Motorola`s Droid equivalent available for preorder in the UK

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Get your credit card out! Those who are keen on importing can snag the European version of the Motorola Droid from one of several UK online retailers. As you probably already know, the Milestone shares the same internal hardware as the US Droid but runs on GSM (instead of CDMA) to suit the European carriers. This also means that it will work great on Australian networks. Read on for more about the Milestone.

The Milestone shares all of the Droid components, including the massive 3.7" screen, physical keyboard, 550Mhz CPU, 5-megapixel camera and ultra-high 480x854 resolution. Software wise, it actually manages to one-up the Droid with built-in multitouch and runs the Motorola BLUR user interface.

The strong Australia dollar means you can pick this up for just under AUD$700 delivered to your door. Take a moment to think about that for a minute. In comparison, Harvey Norman will sell you the HTC Hero for AUD$799 in store. Yes, the HTC Hero (which is a great handset but admittedly last-generation) will set you back almost $100 more than a brand new Milestone. Of course, you are not getting a local warranty with the Milestone so a lot of people will consider the $99 tol be a small amount for peace of mind.

See our article on importing to help you decide if you want to import an Android phone.

Follow the read link if you want to preorder yours today.

UPDATE 27/11/2009: The Milestone has been removed from the Clove.co.uk website. If you don`t want to wait until it returns, you can pay a little more and get it from Expansys.com - http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=190234

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