14 DAY TRIAL // Motorola DROID 3, the long rumored mobile phone that should arrive on shelves at Verizon with Google's Android OS on board, has just made another appearance on a benchmark site, suggesting that it might not be too long before it is made official.
The GLBenchmark 2.0 results that emerged on DROID 3 show that the device will indeed be as powerful as previously expected.
The unannounced Motorola device scored 26.7 in the Egypt benchmark test, which makes it the second best, with LG's Optimus 3D the only handset to score higher.
The mobile phone should be launched on the market with a Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 application processor inside, complemented by a PowerVR SGX 540 GPU.
The processor, supposedly a dual-core one, should provide the device with increased raw power, translated into increase multi-tasking capabilities.
It is also expected to come to the market with a sliding form factor, just as the Motorola DROID and DROID 2 predecessors did.
Moreover, the handset would pair the five-row slide-out QWERTY keyboard with a large four-inch touchscreen display, rumored to be capable of a qHD resolution, just as the recently launched DROID X2 does.
On the back, the new mobile phone should sport an 8-megapixel photo snapper with LED flash and support for 1080p video recording, as well as with a front-facing camera for video calling.
Verizon might launch the handset with Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform on board, and the Blur interface from Motorola might be included there as well.
Recently, the handset reached MAP (minimum advertised price) at Verizon, an article on droid-life noted, which suggests that the release date should not be too far behind either.
Some of the unconfirmed rumors on the matter suggested that July 7th might be the lucky day for enthusiasts. Hopefully, Verizon and Motorola indeed plan on making the new device available for purchase in the near future, so stay tuned for more.
