Motorola confirms 2GHz phone for later this year

8. vzwman posted on 12 Jun 2010, 06:38 0 0

Yeah I'm going to wait till the end of the year to switch my moto Droid, Verizon always saves the best for last

16. E.N. posted on 12 Jun 2010, 15:52 1 1

Motorola is screwing themselves over. Why announce a phone 6 months before they plan on releasing it? I've never seen that done before. Is the iPhone 4 so much of a threat that they have to do this? If they hope to deter sales away from iPhone they have to give us more than a 2Ghz processor. But are you guys sure its even going to Verizon? What if you wait 6 months just to find out its for T-mobile or something? While Motorola is pretty stupid for their announcement, i don't think Verizon is ready to mess up their Droid X sales. Maybe its just me, but waiting 6 months for a phone you don't know much about seems a little crazy.

20. cellgeek82 posted on 13 Jun 2010, 00:03 0 0

The iPhone was mentioned and rumored way before it came out. Apple didn't officially announce it but the word was out there. It's safe to say that Verizon will get dibbs on these new devices. Verizon has strong ties with Google/Android. Even if Tmobile gets some new Android devices, Verizon is still going to come out on top with the selections and network.

25. vzwman posted on 13 Jun 2010, 21:24 0 0

I don't mind waiting 6 more months to see what's in stored for big red and its customers I'm happy with my Motorola Droid anyways

26. E.N. posted on 13 Jun 2010, 21:52 0 1

The iPhone was rumored yes, but this isn't a rumor. The was straight from the CEO. And people always make rumors about the iPhone even without any factual basis. I didn't know any real facts until the prototype was found by Gizmodo. This announcement as you can see already will hurt Droid X sales, especially if the media capitalizes on this.

29. anarkie posted on 14 Jun 2010, 08:39 0 0

I'm up in December. This is going to have awesome possibilities for me. I can keep content with my rooted Eris until then.

9. JVII posted on 12 Jun 2010, 08:19 0 0

So you're complaining about the evolution of technology? Why are you even here if you don't want to hear about it?

12. remixfa posted on 12 Jun 2010, 09:15 0 0

lol, im glad the majority dont think like him. how would we have ever evolved past the wheel?! 1 wheel.. 2 wheels.. now 4 wheels?!! when is enough?!? 18 wheels!?!

19. CRICKETownz posted on 12 Jun 2010, 22:46 0 0

Well...first of all, i'm here b/c i can be. Cleary you and your cheerleader remixfa missed the sarcasm. 1Ghz processors have just recently hit the market (stateside anyway) but there is already talks of a 2Ghz processor hittin the market before the year is out (if that happens). Moto Droid came out in November 09 and already Droid 2 is set to release in August. Now I'm all for technological advancement but this seems to be a little overkill. Point is, manufacturers seem to be more concerned about releasing a new device every 4 months that's going to be crowned number one phone with its share of bugs rather than takin a little more time to develop a solid product.

21. cellgeek82 posted on 13 Jun 2010, 00:12 0 0

First of all, we're a developed country so we'll have lots of techology coming out real fast. Second, its called commercialism. Android has the iPhone to compete with (not that they have anything to worry about) so they have to try and raise the bar. Apple is slow when it comes to releasing phones but Android has the advantage of device competition. Even though Android competes with Apple, the manufacturers for Android devices are competing against each other. (ie Motorola vs HTC) Because competition is healthy for the consumer we should be happy to see them throwing new devices in the market. In a couple of years we'll see Android run faster and more advanced than your home PC. Lets welcome innovation!

6. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 12 Jun 2010, 06:06 0 0

I understand and agree with what you're saying. See I'm not worried about gaming games on my phone. My point is, a friend of mine got all excited about just buying a motorola droid. I laughed and said that droid 2 will be out in a month or two. And he was like "didn't this phone just come out??" And in a way, yea it did. This phone is about 7 months old and its already completely out of date as far as I am concern. The droid x hasn't even been officially announced and its suppose to be the new flag ship phone for verizon. Which will obviously compete with the evo and iphone. But in less than 6 months now motorola is already talking about a 2 ghz superphone? Knowing that now, why would you buy the droid x? I mean of course if you are just coming from a razr phone maybe, ha!

7. ilia1986 posted on 12 Jun 2010, 06:34 0 0

Yes and contrary to what it might seem - it will cause a lot of people to switch to iPhones. Why? Simple. When a phone comes out which becomes completely obsolete in 6 months or so - why would you want to invest in such a platform in the first place? iPhones come once a year - and at pre-determined times (June - July). In addition, the iPhone has 4X more apps and much much more games to it. So yeah - progress is good, and in the long run the industry benefits from rapid progress in technology, but consumers cannot afford to spend $$$$ every several months on another "Android flagship". So what does one do? Switch to another brand which is more stable when it comes to new products. Instead of gazillion Android superphones, we have one (1) iPhone model, which not only keeps the previous one relevant for another year, but also comes only once a year. More MHz don't mean much if there are still some technical problems here and there. For example - the N1 with it's 3G, and multi-touch issues *and several others), or the Incredible with it's speculated crashes and signal problems.

10. JDTheMatrix posted on 12 Jun 2010, 08:55 0 0

The Incredible's "speculated" issues are exactly that. Sure when I first saw the signal bars strength I was worried, but I carry a blackberry 8550 for work and opened up both signal strength meters (in -db) and they were almost identical all the time say for a -2 variance. The signal strength is fine on the incredible. As for the N1, having Froyo is awesome, and I am super jealous, but the issues are sad. To the issue at hand I love to stay bleeding edge, but that does come at a cost (that not everyone wants to take on). You can mitigate the cost by selling your current "next-gen" phone on ebay/craigslist and putting that $ towards your out of contract purchase of a new phone. It all comes down to preference...I game on a PC for close to the same reasons, I can upgrade my CPU, GPU, or Memory whenever I want to stay current and game at high quality...I would not want to lock myself into a pre-release of Consoles (although I do have one) so I keep the PC around. If you want to lock yourself into a companies release cycle for a count of apps, then be my guest, but I for one will stick with superior cell phone coverage, fast advancement in hardware, and an open platform. *No Fanboy here, just hate proprietary crap* (i.e. how much is an apple charger)

13. remixfa posted on 12 Jun 2010, 09:19 0 0

because until 2ghz phones become more standard, there wont be many apps written to take advantage of the horsepower. The reality is a 1ghz snapdragon sucks down oodles of power.. what do you think a 2ghz will do? This thing better come with a backpack for a battery...lol Also, i have a feeling that if they are gonna make a phone that powerful, its probably gonna be closer to a Mid like the Dell 5 streak, then a regular phone and try to push the slate boundaries. Make it more "work" friendly or something.

14. remixfa posted on 12 Jun 2010, 09:22 0 0

on the contrary ilia. having a platform that allows constant innovation in apps AND tech will always keep it ahead of apple and its "yearly cycles". Apple will always be playing catch up from this point forward for that very reason that u think people will like apple more. Who cares if a new phone comes out in 6 months. The majority of consumers dont. Only us tech geeks get all worked up over every little phone. If someone buys an evo or an incredible or a nexus, they arent likely to try to trade it in any time soon.. no matter what problems u think it has. And Apple isnt problem free either.