I think that's a dead on accurate appraisal. I know for a fact I'm not using my droidx fully. I don't watch movies on it, I play maybe a couple of games and my main reason for a smart phone is email (and making phone calls).
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Motorola Bionic: The iPhone 4/5 Killer?
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I think that's a dead on accurate appraisal. I know for a fact I'm not using my droidx fully. I don't watch movies on it, I play maybe a couple of games and my main reason for a smart phone is email (and making phone calls).
iTunes App Store > All those specs listed.
Seriously, what good are all those specs if they have such an anemic development community providing crapps for the device? When I use one of our Android phones, sure I can find apps out there that mimic what I can do with iPhone Apps. But that's the key word...mimic. The Android Marketplace suffers from a severe case of Shareware-itis....most apps look and behave like they were written by rank amateurs. At least with the App Store, although there are some stinkers in the mix, most apps have high production values.
Its about the apps, not the specs.
And besides.....I still think battery life is the Achilles heel of ALL smartphones. Battery tech just isn't keeping up with all these big screens and the HTC EVO demonstrated that in spades.
Seriously, what good are all those specs if they have such an anemic development community providing crapps for the device? When I use one of our Android phones, sure I can find apps out there that mimic what I can do with iPhone Apps. But that's the key word...mimic. The Android Marketplace suffers from a severe case of Shareware-itis....most apps look and behave like they were written by rank amateurs. At least with the App Store, although there are some stinkers in the mix, most apps have high production values.
Its about the apps, not the specs.
And besides.....I still think battery life is the Achilles heel of ALL smartphones. Battery tech just isn't keeping up with all these big screens and the HTC EVO demonstrated that in spades.
Hmm... If you were saying The iPhone 4/5 is the Killer of Motorola Bionic, then probably it's true. The iPhone 4/5 already killed Motorola Bionic...
Is the Bionic even released yet?
Is the Bionic even released yet?
The fact of the matter is that Apple doesn't appear in CES since god knows when and everything everyone does (smartphone related) they compare it to the iPhone. Apple has done with 3 models of the iPhone what companies with dozens of models every year can only dream about. Every "iPhone Killer" bows downs to the king.
uh, the Motorola Atrix is the phone everyone should be eyeing, not the Motorola Bionic. Atrix has better specs too.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Motorola-ATRIX-4G-Hands-on_id15776
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Motorola-ATRIX-4G-Hands-on_id15776
I was going to say the same. THe Atrix is the only ces phone that actually grabbed my attention and left me wanting more. But like always, I'm sure the next iPhone will leapfrog the competition and so on.....
Is this something built in like FaceTime? Or is this like Qik? If it's a third-party solution then isn't the exact same thing available for iPhone through Skype and Fring?
The Bionic comes with Skype 2.0, and you can automatically video chat with people, by just clicking the contact information (from what i understood, you don't need a skype account to use it).
The difference with the Bionic and the iP4, is that the iP4 facetime is only done on wifi, whereas the Bionic could be done anywhere with its 4G.
Yup. It's been proven time and time again. The only true iPhone killer, is a newer, better iPhone.The G1 came out in, what, 2008? Allow me to quote old articles and list iPhone killers from 2007.
"Samsung unveils its iPhone killer" - Samsung F700, Feb 2, 2007
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9010942/Samsung_unveils_its_iPhone_killer
"Verizon claims latest LG offering is an "iPhone killer"" - LG Voyager VX 1000,, Oct 4, 2007
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/new...ms-latest-lg-offering-is-an-iphone-killer.ars
"Product Review: Nokias iPhone killer?" - Nokia N95, Aug 30, 2007
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/product-review-nokiarsquos-iphone-killer-1068529.html
"Microsoft's iPhone Killer Unveiled - HTC Touch" - HTC Touch, June 6, 2007
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-039-s-iPhone-Killer-Unveiled-HTC-Touch-56548.shtml
"The iPhone Killer Lands at 3GSM" - Neonode N2, Feb 16, 2007
http://www.digitaltrends.com/talk-backs/the-iphone-killer-lands-at-3gsm/
"LG-KS20 - the new 3G iPhone Killer from LG at the IFA 2007" - LG KS20, Aug 29, 2007
http://www.i4u.com/15193/lg-ks20-new-3g-iphone-killer-lg-ifa-2007
There must've been more but I'm already overwhelmed by the number of attempted murders on the iPhone, and that's just from 2007.
There's no such thing as an "iphone killer." People who like android will buy the Bionic because it's the best android phone yet. But it's still android, and for many of us, that's just a non-starter compared to iOS.
not to mention that the verizon iphone doesn't even technically exist yet, so i dont know how you could call it recently announced
I think we can all agree the only real iPhone killer all these years has been the bathroom toilet.
I'm pretty sure that if it's being announced Tuesday that it technically exists.
Now, you could say that we don't technically "know" if it exists. But since you don't know if it exists or not, you can't say it doesn't.
Cool, I smell a development opportunity.
Care to share examples of what you mean? What are the names of some equivalently targeted apps that you found to be better on iOS (or Android)?
Thanks! (Personally I haven't found this to be the case, so I must not be looking at the right apps.)
if it is it is! if it isn't it isn't! one day there will be. I always find these Iphone killer threads funny considering the iPhone isn't number 1 and never has been. it's like saying your country will destroy the 3rd most powerful country who says that. were going to beat the 3rd best in a sport. oh well TS have fun with your thread just search Iphone Killer and see the list that comes up.
Hate to burst your bubble, but there will never (any time soon) be an iPhone killer.
The power of Apple is just too strong.
The only way there would be an iPhone killer is if Apple majorly screwed something up (im talking major).
Excellent! That's a good marketing void right there. I see lots of searches on that topic. (Google has an online YouTube video editor, but it doesn't work with mobile devices yet. Did Apple write iMovie for iPhone?)
What else? You said there was a lot of apps you couldn't find.
(Everything I use on iOS has an Android equivalent that's as good or better. eBay, USAToday, Pulse, NPR, Yelp, Books, Kindle, Evernote, OpenTable, Kayak, FlightTrack, TripAdvisor, Angry Birds, world cams, kids games, you name it. Plus Google apps like YouTube, Goggles, Layars, Earth, Navigation. But that's me, and I'm sure I don't represent everyone.)
