I hear ya! The OG Moto Droid was my first Android phone. God I *LOVED* that thing. The main reason I had to upgrade was the 256 MB of internal storage. But overclocking it from the stock 550 MHz to 1.2 GHz was a breeze. Wish current smartphones were that awesome.
Actually pretty sure the OG Droid and its contemporaries had only 192 or 256mb of internal NAND storage for apps. This was back in the days when every Android phone had an sdcard slot.
The $650 smartphone days are already over for me...$100 off-contract buys me more than enough functionality.
In fairness, it is hard to imagine that we'd have gotten where we are without high-end, contract-subsidized devices pioneering the way. I'm ready to reap the benefits at the other end of the price spectrum, though.
This is very important to many people to have the stock Google experience rather than any skinned version that might look attractive but not as usable as they should be. Many people would want to customise the phone to their hearts content. Very few leave it at the stock level look. Even changing the theme might make a phone look different than stock. That is easy to do unlike a certain fruity phone that cannot have themes .....
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windraver - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - link
Can someone ask them if they'll make another QWERTY phone? Droid Maxx/Moto X + QWERTY?cwolf78 - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - link
I hear ya! The OG Moto Droid was my first Android phone. God I *LOVED* that thing. The main reason I had to upgrade was the 256 MB of internal storage. But overclocking it from the stock 550 MHz to 1.2 GHz was a breeze. Wish current smartphones were that awesome.dragonsqrrl - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - link
... that's RAM, not storage.synaesthetic - Thursday, February 27, 2014 - link
Actually pretty sure the OG Droid and its contemporaries had only 192 or 256mb of internal NAND storage for apps. This was back in the days when every Android phone had an sdcard slot.Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer - Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - link
The $650 smartphone days are already over for me...$100 off-contract buys me more than enough functionality.In fairness, it is hard to imagine that we'd have gotten where we are without high-end, contract-subsidized devices pioneering the way. I'm ready to reap the benefits at the other end of the price spectrum, though.
phantomtofu - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - link
I was hoping there would be a Moto X sequel. That will likely be what I upgrade to when my S3 dies, assuming it's similar to the current one.bhima - Friday, February 28, 2014 - link
Motorola will continue their near-stock Android experience.Phew! Dodged that bullet... I can stay with Moto for the long haul then.
fteoath64 - Monday, March 3, 2014 - link
This is very important to many people to have the stock Google experience rather than any skinned version that might look attractive but not as usable as they should be. Many people would want to customise the phone to their hearts content. Very few leave it at the stock level look. Even changing the theme might make a phone look different than stock. That is easy to do unlike a certain fruity phone that cannot have themes .....RAYBOYD44 - Monday, March 3, 2014 - link
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