It seems that Verizon is getting ready for the launch of the Samsung Stratosphere. We know this because a support page has been created for it on the Verizon website, but the actual page itself is not visible yet. The above screen shot is the page that loads when a URL is in the system, but not loaded. You get a completely different web page when a link is not in the system whatsoever.
The only thing we know at this point is that the Stratosphere will be 4G LTE, but the big question is if this is going to be the Samsung Galaxy S II, which was rumored to be called the Function or possibly the Fascinate II. To me, the Stratosphere is a perfect name, but if it is the Galaxy S II, don't expect it before the Bionic because Sanjay Jha said last week that the Bionic would be the first dual-core 4G LTE phone on Verizon.
The only other possibility is that it could be the leaked slider that we showed you a few weeks ago. If the Stratosphere is going to launch this month, I would expect it to be this device or it really isn't a 4G LTE device.
[via droid-life]
What really is pathetic is that Motorola Droid Bionic will come with a slower clocked processor, and only a 0.3MP front facing camera. The Samsung Galaxy S II which has been out since April of this year is clocked a total of 400Mhz faster (i.e. 200Mhz per core) and comes with a 2 MP front facing camera.
Why is Motorola releasing a phone that is outdated from the instant that it is released? It simply defies all logic and business sense…..
If Samsung Galaxy S 2 is released with 4G, the Droid Bionic will be laid to rest. UNLESS they price it significantly less than the Samsung Galaxy S 2, as the Droid Bionic is really inferior to the Galaxy S II. I would have thought seeing that it has taken the inept and incompetent team at Motorola over 7 months from the time it appeared at CES in January to when it is finally released that they would have at least matched the Galaxy S 2 by bumping EACH core up 200 MHz bring it up from 1.0GHz to 1.2GHz and increasing the front facing camera by 1.7 Megapixels. I am an original Motorola Droid owner, and was really looking forward to the Bionic’s release. But with the constant delay in releasing and Motorola’s desire to keep the specifications a closely guarded secret for some reason? (I’m guessing because people would immediately see how inferior the Bionic is when stacked up to the hardware specs of the Samsung Galaxy S II which is a tried and tested device already selling over 5 million units in Europe and Asia.
Seeing that the technology for a 1.2GHz dual processors and 2MP front facing camera was attainable since April 2011 as we have seen with the Samsung Galaxy S II, why is it 5 months later Motorola technology cannot even match it? Motorola is apparently totally outclassed. The CEO should step down immediately for his extremely poor marketing skills and for hiring idiots.
What in the world is Motorola thinking releasing a phone into the market which has hardware components from 2010 ????