Motorola DROID X sequel to feature dual-core Tegra 2, improved display

By on Jan 26, 2011 at 5:25 PM
mobile January 26, 2011

A new unconfirmed report suggests Motorola is prepping a sequel to its supersized DROID X smartphone that will improve the device in several key areas. Motorola launched the DROID X last year as its first entry into the popular new extra-large smartphone space. HTC and Samsung have found the most success with smartphone displays measuring 4 inches and larger, but Mototorla’s DROID X was a fantastic offering in its own right. The device must have sold relatively well, it would seem, as Motorola is now rumored to be cooking up its successor. Supposedly codenamed “Daytona,” the next Motorola DROID X will feature a 1GHZ dual-core Tegra 2 processor and a higher-resolution 540 x 960-pixel display that still measures 4.3 inches. Other rumored specs include the Android 2.2 Froyo OS, an 8-megapixel camera with 720p HD video capture, DLNA streaming support, an HDMI-out port and a microSD slot. The device is expect to be launched by Verizon Wireless, though a specific release date and pricing details are not yet available.

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  • horseface

    as usual it”s better than the iPhone(past and future models).

    • Anonymous

      And yet, Motorola posted just $80 million in profit today for the last quarter. About 65% of Apple’s $6 billion in profit last quarter was from iOS, meaning it made $44 million dollars profit every day of the quarter. So, if you’re to be believed, even though Motorola makes better devices than Apple, they need a whole quarter to make the profit Apple makes from iOS in two days. I guess Motorola’s management is horrible.

      • Anonymous

        Better does not mean most popular. And better does not mean iphone is bad or substandard (even though it was implied with OP).

        Also, you are referring to iOS, the software. The droid is a phone, android is the software. Your analysis should be a comparison of the profits of iOS to Android, rather than motorola.

      • dreedy.android

        This statement may be true, I don’t know if it is or isn’t, but keep in mind that the only thing Motorola was working with some mainly the Droid 2, Droid X and Droid Pro while Apple has the iPhone, iPad, iPod and Mac computers. Hate to tell you but it looks like Apple had alil bit more fire power than Motorola. Now, if you wanna narrow the field down on Apple’s end and make it alil more comparable, in quantity of product that it, then maybe you’ll have a more valid argument.

      • Failllll

        motorola is one manufacturer. There is 4 major manufacturers of Android phones. Thats why they grew faster than apple did. iOS devices also include ipads and itouchs, which isn’t fare since motorola, htc; etc don’t compete in that field yet. And oh btw if you want to compare Apple to Google (only fair, ios vs. android) than its a different story. While Google is around the same profits per quarter they have been growing faster than Apple who have been around longer. Apple has more downside than google, since google has way more diversification since they do everything from adverising to making phones.

  • Max

    And yes another awesome phone the mind-numb technophobe Blackberry MORONS will never use.

  • Booboolala2000

    Android 2.2, really? Hope that is a typo. The first X, which I have, was released with 2.1 when 2.2 had been released for months. Lol. Bionic is coming with 2.2 too. Looking like HTC is the way.

    • Petas

      Which HTC phones come with 2.3?

    • Anonymous

      Nothing except the Nexus S is shipping with Gingerbread. The companies are still porting Gingerbread to other devices and also to their own custom skins, but by the time most of these 2011 devices launch they’ll have GB upgrades. Thunderbolt may be an exception if their launch date is as soon as next month, but I wouldn’t expect waiting past May to get Gingerbread.

  • http://twitter.com/paulcansee Paul

    that just sounds like the droid bionic to me.

    • Anonymous

      Yeah…I don’t see the reason to have two. Instead of offering a choice between big touch screen and smaller screen + QWERTY, maybe Motorola is offering the choice between haptic keys vs hard keys? That’s the only thing I can analyze. :P

  • Timmy

    how exactly is this different from the droid bionic?

    • Steve Hillshire

      I don’t think this one is supposed to be a 4G phone. I’ll take a 3G phone with same specs as the Bionic if VZW is going to rape for the 4G plan…

  • http://twitter.com/IAMThablackguy Jon Banks

    Sad cause i just bought my droid X in october… :-(

    • Brett

      If you spent an extra $70 for the one year contract you would be eligible for an upgrade in August 2011.

  • replacemytp2

    Where’s the qwerty keyboard? All I want is a dual core Android with a keyboard!

    • Anonymous

      If they are refreshing the Droid X, they probably are doing the same with the Droid, so I’d expect a Droid 3 Global by Christmas.

  • Anonymous

    2.2? If these oems can’t even release upcoming devices with an os version that is a month old then they should be required to release with an unlocked bootloader. I can buy a cheap pc and put linux on it, a phone should be no different. Drivers, Vanilla Android, Hardware. You can smack your little red M on it if you gotta.

  • Anonymous

    It won’t make a difference; I have one and it’s crap-caca! Can’t wait for the Thunderbolt. Word to the wise, stay away from Motoblurrrrrrrrrrrrrrr’!

    • Bossmann20

      Just install a diff launcher and leave Motoblur in the past! Don’t let Motoblur scare you from Motorola, I think they make much more solid hardware then HTC but HTC has better software. I still really don’t see the point of the Droid X 2 if the Bionic is coming out in the next few months??????

      • Anonymous

        I completely agree with you on the Droid X 2 vs Bionic.
        But, on the matter of Droid X, no comparison to the EVO. I had the EVO for 5 months and didn’t have to change a thing, especially UI; just install app’ after app’ after app’. Video camcorder and camera stock software better on the EVO. Stock browser worked 100% with or without Adobe Flash on EVO; I keep getting bumped down to Mobile Version on BGR and Engadget, even if I select “Regular Theme” or “Full View”; never had the problem on the EVO since it has a true “Full” browser.
        Auto synchronizing multiple Gmail accounts is flawed on the Droid X; I continually have to manually sync my email accounts. HTC offers more customization than Motocrap, etc. I could go on and on but, in the end, I know for a fact the problem is not Android. Did I mention “Almost Copy”/”Maybe Paste”?

  • Anonymous

    Droid X, that is.

  • Anonymous

    MMI just announced their earnings expectations…. They expect to be trounced by Apple next quarter and project a loss. Stock down 6% after hours. Bottom line is: smartphones are systems that are to be _experienced_, not commodity HW that is to be _specced_. Android 2.2?

  • Anonymous

    Am I the only one who thinks 4.3 inches is too damn big?

    • Anonymous

      Probably not, but my gorilla hands love my EVO

    • Anonymous

      Your girlfriend is lying to you.

    • Anonymous

      Negative. Considering the phone is used for browsing, gaming, viewing media, etc.. 4.3″ is a PERFECT cross between portability and practicality. Personally, anything less than 4″ on a smartphone is simply too small for today’s needs. After being used to 4.3″, 3.5″ and smaller is an ungodly small screen size in my opinion. Hell, an I even recently had Lasik surgery!

      Now, if you use your phone only for texting and calling, then 4.3 is wayyyy to big.

  • Anonymous

    no front facing camera? Probably due to the fact LTE support wasn’t listed. That is mildly upsetting. But I guess the HTC Thunderbolt is taking care of the “giant screen of awesomeness” category?

    • Anonymous

      Droid Bionic Front Facing Camera: YES, but only 0.3 Megapixel like the iPhone 4. Basically, equivalent to the camera on an XV6600 / PPC6600 / SX-66 (Blue Angel); in other words, 2003 technology! Thunderbolt and Sammy’s 4G will have 1.3 Megapixels (like the EVO). If you opt for the Bionic you won’t be saying, ‘can you hear me now’, but, you will be saying, “can you see me now”?

  • Chris

    Isn’t that called the Droid Bionic?

  • http://twitter.com/chriscanty chris canty

    If they are both slab devices, aren’t the Droid Bionic and Droid X2 basically the same phone? Specs are almost identical. I think the only difference might be the front facing camera. Unless there are major software differences, these seem like the same phone to me.

  • Catching_Up!!!

    Sweet. This looks like a great phone, and hopefully the first of many Android phones with 4g support so they can catch up to Apple’s 4g phone, which has been out for a year already. I just don’t know whether I should wait until June when Apple comes out with the 5g, which I bet will be wicked fast.

    • Anonymous

      There is no iPhone that is capable of 4G yet. The iPhone 4 is just that – the 4th generation iPhone but still on 3G bands. Don’t expect a 4G iPhone until this summer earliest; it’ll be the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4G, but only use 4G (there is no such thing as consumer 5G just yet).

  • droidkid

    all it needs is a front facing camera and i’m sold. who needs LTE

  • Ef

    What about 4G and a front facing camera?

    • Anonymous

      bionic….

  • Cer

    Sweet! A Blurred 2.2 phone in the middle of 2011! Can’t wait!

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