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Verizon has announced its second 4G LTE Android smartphone, the Droid Charge. This Samsung device will be launching on April 28th, with reasonable specs. The price, however, may be a sticking point for some perspective buyers. The Droid Charge will be going for $299 on a two-year contract. That's $50 more than the recently released HTC Thunderbolt.
The Droid Charge will have a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen at 800x480, a 1GHz Hummingbird CPU, an 8MP rear facing camera, a 1.3MP front sensor, and will be running Android 2.2 Froyo beneath Samsung's TouchWiz interface. In most ways, this is last generation's hardware (except for the LTE modem).
The Droid Charge comes with a slightly larger 1600mAh battery than the 1400mAh unit in the Thunderbolt. The hope is this will make the device capable of making it through the day with 4G enabled. But we're not sure if consumers will be able to look past the high initial price.
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schwit
April 22, 2011 at 10:00am
I understand the allure of new, but the hardware price is way too high and the price of Verizon's service is more than double that of Virgin Mobile.
When you are getting up in years you will wish you had set aside some of this money for your retirement.
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SleepyCatChris
April 21, 2011 at 7:22pm
Ah, excellent. Should have done a quick Google search:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/21/samsungs-super-amoled-plus-displays-dispense-of-maligned-pentil/
SleepyCatChris
April 21, 2011 at 4:03pm
If it's Super AMOLED with PenTile matrix, avoid like the plague if you even vaguely care about reading text on your phone. How anyone can go from a non-PenTile to a PenTile display is beyond me. I tried a Samsung Fascinate for a couple of days and was amazed at how bad it looked.
Great link to explain what I'm talking about:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s/90695-super-amoled-again-pentile-subpixel-matrix.html#post860842
Ryan Whitwam
April 21, 2011 at 4:51pm
It's Super AMOLED Plus, so no. It is not PenTile. Is uses the same RGB-RGB pixel arrangement as most other screen technologies.
