Verizon discontinuing original Motorola DROID 2, will only carry DROID 2 World Edition?

By on Sep 17, 2010 at 4:36 PM
Exclusive September 17, 2010

We’ve just gotten wind of a vicious little rumor that we wanted to share. We’re hearing that Verizon Wireless will be slowly discontinuing the Motorola DROID 2 that it launched last month and will soon only be carrying the yet-to-be-launched DROID 2 World Edition. While the move makes complete sense — from a manufacturing and inventory perspective — it may rub those who ran out and purchased the original DROID 2, sans world capabilities, the wrong way (especially if they price it at $199). This is just a rumor for now, but we want to know what owners of the original DROID Duece think? If this comes to fruition, are you going to be upset?

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  • Philbert

    So long as they don’t discontinue upgrade plans for the original Droid2, who really cares (and I say this as a Droid2 owner)? If I had known that an international edition was coming out, I MIGHT have waited. The original rumors were that the “Droid Pro” was going to be a totally different device that came out closer to the end of the year.

    My last phone was a Blackberry Storm, which was a world phone. I only used it once internationally, so I can’t say that I would miss the world phone feature. Especially because Verizon said that it would void my warranty if I unlocked it (their service is ridiculously expensive), and you can buy an unlocked world phone for peanuts overseas.

    • Ion

      I left the country a few months ago with a verizon blackberry tour. Called them up and said I need it unlocked and they gave me the code with no hassle. Nothing about voiding the warranty so not sure why you would make that up. Also, unlocking a phone means you can use an international sim, so the costs have nothing to do with verizon service.

  • Droid doesn’t

    Duece???

  • r j s

    So how much longer until Droid 4G? 4th Quarter?

  • CBNY629

    I agree with Philbert – I too have the new D2 and would be more pissed off if upgrades were discontinued or delayed in favor of the World edition. I rarely travel outside the US so a world edition wouldn’t interest me to upgrade. I also had the BlackBerry Storm with Global Support and almost never used it’s features. The D2 is an awesome phone and It’s kinda cool I might have a “rare but totally awesome” smartphone. We shall see..

  • garry

    I could care less im happy with the droid x. Even if i had droid 2 i would be happy not like i need a world edition. I don’t travel. Lol like they say be happy with what you have. Phones gets outdated after 3 to 6 months anyways.

  • shaggy

    World Phone is about the dumbest thing they’ve done yet!

    What about a multimedia phone that’s a motorola? They can jump from the barrage to the droid? I just don’t get it. Oh, and the rival doesn’t count. That phone was a POS.

  • David

    Andrew, I don’t mean to be rude, but if you mean to replace the number 2 with ‘deuce’, then you are incorrect. I am taking a French course this year, and if I’m not mistaken, the number 2 is written as ‘deux’. Unless ‘deuce’ is how you say the number 2 in another language.

    • David

      I mean both Andrew and Boy Genius. Both of you use ‘deuce’ in some of your Android articles.

    • JohnH

      Perhaps you should take an English course, as deuce represents 2 on a die (singular for dice, in case you haven’t heard of that either), or card. Ever heard deuces wild? That’s used in poker games, where a 2 can represent any card, once people have had too much to drink to play Texas Hold’em.

      It’s from middle French, where two was spelled deus.

  • Turbocooper

    To bad there not making any room for Windows Phone 7!! Im kinda envious of my friends that have Verizon service…If i ever got lost in the woods and all i had was my phone id be SOL. Haha.

  • sam

    I never understood why they would release the Droid 2 if they planned on releasing a seperate world edition shortly after

  • phyxoius

    Dohh! If you didn’t see this coming, you may be a tech- hound. But you are not a true geek!

  • Matt

    This is great.

    If your Droid-2 breaks under warranty, they’ll end up giving you a Droid-Pro! ..

    It’s the same way now with the droid-1s.. I’m sure i’ll end up with the pro for free eventually.

  • Jamin

    Cool! Just waiting for a release date.

  • http://digg.com/users/OmegaWolf Silver Fang

    It seems like a waste to manufacture and market a phone for a month, only to pull it for a slightly more updated version of itself. Why not just make the World Edition in the first place?

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