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New Motorola DROID Bionic Photo Flaunts Speed of 4G LTE Proportions

by on August 17, 2011 1:49 am
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The rumor cloud for the Motorola DROID Bionic hasn’t stopped getting all puffy, especially with the latest photo that came out yesterday in the forums. A member of Android Forums posted yesterday what, to us, seems to be the clearest photo of the Motorola DROID Bionic spotted in the wild–and the device’s screen seems to be screaming of wild speeds on a 4G LTE connection.

Here’s saving you a thousand words:

Image credit: Android Forums

Although the photo’s source claims that the speed test result is legit, skeptics were quick to point out the possibility that the speed test may have been conducted on a Wi-Fi connection, phone switched back to 4G after the test, then the photograph taken right after. The skeptics’ claim, of course, is a valid one.

Yet, not many people doubt the blazing speeds that the Motorola DROID Bionic promises to those who are patiently awaiting its arrival. After all, the DROID Bionic’s specs (of which no definitive confirmation has been given yet) reveal immense power packed into a small device.

Here’s a rundown of the Motorola DROID Bionic’s specs that have been floated around (some from fairly reliable sources, such as Federal Communications Commission documents, a Motorola Development Network technical specifications page that vanished as quickly as it appeared, a straight-from-the-horse’s-mouth confirmation of a September launch on Verizon, and a leaked Verizon document purportedly pinning down September 8 as the precise launch date):

  • Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread
  • 4.3-inch touchscreen at qHD (960×540) resolution
  • 1.0 GHz dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP4430 processor
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 16 GB internal storage, expandable to 32 GB via microSD slot
  • 8 MP primary camera capable of 1080p HD video capture
  • 0.3 MP (VGA) secondary camera
  • 1080p HD video playback
  • HDMI 1.4 port
  • HTML5 and Flash support
  • WebTop support
  • 4G LTE connectivity

Which of these is your main reason for holding out for the Motorola DROID Bionic?

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Comments
  • Carl

    No ics for ATRIX. 2. Motorola lier lier

  • Major_Pita

    How difficult is to get the correct image of the Motorola Bionic? Why do so many sites insist on using the dated, obsolete image of the Bionic that was shown at CES, then completely redesigned by the time it was released in September of 2011?

    • corymcnutt

      I agree, why is this image still floating around ANYWHERE? There never was a phone that looked like this…our Bionics are much “prettier” that this image, ha!

  • Jhelum

    atrix 4g…..further plans?? …VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!

  • Sailor105

    absolutely right about closing comment-why waste time on ICS when JB seems to be everywhere except on MOTO. Google promised it for the Xoom wifi “in a few weeks” back in I/O and still nothing seen. Same with lack of JB in new Razr HD products? Too easily explained by fact that MOTO had to be taken over to save it from itself-great hardware, no software. Google seems to be doing little if anything to straighten it out, even at this date well into its assuming control.

    Unless Google is just going to write it off and save its patents for the Apple war, they have to clean it up soon or it will write itself off into oblivion. People are getting really fed up with constant disappointment and unreliability.

    • corymcnutt

      JB is “everywhere” but on Moto? What phones have been OFFICALLY upgraded to JB? Not many.

  • Motofan

    This post is a little winey for my taste. When I purchased the bionic I had no other expectations except to have a good quality device, and that is what I got. I have an iPhone 4s provided by my employer and am not impressed. I know people who carry the Samsung galaxy s III and again, not impressed. Thank you Soni for providing a solid product and for having the integrity to own up on the upgrade delay. I am a Moto fan for life.

  • PhoneCard Mike

    I have ICS on my Galaxy Tab 2 and it is OK. I would like to get it for my Bionic, but overall, I like the Bionic. It is just strange, I thought Google owned Motorola.

  • C.E. Barnes

    Motorola needs to offer some type of rebate or something. Android 4 (ICS) came out last October. How can it take a year to update a phone to the version of Android that was available when the Atrix 2 was released? iPhone has gone through to iOS upgrades in the last year. Never buying a Motorola product ever again.

  • butnpushr

    I got my bionic ics update yesterday

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