Motorola's new Droid Bionic (Targa) pre-release thread - Part 1

**GRTK_Brandon** · 07-06-2011, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by BREWTUS37

I hope that isn't the final version in the Best Buy ad. I can see the crosshatching from here... gross. Just playin.

They wouldn't print it on marketing material if it wasn't.

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**ronaldheld** · 07-06-2011, 07:14 PM

I thought I read that the D3 can now be ordered. Does that bode well for the end of this month for web/CS sales?

**DroidCLH** · 07-06-2011, 07:34 PM

I hope this ends up being better than I think it's going to be

**Ark6** · 07-06-2011, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by BREWTUS37

I hope that isn't the final version in the Best Buy ad. I can see the crosshatching from here... gross. Just playin.

Impossible considering that the screen image is usually superimposed on the phone on print ads.

**BREWTUS37** · 07-06-2011, 09:36 PM

I was completely joking regarding the screen image. I had to say something regarding the screen as it has received more attention than any other aspect of this phone on this thread.

**moosc** · 07-06-2011, 09:37 PM

u tease

Originally Posted by 0mie

Will post few more details hopefully this week

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**Friend-O** · 07-07-2011, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by 0mie

Will post few more details hopefully this week

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Isn't the XT865 the old Bionic (Etna)? Is that what you're really using right now?

**FAUguy** · 07-07-2011, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by Friend-O

Isn't the XT865 the old Bionic (Etna)? Is that what you're really using right now?

Who knows for sure.

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**GRTK_Brandon** · 07-07-2011, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by FAUguy

Who knows for sure.

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I see what you did there.

**Friend-O** · 07-07-2011, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by FAUguy

Who knows for sure.

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Niiiiice. That doesn't answer my question though.

**kbman** · 07-07-2011, 11:25 AM

I don't think anyone we "know", with the exception of Winston25, actually has a Bionic in hand...call me skeptical.

**ronaldheld** · 07-07-2011, 11:35 AM

We should know in several week?

**jasaero** · 07-07-2011, 01:27 PM

Best online photographic representation yet of what I am annoyed by with Pentile RGBW LCD from Anands X2 review. This shows exactly what bothered me when I checked out the atrix.

The gray and green look as if you are looking through a screen door. Didn't notice on the Atrix, but it seems greens have trouble even looking sharp at all for whatever reason if you compare the battery. Anand's reviewer claims it's a visual acuity related to color thing, but I am not sure it's just that the way these photos represent so well what bothered me?? At arms length the less contrasted nature of a non pentile IPS LCD's pixel hatch looks fades into smooth colors, but pentile hatched screen door look remains out to well beyond arm length because of the more contrasty natures of it's hatch effect.

Notice also below that the X picture is zoomed in a bit more and still doesn't exhibit nearly as much of the screen door effect.

X2

X

Now think about the more standard pixels on the X actually being multiplied to qHD. It would look WAY sharper overall.

I really hope Bionic shows with something that doesn't look all screen doored out like this. I just don't need to read in direct sun light or have some supposed battery savings for similar brightness that badly.