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Motorola Droid 2 A955 review: 2010 Droid refresh 1 GHz.

Item: Motorola Droid 2 A955
Rating: 70
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2010·$200

Overall

70/100

Class rank

#4 of 25

Tier

Mid-Range

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Droid 2 A955.

Motorola's 2010 Droid 2 refined the Droid formula with 1 GHz CPU + Froyo for Verizon.

01Display

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 71-point average for mid-range phones of 2010.

TypeCapacitive TFT

Size3.7"

Resolution480 x 854

02Performance

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2010 — 6 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetTI OMAP 3630

CPU1 GHz Cortex-A8

RAM512 MB

03Camera

68/100

68/100 puts it above the 65-point average for mid-range phones of 2010.

Main5.0 MP AF + flash

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2010.

Capacity1,400 mAh (removable)

05Software

72/100

72/100 puts it above the 68-point average for mid-range phones of 2010.

What works

1 GHz CPU bump.
512 MB RAM.
Refined QWERTY.
Froyo at launch.

What doesn't

No D-pad row removed.
169 g heavy.
CDMA Verizon only.
No HD video.

Cross-shop it against

HTC Desire S

$450 · score 72/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 25-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .