Droid Eris launches

[Bateluer]

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...ectedPhoneId=5070&lid=DROID%20ERIS by HTC

I didn't think this was launching until closer to the holidays. Looks like a cool device, but its using the older 528Mhz CPU found in the G1 and Hero.

 

[shortylickens]

I'm glad Verizon is having multiple Android phones. We need variety to keep them competative with each other. We need competition within the same provider as well. Am about to get a Droid and I do NOT want Verizon getting a big head like they got something so special I need them to survive.
They dont. I can go to all the other carriers and either get a new Android phone or buy one unlocked and use it with their SIM card. Verizon needs to know their place.

 

[Bateluer]

I'm glad Verizon is having multiple Android phones. We need variety to keep them competative with each other. We need competition within the same provider as well. Am about to get a Droid and I do NOT want Verizon getting a big head like they got something so special I need them to survive.
They dont. I can go to all the other carriers and either get a new Android phone or buy one unlocked and use it with their SIM card. Verizon needs to know their place.

I'm going to swing by the Verizon store on the way home. My New Every 2 is in March 2010, if they give me the discount early, I'll walk out with the Droid myself. If not, I stop by Best Buy, they were more agreeable when I wanted to dump my Chocolate for my current Env2.

I don't want to put hands on an Eris though the lack of real keyboard is a major negative.

I am curious to see, since the Eris is a Hero in a different form factor, whether existing roms like Cyans, will work on the Eric. Also curious to see how long the community takes to put multitouch into the Droid since the European Milestone has it.

 

[Kaido]

I played with the Eris; it's very sluggish compared to the Motorola Droid. The Droid is slightly sluggish (fast enough to be usuable, but the lag is noticeable); the Eris is much more sluggish. It felt like if they had put the 1ghz CPU in there, it would have been great. The GUI just felt held back.

 

[Bateluer]

I played with the Eris; it's very sluggish compared to the Motorola Droid. The Droid is slightly sluggish (fast enough to be usuable, but the lag is noticeable); the Eris is much more sluggish. It felt like if they had put the 1ghz CPU in there, it would have been great. The GUI just felt held back.

I heard the same complaints on reviews of the Hero, great software held back by antique hardware.

 

[dullard]

So what are the key differences? From Verizon's website, it looks like Eris is: smaller, lower resolution screen, Android 1.5 instead of 2.0, no keyboard, smaller MicroSD drive, slower processor, and $100 cheaper. That seems like a lot to give up just to save $100.

 

[Kaido]

So what are the key differences? From Verizon's website, it looks like Eris is: smaller, lower resolution screen, Android 1.5 instead of 2.0, no keyboard, smaller MicroSD drive, slower processor, and $100 cheaper. That seems like a lot to give up just to save $100.

It's a neat phone, but it's slow. I mean side-by-side with the Droid, it's SLOWER. Noticeable slower. And the Droid already has a bit of inteface lag. Just FYI from my hands-on this morning.

 

[Bateluer]

So what are the key differences? From Verizon's website, it looks like Eris is: smaller, lower resolution screen, Android 1.5 instead of 2.0, no keyboard, smaller MicroSD drive, slower processor, and $100 cheaper. That seems like a lot to give up just to save $100.

So far as I know, the Eris is identical to the specs and capabilities of the HTC Hero, just in a different package, similar to how Sprint redesigned the case for their Hero model.