I hate the case and battery design. love the speed and responsiveness. There are some minor bugs here and there that I have noticed, but nothing that has been too much of an issue. I got a case from vzw and a window mount and even with the piece taken out of the window mount the phone does not fit properly and will not go itno docking mode unless i apply alot of pressure to get it in. I also did not get all the cables in my window mount box I just got an extremely long speaker 3.5mm cable? i know what its for but i thought the charging cable and speaker were supposed to be one?
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★★★ The "Official" I got my DROID BIONIC Thread ★★★
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No the car charger doesn't come with the car window dock. You, you should however received an adapter that slides in where you put the phone. If your not using a case you use this adapter, just slide it in. Depending on the case you have, you take that out to make room for the case in the car window dock. You can use your old car charger provided its micro usb.
The car charger comes with the car dock if you bought it from Costco
scottysize
Active Member
I don't know. I've had the Charge for 3 months now, and it was the longest 3 months of my life. I couldn't stand that phone. I had a Blackberry Storm 1, and the Charge froze more than the Storm and I had to perform more battery pulls than the Storm.
As for the Screen, I've always felt that the Charge's Sharpness was too high. That's why the really bright colors, bleed. If you've ever tuned a TV, you'll know what I'm talking about. The manufacturer turns the brightness, contrast, and sharpness way up to try and stand out from the other manufacturers. That's great in the showroom, but not great for oeverall viewing. For proper settings, certain colors should not "pop" out at you. They should all blend together to provide a nice crisp clear picture.
The Charge's colors seemed to "pop" on the reds and blues and take over the screen. They look great, until you really start watching a movie, or reading a thread on DroidForums. lol Then the bright colors take over. The Bionic's colors do not "pop". They blend giving the user a smooth look. By the way, that's how it's supposed to look. If you like the pop, then you will not like the Bionic and the Charge will look much better. If you like everything to be at one level, then you'll love the Bionic and it's simplistic nature.
As for apps locking up, here's my Charge VS Bionic experience so far. (I understand that I've only had the Bionic for one day. Maybe it will go bad, but so far, it has not.)
Switching from Contacts to home - Charge 2 seconds. Bionic 1/2 second if that.
Bringing up email program - Charge 2 seconds. Bionic 1 second.
Angry Birds - No problems with either phone.
Plants Vs Zombies - CHarge locks up completely after 2 levels. Must pull battery and then it locks on the reboot so that I have to pull the battery one more time to make it boot. Both levels are gone like I never played them. Bionic, no problems. Runs flawlessly.
Spades - The developer added full screen ads that locked up my Charge so that I had to but the back button a few times, exit out fo the program, go back in twice before I could play. Bionic? No problems. Runs flawlessly.
3G/4G - Charge dropped the 4G signal constantly. Even though I had full signal strength in a 4G area, I'd loose the 4G completely and switch to 3G. Then I'd usually loose the 3G and data network all together. One the positive side, though, the phone would still work. I returned the first Charge I bought because of this, and the refurb that they sent did the same exact thing. Bionic? Haven't dropped the data signal yet, but haven't spent a lot fo time in the 4G area yet, so it's still to be determined. I'll find out when I got to work tonight.
After Running All Apps - Charge would give a blank screen for 1 minute before it was usable again. My assumption was that it was attempting to recover it's RAM. I don't know this to be a fact, though. Just guessing. Bionic? Close the program, and it's ready for something else right away. No lag.
So, those are my experiences, and thoughts on the screens and apps. I've had many many people tell me that the Charge is the most beautiful screen they've ever seen. Not in my opinion, but that's just mine. The lag was the worst.
I bought the Bionic yesterday afternoon at a Verizon Corporate store. So far it is an amazing piece of hardware. The screen is absolutely beautiful. There is no pixelation unless you zoom in on a bitmap which will happen with any computer system.
I did note that there was no microSD card in the phone. It wasn't a big deal, I moved the 16 GB card I had in my OG droid over. Saved my having to move it manually. 4G is fast and works even at my home where voice signals are frequently 1 bar.
I did note that there was no microSD card in the phone. It wasn't a big deal, I moved the 16 GB card I had in my OG droid over. Saved my having to move it manually. 4G is fast and works even at my home where voice signals are frequently 1 bar.
Speeding Wheels
Senior Member
+1 to Conq
They need to give you a 16GB MicroSD card.. it's part of the package you paid for
They need to give you a 16GB MicroSD card.. it's part of the package you paid for
Upgraded from the D1 (best phone ever IMO)
after a day with the Bionic, I consider it the best phone I've had the pleasure of using.
Fast, responsive, beautiful screen
Plenty of RAM, even with bloatware everything runs fast and is just a delight to play with
Battery.....after activation I went 7 full hours before the warning came up to connect my charger
That was Gtalk / Phone calls / Web surfing / Netflix (robotech episode
)
Once they get an SBF and ROM's locked and loaded
Even if the bootloader isn't fully unlocked
I still think this is going to be the new strong arm phone for a while
An the otterbox for it - HUGE - but very nice
after a day with the Bionic, I consider it the best phone I've had the pleasure of using.
Fast, responsive, beautiful screen
Plenty of RAM, even with bloatware everything runs fast and is just a delight to play with
Battery.....after activation I went 7 full hours before the warning came up to connect my charger
That was Gtalk / Phone calls / Web surfing / Netflix (robotech episode
) Once they get an SBF and ROM's locked and loaded
Even if the bootloader isn't fully unlocked
I still think this is going to be the new strong arm phone for a while
An the otterbox for it - HUGE - but very nice
Fahrenheit
Member
Just picked it up
Just picked it up. Coming from an X, as you can see right when I get a new phone the X decides to update lol. So far I like it. May go for the extended battery pack if I need too. Need to put a screen protector on ASAP
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Just picked it up. Coming from an X, as you can see right when I get a new phone the X decides to update lol. So far I like it. May go for the extended battery pack if I need too. Need to put a screen protector on ASAP
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ProCompSolutions
New Member
Got mine yesterday at 10am loving it. Already rooted and removed some bloatware myself
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using DroidForums
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using DroidForums
Went out to try one out and I find the only store that only has a dummy demo model 
guy got in 2 and both were sold and was told hopefully will get some more in a couple of days:blink:
Well guess its off to BJ's tomorrow and see what kind of deals that they are offering, if any.
guy got in 2 and both were sold and was told hopefully will get some more in a couple of days:blink:Well guess its off to BJ's tomorrow and see what kind of deals that they are offering, if any.
The X looks like a monster next to the B. Is the B shorter and fatter?