By Dan Hope, TechNewsDaily Staff Writer / June 25, 2010
On the eve of the iPhone 4 launch, Motorola and Verizon announced their next Android phone, the Droid X. With an impressive list of specs and some pretty hardware, the Droid X could be the best iPhone competitor yet. Here’s a look at how the iPhone 4 and Droid X compare.
And in case you’ve already ruled out the Droid X as your next smartphone, we’ve also got a comparison of the iPhone 4 vs. the other top smartphones on every network.
Operating System
As we said in our previous comparison, it’s a remarkably even fight between iOS4 (in the iPhone 4) and Google Android (in the Droid X) operating systems. Both feature multitasking and extensive app stores, although the iPhone still has a much larger selection with over 200,000 apps to Android’s 70,000. The Droid X runs Android 2.1, which will presumably be upgraded to the latest 2.2 version in the near future. It also features the Motoblur 2 skin for Android, which is exclusive to Motorola. There is still a significant amount of debate over whether Motoblur actually improves the functionality of the Android interface. But in comparing the iPhone 4 and Droid X, the question of OSes simply comes down to personal preference.
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