The OG Motorola DROID took the world by storm.; released in late 2009, it was named Time Magazine's gadget of the year, beating out the Apple iPhone 3GS. With Verizon customers having gone through a succession of models like the LG Voyager, LG Dare and the Samsung Glyde (all featurephones), Big Red was in dire need of a smartphone that could keep its customers from jumping to AT&T where the iPhone was an exclusive in the states...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Is-this-the-Motorola-DROID-5_id46725
