At present, the Android phone market is boosting up and every month new Android phones are added to the present mobile market . We are familiar with the smart phone maker HTC and it is popular for its windows mobile phones but things changed and they are now releasing mobile phones based on Android and one such mobile is EVO 4G which is the first Android phones that features 4G technology. On the other side Motorola with its Droid series is increasing its share in smartphone market. Droid has the most following in the Android mobile phone market. Both the phones features 4.3″ display and fastest processors up to date running on them and these devices also features Android 2.1 OS. Now they can be upgradeable to Android 2.2 (Froyo). We now compare Droid X from Motorola with HTC EVO 4G.
Design:
HTC EVO 4G has plastic material on the front and smooth finishing on the back. It is 0.5 inch thick compared to its rival Droid X which is 0.39 inches thick.
HTC EVO 4G
Droid X quality build is good with premium choice materials and Droid X is pretty much solid. Droid X is slightly lighter than EVO 4G. Both these handsets have 4.3 inch gaint size display but Droid X is narrow and longer where as Evo 4G is shorter and wider. EVO 4G utilizes touch sensor buttons at the bottom of the display which are painful where as Droid X uses hardware buttons which is very tactile.
Motorola Droid X
Evo 4G contains front facing camera with 1.3 mega pixel cam mostly used for video calling which lacks in Droid X.
Both the devices have micro usb which can be used to charge the phone and connect to other devices and a hdmi port to connect to your television.
Both devices contains volume rockers on the right side of the handset and on the top of the device a port to insert headset jack is present.Power button is also present on the top of the devices.
On the back, both the devices contains 8 megapixel auto focus camera with dual LED flash.Speaker phone on Droid X is on the back of the device with directional mike and one noise canceling micro phone on the top of the device which enhances call quality removing unnecessary noises.
Evo 4G contain kick stand on its back and this will be useful in some situation where you have to watch the video .With out holding the phone while watching videos you can place the phone with the stand open on a horizontal surface.
Display:
HTC EVO 4G Display
The display in both EVO 4G and Droid X is 4.3″ the resolution of Droid X is slightly higher than EVO 4G. Droid X features resolution of 480 x 854 pixels where as EVO 4G features WVGA display but you would not find much difference when seen with naked eye.
Motorola Droid X Display
Platform:
Both the handsets run Android 2.1 OS but the difference between these two phones come with their custom interface. Evo 4G uses HTC sense UI where as Droid X uses custom interface by Motorola.
Interface:
Coming to the interface you love the HTC sense UI over Android 2.1 on EVO 4G than Droid X but either Droid X interface is not that much bad.
Performance:
Evo 4G is powered by 1 Ghz snapdragon processor where as the Droid X is powered by 1 Ghz TI OMAP 3630 processor. Both the processors in these phones offer decent performance.
Memory support:
Droid X is equipped with 8 GB on board and 16 GB pre-installed where as EVO 4G is shipped with 8 GB microSD. Both the devices contains 512 MB RAM and 1GB internal ROM.
Wi-Fi Hot spot
Both the phones serves as Wi-Fi hot spot with instant access to limited number of computers or other wireless enabled devices.
Browsing:
Reading text will not be a problem and Scrolling is pretty smooth on both the handsets but compared to Evo 4G, browsing in Droid X is smoother. Flash-lite is enabled in EVO 4G so flash content will play on Evo 4G and you will not see this in Droid X.
Camera Quality:
Motorola Droid X Camera
The cam picture quality in Droid X is superior than Evo 4G. Colors are more vibrant in Pics that are shot with Droid X. Even in low light conditions Droid X produce more quality images. Video experience in Droid X is superior to Evo 4G and Droid X produce more natural colors. Both the handsets are able to shoot the video at 720 px (1280x720p resolution) but the video in Droid X is pretty smooth compared to Evo 4G. Droid X shoots video at 24 frames/second (playback video rate is 30 frames/second) where as Evo 4G shoots the video at 20 frames/second so you find slight jerkiness in Evo 4G when shooting video.
HTC EVO 4G Camera
Music:
Evo 4G utilizes the HTC music player where as Droid X utilizes Android music player. There is no difference with the music players in both the phones.
Virtual Keyboard:
Both devices don’t offer physical keyboards they offer only virtual keypad. Evo 4G utilises the HTC Keyboard where as Droid X depends on Stock Android 2.1 keyboard. The response of the on-screen keyboard in Droid X is more responsive. In Droid X you will have separate symbol button if you want to type a number or a symbol. In Evo 4G the same alphabetic keys can be used to type the punctuations and other symbols directly from the main onscreen keyboard.
Onscreen Keyboard In Evo 4G
As an alternative you have Swype keyboard which is the most handy to use. If you don’t know what it is make a comment below I will share that video on this blog.
When you switch to landscape mode you will not see any difficulty in using onscreen keyboard in both the devices.
Battery life:
Considering sms, email and voice calling as basic things for which these phones are used and with same battery settings in both the phones, the battery completely discharges in 24 hours in DROID X where as in HTC Evo 4g its 15 hrs.
Conclusion
EVO 4G lack in some areas where Droid X is performing well and vice versa. Droid X lacks in some areas like – Front facing camera, kick stand and excel in areas like Image and Video quality, navigation which is speed and smooth compared to EVO 4G and more over the battery of Droid lasts for 24 hrs compared to EVO 4G which lasts for 15 hrs doing basic things on your phone.
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Droid X wins hands down. We have better developers and a better community in general.
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I have used both- for me the Evo wins. Better UI (much, MUCH better) I just can’t warm up to the Motorola experience. I am sure it appeals to some, but for an ex iPhone guy, the Evo Sence is so much cleaner. The kick stand is a plus not just for watching videos, but also for hands free calls and for video conferencing. Like the idea of wi-fi Hot Spotting? Then consider this, over use your allotted 2 GB limit on the Droid X and you’ll be hit with HEAVY overage charges whereas the EVO has an unlimited plan and given that 4G is dramatically expanding coverage later this year, I’ll be able to cancel my internet provider service for my home computer.
The Droid X is outstanding. Received it last week and am still figuring out what it does for me.