Would you repurchase?

Doherty45 · 12-28-2011, 12:48 AM

To all those that own a Bionic:

I have been following this phone since last February when it was first announced at CES. I was forced by the unlimited data plan ending to purchase a thunderbolt and am looking to upgrade. I can buy a Bionic off craigslist for 250-300, or a rezound, razr, nexus etc for obviously more. For me the bionic is everything I have wanted, dual core, removable battery and sd card, but I want to make sure its a smart purchase. So my question is this: if you had the option to spend another $100, given the issues you may have had with the bionic, would you repurchase? Do you think I would be wiser to buy another phone? Thanks for any and all replies.

Yaish · 12-28-2011, 01:09 AM

I've had no issues. I would repurchase, and an considering a bionic for an upgrade for my wife. Its between the bionic, razr, and gnex for her with price being the main factor.

Honestly the moto builds impress me a lot more than Samsung, but pure google and the Dev support on gnex are nice.

I don't think you'll be disappointed either way, just figure out your priorities and find the phone that fits.

Doherty45 · 12-28-2011, 01:17 AM

I appreciate you taking the time to respond, and I am definitely leaning very much so toward the bionic, it offers me everything I want, that only the Rezound matches. I love the moto build quality and in reality the HTC phones are the only other ones that feel solid in hand. The only real thing that worries me is the fact that 8/10 (or so it seems) threads on this forum seem to be negative in focus. I just want to know if its really that bad. Thank you again for replying.

Orcares · 12-28-2011, 01:21 AM

The Rezound is a pretty nice phone too. It might be what I would lean to instead of a Bionic, but it would be pretty close. I've been very happy with the Bionic.

BasPilot · 12-28-2011, 05:44 AM

Not only would I rebut, I have. I got one for my wife and convinced my brother to buy one. I haven't even thought of another phone since getting this one.

No issues. Couple of things here and there are querky, but nothing really menacing or that can't be fixed with a restart.

mamawM · 12-28-2011, 07:23 AM

i would definitely buy this phone again. i love it. aside from the occasional data drop (which is a verizon thing on ALL 4g lte phones) any other issues i have encountered were caused by user error.

jefmoody · 12-28-2011, 10:36 AM

If prices are equal, I'd try the Nexus instead but the Bionic is a great phone -- I think I'd like having a phone that isn't so locked down but then again the Bionic has removable MicroSD...
So, What am I saying?
If you can get the Bionic under $250 I'd say get it but for full price I would choose the Nexus.

jimmybigshot · 12-28-2011, 10:04 PM

For sure. My wife just got the nexus and I am very happy with the bionic and would buy it again over the nexus for various reasons. Poor speaker... apparently fixed with an app, certain websites when you zoom in to read, the bionic will fit text to screen, the nexus will not. The nexus will drop 3g all the time, mine will not. Screen rotates about 3 seconds after you turn it, and 3 seconds back... annoying.

Bionic for me.

JCrome · 12-29-2011, 12:28 AM

I love my bionic. Never regretted buying for a minute.

If you spent $100 extra, or more on another phone, you really aren't getting THAT much more than the Bionic.

I know I've been saying this a lot in this forum lately, and I hate to sound like a broken record, but facts don't lie.. the bionic is consumer reports #1 phone on VZW. And they usually know a thing or two

cataloochee · 12-29-2011, 01:50 AM

While I really love my bionic I would not repurchase one at this time. The battery life is unacceptable. And the inability to root and shut down apps I will never use is a real issue with me. I realize that both of these problems will be successfully addressed at some point. When they are I would purchase another bionic.
On the other hand the options aren't really any better. The razr is sealed and as such you can't change the battery or the SD card. And it seems to have several of the same issues as the bionic. The Samsung offering also has some opening day issues and for me the Samsung ideas of intuitive are way off base, but that is a personal opionion.