Motorola Droid 4 "Maserati" Pre-Release Thread

[jo_Ny]

I don't think the D4 will hurt the Razr sales because it's a handset for other targets. Keyboard+average thickness. Only the design in the front that is similar.

Slimness+4g go razr. Phisical keyboard+4g go D4. Although I would like to see something differenciating specs wise. Something that would put a qwerty phone on the edge and make it extremely competitive like when the OG was introduced.

[HardBall]

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[HardBall]

There is a lot of reasons I will agree. However one then that my very first reply line may have already shown is that on Jodi app on my iPhone 4 I cannot see what I'm typing an it is very annoying.

Disadvantages of none physical keyboard. Limited screen real estate for virtual keyboard and viewing. Auto correction takes a back seat because again you cannot see what it is you're typing. Man I've personally had to correct AFTER typing the first two paragraphs.

Advantages: smaller size devices in thickness, more space to be used for battery which with more powerful CPUs the os is becoming ever more powerful and feature Ladden.

Something about still wanting hard keyboards holds users back. Not many of use speak in Latin based character languages and those standard keyboards are a joke at best for hose affected. Not to mention faster and more intuitive input is much better with software when it evolves - we need stronger competition to Nuance and FAST!

Anyone here in this thread older than 30 and in grade school learned to use PC's?!?? Of you all what do you remember the first things you where taught when finally understanding how it works? Hmm. A hint you cannot do this on smartphones of any kind. Touch typing.

I'm willin to bet any major & extensive national or international study done on why those that must have a keyboard in their phone that the #1 reason will be for physical contact and feedback satisfaction. Something touch screen based phones or entry based systems have been after for a dry long time and have yet to achieve. Once that is done and done in an eloquent and rapid execution I believe this argument would no longer exist. We still stare at each or every other key hat you type in order to be sure what you're pressing/touching - hard/software based keyboards alike.

I'm not convinced that even with dragon naturally speaking or Siri or anything similar is something is use often. Because my SMS, Emails, Calendar or tasks entries are private and mine alone. Nothing to hide, yet it would be very annoying to walk into the lobby at work, public transit or I to the dentist or doctors office with so many ppl talking aloud on their phones, wouldn't it? It has been about 4 years that ppl are quieter using their phones due to music and headphones

I agree with most of what you say, you make some good points. Except for this:

A hint you cannot do this on smartphones of any kind. Touch typing.

Which is complete non-sense, as I and a number of other people that I know, touch type on a daily basis when using a decent keyboard on a phone. I personally have done it almost as long as I have had a cell phone, period; from the time of my first smartphone, the htc Apache, to the current Droid 3; through a number of other good keyboard models, such as Sidekick 3, or Epic 4G. And a lot of my friends do it with the same facility if not more. In fact, of the people that I know who prefer a qwerty phone, the number one reason is to be able to type messages while not being able to look down at the phone all the time, such as when walking on the street, or in a small lecture room, etc.

[Paulo1300]

with my env touch (last phone i had with a keyboard), i could touch type no problem.. i would type in class with the phone underneath my desk and make very few errors, if any at all

i hate not having a keyboard now, especially on android. windows phone and iphone have much better keyboards

[eldorito]

with my env touch (last phone i had with a keyboard), i could touch type no problem.. i would type in class with the phone underneath my desk and make very few errors, if any at all

i hate not having a keyboard now, especially on android. windows phone and iphone have much better keyboards

I'm all about physical keyboards, but do you use swype? I find it pretty effective...

[jo_Ny]

And there you go.. that keyboard light looks sweet!

Official DROID 4 Specs, It’s Definitely a Big RAZR With a Keyboard and 4G LTE

[HardBall]

I'm all about physical keyboards, but do you use swype? I find it pretty effective...

Swype is definitely accurate, especially when it comes to needing correct speeling in the thing that u type. But it is also comparatively slow comapred to the physical keyboard. It especially useless when txting, since the abbreviations that u would tend 2 use 4 speed as well as staying within lim of SMS.

[geekmomof3]

And there you go.. that keyboard light looks sweet!

Official DROID 4 Specs, It’s Definitely a Big RAZR With a Keyboard and 4G LTE

Looks great! What do you all make of the removable back cover? Some seem to be interpreting this to mean it will have a removable battery. Can anyone offer an educated response?

[phreakp]

Looks great! What do you all make of the removable back cover? Some seem to be interpreting this to mean it will have a removable battery. Can anyone offer an educated response?

According to DroidLife it's just for inserting the sim card. No removable battery

[Dakota]

But it is a world phone...

[jo_Ny]

At first I tought it was a global phone but then I noticed it's a micro SIM card which is used for verizon's LTE, right? I think they just put the removable back cover for the micro SIM and the SD cards.

But then again if it supports gsm and hsdpa maybe we will have an international version

Also a bit on the heavy side? And fm radio!!

[FAUguy]

So it seems that the Droid 4 will be the first world phone on Verizon to also have LTE. Now all we need to know is if the LTE radio is limited to only working on Verizon, or if it will work on other 700MHz blocks used in other countries.

[eldorito]

Phone looks great... I'm very excited... I'm between this and the Nexus now, but prefer a physical keyboard...

[Dakota]

At first I tought it was a global phone but then I noticed it's a micro SIM card which is used for verizon's LTE, right? I think they just put the removable back cover for the micro SIM and the SD cards.

But then again if it supports gsm and hsdpa maybe we will have an international version

Also a bit on the heavy side? And fm radio!!

According to the specs in that link above, it supports:

"WCDMA 900/1200, CDMA 800/1900, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, LTE Band 13, HSDPA 10.2 Mbps (Category 9/10)"

[jo_Ny]

Yes but how can it support both lte and gsm radios if everyone says that this will be possible only with 2nd generation lte chips due to come next year? But I sure hope it's not a mistake or a misprint