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Motorola Droid Bionic XT875 review: 2011 first Verizon LTE Droid.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2011·$300
Overall
72/100
Class rank
#9 of 70
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Droid Bionic XT875.

Motorola's 2011 Droid Bionic was Verizon's first LTE Droid — delayed but historically significant.

01Display

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2011 — 13 points above the cohort average.

TypeqHD TFT PenTile
Size4.3"
Resolution540 x 960

02Performance

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2011 — 23 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetTI OMAP 4430
CPU1 GHz dual Cortex-A9
RAM1 GB

03Camera

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2011 — 14 points above the cohort average.

Main8 MP AF + dual LED
FrontVGA

04Battery

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2011 — 14 points above the cohort average.

Capacity1,735 mAh (removable)

05Software

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2011.

What works
  • First Verizon LTE Droid.
  • Dual-core OMAP 4.
  • 1 GB RAM.
  • Webtop Lapdock support.
What doesn't
  • Long delays before launch.
  • PenTile display.
  • Gingerbread aged.
  • Mediocre battery.
Cross-shop it against
Nexus 4 (LG)
$299 · score 80/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 70-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .