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"  At first, I liked the original Verizon Droid. It seemed to have something for everybody\u2014it was a big, bold, keyboarded phone that was, depending on how you looked at it, either a transformative handset or a serviceable stopgap until Verizon got the iPhone. Either way, when it came out, it was undoubtedly the best phone Verizon (or Motorola) ever had. But a lot has changed in the past nine months. With the release of the iPhone 4 and HTC&amp;#039;s Sprint Evo 4G, we&amp;#039;ve officially entered a new era of superphones. Today&amp;#039;s standard-bearers are big-screen, high-resolution, video-hungry (and, in the case of the Evo, 4G-capable) powerhouses that leave the original Droid feeling a bit dated. Enter the Droid X: The sequel to the phone that saved Motorola, and Verizon&amp;#039;s new standard-bearer. The phone comes out July 15, but we got our hands on the phone early and have been putting it through the paces. When handling the phone, the first thing you notice is just how big this thing&amp;#039;s screen is. The 4.3-inch display is the same size as the Evo&amp;#039;s, but the Droid X&amp;#039;s thinner profile (9.9 mm vs the Evo&amp;#039;s 13 mm) makes it more impressive. And while the Droid X may not offer the &amp;quot;retina display&amp;quot; resolution of the iPhone 4, Verizon executives made it clear at the Droid X&amp;#039;s launch event that they viewed screen size as more important than screen resolution (we&amp;#039;re skeptical, and don&amp;#039;t see why you can&amp;#039;t have both.) The Droid X also does away with the original Droid&amp;#039;s keyboard. And this reviewer doesn&amp;#039;t miss it a bit. As I used the original Droid over time, I found myself reaching for the slide-out keypad less and less\u2014its keys were simply too narrow to push buttons with any accuracy, and years of iPhone use had acclimated my fingers to touchscreen virtual keyboards. Thankfully, the Droid X&amp;#039;s touchscreen keyboard appears to work (at least under initial impressions). Its large screen makes pushing proper keys easy (a real problem on the smaller-screened HTC Droid Incredible), and it buzzes back with a very satisfying dose of vibrating haptic feedback. Still, the Droid X&amp;#039;s closest kin is the Sprint Evo. Both devices run on Android, both offer mobile hotspot functionality, and both have very similar screens, physical dimensions and feels. As for which one is better for you, it really comes down to a few simple questions: Do you demand 4G network access, and how much are you willing to pay each month? The Sprint Evo is a tricky device. Yes, it offers Wimax and mobile tethering, but these things do not come cheap\u2014the mobile hotspot feature costs users an extra $30 per month, and users must pay $10 extra per month to use the Evo over any other Sprint phone, whether or not they live in a Wimax-covered city. (Sprint attributes this surcharge to a &amp;quot;premium multimedia experience,&amp;quot; vague language that has many tech critics screaming shenanigans.) Verizon doesn&amp;#039;t charge users a premium to use the Droid X over their other phones (although their network isn&amp;#039;t the cheapest to use either), and the mobile hotspot fee is just $20 on top of your bill.  So which phone is for you? The answer is actually quite simple: If you&amp;#039;re already locked to Verizon on contract, go with the Droid X. If you&amp;#039;ve signed to Sprint, go with the Evo. And if you&amp;#039;re on AT&amp;amp;amp;T, there&amp;#039;s always a little device called the iPhone 4. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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