OPINION
The smartphone market in the U.S. is mostly dominated by Apple, Samsung, Motorola, HTC and RIM’s BlackBerry. And the most anticipated devices from the beginning of this year include Apple’s iPhone 5 and Motorola Droid Bionic.
Motorola Droid Bionic will come with several enhancements, including expanded features, functionality and an improved form factor. The latest photo leaks revealing Motorola Droid Bionic showed that the smartphone looked very similar to Motorola Droid X2, another powerful dual core smartphone without 4G support.
The design changes from original Droid Bionic, which looked similar to Motorola Atrix, surely is one of the biggest enhancements in terms of form factor. It seems Motorola, with its failed attempt to impress consumers with Motorola Atrix, has allowed the Droid Bionic to undergo changes in order to pick up the momentum with the release of the upcoming smartphone expected to be launched in August.
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One of the several leaked images supporting the looks of Droid Bionic to that of Droid X2 showcased version 1.3.0 Webtop application support. With Webtop application, Motorola brings mobile computing allowing users to experience cloud-based computing with easy-to-use docking stations. The ease of docking allows users to get online just the way they would with their regular laptops or office desktops. It provides full Firefox browser, doc editing and multimedia access on a large screen almost anywhere.
Here is a look at the comparison between Motorola Droid Bionic and most speculated features of iPhone 5.
Display:
Motorola Droid Bionic will come with 4.5-inch 540x960 pixels (qHD) TFT capacitive touchscreen display. In case of iPhone 5, most rumors point towards 3.5-inch or 3.7-inch, 960x640 resolution at 312 ppi display screen.
Input features:
Droid Bionic input features include multi-touch input method, accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, touch-sensitive controls, and proximity sensor for auto turn-off. The features like biometric fingerprint reader, MOTOBLUR UI with Live Widgets and Gorilla Glass display similar to Motorola Atrix cannot be ruled out in Motorola Droid Bionic. Last month leaked photo shot from Droid-life showed the Droid Bionic featuring new 3D home screen previews in Blur plus lock screen.
With iPhone 5 expected to closely resemble iPhone 4, expect scratch-resistant oleophobic surface, multi-touch input method, accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, three-axis gyro sensor and proximity sensor for auto turn-off.
Memory:
Now the confusion remains whether Motorola Droid Bionic comes with 512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM and 16 GB storage which was found in original Motorola Droid Bionic showcased during the CES. In fact, Droid X2 has 512 MB RAM but Motorola Atrix comes with 1 GB RAM. The probability of Motorola Droid Bionic featuring 1 GB RAM is highly expected as the latest ad described Droid Bionic to be ferocious force and an all powerful unstoppable device.
With Apple upgrading its RAM during release of their newer version every year, the possibility of Apple iPhone 5 featuring a 768 MB RAM similar to HTC Sensation 4G from iPhone 4’s 512 MB RAM is quite expected. But, usually Apple never reveals its RAM specification until a tear down of the device is done by tech journalists. Since iPhone 5 is expected to feature processor similar to iPad 2, the possibility of iPhone 5 running on 512 MB RAM cannot be ruled out.
Speed:
The iPhone 5 coming with 4G LTE is less likely as the phone must be modified to fit in the big LTE chip which contrasts with Apple planning to deliver a thinner and lighter device. Also many other hardware parts of iPhone 5 must be expanded to make that option a reality. In fact HTC Thunderbolt which features 4G LTE support has 4.3-inch display and weighs 164 g, also original Motorola Droid Bionic had 4.3-inch display and weighed 158 g. And with Apple iPhone 4 weighing just 137g, the probability of iPhone 5 crossing over 150 g is less likely.
With 4G LTE up its sleeves, Motorola Droid Bionic is the clear winner here. The speed of device may not matter for many users who use smartphones to check their email, browsing lightweight Websites, but it does makes a big difference when transmitting large files, booking tickets online, bill payment, viewing complex sites or streaming video. Few of the biggest advantages of having a 4G LTE phone is when it shares its Internet connection with notebooks, iPads and other WiFi devices.