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## Video: Why Verizon Users Should Opt for the Droid X

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_Published 2010-07-01. Techland's Doug Aamoth explains why Verizon users shouldn't be holding their breath for the iPhone - and why the new Droid X may be a perfect alternative._


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## Transcript

So the big rumor this week, Verizon getting the iPhone in 2011. Pretty sweet, huh? Totally untrue, and not gonna happen. Search Google for Verizon and iPhone, and you will find over 22 million search results for rumors of the Verizon iPhone. Folks, sorry, it's not gonna happen until at least 2012 when Apple and AT & T's exclusivity agreement ends. But until then, Verizon owners, you have your iPhone in the Motorola Droid X. The first thing you may notice is it's very large. That's because it's got a 4. 3- inch screen, great resolution-- 854 x 480. When tilted sideways, web pages, most of them appear in their full width, which is really nice; 8 megapixel camera with a dual LED flash auto- focus; image stabilization at 720p high definition video recording and playback; and a 1 GHz processor.

Everything's pretty slick, smooth. The user interface, pretty nice. The custom interface the Motorola has put on top of Android is actually pretty good. It's not very obtrusive. It kinda leaves the underlying Android feel there. Support for Flash 10. 1 will be available later this summer with an upgrade to Android 2. 2. And as far as phone calls go, the voice quality is pretty good. There's actually three microphones. There's one on the front, one on the back, and one on the top so it will block out background noise. So that's the Motorola Droid X. It will be available on Verizon Wireless July 15th for 200 dollars after a 100- dollar mail- in rebate and a two- year contract.

Customers who are eligible to upgrade by December 31st 2010 will be able to upgrade to the Droid X early. So you're itching to get a new Verizon phone, this is your iPhone. Check out the full review on techland. com shortly. Make you a deal. If Verizon gets the iPhone before 2012, I will eat-- see, " eat my hat" is so cliché. I'll eat a piece of gigantic cheesecake. Uh, cheesecake. Please don't make me a cheesecake. Oh cheesecake. I love it.

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