Incredible vs Moto Droid

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Question for those of you migrating from Droids, or have handled one extensively:

1. How much difference does the double memory and processor make? I mean I know it's faster by alot... but Droid was already fast, Droid has a GPU, and I've read repeatedly that nothing really uses Snapdragons power potential yet. The iPhone uses a much slower chip in 3g and 3gs, and no one seems to complain there.

2. Compare the camera for me. I hated how slow the demo model at the store's camera was on the Droid, and all my old HTC phones. The N1 I had was decent. The Incredible has been fantastic for me as for as time it takes to capture and save a pic.

3. Compare the screens. Not technical wise, and dont get all in depth if you havent handled it. How is our screen noticably better or worse? For instance I hate all OLED's complete failure in sunlight, but do like how colorful it is. And touch is noticably better on Incredible than N1, and droid seemed to have lower tech touchpad.

4. Very important: please compare how loud the speakerphone is and if voice quality on ear phone is different. I don't like HTC's speakerphones, on WM or Android, although the Incredible seems a little better than before. I've heard that the MotoDroid's is very loud and clear.

Originally Posted by trevorwhopkins

For instance I hate all OLED's complete failure in sunlight, but do like how colorful it is.

IMHO it's actually very good in direct sunlight. I was very surprised because of blanket statements like yours.

It's hardly a complete failure and much better than the last gen of screens that HTC has put out (like TP2, etc...)

I went from a moto droid to a DI. Much snappier, don't miss the keyboard, cause I use the on screen so much anyway, and it works great.

I'm really wondering where you impressions come from if you have "ask" about them.

Making sure the auto-brightness is selected helps alot with viewing the screen in direct sunlight outside. Indoors with the same option checked was a little dim for my liking but I've adjusted to it.

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Your partially correct, I think the Di screen is decent in sunlight. Supposedly same as n1 but my n1 was useless in the sun. Was wondering if it was just me.

I'm asking so I can find objective advice and not my one sided opinion. However the blanket statement should have been worded differently. Oled sun glare is a real issue though, hence Samsung hyping super oled for performance in sunlight.

Thank you both for your opinions, keep them coming.
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Opine? I'm just posting my experience in sunlight

Any doubt, ask to take one outside from the store and see for yourself (if they let you!). Your definition of N1 uselessness is just your opine, too!

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Have a droid overclocked to 1200mhz, and now the incredible.

Incredible is as good or better in all respects except one. The moto droid records video at a higher bit rate and it is noticeably smoother imho. BUT, the incredible records at a higher resolution.

Concerning the screen, I find no discernable difference in direct light. However, the incredible has a MUCH greater viewing angle and more vibrant colors.

shot to shot camera speeds are much better on the incredible.

I do find the incredible screen to be more responsive, and more importantly I find it more accurate.

I think one aspect of screen sizes that always gets overlooked is the aspect ratio. They are both 3.7 inch screens, but the incredible is slightly wider and shorter. When viewing videos in the common 4:3 aspect ratio, they are larger on the incredible screen. It also makes for a slightly wider keyboard in portrait mode. Both if these are advantages for me.

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I had an opportunity to play with the incredible at a verizon store. First thing that I noticed was the AMOLED screen isn't as good as I thought it would be. People here mention that the droid's screen is much sharper but it's not because of the extra 54 pixels(TP2 has the same screen size and the same resolution yet it looks a lot sharper). The incredible has some kind of a fine mesh....it's like looking at the screen through that mesh. One might think that it's an AMOLED thing but I disagree. Although some AMOLED screens have that mesh, my Samsung i8910 didn't have it. Screen resolution was considerably lower but the actual picture looked a lot sharper...and colors were better too. Don't know...it was disappointing. I hope Super AMOLED screens don't have that ugly mesh.

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the Incredible can be faster for daily use and built in features but I feel this is due to rom optimization. The reason I say that is as soon as you step away from the basics and say play a game the droid eats it up and when you use vanilla Google functions they are the same.

the camera is hands down better on the Incredible. So much in fact it is the key reason my over all opinion is that the Incredible is a better phone. The camera on the droid is so grainy I dont take pics with it. I was always disgusted by them.

As for the screens, I know there isn't a huge difference in screen size but the over all shape of the Incredible is a lot more comfortable for web viewing in my opinion. That being said, every color besides black looks better on the droid, at least to me it does. As for touch sensitivity, they are vary close and they are both finger print magnets. I was however vary disappointed to learn the Incredible screen is run of the mil glass, not gorilla glass and it doesn't have the anti finger print coating.

I have had many HTC phones and the ear piece and load speaker have always been sub par to me but the incredible is definitely better than any other HTC phone I have ever used. The ear piece is prob louder and clearer than the droid and the loud speaker is good enough but not as loud as the droid. One of my favorite things about the Droid is its beefy loud speaker.

You didn't ask but I ran the browsers against each other and even with moderate flash on the page, the incredible and the droid were about the same speed, one would be a little faster than the other and vise verse.

again you didn't ask but at least with Petes rom, the droid outlasts the incredible by a respectable about when it comes to battery life.


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The droid has better battery life, even overclocked 200 percent?

Also, the whole faster in basic functions thing... I would expect the Droid to do well at games, since it has a similar GPU to the IPhone, and the Incredible uses Snapdragon, which as far as I can tell just uses it's raw horsepower to process graphics.

The reason I asked these questions is because only the specs of the N1 drew me to Android, but I really missed my keyboard. And when moving to Verizon, I considered getting the Droid even though it has bottom level specs [comparatively] because of the keyboard and loud speaker. The Droid has impressive construction and quality.

All that said, I really like the Incredible. I broke two nexus ones and haaaated not having a store to go and say REPLACE MY PHONE. And the other little problems are all fixed on Incredible. I'm doing some constructive thinking haha.

Really, better droid battery life on that setting? I'm skeptical :mrgreen:

Once you use the on-screen keyboard and get used to it, you won't go back.

I used to be a physical keyboard freak. Now that something is better than iphone/tp2, etc.... I'm having a great time with a lighter weight device and fast "tapping"