The folks over at BGR have posted a leaked document from Verizon — their upcoming summer catalogue of devices. And in it there are all the usual suspects, including the Droid X from Motorola. But there’s another phone playing second fiddle to the Droid X in the poster and that is another yet to be announced Droid phone — the Droid 2. So it seems like the rumors were true after all. There’s a Droid 2 in the making. Time to rejoice? Well, we’ll see. Motorola is not known for being consistently good at whatever phone they release.
The Droid 2 on the leaked Verizon Summer/Fall catalogue document also has some specs to back it up. The post reveals that the phone will have an 8GB memory card pre-installed, a 5 megapixel camera, 3G mobile hotspot capabilities and everything powered by a 1GHz processor. Probably the same OMAP4 from TI that we have seen on the Droid X.
Cosmetic changes seem to be a minimal and it fairly resembles the original Droid. From the specs, it is pretty clear that it is almost identical to the Droid X. But the catch here is probably a slide out landscape keyboard like the original Droid.
Over all, it seems like Motorola is trying to milk the whole Droid for as much as it is worth. I personally cannot see the use of releasing nearly identically specced phones, in the same line from the same company, on the same carrier. It will only confuse the customer. Give them one super phone that defines the line and then produce some affordable options if you really want those sales. Given that the Droid 2 also has a 1GHz CPU, it will not be on the affordable side of things. Sure, you are adding a whole keypad. But it has already been proven that you do not need a keypad to be an awesome smartphone in the present day and age.
This article was posted as Droid 2 Leaked On Verizon’s Leaked Summer Catalogue at Otaku Gadgets.
