Comments on: Verizon Offers Up DROID Charge for Free, Drops the “DROID” Brand

By: Tim242

Tim242 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:38:00 +0000

Never saw one boot, so not sure on that. But, the HTC DROID Incredible had the eye. I loved that phone.

By: Bicycle019

Bicycle019 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:03:00 +0000

Exactly. Those of us stepping up to a smartphone were limited in our options at the time. Next phone (SGSIII?) I’ll still have unlimited data, and the “killer handset” to go with it. For now though a rooted/ROM’d Charge is working fine.

By: Raven

Raven — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:24:00 +0000

I agree. I think they will keep it for the true Droid phones with physical keyboards. I had the OG Droid and I am still rocking the Droid 2 Global. The Droid 3 was a little weak, but the Droid 4 is pretty decent except for the screen. Hopefully they will get it right again with the Droid 5 about the same time my NE2 is up in September.

By: Phoneman67

Phoneman67 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:52:00 +0000

Hey check out on name change of charge.
http://pocketnow.com/android/verizon-strips-samsung-charge-of-its-droid-name

By: thebandito

thebandito — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:03:00 +0000

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5642

still looks like they are calling it the droid charge on their online shopping page

By: Phoneman67

Phoneman67 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:54:00 +0000

The Charge as it is called now, not the Droid Charge was just updated…..so far so good.

By: Ike

Ike — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:46:00 +0000

Who cares? A droid is topped by another droid every three months. Even if it’s topped by the same damn phone with a bigger battery. What is that about?

By: TC Infantino

TC Infantino — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:47:00 +0000

You probably got grandfathered in on the unlimited data, like alot of us who already had an unlimited data plan when VZW switched to tiered plans. I believe that Bicycle019 means that he didn’t have an unlimited plan, or he was a new VZW customer and thus had to get on the unlimited LTE plans before the tiered plans kicked in.

By: TC Infantino

TC Infantino — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:21:00 +0000

I understand what you are saying, but I like that the Droid name has become the call sign for the Android phones. People know it and recognize it, as opposed to “Hey, cool phone, what is it? Oh, never heard of one of those…”

By: Jason Purp

Jason Purp — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:31:00 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Droid Life. I honestly think it’s the best Android blog around. But of course, it can’t be perfect. I personally think that their hatred towards the Charge is annoying as hell. I had the phone for a while and it was an excellent phone. The only reason I got an Incredible 2 shortly after was because the Incredible 2 was even better. But still, the Charge was awesome.

I don’t really know why I’m ranting about this, but whatever.

By: EdubE24

EdubE24 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:24:00 +0000

The original Droid was like a drug. It seemed everyday a different Rom came out that you just had to flash. I was constantly checking Rom Manager!!

By: Tyler Collum

Tyler Collum — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:14:00 +0000

Just wanted to say, I had the Charge for like 5 months, and the little dev group that we built was very fun and I learned alot. While it wasn’t the greatest phone, I definitely enjoyed having it.

By: niteperson

niteperson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:13:00 +0000

This site is becoming the Engadget of Android blogs. Sensationalist headlines, hateful, snarky comments. Ugh.

By: Rocktoonz

Rocktoonz — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:39:00 +0000

I rather thought the Droid name lost its oomph with the Eris.

By: Andrey Feldman

Andrey Feldman — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:09:00 +0000

you resemble it? 0_o You look noting like it!!