Droid Bionic 9/8/2011 Countdown Waiting Room

Man, I have been waiting patiently for months for this phone to come out and had been dealing pretty well, I even decided I was going to wait until October to see what else comes out and compare and decide....then I started reading bworley50's thread and now I am counting down the minutes to get this! I've even planned out how and when I'm going to get this in 1 day 5 hours and so on. Hope my boss doesn't read this because part of my plan is to call in sick at work to get my hands on my new Bionic!

Wow...guess I lucked out in having the day off already. Although to be honest I don't think I would call off just for a phone. If I had to work I would order it online or see if they still had some once I got off of work. It is just a phone afterall.
 
Just held a dummy model....it's a lot thinner that I thought it would be from the videos. There's no way I'm passing up this phone now.
 
Don't get fired over a new phone lol. Ask for a day off that day, or just get all your work done early dude. Or take your lunch break early and drive down there and get the phone lol.

Haha, no worries, I got like 3 weeks of sick time so I'll be ok. I'm actually fairly sick today but I toughed it out so I wouldn't be too far behind on my work and I can take the day off and get my Bionic!

lol, thanks for the concern! I can't wait to celebrate our new Bionics with everyone!!!
 
Wow...guess I lucked out in having the day off already. Although to be honest I don't think I would call off just for a phone. If I had to work I would order it online or see if they still had some once I got off of work. It is just a phone afterall.

Agreed, but it's a great excuse to blow off work for a day! I'll call it a mental health/phone playing day. lol
 
Agreed, but it's a great excuse to blow off work for a day! I'll call it a mental health/phone playing day. lol

True enough. Just think how good it will be for our collective mental health when we all finally have the phone in our own hands, instead of watching everyone else play with it from afar. I would be upset if I had to work. I can't imagine going through a whole day of people giving me mysterious body problems to diagnose even though I can't, and complaining about gods know what because they can lol (I work in Pharmacy...ugh...the stories I could tell :-\) Having the Bionic will be a day well spent :)
 
Re: Droid Bionic 9/8/2011 Countdown Waiting Room (updated 11:10am

Since May not a day. Did I put a day? I'll go look and update it. It was 5 Charges, 2 Fascinates and my original purchased phone which was a Continuum.

I said it in your original thread...smart phones just aren't for everyone...get a cool flip phone. There is no way anybody receives that many bad phones. You should give up. I know you don't care, but you're driving up the manufacturing cost for everyone else.
 
Planning on taking the day off thursday. Stopped by VZW store and checked to make sure all is set
Have an appointment at 9:00am to pick up my new toy. The rest of the day will be geek heaven ;-)
 
I live in NYC so there's no telling. Hope all goes smooth on thursday and that not many want this phone;)
 
Planning on taking the day off thursday. Stopped by VZW store and checked to make sure all is set
Have an appointment at 9:00am to pick up my new toy. The rest of the day will be geek heaven ;-)

Right there with ya :) My Boss knows I was either planning on coming in quite late or most likely not showing up on Thursday. i'm leaning towards the not showing up as i'll want to put the Bionic through the ringer. I do want to test the hell outa that Lapdock too, so they better have it! lol
 
I wonder if I can call the wireless kiosk at the local Costco and set something up as well... I'd definitely take the morning off to do this.
 
I stopped in the local Verizon store today to ask a few questions, luckily they were very helpful. They confirmed that pricing is $299, but since the company I work for is a corporate partner with them I could get it for $249 (This could vary from company to company?). I asked if they would have them available if I came in when they opened Thursday and they said they had already received 80 of them (Don't assume every store is like this, aka don't blame me if you wait and miss out :)).

I had also been wondering about the Mobile Hotspot, some of the leaked advertising almost looked to me like it would be included without additional fees (One can hope right?) but they said it'd be an extra $30 monthly for that feature.

I'll be stopping in on Thursday AM on my way to work to replace my original Droid, good luck to everyone else in getting one as well!
 
Re: Droid Bionic 9/8/2011 Countdown Waiting Room (updated 11:10am

I said it in your original thread...smart phones just aren't for everyone...get a cool flip phone. There is no way anybody receives that many bad phones. You should give up. I know you don't care, but you're driving up the manufacturing cost for everyone else.
I appreciate your concern and that I am to blame because you assume I dont know how to use the phone properly. The fact is, the phones all had issues that had nothing to do with anything I had done to them. I wont waste yours or my time explaining myself because theres no point. Read the forums on that model and you'll see people have been through 2,3 or more of them. None of what I went though was fun for me and its been resolved. Enjoy your night.
 
Do you guys think that corporate Verizon stores will be opening earlier than 10 AM? I have school @ 7:25 so I am hoping that they open @ like 6.
 
Do you guys think that corporate Verizon stores will be opening earlier than 10 AM? I have school @ 7:25 so I am hoping that they open @ like 6.

I know there is not a nation wide plan to open up early, because I went by my local corp store and they will open the doors at 0900 like always. You call or go by the one nearest you and ask.
 
Any vz reps out there know if I can do a "within 2 week trial period" swap of my Thunderbolt for a Bionic and pay the difference? Or, is the Bionic only "reserved for sale" to customers with upgrades and/or new customers?

Thanks,
 
I'm thinking I'll go by my local store tonite and see if I cant reserve one or something, since I gotta leave for work by 7 and wont be back home till 430ish.

I'm so ready to be done with this old palm treo.

would be awesome if they could just sell me one tonite at closing time.
 
I'm thinking I'll go by my local store tonite and see if I cant reserve one or something, since I gotta leave for work by 7 and wont be back home till 430ish.

I'm so ready to be done with this old palm treo.

would be awesome if they could just sell me one tonite at closing time.

There are a bunch of people that have been ordering it today (right now) over the phone and having it shipped to arrive tomorrow afternoon. Just have it sent to your office.
 
I'm thinking I'll go by my local store tonite and see if I cant reserve one or something, since I gotta leave for work by 7 and wont be back home till 430ish.

I'm so ready to be done with this old palm treo.

would be awesome if they could just sell me one tonite at closing time.

Give it a shot, state your case and i hope you'll have one tonight.
 

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