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What I like LEAST about the Droid X...

notaguru

Android Enthusiast
Apr 22, 2010
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Coming from the Incredible, it's easy: I dislike the hardware buttons for HOME, MENU, RETURN, SEARCH.

Surely some will comment on the absence of the trackball, speakerphone audio performance, battery life, or [unrooted] Motorola's blurry quirks. But for me, it's those hardware buttons...

I installed free Swipepad with its pay options, which gets around some of the discomfort, but haven't figured out how to use that brilliant utility to get to the HOME page.
 
Wow, I pretty much disagree with all your complaints lol. But why go from incredible to droid x now?(especially since you have all these issues) There are plenty of dual core phones and lte phones on verizon now and one phone with both. Was it the cheap price or warranty replacement?
 
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I prefer hardware buttons instead of touch sensitive. You never get accidental hits. That's a main reason I'm not too into the bionic.

+1

i had the eris, and everytime i was playing a game or something with it, that back button would just kill me. im going to a samsung next, and the hard buttons will no longer be there :(

the other problems are easily fixed, or just eventually overlooked. i cannot look at my dx and say this was a big mistake getting this phone. this has been the same phone since launch day, and i have not had any problems with it, it has actually been through alot! but thats the nature of the beast. it cannot die, its truly unbrickable, and will stay alive forever!
 
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I Love the hardware buttons. I can turn on my screen easier, Then hitting the power button on top. Other than that reason, I could care less whether the buttons are touch or not.

But one thing i hate on the X is no scroller ball or touchpad. I only used it on my old phone when i made a typing mistake, and it was really time saving and easier, compared to touching where you need to go back to.

On that note, does anyone know of any keyboard apps with the arrow buttons on the key board??? (Similar to the EVO i believe)
 
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I'll agree that I prefer the hardware buttons. Love being able to turn the screen on with the home button. Everytime I pick up my wifes D2, it annoys me I have to turn it on from the top.

Plus no accidental hits.

Same for me, I had an original Droid, and I would always inadvertently hit one of the soft keys at the most inopportune times.

Love the ability to wake up the device with the Home button in front.
 
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