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**OFFICIAL**: I got my BIONIC Thread!

Just got it today and haven't had a lot of time to play with it. Coming from an original Droid this thing moves like lightning. I even had my old Droid overclocked and the Bionic just blows it out of the water.

I played with MotoPrint since I work in a lab with about 50 different network printers and was surprised it found them all and printed without and problems.
 
just made a huge step up from my Eris to the Bionic..
holy hell how did I last this long on my eris?!
 
badfrog said:
just made a huge step up from my Eris to the Bionic..
holy hell how did I last this long on my eris?!
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Aw you poor soul. Suffering with an Eris that long? How are you still sane? Jk

It wasn't a bad phone but the bionic is a major improvement :)
 
My Bionic just shipped today from Amazon (got it for $180), I just switched from Sprint. Love the phone so far, the network is so fast and great. There's no question Verizon LTE blows Sprint WiMax away. I think the camera is pretty good actually, though yeah af can be a bit slow sometimes but I've gotten some pretty good pictures. I'll have to try the video later.
 
Well I played with the phone all day and here it is.
Call quality is great
External speaker is great
Cellular reception is great
Wi Fi reception is better than average but not great

Blur or whatever they call it is smooth but FUGLY IMHO
Icons are small as well as most font
Camera is slightly disappointing

Screen quality is not what I want I did not have a problem with pixilation but it was not as vibrant as I like.

Build quality is nice great fit and finish

There are many pros to this device and a few other cons in my opinion I did not mention.

Final verdict: I will be returning it tomorrow so I basically rented it for the $35 restocking fee lol.

In my opinion it was not worth the $625 I paid for it. In my opinion it seems like a beefed up Droid X not worth that much coin.

I will wait and see what is on the horizon. I am not bad mouthing the phone but it is not for me. I am glad I did not have any of the volume issues during calls I keep hearing about. As I said the call quality is GREAT!

But not $600 great lol.
 
Got mine and several accessories!


Love the phone and the belt holster/sliding case but not real happy with the car mount. I can't get the power button on top left of the phone to match up with the button on the mount.

Also the cradles are not as heavy as the ones I had for my Droid 1 but still nice.

I am glad to see they make everything to accommodate the phone in their holster now!

All in all a great phone, like it better than the Droid X2.

Viro
 
Been with VZ and mostly moto since 1996. Moved from a DX to Bionic yesterday, it was on my deck when I go home. Not much sleep last night:). I had a shell/holster with my DX and found it to be the best so got it with the Bionic. Room for extended battery built in. Also got the Standard (charger) dock. Looks great so far, very fast, and looking forward to checking it out in an LTE environment, maybe 2013 here:(. Sounds like I may have to make a trip to Boston, Ft. Lauderdale or Columbus OH. DX and Xoom 3G when I was there. I will pick up the car dock today. My Garmin is so old it gets lost. Looking forward to some help from you experts here and may be able to help a little myself occasionally.
Lew
 
I got my Bionic from a Verizon Store on the 8th. I upgraded from the OG Droid and am very happy with the Bionic so far. The only problem I've had so far is that I had unlimited data well before the July 7th cutoff and when I checked My Verizon account it said that I now had a 2 gig limit! :eek: I asked the store rep and he told me that it was a glitch in the system and that I still had unlimited data. I am hoping that he is right or I'm going to be pissed. I use quite a bit of data since the phone is my only internet access.
 
Got mine the day of release we got 2 of them ... this is now my 3rd Motorola Droid device.. I was there for Driod @ 6am for release on that, then last year I got the Driod X and now the Bionic... =) Been happy with all....

One weird thing I have noticed though is that some of the my apps I move to sd card aka the media area. They just disappear either after a day or reboot... and its annoying as hell. So far we havent noticed that on my BF's or one of my other friends... so I am starting to toss it up to mine being dumb... Anyone had that happen?
 
Well, I finally got my droid today! I'm so excited! I was camping out at the Marlboro Costco since 8:30 this morning. There was no guarantee whether they get one today or tomorrow. However, I had heard the stores were only getting three this week and I need one for myself and one for my husband. So much is I really didn't want to I figured I better get there before they opened.

A few other people came in around the same time the store opened about 10 o'clock looking for phones as well. Juan, at the wireless kiosk, was honorable and knew I did waiting since 8:30 because he saw me as he drove in.I told him I'd wait if it took to one o'clock. Just a little before noon someone told him that phones arrived. They only got three phones. Two went to me and one other to another customer who'd been waiting. They won't get anymore in till next week Tuesday or Wednesday!

I am so thankful I got two of these from them. The accessories are terrific and there's even a case. And it turns out that if they are bought with my new American Express card (thanks to my new Costco membership) it extends the warranty on the phone for a full second year.

So now I'm downloading all my apps and waiting for my husband to come home and open up our locked-down wireless.

My phone is beautiful!:):):):D:D:D:):):)
 
sockstobed said:
Got mine the day of release we got 2 of them ... this is now my 3rd Motorola Droid device.. I was there for Driod @ 6am for release on that, then last year I got the Driod X and now the Bionic... =) Been happy with all....

One weird thing I have noticed though is that some of the my apps I move to sd card aka the media area. They just disappear either after a day or reboot... and its annoying as hell. So far we havent noticed that on my BF's or one of my other friends... so I am starting to toss it up to mine being dumb... Anyone had that happen?
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I have this happen every time I turn my phone on. It is annoying and I don't know how to get the apps I want to where I want them. I was wondering how to fix this myself.
 
Enjoying my Bionic a week after purchase. I have a 2 GB limit so use WiFi a lot. There's a nice way on the Bionic to see what's eating your battery. Press menu in the bottom left, settings, applications, then battery use. I found out Bluetooth was taking a lot (30%) of the battery. I only use it while in my car driving so have turned it off. With WiFi only on as needed, GPS off except if I use Google maps, and Bluetooth off, the battery on 3G goes 2 days and 2 nights. But with 4G, 4 hours and standard battery is dead.
One evening before I did all this, the battery was completely dead and I had to use the spare battery that Costco gave me. I could not explain that.

Bottom line, it's a full generation of phone ahead of my 2 year old Samsung Omnia 2 and it's Windows Mobile, and awful Opera browser, may it rest in peace...:)
 
Picked mine up this afternoon from my local VZW store.... The retailers (VZW lite) did not have the accessories, but VZW had them all. All the same price by me...
 
Just got my Bionic from Costco. I'd been in twice before (out of stock both times), and was just in to pick up some other things and decided to ask - and they had gotten 3 in an hour before and still had 2 left.

I had a Droid1 I bought the first day they were available and loved it, but constantly running out of memory. The Bionic is FAST! There are some quirks, but mostly just things that work a little differently from my old Droid and I'm sure that I'll get used to. I will definitely want the spare battery (have to wait for the mail-in rebate) as it won't go a full day without charging, but will survive with all the charging options (AC, car, USB). Having fun exploring all that it can do.
 
So last weekend my Incredible started acting up (screen issues). I found out that I could do the annual upgrade, and went to my local VZW store to look at replacement options. Since I was leaving Tuesday AM for a work trip, I needed something that was in stock. I played around with all the Android options, and decided on the Bionic. Didn't read any reviews or anything like I usually do, so it was more of a spur of the moment purchase, but I don't regret it at all.

I love the blazing speed of the phone, and 4G is like nothing else... Battery life isn't stellar, but I think I can get used to it (or deal with it long enough to get an extended battery when more options come out). Still need to get a case. The Otterbox defender was too bulky, and the VZW shell/holster didn't hold up on my last phone so I skipped that too. Probably going to go with the Otterbox commuter, but want to actually see it before I try it.

My main complaint is the "media" area, and issues with two apps disappearing so far. I can't get NFS Shift to install properly, and one other game installed to the media area and then disappeared.

I made it ~36 hrs before rooting, but that was mainly for the ability to remove bloatware.

So far, so good. Now lets see how it does over time.
 
dnlwthrn said:
So last weekend my Incredible started acting up (screen issues). I found out that I could do the annual upgrade, and went to my local VZW store to look at replacement options. Since I was leaving Tuesday AM for a work trip, I needed something that was in stock. I played around with all the Android options, and decided on the Bionic. Didn't read any reviews or anything like I usually do, so it was more of a spur of the moment purchase, but I don't regret it at all.

I love the blazing speed of the phone, and 4G is like nothing else... Battery life isn't stellar, but I think I can get used to it (or deal with it long enough to get an extended battery when more options come out). Still need to get a case. The Otterbox defender was too bulky, and the VZW shell/holster didn't hold up on my last phone so I skipped that too. Probably going to go with the Otterbox commuter, but want to actually see it before I try it.

My main complaint is the "media" area, and issues with two apps disappearing so far. I can't get NFS Shift to install properly, and one other game installed to the media area and then disappeared.

I made it ~36 hrs before rooting, but that was mainly for the ability to remove bloatware.

So far, so good. Now lets see how it does over time.
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Welcome to the club! :) My advice to everyone right now is just leave your apps installed to the phone till they fix this stupid media area bug. The phone still has quite a bit of space for apps, and I think the average user won't fill it up right away.
 
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