first impressions
imo...droid doesnt
....maybe im just used to the d1 and all the roms and choices but this thing is filled with useless apps that startup all the time (slacker,vzw media manager,vzw apps, social networking, maps etc...always restarting)
first impressions...no camera button is -1
slider will loosen up over time...the phone was a lil slow and laggy again im used to having a bloat free d1 so this might have something to do with it
the keyboard isnt bad but it isnt good either a little offset from the og droid but im sure thats just something to get used to over time the number keys are good to have
the locked bootloader announcement killed me but maybe its not encrypted thats yet to be seen
the display is ok...better than the d1 but def not up to par with droid charge i had last week
quadrant score of 2100-2400 out of the box after closing everything out i got 2400-2500 ran like ten of them
speakers arent as good as the d1 not as loud anyways
the delay on my text message was about 30 seconds but that can be heavy traffic i guess
certain widgets like the im presence (which i dont want on the phone anyways) causes launcher pro to force close...there was no option to set LP as default it just automatically did that so maybe by installing and alternate home it automatically disables the default launcher out of the memory
the hardware seems sturdy, its sleek and i like the phone itself
all in all i would recommend this phone its like the d1 but def an upgrade the only drawback is the lack of dev support as of now
i installed the netflix app i had on the d1...and it works...sort of!!! cant find it in the market bc the apk isnt there...it loads up but now that ive tried watching something its all scrambled the display probably isnt set right....but it got further than the droid charge did
the camera works fine the front facing camera is sub par but then again cant really expect that to be to HD...havent had a chance to use the camcorder yet but im sure its the same as the pictures...
i have nothing on battery life yet im still charging it for the first time and havent left the house to let you know how many hours i got out of it
it linked all my facebook contacts but didnt come preinstalled with a facebook app...im not sure how that works but ok...
as for the stock ui..it really wasnt bad, im just used to launcher pro...have only had a few hiccups when trying to do widgets and what not but that could mean LP needs to update for this phone...
not having a sd card come with the phone is retarded...sorry but come on really?? i took the one from my og droid and popped it in there for now
again no LTE radio but thats not a surprise everyone knew that already...whats with the sim card tho?? og droid didnt have one and i didnt think this one would either not that i think its a bad thing i just dont know why its included
the bootup took about 50 seconds and when opening the task manager a million apps are open which is probably the reason for my initial hiccups with speed and lagginess
all in all the more i play with it i guess i like the phone im just waiting for root so i can clean it up and get rid of what i dont want...dev community has 12 days to keep me on the droid 3
....again this isnt a review this is just my first impressions i hope it helps some people sorry for writing a novel here
update i tested the camcorder quality is awesome...light stayed on even after i stopped the video tho had to close the app and reopen it was fixed the second time i tried it...frontfacing recording also works...
