Motorola Droid Fighter Pics & Some Specs Leaked; Looks Like Larger Droid RAZR

[Yonahdad]

There's no such thing, IMHO. More choice is better, so long as the consumer is willing to do their homework before purchasing. I am sorry, this is how technology works, there IS no "too often, too early" so long as the device is ready to go to market. This whole expectation of Motorola to slow down their releases (which is NO quicker than any other manufacturer, IMHO) is frankly stupid, as it deviates from the way business works.



EDIT: Since each Motorola device is VZWs lineup right at this moment is aimed at a different market segment, there is no way that they are releasing devices too quickly. Right now, there is no overlap at all.

What he said......

 

[BenLand150]

Dave 99% of the time I feel I agree with you, but I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you on this one. Lets look at the history...

• Droid - game changer
• Droid X - different, but a solid difference, awesome device, felt like the Droid's big brother
• Droid 2 - similar to Droid, but given it was all so new and the D1 was so huge, this is not unacceptable, and a decent bump in specs.
• Droid X2 - begins to feel like they're milking things a bit... identical skeleton, bump in specs, but buggy as heck.
• Droid 3 - basically the X2 in a Droid-like shell, with OMAP instead of Tegra
• Bionic - Droid 3 in a fatter X shell with more RAM and a LTE radio
• Razr - Bionic with different screen and thinner shell, and Smart Actions (the first truly difference in software so far)
• Droid 4 - Razr with a keyboard
• Razr Maxx - Razr with a bigger battery
• Fighter - bigger Razr with a HD screen (that the int'l Razr had right after the Razr's release here) and slight bump in specs (speculation obviously)

I'm forgetting one... oh yeah, the Droid Pro. Meh...

Now, obviously, some of those are not available any more. But just look at the devices since the Bionic. You mean to tell me that the Razr Maxx caters to a different market segment than the Razr? Which one, the one that likes better battery life? :tongue: I kinda get the Droid 4, given the Droid history and the current Razr format. But what segment does the Bionic cater to that the original Razr (and therefore Razr Maxx as well) wouldn't also cater to?

To say there's no overlap is a bit of an exaggeration imho. I agree choice is great, and I also agree that as long as the consumer does their homework, they should be fine... most of the time. But the original Razr owners probably would've gladly waited a couple more months for the Razr Maxx had they any clue about that. But Moto wanted to push out the thinnest smartphone ever, right after the first dual core LTE phone, right before the thinnest smartphone ever, with a bigger battery... and the other thinnest smartphone ever, with a keyboard slapped onto it. You get the point...

Actually, even though it came out before the Bionic, saying it is more the Bionic would make more sense. It's pretty much EXACTLY the same. I can use Bionic themes and whatnot on my Droid 3. The X2 and Droid 3 were not similar at all upon the D3's release. It's kind of reversed, but still.

 

[jntdroid]

Actually, even though it came out before the Bionic, saying it is more the Bionic would make more sense. It's pretty much EXACTLY the same. I can use Bionic themes and whatnot on my Droid 3. The X2 and Droid 3 were not similar at all upon the D3's release. It's kind of reversed, but still.

Thanks for the correction... I figured I made a mistake somewhere in there... which further proves the point :tongue:

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[BenLand150]

Thanks for the correction... I figures I made a mistake somewhere in there... which further proves the point :tongue:

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Haha, either way I agree with your post regardless.

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[xmguy]

I think Motorola it's going nuts. They need to have SOME time between these releases. It's not like they are releasing devices with big differences. With an exception for the Droid 4. The rest are very much alike. I think the way Motorola is going they are going to saturate the market.

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[AuxiliaryPie]

Since each Motorola device is VZWs lineup right at this moment is aimed at a different market segment, there is no way that they are releasing devices too quickly. Right now, there is no overlap at all.

this would only be a good thing if moto came out with the X2/D3, Bionic, D4, RAZR, Maxx all at once with different price points. Instead they come out with one and another 2 months later, screwing over their customers. Saying "new tech every 2 months is just the way it is" is foolish and ignorant, hearing about future tech all the time is one thing, but releasing incremental upgrades in an area where a user is essentially locked in to a device is horse crap.

 

[stam101]

If this is releasing in April, shouldn't there be more information out there on this device?

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[Quicksilver7714]

I would rather see another Moto device released in July, that has a full HD display and quad core processor. This looks like a simple update to the Razr Maxx. Larger screen and 720 which I think the Maxx should have had in the first place.

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[cereal killer]

I would rather see another Moto device released in July, that has a full HD display and quad core processor. This looks like a simple update to the Razr Maxx. Larger screen and 720 which I think the Maxx should have had in the first place.

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Now_that_would have upset a lot of RAZR owners, me included

There has been a steady erosion of interest in Android handsets and tablets over the past 4 quarters and I believe that too many handsets flooding the market is a big part of the problem. Analytics already show that developers are moving away from Android for this very reason. Something really needs to be done or I believe Android is going to find itself desperately fending off Windows Phone for Market share in the future.

 

[alboboy10]

Or people can simply stop buying from companies that flood the market with a phone every other month.

 

[Sydman]

Something really needs to be done or I believe Android is going to find itself desperately fending off Windows Phone for Market share in the future.

I agree with this statement. I was in a market research study here in town for a new Windows phone and I have to say they are really thinking outside the box with the new tech they are going to be coming out with. Microsoft does get into the habit of being lazy when it comes to being innovative and not just redoing something someone else has already done. But they have some features coming that will impress a big group of people for sure.

4 phones released within 6 months of each other does seem a bit much, especially when each phone is just an upgrade of what the previous one should have been.

 

[jntdroid]

+1 - Windows Phone is VERY nice... if MS can spread the word and get some consumer traction, it will do very well.

 

[cereal killer]

I agree with this statement. I was in a market research study here in town for a new Windows phone and I have to say they are really thinking outside the box with the new tech they are going to be coming out with. Microsoft does get into the habit of being lazy when it comes to being innovative and not just redoing something someone else has already done. But they have some features coming that will impress a big group of people for sure.

4 phones released within 6 months of each other does seem a bit much, especially when each phone is just an upgrade of what the previous one should have been.

Nokia is sure to make that happen. check this out.......


Nokia's Revolutionary New Phone to Best Apple's iPhone?

 

[jntdroid]

Nokia is sure to make that happen. check this out.......


Nokia's Revolutionary New Phone to Best Apple's iPhone?

lol... didn't realize that was a FF site... been a member over there for a year or so, but only a couple of posts

 

[kparks]

Now_that_would have upset a lot of RAZR owners, me included

There has been a steady erosion of interest in Android handsets and tablets over the past 4 quarters and I believe that too many handsets flooding the market is a big part of the problem. Analytics already show that developers are moving away from Android for this very reason. Something really needs to be done or I believe Android is going to find itself desperately fending off Windows Phone for Market share in the future.

Moto is going down a very very bad road.. I seen ppl posting more phone choices are better and its nice to have alot of choices but it's very bad for android and moto from a business stand point they better tread these waters very carefully its actually going on 5 phones on vzw don't forget the d4 they got the bionic razr razr maxx and d4 and the d3 is not that old either..And I'm seeing no innovation at all from moto at all and there was no reason the og razr couldn't of had a 720 display and that big battery then it would of absolutely owned the rezound and nexus if it had.. and the tech was there I'm confused on what there trying to do???

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