Motorola takes another shot at the iPhone 4, says Droid X is 'no jacket required'

Well this is getting good. Motorola was one of the first to take a subtle swipe at Apple's iPhone 4 antenna dilemma with an ad saying you could hold the Droid X "any way you like," Apple came right back with a video purportedly showing the Droid X suffering similar attenuation issues when held in the right hand, and now Moto's responded with this cheeky ad that plays off Apple's free iPhone case solution by saying the Droid X can make calls "without a bulky phone jacket." Yeah, it's pretty good -- particularly because unlike most other phones, we haven't been able to death grip the Droid X with any noticeable effect on 3G reception. (Although, truth be told, we can drop the WiFi signal by a few bars pretty easily.) Either way, we're certainly enjoying this little slice of swagger from Moto -- check a larger version after the break.

[ivan17stone Posted Jul 29th 2010 12:48PM]

hahaha... I use iPhone, and love it... but let's be fair, MOTOROLA REALLY KNOWS how to make Cell Phones... that's what humans call EXPERIENCE, so Apple.. screw you for being so arrogant!

[system22 Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:03PM]

@Blaque14K just in case you didn't get thru the whole article, let me just get this part to you right away:

Android includes a set of core libraries that provides most of the functionality available in the core libraries of the Java programming language.

Every Android application runs in its own process, with its own instance of the Dalvik virtual machine. Dalvik has been written so that a device can run multiple VMs efficiently. The Dalvik VM executes files in the Dalvik Executable (.dex) format which is optimized for minimal memory footprint. The VM is register-based, and runs classes compiled by a Java language compiler that have been transformed into the .dex format by the included "dx" tool.

The Dalvik VM relies on the Linux kernel for underlying functionality such as threading and low-level memory management.

[Jordus Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:27PM]

What the hell is Apple and Engadget doing to make various phones attenuate? I basically wrapped my body around my Evo and the 3G signal never changed. I got 1 wifi bar to flicker for a milisecond and then it stayed at full bars again.

Stop lying, the both of yous.

[hill60 Posted Jul 29th 2010 4:30PM]

@Jordus


Funny. I had the same results with 2 iPhone 4's on different networks, Optus and Vodafone au, squeeze it, poke it. touch it and no dropping bars.

[cruncis Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:48PM]

That sounds like a faulty phone, or problems with the network, not the phone. Or... they are experiencing the proximity sensor issue. Perhaps that's what's happening. My iPhone 4 has yet to show any signs of the proximity sensor issue, so I would suggest they try exchanging it. It's pretty painless in an Apple store.

[cruncis Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:51PM]

Join the crowd... of iPhone users saying the same thing, but which you dismissed as them being "fanbois". Truth is that I couldn't get it to happen at first either but eventually I was able to reproduce it on my iPhone 4. However, in practice, my iPhone 4 is performing better, not worse, then my 3GS ever did, sometimes night and day. Facts like this don't sway folks like you, though. You'd rather go with the flow.

[cruncis Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:53PM]

As I said, my iPhone 4 performs at least as well, regardless of how I hold it, then my 3GS, and sometimes dramatically better. I'm not sure how else to say it such that you will understand.

[cruncis Posted Jul 29th 2010 1:54PM]

The comment system here is f'd. None of my comments ended up connected to the messages they were replies to. Oh well.

[therichad Posted Jul 29th 2010 2:11PM]

Apple should fire back and say at least it could last all day on one charge. Seriously all android devices are horrible on battery especially the newer ones.

[Jordus Posted Jul 29th 2010 10:50PM]

@therichad Wrong. My Evo goes all day without a hitch. Since the last update I can even turn 4G on and go all day as well. Keep making stuff up.

[jroc74 Posted Jul 29th 2010 11:22PM]

@therichad

Yea u clearly never used an X before. Just the technology alone means it gets better battery life....

I went 1 day + with playing 3D games, calling, texting, surfing the web on the X.

[system22 Posted Jul 29th 2010 3:20PM]

@system22 furthermore - im not saying the newer android phones aren't snappy. what im saying (and you said yourself in so many words) the iphone is clocked slower than most industrial strength android phones yet gets at least as good if not better ui performance. its estimated to be clocked at around 600-800mhz to preserve battery. evo for example is clocked at what i believe to be 1ghz yet still stutters way more frequently. almost any android user will admit they love how smooth the iphone 4 runs reagrdless if they actually like the phone itself. its not wasting cpu cycles to account for multiplatform accessibility.... one advantage to having the os and the hardware coming from the same manufacturer.

[infamous1 Posted Jul 29th 2010 4:22PM]

NO JACKET
BIG ENOUGH.

[liveag Posted Jul 29th 2010 7:26PM]

A terrible joke just sprung to my mind: "iPhone 4 - no gloves, no service"
Yeah yeah, go ahead and hate me now^^

[bufbarnaby Posted Jul 29th 2010 8:24PM]

Apple wanted a kick in the Gee-Bees...MOTO delivered a strike !☻

[roadburn Posted Jul 29th 2010 11:44PM]

What they don't show in this Droid TV commercial:

Android phones being completely compromised at Black Hat 2010.

With your users' personal data being secretly shipped to China, it's perhaps a little unseemly to try to gloat over a minor antenna issue in your competitor's phone.

http://bit.ly/be9ZUw

[jroc74 Posted Jul 30th 2010 8:01AM]

@roadburn

Thats from a 3rd party app that u dont have to install......

Yea...that compares to designing an antenna, phone that doesnt even function as the main thing its supposed to do.

Dont get me wrong, its a serious issue, no doubt. But they just dont compare. Now if we was talking about app store vs. app store THEN they would compare.

iPanatics, if u gonna try zingers, at least make them in the right context.....lol

[bigb3456 Posted Jul 30th 2010 3:52AM]

@logicbombde
You obviously didn't read the fucking posts at all.

[bigb3456 Posted Jul 30th 2010 4:13AM]

@Randall
You'd think he's fucking brain dead.

[High WASP Posted Aug 16th 2010 12:21PM]

This is the iPhone 4 ad I want to see: http://bit.ly/9ZEA9Q. Brutal pearls and all.

[edfranco1 Posted Aug 19th 2010 9:40PM]

Actually Motorola has no room for poking fun at Apple, they have been making phone for 30 years and there not even that great. I have the Droid X for 4 days now and have been getting 1 to 2 bars only all around my city and county and I live about 1 to 2 miles of 3 cell sites. I will be posting this info and live video and record an actual Verizon wireless tech support conversation to prove.