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Official Bionic Release Date Thread

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bigbabys said:
I use a Z-Shield, are you guys being 100% honest in the manner you dropped your phones? I find it hard to believe there is nothing on your screen :eek: did the OG droid have gorilla glass? Cause mine was looking a little rough when I upgraded...
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I do think the GG is amazing stuff, but it is not impervious to damage. I have one ding in it, at the very bottom almost perfectly centered, from when I dropped it face down in my garage and it landed on a piece of gravel. The screen is recessed enough that nothing happens to the screen, as long as it is a flat surface you drop it on. I'm not a fan of screen protectors, but I will put some sort of "skin" on the body of my next phone, as the carcass of my OG Droid is looking a little worse for wear.
 
YodaDroid said:
So i'm biased.

Actually, the other vendors have kept this under wraps pretty well until recently and my source didn't have insight into those. I'll admit I was wrong if those are released as planned. (re 1.5 ghz).

If it makes you feel any better, I'll stop giving you guys insights as they come my way. Ignorance is bliss.
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Eh.

I don't really care all that much to be honest.

I have never hidden my feelings that I think the information you provide is simply what we already know and/or guess.

Do what you will, one must make their own choices in life.
 
Vehtemas said:
Eh.

I don't really care all that much to be honest.

I have never hidden my feelings that I think the information you provide is simply what we already know and/or guess.

Do what you will, one must make their own choices in life.
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Indeed.
 
YodaDroid said:
So i'm biased.....

If it makes you feel any better, I'll stop giving you guys insights as they come my way.
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Yoda, all of us are biased in some way or another. Some of us will jump on the Bionic on Day 1 and proclaim it to be the best phone ever even if it has issues we don't like and even if we know that there are bigger better phones coming out less than 2 months later.

None of us care if you say the Bionic is awesome or that it will be worth it. A ton of us agree with you. It's just the comments like "My Bionic is getting a 12 hour charge so far and I've downloaded at 51 mps in the city" garbage. If you do actually have one, it would be the easiest thing in the world to take a picture of it with a current newspaper and post it. That would turn you into a phone rock-god and make us (your detractors) look like total idiots and shut us up. You wouldn't be in any trouble if you really are a tester, because there have been so many leaked pics of it lately, no one would know who it was.

I've seen some really insightful and smart posts from you here and there. Keep those coming.
 
Speculation about an upcoming Android device is one of the most fun and interesting parts of the forums here. That's why I brought several threads together and made them into this sticky.

But I've had to edit out some of the insults and personal remarks made toward one another in this thread. No more remarks like that, please. ;)
 
Frisco said:
Speculation about an upcoming Android device is one of the most fun and interesting parts of the forums here. That's why I brought several threads together and made them into this sticky.

But I've had to edit out some of the insults and personal remarks made toward one another in this thread. No more remarks like that, please. ;)
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Roger.
 
tehsusenoh said:
It's funny because it's timestamped for April. Has it really been under our noses the whole time? We need to watch the Dev site...
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The page itself is timestamped today at the current time, meaning the page content is assembled on the fly for your browser the way dynamic websites do it. I don't doubt the memo's April original submission date (it looks familiar to me from awhile ago), but I'm pretty sure the part mentioning September is a recent addition. Perhaps someone at Motorola covering their tracks.
 
YodaDroid said:
So i'm biased.

Actually, the other vendors have kept this under wraps pretty well until recently and my source didn't have insight into those. I'll admit I was wrong if those are released as planned. (re 1.5 ghz).

If it makes you feel any better, I'll stop giving you guys insights as they come my way.
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Don't stop. You're able to admit bias and fallibility, which puts you ahead of some posters. ;)
 
BlueBiker said:
Don't stop. You're able to admit bias and fallibility, which puts you ahead of some posters. ;)
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As previously stated, everyone has bias. I try to stay as neutral as possible, but I like facts to be proven.

Back to business.

The original copy of that memo is here:
Motorola Droid Bionic Delayed Not Cancelled: Email Proof Phone Reviews

You can see the that the last paragraph in the new version are indeed added on, without changing the timestamp on the post.

Insidious.
 
BlueBiker said:
Motorola is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, and Illinois demographics is about 21% German. So they wouldn't be leprechauns, they'd be zombie vampires.
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I live in Illinois. German in ancestry, more mixed today (I have German family). I wouldn't take the whole state average for Schaumburg.

According to Wikipedia, Motorola employs the most people, 7000ish. They have demographics on that page as well.

I live about a 30 minute drive from Moto headquarters... I've never actually gone to it... Why haven't I? Must... find... Bionic...
 
tehsusenoh said:
I live in Illinois. German in ancestry, more mixed today (I have German family). I wouldn't take the whole state average for Schaumburg.

According to Wikipedia, Motorola employs the most people, 7000ish. They have demographics on that page as well.

I live about a 30 minute drive from Moto headquarters... I've never actually gone to it... Why haven't I? Must... find... Bionic...
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I live in Naperville! I think we should storm the place.

You want the phone? You just take the phone! ("Three Amigos", anyone?)
 
YodaDroid said:
Actually, Motorola Mobility is in Libertyville, IL. Solutions is what you're thinking of.

In either case, buy Motorola - support the US economy (for Android at least).
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600 North US Highway 45, Libertyville, IL

A wonderful thing Google Maps is.
 
YodaDroid said:
So i'm biased.

Actually, the other vendors have kept this under wraps pretty well until recently and my source didn't have insight into those. I'll admit I was wrong if those are released as planned. (re 1.5 ghz).

If it makes you feel any better, I'll stop giving you guys insights as they come my way.
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I don't want you to stop posting. True or not true, doesn't matter. I like to think or hope it's true, but I just like reading about it. If it turns out not to be true, I'm a big boy, I can handle it. When the phone gets to the stores and is for sale, that's when we'll know FOR SURE!

But I do have a question, how did a thread titled Bionic release date speculation thread, get on to the topic of screen protectors and television shows?

Still liked reading about that stuff though! :-)
 
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