Droid X Review

Welcome to our Droid X Review. Before going further, please note that all US residents can have a shot at a FREE Motorola Droid X for a limited time by clicking here. Nothing to lose! Now let’s get started. Faced with the launch of the iPhone 4 sold in five countries, Motorola responded in the summer 2010 with its new Android smartphone, the Droid X. This device relies on its large screen and a rental movie service.

Motorola wishes to recall that it remains a serious competitor to Apple, especially on the US market where the adoption of the Android platform brought the company’s sales figures back on track. Let’s not forget that The Motorola Droid took a better start than the first iPhone in terms of sales, with 1.05 million units sold in the United States in less than three months.

The Chicago firm capitalized on this success, thus coming up with a new terminal on Android, the Droid X. This phone is distinguished by its huge 4.3-inch screen, which is exactly the same as the one found on the EVO 4G on Sprint and the HD2 on T-Mobile. The device itself is clearly large(5″ long, 2.58″ wide), but still thin enough (0.36″).

The Droid X is mainly focusing on its multimedia performance. It is offering a 8-megapixel photo sensor associated with a dual LED flash, and can shoot movies in High Definition (720p). Images can be edited and retouched by a dedicated software, and be broadcasted on a TV via the HDMI connector on the phone or DLNA protocol. MicroUSB is available for syncing and charging.

The application “V Cast Video” proposed by Verizon allows the users to make the most out of the size of the screen as well as its resolution by giving them a very large range of movies and series to rent. In addition to the applications available on the Android Market (65,000 applications), Motorola has also preinstalled communication programs and entertainment such as video game Need for Speed Shift, Skype Mobile, or even NFL Mobile.

Technically, this “Google Phone” is powered by a 1 GHz processor, offers 8 GB of internal memory expandable up to 40GB with the microSD slot (a 16 GB comes with the device), and also has a GPS receiver. When Droid X first came out, it was delivered with the Android platform 2.1 (Flash), but an update during the summer 2010 brought the latest software, Android 2.2 (or Froyo). With 512MB of RAM, you can afford to switch between data-intensive applications without the phone slowing down.

As far as battery life goes, Motorola Droid X is decent but not the best out there. You can expect the 1500mAh battery to last for a day on heavy use and 2 days on light use.