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Manufacturer: Motorola Part number: Droid 4
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- Melding an excellent keyboard, swift LTE data, and a 1.2GHz dual-core processor into one Android device, the Motorola Droid 4 is long overdue. Fans of the first Motorola Droid will find plenty to smile about here, but those who aren't married to a QWERTY keyboard may not enjoy carrying around such a massive phone.
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CNET editors' review
Motorola Droid 4 (Verizon Wireless) price range: $9.99 - $99.99
- Reviewed by: Brian Bennett
- Reviewed on: 02/09/2012
The good: Motorola's Droid 4 shows that a dual-core, 4G LTE Android slider phone with a QWERTY keyboard is possible. With fast data speeds and a great typing experience, the phone also serves up pleasing call quality over Verizon's network.
The bad: By bartering its powerful components and swift data radio for a chassis of considerable size and heft, the Droid 4 proves that life is all about making trade-offs. It lacks the latest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, and its LCD screen lacks the oomph of AMOLED.
The bottom line: Melding an excellent keyboard, swift LTE data, and a 1.2GHz dual-core processor into one Android device, the Motorola Droid 4 is long overdue. Fans of the first Motorola Droid will find plenty to smile about here, but those who aren't married to a QWERTY keyboard may not enjoy carrying around such a massive phone.
User reviews
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I dont have it, but pros and cons of D4, thank you!
by skwarcha59 on July 20, 2012
Pros: I dont actully have this D4, but I really want to get it.
Cons: I dont actully have this D4, but I really want to get it.
Summary: Ive heard that the camera is very high in quality. Ive heard that the full qwerty keyboard is great to the touch. And the most reason I want this phone ...
Summary: Ive heard that the camera is very high in quality. Ive heard that the full qwerty keyboard is great to the touch. And the most reason I want this phone is because I HAVE TO HAVE A FULL KEYBOARD. Plus, I want the touch feature. Is there any phone that youd recommend with touch AND full qwerty physical keyboard? Ive heard that the battery life is ok, not as good as the Droid Raxz Maxx, but it is alright. Ive heard that the screen isnt as clear as people want it to be. Is it as clear as the iPhone 4S?? Somebody give me more facts of the D4 please and other suggestions for me! I want to have a Droid or any kind of Smartphone please! And i DO NOT LIKE THE PHONE WITH A TINY KEYBOARD AND HALF A TOUCH SCREEN! (Usually blackberries) Plus I need the company to be Verizon!) Thank you!
Please help me out!
Updated on Jul 20, 20121 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great tech specs but one annoying design flaw.
by GrafZeppelin127 on February 11, 2012
Pros: Fast, feels solid, nice screen, great QWERTY keyboard. Huge improvement over awful Droid 1.
Cons: One incredibly annoying and mind-bogglingly stupid design flaw: Placement of headphone jack makes it uncomfortable to type on QWERTY with headphones plugged in.
Summary: This is a terrific phone overall and a worthy replacement to the utterly awful Droid 1. It's lightning-fast compared to the old Droid, has a nice screen and terrific ...
Summary: This is a terrific phone overall and a worthy replacement to the utterly awful Droid 1. It's lightning-fast compared to the old Droid, has a nice screen and terrific specs. Does everything you'd want an android phone to do.
But there's one irritating and unbelievably stupid design flaw that's almost ruining the experience for me. The headphone jack is right next to the keyboard; on the lower half of the left side of the phone when held with the keyboard open, instead of the upper left corner like on previous Droids. This means that when you try to type, your left hand runs right up against the protruding headphone plug. You can try typing with the plug between your forefinger and middle finger, which is the best option I've found, but it's still not quite right. It just seems incredibly dumb and careless to put the jack there and nearly ruin the phone's single most important and notable feature.
Of course, you can avoid this by getting a Bluetooth stereo headset, but those are expensive and need to be kept charged. I have one but it doesn't work very well. It kills me that a phone I've been waiting for for a long time would have a ridiculous design flaw like this.
If typing and listening to plugged-in headphones is not an issue for you, this phone seems almost perfect.
I haven't really had an opportunity to test the battery life or the GPS navigation functionality; the store didn't have the car mount yet. Overall I like the phone a lot; I'll have to take the 14-day return period to see if I can live with the design issue.1 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Another Motorola phone that could have been great.
by MyNameIsDavid on February 21, 2012
Pros: -Top Notch Specs
-Best Keyboard To Date
-Good LTE Radio ReceptionCons: -Small Non-Removable Battery in an LTE phone? Are you kidding me?
-Locked Bootloader
-No Hardware Shutter Button
-MotoblurSummary: Motorola seems to have a history of taking solid hardware and then ruining it with awful software and terrible decisions. In this case, the terrible decisions are having a non-removable ...
Summary: Motorola seems to have a history of taking solid hardware and then ruining it with awful software and terrible decisions. In this case, the terrible decisions are having a non-removable battery (which might have actually been forgivable if it was more like the RAZR MAXX at 3,000 mAh) and the locked bootloader.
Under heavy use, this phone will only last a few hours if you're lucky (not unusual for an LTE phone) and, unless you're at a charger, you're done. You cannot easily replace the battery. No upgrading it. No swapping it out for a fresh battery. What happens when your battery stops working entirely? You have to either send it in for a "refurbished" model, a "repair", or void your warranty by taking your phone apart and replacing it yourself (provided you can actually find a replacement battery).
This could have been one of the greatest phones ever made if Motorola had not made such a terrible decision with the battery. I really wish Motorola would just put out another phone that was more like the original Droid: Hardware camera button, unlockabe unencrypted bootloader, and best of all: stock Android! That is the phone that saved Motorola, I don't understand why they don't repeat that success.0 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Piece of Junk
by Dragon3463 on March 26, 2012
Pros: the camera is all I can say
Cons: Where to start? Hmm, my wife had it a month and from the moment she took it out of the box, had nothing but trouble out it. Frequent crashes, restarts, freezes, the list goes on.
0 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Consistently good update of hardware
by williamjeffries on February 11, 2012
Pros: 1. Huge Screen 2. Quick tap to Camera from lock screen 3. Generous keyboard
Cons: TERRIBLE Unlock/Standby button, hard to recognize its there and now when you push it, non-removable battery makes it hard to upgrade battery size, strange interface with the "dock", permanent buttons at the bottom of gingerbread
Summary: Great phone, a true successor to the original Droid. will get even better with Ice Cream Sandwich
Summary: Great phone, a true successor to the original Droid. will get even better with Ice Cream Sandwich
0 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Motorola
- Part number: Droid 4
- Description: Type with technical precision on the laser-cut QWERTY keypad so similar to a PC your fingers instantly know where to land. And with LED edge-lit keys, it's like having night vision when you send digital messages in the dark. What makes a phone strong? Well, DROID 4 has a display designed to resist scrapes and scratches and a force field of water-repellent nanoparticles shielding the phone against water attacks - even the electrical boards inside. This is DROID strong. Unleash the fierce power of DROID 4's dual-core 1.2 GHz processor. Blast your music, check the score and load email - at the same time, without delay. Then jump from app to app and back again before the laws of physics even notice you were gone.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Product Type Smartphone
- Form Factor Slider - Full keyboard,
Touch screen - Phone Design PDA
- Integrated Components Wi-Fi hotspot,
GLONASS receiver,
GPS receiver,
2nd camera,
Digital camera,
Digital player,
Voice recorder - Width 2.8 in
- Depth 0.5 in
- Height 5 in
- Weight 6.31 oz
- Body Color Black
Cellular
- Technology CDMA2000 1X
- Band CDMA2000 1X 1900/800
- Mobile Broadband Generation 4G
- Service Provider Verizon Wireless
- Operating System Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread
- Application Software GoToMeeting,
Amazon Kindle,
Quickoffice,
Netflix,
Adobe Flash Player 10,
MOTOPRINT - Installed Games Let's Golf 2,
Madden NFL 12 - Input Device(s) QWERTY keyboard , Capacitive,
Touch sensitive screen (multi-touch) Messaging & Internet
- Cellular Messaging Services MMS,
SMS - Instant Messaging Services Yahoo! Messenger,
AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM),
Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger),
Google Talk - Supported Email Protocols POP3,
IMAP4 - Supported Social Networks and Blogs LinkedIn,
Twitter,
Facebook - Messaging & Data Features Microsoft PowerPoint support,
Microsoft Excel support,
Microsoft Word support,
Adobe Flash support - Downloadable Content Wallpapers
- Mobile Services YouTube,
Gmail,
Google Search,
Google News,
Google Search by Voice,
Google Calendar,
Google Quick Search Box,
Google Latitude,
Slacker Radio,
Google eBooks,
MSN Hotmail,
NFL Mobile,
Yahoo! Mail Communications
- Data Transmission EV-DO
- Wireless Interface LTE,
Bluetooth 4.0,
IEEE 802.11b/g/n - Bluetooth Profiles Serial Port Profile (SPP),
Object Push Profile (OPP),
Personal Area Networking Profile (PAN),
Hands Free Profile (HFP),
Headset Profile (HSP),
Dial-up Networking Profile (DUN),
Phonebook Access Profile (PBAP),
Low Energy Attribute Protocol (ATT),
Generic Attribute Profile (GATT),
Generic Access Profile (GAP),
Heart Rate Monitor (HRM),
Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP),
Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP),
General Audio/Video Distribution Profile (GAVDP),
Human Interface Device Profile (HID),
Message Access Profile (MAP),
Device Identification Profile (DID),
Low Energy Security Manager Protocol (SMP),
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP),
Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) - Communication Features Internet browser,
Mobile Email client Phone Features
- Phone Functions Voice control,
Call timer,
Conference call,
Flight mode,
Speakerphone,
Voice dialing,
Vibrating alert - Polyphonic Ringer Yes
- Ring Tone Formats AAC,
MP3,
eAAC,
AAC+ - Sensors Digital compass,
Proximity sensor,
Accelerometer,
Ambient light sensor - Additional Features DLNA Certified,
Software updates FOTA (Firmware Over The Air),
TTY compatible,
Widgets support,
Sharing media via DLNA,
Picture editor,
Intelligent typing (SWYPE) Organizer
- Personal Information Management Alarm clock,
Synchronization with PC,
Calendar,
Calculator,
Reminder Media Player
- Supported Digital Audio Standards MIDI,
eAAC,
WMA v9,
AAC,
WMA 9,
eAAC+,
AAC +,
WAV,
MP3,
AMR - Supported Digital Video Standards MPEG-4,
H.263,
H.264 Processor
- Clock Speed 1.2 GHz
Memory
- RAM 1 GB
- Bult-in Memory 16 GB
- User Memory 16 GB
- Supported Flash Memory Cards microSDHC - up to 32 GB
Digital Camera
- Sensor Resolution 8 megapixels
- Focus Adjustment Automatic
- Digital Zoom 8
- Video Recorder Resolutions 1920 x 1080 (1080p)
- Features Geo-tagging,
Video recording Navigation System
- GPS Navigation A-GPS/GLONASS receiver - Simultaneous GPS (S-GPS)
- Navigation Software & Services Google Maps,
Google Maps Navigation Display
- Type LCD display - Color
- Technology TFT
- Diagonal Size 4 in
- Display Resolution 960 x 540 pixels
- Color Depth 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
- Features Wallpaper
Connections
- Connector Type HDMI,
Micro-USB,
Headset jack - Mini-phone 3.5 mm Battery
- Technology Lithium ion
- Capacity 1780 mAh
- Run Time Details Talk ( CDMA ) - up to 750 min,
Standby ( CDMA ) - up to 205 hour(s) Miscellaneous
- Compliant Standards FIPS 140-2,
HAC(Hearing Aid Compatible) - Included Accessories Power adapter , Power adapter
Product series
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Motorola Droid 4 (Verizon Wireless)
Manufacturer: Motorola
Specs: Verizon Wireless,
CDMA2000 1X,
Up to 750 min,
With digital camera / digital player,
6.31 oz,
8 megapixels,
4 in
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