[Updated] New Leaked Droid Does Bionic Page!!

[akj27]

What's pentile and why are people saying it blows?

 

[Preach2k]

That beast looks awesome. Still a little disappointment, was really expecting some new HD screen, and a faster processor..but i'll take it.

I read that the Omap4 4460 has not been put in any phone as of yet.. It has been tested though..

 

[alquimista]

What's pentile and why are people saying it blows?

I had the same question but I googled the wiki:
PenTile matrix family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[jamezelle]

I'm just wondering if this will be the device that offers an unlockable bootloader. As we all know the D3 wasn't.

 

[lemodular]

Please don't let this thread be about the screen.

Glad to see it closer to reality.

 

[g_what]

I'm just wondering if this will be the device that offers an unlockable bootloader. As we all know the D3 wasn't.

I sure hope the bootloader is unlocked!


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[scrub175]

$299 on contract. Hmm wonder how much off contract?

$799 at Best Buy is what I heard From a Best Buy Mobile Employee...

Cool. I'm getting to the point that where I would rather pay the extra scratch and own my phone rather than the subsidized price and locked in VZW contract. Just says something that I buy a phone full price but will not commit to them for the 2 years.

What my plan will be is to see if there is an off contract price reduction after a couple of weeks. If the price off contract is dropped to $599 but the contract price remains $299, I would be willing to pay the off contract price.

 

[Limbwalker]

4G ?? . . . dancedroid

 

[MinionOfEckerd]

According to the users' posts in the link, this is a photoshopped image.

 

[Maverick0984]

$299 on contract. Hmm wonder how much off contract?

$799 at Best Buy is what I heard From a Best Buy Mobile Employee...

Cool. I'm getting to the point that where I would rather pay the extra scratch and own my phone rather than the subsidized price and locked in VZW contract. Just says something that I buy a phone full price but will not commit to them for the 2 years.

What my plan will be is to see if there is an off contract price reduction after a couple of weeks. If the price off contract is dropped to $599 but the contract price remains $299, I would be willing to pay the off contract price.

Do yourself a favor and check out off contract prices on current phones. They don't drop much at all, nothing like the on contract prices.

 

[anuraj1]

What's pentile and why are people saying it blows?

I had the same question but I googled the wiki:
PenTile matrix family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interesting stuff on that wiki page... like how the Nexus One had a pentile screen too. Was anyone *****ing about that? Nope.

 

[sn2hotty]

I still really want this, but I'm not quite as excited because the screen is 4.3".

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I don't get it- aside from the pentile issue that everyone is caught up in (which seems like a silly non-issue IMO), why does everyone seem so standoff-ish about the 4.3" screen? Sounds pretty good to me!

 

[alquimista]

Bionic = Atrix

Looking at a comparison on phonearena:
Compare phones: Motorola Droid Bionic Targa, Motorola DROID BIONIC, Motorola ATRIX 4G - Phone Arena

The Bionic seems just a touch better than the Atrix, which was released for AT&T back in February. But they're basically the same, except (and this is a probably a huge exception) the Bionic has the TI proc instead of the Nvidea Tegra 2. I have no idea how the two processors will compare.

I dunno. I really want this phone, but will something even better be around the corner? Will the leaked bootloader unlocker for the Atrix work on the Bionic? Will it ship with an unlockable bootloader?

I guess the deciding factor for me will be the bootloader. I'd take an unlocked bootloader over just about anything (maybe even the rumored Dinara). My D1 is still awesome because of the unlocked bootloader.

I'll keep my fingers crossed, but I won't hold my breath for the unlocked bootloader on the Bionic. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what the rumor mills are saying about future super phones when the Bionic is actually released.

Thanks for the leaked web page and the heart palpitations!

 

[Crankintopwater69]

:Waits for the anti-pentile group to show up:

Did some1 becon me?,I hate pentil screens.I wouldn't buy this peace of junk-im just joken guys-calm down.Seriously-just got off of aandroid central-some folks over there screamin FAKE pic-im just sayin.

 

[Laur3nNewm4n]

$799 at Best Buy is what I heard From a Best Buy Mobile Employee...

Cool. I'm getting to the point that where I would rather pay the extra scratch and own my phone rather than the subsidized price and locked in VZW contract. Just says something that I buy a phone full price but will not commit to them for the 2 years.

What my plan will be is to see if there is an off contract price reduction after a couple of weeks. If the price off contract is dropped to $599 but the contract price remains $299, I would be willing to pay the off contract price.

Do yourself a favor and check out off contract prices on current phones. They don't drop much at all, nothing like the on contract prices.

I usually just wait a couple weeks and go to Swappa if I'm interested in buying a newly released phone. I bet after a few weeks someone will get sick of theirs and sell it, pretty much brand new, for a few hundred off the retail price. That's how I got my Thunderbolt.