I'm loving my s4. The new droid line is very disappointing. Last years tech with fancy marketing to make it sound faster that a dual core. It's an s4 pro with a multi core gpu. Big deal. The s4 is rocking a snapdragon 600 quad core. Very fast. If get the Dev Edition of you can afford it. Fully unlocked that way.
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Sorry for your misfortunes Hardcase...I am still rockin' my Bionic and I can gladly say that I have had the luck of not experiencing any of the troubles that you have. My wife has had an S4 for a while and I play with it often, because she just doesn't have the patience to set things up and make it do what she wants...LOL, but I wouldn't say that it is really that much better than my Bionic...yeah it has a bigger screen and a faster processor and a buch of other gimics, but as far as the use...Mehhh. But until I see something that I just can't live without, or my Bionic dies, I will just be hangin' on. And thanks SamuriHL for the info about the update because I am stock and rooted.
You've been warned. Don't end up like the VZW S4 owners who didn't heed this warning. If Hash says it'll break SS, take that as gospel, not to mention Sam has never led any of you astray either.
On topic, my Bionic will be retired in the next week or so as well I believe. Upgrade became available last week, and I was all set to pull the trigger on the S4 when Moto said "We'll do this press thingie on 8/1 for the Moto X". I know what we've seen so far has been less than impressive, but the optimist in me says it wouldn't kill me to wait a week or two and see what they have to say, just in case there are any last minute surprises...like, I dunno, google updates and an unlocked bootloader or something. If that's true to go along with the speculated price point, it may just gain some traction. I'd love a Dev S4 but dropping 650 on the phone is quite a pill to swallow, considering I only spent 260 on a new N7, which puts the cost of that S4 in real perspective.
On the subject of replacing a bionic and what to replace it with... If they market it as an affordable mid-range phone with last year's specs and a few software surprises on the performance front cooked up then it's a very compelling device. Not one I'd want, but, a lot of people who want an off contract device (cough unlimited users) and can't afford a high end Dev Edition would love. And that's a great market for Moto to go after.
Yeppers...fixed income, unlimited and zero opportunity of using AT&T or T-Mo...right up my alley! Patience is a virtue, so I'll stand by till the Moto X reveal all shakes out.
(Did I hear someone mumble about a G?)
If Moto currently had something equivalent or superior to the GS4 (or even HTC One), I'd be hard-pressed not to give seriously thought in having purchased it a month ago. But they didn't and have disappointed.
The multi-window capability alone, makes me glad I jumped aboard the GS4. But its specs and performance are where it really shines. Battery life is actually better, even though the screen is larger and the battery is slightly smaller than the OEM extended on the DB. I'd love to be with Sprint or T-Mobile given their unlimited data offerings, but I know they don't have the network that VzW has.
With that being said, I'm now pretty much certain to sell my Bionic. What's the best approach to this?