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thicket

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I mostly just peruse anymore on these boards, my phone is THAT good. I don't have one issue with my DINC....BUT....my husband wants an Android now and I was thinking of using his upgrade and giving him my phone. I was eyeing the Thunderbolt, but then I started reading about the Moto Bionic. I have NO experience with Motorola's OS. Have any of you tried both extensively? Opinions?

Thanks!
Ashley
 
If he wants it anytime soon, get the Thunderbolt. I've said it before and I'll say it again, by the time the Bionic comes out it will be outdated. But that seems to be true of any VZW phone.

The Thunderbolt is a complete disappointment. It boggles my mind that anyone could still be looking forward to it after reading the specs on it. March is when the Bionic is likely to come out. Is that too long?
 
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DGUY,

Can you please post a link to your source for the March release date? When the phone was intro'd at CES, it was said then that it would release Q2 of 2011.

Thanks.

The Thunderbolt is a complete disappointment. It boggles my mind that anyone could still be looking forward to it after reading the specs on it. March is when the Bionic is likely to come out. Is that too long?
 
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If he wants it anytime soon, get the Thunderbolt. I've said it before and I'll say it again, by the time the Bionic comes out it will be outdated. But that seems to be true of any VZW phone.

How the hell do you think that?

The thunderbolt has a freaking single core processor, whereas the Bionic is going to have a dual core tegra 2 chip... Far superior to any single core 1.2GHz chip.

It will have a better battery life, better speed and smoother operation.

Yes the Atrix is coming out first but only 2 months, not nearly long enough to consider it "outdated"
 
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After learning about the specs for the TB, I've been completely disenfranchised with it, knowing what's not far along behind the corner. I keep reading articles that the Bionic is coming "sooner than later" (doing a search for the Bionic on a site like onlinesocialmedia.net has more than a few articles that use that line), and the fact that there's almost no news about the Bionic make me feel more confident about that. Think of the news you hear about the TB, it's constantly about it being pushed back.
 
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After learning about the specs for the TB, I've been completely disenfranchised with it, knowing what's not far along behind the corner. I keep reading articles that the Bionic is coming "sooner than later" (doing a search for the Bionic on a site like onlinesocialmedia.net has more than a few articles that use that line), and the fact that there's almost no news about the Bionic make me feel more confident about that. Think of the news you hear about the TB, it's constantly about it being pushed back.

Not to mention Single Core 0.o
 
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