Speculation, best guesses on "expanded features, functionality"?

[seabass]

This thread has turned into a Bloder Brothers skit from SNL. I'm sure nobody will get the reference, but that's just because it wasn't funny either.

 

[akhi216]

...there's also the possibility that they'll include Android 2.4.

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[SnydersWeb]

This thread has turned into a Bloder Brothers skit from SNL. I'm sure nobody will get the reference, but that's just because it wasn't funny either.

A little absurdity and levity does the mind good.

The bottom line is that the exact details as to what the Targa/Bionic is hasn't been leaked fully. All we do know is it may use the OMAP4 processor and has a 13MP rear camera. Beyond that, this thread is speculation masturbation.

I'm sure this forum will go nuts as soon as we do start seeing either official releases or leaks from credible sources.

 

[DolfanCole]

Regarding form factor ... why would Motorola put out two phones with similar and supposedly "unique" form factors? I can understand multiple "slab" or "candy bar" form factor phones, as they are really the "norm" and every manufacturer has multiple phones with this form factor. But, the Droid X was rather revolutionary (or at least unique) in it's styling, in large part because of the humpty hump. Similarly, the DInc had unique backside, which seems to be carried on in it's successor in the DInc 2. And again with the original Droid and its bevel that was passed on to its successor, the Droid 2 (and seemingly will be passed on to the Droid 3).

But, rather than keep the unique styling to a phone and it's successors, it looks like the Bionic may inherit the Targa form factor, which is incredibly similar to the DX. So, at release, there will be the DX2 (the successor of the DX) and the Targa -- two very similar styled phones, thereby making the styling no longer unique to a particular line of phones, i.e., the DX/DX2. I would have suspected that the unique and revolutionary styling would be limited to a particular line, thereby maintaining its uniqueness. Obviously, time will tell if the Bionic truly does inherit the Targa form factor, but why have two "unique" style form factors from the same manufacturer?

 

[jayblazer]

Someone else posted this so I'm borrowing it from them but I could totally see it happening and would welcome the targa as the Droid Z..

 

[Castor Troy]

Hmm I don't see the similarity between the DX2 and Targa. DX2 has physical buttons and an entirely different bezel. Back cover is also entiry different.

They share a hump on the back but beyond that the handsets are easily distinguishable in my opinion.

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[BigDFSU]

Plus it can also be seen as one with a hump for 3G and one with a hump for 4G.

 

[DolfanCole]

Hmm I don't see the similarity between the DX2 and Targa. DX2 has physical buttons and an entirely different bezel. Back cover is also entiry different.

They share a hump on the back but beyond that the handsets are easily distinguishable in my opinion.

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I'm not saying that they're indistinguishable. Even the successors of devices have subtle changes. For instance the bevel on the D2 is different from the D1, but the style is very similar. Same for the DInc and DInc2 and the back of the devices. In each case, it's really the styling or that "unique" feature that sets the device line apart from the others that remains in its successors. And with that, the first thing I said when I saw the leaked pictures of the Targa was that it looks like the DX. I even thought that it must be the "Droid X2". But then pictures of the DX2 emerged and I said, "What the ..?". To me, the Targa is what the DX2 should be in terms of form factor -- that subtle change that shows an evolution to the original design, but yet maintaining the unique feature that sets it apart from the others.

 

[Jasper]

I agree with DolflanCole. Keep the Bionic the look of the Bionic, Let the DX line keep its stupid Hump!...

And yes, I am still pouting! :'(

 

[Jasper]

Speaking of the Hump. PhoneArena just posted new press release pictures of the now Droid X 2 (now dubbed Droid X Squared).

First press shots of Motorola DROID X^2 (X-squared) are revealed - Phone Arena

 

[bkircher]

Well going off what the Xsquared is gonna have, I would bet heavily that the processor will be bumped to a 1.2ghz dc. If this is to become the flagship device the specs have to atleast be equal to its other counter parts. FFC I think would get upgraded, I think 8mp in a phone camera is already good enough, considering that has more than my old point and shoot camera.. Batteries are always in need of improvement.

 

[Castor Troy]

Dolfan I do agree that the X2 should have been released with the shell of the Targa. As you said there is an evolution there. Matter of fact i thought that the original pics of the X2 were in fact of the original X and that the Targa would actually be the X2.

At any rate when you see an X2 in the wild you will know what it is immediately although it will be hard to decipher. All in all I think that's a good thing.


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[DolfanCole]

Dolfan I do agree that the X2 should have been released with the shell of the Targa. As you said there is an evolution there. Matter of fact i thought that the original pics of the X2 were in fact of the original X and that the Targa would actually be the X2.

Me too. I thought it looked like a natural progression, and I admit that I like the Targa slightly better than the X2 because of it.

At any rate when you see an X2 in the wild you will know what it is immediately although it will be hard to decipher. All in all I think that's a good thing

No doubt. You'll immediately recognize it. And that's mostly my point -- it has that distinguishable feature in the hump. I just happen to not like it.

For me (and my inconsolable friend Jasper), I would like the style to stay solely with the DX series. Let the Bionic generic slab form factor live on!

 

[Castor Troy]

In all honesty I'm glad the Bionic was ditched. Didn't particularly care for the build quality of it. I'm basing this opinion strictly on handling the Atrix which is it's closest cousin.

I need some weight to my handsets. I like to feel something substantial in hand and the Atrix just felt cheap, for lack of a better word. Motorola usually packages a nice phone and I think they dropped the ball with the Atrix/Bionic.

Hopefully the "new" Bionic earns it's name because the "old" model was anything but Bionic : )

 

[Jasper]

I would have liked to been at CES and got my hands on the Bionic. The back of the phone almost had a rubbery case look to it. Like the Body Glove case feel. Which was interesting to me.

Other than that i just like the rounded simplicity of it. I am not sure why everyone says it looked cheap and plasticy, I didn't see that from the videos i watched of it. But then again its all personal opinion.

Going back to personal opinion I just have never liked the looks of the Droid X, and the targa Droid X knock off with Plastic chrome looking edges does not appeal to me at all.

I am just a picky one I guess. I do not care of the look of the HTC phones either, or the GS2 for that matter. I think the GS2 is the closest rip off of the iphone i have seen yet.

But again, I will buy the Hump if that's what the Bionic forms itself into, and probably be happy about it. Though secretly i will wish that it still looked like the Bionic at CES just to rub it in CK's face!

 

[Castor Troy]

hahahahaha Jasper. Now I hope they go back to the original design so that you can have peace of mind LOL!!!

Jasper go check out the Atrix to get a feel for what the Bionic would be like. Those are just my personal opinions. You may very well like it. Hey I may think a girl is hot and you may be like "Huh?! Whu?!" : ) it's all personal preference.

 

[Oxn]

hahahahaha Jasper. Now I hope they go back to the original design so that you can have peace of mind LOL!!!

Jasper go check out the Atrix to get a feel for what the Bionic would be like. Those are just my personal opinions. You may very well like it. Hey I may think a girl is hot and you may be like "Huh?! Whu?!" : ) it's all personal preference.

I dont agree, i am going just on how i see it, but Atrix does look cheaply constructed but i dont see that on the Bionic. You are assuming Bionic will feel cheap by basing it on Atrix. Just by picture they look differently built. Outside of the rubbery back from videos, i think Bionic looks like its built to be a tank. Atrix does look like crap though.

 

[Castor Troy]

I dont agree, i am going just on how i see it, but Atrix does look cheaply constructed but i dont see that on the Bionic. You are assuming Bionic will feel cheap by basing it on Atrix. Just by picture they look differently built. Outside of the rubbery back from videos, i think Bionic looks like its built to be a tank. Atrix does look like crap though.

Atrix isn't bad at all it just doesn't feel like the Motorola's we've come to know and love. The "old" Bionic, in my opinion, is not a huge departure from the Atrix so I can't see it "feeling" much different. Maybe I'm wrong I don't know.

 

[Jasper]

I agree about that. I don't like the looks of the Atrix. This is all speculation as I have never seen either the Atrix or Bionic in person. But i thought the Bionic was the better built of the two.

I am just super freaking ready to get some information about what the Bionic is going to be. The thought of waiting until September to get the device, and not knowing anything about it until a month before its release is aggravating.

I need Specs! Pictures! Something to take the edge off. My poor Droid 1 is almost two years old and its on life #9 right now...

 

[Hand_O_Death]

I would still really like a Tegra chip in there because TegraZone is getting some good stuff and I like the idea of a store for just dual core devices.

The hump really is not bad at all on my DX, I like it and do not see how it could be a deciding factor.