Motorola
Droid 3

The Droid 3 (model number: XT862) was manufactured by Motorola for US network Verizon. At launch it was described as “a global smartphone that delivered power for work and play without making compromises.” The “global” claim was based on the phone’s ability to support wireless voice and data services in more than 200 countries. When announced, it was the world’s “thinnest full-qwerty smartphone”. It featured a four-inch qHD display, a dual-core one GHz processor and an eight-megapixel camera that could capture 1080p HD video.  It was powered by the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. Like its predecessors, the Droid 1 and Droid 2, it featured a slide out qwerty keyboard, but on this model there was a five-row rather than a four-row keyboard layout. Other features included a “mirror mode” that allowed users to view and share photos, videos and movies on a larger TV via HDMI output. Verizon was clearly targeting business users with Droid 3 given its various enterprise-centric capabilities which included advanced security policies, device and SD card encryption, Quickoffice and Citrix GoToMeeting for Android. However, its lack of 4G support raised eyebrows at the time and was a clear shortcoming of the device, which faced fearsome competition from Apple’s iPhone.