Bionic First Impressions/Reviews

wpwoodjr · 09-14-2011, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bplewis24

I love everything about the phone so far but it's going back if I can't figure out what's going on with my battery. I can't go even half a day with the phone even without using it other than clearing out notifications.

Brandon

Have you looked at Settings...battery etc...battery use to see what's eating up all your juice?

Try removing the social media widget if you still have that on the home screens.

bplewis24 · 09-14-2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by wpwoodjr

Have you looked at Settings...battery etc...battery use to see what's eating up all your juice?

Try removing the social media widget if you still have that on the home screens.

Yeah I've been checking there and downloaded a few apps to help monitor it. I've been posting my results in the battery thread: The Official Battery Life Thread

You bring up an interesting point though. I use a different launcher than the stock launcer, which doesn't have any of the blur widgets on it. However, I wonder if the stock launcher still uses battery power if it's not in use? I'll launch the stock launcher, remove all of the widgets from the home screens and see if it makes a difference.

Brandon

Johnly · 09-14-2011, 10:53 PM

LTE, get the extta battery and charging dock! I just need a solid 16. I will let you know how this bionic does.

KillerG · 09-15-2011, 11:05 PM

Last night after seeing the Radioshack deal, I just said screw it, I'm buying no matter what. I called Costco, what a surprise they didn't have it. But I had seen the Radioshack ad last night, so I called them, they had it. Went down there, got the phone for $200 (tax was $60...ouch) and an otterbox case (not a defender, but an otterbox case). So far I'm still setting up the phone the way I want it, but I'm so amazingly happy about it. The screen is bright and I don't notice the pentile at all unless I really look for it. I've watched youtube videos, played a game of Dragon, Fly! and didn't notice a thing. I'm still trying to figure stuff out, since this is my first Android phone, but I got the basics down so far. But if anyone wanted this phone, would I recommend it? Hell yes I would.
My first impression coming from a dinky little basic phone was "HOLY CRAP THIS THING IS HUGE." But when I started using it...I've now decided I like that...a lot. Whenever I pick up my old phone I feel like it's a child's toy. Now, I have pretty small hands for a person my size, so this thing is even bigger in my hands than maybe some of you guys, but I still love it.
I don't think I've had really any problems with it at all so far, been using it since about 3PM now, so about 5 hours, and enjoying every minute of it.

GBH2 · 09-16-2011, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerG

Last night after seeing the Radioshack deal, I just said screw it, I'm buying no matter what. I called Costco, what a surprise they didn't have it. But I had seen the Radioshack ad last night, so I called them, they had it. Went down there, got the phone for $200 (tax was $60...ouch) and an otterbox case (not a defender, but an otterbox case). So far I'm still setting up the phone the way I want it, but I'm so amazingly happy about it. The screen is bright and I don't notice the pentile at all unless I really look for it. I've watched youtube videos, played a game of Dragon, Fly! and didn't notice a thing. I'm still trying to figure stuff out, since this is my first Android phone, but I got the basics down so far. But if anyone wanted this phone, would I recommend it? Hell yes I would.
My first impression coming from a dinky little basic phone was "HOLY CRAP THIS THING IS HUGE." But when I started using it...I've now decided I like that...a lot. Whenever I pick up my old phone I feel like it's a child's toy. Now, I have pretty small hands for a person my size, so this thing is even bigger in my hands than maybe some of you guys, but I still love it.
I don't think I've had really any problems with it at all so far, been using it since about 3PM now, so about 5 hours, and enjoying every minute of it.

Congratulations! Glad to hear you have finally joined the Bionic club!

bl024292 · 09-16-2011, 10:42 AM

Picked up my bionic as well, solid feel and looks good. The pentile screen is not so bad, the gallery on the other hand is annoying. No camera button, not so bad, but coulda kept it. Oh and the biggest gripe, the iphone, samsung app drawer.

Also on a side note for nothing does it want to transfer my apps and data from my droidx. that part sux. Anyone else encounter this.

LordAndroid · 09-16-2011, 05:45 PM

As day #2 comes to a close with the DB I'm pretty pleased with it from the qHD screen to the 4G LTE speed. Aside from 4G LTE the phone itself is fast. I'm coming from a DX on GB what really shocked me about the DB was the battery life compared to the DX. I know the stock DB battery puts out more mAh then the DX battery does but nonetheless I expected much less so that's a plus on the DB side. I'm running with: ADW EX as the home launcher / widgets on all 5 screens brightness set to 20% with moderate usage mainly texting, emailing, a few voice calls 3-4mins each. With a full charge I'm getting 6-7hrs before the battery drops to 90% to me that's amazing. With the DX running the same parameters with a full charge again the usage that I just described the battery would drop to 90% in 45mins. Food for thought...!

dhp106 · 09-16-2011, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by LordAndroid

As day #2 comes to a close with the DB I'm pretty pleased with it from the qHD screen to the 4G LTE speed. Aside from 4G LTE the phone itself is fast. I'm coming from a DX on GB what really shocked me about the DB was the battery life compared to the DX. I know the stock DB battery puts out more mAh then the DX battery does but nonetheless I expected much less so that's a plus on the DB side. I'm running with: ADW EX as the home launcher / widgets on all 5 screens brightness set to 20% with moderate usage mainly texting, emailing, a few voice calls 3-4mins each. With a full charge I'm getting 6-7hrs before the battery drops to 90% to me that's amazing. With the DX running the same parameters with a full charge again the usage that I just described the battery would drop to 90% in 45mins. Food for thought...!

Those are great battery results. /jealous.

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gee.ladle · 09-17-2011, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 2defmouze

After a full day of playing I'm going to give my First impression review. I'd like to preface it by saying that coming from the BB Tour a) Most things about this phone are just awesome to me, lol.. and b) since I'm an android newbie, I might criticize something not really knowing if its a normal android issue/moto issue/bionic only issue.. know what I mean? So its a pure review. Also because I didn't read any of this thread prior to my post I haven't been influenced much. Here we go:

Thank you!! I was having a hard time with the other comparisons because I, too, have a BB Tour. Most were comparing Bionic vs. Some Other Droid. That was really helpful.

bplewis24 · 09-17-2011, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 2defmouze

Social Networking - I HATE that I added my facebook and twitter accounts to the main interface at the start, because it just made my contacts list ridiculously bloated. I recommend against that. When I figured out what was going on I deleted those accounts from the My Accounts on the phone, and just downloaded the standalone Facebook and Twitter apps which work fine for me. If anyone knows how to easily remove all the imported stuff thats now stuck in my contact list, I would greatly appreciate a PM or something.

Contacts>Menu>Display Options>Only Contacts with phones.

That may limit some of the bloat in your contact list.

Brandon