Motorola announces Droid X2 4.3 inch dual-core smartphone

Motorola joins the dual-core market are releasing the successor to the popular Droid X from last year. The most noticable improvements over the original Droid X is the increased display resolution and a dual-core processor. The Droid X2 will get the same 4.3 inch display size, but the resolution increases from 480x854 to 540x960 pixels. A combination of such large 4.3 screen and high resolution is something only a handfull of other phones can offer. For example the Motorola Bionic or HTC Sensation. The drawback in having such a large display is of course increased power consumption and added weight. Motorola Droid X2 is 155 gram heavy and has  220 hours standby time.

Motorola Droid X2 highlights

• Dual-core 1 GHz processor
• 4.3 inch touch display, 540 x 960 pixel resolution, Gorilla Glass
• 8 megapixel camera, LED flash
• Android 2.2 Froyo which will be upgradable to Android 2.3 Gingerbread later
• HDMI out. Mirror mode
• Networks: CDMA 800 / CDMA 1900 (Verizon)
• Wi-Fi with Mobile Hotspot
• 512 MB RAM. 8 GB internal storage. Expandable with microSD card. 8 GB card inclued
• SWYPE virtual keyboard
• 1540 mAh battery. Standby time: 220 hours, talktime: 480 minutes
• aGPS
• Bluetooth

The Motorola Droid X2 will be available on Verizon on later this week