Is Motorola Droid Bionic delay aimed at matching Apple iPhone 5?

Apple's iPhone 5 and Motorola Droid Bionic are expected to be launched anytime in the third quarter. And both these smartphones have been delayed citing further modifications.

The Droid Bionic designed by Motorola will go to Verizon and work on the 4G LTE network. Meanwhile, iPhone 5's rumored specifications are popping up all over the web.

Motorola Droid Bionic was introduced at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show along with the Motorola Atrix and Motorola Xoom tablet. The preliminary specifications of the phone showed it featuring 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra dual core processor, but now there is a rumor that the smartphone is going to feature a dual core OMAP processor instead.

Meanwhile, iPhone 5 rumors show that the device is expected to come pre-loaded with:

iOS 5 enriched by 200 new features
Edge-to-edge display
Speech recognition capabilities
Improved flash unit for camera
Strong gaming capabilities supported by multi-core A5 processor and Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR Series6 mobile graphics processing architecture
8-megapixel camera
1080p Full HD videos
Panoramic photo capabilities
Bigger screen between 4 and 5-inches
New design
White model
Just like the iPad 2, sixty percent possibility that the iPhone 5 dock connector could be used, using an adapter, HDMI output with 1080p HD support
With the new iOS 5, the existing voice controls could be enhanced and new ones added
Higher capacity battery than present Li-Po 1420mAh to support iOS 5
NFC technology
Apple increased the RAM memory to 512 MB RAM in iPhone 4 from iPhone 3GS which had 256 MB eDRAM, also iPhone 3G had 128 MB eDRAM before iPhone 3GS came out. Hence, speculation of a 1 GB RAM is a possibility to counter Android smartphones.
As iPhone 4 is already featured in Verizon network, possibility of 4G LTE support cannot be counted out
Facebook app is expected to come to iPad, and iPhone 5 is expected to feature iPad’s OS.
The iPhone 5 may be launched in the first week of September, and few websites predicted the release date to be September 7.

Apple’s delay in launching iPhone 5 could be a deliberate attempt to buy time to spruce up its next phone offering in order to meet the new benchmark set by Android phones like Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Sensation 4G and Motorola’s Photon 4G.

Even Motorola and Verizon are tight lipped about the release of Droid Bionic, but rumors indicate that the American Independence Day, July 4 could be the date. However, Motorola officially stated sometime ago that the device had been delayed due to upgrades. In fact, the previous specifications of Motorola Droid Bionic seem very similar to recently released Motorola Droid X2. Meanwhile, the Droid-Life has shown what Motorola has in store for 4G LTE users.

The upcoming Droid Bionic upgrades are as follows:

Will run Motoblur 3D which boasts interface improvements to compete with HTC Sense
Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread
Improved locked screen
4.5-inch qHD touchscreen

The upgraded specifications shows that Motorola is upping its Droid Bionic to make it Verizon’s best, biggest and fastest smartphone.

Here are some specifications released in Q1:

Network technology:

CDMA: 800, 1900
LTE: 700
CDMA Data: 1xEV-DO rev.A
LTE: Yes

Design:

Form Factor: Candybar
Dimensions: 4.96 x 2.63 x 0.52 (125.9 x 66.9 x 13.3 mm)
Weight: 5.57 oz (158 g) the average is 4.3 oz (123 g)

Display:

Resolution: 540 x 960 pixels
Physical Size: 4.30 inches
Colors: 16 777 216
Touch Screen: Yes (Capacitive)
Multi-touch: Yes
Proximity Sensor: Yes
Light sensor: Yes
Battery Capacity: 1930 mAh

Software:

Smart Phone: Yes
OS: Android (2.2) - Upgradeable to Gingerbread (2.3) Q3 2011

Hardware:

Processor: tegra 2 Dual-core
Processor speed: 1000 MHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM / 2048 MB ROM
3D Graphics hardware accelerator: Ultra-low power (ULP) GeForce GPU

Camera:

Resolution: 8 megapixels
Flash: Yes (Dual LED)
Features: Auto focus, Digital zoom
Video capture: Yes
Resolution: 1280x720 (720p HD) (30 frames per second)
Additional camera: Yes (0.3 megapixels VGA)
Video Calling: Yes

Multimedia:

Music Player: Yes
Supports: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MIDI
Video Playback: Yes
Supports: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
YouTube player: Yes

Internet Browsing:

Supports: HTML, Flash
Built-in online services support: Facebook, Picasa, Twitter, Android Marketplace

Services:

Type: S-GPS
Navigation: Yes
Phonebook Support: Yes
Capacity: Capacity depends on system memory
Features: Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer Calendar: Yes
Alarms: Yes
Document Viewer: Yes
Other: Calculator
Messaging
SMS: Yes
E-mail: Yes (IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange)

Memory