1. The feeling it gives anyone who touches it. "Oooh!" "Wow...".
2. Branding restraint. Verizon logos have never bothered me and sometimes been pulled off nicely, but the respect shown by Verizon to this device with this move is not unnoticed.
3. The Droid logo on the back. My 10 year old who has been following me around drooling over my phone for the last 36 hours says its her favorite part of the phone. I might agree.
4. The camera. Sorry folks but if you can't take awesome pictures with this camera, the problem isn't the camera. Are there better cameras? Sure. If you want one of the phones with a better camera anyway than more power to you. But if you want the Droid, please don't make the mistake of letting the camera be a deal breaker. Do yourself a favor and lean some photography technique and basic shot composition. Believe me, you'll take stunning photographs with this phone. Motorola's camera software makes mobile photography fun and easy to use. Being able to launch the camera app while pulling the phone out of my pocket trumps instant shutter for me. But I've always been a shot framer rather than frantic capture. The burst mode has been perfectly timed to create fluid auto awesome motion photos using Google+ auto backup, and very clearly shows you the burst count so you can stop after you cross the magic number (50). I don't see myself using the slow motion video mode much, but . nice to know it's there. I unfortunately did not get the unicorn tear version of the 64GB. This is what happens if I tap the screen with HDR on and move my phone...
5. Battery. I'll keep this one short. I have no need to regularly go more than 19 hours without charging my phone. I've never had that certainty with a smartphone before and it feels great.
6. Ballistic Nylon. What? Are you kidding me! What an excellent surprise. I can't believe they pulled off something I like even more than the wood and leather of the X line. That was something I was really dreading giving up switching to the Droid from the first leaked photos of the MGF models...
7. No navigation buttons on screen shots! ;-)
8. The screen resolution ain't too shabby.
9. 64GB. I've been doing fine with 16GB versions of phones for a few years and I'm one of those that has embraced the cloud to such an extent that I could continue doing so with no issue. But considering the resolution of the photos and the ease and addicting results of burst mode, having the extra space will cut down on my DCIM cleanup requirements.
10. The price. Let me get this straight. I don't owe you anything down, I pay the tax on the retail price (but the usual upgrade fee, which is more, is waived), $27 for the first payment, but you're going to go ahead and reduce my line access fee by $25 as long as I'm on the EDGE plan, effectively making the Droid cost me $2/month and I can start this process over again in 18 months with a new phone of my choice? Sold!
What? You'll also give me $100 for this Bionic I had when I came in today? Really? Shut up. Why would you do that? Well I guess. Actually, I'll just trade you for that sweet pair of black and red Sol Republic headphones over there on the wall. They'll go real nice with this new Droid.
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