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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  So my son's Samsung Galaxy S II is not a droid? Even though he refers to it as a droid (maybe cos it's the Android platorm)? Is it just a slang reference? Kinda like how my mum calls all vacuum cleaners a "hoover" and I call all tissues a "kleenex"? |
Yep, exactly like that :P
"Droid" is a phone (actually now it's a line of phones.. they have made a few) made by Motorola that has the Android operating system.
Android is an operating system for cell phones and tablets that is owned by Google.
For instance, my Samsung Galaxy S is an Android device, but it isn't the Droid.
People do it a lot, and its totally normal, I was only clarifying because I felt it was better to do so in case she went to a store and asked for a Droid.. not knowing that there were several android devices available (Imo the samsungs are the best)