Droid Bionic heading towards Verizon

[cpjr]

And in 6 months the Bionic will be running a dated OS and you won't be able to do a self upgrade because moto locked the bootloader (with the sole intention of making your phone feel dated quickly). Apple supports their phones for years, I will sure be switching over.

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Apple supports what they feel like supporting, until they decide that it's obsolete. Its usability is irrelevant in that decision. Ask someone with a G5 Power Mac about that.

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Wha? That computer is 8 years old....which is ancient for technology. Show me another computer with it's age currently being actively supported.

 

[SkullOne]

android 2.2 is far from outdated, and in my opinion 2.3 is not all that good..

Plus motorola had supported the D1 for a year now with 4 major os updates. I think thats hardly anything to complain about, and just because its locked down doesn't mean its useless

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The motorola droid 1 was basically a google phone made by moto. The milestone, the non-google droid 1 so to speak, will never even see froyo. Look at the shelf life of these phones in terms of time, the droid one is only a little over a year old. The 3gs will receive upgrades for 2-3 more years, while the droid 1 is end of lifed.

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Oh like the original iPhone is still getting good updates? How about the iPhone 3G?

Oh wait...no MMS on original iPhone even though we know it can do it. No multitasking on 3G even though we know it can do it. Extreme slowdowns with 4.x iOS software on those older models as well.

How does that translate into Apple supporting anything but the bull**** they spew? They force obsolescence faster then anybody else because the iCult keeps right on buying their crApple crap.

 

[joker402]

Lets not make this any more of an iOS vs Android thread, its already bad enough that this forum even has and Iphone section when Im willing to bet our ios counterparts dont even have an Android one.

 

[cpjr]

True this is WAY off topic.

 

[joker402]

So im guessing that the 1gb ram in the Attix, is for when its docked, and 512 is for everything else, those not making it a big deal untill some one at XDA figures out how to enable all of it, but I think moto has that covered. No big deal, and the Bionic is scoring pretty high. I know those test dont mean to much but they mean somet

 

[AmericanNomads]

Now its the question ... Bionic or wait for the Atrix/Olympus

 

[elvis_marmaduke]

Is atrix going to vzw eventually? I'm content with bionic personally

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[Universal]

Now its the question ... Bionic or wait for the Atrix/Olympus

The Atrix is the inferior device in almost every category and is not on the Verizon network. I don't see how it's even a debate.

 

[jroc]

^Thats wild, cuz except for a few features, specs here n there they are identical...lol

I would even say the Atrix is the better phone just for the Ram and docking feature.

 

[AmericanNomads]

haha yeah thats what I was thinking. The Atrix looks like the better phone IMO. Rumor is the Atrix is the Olympus which was supposed to goto Att then to VZW after that

 

[DaWolf85]

haha yeah thats what I was thinking. The Atrix looks like the better phone IMO. Rumor is the Atrix is the Olympus which was supposed to goto Att then to VZW after that

What, and the Bionic is some random phone that just appeared out of nowhere?
No, the Bionic is VZW's version of the Atrix. If Motorola releases another phone this good for Verizon, it won't be a copy of the Atrix.

 

[kodiak799]

No, the Bionic is VZW's version of the Atrix. If Motorola releases another phone this good for Verizon, it won't be a copy of the Atrix.

But if half the 1gig ram is a partition for WebOS, then the difference is primarily full Firefox browsing vs. whatever mobile browser via HDMI out. Pretty marginal difference if you ask me.

Oh, and the Bionic is LTE. I'm sure an Atrix II comes out shortly after AT&T launches that but as is you can make an argument LTE makes the Bionic the better device.

 

[BGKris]

Now its the question ... Bionic or wait for the Atrix/Olympus

Get the bionic, something better always comes out.

 

[kodiak799]

Also, you have to consider that the additional ram and WebOS, along with LTE, would have bumped the price up into a range VZW didn't want to see.

There is the question of forced upgrades, but you can also argue mfrs are making trade-offs to keep phones in the $200-$300 contract price range.

 

[Johnly]

Ever heard of the million dollar man or the bionic arm (and a leg?) ha ha ha