Manufacturer | Motorola |
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Slogan | Control it, and you control everything, and Droid Does |
Series | Droid |
Compatible networks | CDMA 800/1900 MHz EVDO Rev. A, 700 MHz 4G LTE, 802.11b/g/n, |
Availability by country | 8 September 2011 |
Predecessor | Motorola DROID X2 |
Successor | Motorola DROID RAZR |
Dimensions | 127.5 mm (5.01 in) H 66.9 mm (2.63 in) W 10.9 mm (0.42 in) D |
Weight | 158 g (5.6 oz) |
Operating system |
Android 4.1 Jellybean 4.1 (with Motorola Application Platform) |
CPU | 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 SoC processor; TI OMAP4430 (1.2 GHz after ICS update) |
GPU | PowerVR SGX540 @ 304 MHz |
Memory | 8 GB or 16 GB flash memory, 1 GB LP DDR2 RAM |
Removable storage | 16 GB pre-installed micro SD card. Supports up to 32 GB Micro SD |
Battery | 1735 mAh |
Data inputs | Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display |
Display | 4.3-inch 960 × 540 px qHD at 256 ppi |
Rear camera | 8-megapixel with 1080p HD video recording |
Front camera | VGA |
Connectivity | Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR, HDMI, 3.5 mm TRRS audio jack, Micro USB, DLNA |
Hearing aid compatibility | M4/T4 |
Android 4.1 Jellybean 4.1 (with Motorola Application Platform)
Android 5.1.1 Lollipop via CyanogenMod 12.1
The Motorola Droid Bionic is an Android-based, 4G LTE-capable smartphone designed by Motorola. It was originally scheduled for release in Q2 2011 but was delayed, eventually being released on 8 September 2011.
It was introduced at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show along with the Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Xoom, and Motorola CLIQ 2.
According to several sites there have been early complaints of a high-pitched whine during audio playback through the headphones. With the first officially available update, released to testers on 9 December 2011, this issue was solved.
Verizon Wireless announced the first firmware upgrade for the Droid Bionic, version 5.5.893, on 8 December 2011. The update was pushed to a limited test group on 9 December 2011, with plans to release it as an over-the-air (OTA) update package at a later date. The patch fixes many of the issues users reported at the Bionic's launch, with improvements including a smoother hand-off between 4G (LTE) and 3G (eHRPD/CDMA) data networks and software attenuation to eliminate the high-pitched transistor bleed ("hum") previously noticed in sound from the 3.5 mm jack.
On 19 December, some owners began receiving yet another OTA update to version 5.9.901. It was later provided as a download for manual installation. Later on, the changelog, or list of improvements was released.
A Motorola employee later confirmed the update was released to some by accident, and will be later released to all other DROID Bionic users soon.
In April 2012, an OTA update to version 5.9.902 was done, followed by one in June to version 5.9.905.
In June 2012 Ice Cream Sandwich builds 6.7.2231, 6.7.2233, 6.7.232 & 6.7.235, were pulled from Motorola's servers through cheesecake. It provided users with Android 4.0.4, with many features such as overclocking the CPU from 1.0 GHz to 1.2 GHz and including Webtop 3.0. However, the leaks included many bugs, such as the webtop launcher causing systemUI to crash, white text in the widgets menu (In custom launchers), and facelock not enabling correctly. Leak 6.7.235 will not let users FXZ back to OTA 5.9.902.