Verizon Wireless DROID X lands on July 15th for $199

By on Jun 23, 2010 at 2:28 PM
Breaking June 23, 2010

DROID-X

Earlier today we were at the big event and covered the DROID X as it was announced, now it is time for us to take a step back and give you the details, summarized and presented BGR-style. So for all you diehards waiting for the DROID X, here are the official, drool-worthy specs:

  • Texas Instrument 1GHz Processor
  • 4.3″ display with 854 x480 resolution, 400,000 pixels
  • 8GB on board storage
  • 8 MP camera with dual flash, HD camcorder
  • 16 GB microSD card expansion (expandable to 32GB)
  • Integrated Multitouch keyboard, optional Swype keyboard
  • 3G Mobile hotspot functionality with support for up to 5 devices, 2GB cap, $20 monthly fee
  • GPS
  • Bluetooth
  • Wi-Fi
  • Support for Exhange and Gmail for Business
  • Adobe Flash Player 10.1 ready
  • Android 2.1 with a toned down version of Motoblur

Before your are disappointed by the lack of Flash and the older Android 2.1 OS, Verizon confirmed that it will release an upgrade offering both Android 2.2 and Flash 10.1 support in the latter half of the summer. The DROID X will land on July 15th for $199 after $100 mail in rebate and a two year customer agreement. Anyone whose contract is ending by December 31, 2010 can upgrade early to any smartphone, including the DROID X, with the full subsidy!

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  • Sexual Chocolate

    Looks good! I’m glad there are so many choices for Android. Bravo to Google and all the carriers that have Android.

  • NairRo

    I never sign 2 year contracts wit VZW….Everyone just pay the extra 50-70 bucks trust me you won’t regret it..I bought the Eris in Nov of 2009.. I’m in perfect position for the new stuff…

    • Joe B.

      The problem is it’s not an extra 50-70 bux it’s usually closer to a $125-$150 difference. And as long as your on a plan worth 59.99 or more you get to upgrade every year anyway so the one year contracts are a joke.

  • jprs

    hmm.. that bump will not sit well with the other bump in my pocket.

  • BDot

    I really like the feature set of this phone, but Blur kills it for me. I’ll probably just wait for the Droid 2.

    There’s something that annoys me about custom UI’s For one, they’re unnecessary and on top of that you have to wait until the manufacturer retools them to work with the latest Android updates (thus delaying you getting said updates).

    If there were a way to yank Blur off it and rock with vanilla Froyo, I’d be all for it.

    • Randall Lowe

      Supposedly, Blur can be turned off and it’s more of a Blur lite anyways.

  • NairRo

    @ Joe Thanks .. was unaware…

  • Joshie

    Looks like a snazzy phone, but a little too big for me. Definitely nice specs though.

  • wanderer

    There will be at least 12 android phones coming out in a year that will be top of the line. Getting one now means you’ll want the next one a month from now and its never ending.Different manufacturers and OS versions is the main reason it’s hard to topple the iPhone.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

    • Joshie

      It’s likely that Android will surpass iOS on phones (one report says it has, but I’m skeptical of it). But I don’t think any one Android handset will “topple” the iPhone. Because there are so many Android phones coming out, no one phone will stay the “new hotness” long enough to come close to iPhone’s share.

    • destardi

      Th iPphone is the new “Razr”. It’s the new “PT Cruiser”.

      But anyways, we’ll see. More choice=win for the consumer. I don’t think the iPhone needs to be toppled; it’ll take care of that all by itself.

      As long as I have Android, I couldn’t care less about iOS 4.

      • Blog Retards 4 Life

        Yes, clearly you know a ton of what you speak. iPhone is definitely very much like the RZR, if by that you mean best selling mobile phone of all time. Other than that, you are a retard like your friends in here.

        Truth is, you probably don’t use 15% of the OS, you just get a boner off the cliche “anti-iPhone” approach. This phone will sell 10% of what iPhone sells.

        Go do your mom’s laundry.

      • KillaPenguin

        You are right and wrong. This phone will sell 10% of what the iPhone will sell, but Android will far outsell iOS. 160,000 activations a day and accelerating. That equates to 58,400,000 a year, assuming it doesn’t continue to accelerate at an exponential pace, which it will.

  • Patrick Moto Droid

    People, If you are worried about a new phone coming out with better specs than the Evo, Moto X, Droid 2, Incredible, Galaxy, Don’t. Even with the rumor/promise of a 2ghz Moto, These ARE the phones of the year. Nothing better coming down the pipe anytime soon. Thats what my magic 8 ball app told me on my Moto Droid. Relax it’s gonna be ok. Don’t get so upset because you have choices, at least Android offers choices.

    • Blog Retards 4 Life

      You are a clown.

  • http://TheRe_Tardblog Blog Retards 4 Life is my BITCH

    I think the name says it all. NOW SHUT UP BLOG RETARD you cuntbag.

  • jawman

    Looks very sexy, but since I’m living in Chicago and having access to 4G, as well as a 25% discount on Sprint, I think I’ll pass up on the Droid X and get the EVO. You can’t beat unlimited everything for 59.99! The battery life may be sub-par, but you can buy upgraded batteries at 1700 mAh that I believe have no size increase, as well as other higher mAh batteries that do have a slight size increase. And Sprint TV is pretty sick, too. Also the choppiness of the EVO video recording has something to due with the an older codec, which I believe sprint did to cut costs to avoid licensing and having to pay an extra fee per phone. Hopefully in upgraded versions of Android this will not be a problem, or the end user can purchase the codec for around $20.

    • Ravage

      Sprint unlimited everything plan

      $99.99 per month + $10.00 per month for 4g

      = $109.00 per month

      Maybe your talking about the unlimited data plan with 450 minutes. Thats $69.99 per month plus $10.00 ($79.99)

      • jawman

        @Ravage
        The Sprint 69.99 unlimited plan is basically unlimited everything. The 450 minutes is towards landlines, because you get unlimited calling to any mobile, any network. I rarely ever call a landline and will never go over 450 minutes, so it’s basically a true unlimted for me. I get a 25% discount, so that 79.99 works out to 59.99, for practically unlimited everything. Can’t beat it!!

  • Miguel

    would the htc incredible price drop because of this?
    clearly it isn’t the same value as the droid x…

  • DroidSucks

    That is one big ugly cheapo lookin phone!

    • Ravage

      Moto makes shit looking phones. Anyone who says the original Droid or Droid X looks sexy is a fucking liar.

      HTC and Apple make the best ‘looking’ phones around. And for the money ill take HTC sense over motoblur any day.

  • Ravage

    Having said that, your name ‘droidsucks’ pretty much makes anything you say retarded.

    The more you know

  • http://BoyGeniusReport MSalaz87

    so the other carriers are trying to come out with androids to compete with the EVO the Droid X looks pretty cool but the mobile hot spot on it can only connect 5 wifi enabled device with a 2gb cap! the EVO you have the option for 3g and 4g hotspot you can connect 8 devices and theres no cap its unlimited 3g and 4g on the EVO you got the front facing camera as well as an 8mp camera with a dual led flash and the Droid X has an 8mp camera with a dual flash…its going to be a good summer with the EVO Droid X and the iPhone 4 but I think the success is going to be between the EVO and the iPhone 4

  • Motorola CEO

    People, People, People, just shut the F*** up and fatten my pockets!!!!!!!!!!

  • Sally

    It’s a phone, guys

    Get a girl and *Maybe* get laid

    You might like it you gay geeks
    Though you’ll shoot your load in 3 seconds

    HAHHAHAHAHH

  • Smells Like YubTub

    *chuckles* Man, you guys are hilarious trying to flame each other. I’m digging this new ‘phone’ from Motorola though, it’ll be getting my bucks in July.

  • Rob A

    VZW knows NOTHING of the early upgrade claim that Motorola has posted. WTF??!!

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