Droid to be available November 6th for $199 with contract

It has been confirmed by Verizon that their new Droid phone, the device in the iPhone attack ads, will be available on November 6th for a price of $199 with a 2 year contract and $100 mail in rebate. The hardware, which has been created by Motorola, will be the first phone on the market to run Google’s Android 2.0 and will feature turn by turn navigation via Google Maps for free. However, that’s not where the benefits over the iPhone stop. This device also has a 5 megapixel camera with a flash and auto focusing capabilities that is also able to capture video. On top of that, users will be able to multitask applications on the 3.7″ that contains more than 400,000 pixels. Sounds nice, ‘ey?

This device, much like the Pre, is being vigorously compared to the iPhone in all aspects. With a required $39 voice plan and a web and email plan for $29 per month, the monthly cost of this device may be less of that on the iPhone as well, with the power of Verizon—not AT&T—behind it. With that and the advantages I mentioned earlier, I think this device has a much better shot of success versus the iPhone than the Pre did. The Pre was good, but the Droid is a phone I would actually consider purchasing. It’s certainly going to be fun to watch what happens next week with this phone coming to the market.

Via [TechCrunch]