Hands-On and Reviews

[yiannis]

Maybe we can post all hands-on descriptions and reviews of the Bionic herein for everyone to easily access. Ideally these would be of major websites rather than Q&A sessions with early adopters (which by the way I find extremely useful).

[url]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392502,00.asp

Droid Bionic arrives at Verizon tomorrow, we go hands-on today (video) -- Engadget[/URL]

 

[idefiler6]

Here's another:
Motorola DROID Bionic Ultimate Hands-on and Unboxing [Video] | Android Community

 

[winner00]

Here's another one from gizmodo:
Motorola Droid Bionic Hands On: The Good, the Bad, and the Grainy
They comment on the screen and say its worse then the Droid X2 to them.
Here's a post of Droid-life comparing pentile to others: A Closer Look at the DROIDX2 and its qHD Display, PenTile at its Not-so-Finest - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

 

[Speeding Wheels]

Mark W. Smith: Droid Bionic finally lands — and it's a winner | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

 

[jroc]

That PC Mag review...she must never benchmarked a GS2...lol

Good ole Gizmodo....they ripped the Droid X1 apart last year. Droid X1 was still in the top 5 phones sold last year or beginning of this year, cant remember which. Thanks to bworley at AC and all his videos...I know the screen isnt as bad as some ppl make it out.

 

[yiannis]

Most complete review at this time with benchmarks.

Droid Bionic Review | Ubergizmo

 

[jroc]

Hands-On With the Droid Bionic, Verizon’s 4G Screamer | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Hands-On With the Droid Bionic, Verizon’s 4G Screamer | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Motorola Droid Bionic Tested: Was it Worth the Wait?

First Look: Motorola Droid Bionic (Phone Scoop)

 

[SSHGuru]

So far everything is terrific except Gizmodo which you can expect would not be stellar since they are a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple..:blink:

 

[Oxymoron]

So far everything is terrific except Gizmodo which you can expect would not be stellar since they are a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple..:blink:

+ lots o' ones

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[yiannis]

PC World were not impressed, though they come across as opinionated rather than objective. They cast doubt over the screen, without saying why, LTE seems irrelevant to them and the $30 webtop is not even mentioned.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/239600/motorola_droid_bionic_fullfeatured_fast_and_expensive.html

 

[Speeding Wheels]

PC World were not impressed, though they come across as opinionated rather than objective. They cast doubt over the screen, without saying why, LTE seems irrelevant to them and the $30 webtop is not even mentioned.

Motorola Droid Bionic Phone Review | PCWorld

and they still gave it 4stars. go figger

 

[Oxymoron]

Score. Best. Smartphone. Currently. Available.

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[yiannis]

Here's another semi-critical review.

http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/07/motorola-droid-bionic-review/

The author seems to find trouble with some bloatware and battery life.

This one is more positive...

http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2011/09/07/tnw-review-the-droid-bionic-is-the-lee-majors-of-android-phones-better-stronger-faster/

but takes issue with the camera stills (while saying that somehow the video is stellar) and the Pentile Display.

Overall so far reviewers like:

15+ Mbps LTE
1080p Video Capture
Phone speed (responsiveness and benchmarks)
Free Zumocast

Dislike:

Pricing
VZW Bloatware
Unpredictable still autofocusing

Are ambiguous about:

Battery life
Webtop application
Screen

 

[jroc]

Seeing it having 1 bar....he's probably in a bad reception area. That's a battery killer for 3G too...

 

[Speeding Wheels]

if you have 16 minutes here is a very in depth review
[video=youtube;2fyi5pZS1xY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyi5pZS1xY[/video]