**OFFICIAL**: I got my BIONIC Thread!

[bcltoys]

Looked at the lapdock little disclaimer 50.00 a month or higher data plan. It's pretty cool but 199.00 plus 20.00 a month I don't think so.

 

[messenger13]

WoW! This phone is ridiculously fast! Slick & SICK!!!

 

[OutOfPhase]

Picked mine up from a VZW store this morning after the Costco kiosk would not extend my contract...(VZ says eligible for an early upgrade, Costco would not do an early upgrade.) PITA, wasted a few hours of sleep and didn't get the killer bonus pack but it is on my desk and charging at the moment. So far I have done nothing but speedtest it since I'm working but on the 12th floor in a downtown Tampa office building I'm getting 3MBps both up and down. I kept my HTC Incredible since I like it so much... but I am going to give myself the whole two weeks to get used to it before making a final decision. So far I like it, it feels solid, looks nice, will post more after I get to make/take come calls/texts. I enabled swype and it looks fine as well. It is gonna take a lot of getting used to coming from Vanilla Android ROMs and/or HTC Sense.

I am by dale mabry and waters ave in tampa and got 27 mbps down and 5 mbps up

 

[mills23]

I haven't had a real opportunity to do a lot of testing with the camera yet. All of the reading I have done so far indicates that the phone takes very decent but not great photos.

Damn I hoping it would be great.

 

[Nuar]

Tosa90 Tanks for the pics man!
I just got back from a different verizon store and I got the extended battery. I love it Makes the phone a little heavier and because of the hump, the camera lens never touches a table when you put the phone down Not to mention the extra life!! So far I'm very happy with this phone! This thing is fast as hell

 

[Mahalo]

I am by dale mabry and waters ave in tampa and got 27 mbps down and 5 mbps up

Aha...there may have been some cell blocking action going on down town. Some fools left an unattended package on a corner down town with a cell phone attached to it (no, not a bionic as far as I know!) and ran from the cops. They have had down town cordoned off for a while. Will try again in a bit.

 

[thatguy188]

Got mine @ Costco in Charleston, SC. Was there from 8:30am until they opened at 10am. 6 Phones were gone within 2 minutes.

 

[New Rising]

I called 3 best buys and non of them had got their shipment yet. One of the best buys i called i couldnt get a hold of anybody. Luckily the best buy i couldnt get a hold of is right next to verizon. I went in there first to see if they had any and he said the they were expecting a shipment mid day. It took a couple hours till i finally got my hands on it, good thing because i had $100 in gift cards to best buy heh.

 

[Reverence]

I bought mine this morning at 11am after I got out of class. I am a really big fan of my Incredible and couldn't decide whether to upgrade to the Bionic or wait for the Prime, but I figured I'd buy the Bionic, try it for two weeks, and see how it goes.

 

[memillh]

I bought mine this morning at 11am after I got out of class. I am a really big fan of my Incredible and couldn't decide whether to upgrade to the Bionic or wait for the Prime, but I figured I'd buy the Bionic, try it for two weeks, and see how it goes.

Yeah, if the Prime is really all that, my Bionic will be up on eBay within a couple months. I just couldn't wait anymore, after the SGII news. And based on that craziness - and these delays, the Prime will likely be out in December or next year.

 

[murth]

my free gift for being first at the vzw store.

 

[HotDawg]

my free gift for being first at the vzw store.

Is there a golden ticket for another Bionic in it?

 

[tehsusenoh]

I just got mine, accessories from Costco and all!

I'd take a picture, but it can't take pictures of itself.

 

[Hardstyle]

got mine at a verizon store. was goin to get it at costco but they sold out by the time i had my lunch break at work .
but damn i miss Motorola phones. idk why but i just wasnt diggin the HTC TBolt.

 

[rocket97]

Nice. I went to my local VZW store for 8:50 this morning and there were 10 people already waiting... I managed to weasel in to be 2nd in line!

I can't stand people like you.

 

[Doobie]

Got mine at VZ store.
Supervisor was very nice and with some fancy maneuvering, was able to get me (fingers crossed) the $100 rebate on smartphone upgrade even though I was moving from the OG droid. Plus, kept my unlimited data. Made phone $199 rather than $249 all said and done. Now just to make sure the rebate goes through!

How did you swing the unlimited data? That, right now, is the deal breaker with me. I am a data hog!

 

[skwalk47]

I got mine today at Costco! Joined their club just to get the deal. Pretty excited but I have no idea what I am doing yet as I am coming from a crapberry.

 

[HotDawg]

I got mine today at Costco! Joined their club just to get the deal. Pretty excited but I have no idea what I am doing yet as I am coming from a crapberry.

skwalk - this is the fun part.

 

[1up5dn]

I got one at a Costco in Gilbert AZ. They got in nine today and were all gone in about 15 minutes. They said they expect nine more tomorrow.

Moving from a Droid X to this, I didn't expect much of a difference, but I am pleased in every way. It is better to hold, better appearance and of course it is faster.

 

[Tosa90]

How did you swing the unlimited data? That, right now, is the deal breaker with me. I am a data hog!

Anybody who had unlimited 3G data before the switch to tiered gets grandfathered in for unlimited data. They don't differentiate between 3g/4g.

Also, we got to keep paying 29.99/month for unlimited while its now 30/month for 2gb.

 

[thehikingdude]

Anybody who had unlimited 3G data before the switch to tiered gets grandfathered in for unlimited data. They don't differentiate between 3g/4g.

Also, we got to keep paying 29.99/month for unlimited while its now 30/month for 2gb.

WOW! $30 for 2GB!! I've always been on the Unlimited Plan since I got my DX and glad I stayed with it. I get a 22% discount so I'm only out $23.99/month. Let's hope it stays that way. My Bionic is on the FedEx truck and will be here Monday. Oh the pain!!!

 

[dragma]

We got ours about 3 hours ago, There is a few problems with Diamond Wireless, hardly any acct, and no real discounts 299.99 for each phone, but the insurance more then makes up for it. Instead of a refurb, I get a brand new one.

 

[-Murf-]

Got mine at the VZ store at 9am. Paid 233.45 (tax included). I got it there because I received a 35.00 gift card from that store for use on smart phones and I had 50.00 dollar credit.

I am stoked to not of paid close to full price.

 

[Theshape]

Home with my Bionic from CostCo. Stopped by vzw to grab an otterbox

 

[tehsusenoh]

My Costco only had 6. We got two of those. Sucks for the people behind us....