Earlier this week I was sitting in a coffee shop observing people coming and going, while sipping on my iced mocha. Sitting at a table not six feet from me was three thirty something individuals who were talking about their cell phones. Naturally, my ears tuned in on their conversation.
Two of the four had just got new cell phones. One had a Blackberry Curve for about a week. The other who had just got a Droid X, the day before. So like the excitement of any child with a new toy each wanted to show them off their new phone.
The individual who owned the Droid was showing some of their favorite features to the guy who had the Blackberry Curve. At first all the Blackberry Curve guy seemed mildly interested. Then when he got the Droid in his hand and started to play with it. He started to make all sort of pleasurable sounds. It was just a manner of minutes before the Blackberry guy made the statement that he was thinking about taking his Blackberry back and get the Droid phone.
I know it would be unfair to compare the Blackberry Curve the Droid X. They are two different phones that is targeted to two different markets. The Blackberry Curve is more for the business professional who needs email to their phone, while the Droid’s are more for games and apps, i.e. in competition with the would be iPhone user.
The phone itself has a 4.3 inch touchscreen with a 854 by 480 resolution. A fast 1GHz processor, backed up with 512 Mega bytes of memory. The camera is 8 mega pixel, able to to take still pictures and video. camera. Memory storage is 8 gigabytes with the ability to add a 16 gigabyte micro SD card.
The Droid X runs off the Android operating system. Built from the ground up with the end user in mind. For only being available for a couple of years the Android operating system has really given Apple and the iPhone something to worry about.
The Droid X has not been without issues. The more noticed problems that have come to light are consist of lines of dead pixels, flashing and flickering images, with some even seeing wide vertical bands across the entire screen. Then there is shorten battery life, applications not working, and the phone locking up.
The Droid X with cost you $200 with a two year contract from Verizon. If you don’t want the sign the two year contract, expect to pay a cool $569.
Bottom-line: Do you really need a Droid X? Do you really need a iPhone? Most likely not. It the use of some of the good working application make you more productive, it may be worth the money. Yes, it looks cool. There are bragging rights in having one.
I would wait. In the next year the price will come down and many of the current issue will be resolved. It is a waste of time and money to have an expensive toy that only works part of the time.
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