this doesn't look like that great of a phone, all it has special is 4.3 inch screen, 8 mp camera was already on the incredible, android was obviously on Many phones already, wifi hotspot is useful but already been dons Many times, there will definitely be something better next week, the evo already is
@Btbessey
All you losers. Get a life and smell apples success. Your over-rated EVO... how many iPhone 4 posts were plagued by your loser-esque "EVO FTW" comments? You hypocritical losers.
@Btbessey
Oh do shut up, dear boy
@DefPoet No you can't the scrolling will still be jerky. Switching apps will still not be as elegant, the touch keyboard won't be as precise. So no, it may look similar but it won't be the same.
@That guy 2 Its hard to make calls when you dont have service. And even when you do the proximity issues will kick in.
@Barguast
Oh do screw yourself. You fandroids tick me off.
@That guy 2 Wow, well that was totally un-pessimistic. /s
"8 mp camera was already on the incredible" - Seriously? How does this make it's inclusion on the X a bad thing? Also understand that not every iteration of an 8MP camera is the same. This device might have better camera quality.
"android was obviously on Many phones already, wifi hotspot is useful but already been dons Many times" - You're pulling stuff out of the hat now. The inclusion is a good thing. It's not like if one phone has the inclusion of wifi-hotspot, the next phone must have tethering over telekinesis or something like that.
"Many times, there will definitely be something better next week, the evo already is" - Who cares if there will be something better next week? You might as well never get anything ever again with that mentality.
@Btbessey
And yet your posts are in an android article
Hypocrisy at its finest
@Btbessey
Indeed. I'm sure your anti-Android, pro-iPhone comments are most welcome in this Android topic. Does this make you part of the solution or part of the problem, hmm? More to the point, who does this make the real 'hypocritical loser'?
@beast101
I guess if you repeat a falsehood enough times... You may convince some. I hold my iPhone in the so called death grip. No call drops. Not one. There are more iPhone 4 users already than all Droids combined. That itself proves the iPhone is fine for calls and data. Even an idiot can connect the dots that 2+ million sold and cannot make a call does not make sense.
The people complaining the most about the iPhone are Android owners who have never seen or used an iPhone! This approach of using blogs to run a negative campaign against the iPhone started with Google's recent developer conference.
I am really looking forward to Google's and Apple's Q2 numbers to see what sort of a dent Google has made on Apple's iOS business with Android and compare that with the cost Apple is putting on Google to compete with Apple. The numbers will speak louder than words. I have a good idea what we'll see....
Talk is cheap. Numbers reflect actual business execution.
@memaf
Its sad that you guys think you are unique when you are not. 5 years you probably were now Apple does not stand for quality. Its the same as all other companies. You shit is made in the same plant everything else is made. With same parts and same person.
Uncle Steve doesnt care about you guys....he wants to be on top and show everyone up before he dies. Its his legacy that he worries about the must....he successfully made you guys into isheeps and you guys eat it up like crazy. Ask any former hardcore Apple/Mac loyalist and they will laugh at your face cause just like the phone you hold only on your right hand its a joke. Android is a threat to Apple..NOT like Apple was to MS back in the day but a serious threat because
Google is not stuck to a platform and thats what they have going. Apple is making enemies now not friends. Just a matter of time til your iphone is the norm and nothing innovating will come of it.
Fanboy.
@Btbessey
PS. Not a 'fandroid' - I have an Android phone yes, but don't feel the need to defend my choice in such an embarrassing manner as your good self. It's a f'king phone.
@Seven2k
Really? Same shit? Same plant? Show me ONE PHONE that has glass on both sides and a 5x stronger stainless steel band around the outside that also serves as the antennas.
If you can't do it, you're full of shit. The end.
@Jack Are you sure those steel bands serve as antennas? Lmao
@PaladinX13
So true.
@jaffreywali
Jerky. It a dumbass
I can flick a webpage on a Evo and it will be go a th way to the end before the iPhone
App switching is just fine on android. Hold home button and touch icons. And typing on a 4.3 inch screen respect with the multitouch keyboard in this thing or Evo if u install it beats the pants off the iphones small keyboard. Not to mention swype which beats every virtual keyboard that is in existence
@jaffreywali You probably have some kind of colorful bumper on it. And as you should, seeing as Jobs was smart enough to make the phone out of glass. Hope you dont drop it : )
@DefPoet "since I can make my android phone look like a carbon copy of ios does that mean ios is ugly?"
No you can't. In some fantasy world maybe the software (and that is a big IF). You fandroids don't understand that it is the synergy of HARDWARE and software that makes an iPhone an iPhone.
@SiXiam How is the droid 2 going to be better? Its the same phone with a physical keyboard.
@jaffreywali
So you say you havent dropped any calls? have you even turned the pos on?
@Frawley
It's a matter of opinion, but the latter half of your statement may in fact be your answer. :p
@DefPoet
I was pointing out everyone roses hypocrisy by the fact thy I was downranked for my stupid comment. Wake up and leave your mommies basements! BUY AN IPHONE AND SHUTUP
@Btbessey You mean the iTouch4? lmao
@N900
I agree, has any review sites that do digital cameras actually compared them to a real camera?
@Seven2k who cares if its the norm... more importantly is how well does it work for you. if youre happy with apple thats your god given right. if you're happy with google/android then that is your right as well. what isn't right is ridiculing someones opinion or preference because it may differ from your own.
at the end of the day, any successful company ends up being the same. it happened to microsoft, its happening to apple and if google keeps growing it will happen to them too. all this arguement shit about which is better and who are sheep etc is all petty and irrelevant. we're all consumerist sheep for even getting involved in any of this shit in the first place. at the end of the day we're talking about phones here. things that simply call people and obtain information. no one is bettering humanity or saving lives with this shit.
@Jack you mean glass, that scratches easily? why would i want that, i have gorilla glass on my droid. and why on both sides. i would prefer my rubber backing of my droid thats non slick, vs a scratchable glass surface that can easily fall out of my hand. oh, and the fact that everything is reflective as hell on the iphone is a turnoff. and the steel on the sides, it creates a defect with the antena, i prefer my plastic sides that dont feel cold as shit when i touch them in the winter.
@beast101
Only phones that I ever needed to replace the back on due to cracks and my display being scratched in my pocket were HTC phones - the tilt and tilt 2. The iPhones have been the most durable.
@Btbessey Then get your ass out of here if we tick you off
@DefPoet
You can flick but it takes the same amount of time to get to the end of a web page as scrolling on the iPhone. It doesn't load any faster.
The iPhones keyboard is much more precise than the EVO. I haven't tried the swipe keyboard. It wasn't on the EVO. I am not sure how well it works for the regular Joe.
While the EVO has a 4.3 inch screen it is very dim in bright light. So much so that unlike the iPhone, it cannot be used as a GPS device in bright sunlight.
The EVO is more like a Hummer, the iPhone more like a Range Rover. The EVO is bigger, has more bling but less refined and cheaper fit and finish. You can compare both in some Best Buys. The difference is quite remarkable in build quality. Some Best Buys I am told even removed their iPhone demos because they wanted to sell their EVO stock. It's the sane impact that having ipads in stores are having on netbook sales. Netbooks may have better specs but once users can compare them side by side, it's hard to buy a netbook. Sane for the EVO v iPhone 4 comparison.
I'll never understand why Apple won't let all networks sell their phone. Just doing that would have a huge impact on their market share.
@Flowah and get it in europe
@PaladinX13 Ok if your aim is having the best phone for the next two years, good luck with that. Most sane people get the best phone and have a nice time with it rather than feeling jealous about some future phone.
@dementedacademic Wow, speaking of aim you've missed the mark. The issue is what do the manufacturers advertise not what any individual buys or believes.
@dementedacademic
Totally agree. As long as this one doesn't feel like it had all the features stuffed up its ass with no lube as did the past Droids, it could actually become a pretty big player, regardless of what's next up to the plate (seriously, stuttering because you're scrolling too fast does not a good operating system/hardware mashup make, ARE YOU LISTENING MOTO?).
@PaladinX13 do with relax they gave the phone is 7 out of 10 nobody said this was the top android phone out just another android phone out 0 of the android phones that are rated higher than this so who said this phone was better than any other android phone
@dhamp2g Read Moto's ad copy which calls the Droid X "the ultimate smart phone" ... the issue is if manufacturers are targeting only the bleeding edge they're highlighting the issue of obsolescence unnecessarily. If you earnestly believe being "best" is meaningless then don't propagate that mentality in your advertising. If you look at EVO's advertising it's given up on "best" and went with "first" trying to show a message of innovation. Perhaps a better long term strategy (creating brand around innovation rather than spec superiority).
@PaladinX13
Seriously...when the iphone can't even maintain a signal, when apple's fearless leader uses words like "magic" (eh, heh), when a blog posts an article about how exciting it is to have a freaking pac man wallpaper, and then how awesome it is to have multi taaking when android had it waaaay before, I would seriously not be coming into a Droid post because you just come off as stupid, or just plain jealous.
I mean, really? Anyone pretending Android isn't already ahead in capabilities is just a fool.
Froyo...gingerbread...multi manufacturers...and not another antenna-challenged iphone for s whole year? Please...the future is already written.