so hard to say goodbye bionic!

[tbssawd07]

I'm saying it now, the preorder will start last week of September and you will not have it until early October lol! Moto just keeps shooting themselves in the foot IMO.

 

[afgasparo]

I'm getting tired of this... probably keeping my iPhone 4...

 

[nimazahir]

I'm saying it now, the preorder will start last week of September and you will not have it until early October lol! Moto just keeps shooting themselves in the foot IMO.

How do you know this? It said coming this summer which ends on the 22nd of september. Unless they delay it again Sams club will have it by 9/1

 

[zman6900]

i'm over it also. i'm thinking galaxy s 2

 

[obi5683]

They should just release the bionic as 4g lte upgradeable :/

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I don't think anyone will fall for that again

 

[anon(387460)]

*sigh* I have an upgrade available right now. My OG Droid is lagging along like nobody's business, and I need a new phone. I, as everyone else, was going to buy the Bionic if it dropped August 4th, but that seems to be just a wish now.

Question is: Use the upgrade and get a D3 now, wait a month, use the upgrade and get the Bionic, or wait 3+ months and get that tasty Nexus Prime.

I'm not against buying a phone on list price. I just think my OG Droid is about to die.

why not find a D3 on ebay for a couple hundred to hold you over?

 

[anon(387460)]

How do you know this? It said coming this summer which ends on the 22nd of september. Unless they delay it again Sams club will have it by 9/1

Sam's Club's leak said 'Pushed to September' not 9/1 . Kellex just said '-this sounds like 9/1 could be the release.'

Has anyone taken into consideration that 9/1 is a Holiday weekend and no one will be buying phones? It's like the July 4th release date. No company is gonna launch a phone on or before a major holiday weekend. So expect this phone mid September at the earliest.

 

[mjforte]

Sam's Club's leak said 'Pushed to September' not 9/1 . Kellex just said '-this sounds like 9/1 could be the release.'

Has anyone taken into consideration that 9/1 is a Holiday weekend and no one will be buying phones? It's like the July 4th release date. No company is gonna launch a phone on or before a major holiday weekend. So expect this phone mid September at the earliest.

Why does it matter if its a holiday weekend? I would still buy it regardless and I don't think it hurts anything by releasing it then.

 

[Mr Bigs]

My Droid X is chugging along just fine I'll wait til it comes out. I'm hoping this extra time Moto will get all the kinks out. I laugh at all the I just gotta have it know posts.

 

[anon(387460)]

Why does it matter if its a holiday weekend? I would still buy it regardless and I don't think it hurts anything by releasing it then.

Because most consumers (unlike us enthusiasts who don't even account for 10% of their sales) whom have the money to drop on a brand new phone without thinking about it are going to go on vacation that week/weekend and they could potentially lose a ton of initial sales. It's just not smart marketing. Not that Motorola seems to be wise in the marketing department.

 

[irl Panda]

Because most consumers (unlike us enthusiasts who don't even account for 10% of their sales) whom have the money to drop on a brand new phone without thinking about it are going to go on vacation that week/weekend and they could potentially lose a ton of initial sales. It's just not smart marketing. Not that Motorola seems to be wise in the marketing department.

It's not going to affect the overall sales. I just read an article saying Moto has been developing their own LTE chip rather than using Qualcomm's like everyone else. This is the main reason for the later launch. I, for one, definitely prefer this if it can get stronger 4G signals and not drop it as much as the Qualcomm. Here I get anywhere between 3MB-9MB. It fluctuates so much.

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[Dave4321]

When your Nexus phones is close to being released, you'll probably be hearing rumors of quad-core phones. Why not just wait for those, too?

The Nexus Prime is rumored to be quad core with a 720p screen.

 

[johncihak]

It's not going to affect the overall sales. I just read an article saying Moto has been developing their own LTE chip rather than using Qualcomm's like everyone else. This is the main reason for the later launch. I, for one, definitely prefer this if it can get stronger 4G signals and not drop it as much as the Qualcomm. Here I get anywhere between 3MB-9MB. It fluctuates so much.

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That would be one more reason not to get the phone. I do not want to be a beta tester for a new Moto LTE chip, especially when they never designed an LTE chip before.

 

[p08757]

The Nexus Prime is rumored to be quad core with a 720p screen.

The key word is rumored. We all know how rumors go!

 

[CBCstillmatic]

Problem that I have with the delay is that by the time this phone comes out the specs will no longer be that impressive. With the bad things I hear about the so so PenTile screens moto is using and only using the OMAP4 that is in the Droid 3 is kind of disappointing. Of course they are rumors and it could become official with some specs that could surprise us all but at this point I doubt it, especially with the rumors of the Atrix replacement with an actual 720p screen. The Bionic would have been a beast and top tier launched now but yet another month or 2 away with the rumored specs not so much. If it ends up launching with the OMAP 4440 or 4460 and better screen than the Droid 3/X2 I would still be sold on it.

 

[Stang68]

The Nexus Prime is rumored to be quad core with a 720p screen.

No, it's rumored to be dual-core.

 

[Stang68]

I'm officially saying "bye-bye" to the Bionic. Even if the GSII hits with 3G I'll probably buy that because it's likely to hit in August. Either way, I'll most likely sell it for the Nexus Prime. I hope that can be a phone I keep for more than a year.

Goodbye, Bionic. It was nice lusting after you for 8 months.

 

[ltfrazer]

I'll get whichever of the dual core, 4G phones from Verizon hits first. My Droid 1 won't last much longer and has been available for upgrade since last Dec. I am very tired of "waiting just one more month" !

 

[irl Panda]

That would be one more reason not to get the phone. I do not want to be a beta tester for a new Moto LTE chip, especially when they never designed an LTE chip before.

I wouldn't say that is completely true. Moto has definitely played around with the Qualcomm chip and could be making improvements based upon that. You're going to be a beta tester regardless, this is Qualcomm's first LTE chip as well.

 

[crzycrkr]

The Nexus Prime is rumored to be quad core with a 720p screen.

^LMAO