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Upgrade from Bionic?

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MiaUnfiltered

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I've had my Droid Bionic since the day it came out, which I guess is nearly 2 years ago. It started going downhill after jellybean and now it's in that super laggy last legs state.
So I am eligible for an upgrade in a month(I guess I'll just upgrade and go from unlimited to 2g, since I'm usually right around 2g anyway) and I'm trying to decide what to get that will be an improvement over the Bionic. It has been a fantastic phone, so, what will be an actual upgrade?
 
Any of the new phones out will be an upgrade. Do you have a preference with phone Manufacturer you get? Which carrier are you with?
 
Sorry- Verizon. The Motorola Bionic is very durable (dropped it many a time) and I hear the s3 is plastic-y, so I worried about that. The s3 also seems a bit wide for my hand for one-handed operation.
But I'm afraid something like the Razr won't be different enough and will be boring. LOL
 
You could check out the Droid DNA. My wife recently got this phone and she loves it. The DNA does feel more durable than my S3. It has an anit-skid type texture to the back which is nice.
 
The one down side I forgot to mention is the battery. The DNA has a non-removable battery if that matters to you.
 
MiaUnfiltered said:
Searched- but didn't find anything...

I've had my Droid Bionic since the day it came out, which I guess is nearly 2 years ago. It started going downhill after jellybean and now it's in that super laggy last legs state.
So I am eligible for an upgrade in a month(I guess I'll just upgrade and go from unlimited to 2g, since I'm usually right around 2g anyway) and I'm trying to decide what to get that will be an improvement over the Bionic. It has been a fantastic phone, so, what will be an actual upgrade?
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If you got the Bionic the day it came out, you've been eligible for an upgrade (at 20 months) for 5 days already. (The Bionic was released on Sep 8, 2011).

If you don't *need* LTE, and don't need Verizon as your carrier for some other reason, now is the time to give consideration to going GSM and pre-paid. I dumped Verizon and sold my Bionic last year, and bought a Galaxy Nexus from Google and went with Straight Talk. Taking into account all the costs (and offsetting income) of switching (ETF, selling Bionic, buy new phone, buy new case, cheaper plan), it took me 6 months for the switch to pay for itself. But beginning with January of this year I started saving $75/month on my individual plan ($42 per month with Straight Talk vs. $117 with Verizon).

Prepaid isn't for everyone, and may not be for you, but the best time to consider it is when your out of contract, or soon will be.
 
Mike- thanks for that info. My upgrade date says June 18...I think mine kept rebooting and they gave me a new one a bit later which restarted my contract or some nonsense.

I have, indeed, been considering StraightTalk and have heard various things. I also have considered the Nexus 4, which looks really cool. So, with StraightTalk, have you been as happy with the service as you were with straight up Verizon? I do so hate that $87 per month for one person.
 
So far I've had no issues with coverage or call quality (using an AT&T SIM, which is no longer available from Straight Talk). The only issue I have had was that my conditional call forwarding was somehow reset, causing unanswered calls to forward to an un-setup voicemail box instead of my Google Voice mailbox. Though I should have been able to fix this through the menus on the phone or by dialing the right codes, neither would work, and it took two phone calls to get working the way I had it previously. Anything to do with the service itself is specific to both the location and underlying carrier, so your experience may differ from mine.

Overall it's been a positive experience - an easy-to-root device, vanilla Android, OTA updates to the latest Android version almost immediately after they're announced by Google, and monthly costs cut by 1/2.

The only thing that might make me switch back to post-paid would be an exclusive device with a "must have" feature I couldn't get anywhere else. When I feel it's time to upgrade (on my own time table, not prompted by some faux device subsidy), I will definitely give outdoor display visibility and speaker volume more consideration, since as a long time Motorola user I took these things for granted.
 
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