What do you think of the droid bionic after a year?

[SnydersWeb]

Overall I do like my Bionic. It has aged and held up well as it really is a pretty powerful phone. It has lots of very nice capabilities features.

While some of Motorola's features have been quite nice and given their phones some distinction from the rest, it also comes with a lot of frustration as well. If I was expecting Nexus like update speed and flexibility, this phone in particular has been the furthest thing from that!

It's mostly down to Motorola IMHO. My frustration is that they seem way too focused on new products and selling them rather than maintaining the customers they have and giving us reasons to remain loyal to the brand.

 

[DroidnewVZ]

I had such high hopes for the Bionic. I drove 20 miles outta my way to a store that had 2 in stock on launch day and bought them. One for me, one for my GF. Both of us had problomatic devices. I went through three, she went through two. I rooted it, I flashed it back for updates and I kept on top of tweaks. Nothing EVER panned out the way it should have for a $300 device. I spent 11 months trying to convince myself that I had a terrific device, but it it was so terrific, I wouldn't have had to convince anyone, let alone myself.

The Bionic had great potential, but it just never clicked all the way. Too many bugs. It was released too late and eclipsed by the Razr within 8 weeks. I don't much care for the Razr, but it says something when a Flagship device is replaced as the Flagship device within months. Here we are, less than a year from launch and that device has been discontinued...yikes. It's sad, but that device became a Motorola step-child last November.

I had too much trouble and no enough incentive to continue to try and convince myself that it was worth it. After an hour complaining on the phone to VZW, I was shipped a shiny new Galaxy SIII. Now, it ain't perfect, but next to the Bionic, it might as well be.

Sadly, the Bionic just never became what it should have been. Next....

 

[DACNET]

My Bionic is great.

I am one of those people that have to have the next shinny thing but have not felt the need to purchase or upgrade to any other phone.

Long Live The Bionic!

 

[enb123]

I've had mine since May, having jumped from a D3. Although those two phones may look about the same in terms of hardware (save for the keyboard) and user interface, the Bionic has been much less problematic for me. I'm glad I made the leap - now bring on ICS!

 

[Lee_Bo]

I've had mine since release (same phone) and it seems to get slower the more I used it. With the .232 ICS release, it's a totally different phone and really works great. I was on the verge of trading up then I flashed the .232 leak and it's a great device now.

 

[dlcramer]

Still love my bionic. My data drops in the beginning were never as bad as others. Still stock. I have other toys to play with than to risk messing up my main communication device. The ICS situation definitely has me questioning brand loyalty to Motorola for me (last phone was an OG) tho.

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[freeky1]

I still love my Bionic, but it just kept dropping data. I called on Sunday, and they told me to go to my local Verizon store to have the Sim card replaced. I got it replaced, and it made no difference. I did a factory reset on Monday, no improvement. I called this evening, and the rep told me that the Bionic has known issues with dropping data. After verifying I was on build 905, he told me he would replace my Bionic with a Droid Razr. I told him that if he would replace it with a Razr Maxx, I would do it. After saying he couldn't do that, he ended up replacing my Bionic with a Razr Maxx. I'm not excited about the screen or the non-removable battery, but maybe I will actually be able to use the data plan I pay for.

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[WebOS Refugee]

In my case, it's more like half a year, but the BIONIC is working well for me, and well worth the $30 that I spent on it. It's by far the best phone hardware I've ever owned; not the best operating system by a long shot, but the impending "official" release of ICS should bring it a lot closer to the WebOS experience that I still find myself missing a great deal.

 

[snowwy66]

still the same pile of junk it was when i first got it. one week after release.

we'll see if ICS finally makes it a decent phone. otherwise i'm going back to sprint. i've NEVER had a junk phone with them. and there coverage is every bit as good as verizon.

i can say that cause i'm a traveling man.

 

[Mooncatt]

there coverage is every bit as good as verizon.

i can say that cause i'm a traveling man.

Come to Wisconsin. I'm quite the traveler too and i was booted of Sprint because i roamed too much and Verizon has great coverage in those areas.

 

[mhans311]

still the same pile of junk it was when i first got it. one week after release.

we'll see if ICS finally makes it a decent phone. otherwise i'm going back to sprint. i've NEVER had a junk phone with them. and there coverage is every bit as good as verizon.

i can say that cause i'm a traveling man.

You must only travel to large cities. You get anywhere a little more in the boonies and Sprint is useless. Not to mention the painfully slow data speeds.

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[Syounger64]

I bought this phone last September. Went thru several updates up to .905 which made it a great phone. So I did an ics .232 update on my unrooted DROID Bionic early last week. Kept all my data and after a few reboots it became a whole new phone. No issues to report except for the Purple video relay services app (video chat for deaf people) issue, I'm enjoying it all over again.

 

[EnergyPlus]

It is always so ironic when someone says pretty much the exact opposite of what everyone else is saying. It's one thing to say "this phone is not my cup of tea" or whatever, but call the phone "a piece of junk" is simply ludicrous.

This is my fifth smart phone since the whole thing began. I started out as a BB user and while they made pretty decent devices, I gave up waiting on them to catch up with the pack so I moved on to Android. Personally, I find the Bionic to be a fine "piece of hardware" and I'm pretty satisfied with my purchase, also about 1 week after release. I did encounter problems once and, after a factory reset, was up and running. Yeah, I had some data drops as well, but they were relatively rare and it's been a long while since it last happened.

Screen wise, I find the Bionic screen 10x better than any "Super AMOLED" screen out there. Color reproduction is quite excellent, contrast superb, whites are white and blacks and black and no over saturation or green/yellow tinting at all. While it may not match the iPhone's display, I'll put up with that sacrifice to avoid the iPhone.

I use an extended battery and have no problems with lots of use, making it through the day and all the way to late night bedtime, unless I'm streaming Pandora for 8 or 10 hours in which case, I may need a little boost.

As for VZW vs. Sprint, that argument is so laughable, I simply cannot begin to compare.

I looked at the SIII and liked it, but the SAMOLED thing simply turned me off.

still the same pile of junk it was when i first got it. one week after release.

we'll see if ICS finally makes it a decent phone. otherwise i'm going back to sprint. i've NEVER had a junk phone with them. and there coverage is every bit as good as verizon.

i can say that cause i'm a traveling man.

 

[DaleGriggs]

still the same pile of junk it was when i first got it. one week after release.

we'll see if ICS finally makes it a decent phone. otherwise i'm going back to sprint. i've NEVER had a junk phone with them. and there coverage is every bit as good as verizon.

i can say that cause i'm a traveling man.

"there coverage is every bit as good as verizon", I assume you mean their? You sir, have never traveled to Arizona. There is no 4G Sprint coverage in Arizona, not even Phoenix, which is the 6th largest city in the US and there is no schedule from Sprint for including it. What a joke!

 

[EnergyPlus]

They did have coverage in Vegas, but must say it is pitiful. Every national review I have ever read, ranked Sprint in last place. 'nuf said, people will believe what they want to!

"there coverage is every bit as good as verizon", I assume you mean their? You sir, have never traveled to Arizona. There is no 4G Sprint coverage in Arizona, not even Phoenix, which is the 6th largest city in the US and there is no schedule from Sprint for including it. What a joke!

 

[DevilDogMP]

I would stick with the DROID bionic cause we are getting both ics and jellybean

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[Ry]

I'm really tempted by the RAZR M.

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[DevilDogMP]

I'm really tempted by the RAZR M.

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Ya the razor is a good phone, not much difference between the two phones though.

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[mhans311]

I would stick with the DROID bionic cause we are getting both ics and jellybean

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When did they say we are getting jelly bean? I must have missed that. I would bet that we will get the $100 credit toward the new phone instead of jelly bean.

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[iN8ter]

If you think the Super AMOLED screen is better than the one on the Bionic, I suggest you do a side by side comparison on something like Google's home page. Some people are being turned off by the green tint of the Super AMOLED after seeing a comparison. I actually traded in my Razr for the bionic, even with the performance hit. So personally, I'd take the Bionic hands down over the Charge. Even if the screen isn't an issue for you, or even like the Charge screen better, I don't think its specs are worth it.

The Bionic has one of the most disgustingly pixelated penniless screens I've ever seen in my life. Comparenitnside by side with an Atrix 2. Looks like it has dots all over it. Charge screen is an older Amoled type but it is still superior to what's in the bio nice outside of ppi.

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