I'm pretty sure it will, like having 1X on a 3G. There's an interesting thead at http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...113270-will-4g-phones-require-4g-service.html
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Motorola Droid Bionic Joins the Droid Family!
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I'm pretty sure it will, like having 1X on a 3G. There's an interesting thead at http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...113270-will-4g-phones-require-4g-service.html
lol id take the word of Motorola's website (1GB)
im gonna be SO depressed if we cant use them with 3G too
i may have a small breakdown and wallow in self pity in bed for a week if we cant.CrossFireXT17
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I sure hope you're right! haha -- but I don't see the slides and the press release being wrong (both saying it's 512MB)
Do you know something we don't, or has this been clarified somewhere? So far only the website says 1GB, I'd assume that it's much more likely that the website made a mistake rather than the CES presentation, Sanjay Jha, the press release, AND whoever runs their official twitter account.
yeah i understand it WILL work, what i mean is, will Verizon require us to upgrade to 4G data plan? or will we be able to keep the current plan were on now (obviously minus some perks of 4G) and have a 4G phone? its just extremely annoying not knowing what will happen...especially after they just took away discounted phone prices and new every two
CrossFireXT17
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Moto's site updated to say 512... it's official (if it still shows 1GB for you, just refresh it over and over.. it'll change)
Hmm ck, the table has shifted. 512 on the website now goes with the 512 from the press release.
Looks like att got the better of the two top-end moto phones.
I'm ready to see what else comes out tomorrow.
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The 4G devices are (and will be) backward-compatible in 3G areas.
The 4G mobile broadband plans are cheaper than the corresponding 3G plans (4G/5GB plans are $50, 3G/5GB plans are $59.99) so I'm not sure why everyone is assuming there will be an uptick in prices for 4G smartphones. Verizon has remained mum on the subject thus far, so it seems like it's something that has been speculated on and repeated on every forum I read, but we'll have to wait and see. The wait is almost over.
That said, I'm on a Droid, and the Bionic is almost enough to make me not care that there's no physical keyboard. I think I'll bide my time as my rooted Beast Droid is doing just fine. The specs on this phone are sexy, but I would have a hard time adjusting to not having a keyboard.
Which phone has the most RAM right now? 512 doesn't sound like much. I'm at my limits with my D1 (still love that phone) so it is annoying having to budget apps with space limitations even with moving some of them onto the SD card. I am glad to see the dual core phones though when I finally get to upgrade there should be some nice choices.
Going from 256MB on the Droid 1 to 512MB on the X made a difference. I think Inc owners said the same thing.
So 512MB aint bad. I just wish, with another Moto phone out there with 1GB Ram, it could be on this one too.
Unless its wrong for the AT&T one too...duh duh duuuunnnn!!!
So 512MB aint bad. I just wish, with another Moto phone out there with 1GB Ram, it could be on this one too.
Unless its wrong for the AT&T one too...duh duh duuuunnnn!!!
thats lame, 512 mb of ram versus almost double that? i don't care how you slice it, with all that processing power, thats like cutting a high speed freeway from 4 lanes to 2! when you take into account 3D gaming and whatever high processes your going to run on this phone, 1gb would come in handy. Meh, even the Thunderbolt has like 768mb or something like that, it just doesn't make sense. Maybe they will come to their senses and add a 1gig before it comes out
