Comments on: Motorola DROID 4 Unboxing and Quick Hands-on

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000

I do find it quite surprising, although perhaps not mind blowing. I am glad it works out well for you and what you necessitate it for. I would just prefer higher resolution for my own needs.

By: Lucas Johnson

Lucas Johnson — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:16:00 +0000

To each their own.. I found it hideous, but I’m genuinely glad you like it.

By: DroidRocks

DroidRocks — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:31:00 +0000

I’ve compared the Droid 4 to the OG Droid and Razor displays under bright light and the Razors lose contrast as soon as you get them under the light. The Droid 4 was a little punchier than the Razor only under those conditions, and is very close to the OG Droid, but slightly more vivid colors. Outside in direct sunlight, the Droid 4 was significantly more readable than the OG Droid, both in light and in shadow.

By: Droidrocks

Droidrocks — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:22:00 +0000

Ghosting? Seriously? The screen is fine, and way more accurate color than the Razor screen. You guys need to get a life.

By: GL

GL — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:07:00 +0000

This may be a stupid question, but are there plans on releasing the Droid/Milestone 4 in Australia any time at all? Like many, I’ve been waiting out for a great slide-keyboard phone and this is it.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:42:00 +0000

motorola is seriously so stupid with this non removable battery stuff.

By: LegalAmerican

LegalAmerican — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:59:00 +0000

Does it seriously blow your mind that someone might be outside for a large portion of the day? Sunlight travels through vehicle windows so for someone who travels, it would be useful. Also construction workers. Why is it that people try to minimize the value of outdoor visibility? When I had an old Moto flip phone, I would get so annoyed while on campus that I couldn’t read my phone and I had to shield it from the sun. So owning the Bionic is amazing for me.

By: LegalAmerican

LegalAmerican — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:36:00 +0000

So you are calling people stupid if they buy a phone that you don’t like? Nice………

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:52:00 +0000

I don’t think there’s a difference when it comes to the amount of Blur. The Droid X2 has a similar version. I think it’s the upgraded RAM and processor. The X2 had a dual core CPU, but it wasn’t as fast. The hardware of Motorola’s devices finally caught up to the hardware requirements of Motoblur. Now that the hardware is powerful enough, the OS isn’t as laggy.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:49:00 +0000

No one tells how much is actually usable. Even Apple doesn’t with the iPhone because iOS has to go somewhere too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:48:00 +0000

Which older version are you talking about? The D2G has a similar version to what the Droid 4/Razr has. It’s just a gimped version because of the lack of processing power. The D2G doesn’t have any of the 3D effects, etc. I think it was really slow on that phone as well. Sense really just depends on the device and version. I’ve got Sense 2.1 (I switch back and forth every now and then) on my; Droid Incredible 2, and it’s not too slow. Sometimes it can hang up for a second. It’s still not nearly has bad as my Droid X and Motorola’s Gingerbread version of Motoblur.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:14:00 +0000

After seeing this video, I want to know the real reason for having a non-replaceable battery is. Is it really for engineering benefits, or is it what I think — a reason to have to replace the phone when the battery dies? If you have to take the back cover off to put the SIM in, why can’t the battery be popped out too? At least the iPhone’s excuse is that they don’t want lousy removable covers/backplates. What’s Moto’s reasoning?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:10:00 +0000

The “Blur” problem has been gone since the release of the Droid X and Droid 2, but the new problem is with Motorola’s disgusting ROM bugs. Random rebooting and freezing, data connection loss until toggling airplane mode or rebooting, etc.

By: Taglogical

Taglogical — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000

The first Bionic I received, I loved the screen. That said, you could see the Pentile Matrix of the display on black backgrounds, or when the display was asleep, which was kind of annoying.

My second Bionic came with a clearly revised (different) display. It’s still LCD Pentile Matrix (I know this because of fine edges and it’s excellent visibility in sunlight), but you can’t see the matrix anymore… Ghosting has been reduced (there is more ghosting on this Razr I’m holding vs my replacement Bionic)

Also, my former Bionic which I had applied the 893 patch too, would still experience signal drops (despite fixing other issues like apps disappearing from the app drawer)… this replacement Bionic, which came pre-installed with the 893 update, works like a charm; I have not had one signal drop or hand-off issue since I got it. And it has a nicer screen. I absolutely love the Bionic.

If this Droid 4 has the same screen that is in my Updated Bionic, then I can safely say that most people will love love love the screen on the Droid 4.

By: lostsync

lostsync — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:58:00 +0000

Near the end of it’s life, the Droid was a pretty slow phone. Having a custom ROM and kernel on there allowed me to overclock it to about 2x it’s stock clock speed, and that really helped things a lot. I was also able to have 3G tethering enabled if I needed it in a pinch, and I did a few times, especially while planning my wedding. Further, instead of being stuck on 2.2, I ran 2.3 via CM7, and I hear people have gotten 4.0 booting on it, but haven’t looked at that project personally. CM7 offered a lot of interesting tweaks and settings that I really enjoyed and would not have experienced without being able to install the ROM on my phone.

Beyond that, it’s just a matter of principle for me. Even if I didn’t need to mod my phone’s software in any way, I should be able to if a time comes when I decide that I want to. The device is only going to be tied to Verizon for two years anyway…and after that, I’m still stuck with the stock software, even if I want to do something fun and wacky with it? No thank you, especially when there’s this huge and vibrant community dedicated to doing cool things with handset software. These things are tiny computers and I should be able to format & reinstall with any software that will boot on it, especially when it’s a WiFi only device and no longer receiving cellular service.

Just my $0.02.