|
 Available
now
9th January 2011
Motorola have kicked off 2011 with several dual-core devices,
and the Motorola DROID BIONIC is another one of these, aimed
at the US Verizon Wireless network.
Sporting a bigger screen but less memory that the Motorola ATRIX
on AT&T, the DROID BIONIC is a high-end device which will probably
find itself competing head-on with whatever next-generation iPhone
Apple have up their sleeves.
Like the ATRIX, the DROID BIONIC has a quarter HD "qHD"
960 x 540 pixel display, but in this case it is a large 4.3"
panel, which is 50% larger than the iPhone 4. Although the very
high resolution "retina" display on the iPhone 4 does
have a 15% higher pixel count than the Motorola, the DROID BIONIC
is easily better than most of the rest of the competition.
 Dual
core technology is something that Apple cannot match at the moment,
although there will almost definitely be an upgrade to the iPhone
4 this year which may incorporate it. Internal memory is a generous
512MB of RAM, although at the moment we do not know how much flash
memory the DROID BIONIC comes with.
On the back is an 8 megapixel primary camera with a secondary
front-facing camera for video calling. The DROID BIONIC is capable
of HD video capture and playback, and it also comes with a built-in
HDMI port.
Motorola haven't said which version of Android the DROID BIONIC
will ship with, but the Adobe Flash capabilities mean that it must
be at least Android 2.2.
This is a LTE-enabled "4G" device, giving access to
Verizon's newly launched high-speed network. There aren't many 4G
handsets around at present, and LTE support certainly gives the
DROID BIONIC another advantage over its Apple rival.
Verizon is a key market for Motorola in the US. Currently there
is no version of the iPhone for this network, so a large proportion
of smartphones sold on Verizon are Motorola DROID series devices.
In many respects the DROID BIONIC leapfrogs Apple's popular handset,
but we expect to see an announcement from Apple about future iPhone
developments in the next few months.
|
