[Motorola Droid Bionic] frenetic:
It's progression. It started out, from the get go, as a much better phone than my Droid X. It's been all downhill from there. I bought the inductive charging stuff for it, didn't like how huge the phone was and took it back. Given time to use the phone, use the 4G radio more, use the camera, use it to watch movies, it's far too apparent where this phone lacks. Unfortunately I didn't use the phone to its "potential" in the beginning, ie 4G and the camera. After time to mess around with the camera, and taking it places to use it as a camera, I see it's faults.

Of course I WISH I could have hammered this thing from the beginning so I had my window to take it back, and blast my compulsive purchases (I didn't even intend to buy it until about mid-day on release day)...

What I am saying is, the phone is ok, but it is not without it's faults. My post highlighted all the negatives I have with it, I didn't even touch on the positives and I should have. It seems useless now, but I will give it a go.

The plus side:

Aside from the creaking, this is a solid phone. They could have easily made this with a non-removable battery. I am glad it has one, even thought the case makes me cringe when I open it.

It is a Motorola device, so it will have a loyal support base for a long time to come, like the DX has.

It is a beautiful phone, despite being big in the hand it looks awesome.

It is great for games, the sensors all work so much better than my DX.

GPS is top notch.

Call quality is, well, Moto quality.

Blur actually kinda looks neat on here. I miss the 3d transitions using ADW launcher.

The screen is great for reading and browsing the web. Even pictures. It's the motion of video that shows the pentile flaws...

There's not a single program this can't run flawlessly.

The camera takes great photos when you capture them right. So much cleaner than the DX.

All phones have problems, and if you nitpick you will find them and if you are compulsive you will fixate on them. I think it would be good for people to see the negatives before buying the phone. Along with the positives...

The biggest problem with the Bionic is not a hardware one. It is that Motorola and Verizon let this thing go for too long before releasing it. February/March/April, this phone would have killed everything. They let it drag out until Fall and by then enough people had a) given up and b) decided to wait for something else. I said screw that, I want it now. All of us knew there would be a better phone coming, none of us knew it would be another Motorola. None of us knew it would be announced less than 2 months later. That's what ticks me off. Galaxy Nexus was always coming, I don't even factor that into my regret. But to release the Bionic, with all that hype, only to crush it only two months later with a very similar phone? They basically had this thing on EOL the last month and a half anyways. I suspect it will live on being a cheaper alternative to the RAZR (I just don't see them sitting at the same price point, side by side on the DROID shelf)

So my anger lies with a business decision. I feel fleeced. If the RAZR hadn't come along, I would be happily promoting the Bionic right here, out of brand loyalty :)