Newly leaked Verizon Wireless documents show release dates for the Samsung Droid Charge and Motorola Droid Bionic of April 28 and May 12, and yesterday's Android spies showed an April 28 release date for the Droid Incredible 2, too.
Update 04/19/11 - Motorola confirmed that the Droid Bionic release date has been delayed.
These reports are conflicting because Verizon seldom releases two major smartphone products at the same time. One source suggested that the Droid Bionic's May 12 launch date was an old launch date because recent rumors suggest that the Droid Bionic has been delayed due to technical issues.
Since these documents are from anonymous sources, and Verizon often pushes later release dates depending on markets and testing, all we can be sure of is that Verizon is in charge and usually announces its latest smartphones on a Tuesday before the Thursday sale date.
Whenever the next generation of Droid smartphones is released, they surely will be as popular as other Verizon Wireless new releases.
Samsung Droid Charge has a 1GHz processor Android 2.2
Froyo 4G LTE, 4.3" super AMOLED touchscreen, an 8MP
rear-facing camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and HDMI port. It also comes with a new
spec - the ability to connect to up to 10 mobile hotspots. Other
features include a 1.3MP front-facing camera, 2GB of internal storage
and 32GB on a microSD card. It uses the 5G rated Verizon 4G LTE data network.
The Motorola Droid Bionic is an Android 2.2-based smartphone with 4G LTE. The Motorola Droid Bionic has
a dual-core processor with each core running at 1GHz, delivering up to
2GHz of processing power and 512MB RAM. With 4G LTE, speeds are up to 10
times faster than 3G.
Specs of the Droid Incredible 2 include a 4-inch WVGA (800
x480) touchscreen (previous Incredible had a 3.7"), an 8MP camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 1GHz Qualcomm
processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, STR WOW HD surround sound, and a 1450mAh battery. The Droid Incredible 2 will supposedly be priced at $199.99.
Another Droid in the line of Droid smartphones that is expected in May is the Droid X2.
Read the full comparison of the HTC ThunderBolt vs the Droid Charge and the comparison of the two with the Droid Bionic.
All the upcoming smartphones appear in our list of top Android an' Droid phones now and later.