Verizon HTC Droid Eris specs

By on Oct 27, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Whisper October 27, 2009

We’ve heard that contrary to other reports, the HTC Droid Eris slated for a November 6th launch on Verizon Wireless will unfortunately run a 528MHz Qualcomm CPU and Android 1.5. Look for the other HTC device to kick things up a notch…

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  • http://BGR Jose

    I can’t believe it ! what a copy cat this Droid is to my IPhone wich I will not substitute.
    I love all my apps on my IPhone.

    • Josie

      Relax Josie.

      The Droid is no copy cat.

      and you better believe your iphone will be obsolete.

      At the end of the day, Android will do more and give more to the majority of the customers out there so in the mean time, enjoy your overpriced Ipod aka Itouch aka I GOT YOUR MONEY FOOL a la APPLE

    • Jack

      You mean your IPhone wich apparently does not have spell check?

    • Smartguy

      yer gay

  • Kyle

    I just posted this on Engadget, but everyone should read this:

    Something that everyone here seems to forget is that we are not the average consumer. The average person does not walk into their local Verizon, Sprint, AT&T or T-Mobile store and ask what processor is in the phone.

    If for some reason they do, and the manager at the store has any idea what the processor speed is, the average person will not think there is any discernible difference between the 528Mhz processor in the Eris and the 550Mhz processor in the Droid. They won’t know or understand the difference between ARM 11 and ARM 8 processors. Why does nobody seem to understand this?

    This phone has the potential to sell better than the Droid. Sense UI is more appealing than stock Android. Therefore, since I believe Verizon would be shooting themselves in the foot if they price the Droid over $200, I believe the Droid will sell for $199 and the Eris will sell for $179, but no less than $150.

    • E Rich

      How much will the upgrade from 1.5 to 2.0 speed up this phone also? Would that change make it feel as smooth as the Moto handset?

      • Kyle

        @E Rich

        I have Sprint’s Hero. The phone is fast. I use all 7 screens and I rarely experience any lag. When I do, the lag is very minor (thing iPhone 3G), and I kill a few apps. No problem.

        Sense UI is great. Android without Sense UI is just plain boring, and much less functional if you ask me.

    • Stephen

      Guess you were wrong, selling for $99!

    • Garen

      Good points. Bet that low price surprised you?

    • Alex

      I got my Eris for 79.99…

  • its me

    @ Kyle

    I agree with you 100%, all these people on here are nerds and tech geeks, but in general people wont ask about that. besides, you will get the update, its not like google or Verizon wont allow this! LOL it might take time but you will get it (2.0) my God so many whinning babies in here!

  • YukonJack

    I dunno. I am not sure I really need more of a processor than the Eris offers. The phone is a substitute, but not a replacement for my computer when I travel. I mostly use it to surf and check messages while in meetings and at the airport. If I plan to be gone longer, I take the laptop.

    I know its just eye candy, but I like the Sense UI interface. What is it that the Droid can do with more processing power than the Eris cannot? Either way, I may wait for the Passion, but I really REALLY want the Eris.

  • Ryab

    Hey kyle. Is there a huge difference between the processors? I don’t know anything about these phones other then I want a fast and reliable one. Thanks for your time

    • Kyle

      @Ryab

      There is a big difference in theory.

      I have a Hero, and it runs very quickly. The few people I’ve shown it to were impressed by its speed.

      If I were choosing between the Droid and the Eris, the decision would come down to whether or not I wanted a physical keyboard and whether I wanted Sense UI.

      Personally, I would not have purchased the Hero, or any other Android device for that matter, if it didn’t have Sense UI. I find stock Android boring.

  • me

    BGR does the Droid have multi touch and social networking integration like Facebook etc?

  • Kyle

    @Ryab

    There is a big difference in theory.

    I have a Hero, and it runs very quickly. The few people I’ve shown it to were impressed by its speed.

    If I were choosing between the Droid and the Eris, the decision would come down to whether or not I wanted a physical keyboard and whether I wanted Sense UI.

    Personally, I would not have purchased the Hero, or any other Android device for that matter, if it didn’t have Sense UI. I find stock Android boring.

  • Sonya

    I think people forget that you will mostly likely be able to port Sense UI on any of the up coming Android devices. So I wouldn’t base my decision solely on Sense UI.

    • Jeff

      Yep, since the Droid is probably running stock Android 2.0, when the Sense UI gets ported over to Android 2.0, you won’t loss any special UI features.

      • iHEART_android

        good to know jeff I was making my decision just off of UI at first.. DORID or eris? which should i get?

      • Jeff

        Droid has better hardware than the Eris. There really isn’t a question on which one people should buy, even if you don’t like the keyboard (remember, the phone is still slimmer than an iPhone).

      • iHEART_android

        thanks jeff! looks like my house will get 2 droid by novembers end.. me the day of release and husband nov23.. the charging dock thing is really cool for the droid :)

      • Carter

        that’s not exactly true. As of right now, the Sense UI is only for HTC phones. HTC is trying to convince other manufactuers, or more specifically, for Google to make the Sense UI Android’s stock interface.

      • Mike

        Well, then again HTC has released the Sense UI source code, so all it would take is for someone to port it to the 2.0 kernel (in theory).

        http://phandroid.com/2009/10/22/htc-hero-kernel-source-code-released/

      • railgib

        that’s not the sense ui source code.

      • railgib

        why would htc want other manufacturers to use its interface? htc’s sense ui interface is its strongest selling point and its main distinguishing characteristic from competitors’ android phones.

      • mantrik

        @ Mike, railgib,
        Actually, HTC hasn’t released the source code for their UI, they have just just released the source code of the kernel. Kernel is the core of an operating system while UI is the outer graphical layer that lets the user interact with the device.

        None the less, it would be a great idea if HTC released the souce code of the UI because:

        1. More and more users would get used to their interface. Thus create some kind of ‘lock in’.

        2. Standardization: It would bring some amount of uniformity in the Android based devices. HTC would then lead the UI innovation. Uniformity would lessen the users learning curve with every new device.
        Why do you think we do not shift to the Linux computer system?
        Its because we have got used to the Windows UI system and do not want to learn something new.

        3. Open source means faster innovation. The whole developer community gets involved. Therefore the HTC can leverage that developer power.

        4. Since HTC has rooted itself for the Android as the preferred OS for their devices in the future. It would help itself by contributing to the success of the Android OS. Success of an OS will depend on the extent to which diversity is controlled. This is important for compatibility between devices.

        But alas, HTC isn’t releasing the source code for its UI yet.

      • Matt

        Why would HTC care if Google adopted Sense UI as the default Android interface? HTC phones being the only ones having Sense UI is a competitive advantage over other Android phones, and I doubt that is something HTC is going to purposely give away.

  • Zaggs

    I do love the “contrary to other reports we’ve heard…”, so basically you dont know. Yes its possibly its just the Hero all over. Its also possible thats its tweaked and a little faster, even if they just tweaked the software which would still make it a more interesting phone to the Droid.
    Quite frankly I’m waiting for more news on the Passion.

  • Erkenntnis

    The other HTC Device, BG? Do tell!

  • Dwayne

    I don’t think the Droid or any other device will make the iPhone obsolete. I thinkbthe Droid and the other Android devices give consumers a different taste of the much of the same thing. Eventually, in the near future, every smartphone will essentially offer the same things, but in a different style. Then it will be more about preferences and network service.

    • Matt

      I doubt it. You could have said that a couple years ago too, but then many phones, including the iPhone, changed the game completely. There will always be a wide variety of devices on the market in my opinion.

      As for as support for features like Bluetooth, wifi, and GPS, yes, I agree, those will be (and pretty much are) in every device.

  • Toha

    It looks like HTC doesnt take US seriously. I will hope they’ll bring to us, europeans, smthing hell-fast

  • mulda71

    ok, waiting for more info on the Passion now…. lets go…. they did say 3 android handsets by Christmas… hope they arent delaying the passion on behalf of the droid… because it is going to seriously eat into droid’s sales…. i think, anyways…

  • http://droidcellphone.com Cell Nut

    A Verizon employee told mt Nov 9th is the release date! Not the 6th

  • Brian

    I’m really interested in android, but quite frankly; neither of these two impress me. I like the design of the HTC phone mug better than the motorola, but the motorola has supposed better hardware. I’ll continent to wait and hopefully something will come out soon. Until then, it’s me and my 3GS. Say what you need to about the iPhone, but I think it’s an amazing device trapped on a shitty Carrier.

  • scott

    I just got off the phone with my local Verizon (asking about the phones) and was told the HTC will be running 2.0. And the HTC is much more aesthetically pleasing. But the moto droid is more powerful.. curse my superficiality :(

  • Dean

    I like the price of this phone. Moto Droid is fantastic and all but $$$$ and it STINKS that if you buy on line you get $100 savings, buy in the box stores, you get snail mailed a rebate card. REBATES STINK. INSTANT REBATES RULE!

    The real question is if the Eris ships with android 1.5 can we upgrade to 2.0? or do we have to wait for a HTC specific version of android 2.0?

    I will be going to the Verizon store to play with both phones today (first day off) I have an old Razor that is about 8 months past “new every two”… Sadly they aren’t offering enough of a discount for those of us who have a “New Every Two”

    I also would like to get the phone without a data plan. I work and live in a wyfi rich environment so data plan would be un-necessary for me.

    I can’t see getting a Zune HD, GPS, Digi Cam, and new phone, and a lap top. One of these phoness could theoretically do me fine

    • Sarah

      I just got the Verizon HTC Eris. It currently runs 1.5 but an upgrade to 2.0 will be available soon — as in within three months. This is what Verizon told me. The upgrade is free and I’m told the Eris will then be just as fast as the Motorola Droid.

  • ars

    does anybody care about international calling? that for me is big.

    do both Eris and Moto Droid work iwth skype?

    ars

  • ladida

    why r u jealous the droid is crushing the iphone. i bet ur an at-t worker. plus the droid has free apps.

  • Silver

    Just got my Eris today, and frankly I’m too impressed 2 care about any other phone.

    I had the HTC Touch Pro before and tried with all my might to tolerate Windows Mobile. It’s good at what it does but it was just a pocket pc that could call and txt too.

    I give a lot of respect to Apple for really sticking to their design, but their price and (image) is just wrong. You’re buying a brand, and getting a phone on the side. They’ve pioneered so much of what’s expected out of a smartphone, but they’ve also locked it down to where it’s all Apple.

    Google has thrown in their shovel, and Android will be digging up tough ground as they rise up through iPhone’s entrenched minions in the smartphone world.

    Android all the way!

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