No more Droid?

[Comineeyeaha]

No, this isn't me speculating the end of any droid phone, but is Verizon actually going to have an android phone without the Droid name attached? Before you remind me about the LG Ally, i'm talking about smart phones, not feature phones.

 

[Droid800]

No, this isn't me speculating the end of any droid phone, but is Verizon actually going to have an android phone without the Droid name attached? Before you remind me about the LG Ally, i'm talking about smart phones, not feature phones.

Well, all of the Droid phones are geared towards a specific audience, something that I'm not sure the Samsung could pull off. It could still be called the Droid Fascinate, but I don't think the Droid audience is what they're going for here.

 

[NickF227]

The Ally doesn't have the droid prefix, does it?

So maybe its just for the HTC/Moto phones.

 

[TreyDaPrince]

All it is, is the name of the brand. Just like the Bold and Tour for Blackberry. Same name for some phones just different numbers to indicate its newer.

And no, it will not carry the Droid moniker.

 

[California_iPad]

LG Ally is a 3G Smart phone, its not a feature phone.

 

[Comineeyeaha]

LG Ally is a 3G Smart phone, its not a feature phone.

I guess I wasn't doing a very good job of conveying sarcasm. It was meant as a jab at the Ally, as I assume nobody really cares about that phone.

 

[Menno]

I think Droid is a specific branding. the Fascinate seems to be geared towards a different audience from Droid phones

 

[dsignori]

I think it has to do more with associating the Droid name at Verizon with a high-end Google experience. Since Bing is splashed all over the place on this phone, and the "Google" moniker might even be missing from the back of this phone, I bet that it doesn't meet the unified experience that VZ may be trying to market.

 

[hanano17]

Samsung also brands their android phones with the Galaxy S moniker, so its not surprising to see that it isn't branded with "Droid". While I agree to a degree about Bing, I wouldn't put too much weight into it. I'm sure google services can be defaulted.

 

[GivenToFly]

Don't forget that the Moto Devour wasn't labled as a Droid Devour either. I hate that they do it at all. It creates a lot of confusion, when you tell someone you have a Droid, they say, "which one", then you have to explain that it's just the Droid if it's the original moto droid. Why pay George Lucas money just to name the phone Droid?

 

[Kyle Gibb]

Don't forget that the Moto Devour wasn't labled as a Droid Devour either. I hate that they do it at all. It creates a lot of confusion, when you tell someone you have a Droid, they say, "which one", then you have to explain that it's just the Droid if it's the original moto droid. Why pay George Lucas money just to name the phone Droid?

Marketing

 

[caliskimmer]

Besides the Samsung Fascinate, I don't know if they will have one coming up, but I'm sure they will. That leaked Android mid-range smartphone supposedly has Droid branding on it too, which is strange because the Droid name has only been accompanied with high-end Verizon Android devices.

 

[czm2000]

Seriously dude? Reread his original post.

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