Unoffical Bionis vs Thunderbolt

[Mullensbb]

well lets think about this....if an item is truly a superior product in comparison to another, i don't have to present a great argument. the item presents it through itself....opinions are awesome most of the time, except when they are false.
no he may prefer the TB, but it is not a better device.

But.. if i must. Moto has been known for quality built, solid devices. Think about the og droid, droix X and X2.why The screen is NOT as bad a people are hearing or complaining about. Its has a slightly blue tint But only when the screen brightness is turned really low. It comes set low and that's probably why people were mentioning it at first. before the turned it up.
Other than that the screen has received many complements from people whom I have shown the phone.

I don't even have to mention the hardware....and battery life.

And the HDMI out is SOO much better then the DX was and it is now living up to the potential unrealized by the DX. ( TB doesn't even have one!)

 

[alboboy10]

Using my Thunderbolt to take pictures of my Bionic these days. I dont miss the TB one bit. I had a DX before the TB and I never got used to the TB and how HTC did things. With the Bionic, I feel like Im back with a familiar device..

Not too mention the Bionic is running Gingerbread, is blazingly fast, has a better display, 1GB RAM, does webtop, HDMI mirroring, Zumocast, etc, etc

Ye, cause the thunderbolt takes far better pictures. Take a picture with the bionic and post it here. In a low light environment. Those are all specs you're throwing at us...they don't mean anything. Fact is the bionic was an outdated phone before it even came out.
I saw the phone at the store I was telling my girlfriend every day I wanna get it when it comes out. Came out, went to the store...put it down in literally five minutes. Horrible pictures, screen was decent (but the again I didn't bring it out in direct sunlight which seems to be the selling point for this phone), it felt decent in my hand I prefer the thunderbolts build quality. And ye, the screen was not nearly as responsive as my thunderbolt. It had faster 4g, but somehow my thunderbolt opened pages faster.

I have THREE upgrades, enough for a bionic, prime and vigor to decide which I wanna keep and I didn't wanna waste any of my upgrades. And I'm like a kid with phones, I want every new model.

 

[Crazed_Z06]

Ye, cause the thunderbolt takes far better pictures. Take a picture with the bionic and post it here. In a low light environment. Those are all specs you're throwing at us...they don't mean anything. Fact is the bionic was an outdated phone before it even came out.
I saw the phone at the store I was telling my girlfriend every day I wanna get it when it comes out. Came out, went to the store...put it down in literally five minutes. Horrible pictures, screen was decent (but the again I didn't bring it out in direct sunlight which seems to be the selling point for this phone), it felt decent in my hand I prefer the thunderbolts build quality. And ye, the screen was not nearly as responsive as my thunderbolt. It had faster 4g, but somehow my thunderbolt opened pages faster.

I have THREE upgrades, enough for a bionic, prime and vigor to decide which I wanna keep and I didn't wanna waste any of my upgrades. And I'm like a kid with phones, I want every new model.

If you're happy with the Thunderbolt, that's great. I had the TB since release and dreaded by decision to give up my Droid X for the past 5 months. I dunno.. maybe Im not a HTC guy. The Bionic is easily a snappier and more fluid device though. I did take some pictures with the Bionic and they seem a little dark when compared to the TB.
Thunderbolt

Bionic

No big deal. For me, I was never a big camera guy when it came to phones.. I still dont understand the whole "outdated" thing either. Outdated compared to what? What phone on Verizon is so much better than the Bionic right now? What phone on any carrier is so much better? Maybe the Samsung Galaxy S II phones that are coming out would beat the TB, but they dont have 4G LTE, that's a deal-breaker right there for me.

EDIT: The Bionic screens easily wins too.. Way sharper and higher resolution. When I use the Thunderbolt, the barney resolution makes it feel like a child's toy. It reminds me of going back to an old computer running a 800x600 resolution after using a new monitor running 1680x1050.

EDIT2: Sorry.. had the pics mixed up at first.. the top is the Thunderbolt.. bottom is the Bionic.

 

[Mullensbb]

Alboboy is nuts....

He may like the TB better but none of what he said is "fact".

Even the bionic pics are better just look at the photos above. (the top pic is more crisp and its from the bionic) build is great and the specs blow the tb away.

Albo give it up conversation over the tb is not better and the bionic is not obsolete as its prob the best phone available now.

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[Mbk]

well hopefully the Bionic I just ordered takes better pics than above...lol... the TBolt pic is much crisper in the comp[arison above. I'm just gonna see when I get the Bionic in, then compare for myself. I really liked my TBolt, but after seeing how a 3g DInc2 was just as snappy on 3g as compared to my Tbolt on 4g, well I can't wait to see how this Dual-Core BadBonic sizzles on 4g!!

 

[Mullensbb]

What r u smoking? The top pic is way better!!

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[alboboy10]

Alboboy is nuts....

Her may like the tb better but none, of what he said is "fact"

Enter bionic pics ate better just look at the photos above. The build is great and the specs blow the tb away.

Albo give it up conversation over.the tb is not better and the bionic is not obsolete as its prob the best phone available now.

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Haha you getting mad there? You sound mad. Check five topics below this one...the one titled bionic camera sucks. Then check the one that says display sucks. Don't get mad over things that not only I'm telling you, but other people that own the phone are saying as well.
When it comes to battery I will tell you, the thunderbolt sucks. I make no excuses for its terrible battery life. (Even though I did use it HEAVILY today and it lasted me 12 hours).

But when it comes to camera, the thunderbolt is better. Maybe that one picture is a fluke Idk. I had a couple Motorola phones never did I have one that took decent pictures. They were inconsistent. With my TB I take beautiful pics. Everytime. 1/10 might come out bad with my TB. Motorola phones in my experience gave me the exact opposite number. 1/10 were good.

One more time...I (emphasis on the "I") believe that Motorola messed up with the qhd screen. Its pixelated. Grainy. For such a high resolution screen...it fails display wise. I personally love screens, and I'm not gonna buy one just because I can see it clearly when the sun is right above my head. I don't use my phone much then anyway. The only good thing the bionic has going for it I think is the battery, and some people are complaining about that also. I see a lot of complaining in this part of the forum about other issues as well.

Motorola needs that dual core for the phone to run smoothly. Every Motorola that I had running at 1ghz single core stock lagged in some way. So I don't even call it an advantage I call it a necessity.

 

[alboboy10]

Couple pics I took from my tb. The one in Manhattan of the city is HDR I didn't edit it. The other two are using whatever options I had on the tb camera.

Edit...for some reason one didn't upload but whatever. Take a pic in low light setting and see what happens. I found Motorola phones to have problems in those cases.

 

[Mbk]

It all boils down to what exactly you'd like if upgrading from the TBolt to the Bionic..... and for me it's just pure speed which I know the Bionic will give me over the Bolt... There are many great things about the Bolt, but also some things like crappy sound quality at times on calls, so don't upgrade if the TBolt is enough for you, and upgrade if you'd like faster/snappier performance...easy solution... it was for me, even though I loved my TBolt, as well as my D1 before that...

 

[Crazed_Z06]

Complaints about the screen are going to be in the eye of the beholder I guess. The Bionic's higher resolution makes the screen look much sharper and it seems like you get more real estate on web pages and such. Being able to see the screen outside is nice too. That was one of main complaints about the TB. Unless I had the brightness way turned up or auto brightness always on, I could never see it on sunny days. We have a lot of sunny days in San Diego. I found the Thunderbolt speaker so be very crackly. My DX had crystal clear call quality and great speaker.. With the Bionic, I get that back.

Yes, the Thunderbolt takes better pictures.

You're completely wrong if you think the *only* good thing the Bionic has is the battery lol. The HDMI mirroring and webtop are awesome. I understand you might not need those features, but they do work great.

Also, the processor and 1GB of ram give this phone monster speed and power. I tried to lag the phone the day I got it by downloaded and installing like 30 apps at once. The phone just kept chugging along like nothing. On my TB, if I had more than 3 or 4 things downloading/installing at once, the phone would start to seriously lag.

But like I said, if you're happy with the TB that's cool. It's actually a decent phone. I didnt *need* to get a Bionic, but Im the kind of person who likes latest and greatest tech gadgets. I could have stayed with the TB for another year or more and been just fine. If you dont like the Bionic, no one is going to come to the TB forum and troll you by saying, "OMG YOU SUCK,, YOU NEED TEH BIONICE!*#!"

Dont know why people take these phones so personal. They're just phones lol.

 

[lazarus2297]

well hopefully the Bionic I just ordered takes better pics than above...lol... the TBolt pic is much crisper in the comp[arison above. I'm just gonna see when I get the Bionic in, then compare for myself. I really liked my TBolt, but after seeing how a 3g DInc2 was just as snappy on 3g as compared to my Tbolt on 4g, well I can't wait to see how this Dual-Core BadBonic sizzles on 4g!!

If u still have that Dinc 2 i would buy it from u so i can take this Bionic back.

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[Mbk]

If u still have that Dinc 2 i would buy it from u so i can take this Bionic back.

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hahahaha...the DInc2 was my nephews...
And I won't be taking my Bionic back, because I'm kinda looking towards the future of when Moto unlocks it's bootloader and then we'll really have a nice comparison of the Tbolt and the BadBoyOnic (A mock future custom ROM ..)... ...can you smell the rubber burning already!?...

 

[lxJGTxl]

When the thunderbolt first came out, it was love at first sight. I knew I had to have it. Still waiting for another phone to give me the same impression.

Sent from my quietly rooted HTC Thunderbolt

 

[Mbk]

Well the thunderbolt always looked sleek to me as well, but it's cruddy performance initially worried me when it first came out, but as it got tweaked and primed, it turned out to be one helluva phone afterall!.... So I am banking on the Bionic to evolve beyond what it is currently at stock, .......'tis the way of the Android my friends...

 

[DessoThumbs]

when it comes to color I much prefer natural. Of the car pics, the top picture's colors are over saturated. sorta the way that showroom hdtv panels are.
of course, imho.