Droid Bionic Specs Appear on Motorola Site, Quickly Pulled

Peter Pachal - PC Magazine

Motorola posted the specs for the hotly anticipated Droid Bionic smartphone yesterday, but then quickly removed them from the page on the company's site. A cached version of the page still exists, though, and it confirms what people waiting for the Bionic have known for a while: the phone has capabilities that arguably best most tablets, let alone phones.

The spec page confirms the Bionic will have a Texas Instruments 1GHz OMAP4430 dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM (by comparison, the iPad 2 has just 512MB of RAM). The screen measures 4.3 inches diagonal with a resolution of 960x540 pixels. The rear camera is rated at 8 megapixels, while the front camera is VGA. It has an HDMI 1.4 output for mirroring the phone's display on a larger screen. It runs Android 2.3.4 "Gingerbread" and, oh yeah, it's equipped to run on Verizon's ultra-fast LTE data network.

The page appears to have been posted by accident. Although the name for the phone is given as the "Droid Bionic XT865," the photo appears to be a generic Motorola device. It seems clear, though, that the specs are authentic, since the Droid Bionic is so far the only phone to be equipped with both 4G LTE connectivity and a dual-core processor.

As to why the specs were posted and pulled, Motorola didn't respond to a request for comment, although one release date that had been rumored was Aug. 4 ( another report said September).

Rounding out the specs, the Bionic has 32GB of storage, which can be paired with a microSDHC card (potentially adding up to 64GB more). The camera sports and LED flash and has 4x zoom. It supports playback of video up to 1080p.

The Bionic was first announced in January at CES, when PCMag got its first hands-on with the phone. Since then it's been hit with delays, and Verizon had to appease those waiting for it with a statement. A purported leaked ad may have leaked the price of the phone, said to be $300. Unsure what all the fuss is about? Check out PCMag lead mobile analyst Sascha Segan's "Why You May Want a Motorola Droid Bionic."