Ok, so I saw a couple pages claiming that the HTC Rezound, Droid Razr/Maxx and the Moto Xoom 3G/4G were to be receiving the ICS update sometime in May. Now obviously we should all take what we see on the internet with a grain of salt until Verizon actually makes an announcement, however reports of them getting ICS is becoming more frequent which almost lends the rumors some credibility, even if that's just my opinion. Now my concern is what about the Bionic? The Xoom I can totally see, seeing as how that device was out longer than the Bionic was, but what's the excuse for the Rezound and the Razr/Maxx? The bionic was out before these devices, yet it seems like they're getting updates more frequently and it looks like, in my eyes anyway, that the Razr/Maxx is getting special treatment.
Again, I know that nothing is set in stone about ICS and these devices, but we were promised many things with the Bionic which none have been addressed. We were told that they would consider unlocking our bootloaders, which they did, on a separate phone(Droid Razr), and in the UK under the guise that it's a developer phone. I mean, seriously? Moto needs to take a page out of HTC's book and listen to the communities concerns.
We were also promised ICS towards the end of 2011, then again at the beginning of 2012, now we're almost at the middle of 2012 and I've heard zero reports that the Bionic is getting ICS anytime soon. Yet these phones that came out later than the Bionic have reports coming left and right, though credible or not is not the point. All I've heard from Moto on the Bionic is empty promises and it's really aggravating. I'm not even going to start complaining about the fact that I have bloatware(applications that I do not want on my phone, and that I can't uninstall unless I go through the process of (deleted content to comply with VZW ToS) my phone) on a phone that I spent good money on. And before you Moto and Verizon fanboys get on my case about how "it's their phone, they can do what they want". Ridiculous, I paid for the phone and I should choose what applications can go on it or not, especially since some are constantly trying to get internet access which drain my battery, or have permission to use sensitive information on my phone itself. Yes, I get the phone at a discount, FOR RENEWING A 2 YEAR CONTRACT. Obviously if I went with the Galaxy Nexus or the Rezound I wouldn't have this problem, but I was one of the unlucky people who got the Bionic with these wild claims of unlocked bootloaders and ICS, just to get shafted by Big Red and Moto. But I digress.
At any rate, this will be my last Moto phone. I had the OG Droid which in my opinion is one of the best smart phones to ever hit the market and I really was grateful that it was on Verizon, but Moto has just been a huge disappointment with the Bionic.
/end rant
