Chance1320
Newbie
Just thought I'd make a post and let you folks know how things are going with my new Droid Bionic, which arrived last Thursday.
I ordered a Diztronic TPU case for the Bionic and it arrived the same day as the phone. AWESOME case, really no need (for me, anyway) to pay more.
It's a very fast device. I remember how awful my Droid X was when it was unrooted on a stock Gingerbread (either .602 or .605, can't remember) ROM. I had concerns that Motoblur or whatever it's now called would cripple an otherwise well-spec'd device, but they were unfounded. No lag whatsoever. Hopefully it will stay that way...I'd like to stay on the upgrade path for the eventual arrival of ICS next quarter. It helps that this version of Motoblur is pretty unobtrusive...I actually like it quite a bit.
The screen is a disappointment. The screen on my Droid X was superb, especially when it came to color accuracy, and my better-than-average vision had a hard time recognizing the pixels that made up whatever I was looking at, whether it was text, icons or images. The Bionic's screen, however, has trouble with yellows and oranges (especially yellows...they have a particularly ugly green cast to them), and on more than one occasion I have easily been able to see individual pixels in letters and images. Early reviews of the device were quite kind with regards to the display; I wonder if Motorola changed course and used different displays later in the manufacturing run. Just speculation, of course...but it's difficult to believe initial reviewers of this device were looking at the same display I've got. It's mediocre.
I am in love with 4G and hate that I waited so long to make the jump, but I think that was in my best interest given the teeth-cutting devices have been going through. The only bad thing is that 4G is present where I work, but not where I live. But I mostly use wifi at home anyway, so no big whoop.
I've had three occurrences of the Black Screen of Death (all within the last 24 hours), but I feel very confident they were related to signal strength/power issues. I'm troubleshooting it now and feel like I can get it licked. (I'm on .902 BTW) My office is like a dungeon, in the middle of a large building, so signal is hard to come by. Because I have open access to Internet on my work computer, I've elected to simply switch off data on my phone to eliminate the possibility of signal issues. We'll see how that works. I'm also being very careful to use only the charger and cable that came with the phone. I removed and reseated the SIM card. And I've removed a few apps which I suspected of being buggy and/or troublesome, based on my experience with them in the past. Keeping my fingers crossed...battery pulls get old after a while.
Build quality of the Bionic, as expected, is excellent, as has been my experience with the many Motorola mobile devices I've owned in the past. And it looks WAY better with that Verizon logo removed from the front--the penny trick worked like a charm.
Haven't done much with the camera yet, but the pictures I have taken were more than acceptable. I don't like that the Moto camera app only gives the user a choice of two resolutions when third party apps unlock and offer more. Why lock this down?
I guess that's about all I've got for now. I'll check back in later about the BSOD issue. I believe, however, that the actions I've taken will squash it and smooth sailing will ensue. Thanks for reading!
I ordered a Diztronic TPU case for the Bionic and it arrived the same day as the phone. AWESOME case, really no need (for me, anyway) to pay more.
It's a very fast device. I remember how awful my Droid X was when it was unrooted on a stock Gingerbread (either .602 or .605, can't remember) ROM. I had concerns that Motoblur or whatever it's now called would cripple an otherwise well-spec'd device, but they were unfounded. No lag whatsoever. Hopefully it will stay that way...I'd like to stay on the upgrade path for the eventual arrival of ICS next quarter. It helps that this version of Motoblur is pretty unobtrusive...I actually like it quite a bit.
The screen is a disappointment. The screen on my Droid X was superb, especially when it came to color accuracy, and my better-than-average vision had a hard time recognizing the pixels that made up whatever I was looking at, whether it was text, icons or images. The Bionic's screen, however, has trouble with yellows and oranges (especially yellows...they have a particularly ugly green cast to them), and on more than one occasion I have easily been able to see individual pixels in letters and images. Early reviews of the device were quite kind with regards to the display; I wonder if Motorola changed course and used different displays later in the manufacturing run. Just speculation, of course...but it's difficult to believe initial reviewers of this device were looking at the same display I've got. It's mediocre.
I am in love with 4G and hate that I waited so long to make the jump, but I think that was in my best interest given the teeth-cutting devices have been going through. The only bad thing is that 4G is present where I work, but not where I live. But I mostly use wifi at home anyway, so no big whoop.
I've had three occurrences of the Black Screen of Death (all within the last 24 hours), but I feel very confident they were related to signal strength/power issues. I'm troubleshooting it now and feel like I can get it licked. (I'm on .902 BTW) My office is like a dungeon, in the middle of a large building, so signal is hard to come by. Because I have open access to Internet on my work computer, I've elected to simply switch off data on my phone to eliminate the possibility of signal issues. We'll see how that works. I'm also being very careful to use only the charger and cable that came with the phone. I removed and reseated the SIM card. And I've removed a few apps which I suspected of being buggy and/or troublesome, based on my experience with them in the past. Keeping my fingers crossed...battery pulls get old after a while.
Build quality of the Bionic, as expected, is excellent, as has been my experience with the many Motorola mobile devices I've owned in the past. And it looks WAY better with that Verizon logo removed from the front--the penny trick worked like a charm.
Haven't done much with the camera yet, but the pictures I have taken were more than acceptable. I don't like that the Moto camera app only gives the user a choice of two resolutions when third party apps unlock and offer more. Why lock this down?
I guess that's about all I've got for now. I'll check back in later about the BSOD issue. I believe, however, that the actions I've taken will squash it and smooth sailing will ensue. Thanks for reading!
