The Motorola Droid X is the hottest Android phone on the Verizon network right now, but it’s more than just a pretty face and a power-packed feature set. Verizon has confirmed that the new Android phone is actually pulling down something like five times more wireless data than any other device on Big Red’s network. Five times. That’s a lot of data!
With the new wave of high-powered “super” smartphones, like the Motorola Droid X on Verizon, coming online this Summer, wireless carriers in the US are no doubt going to see a surge in wireless data traffic as customers explore all the data-hungry features offered by their new mobile toys. Think about it, the faster and more powerful your superphone, the more likely it is that you’re going to surf the web, check your email, watch YouTube and other online videos, and even use apps that require data connections. All that adds up to an increase in consumer data usage. Verizon, it seems, is well aware of this phenomenon.
What’s interesting here is that the X isn’t just pulling down 5x more data than any other mobile phone on Verizon’s network. It’s actually responsible for “something like 5x the data usage of any other device.” [emphasis ours] Assuming that one statement from Verizon business development executive director Jennifer Byrne is accurate, that would make the hot new Motorola Android phone more data-savvy than the mobile broadband products (MiFi, USB broadband cards, etc.) offered by the carrier.
We’ll have to see how the Droid X data usage statistics fare over time, but things are looking promising. Let’s hope all that data usage doesn’t prompt Verizon to switch over to the tiered data pricing model anytime soon.
If you haven’t yet decided if the Verizon Motorola Droid X is a good fit for you, why don’t you check out our review here? Or, you could check out our Droid X vs EVO 4G showdown here. Or, you can just hit up our Summer Superphone Shootout here.
REVIEW: Verizon Motorola Droid X – Is this the Droid you’re looking for
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Sprint HTC EVO 4G vs Verizon Motorola Droid X
SHOOTOUT: IntoMobile’s Summer Superphone Shootout – Galaxy S, Droid Incredible, iPhone 4, EVO 4G