I believe anyone who was planning on getting a 1 year plan for Bionic to just get the thunderbolt now for 1 year before this goes into effect, and skip the Bionic. After the 1 year youll get something better.
Yea 1 year TB, then get the Droid 3.
Sounds like a good plan, i think im going to give that a real thinker tommroorow.
rough life, huh kid?
Wow, I just don't know.
With my financial situation, the need of a new phone, and the yearning to not get left behind in a year, Verizon is almost forcing my hand here. I almost have to get the TB (which I do not want), and rock it for a year. And that's pretty much telling the consumer what he has to buy. That's not capitalism or socialism, that's communism. Now I know why they're called "Big Red".
ditto.I will be waiting until the 16th, then I'm probably going to get the T-Bolt on a one year. Maybe I will get lucky and the Bionic will come out during the return period. Either way I will only have a One year contract and will be locked in to the unlimited LTE.
Ermmm Verizon will have to offer a phone that stays viable for longer then a year then. Heck we all know the iphone is updated annually and the bionic doesn't have enough ram to stay current for more then a year.
I've been debating with myself if I should just say screw it and go to a pay as you go phone....maybe it's time to pad my budget instead of Verizons wallet after all.
Wow, I just don't know.
It was my very intention to rock the Bionic for a year, and now that's no longer an option. Part of me wants to do the rash thing and leave for say, Sprint, but, as drdoom pointed out, they do not offer 1 year contracts. Suppose there is TMo. But I have a family plan with 5 lines. Two of which have met their contract. I suppose I'd have to ride the full 24 months before my OG meets it. Even if I held out till Nov, I'd still have two phones that don't meet. If I didn't want to pay an ETF, I'd have to keep each phone until Oct of next year. That's not an option. If I opted to leave now, I'd be paying ETFs on 3 Android phones. Also not an option. Or I could buy the Bionic at full price, which "I believe" is $650, and hope to sell it next year at maybe half that (at best). Still, that's not a very good option.
We've been debating about the amount of RAM on the Bionic since it's inception. Maybe it really will be adequate. Will it be adequate in 2 years, now that's a great question. I've had my OG from day 1, and 17 months in, I think we've finally topped this thing out. Sure, the Droid has exceeded expectations, but it has finally reached it's limitation. With a locked bootloader, can we really expect the Bionic to push as far as the Droid did? Especially considering the fact that quad-core will be out a year from now, and god only knows where Android will be at that point.
With my financial situation, the need of a new phone, and the yearning to not get left behind in a year, Verizon is almost forcing my hand here. I almost have to get the TB (which I do not want), and rock it for a year. And that's pretty much telling the consumer what he has to buy. That's not capitalism or socialism, that's communism. Now I know why they're called "Big Red".
As far as quad cores....
Remember when we first heard about he tegra2? was that not in November and it was supposed to be out by first quarter 2011? Here were are in Q2 and the still no tegra2. We might get lucky and see it by mid year but if we apply that logic to the quad cores we are still a year away from those.....either way is you buy the bionic you might be looking in a position where you skip quad's altogether and go to the next big thing....in 2013.
As far as quad cores....
Remember when we first heard about he tegra2? was that not in November and it was supposed to be out by first quarter 2011? Here were are in Q2 and the still no tegra2. We might get lucky and see it by mid year but if we apply that logic to the quad cores we are still a year away from those.....either way is you buy the bionic you might be looking in a position where you skip quad's altogether and go to the next big thing....in 2013.
After a stewing over it for a bit, I'll probably still go with the Bionic. I can worry about next year, well, next year.
Come July, I'll have 3 upgrades at my disposal and two smartphone newbies to upgrade. I already know I'm handing my OG to my bro. This time next year, I'll probably just upgrade and hand down the Bionic. Besides, by then, one of the DInc's will also be eligible. This may still work out for me after all.
I was thinking the same, I could always give my Bionic to my father who will NOT use the Bionic for its full potential then use his upgrade if necessary.
I refuse to stick to a single core for my next phone...
I'm def with ya. I just can't see myself tolerating the TB, even if it is for only a year. I'll take my chances with the Bionic.
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