In almost every respect, the Verizon Motorola Droid X2 ranks a lot higher than most Android phones in the market today. For Verizon users who are interested in high processing speed for their android phones, the Droid X2 has a 1GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera capable of shooting 720p HD video, 8GB of built-in storage, and the usual Android basic features like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, and an accelerometer. What I personally liked about the phone was the ruggedness and sturdy design together with a great touch keyboard. Phone call clarity of the Droid X2 is very good and outputting audio seemed a bit clearer than several phones.
Design wise, if you used the Motorola Droid X, you will agree with me that there is little or no difference between the Droid X2 and the Droid X when handled side by side. The only slight difference is the physical camera button which is no longer available in the Droid X2 (so you basically have to use the touch screen to capture your photos). Beneath the 4.3-inch screen display(which is great for web browsing and multimedia), are the usual Android phone four physical buttons: menu, home, back, and search. On top of the device is the 3.5mm headphone jack and power button. The left and right sides house the microUSB, plus the HDMI ports, and volume rocker respectively. The back of the phone has the 8-megapixel camera which is located on next to a dual-LED flash.
The Droid X2 runs the Android 2.2 operating system, though an upgrade to 2.3 (Gingerbread) is available(as seen in the Droid 3) but both version’s still have access to several important Google mobile services, including Gmail, Google Maps Navigation, and YouTube, and the other features. If you owned the Droid X previously, you will be as surprised as I was when I mistakenly pressed the Home button twice bringing up a thumbnail view of all seven home screens(each having four static buttons at the bottom – phone, camera, messages and applications) thus making it possible for me to navigate between them. This is an enhancement of the user interface.
In terms of battery life, I can attest that the Motorola Droid X2 competes favourably with the best Android phones in the market today. The large 1,540mAh battery has about 8 hours of talk time and a friend told me he travelled for more than a week without the phone and came back to still find it on. This confirms what Motorola claims – 220 hours (nine days) of standby time. And the phone has on several occasions seen me through an entire day full of heavy usage, audio streaming, downloading etc.
The phone is thin and weighs less than most other Android phones but it certainly can’t compare with other ultra-thin handsets like the Samsung Galaxy S II. And in my opinion, even though I love the phone, without 4G, without 4G LTE connectivity, without a front-facing camera, without Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), and without a particularly stunning user interface or better screen clarity when compared to similarly priced phones from competitors like HTC, Samsung, and LG, there’s not much incentive for a large mass of people to subscribe to the idea of purchasing it.