Droid Bionic Makes Intriguing Rival To iPhone 5
Friday, September 9th, 2011Motorola’s Droid Bionic, perhaps the most eagerly awaited Android phone yet, has launched with a good head start against Apple’s coming iPhone refresh, likely due early next month.
The Bionic was introduced at January’s Consumer Electronics Association trade show, but its release was delayed from spring, prompting endless discussion on blogs about the device’s ultimate specifications, which have been revised by Motorola since the unveiling.
Without knowing much about the specs of the iPhone 5, it’s hard to predict how the two will match up, but the Bionic is drawing predictions of being a serious David against Apple’s Goliath.
More Screen, Fast Data
The second Droid device to use Verizon Wireless’s 4G LTE data network (the first was Samsung’s Droid Charge), the Bionic packs a dual-core, one-gigahertz processor for fast multitasking and a larger screen size than the current iPhone, 4.3 inches. (The new iPhone is expected to have a slightly larger display than its current 3.5-inch touchscreen, perhaps 3.7 or 4 inches.)
“I have only been playing with it for a short while, but it appears that the Droid Bionic is the best LTE phone on the market today,” said Avi Greengart of Current Analysis, though he added: “I will not speculate about how it stacks up against a product that has not been announced.”
LTE speed will allow Bionic users to download at 5 to 12 Mbps and upload at 2 to 5 Mbps in 4G LTE mobile broadband coverage areas, Verizon promises.
One obstacle for the Bionic, however, may be its price: At $300, it’s a bit steeper than the average subsidized smartphone cost of $199. However, that price is the same as the current iPhone model with 32 gigabytes of internal storage, and Motorola and Verizon Wireless seemed to want it to be on par with that iPhone model…
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