Motorola Droid 4 Android smartphone announced - with LTE 4G network support

Motorola announced yet another smartphone during CES this week. The Motorola Droid 4 is, like some of the other CES Moto announcements, an upgrade from the previous year model. The Droid 4 is the successor to Droid 3 which was released just 7 months ago. Droid 4 is a QWERTY model aimed at the business segment. At least that is what Motorola promoting in their press release. A decent QWERTY keyboard is of course not only for business users and those doing frequent texting should also consider a Droid 4.

Compared to the Droid 3, the Droid 4 has gained some weight with its 178.9 gram. Quite heavy for a 2012/2011 smartphone. It's the same league as the huge 5.3 inch Samsung Galaxy Note, the older Droids, HTC Desire Z and Nokia E7. The list of improvements over the older Droid 3 is:

• 1.2 GHz dual core processor - Droid 3: 1 GHz dual core
• 720p front camera
• Increased battery to 1785 mAh
• 1 GB RAM (from 512 MB)
• And of course the main reason why Motorola has chosen to release an upgraded Droid 4: LTE B13 4G network support
• Improved QWERTY keyboard with LED edge-lit keys