Good smartphone with a physical keyboard.

The key features of the Motorola Driod 2 smartphone are:
-Physical keyboard
- Up to 40 GIGs of memory

Other features include:
-A large touch screen
-3.5 MM headphone jack
-GPS navigation with full turn-by-turn directions
- 5-megapixel camera with flash
-Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot
-Talk time is 9.6 hours max and standby time is 315 hours

The cons are:
-No front-facing camera
-A little bulky
-Short battery life

Overall, this smartphone is great because it offers a physical keyboard with the smartphone. For those that need the keyboard, this device might be what you’re looking for.

Not Recommended!

I did purchase this phone at a discounted rate, but I still wish I had spent that money elsewhere. This phone is not dependable at all! The battery life is so poor, even when apps are purchased to monitor the battery usage and when GPS and Wifi are turned off. I charge this phone 2x a day and do nothing but text and internet on it. I rarely talk on it. When I do, I believe the mic is either broken or very poor. Everyone I talk to says I sound "muffled". Along with those issues, the screen locks up or goes crazy. I have had it type out random letters in a text message without even touching it. The only good parts are the navigation settings and keyboard for when the screen goes crazy. When making calls, it is very unpredictable. about 50% of the time, it will be calling, and the line is completely dead air. After multiple attempts, I have to turn off the phone and then it will work. I know this isnt my network, since my last phone made calls with no delay or issues.
I do not recommend this phone to anyone. There are so many on the market that are more worth the money spent, so research wisely.

Expect frustration if you get one anyway because I told you so!

Where do I start?

My Verizon account has THREE Droid 2 Globals on three of my five lines and were purchased June 2011.

So, we've had them for four months now.

Mine has already been replaced by a refurbished one (within the first two months) because:

- After 1 month, it was freezing
- The touch keyboard was possessed, typing randomly and preventing me from having control of the phone
- I select to text my husband and my daughter comes up. Stuff like that.
- Randomly shuts down, won't ring or deliver texts. Again, randomly.

Not to mention battery life is mediocre at best. Even with an initial full charge.

Maybe it's just the one phone, right? NOPE.

My daughter's and son's Global 2 both suffer from the same symptoms mine had, drawing the conclusion that a replacement only:

- solved NOTHING. The refurbished Global currently has the same issues. (That makes now...FOUR Global 2s)

- the HASSLE of replacement wasn't worth it. (you have 5 days to get your NEW phone back in the mail to Verizon), then, you have to re-personalize the USED one to your likings

So, after several calls and one Verizon rep saying "Maybe I use my phone too much" (???)...I got a competent rep on the phone who told me to SETTINGS-->Applications--&g​t; Manage Applications--> All tab, sort by size. Then, delete cache on the top 10 applications with use.

DID THAT. All phones.

All better now? NO.

My son's phone has a pattern lock on it. With him holding his phone on the edges only, he shows me that his phone will attempt to guess his password until he gets locked out! Then, you have to sign into your gmail...blah blah blah...

IF YOU BUY THIS PHONE, EXPECT TO HAVE TO PULL THE BATTERY OUT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN CONTROL OVER IT WHEN IT'S ON.

Those are the cons. Not even an exhaustive list.

The PROS:
- It looks good
- Sliding Keyboard

But what does that matter?

UPDATE 3/27/2012:
NOT EVEN ONE YEAR LATER, 9 MONTHS TO BE EXACT, AND THIS PHONE IS FAILING MISERABLY! I'M HAVING TO CONSTANTLY RESET IT BY TURNING IT OFF--THEN ON AGAIN. THE POWER BUTTON DOESN'T RESPOND ON THE FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD PRESS. IT TELLS ME MY SD CARD IS NOT MOUNTED, BUT, I DIDN'T TOUCH IT!

MY DAUGHTER'S PHONE WAS REPLACED BY SOMETHING OTHER THAN A DROID IN DECEMBER SO SHE ULTIMATELY ONLY HAD HER BRAND NEW DROID FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER (6 MONTHS) BEFORE WE MADE THE DECISION IT WAS NOT RELIABLE.

I WISH I COULD GIVE IT ZERO STARS.

UPDATE 5/7/2012:

MY DROID 2 GLOBAL HAS NOW CRASHED COMPLETELY. I went to turn the screen light off to preserve my battery. It restarted by itself, and now, only a black background with white letters that state BOOT. READY TO PROGRAM.

I called Verizon who told me to press X plus ON at the same time. The little droid guy showed up and that's it. We could not do anything from there. They are sending another as a replacement...

If you live in the country this phone may not be a good pick.

Pro's - operating system works great, screen is nice and easy to use
Con's - Battery is not good at all, touch screen can be very picky on when it wants to work (the first year it worked seamless), I have had this phone for almost 2 years and starting to have some major issues. I don't want to have to replace it but I might have to. I have to shut it off and on to get my 3G to come on sometime so that I can make calls.

Excellent speed and good condition for low price

This phone not selling in my country, and phone with similar capabilities cost much more than droid 2.
Good: Fast CPU, good screen quality, QWERTY-keyboard, Android 2.2. Low price.
Bad: Not a very good camera sensor, but i don't often use this feature.
If you want cheap android phone with QWERTY-keyboard and fast CPU a Motorola Droid 2 it's best choice!