Live images of the HTC DROID Eris and its Sense UI

2. Quemical (Posts: 162; Member since: 14 Jul 2009)

Seems a little redundandt unless you have 2 lines.

3. MikeG77 (Posts: 415; Member since: 24 Nov 2008)

Honestly the Droid is OK. From a design standpoint they camera is OK, no customized UI and the kicker for me is the terrible keyboard. My only grip is that it could have had a flash but other then that i think youll be better served with the Eris.

7. Quemical (Posts: 162; Member since: 14 Jul 2009)

Yeah, the droids keyboard reminds me of an htc device from 5 years ago. Im suprised, almost everyone prefers the Eris over the Droid, I guess a good design trumps better hardware.

27. MikeG77 (Posts: 415; Member since: 24 Nov 2008)

oops i meant "the camera"! Yes sometimes good design is all you need to have a so called better device. Quemical its not even even 5 yrs more like 2 years lol.

12. biggles (Posts: 223; Member since: 15 Oct 2009)

My thing is I'd prefer to have a thinner profile phone if I'm not gonna use the keyboard.

10. hkphooey (Posts: 35; Member since: 18 Oct 2009)

how much lag is there on the HTC phone compared to the Droid?

11. Kiltlifter (Posts: 742; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)

Ummm.... the processor is a whopping 22MGz faster... woopie! 550 to 528 is not a deal breaker for me. But honestly, the moto droid looks cool, but my fingers don't like physical keyboards... the Suretype [qw][er][ty] is waaaay easier to use for me and a lot faster for me as well, so the Eris is for me... But the reason VZW is releasing two at the same time is to satisfy a larger chunk of the market that wants android at the same time. Some prefer physical (my wife) and some prefer touch screen (me0. Either way it is a win win for everyone. But the larger, higher res screen is tempting... If only moto made a keyboard-less "DROID" that was thinner and call it the "droid" i may be swayed from my loyalty to HTC.

13. biggles (Posts: 223; Member since: 15 Oct 2009)

Aren't these processors from different architectures? It clocks 5% faster but the real-world peformance is leaps and bounds better than that, especially with a dedicated GPU. That's not to say the Eris won't be fine, but the Moto Droid isn't even close in hardware to the Eris.

24. Kiltlifter (Posts: 742; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)

Wait so the Moto has a designated GPU or the HTC. I know HTC is big on graphics processors to run TouchFLO on the WinMo Phones and Sense UI is TouchFLO for droid. So are you saying the Moto Droid is better hardware or the Eris? Please respond someone who knows b/c I am interested.

26. MikeG77 (Posts: 415; Member since: 24 Nov 2008)

LOL jrcrow79 i would agree with you on the 6800. I had 1 in 2008 before i got an Omnia and i could'nt stand the keyboard. At least it wasnt as cramped and didnt have that stupid directional pad.

18. vzwman (Posts: 385; Member since: 26 Oct 2009)

the iphone is garbage man we dont need another iphonesucker like you on here

22. faster123 (Posts: 6; Member since: 31 Oct 2009)

The whole iPhone thing isn't even an argument any more. With WinMo 6.5 and Android that can run on any manufacturer's hardware, there are already several phones 10 times more capable of well...everything. Oh and about iTunes- music playback has to stop so the phone can let you know you got a freaking text message. The Droid can run 10 or 20 apps at the same time without blinking an eye, and there are already thousands in the Android Market. I guess the sheep who buy iPhones are only capable of comprehending one app at a time.

23. Kiltlifter (Posts: 742; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)

You are comparing apples to oranges to peaches to pears here... it is an entirely different phone. Don't insult the Android phones by comparing them to apple, windows, palm or RIM and all the different ways to rearrange the comparissons to (4+3+2+1 is 10 different ways). They all do similar things for different people with different needs. I personal prefer windows mobile (rebranded now as Windows Phone) but am tempted by android and Palm's WebOS. I don't care for RIM's blackberries at all, and I am a down right hater of apple waaaaay before PDAs were common and PDA phones existed. Like Doakie said in another topic, "Apple earned my hate." Subsequently, I will never own an iPhone, EVER! To each their own and be happy. If you have an apple computer, buy iTunes and sync with your apple mail, why not buy an iPhone? If you love Gmail, Google Maps, iGoogle, Google Docs, and the 1000 other intuitive and innovative Google products, by all means YOU NEED AN ANDROID PHONE! If you have a Hotmail/Live/MSN email, need to create/edit Microsoft Office Docs, and like Microsoft, BUY A WINDOWS PHONE! They all do great things, and like I said, I prefer windows.

28. vzw fanman (Posts: 1976; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)

i thought the droid can only run 6 apps at a time??

29. Dood (Posts: 269; Member since: 23 Mar 2009)

I can only run like...3. That's cool for me.

25. xcalibur (Posts: 49; Member since: 18 May 2009)

I agree TP2 like phone capacitive screen htc passion gut's with a camera flash stronger vibration cause htc phones are weak in that department, and android 2.0 i'm sold..... but then again we live in the real world and we probably won't see anything like that for some time.