Most recent rumors suggest a July 28 or August 4 release date for the Droid Bionic. Droid fan frenzy is growing with many news websites reporting a release date soon, while Verizon Wireless reports its on track for summer when testing is completed.
News Factor Network reported that Verizon is getting ready for the Droid Bionic release date. Verizon Wireless spokeswoman Brenda Raney would not comment on the
supposed release date to News Factor but said that the Bionic would be released when testing
is complete, and customers can sign up for updates via Verizon's Website.
Computer World reported that Motorola did not respond Thursday to questions about a Droid Bionic release date. Brenda Raney told Computer World via email, "We don't have an availability date but are
on track for this summer." She said that ads, like the leaked Best Buy ad, are
not yet available to the public.
The Christian Science Monitor put it this way, the Droid Bionic looks to be locked for launch and could hit as soon as August.
Recently, a Best Buy ad surfaced showing HDMI mirroring, a dual-core processor, video chat and wireless data transfer.
FCC documents showed that the Droid Bionic is not going to be a world global smartphone.
Here's what we do know about the Droid Bionic:
- Viral social media buzz is greater for the Samsung Galaxy S II.
- Previous leaked photos showed the Droid Bionic to have an enhanced large 4.5" touchscreen,
Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, MotoBlur-style 3D home screen
carousel, connections to a laptop dock, a 4.5" touchscreen and a 1750mAh battery. The entire translation
from Chinese is available on our Facebook page. - It may have an unlocked bootloader.
- Previously announced specs include HDMI-out 1080p connection, a front-facing VGA webcam
8MP camera, 512MB RAM, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth and GPS. - It was announced at CES in January, then in April, that it was delayed for remodeling.
The Droid Bionic appears in our sneak peek Dare 2 Compare of the dynamic dual-core smartphones of summer. It will be the fourth 4G LTE smartphone from Verizon Wireless, which will turn the Verizon Awesome 4G-Threesome into a foursome.
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