Android phones come january
won't be eligible for NE2 and discounts till january.
I have decided for sure I want to get android phones for both myself and my wife. not really interested in the VZ iPhone
however, our needs are slightly different.
for me I want a big screen (4.3), fastest possible CPU, wifi hotspot and world phone capability, but no phys keyboard
for her, I need shockproof/waterproof/max durability (she has a tendency to dropkick phones into puddles) so...
is there going to be an upgraded droid X with the 1.2Ghz and world edition capabilities of the D2WE?
is there going to be a verizon version of the motorola defy?
is something else coming down the pipe?
I have decided for sure I want to get android phones for both myself and my wife. not really interested in the VZ iPhone
however, our needs are slightly different.
for me I want a big screen (4.3), fastest possible CPU, wifi hotspot and world phone capability, but no phys keyboard
for her, I need shockproof/waterproof/max durability (she has a tendency to dropkick phones into puddles) so...
is there going to be an upgraded droid X with the 1.2Ghz and world edition capabilities of the D2WE?
is there going to be a verizon version of the motorola defy?
is something else coming down the pipe?
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The people who know the answers to your questions do not frequent online forums. Too many insiders have been fired for divulging even minute details about impending products.
At this time, based off of what's been announced and what has photographic evidence to substantiate rumor, the two world-capable Android devices you will see in the next few months will be the Droid Pro and the Droid2 Global, both of which will have physical keyboards.
However, the Droid Pro will have an exposed keyboard where the Droid2 Global will have a slide-out keyboard. As someone with the original Droid, also with a slide-out keyboard, I can assure you the phone is quite capable without ever using the keyboard. The only time I've used it is when demons...
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At this time, based off of what's been announced and what has photographic evidence to substantiate rumor, the two world-capable Android devices you will see in the next few months will be the Droid Pro and the Droid2 Global, both of which will have physical keyboards.
However, the Droid Pro will have an exposed keyboard where the Droid2 Global will have a slide-out keyboard. As someone with the original Droid, also with a slide-out keyboard, I can assure you the phone is quite capable without ever using the keyboard. The only time I've used it is when demons...
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thanks for the feedback. what I'm really hoping for (for me) is a Droid X world edition.
wrt international use, canada (I know non-world phones will work there), europe.
OTOH, I could just pick up a cheap europe only "burner" phone for when I'm there.
really wish verizon would get something like the defy. my wife's current phone is the gz'one and it has really held up to her destructive nature.(after ruining 2 lg8100s, an 8350 and an audiovox 9900 I made sure her new phone could take a bullet.)
wrt international use, canada (I know non-world phones will work there), europe.
OTOH, I could just pick up a cheap europe only "burner" phone for when I'm there.
really wish verizon would get something like the defy. my wife's current phone is the gz'one and it has really held up to her destructive nature.(after ruining 2 lg8100s, an 8350 and an audiovox 9900 I made sure her new phone could take a bullet.)
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Haha! Your wife definitely needs a Kevlar phone. My ex ran over her 8100 and it was still functional (if you call holding the phone in a ziploc bag functional). The Audiovox was a good phone, too, very solid, but definitely not bullet-proof.
I don't see the need for a DroidX in a global edition, at least knowing the way that Verizon and Motorola think. They're usually ok with one or two models. If it were up to me, everything would be dual CDMA and GSM at this point. The cost of the additional hardware is negligible with today's technologies. But I guess it's always possible that they come up with a DroidX Global. I just haven't seen an iota of rumor on it.
As for your wife... well, I don't know. If the Droid2 isn't rugged eno...
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I don't see the need for a DroidX in a global edition, at least knowing the way that Verizon and Motorola think. They're usually ok with one or two models. If it were up to me, everything would be dual CDMA and GSM at this point. The cost of the additional hardware is negligible with today's technologies. But I guess it's always possible that they come up with a DroidX Global. I just haven't seen an iota of rumor on it.
As for your wife... well, I don't know. If the Droid2 isn't rugged eno...
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Sadly, there is no sense even looking until about 10 days before intending to make a purchase.
This industry isn't like the auto-makers where you have a huge lead time to make decisions before purchasing.
My guess is that even the people "in the know" don't know any specific release dates more then 60 days out.
This industry isn't like the auto-makers where you have a huge lead time to make decisions before purchasing.
My guess is that even the people "in the know" don't know any specific release dates more then 60 days out.
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I'd agree with that. Marketing knows more than any QA tester playing with a prototype, these days. I'd venture to say that Marketing may even know more about what's coming than most of the executives do.
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It really just depends on who you know in this company and if any info they have giving is reliable. VZW changes their mind like the wind.
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It used to be easy to know someone. My closest ally was a guy who worked in Quality Assurance. He was on this forum for a while, but I can't remember the name. He helped me start my phone site.
He was fired for a breach of his non-disclosure agreement, though the incident they specified wasn't "leaked" by him, he had been giving out other information (online and in person) for years. It was a sad day when I lost my "in the know" guy.
He was fired for a breach of his non-disclosure agreement, though the incident they specified wasn't "leaked" by him, he had been giving out other information (online and in person) for years. It was a sad day when I lost my "in the know" guy.
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Dude, I'm still around, just lurking. I don't check out phone scoop all tha tmuch anymore. Kinda funny that I even checked it today.
By the way, you post a lot more than you used to. What's up with that?
By the way, you post a lot more than you used to. What's up with that?
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