Motorola DROID Bionic Carries US$587 Price Tag, Possible Release Date on August 26

As the rumored September 8 release date for the Motorola DROID Bionic on Verizon draws closer with each passing minute, more and more juicy details come flying in. The latest morsel happens to be a very very crucial one–the Motorola DROID Bionic’s retail price.

Android Central‘s Phil Nickinson received a leaked image of what appears to be a screenshot of a point-of-sale interface showing the Motorola DROID Bionic’s price of US$587.

Granting that the info is accurate and legit, we presume the price revealed on the screenshot to be the full retail price for the Motorola DROID Bionic. The after-rebate or with-contract price will most likely be significantly lower, say somewhere between US$250 and US$300. This latter upper range for the price, of course, could potentially be a dealbreaker for many folks. Yet, Verizon is also likely to risk that price, since the Motorola DROID Bionic is going to be its centerpiece 4G LTE device for this year.

While most folks have already set their minds for a September 8 release date, Nickinson also mentions that his source believes the Motorola DROID Bionic may appear much earlier on August 26–contrary to Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha’s official confirmation of a September launch on Verizon. We’re not sure which one to believe, but we’d be glad about an earlier release date anyway.

What do you think? Is the Motorola DROID Bionic worth parting US$590 with (full retail, or US$300 on contract)?

The wait is over: Motorola sending out Droid Bionic Jelly Bean soak test invites

by Brad Ward, 1 month ago

Droid Bionic owners will be happy to hear that Motorola is sending out invites to members in the Motorola Feedback Network to participate in the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean soak test. Here’s the e-mail Droid-Life…

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