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What to choose? And what to do with Droid Bionic?

So now that we all know Verizon is getting the top 3 phones for the holiday season i am wondering what phone of the 3 would you go for. HTC Rezound, Droid Razr, Samsung Nexus.

The reason I ask is that I have a Droid Bionic and although I have not experienced any of the problems that most people complaint about. I have had some apps disappeared. And sometimes I have to connect to my works WIFI to get data even though I have full blown LTE coverage in my area. I don't want my bionic anymore so I will put it up for sale and get the HTC Rezound.

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vidguy7

junuh wrote:
So now that we all know Verizon is getting the top 3 phones for the holiday season i am wondering what phone of the 3 would you go for. HTC Rezound, Droid Razr, Samsung Nexus.

The reason I ask is that I have a Droid Bionic and although I have not experienced any of the problems that most people complaint about. I have had some apps disappeared. And sometimes I have to connect to my works WIFI to get data even though I have full blown LTE coverage in my area. I don't want my bionic anymore so I will put it up for sale and get the HTC Rezound.

In exchange for the slimmer form factor of the Razr vs your Bionic, you wil be getting a sealed battery that cannot be replaced, cannot be swapped for a heavy duty battery and cannot be rebooted by pulling the battery as may sometimes be required.

I'm also not sure why you think the phones you mentioned won't have as many, if not more issues than your Bionic. The last Samsung I had was the Charge and that was an unequivical disaster. No more Sammys for me.

All of the 4G phones have the connection issue to one degree or another. That won't change until Verizon does something with their 4G network.

My advice? Stick with your Bionic.

PJNC284

vidguy7 wrote:
In exchange for the slimmer form factor of the Razr vs your Bionic, you wil be getting a sealed battery that cannot be replaced, cannot be swapped for a heavy duty battery and cannot be rebooted by pulling the battery as may sometimes be required.

I'm also not sure why you think the phones you mentioned won't have as many, if not more issues than your Bionic. The last Samsung I had was the Charge and that was an unequivical disaster. No more Sammys for me.

All of the 4G phones have the connection issue to one degree or another. That won't change until Verizon does something with their 4G network.

My advice? Stick with your Bionic.

Some combination of the volume/power buttons will probably serve the same purpose as a battery pull on the Razr. Like you said, the sealed battery is probably a bad idea with the inefficiency of current LTE devices. Still not a fan of blur either but it seems to be getting better.

As for the Nexus, don't let the image of previous Samsung devices sway you. Software is Samsung's main weak point but that has been removed from the equation as Google will be providing the update. No bloat or manufacturer skin to way it down. It'll be the first ICS phone so it'll likely have its own list of bugs and quirks but what phone doesn't. No SD card is really the only downside I can see and that's all a matter of personal preference.

The Rezound is pretty much a Thunderbolt on steroids. It'll be a good device but will suffer from the same battery issues as previous HTC phones since they keep trying to put the smallest battery possible in it. Almost twice the thickness of the Razr and they still can't keep up with battery capacity. Plus it may be "ICS ready" but it'll probably be months before anyone actually sees it.

maryl

PJNC284 wrote:
vidguy7 wrote:
In exchange for the slimmer form factor of the Razr vs your Bionic, you wil be getting a sealed battery that cannot be replaced, cannot be swapped for a heavy duty battery and cannot be rebooted by pulling the battery as may sometimes be required.

I'm also not sure why you think the phones you mentioned won't have as many, if not more issues than your Bionic. The last Samsung I had was the Charge and that was an unequivical disaster. No more Sammys for me.

All of the 4G phones have the connection issue to one degree or another. That won't change until Verizon does something with their 4G network.

My advice? Stick with your Bionic.
Some combination of the volume/power buttons will probably serve the same purpose as a battery pull on the Razr. Like you said, the sealed battery is probably a bad idea with the inefficiency of current LTE devices. Still not a fan of blur either but it seems to be getting better.

As for the Nexus, don't let the image of previous Samsung devices sway you. Software is Samsung's main weak point but that has been removed from the equation as Google will be providing the update. No bloat or manufacturer skin to way it down. It'll be the first ICS phone so it'll likely have its own list of bugs and quirks but what phone doesn't. No SD card is really the only downside I can see and that's all a matter of personal preference.

The Rezound is pretty much a Thunderbolt on steroids. It'll be a good device but will suffer from the same battery issues as previous HTC phones since they keep trying to put the smallest battery possible in it. Almost twice the thickness of the Razr and they still can't keep up with battery capacity. Plus it may be "ICS ready" but it'll probably be months before anyone actually sees it.

Very informative post. Are tou saying the Nexus will not have a microSD card included?

gerio

It is true, there is no SD card used in the Galaxy Nexus.

Geri O

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