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A week with the Motorola Droid Bionic

19.09.2011
The , the latest top-of-the-line Android phone from Motorola Mobility and Verizon Wireless ($300 with a two-year plan), is more of everything. The paradox -- which I discovered after working with the phone for a week -- is that all that more winds up being somewhat less.

It's impossible, as usual, to complain about the quality of Motorola's hardware. The Bionic, at 2.6 x 5.0 x 0.4 in. and 5.6 oz., is about the same size and weight as the , and slimmer than most other LTE phones.

I found the 4.3-in. display to be bright enough for outdoors, although you wouldn't brag about the quality of a movie in full daylight.

The four Android function buttons along the bottom are targets on the glass, not actual buttons. Volume keys are on the right edge, power and headphone on the top, USB and HDMI ports on the left.

There are cameras on the back and front -- the one on the back is an impressive 8 megapixels; it can take 1080p movies. The front-facing camera is a standard 480 x 640 VGA.

All good, all befitting a smartphone that boasts a high-end Android build: version 2.3.4, Gingerbread.