"Droid 2"

[Amu]

I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the Droid 2? So far it's known that it's still being built, and maybe an October launch/release, however no known specs/size. Since the Shadow is already in "usage" phase, I thought that the Droid 2 would be "seen/heard about" already.

Confirmed (through sources, however can change along the course) 04/16/10:
- Release a couple of weeks before Halloween

here is a few facts on droid2. it is slightly more rounded edges,the open chin on the current droid vs the droid2 is the same,but the face of the droid2 chin is equal lentgh.this means the exposed chin on the current droid is open vs the droid2 chin is now part of the face slider.
also the 4 soft keys are moved around just a tad.same location but the menu button isnt the 4 dash's. its like the devours 4 squares.
the 5 way nav is gone and replaced with 4 arrows in the keypad. this allowed the keypad to be biggerfor fat fingers like mine.
the camera is 5mp HD and the phone looks nothing like the pic above. not even close. it looks very close to the current droid just evovled a tad.the power,volume,cam keys are now flusg soft touch and not so obvious like the current droid is.
i cant speak on the guts yet.too soon.this is all i can say so please dont ask for more specifics yet.

 

[0837s]

I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the Droid 2? So far it's known that it's still being built, and maybe an October launch/release, however no known specs/size. Since the Shadow is already in "usage" phase, I thought that the Droid 2 would be "seen/heard about" already.

Is the Shadow maybe the Droid 2?

 

[Amu]

Is the Shadow maybe the Droid 2?

I doubt it. There were two different pics for the Shadow and Droid 2, and also it's known (through sources, and as of now) that the Shadow won't have a keyboard, while the Droid 2 will. So Shadow != Droid 2.

 

[0837s]

I doubt it. There were two different pics for the Shadow and Droid 2, and also it's known (through sources, and as of now) that the Shadow won't have a keyboard, while the Droid 2 will. So Shadow != Droid 2.

Sign me up for a Shadow then!

 

[egut125]

I hope we can find some info for the Droid2. I have wanted the Droid for a while, but my NE2 isn't up until mid-May so by that time the Droid will showing some age, and I am worried about its physical keyboard. I still want a phone with a keyboard as I don't mind the thickness it adds, but reports are that the Droid has a less than stellar keyboard, so hopefully by May we'll have more concrete info on this guy so I can decide if I need to wait until it releases, or most likely grab the shadow.

 

[Amu]

I hope we can find some info for the Droid2. I have wanted the Droid for a while, but my NE2 isn't up until mid-May so by that time the Droid will showing some age, and I am worried about its physical keyboard. I still want a phone with a keyboard as I don't mind the thickness it adds, but reports are that the Droid has a less than stellar keyboard, so hopefully by May we'll have more concrete info on this guy so I can decide if I need to wait until it releases, or most likely grab the shadow.

As far as I know (through reading) the Droid 2 will be launched/released with the Shadow, so both will launch in June/July for Verizon. I think that the Droid 2 will have front-facing camera and LTE (Verizon).

 

[egut125]

As far as I know (through reading) the Droid 2 will be launched/released with the Shadow, so both will launch in June/July for Verizon. I think that the Droid 2 will have front-facing camera and LTE (Verizon).

Yeah I have been following the thread over at howardforums, and it seems hard to follow what bill was saying about the droid2 october phone and such. He is very suspicious in his answers and never gives much information without little subtleties that are hard to pick up on through text haha. He alwasy has to be mysterious with his answers.

But either way I'm waiting till May and hoping well have lots of solid information and a hopeful release date by then

 

[DarbagDarbag]

ya im pretty sure the droid 2 will be released months after the shadow (if the shadow is still on track for a summer release).

 

[Amu]

Ok, so the Droid 2 might get released a couple of weeks before Halloween , but no LTE inside it.

 

[BB2DROID]

That might be right before the 'Incredible'.

 

[DarbagDarbag]

didnt bill just say maybe before july 4th....or did i not understand his cryptic messages

 

[iamrobk]

He's a tester for Motorola, from what I can gather. He meant that he'd have it by then for testing. He gets phones like 3-4 months before their release and tests them (and has to update their firmware like every other day, from what he's said).

 

[Amu]

Yeah, Bill is a tester, Verizon phone tester I believe. So pretty much Bill knows what phones will get sold by Verizon because he tests them. That's just me of course, but we know that he tests phones a couple of months before the final product since the phone can change in the amount of time that he tests it (ie maybe hardware, and definitely bugs/firmware patches.)
So he's getting to test the phone before the 4th of July, while we get the phone before Halloween.

 

[Dustinb]

Sounds like this phone may have a 4.1" screen and most likely too late in the design to change it.

And possibly leaving Moto Blur off of it.


Edit: This comes from reading through the lines of bill23 at HF

 

[jdjazz]

that is kind of what I got from Bill23 on hofo. I could deal with a 4.1" screen, but would for sure LOVE to get rid of motoblur

 

[Dustinb]

that is kind of what I got from Bill23 on hofo. I could deal with a 4.1" screen, but would for sure LOVE to get rid of motoblur

Seemed to me like Verizon was the one that didn't wanna pay for Motoblur ... Although I could have misinterpreted what bill23 was trying to say there.

 

[Amu]

Yeah, so the screen is 4.1" for sure now since it's somewhat too late to change the hardware at this stage. It will also have Moto Blur, which can be turned off quite easily haha.

 

[egut125]

From Bill


"I cant tell you have dyslexia by seeing how well you pay attention,you are correct shadow=4.1
droid 2 = undisclosed"

So it seem good to assume we don't really know what the Droid2 will have, 4.1 or 4.3 or something else completely....

 

[egut125]

Originally Posted by bill23
far as droid2 we need another thread started on it,its off topic to much here.but ill say its coming soon. looks like shadow and then droid2 arenear the same release time frame.

 

[Amu]

Updated

 

[egut125]

Did The Motorola Droid 2 (Or Motorola Shadow) Just Pass WiFi Certification? | Android Phone Fans

 

[egut125]

Motorola Droid 2 Hits Verizon Inventory System | Droid Life: A Motorola Droid Blog

Could This Be the Droid 2 Keyboard? | Android Phone Fans

 

[jradicle11]

I can guarantee that the phone will not be released in June, it also probably won't be released in July.

 

[paulsg63]

I can guarantee that the phone will not be released in June, it also probably won't be released in July.

June 23rd my friend... can't wait!

 

[jradicle11]

I think the picture is in need of a change.