Motorola Droid Bionic heads to Verizon, awesome sauce specs

[Bateluer]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/motorola-droid-bionic-announced-for-verizon/

I'm sure it'll have a locked boot loader though. Also looks to be running some kind of revised Blur overlay? Definitely not vanilla 2.2. Very high end specs, but with a locked boot loader, my interest really sours.

Things are getting real with Motorola -- it's just announced the LTE-equipped Droid Bionic which, like the Xoom tablet introduced alongside it, will be headed to Verizon. The phone packs a dual-core processor with each core humming along at 1GHz, a 4.3-inch QHD screen, 512MB of RAM, a front-facing VGA camera, an 8-megapixel on the rear, HDMI out, and a Mirror Mode that will let you do simultaneous streaming of video to the TV and on the device. Head on past the break for the complete press release, and hit up the link below for the product page.

 

[sciwizam]

Wasn't the locked bootloader some part of the TI OMAP processor's security feature that Moto used? Will have to see if Tegra 2's have similar "features".

 

[ultimatebob]

When are these snazzy new 4G phones going to be available, and what do they cost?

 

[shortylickens]

Needs moar RAM!
Otherwise fine.

Also, how come Motorola isnt making aluminum phones anymore?

 

[UNCjigga]

So is this pretty much the same thing as the Atrix, except with less RAM and moar 4G?

 

[sciwizam]

Doesn't the Atrix have a fingerprint scanner?

 

[Anubis]

what is with the shit fuck tiny amount or ram

 

[zerocool84]

what is with the shit fuck tiny amount or ram

??? That's pretty standard

 

[Bateluer]

what is with the shit fuck tiny amount or ram

Their official page at Motorola Mobility has 1GB of RAM listed.

http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/U...and-Services/Mobile-Phones/DROID-BIONIC-US-EN

 

[rcpratt]

Holy fuck. I love CES. That thing is beautiful. First Tegra 2 Verizon LTE phone announced and I already want it. Hope Verizon has something even sexier later this week!

The Motorola presentation said 512 MB, the website says 1GB. I'm kind of inclined to believe that 512 MB is correct, since the LTE hardware is larger than w/e the fuck AT&T's 4G is called. Either way, hot.

 

[quakefiend420]

this might be my next phone

still rocking a rooted and OCed droid1

 

[Bateluer]

Holy fuck. I love CES. That thing is beautiful. First Tegra 2 Verizon LTE phone announced and I already want it. Hope Verizon has something even sexier later this week!

The Motorola presentation said 512 MB, the website says 1GB. I'm kind of inclined to believe that 512 MB is correct, since the LTE hardware is larger than w/e the fuck AT&T's 4G is called. Either way, hot.

Moto's site apparently be updated to 512MB. But the phone won't come out for half a year, so might be upgraded before then. Kinda dumb for Moto/Verizon to announce this bad boy now and then not ship it for months. Anyone who buys a Droid 2/X right now is an idiot.

 

[s44]

This is 2Q 2011, Atrix 1Q. Guess Verizon needs to protect Apple now.

 

[sciwizam]

This is 2Q 2011, Atrix 1Q. Guess Verizon needs to protect Apple now.

Did AT&T announce it? I didn't come across a time window. If it really is Q1, sweet! I'm due for an upgrade.

 

[rcpratt]

I didn't know it was Q2. Stupid.

 

[Anubis]

why are people shocked this is Q2? 90% of the crap announced at CES is always months and months away

 

[Bateluer]

why are people shocked this is Q2? 90% of the crap announced at CES is always months and months away

This is true. It just seems idiotic to announce a product with specs like that and not ship for 6 months. Now every one knows whats coming and your sales of your existing products should tank while everyone waits for the Bionic.

 

[rcpratt]

why are people shocked this is Q2? 90% of the crap announced at CES is always months and months away

Well if its AT&T counterpart is Q1...

 

[Bateluer]

Well if its AT&T counterpart is Q1...

On a side note, if you look at the AT&T version, the UI is different. Might be Moto needs more time to work on Blur for the Bionic and are going with an older version for the AT&T version.

 

[Axon]

I mean, for a Q2 phone, I want to be wowed by all the specs. Looks nice though.

 

[abaez]

Delayed until Summer/Q3!

Yikes!

 

[zerocool84]

Delayed until Summer/Q3!

Yikes!

Yup that really sucks. Guess the phone hasn't been going so well in development.

There's not a lot of details on this one, but the Wall Street Journal has just confirmed with Motorola that the launch of the Droid Bionic will be delayed until summer, and that it might not be available for purchase until sometime in the third quarter (or late summer, in other words). As for the reason for the delay, a Motorola spokesperson would only say that the company is "incorporating several enhancements to make this an even better consumer experience," based on feedback its received since the phone was announced way back at CES in January.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/19/motorola-delays-droid-bionic-launch-until-summer-to-make-severa/

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

why are people shocked this is Q2? 90% of the crap announced at CES is always months and months away

Because HTC announces at CES and delivers within 2 months usually. This time it was the Incredible S and Desire S. Last time it was the Legend and Desire.

 

[shortylickens]

Fine by me. Contract aint up til November anyway.
With any luck 2.4 will be out by then. Support or not, I'll root and shoehorn it on.

 

[Bateluer]

Fine by me. Contract aint up til November anyway.
With any luck 2.4 will be out by then. Support or not, I'll root and shoehorn it on.

Unless there's kernel changes between 2.3 and 2.4. In which case, that locked bootloader puts the breaks on that.