Motorola: Droid Bionic Will Launch With Verizon Wireless In Summer

[wicked]

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) said that the Droid Bionic, a 4G smartphone, will launch with Verizon Wireless in the summer.

Motorola pushed back the timing of the launch to incorporate new features into the phone, which was originally slated to launch in the second quarter. While the phone may ship to carriers in time, a launch may occur in the third quarter. Here is what Motorola specifically said:

Based on compelling feedback since the show, we are incorporating several enhancements to make this an even better consumer experience.

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[UltraDroid]

Well this would be super for me - I'm just about out of my contract on my second phone, and I've been saving my discounted upgrade for just such an event! Cool!

-Mike

[Quicksilver7714]

@Ultradroid- you might want to wait for the Tagra if the bionic comes out later than july.

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[UltraDroid]

THAT was the name I was trying to remember! I'd read that there was another super phone, warming up in the bullpen as it were. My situation actually gets better, the longer it drags on, because my three one year contracts with Verizon are "timing out", and I'll be in a position to walk away from Verizon if I want to.

-Mike

[Quicksilver7714]

Didn't you pick up the Inspire from Att?

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[UltraDroid]

Sure did, and I'm quite happy with it - I got tired of waiting for Verizon to release the T-Bolt. See my earlier post regarding my one year contracts timing out between now and early Fall. I may stay (primarily) with Verizon, or I may augment my Inspire by adding a second line (family plan) with AT&T, and simply transferring one of my Verizon phone numbers over to AT&T. The question is, *what* AT&T phone? I've always wanted a Nexus, and rumor has it that the Nexus S (currently T-Mobile and Sprint) will make it's debut on AT&T this Summer. That's one possibility. By Summer, the price AT&T is asking for the Atrix should have come down, quite a bit - that phone, I *really* want, even with the 4.0 in screen - so that's a strong possibility.

By Summer, Verizon will have (hopefully) introduced one or two new phones - the Tagra, being one of them. A really cool new phone on Verizon could tip the scale towards me signing a new agreement to keep at least part of my "phone corps" with Big Red. Otherwise, I'll probably migrate to AT&T, *except* for my Droid X, which I absolutely love. I'll keep a Verizon line until the day that phone breaths it's last just because it's such a super phone.

Decisions, decisions - so many phones, and so little time!

-Mike