Droid X or Droid Incredible?

[StiKemUp]

The Nexus One or Google Phone, should have been the first one with the android OS. And its made by HTC. Is it still rumored that the Droid X will be the Nexus Two?

Errr... The Nexus One was not the first phone with Android..

As my name implies I currently have a B Storm. I got it when it first came out about 2 years ago maybe 18 months. Everyday I struggle with thought of trowing it through a wall cause of how terrible it works.
I had decided to get an Incredible but the were sold out on entire east coast. Then I read about the X.
i have only played with a droid for like 5 mins in store, don't know alot about them. I've tried to read up on the phones and understand the X isn't out yet so only info is from tech places being allowed to play with it.
I dont care about size difference. But I dont understand all the hardware difference; they each have a 1ghz proc. but Incredible has snapdragon and X has one that helps with battery life. I just dont want to spend money on a new phone that sucks after 3 months compared to another i could've gotten or something coming out in that time, like with this storm.

Please help. U forum guys are my only hope.

p.s. i dont hate blackberrys just my storm.

I know how you feel there.. Went from the Storm to my current Moto Droid.. Storm was painful lol.

I just ordered my Incredible last night. While I think both Inc and X are awesome phones, I can't stand looking at that bulge coming out for the camera on the X.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[BzB]

interesting feedback from cnet on their review of the droid x...

Camera is a bit sluggish. Motoblur software is a lot better but still not quite as refined as HTC Sense. Lacks a front-facing camera.

As for the Droid X's 8-megapixel camera, picture quality was a bit mixed. Despite having autofocus, we weren't always able to get a clear shot, and it doesn't help that there's a bit of shutter lag. With a little patience, you can get some nice pictures, and the flash did a great job of capturing images in darker rooms

The Droid X has a 1GHz TI OMAP processor, and the phone has been quite responsive. It's not quite as lightning-fast as the Droid Incredible, but we were able to open multiple apps with little delay.

 

[wuyanks]

interesting feedback from cnet on their review of the droid x...

Camera is a bit sluggish. Motoblur software is a lot better but still not quite as refined as HTC Sense. Lacks a front-facing camera.

As for the Droid X's 8-megapixel camera, picture quality was a bit mixed. Despite having autofocus, we weren't always able to get a clear shot, and it doesn't help that there's a bit of shutter lag. With a little patience, you can get some nice pictures, and the flash did a great job of capturing images in darker rooms

The Droid X has a 1GHz TI OMAP processor, and the phone has been quite responsive. It's not quite as lightning-fast as the Droid Incredible, but we were able to open multiple apps with little delay.

the droid X has a superior chipset. we will see comparisons when it's released

cnet is not the best source for phone reviews IMO

 

[BzB]

interesting feedback from cnet on their review of the droid x...

Camera is a bit sluggish. Motoblur software is a lot better but still not quite as refined as HTC Sense. Lacks a front-facing camera.

As for the Droid X's 8-megapixel camera, picture quality was a bit mixed. Despite having autofocus, we weren't always able to get a clear shot, and it doesn't help that there's a bit of shutter lag. With a little patience, you can get some nice pictures, and the flash did a great job of capturing images in darker rooms

The Droid X has a 1GHz TI OMAP processor, and the phone has been quite responsive. It's not quite as lightning-fast as the Droid Incredible, but we were able to open multiple apps with little delay.

the droid X has a superior chipset. we will see comparisons when it's released

cnet is not the best source for phone reviews IMO

having a superior chipset (which it does) won't mean that much if it has a larger load to pull. it could be that the droid x didn't seem as snappy as the incredible because the droid x has higher end multimedia functionality to power and larger screen/resolution to render. basically the faster processor has more work to do which puts it on par with a less superior processor which doesn't have as much work to do.

it could also be that the sense ui on the incredible may be more efficient or is less of a draw on the processor than blur.

reminds me of when the droid was released and there were complaints about it having stuttering during scrolling screens or when scrolling in the browser. but people were saying that the eris was smooth as butter with scrolling and the browser even though it had a slower processor and less memory.

either way it will be interesting to see how the droid x and other phones (not just the incredible) perform side by side with all features enabled. also part of the reason i don't put much value in benchmarks because they often don't reflect first hand experience with the phone's ui.

 

[Backnblack]

I just dont want to spend money on a new phone that sucks after 3 months compared to another i could've gotten or something coming out in that time, like with this storm.

Then you will never buy another phone....The way things are going, a newer, faster one is just months away. You will have to make a choice and just live with it.

If you still are using a Storm 1 after 18 months, Nothing Android will ever disappoint you. (I had the Storm also)

 

[jroc]

BzB: U make some excellent points. That might had to do with Sense vs. Blur, launcher, etc. I found this too:

http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=385

"The Droid X has a 1GHz processor. Even so it felt a tiny bit slow, or hesitant. Verizon warned us that the review units we have a pre-final software, so we should expect some bugs. This hesitancy of the UI is probably because of the pre-final software."

It will be interesting to see in the near future how all these phones stack up against each other.

As my name implies I currently have a B Storm. I got it when it first came out about 2 years ago maybe 18 months. Everyday I struggle with thought of trowing it through a wall cause of how terrible it works.
I had decided to get an Incredible but the were sold out on entire east coast. Then I read about the X.
i have only played with a droid for like 5 mins in store, don't know alot about them. I've tried to read up on the phones and understand the X isn't out yet so only info is from tech places being allowed to play with it.
I dont care about size difference. But I dont understand all the hardware difference; they each have a 1ghz proc. but Incredible has snapdragon and X has one that helps with battery life. I just dont want to spend money on a new phone that sucks after 3 months compared to another i could've gotten or something coming out in that time, like with this storm.

Please help. U forum guys are my only hope.

p.s. i dont hate blackberrys just my storm.

The Inc. is supposed to have better Exchange ActiveSync support. The X too. I think all newer Android phones should/will. Me n a BB owner had a lil discussion about this issue with Android phones. This might be necessary for u being a BB owner so its 2 good choices.

Since the X isnt here yet, its hard to say. On paper the X looks like the winner:

cpu that should help with battery life, easier battery management settings, multiple antennas to help with reception and clarity, longer talk and standby time (which may be due to the cpu and battery it ships with)

Decide if u want a big screen/phone or a regular size one first. I feel funny saying regular size screen cuz one of the things that made me get the Droid, it had a nice size screen. lol (The Droid and the Inc have the same size screen)

 

[BzB]

The Inc. is supposed to have better Exchange ActiveSync support. The X too. I think all newer Android phones should/will. Me n a BB owner had a lil discussion about this issue with Android phones. This might be necessary for u being a BB owner so its 2 good choices.

from having the droid and the inc i'd say the activesync support functionality is the same. but what is different is the email application itself and the htc email widget. the htc email widget is an absolute god send! with the widget right there on one of the home screens you can swipe through messages, respond to messages and even delete messages all without leaving the main screens or opening up your email app.

the htc email app also looks better (imo) and has some cool functionality compared to standard android. being able to select certain categories (like selecting unread, emails with attachments, a vip category, etc) by swiping at the bottom of the email app is nice.

not sure what the droid x has built into the blur interface so it's possible they may have jazzed it up and included some new functionality.

i'm antsy to see user reviews (not just the blogs) start coming in on the droid x. still got a few weeks though...

 

[chillwill3000]

So I ordered my Incredible about a week ago, and have called like they told me to for the tracking number. To pass the time, I have been looking through the forum, to learn what to expect when I get the phone.

What I have learned so far:
- Battery Life sucks
- Charging the battery sucks
- Turn off most of the features to help the battery last
- Waiting for the phone is supposed to be worth it
- Possibly being killed by Verizon

As my luck would have it, I browse the forums the day after ordering, and see posts about the Droid X coming out next month, around the time I should get my Incredible. So now I am thinking of how I should have waited a little longer. I know that I have 30 days to return the Inc if I choose not to keep it. I am really interested in the Droid X and would like to have more info on it before flat out making that decision. So far some of the benefits I have seen are:
- Possibly a 720MHz Processor (Slightly slower than Inc, but should save a little battery power)
- Possibly a 1GHz Processor (Same as the Inc)
- Larger stock battery (No need to buy a new one right away)
- Battery saving mode (so I can turn it on and off when needed)
- Larger screen
- Bigger (I have big hands = better to have bigger phone)
- Should have better stocking since Moto has had the screens for a while

I guess we will see how amazed I am with the Incredible.

Any thoughts or comments are welcomed, I am sure there are others sitting on the fence, especially since the ship date for the Incredible is around the alleged release date of the Droid X. Also, CS told me that they might not be taking preorders for the X after the Incredible backorder that was experienced with HTC's newest releases.

I watched the CNET review on the Droid X today. they like it, but they say the Incredible is better.

 

[WhatAboutBob]

p.s. i dont hate blackberrys just my storm.

I agree, I loved the old blue colored blackberry that could take a beating and still work fine. Almost as good as my Moto Star Tac, which I think is the greatest phone ever made. Best durability, best reception - that phone rocked!!!

 

[aqucsai]

Well i just ordered my droid Incredible and i hope i made the right choice...
What does the x have that the incredible doesn't?

 

[jroc]

Welcome to the forums!!!

Better battery life,

bigger screen

hdmi out,

better cpu/gpu,

it has some form of Blur which does look nice with resizable wdgets, but Sense (thats the software in the Inc) would be the better of the 2

better battery management settings

diversity antennas for supposedly better reception.

extra mics for noise cancellation to supposedly help with call quality

720p video recording combined with the mics for better recording audio


And I just learned from a person getting ready to do a review that the X will get some kind of software update before or after its released. So any issues reviewers are seeing now might be resolved. Verizon or Motorola said the units being reviewed doesnt have the final software.

The X being a bigger phone, thats one thing ppl need to think about when choosing the X over the Inc.

I think thats all I got

 

[Josefius]

Droid X. IMHO it's an Android phone unless it comes from Motorola. Incredible is in short supply and being discontinued. I wouldn't bother with it.

You're wrong, they just changed the SKU:

DINC discontinued - HTC Droid Incredible Forum

And I can confirm the new packaging since I got the one with the box that says DROID on it, instead of the box that doesn't have it.

My Droid with the new SKU:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefius/4742563021/sizes/l/

I expected more from Moderators, than spreading disinformation and trolling.

 

[kitvan]

Well i just ordered my droid Incredible and i hope i made the right choice...
What does the x have that the incredible doesn't?

well it's the size of a large piece of toast, for starters...

 

[jroc]

^lol

That was funny

I like toast.....

 

[Josefius]

It is huge, from the reviews I've seen. I don't know why they made it look so bulky. It's even bigger than the EVO.