# I got my new Droid 3! Squee! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-new-droid-3-squee/592459 "2011-08-12T15:07:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-new-droid-3-squee/592459/1 "2011-08-12T15:07:18Z")
It just came in the mail yesterday and I’m still busy setting it up. Anyone else have one? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-new-droid-3-squee/592459/2 "2011-08-14T14:16:27Z")
Nobody else has one? I guess it is a pretty new phone. Anyone have any of the newer Android phones? Anyone else running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)? ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-new-droid-3-squee/592459/3 "2011-08-14T14:29:29Z")
My Motorola Droid X is a year old (so it’s far from spiffy-new), but it was OTA-upgraded to 2.3 a couple of months ago. And my wife just upgraded from an HTC Incredible to an HTC Incredible 2 (her old phone died) which is also running under 2.3. Before those upgrades we both had cellphones running under Android 2.2. I know that 2.3 is supposed to be much better than 2.2 but to tell the truth I can see that it’s different, but not that it’s better. Then again I’m just an old curmudgeon. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-new-droid-3-squee/592459/4 "2011-08-14T15:04:39Z")
I looked at a work colleague’s phone and when we compared it to a third guy’s iPhone the Droid 3 seemed thick and heavy. Did you notice that also? I often keep my phone in my pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-new-droid-3-squee/592459/5 "2011-08-14T16:54:01Z")
When I got my Droid X, I thought it was heavy. Then I saw my brother-in-law’s Droid 2. Holy crap, that was heavy! If the Droid 3 is anything like the 2, it’ll be somewhat too heavy… As far as Gingerbread goes, I fucking despise the change in the auto-correct mechanic. I used to just ignore any auto-correct suggestions. Now, it automatically inserts shit into my typing, and I have to backspace to correct. For example, when I type the “at” symbol then space, it inserts @the. That’s just one example. Other than that, I like Gingerbread. Joe ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-new-droid-3-squee/592459/6 "2011-08-15T07:11:25Z")
I hate the stock gallery app. I replaced that right away with one that displayed my subfolders as albums. What a lame ass gallery they put on that phone! Everything else is awesome though 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-new-droid-3-squee/592459/7 "2011-08-15T14:10:54Z")
I never realized how popular the Droid was in the US until I read about Google buying Motorola today. Blackberry owns the market here (Canadian prairies), and in terms of Android phones, Samsung has the market, with HTC the choice of savvy techies.