Motorola Droid Bionic

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 14 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

9
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros:

First dual-core 4G LTE phone.
Motorola's widgets rock.
32GB storage out of the box.

Cons:

Short battery life due to 4G.
Poor screen quality.

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Last revision on June 24, 2013

Reviewers Liked

First dual-core 4G LTE phone
Motorola's widgets rock
32GB storage out of the box
Large 4.3-inch screen
Power, speed and connectivity options
Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread
HDMI
Expandable microSD
DLNA
Camera takes great pictures and videos with good lighting
Battery life is robust for general use
Ample storage comes standard

Reviewers Didn't Like

Short battery life due to 4G
Poor screen quality
Camera does not impress
Bland NinjaBlur user interface
Poorly placed power, volume buttons
Peripherals don’t live up to their potential
Not very comfortable to hold

Expert reviews and ratings

The Motorola Droid Bionic has had a storied past, despite just being released a couple of days ago. It was originally announced way back at the CES trade show in January, though it was a very different looking smartphone back then. Motorola went back...

By TechSpot on September 09, 2011

The Droid Bionic was Motorola's first dual-core (at 1GHz) handset to use Verizon's 4G LTE network, though it's since been joined by the Droid Razr and will soon be joined by its newer, much longer-lasting sibling, the Droid Razr Maxx ....

By TechRadar on February 09, 2012

The Droid Bionic is a solid performer, and the smoothest Android-powered smartphone I've used to-date. With the phone's appetite for power, it would have been nice for Verizon to include the accessory back-plate for wireless charging as a...

By Pocketnow on October 09, 2011

100

Video Review: The Droid Bionic from Motorola is faster and more powerful than ever with a dual core 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra mobile processor, 1 GB of RAM and download speeds that can reach up to 40 MBps. Chris Hardwick and Candace Bailey review this $300...

By G4tv.com on September 30, 2011

Not quite a $6 million mobile but fast, friendly and light enough to give Apple a slo-mo run for its...

By Pocket-lint on September 23, 2011

If you're looking for a 4G LTE phone that isn't already outdated, the Droid Bionic is the phone for...

By Digital Trends on September 21, 2011

Like Optimus Prime or Al Gore, the Droid Bionic is a robot in disguise. Sure, the Bionic looks like it’s just a massive, industrial-styled phone, just like our favorite Transformer looked like nothing other than a badass eighteen-wheeler.But the...

By Wired on September 15, 2011

The Motorola Droid Bionic is a hell of a phone —but can it possibly live up to the months and months of hype? Finally, Verizon combines LTE data with a dual-core processor in a familiar and stylish form factor. It's fast, well-built with a...

By Android Central on September 13, 2011

No doubt, the Droid Bionic by Motorola is Verizon's fastest phone with its dual core processor and LTE 4G combo. Despite 9 months of marketing and excitement, it's not a world-changing phone, but we put it at the top of Verizon's lineup of...

By MobileTechReview on September 13, 2011

It's funny, the way that Motorola keeps awkwardly scraping away at the future of computing. The Atrix was a phone with a dual-core processor-like your laptop!—that also turned into a laptop. The Droid Bionic is the next step—a dual-core...

By Gizmodo on September 13, 2011

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