Wow

nowadays life cycle phone is normally only 1-3years...
so dont bother thinking about it...
if u afraid the ribbon might spoil, dont always use it lor
for me, i juz always use it while i charged the phone...
n sometime when wanna show off my phone

agreed
the qwerty mechanism is better than z hinge
except the keypad is small due to THAT tumbprint scanner AKA useless directional pad

Yes it does, at the bottom right.


Haha okay later...

I think the only diff is 1.2GHz processor on the Global, vs 1GHz on D2/MS2. Storage (8GB onboard, 8GB SD) and screen are the same. Oh you get a more powerful battery with D2G too, but battery life is reportedly worse... haha.

Defy is very different from the D2G/MS2, it's specs are lower than the other 2, so it's a different class altogether. So I think your question is quite personal in that you need to decide what you want.


OK review time, but I'll only mention things worth mentioning....

Physical:
Bloody solid. Looks awesome. Keyboard hinge is nice and tight, doesn't feel like it'll break anytime soon. However, after only about 10 days with the D2G, I have returned it to x132755 for warranty claim..... the keyboard koyak! Some keys not working. Quite worrying, actually. I didn't even use the keyboard for most of the week! (I was using Swype a lot, love that shit). I hope the warranty doesn't take long.

Battery:
Damn bad. If you chat for an hour, your batt life will drop by maybe 30%. If you surf and play games, your batt life will drop by... a lot lah, I never really took note, but as much as 50% in an hour. Standby is ok, I've left wifi on while sleeping and it maybe only dropped 20% after 8-9 hours. Basically if you are going to play around with the phone a lot, make sure you have your chargers near you at all times. I have USB, wall and car chargers. However, I hear this is the same for all smartphones, including the Jesusphone (iPhone).

OS:
Some people complained about Motoblur but honestly it's not so bad. However, it could be smoother, so you can easily install another launcher and it'll be as smooth as HTC's Sense UI. If you're like me and like to experiment and customize your stuff (why else would you buy an Android!), you'd be glad to know the SBF for D2G is out now, so if you ever brick your phone while messing around while in root, you can restore it no problemo. However there's not much to customize as there are no custom ROMs for D2G yet, it's too new. Also worth mentioning again, Swype ROCKS.


Final verdict, I'm still pretty happy with the phone despite the problems I've encountered.

well said
physical is solid enough...
but what happen until ur keyboard koyak?
on the battery, ya itz kinda sucks if u are using it heavily..
u used any battery saver apps?u should try it...
i get more hours with it...
first when i get my phone, juz only with lock n unlock screen it cost me about 30% of the battery
but after i used battery saver itz can hold up my battery about 1 half day with decent use...
on the Blur part, thats is true...
it is not buggy like other said...
maybe because of new processor...
if u dont wanna use it juz install other laucher

No clue man, I didn't even use the keyboard much as I was using Swype a lot... my friend started playing with my phone and told me my keys weren't working.. haha... no physical damage, just stopped working. *sigh*.

No never tried any battery savers, what is that? An app? I was thinking I might downrate the processor speed to 800MHz just to save batts...

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Added on January 25, 2011, 11:37 amOh speaking of processors; For all prospective buyers, one main point why I went with the fastest processor in the market instead of Desire Z or anything else is because when Honeycomb (Android 3.0) comes out, the minimum requirements is 1GHz. So Desire Z and Moto Defy won't be able to upgrade to 3.0.


This post has been edited by Kinobe: Jan 25 2011, 11:37 AM

ya, itz an apps
click on me
D2G is one right things to buy coz it is well supported instead of milestone 2...
motorola is well known for their supporting america device more than others..
so gingerbread is definitely will come and there is high chance it will get honeycomb too...

Cool, when I get my phone back I'll give it a shot! thx.

when estimate u will get back your phone?
hope it wont be too long...

I hope so too. Chan haven't called me yet. He gotta send back to the distributor to check the damage. I'm guessing it's hardware because I already reset the phone to factory settings and that didn't work. We'll see, we'll see.

This post has been edited by Kinobe: Jan 25 2011, 05:42 PM

gud luck to u then

droid2 global actually loaded with motoblur app
dat what eat all the battery juice

ppl suggesting freezing the apps / bloatware (do not delete them!)

it come with BP7X or BP6X (same as milestone)battery?

ori price will around 17XX

we will update when release..

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great
full review by gsmarena juz come out...
10 page long for future buyer to make final decision...
click on me

anyone bought droid 2 global oredi?

izzit unlocked?
course verizon is said to unlocked droid 2 global after 1st and white batch

bro kinobe already bought it...
but have to send back to x132755 for warranty claim..

Apparently when you buy it in the US it's locked to CDMA until you do a sim-card unlock and key in a code provided by Verizon. Once you do that the phone will be permanently unlocked for "Global" capabilities...

I guess the supplier already did that cos I bought 2 units from x132755 and both were unlocked out of the box.

damn u bought 2
so have u got u phone back?

Not yet dude..

Yeah 2 days after I got my phone I managed to convince someone else that it was possibly the greatest Android phone in the market now hehe...

And then 8 days later my kb died.

hahaha... well the other unit is still working fine, so it's just me having shitty luck.

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Added on January 30, 2011, 10:57 pmBugger... I only had my phone for 2 weeks (and only used it for 1 week)... it's now already NOT the fastest phone out there.. check this baby out:

http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Co...-US-EN.overview

This post has been edited by Kinobe: Jan 30 2011, 10:57 PM

sell it la