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Motorola Droid 3 XT862 review: 2011 dual-core QWERTY slider.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2011·$200
Overall
72/100
Class rank
#1 of 31
Tier
Mid-Range
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Droid 3 XT862.

Motorola's 2011 Droid 3 added dual-core OMAP 4 + 5-row QWERTY with number row to Verizon's line.

01Display

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.

TypeqHD TFT
Size4.0"
Resolution540 x 960

02Performance

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2011 — 7 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetTI OMAP 4430
CPU1 GHz dual Cortex-A9
RAM512 MB

03Camera

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 66-point average for mid-range phones of 2011.

Main8 MP AF + flash
FrontVGA

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.

Capacity1,540 mAh (removable)

05Software

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 67-point average for mid-range phones of 2011.

What works
  • Dual-core OMAP 4.
  • 5-row QWERTY with number row.
  • 8 MP cam.
  • HDMI out.
What doesn't
  • 184 g chunky.
  • No LTE despite 2011.
  • 512 MB RAM tight.
  • No NFC.
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 31-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .