Does this make you want to hit the brakes on the Bionic?
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Preach2k
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Pretty sure any phones that have come out past say May or June should be getting ICS as long as their manufacturer wants to do it. For a high end phone with so much popularity I would expect Motorola to want to update it. All depends on the manufacturer, and Motorola's usually good at updating their devices.
And.... now that Motorola Mobility is being purchased by Google (Wohoo!!!) I bet the updates will be along sooner than previous guesses. I realize a takeover (or whatever you call it) takes a long time and doesn't happen overnight, but I bet they move quicker than Moto by itself.
I would expect it to take 2 years, at least, before we see the effects of Google owning Moto.
There will be a lot of cleaning house and design work that needs to be done first.
There will be a lot of cleaning house and design work that needs to be done first.
What kind of cleaning house? They just own the company now, they haven't announced any changes. I'm sure we'll see a few, but it's not like they're moving them, Motorola Mobility will still be an independent company. I really don't think 2 years, I say a few months and Google will be happy with Moto.
Does this mean we're all lusting after "Bionic by Motorola Mobility, Inc., a Google, Inc. Company". ?
Curious how they will brand their devices.
Brian
Most likely it will just be branded as Motorola, no change. Kinda like how Disney owns ESPN but you never see Disney mentioned on any ESPN channel. As it is now, most (if not all) Android phones have the little "Powered by Google" badge or whatever it says; I think that's mention enough.
Google's plastered all over the phones already, we don't need more. I see what you're saying here. Motorola will be ran independently from Google. That means not part of them, so we won't see much of a change.
Just remember that the Bionic is a GOOD phone (as far as we know). The only complaint heard so far is that some do not think that they will like the screen. I will wait a while (Been waiting since 12/22 anyways) and see how early adopter reviews go and see if I hear any concrete info on another device that would make me want to wait.
huskerkate
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Yeah news of this phone was definitely a wrench in the spokes.
Well, you can sit there with your "brakes on" and keep waiting for the next best thing to come along, but I am getting the Bionic.
Its only a wrench in the front spokes on my bike... of which i'm riding a Wheelie all the way to the Bionic. Yehawww!!!!
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I dont blame you. If i was sporting a Storm 2 id be anxious to get rid of it too. I was anxious with my droid 1 2 months ago. ROMs have changed that, So im personally not in as big of a rush as i used to be.
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My only thought is, at this point does the Bionic really matter? With the HTC Vigor rumored to be around the corner, the Droid HD coming at some point, along with a Revolution 2, and possibly a Nexus device or other Ice Cream Sandwich device for Verizon, I'm about to forget about the Bionic. Also I've heard rumors of a September or later launch for the Bionic. Not sure if those have been debunked or not. We've now seen almost as many high quality pics of the Droid HD as there have been of the Bionic and the fact that the HD is out in the wild like that tells me it's not too far off.
Depends on the user. A lot of people here are devout Motorola fans whose Droid 1's are on death's door. I think those folks will still buy the Bionic.
Then there are people like me that have time constraints. I need to buy a phone when my girlfriend's Eris finally dies, which is looking more and more likely every day. Thing is a piece of ****. She gets my Incredible when I purchase a new phone. So, I might have to buy a Bionic if it is the best available when her phone croaks.
If you don't fall into either of those categories, I see no reason to buy the Bionic at this point. The next wave of super phones is coming to Verizon, and the Bionic isn't one of them. Nice phone, from what it seems, but it simply won't stack up to the batch of phones coming shortly thereafter.
It just depends on how long you are willing to wait...HD will probably not be out until Dec, if we are lucky; look how long Bionic has taken. The point is (and always has been) in this field, new items come out every month. At some point you have to jump in and make a purchase. The Bionic looks to be a GREAT phone...I am tired of waiting for the next best thing.
I just feel like the Bionic is the best of the previous tier of phones, but doesn't stack up to the next wave (Prime, Vigor, HD, SGS2, etc.). Who knows. I could be wrong.
I think you correct, but I am hopping on the Bionic "wave." Each wave of phones that come in will be better (for the most part) than the previous group...I really want a new phone and just don't want to wait until December or 1st QTR 2012.
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