The Motorola Droid X2, ready for launch

The Motorola Droid X2 has been given “official” status by Verizon Wireless, ending weeks of speculation about the Droid X2 launch date and price. The Droid X2 launch is, in fact, so close that it appears the previously discussed Motorola Droid X2 specs are set in stone, with production units ready for sale.

Just two days ago, the rumored Droid X2 launch was set to take place a week from tomorrow. So, it appears that Motorola and Verizon are comfortable introducing the Droid X2 earlier than expected. This makes sense, considering only a few features (processor, touchscreen, etc.) differentiate the Droid X2 from the original Droid X. Verizon and Motorola have likely decided that there isn’t much that can go wrong that hasn’t already gone wrong.

The in-store Droid X2 launch is set for May 26th, one week from the Droid X2 online launch. The Droid X2 in-store launch is for anyone who insists on waiting an additional week to get a Droid X2, or would prefer to pay far more than necessary when buying a Droid X2 and/or Droid X2 accessories.

If you’re here because you’d like to buy a Droid X2 with a better deal, please consider taking advantage of the online Droid X2 deals that are sure to follow the Droid X2 launch.

Online wireless retailers are able to offer significant savings on Droid phones—savings almost always unmatched by major retail chains. Savings on a new phone like the Droid X2 might range anywhere from 25-50% when purchased online. Accessories for the Droid X2, like the Droid X2 car mount, Droid X2 dock, or Droid X2 cases, are also offered at huge discounts online.

It’s easy to setup or configure a new or current Verizon Wireless plan (individual or family plans) through online wireless retailers. It is also convenient to get the Droid X2 accessories you will want from the same retailer, in the same transaction, with significant savings. Free shipping is almost always included for the with the purchase of a new phone through various online retailers.

Check back here, to BuyDroidPhones.com when the Droid X2 launches online tomorrow. BuyDroidPhones.com will post the best Droid X2 deals online as soon as we find them, so that you have the information you need to save money when you buy a new Droid X2.

Motorola Droid X2 To Launch Next Week

The Motorola Droid X2, the successor to the very successful Motorola Droid X, may be released by the end of this month. According to various leaks, the Motorola Droid X2 specs and features will be quite impressive, while retaining nearly the exact form of the Motorola Droid X. The leaked Motorola Droid X2 specs are listed below. With the Droid X2 release date possibly less than two weeks away, we’ll also compare the Droid X2 vs Droid X vs Droid Incredible 2.

The Motorola Droid X2 specs leaked thus far show that the Droid X2 will be one of the most advanced Droid smartphones. There are two major upgraded components in the Droid X2: the dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, and the 4.3” qHD touchscreen display with 540×960 resolution.

The Motorola Droid X2 will be a full-featured Droid smartphone. The Droid X2 will be one of the fastest Android smartphones sporting one of the best mobile LCD displays on the market. Powered by the 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, the Droid X2 will easily handle data-intensive apps found on the Android Market. Scrolling through screens, opening apps, recording video, playing games, and almost anything else you might do on an Android phone will be faster with the Droid X2’s dual-core processor.

Though the Droid X2 may ship with Android 2.2, it is a great candidate to be upgraded to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and potentially Android 3.0. Android 2.3 will feature multiple upgrades, including enhanced power management, a new on-screen keyboard, better interface, enhanced application management, and more.

Of course, the Droid X2 will have the best features found on any Android phone. Google Navigation in conjunction with the Droid X2 GPS capabilities provides free navigation when traveling—you can do away with your old car-based GPS unit with the Droid X2. There are thousands of free applications on the Android Market to download. Taking pictures and creating video is simple, and easily uploaded to social networks for sharing with friends. Speaking of social networking, the Droid X2 will show all of your friend’s updates as they are happen on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and more.

There are various Droid X2 release date rumors circulating, but most are placing the Droid X2 release date on Thursday May 26th.

The most appropriate phones to compare to the Droid X2 are the original Droid X and the just-launched HTC Droid Incredible 2. Comparisons between the Droid X2 and Droid X must obviously be made; comparisons between the Droid X2 vs Droid Incredible 2 must be made because they are the most advanced 3G Droid phones available on Verizon’s network, plus these two phones will be released within a month of each other.

Droid X2 vs Droid X

The Droid X2 is a nice upgrade over the first Motorola Droid X. Motorola mostly stuck with the highly reviewed build of the first Droid X. The durable, metallic case remains almost wholly unchanged, though the red camera button on the first Droid X is removed for the Droid X2. The major upgrades reside inside the Droid X2’s case. The cutting-edge dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor significantly improves processing power, and will allow the Droid X2 to run apps simultaneously more smoothly than does the Droid X. The second major upgrade, the qHD touchscreen display, measures 4.3” like the Droid X’s screen, though it has a resolution of 540×960 compared to the Droid X’s resolution of 480×854. With the display’s higher resolution, games and video on the Droid X2 will look superb.

Droid X2 vs Droid Incredible 2

The Motorola Droid X2 compares favorably to the HTC Droid Incredible 2. The Droid Incredible 2 has a 4” screen with a resolution of 480×800, whereas the Droid X2 has a 4.3” touchscreen display with a resolution of 540×960. The Droid Incredible 2 has a 1GHz single-core processor, compared to the Droid X2’s dual-core 1GHz processor. According to some reviewers, the Droid Incredible 2 has a plasticky feel, whereas the Droid X2 will have the same solid, metal feel of the Droid X. The Droid Incredible 2 is a global phone, whereas the Droid X2 is limited to Verizon’s CDMA/EVDO network. So, in terms of cutting-edge hardware, the Droid X2 is a better phone, but if you do a lot of traveling across the globe, the Droid Incredible 2 will provide more convenience.

When the Motorola Droid X2 launches next week, make sure to check BuyDroidPhones.com for the best Droid X2 deals online. Don’t buy the Droid X2 without checking here first, as it’s almost guaranteed that there will be better Droid X2 sales available than those at your closest retail store.

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Earlier this morning there was a post about the Samsung Droid Charge launching today. Please disregard that post and accept our apologies. Verizon has instead decided to delay the launch of the Droid Charge indefinitely. Why? Because Verizon’s 4G LTE network has been out of service for more than a day, and it’s not known when service will be restored.

BuyDroidPhones.com will post as soon as the Droid Charge does go live. Hopefully the Droid Charge isn’t delayed anywhere near as long as the Thunderbolt was.

In the meantime, you can still preorder a Droid Charge over at Wirefly. All phones bought through Wirefly are shipped for free via FedEx.

The 4G Samsung Droid Charge

UPDATE: Amazon Wireless is taking preorders for the Droid Charge. Follow the link to view options and pricing. Free two day shipping included.

The Samsung Droid Charge is also available for preorder through online wireless retailer Wirefly. Order your Droid Charge today and get free shipping via FedEx.

Samsung Mobile & Verizon Wireless will launch the Droid Charge on April 28th, 2011.

The Samsung Droid Charge is the second 4G LTE smartphone for Verizon’s new 4G LTE network.

Samsung has engineered a wicked device that is a strong competitor to the uber-successful HTC Thunderbolt. The Droid Charge is based on Samsung’s Galaxy S series, a strong, successful platform to build from (see the Samsung Fascinate). The Droid Charge looks a lot like a Galaxy S phone, though there has been changes: the navigation touchscreen buttons on the Galaxy S series are replaced with clicky buttons on the Droid Charge; HDMI and MicroSD slots are added to the sides of the Droid Charge; the Droid Charge has a shield-like shape compared to the candybar Galaxy S phones (note: phones in following picture are not displayed to scale).

With its 4.3” Super AMOLED Plus display, the Droid Charge will be a bit larger than the Galaxy S phones. I prefer smartphones with screens no larger than 4” for their smaller form factor, but I think the largeness of the 4.3” display will be made up for by the stunning clarity of Samsung’s new Super AMOLED Plus display. This new display is bright, conservative with power, high resolution, and has easy viewing from varying angles. The Droid Charge’s state of the art display makes the Droid Charge the phone to have for heavy multimedia users. Incidentally, as a happy Galaxy S owner, I’m definitely looking forward to seeing the Droid Charge’s improved display. View the display for yourself in the following hands-on video created in January during CES 2011.

The Samsung Droid Charge’s touchscreen display looks awesome during the demo of “Let’s Golf 2″. The display’s clarity and brightness is truly remarkable. On most other smartphones, displays are likely to be whitewashed at sharp viewing angles because of backlit LCD displays. With the Droid Charge, the display looks basically the same no matter what angle it’s viewed from. The Super AMOLED displays are also power-saving compared to other types, which is beneficial to battery charge. For me, Samsung’s Super AMOLED displays are tied with the iPhone 4’s Retina Display for being the best smartphone displays currently on the market. When compared to the iPhone 4′s display, the Droid Charge’s Super AMOLED Plus display may outperform based on most criteria aside from resolution (hardly lagging, though noticable).

There was one Skype glitch early in the video. Samsung has had a lot of time to fix these types of bugs, so expect a solid Droid Charge experience when trying the phone later this week.

The Droid Charge is going to be a strong phone, especially for users demanding a cutting edge multimedia experience from their smartphones. Compared to the Thunderbolt, there are only minor differences in hardware, aside from the displays. I expect consumers will prefer the Droid Charge’s Super AMOLED Plus display in side by side comparisons with HTC Thunderbolt, and that this will strongly affect purchase decisions.

As a happy Galaxy S user myself, I’m definitely looking forward to giving the Droid Charge a test run after its April 28th launch.

What do you think of the Droid Charge? Have you preordered the Droid Charge? Why or why not? Are you waiting for another 4G phone to land on Verizon’s network? Will the Droid Charge supplant the HTC Thunderbolt as Verizon’s best 4G phone?

According to this article, around 300,000 Android devices are activated daily across the globe. Consumers in the US, Europe, and East Asia account for most activations. Now that Google’s Android OS has led other mobile OS developers in market share for months now, it’s obvious that, at 300,000+ activations daily across the globe, the other developers have a lot of catching up to do.

Watch this video for a geographical representation of Android activations from early 2009 to the present:

Activations clearly spike upon the releases of the Motorola Droid (October-November 2009) and the Samsung Galaxy S phones (June 2010). This is no surprise, as the Motorola Droid set off Android’s popularity in the US marketplace, and Samsung’s Galaxy S series was a well-designed platform tailored to the capabilities of wireless carriers across the globe.

The video also demonstrates the power of a few well-implemented ideas: 1) Google’s idea to create an open OS for use by all cell phone manufacturers; 2) Motorola’s success in designing the Motorola Droid to be a phone capable of competing against the iPhone, rather than a phone that simply emulated the iPhone; 3) Verizon’s success in marketing its Droid line as a viable alternative to customers in the US.

The evolution of Android has been fun to observe. 2011 promises a new wave of Android devices in direct competition with Apple’s iPad—so will there be a similar video for Android tablet activations a year from now?

Upgraded Droid X--Droid X2--Coming Soon?

Is Motorola working on a replacement to the Droid X?

According to various leaks, Motorola is developing the next iteration of the Droid X phone. This upgraded Droid X, currently dubbed the Droid X2 (or Droid squared?), should be released sometime toward the end of Q2 2011–perhaps this coming June?

A Droid X2 launch sometime in June definitely makes sense. The Droid X was released July of 2010, and the speed of innovation in wireless technology is so rapid that phones even 6 to 12 months old–like the Droid X–are considered obsolete. That’s not to say the Droid X currently being sold is a poorly performing phone. In fact, the current Droid X is probably the fastest, most able 3G phone on Verizon’s network you can get at this time, plus it’s sold for free by online wireless retailers like Amazon and Wirefly.

But as we depend on our phones more and more, manufacturers must adapt or be left behind. So the updated Droid X will likely come with a faster processor, more RAM, and perhaps a higher resolution touchscreen. Some speculators expect the Droid X2 to have the highly anticipated 1 GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor, whereas others expect a more cost-friendly 1.2 GHz single-core processor.

Perhaps the Droid X2 could even be made a global phone, as was done with the Droid 2?

And it definitely looks like the Droid X2 will be a 3G phone–no 4G capabilities included.

This same process happened with the Motorola Droid to Droid 2 upgrade: Motorola will develop hardware upgrades for a phone to keep pace with current technology and user demands, without losing the cachet of a phone’s brand and success. This allows Motorola to maintain its position in the high-end 3G smartphone market on Verizon’s network with the Droid X2, and at the same time provides Motorola the luxury of devoting a modicum of resources to maintaining this position so that it can devote more time and money to the emerging 4G market.

So what do you think? Do you find the Droid X lacking in performance? Are you interested in an upgrade to the Droid X2? What would it take to pique your interest?

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The HTC Thunderbolt 4G

News of the upcoming launch of at least four 4G Android phones for Verizon Wireless has been scarce since the phones were first unveiled.

The 4G devices revealed this past week at CES are the HTC Thunderbolt 4G, Samsung SCH-i510, Motorola Droid Bionic, and LG Revolution.

Verizon has kept release dates for these phones secret by keeping retailers in the dark. Still, there is some weak consensus as to when the first 4G phones will launch and the order in which they will launch.

According to various sources we’ve spoken with over the past couple of days, there is some consensus that the first 4G phone will be released in the last couple weeks of February (at the earliest), or sometime in the first week or two of March. In fact, March 1st looks to be the date Verizon is shooting for.

Verizon is taking its time to make sure the new 4G LTE network can handle the new devices without the disruptions in 4G service experienced by AT&T and T-Mobile customers, according to one person familiar with Verizon’s network. Verizon is aware that the success of launching its 4G network is twofold: how the new network actually performs, and how the public perceives the reliability and success of the new network. One of the more important indicators of the robustness of the new network will be the smoothness of video chat—a highly promoted feature of the next-gen 4G phones. Customers with 4G phones on networks other than Verizon’s have experienced significant problems with video chat, a problem Verizon does not want to be perceived as having. Because of Verizon’s ongoing work on the LTE network, a mid-Atlantic/East Coast “region-wide” Verizon 4G LTE network may not be completed until sometime July or August.

As for the phones: the big news is that some think the HTC Thunderbolt 4G may not be the first of the 4G phones launched. During CES, HTC created hype for the Thunderbolt by announcing that the company would once again be launching a “first” 4G phone. However, there is some speculation that Samsung may be moving aggressively to beat HTC to market. Samsung would certainly steal HTC’s thunder by launching the yet-to-be-named Samsung SCH-i510, a phone built on the successful Galaxy S series phones (see the Samsung Fascinate), first.

Still, the popular opinion is that the HTC Thunderbolt will be the first 4G phone released, likely around or on March 1st. Why? HTC has created too much excitement by announcing it would be first to market, plus the Thunderbolt branding is kinda-sorta-obviously designed to lead Verizon’s marketing of its 4G launch. The safe bet is that Samsung’s 4G SCH-i510 will likely arrive just after the launch of the Thunderbolt 4G.

The Motorola Droid Bionic and LG Revolution will follow HTC and Samsungs’ phones, maybe in the Spring.

Preorders for the HTC Thunderbolt and Samsung SCH-i510 are not yet being accepted. If you’re looking to be one of the first people to get a 4G phone on Verizon’s LTE network, we advise you to start checking various retailers beginning the last two weeks of February.

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The LG Revolution

LG has announced the upcoming LG Revolution as the company’s first 4G phone.

The LG Revolution will feature advanced technology, including a 4G LTE connection. With 4G, the LG Revolution will be able to download and transmit data at rates up to ten times faster than Verizon’s 3G network.

Some of the LG Revolution’s impressive specs:
• 4.3” touchscreen
• Android 2.2 OS
• 16GB internal storage, microSD storage up to 32GB cards
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth 3.0
• GPS/AGPS
• Front and rear facing cameras
• 1080p HD video capture

Back of the LG Revolution

The LG Revolution will launch close to the releases of the three other 4G Droid phones for the Verizon network, which were announced this past week.

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The new Motorola Droid Bionic 4G

Motorola has announced the upcoming launch of its first 4G Android device for the Verizon Wireless network.

Coming sometime Q2 2011, the Motorola Droid Bionic 4G is promised to deliver blazing fast 4G speeds—up to ten times faster than Verizon’s 3G network.

Packed inside the Droid Bionic 4G is a dual core 1GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, a 4.3-inch high-definition touchscreen, front and rear-facing cameras, 1080p HD video recording capability, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, HDMI output, and much more.

Motorola is clearly attempting to obtain new users through the inclusion of business-friendly devices.

Much like the business oriented Motorola Droid Pro, the Droid Bionic 4G will feature corporate e-mail, encryption capability, conference calling, and remote wipe. The Droid Bionic 4G can also perform as a hotspot for up to five different devices through its 802.11 b/g/n radio.

The Motorola Droid Bionic 4G In Landscape Mode

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Source: cnet

Perhaps A Look At The 4G Motorola Olympus?

Verizon Wireless’ next-generation 4G LTE wireless network is now online in various cities across the country.

With CES 2011 opening tomorrow, information on the next-generation Droid phones, the 4G Droid phones, continues to leak to the press.

Just yesterday BuyDroidPhones.com posted information regarding one of these new 4G Droids, the HTC Thunderbolt 4G.

At least two other 4G Droid phones may also make appearances at CES:

Motorola has continually innovated with each release of its Droid phones. The first Droid phone on Verizon, the Motorola Droid, was released to widespread positive reviews. Motorola’s latest Droid phones, the Droid X, Droid Pro, and Droid 2, have set trends in smartphone engineering.

The Motorola Olympus may be the next acclaimed Droid phone.

According to leaks, the Motorola Olympus will be Motorola’s first 4G Droid phone on the Verizon network.

Again, according to leaks, the Motorola Olympus will feature advanced hardware: front and rear-facing cameras, a dual-core processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a large touchscreen.

Samsung may also soon show off its first 4G Droid phone, the Samsung SCH-I520. This Samsung phone follows the popular Galaxy S series of phones that have sold more than 10 million units since introduction to the marketplace.

These 4G Droid phones, likely on a few out of many of similar devices on the way, may be released to the public as early as the end of January, 2011.

Prices on new phones vary among the major retailers, so sign up for the BuyDroidPhones.com newsletter to get the latest, best 4G Droid deals as the deals become available.

Source: Brighthand