During CES 2012 in January, Motorola introduced the Motorola Droid 4 XT849 mobile phone. Verizon will be selling this QWERTY keyboard model starting 10 February, so let’s take a closer look at this new smartphone.
Overview
At first impression, this is a slider mobile phone that is about to bump cases with BlackBerry for business customers. In a closer look, it could attract a whole lot of casual users as well.
First up on the review plate is the fact that the Moto Droid 4 XT849 is the thinnest QWERTY model on the soon-to-be market. It’s the most powerful slider with 4G speeds. And an advantage this model has over other QWERTY keyboard handsets is that its keyboard hosts five rows just like a standard desktop or laptop model.
Verizon states that on their 4G LTE network, users can expect download speeds of 5 to 12 megabytes per second or Mbps.
Android lovers will be thrilled to know that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread on-board this smartphone is already slated for the 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade!
A big bonus is that the Motorola Droid 4 XT849 is capable of connecting to either a GSM or a CDMA network! Users aren’t locked into one or the other.
Specifications
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Dimensions: 127 x 67.3 x 12.7 mm / 178.9 g
Display: 4.0 inches / TFT capacitive touchscreen, supplemented with sliding QWERTY keyboard / 540 x 960 pixels at 275 ppi.
Operating System: Android 2.3 Gingerbread, upgrading soon.
Speed: 1.2 GHz, dual-core Cortex A9; TI OMAP 4430 chipset.
Memory: 1 GB RAM / 16 GB storage, expandable 32 GB microSD slot.
Battery: 1785 mAh / Talk: up to 12.5 hours / Standby: up to 204 hours.
Camera: Rear: 8 MP / 3264 x 2448 pixels / autofocus / LED flash / Video: 1080p at 30 fps / Front: 1.3 MP / Video: 720p
Connectivity: 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 OR CDMA 800 / 1900 / 3G: HSDPA 900 / 2100. / CDMA2000 1xEV-DO / 4G: LTE 700 MHz Class 13. / Data: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot / GPRS / EDGE / LTE / HSUPA / Rev A.
Features: Dual camera design; dual video recording capatibilty! Multiple connectivity options on all three network types – not bad at all, Moto! HDMI port that allows external viewing tethering. MP3 / WAV / WMA / eAAC+ audio player; MP4 / H.263 / H.264 / WMV video player.
The handset has too many more features to list here, actually.
Additional comments: That 4.0-inch screen dimension is real: The keyboard slides beneath it.
Overall opinion: In a nutshell, the general consensus can be wrapped up one simple phrase:
“We want one.”
