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Motorola Droid X review: A 2010 Verizon flagship with a 4.3" screen and HDMI-out.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2010·$600
Overall
44/100
Class rank
#34 of 50
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The big-screen Droid.

Droid X scaled the Droid line up to a then-huge 4.3" screen with 720p video and HDMI-out — a media-focused Verizon flagship. Famous for Motorola's locked bootloader controversy that ignited enthusiast pushback, it remains a notable early-Android device.

01Display

58/100

58/100 trails the 62-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2010.

TypeTFT LCD
Size4.3 inches
Resolution854 × 480 px (FWVGA)

02Camera

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2010.

Main8 MP, autofocus, dual-LED
Video720p
HDMIMini-HDMI out

03Performance

48/100

48/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2010.

ChipsetTI OMAP3630 1 GHz
RAM512 MB
Storage8 GB · microSD

04Battery

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2010.

Capacity1,540 mAh (removable)
Standby~ 220 hours

05Build

62/100

62/100 puts it above the 58-point average for flagship phones of 2010.

06Value

56/100

At 56/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2010 — 11 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Big 4.3" screen for 2010.
  • 8 MP camera with 720p video.
  • Mini-HDMI out.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • Locked bootloader controversy.
  • 512 MB RAM.
  • FWVGA, not 720p.
  • CDMA/Verizon only.
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy Note (1st gen)
$700 · score 75/100

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 50-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .