bazent

Any news on a Droid 5 coming out soon?

I have the Droid 2, and it's time for an upgrade, but I know as soon as I get the Droid 4, the Droid 5 will come out.

Has anyone heard any rumors yet?

Thanks,

Vince

xTye

Google didn't show any results. So I doubt one is coming anytime soon.

AMTrombley0924

Moto said at the end of last year that they were going to ease up on phone releases this year. The D4 might be their QWERTY baby for a while.

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silverfang77

Which might mean an outside chance at getting an official Jelly Bean?

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imnotmikal

I personally think we will see JB from Moto within 6 months. Other may disagree, but that's what I'm saying.

I'm sure we'll see JB from the devs here soon though.

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AMTrombley0924

I definitely see us getting JB. It isn't that large of a leap for ICS-able phones. While I hope that imnotmikal is right, I don't see us getting it until next year, simply because the D4 isn't a super popular phone, and they will get JB to the RAZR and the Bionic first. Not to mention whatever flagship phones they add to their portfolio between then and now as well.

imnotmikal

I will, however, edit my statement.
IF Moto released another KB phone (DROID 5?), then I'm afraid we will see the same fate the DROID3 has met in terms of ICS.

meindc

If anyone does hear of rumors of a new one with KB, I hope you'll post to this thread and share Dying to upgrade my 2 and like another poster, don't want to go to the 4 only to have the 5 come out a month later. Any new rumors?

bazent

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bazent

I really want to replace my Droid 2. Unless I hear something I might be changing to the Iphone 5 which should be announced on 9/12.

Not to crazy about switching to Apple, would like to stay with a Droid 5 if it's going to happen.

Anything?

StanGetsIt

You said earlier that you were holding out for a KB phone, an iPhone 5 ain't that!

AMTrombley0924

Still haven't heard anything. For the forseeable future, the best QWERTY phones are the D4 and the Photon Q. Why, may I ask are you waiting for 5? I am wholly happy with it, and its confirmed to be getting JB

JoeFresco

The Samsung Stratosphere 2 is coming out "any day now." It'll be a Snapdragon S4 keyboard phone. That's what I'd get over the Droid 4.

moto_man

Many who have Droid QWERTY keyboard models are wondering if and when Motorola will be releasing a DROID 5.

As of this date, it seems there is no news from Motorola. I have tried contacting their Droid 4 product manager and received information back that appeared to be from a lower level person with no knowledge or product migration and improvement. The only thing they did, was to verify the Droid 4 does have a speaker issue and they do not intend to fix it, wait for the next keyboard model......but how long will that be?

I suggest all who want a newer and more up to date Droid with a qwerty keyboard review a post I have with the same title as this reply and on that site you can post what you what like to see in newer specs on a DROID 5.

You can get to that post if you Google [ droid 4 migration model forum zarum ]

Let's hope Motorola and Google follow through with a DROID 5 soon.


Mike

JoeFresco

The problem with the Droid series is that Motorola has moved away from removable batteries. I only have a fraction of hope that Google might change that, at least for the Droid 5.

What I've heard rumored is that Motorola flushed out the RAZR products it had in the pipeline and that Google was going to be much more heavily invested in the design of future products. If that is true, I think it may be quite a while before the Droid 5 arrives (>6 months).

beowulf7

This is the latest rumor of a Droid 5 that I've seen. Hopefully it will happen.

JoeFresco

That isn't a rumor. That's 100% speculation simply based on the fact that Verizon has produced Motorola QWERTY Droid models so they will continue to. At this point, it's probably around 50/50 for being true in the next 6 months... Motorola will make changes to their Droid design post-Google, and the last truly groundbreaking QWERTY Android device was the original Droid. From that point on, it has been slates.

And with Google's recent love affair with non upgradeable storage and nonremovable batteries, I don't have a lot of hope for Motorola at all (or HTC). At this point, I just hope LG and Samsung don't get sucked in.

whitecollar

Especially since Verizon has give the End of Life for the Droid 4

Motorola Droid 4 also reach EOL status at Verizon? | Mobile Bloom News

silverfang77

Jelly Bean soak test! Official update likely within two weeks. Look forward to it.