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Motorola Droid X2 MB870 review: 2011 dual-core refresh of X.

Item: Motorola Droid X2 MB870
Rating: 70
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2011·$200

Overall

70/100

Class rank

#5 of 31

Tier

Mid-Range

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Droid X2 MB870.

Motorola's 2011 Droid X2 added Tegra 2 + qHD to the Droid X formula — but no LTE.

01Display

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 72-point average for mid-range phones of 2011.

TypeqHD TFT

Size4.3"

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.

ChipsetNvidia Tegra 2

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 + dual LED

Video720p

04Battery

70/100

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

Capacity1,540 mAh (removable)

05Software

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2011.

What works

Tegra 2 dual-core.
4.3" qHD upgrade.
8 MP cam + 720p.
Removable battery.

What doesn't

Still no LTE on 2011 flagship.
512 MB RAM tight.
No front cam.
No HSPA+.

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? .