[Silound]

I have a Motorola Droid 2, my brother has the HTC Incredible. Some rundowns (TLDR at bottom):

Screen: The HTC has a better looking screen hands down (Droid 2 has the same screen as the original droid). It eats battery life like no tomorrow, so unless you're NOT going to be using the screen frequently, Droid 2 wins based on battery life (mine goes 2-3 days without charging if I use it lightly, or about 4 hours if I play a game).

Size: Droid2 is heavier and thicker (more so if you have a shell and holster like I prefer) than the HTC, but I like the weight of the Droid2 (I know it's there and when it vibrates, it vibrates). HTC is nicer if you keep it in a pocket mostly since it's thinner and lighter. I personally don't want mine scratched, so I use a holster 99% of the time.

Text Entry: HTC is purely touch based (including Swype entry). Droid2 has the slide out QWERTY keyboard AND touch/Swype. Both are perfectly fine, it just depends on what you can do faster. The HTC's slightly larger screen makes it easier to type/Swype on, while the Droid's more squarish design makes it comfortable to hold and type on the slide out. I can type slightly faster on the keyboard, so that won in my favor.

Battery Life: Droid2 wins by a mile, but your usage may vary. I made some habits of turning off the screen immediately after use and things like that to help preserve battery life. So far that seems to help a lot. Advanced Task Killer is also your friend.

OS: Both run AndroidOS, but the respective companies tweak the software just a little. I happen to think the HTC tweaks are cosmetically nicer looking by just a little bit, but you can download apps and skins to make them look nearly identical if you wanted. HTC phones have had a few issues with Froyo (Android 2.2), whereas the Droid 2 shipped with that version. Problems were resolved quickly, but in my brother's case it nearly meant getting a new phone to fix the issues then and there rather than waiting on HTC to fix it under warranty.

Edit to add that by "new" I mean the Verizon store was just going to replace his phone with a new one off the shelf rather than make him wait for his to get fixed. He opted to wait because his HTC was one of the originals with the AMOLED screen and he wanted to keep that.


TLDR: If you don't have a preference for any particular feature, both phones are great devices and you can pick whichever you feel more comfortable with.