Motorola Droid X2 Review

By admin On July 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In most respects, Motorola Droid X2 better phone that the Droid X, which gave us high marks in the previous year. It has twice the processing power, better camera and a high resolution screen QHD. However, the rapidly changing world of Android. What is impressive, one day is outdated the next day. Motorola Droid has some great attributes and is not a bad phone, but a few key ways, the camera does not follow the characteristics and performance of its competitors. Dig in.

Design

From design point of view, nothing has changed between the Droid X and X2, but it is not necessarily a bad thing. The original X Droid was thinner and taller than almost anything on the market. As the X2 does not innovate in the size or thin, it still seems to many among the 4 to 4.3 inches competitors that emerged in 2011. The only major difference between physics X2 and X is the removal of the dedicated key on the lower right side of the phone. We do not know why Motorola has chosen to delete it as a physical button is very convenient, but it’s gone.

Aside from that, the unit has the same solid, rubbery feel that is the original X Droid so attractive. The back cover is easily removed and the menu buttons on the front of the camera buttons are real, no haptic touch controls. The upper back of the unit also has the familiar hump for the camera. The lack of a camera face is a little disappointing.Very few smartphones have released this year was missing a front camera, so we are perplexed why Motorola decided to omit it. Of course, we really do not use the front camera often, but it is a pleasant and comfortable may be useful for video calls is becoming more popular.

As with the original X-Droid, we like the placement of the power button on the top center, and the volume rocker on the right side is a bit small. In addition, the rear speaker is useful, but just as weak as any other smartphone that late. (Why all the players face the media away from the user?) Finally, the micro and micro HDMI USB ports are located on the lower right side, with a microSD card slot in the device.

Screen Problems

Kudos to Motorola to strengthen and which one QHD (940 × 560 pixels) display in the X2, but we can not say we are extremely impressed with its performance. While we have no problem with brightness, as the nature and scratch-resistant touch screen, it has some pretty obvious problems with faded colors, banding and pixelation. We believe that this has to do with the choice of technology for Motorola screen.

Best we can tell, Motorola has chosen to use a screen with an LCD screen PenTile on the X2. Is this gibberish? Well, here’s what that means. When looking at the screen Droid X2 at a normal distance, you will notice that everything looks sort of pixelated, as if its too strong. A grid of small black dots are visible at all times (even if sometimes white). Although commonly used on the screens as the Samsung AMOLED Droid load recent Infuse 4G, this technology tends to stand out PenTile in a negative way on an LCD screen like the X2.

The phone also has trouble properly displaying gradients (where one color gradually changes into another or disappear). This problem is not unlike the difference between having your computer run on 16-bit color and 32-bit. Colors tend to form bands that stretch across the screen instead of a smooth and melted imperceptible.

Finally, the screen color is ever so slightly washed out and faded compared to phones from competitors. This is hardly noticeable but fading becomes a bit more apparent when you tilt the screen. However, the overall viewing angles of the screen is impressive. You can make what is happening on an almost 80-degree angle.

From what we read, the Atrix Motorola uses the same screen as the Droid X2, and it does not seem to bother our own reporter for this phone. I also did not notice this effect on the Atrix, but I have not spent much time with her. If clarity of the screen is a problem for you, please be sure to try and review the X2′s display for yourself. One can imagine that some will find this quite distracting screen PenTile and cheap looking, while others will not notice its shortcomings at all.

Specifications

The X2 Droid packs some raw power with a dual-core 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB of internal storage and a MicroSD card 8 GB built in. couple all that with the high resolution screen ( least of his problems), and you have a pretty impressive package. Phones competitors tend to pack a little more RAM, but we can not argue with the power of the Tegra 2. The only problem with the specifications of the X2 is how the software takes advantage of Motorola.

Android 2.2 with NinjaBlur

We do not know why Motorola has renamed MotoBlur of NinjaBlur, but it may be because the interface does some things really cool and fast, but cache before you can ask a question. A good ninja is never there when you need him, he attacks only the dark.Motorola custom user interface is similar. Some improvements, such as Windows phone-like keyboard and resizable widgets, are quite impressive. While many manufacturers offer different widget sizes, all new clock Motorola, social, civil, mail and widgets are completely resizable, and it’s great. Similarly, Motorola knows a good keyboard when he sees one, as he imitated Microsoft WP7 keyboard almost perfectly and we could not be happier. It works great.

Unfortunately, the rest of the bone is somewhat contradictory NinjaBlur and naked, lacking many features that are friendly to HTC or Samsung’s TouchWiz Sense. We’re not really sure why Motorola feels the need to modify Android to all, except perhaps to hide the fact that the X2 is still under Android 2.2, but an update 2.3 (Gingerbread) has been promised soon. NinjaBlur is almost a pure experience of Google Android, except for some small features Moto widgets, and a custom paint job that looks good, but makes some applications look pretty crappy. (See the capture of Google Listen below, this gray area is black on all other Android phones).

Motorola has included a set of icons on the bottom and some useful applications, however, but the company does not seem interested in providing an upgrade complete user experience as HTC Sense. Unfortunately, if Bare Bones, the manufacturer also locks the bootloader on its phones, so there is no easy way (as far as we know), for the geeks know to change the phone itself.

And Web Apps

Motorola has included some useful applications, such as a file manager and folders, FM Radio, IM app, a task manager, and a real task list-maker that lets you create lists of to-do lists. Other non-removable applications, such as Blockbuster, AmazonMP3, Lets Golf 2, My Verizon, Quickoffice, Slacker, Skype, and VCAST are also included. We are still puzzled why not the major manufacturers Android seem to understand that there is no reason why a user should not be able to remove or Golf Skype Now, if they wish.

The Web works as well as one might expect. Motorola seems to be using the standard Google Android browser, which has its share of disadvantages, but does the job better than any other browser Smartphone custom we have seen.

3G speed barrier

We are very disappointed that the X2 does not have a 4G LTE connectivity, especially as a phone on the Verizon network. The speed difference between 3G and 4G is huge on Verizon. 3G only on X2, we reached speeds of about 1Mbps to 2Mbps and download speeds of 0.5Mbps to 1Mbps, but reached speeds 10 times faster on devices LTE 4G. It is difficult for us to recommend that you lock yourself in a 3G phone for the next two years, then please test the device and its speed Internet before buying, and then try a 4G phone like lightning HTC, Samsung Droid charge, or maybe the Motorola Droid Bionic, which should be on the shelves soon and will be the first dual-core phone on Verizon’s LTE network.

Camera

The 8-megapixel camera on the back of the DROID X2 works fine, but is quite small compared to HTC and Samsung cameras at the end. It tends to capture less color, bright output, but more images lifeless in most conditions. Feeling like the HTC 4G, you can select a portion of the shot to focus on, but the process involves visualization and theoretical drag is not as fast or effective as it is on HTC devices. However, outside it pretty well, and Motorola has included some nice options for wideshots and “scenes”, which measures the camera in different situations such as portraits, sports, high speed, or landscapes.

Phone functionality

The Droid X2 is a great phone. We had no problems making calls and support here in New York and were pleasantly surprised by how the calls were clear. Of course, phone calls are never what you call high fidelity by nature, but the receiver of Motorola is good, the audio output that seemed a little lighter than some phones. The earpiece is loud enough, what was good for those of us who have heard bad at a relatively young age (me).

Battery

With a battery 1540 mAh, the X2 Droid is comparable to most major Android phones. It was noted for 480 minutes of talk time and 220 hours (nine days) of standby time. As a dual-core device, the feeling seemed to hold a charge a little longer, but we have no complaint about the battery life X2 Droid. He has throughout a full day of streaming audio, Google + ing, downloading, and calling, after several days of sitting on standby with Google Sync. Previous day of heavy use have been very good too. Without pesky 4G LTE to stifle its battery, users can expect the X2 to last long enough to do the job.

Conclusion

We have nothing against Motorola, but the X2 Droid is not the best effort of the company. As the name suggests, is mostly a rehash X2 2010 phone, now equipped with a dual-core processor and a high resolution screen QHD, but the display lacks clarity in relation to the same price range phones competitors such as HTC, Samsung and LG. Overall, however, is that the X2 Droid lack that says more about her: She has no 4G LTE connectivity, a camera from the front, more RAM than its predecessor, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), or a user interface particularly surprising. If none of these features matter to you, you should think twice before committing. The X2 is a great Droid Android 3G phone, but if you want to be at the forefront, keep looking.

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