Now that you have a RAZR would you take that over the Galaxy Nexus?
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Yes, thought very hard about it. I love the Razr's built and can't get over how thin this is
Razr looks and feels like a premium phone and it's also promised the ICS
But I'm crazy about the GNexus's screen, imagine Galaxy S' screen @ 330ppi...
And after sensation and Razr I really want to go back to vanilla.
So unless the GNexus feels crazy cheep I'll exchange the Razr for it.
I dont think I even considered the G Nex. I do like what I see from ICS.
When I get a phone...I look at the overall picture, what my wants and needs are. Before actually comparing the screens I just accepted the cons of LCD screens and said I prefer them. Now....I couldnt honestly tell you which screen I prefer anymore. I finally know why alot of ppl like Amoled screen.
Maybe because Pentile isnt as bad as some ppl make it, maybe its because its not as bad on the RAZR as some other phones. Dont really know...but I am happy with the phone overall, screen n all. And for me battery life and reception comes first, everything else 2nd. Thats one reason why the G Nex wasnt really in the running for my next phone. If its one thing that Moto does well...its phone reception.
I would not buy a Samsung phone. I just don't think they are worth the premium price. Motorola just builds a better phone and the radio is second to none IMO. They have been at it longer than anyone and frankly that is enough for me.
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Now that you have a RAZR would you take that over the Galaxy Nexus?
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All that the nexus has over the razr is a display with around 80 ppi more and ICS...
The Razr has an 8 mp cam vs 5 mp of the nexus, excellent call quality, lag free and smooth interface, latest version of gingerbread (which is better than ICS iMO) and last but not least super premium build quality with materials like kevlar and aluminium instead of cheap plastic and so called hyperskin (SCOF!!)
If i buy a phone for Rs 34,000/- ($ 680 approx) i want to be able to flaunt it and there is no doubt in my mind that the Razr has that X factor (Even more than Iphone 4s ) which sadly the nexus and all other samsung phones lack...
So i would never exchange the Razr for the Galaxy nexus coz i think there is absolutely no competition between the two...
BTW i got my phone 2 days back and trust me the pentile, green screen and black botches issues are blown way out of proportion on these forums...The phone and the interface are beautiful and smooth and i haven't had any issues with it yet except for the battery and wifi signal reception which i think is below par..Nothing major...All and all i think this is one phone which beats every other device available on the market today including Samsung, Iphone, HTC etc etc...
PS : when was the last time people walked up to you and asked which phone you were carrying....that's the kind of reaction im getting with the razr..))
I actually bought the Razr as a hold out until the Nexus came out. Now I seriously am questioning if I will switch. I came over from AT&T, and am so very impressed with the overall speed of this phone and speed of the network. Even the 3G speed are quick and snappy. I have until the 9th +/- of Jan to return this, but everyday that goes by I am more and more happy with this Razr. I wouldn't mind trying the higher res screen of the Rezound, but from what I am hearing the radio in the Razr is better.
JOHN
I didnt ever think of buying anything else than a motorola as a loyal customer. But it is sad to see that they (moto) doesnt give a fcuk about my question in their support forum.
My question when I first heard about the RAZR was "Shall I buy it or wait for the Nexus?" (I have a Nexus S).
When I first saw RAZR on promo video my question changed to "can Galaxy Nexus really be better than RAZR?" Then I bought the RAZR and I can proudly say I would never change for a Samsung, a HTC or whatever.
Galaxy Nexus is cheap built, huge, underequipped (hw-wise) and news are showing off many flaws.
Samsung builds serious hardware (exynos, ram, displays...) but the overall package is a cheap plastic imitation of an iPhone.
This Motorola is amazing, despite its problems of youth
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I would not buy a Samsung phone. I just don't think they are worth the premium price. Motorola just builds a better phone and the radio is second to none IMO. They have been at it longer than anyone and frankly that is enough for me.
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Having 3 Samsung phones in the past, doing quite a bit of research and experiencing personal hell from a cell phone. I can't recommend Samsung phones to anyone, regardless of how good it is supposed to be.
The GN may be a great phone, MAY being the key word. The RAZR IS a good phone. Big difference. Moto's quality and radio supremacy are unmatched, especially by Samsung.
I was debating on going with the GN, but the more I thought about it, the more I'm set in not buying another Samsung phone. I dont care if the phone is flawless at this point, I cannot go with Samsung. Motorola has always been quality for me, and I hope they continue this trend.
considering ICS doesn't even have flash right now, and all the problems on the UK version, ill stick with the Razr. It works flawlessly and looks beautiful. Dont let yourself compare GN to Razr with how they are now, I would considering comparing these two phones with ICS on both. ICS on the razr in a few months and you have a very close battle between the two phones.
Oh yea, and Smart Actions is probably the coolest manufacturer app ever installed on any android ive ever used.
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Having 3 Samsung phones in the past, doing quite a bit of research and experiencing personal hell from a cell phone. I can't recommend Samsung phones to anyone, regardless of how good it is supposed to be.
The GN may be a great phone, MAY being the key word. The RAZR IS a good phone. Big difference. Moto's quality and radio supremacy are unmatched, especially by Samsung.
I was debating on going with the GN, but the more I thought about it, the more I'm set in not buying another Samsung phone. I dont care if the phone is flawless at this point, I cannot go with Samsung. Motorola has always been quality for me, and I hope they continue this trend.
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I have to agree with this. My past android phones have been the following:
G1, Nexus One, Nexus S, Thunderbolt, Droid Charge and now the RAZR.
As much as I liked the vanilla android experience, both my Nexus S, and Droid Charge (which was 20x worst) had hardware issues. On top of that the feel of both Samsung units felt cheap and crappy.
I bought the RAZR since I got to the point where I got so pissed off with my Charge I threw it across the room and it busted into pieces and since the Galaxy Nexus wasnt out yet I figured it was the next best thing. I bought the phone with full intentions on returning it to get the GN when it comes out, but now that I have had it for a week I have changed my mind and plan on keeping it.
The phone is sexy and well built and like my Xoom runs really solid. I figured one ICS is on this phone there really isnt a reason to have the GN except for three things 1) bloatware 2) buttonless front and 3) NFC.
Bloatware isnt an issue because you can root and remove or with ICS you can disable the apps, the buttonless front is really good looking IMO but I can deal with the button on the front for the time being as I usually switch phones once every six months and last but not least NFC isnt highly supported yet so in another 6 months when Im looking for a new phone I can get one with NFC then.
My only issue with the RAZR (I have the US Verizon version) is locked bootloader. That, to me, means that we'll probably see much less in the way of a developer community. One thing I learned with my first android phone (Fascinate) is that I really like messing with software, flashing new ROMs, kernels, trying different system hacks, etc. I'm going to give it until 1/9 when my return period expires on this phone, to see if we get a legitimate dev community going. If not, despite my love of the hardware of this phone, I think I'll be happier long term with the Nexus.
I will never exchange it for a Galaxy Nexus.
When the RAZR will be unlocked, it will be absolutely better performancewise.
And, personal thing, it actually looks absolutely better.
Highly unlikely
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I actually bought the Razr as a hold out until the Nexus came out. Now I seriously am questioning if I will switch... ...Even the 3G speed are quick and snappy. I have until the 9th +/- of Jan to return this, but everyday that goes by I am more and more happy with this Razr.
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+1 here--exactly. Coming from T-Bolt running very smoothly on Liquid 3.0 AOSP ROM, but Razr is very, very nice. Just waiting for SBF to drop to root this sucker.
Rooted: Droid Incredible / Droid X / Thunderbolt / Droid Razr (waiting for SBF to root) / VZW 4G Xoom / Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE
Mine is a keeper.
I thought about it but the more I use my Razr the more I like it.
The radio is oustanding. I have one area that I travel to that I've always had trouble getting signal with my Fascinate. With My Razr signal always has two bars and no dropped calls.
At this point in my life, I love gadgets, but I also need something dependable. Having a phone with a poor build quality or poor connections/radio is just not what I need to deal with on a daily basis. My friend has a GS2, and he drops more calls now then ever before. It's terrible.
Have to agree that I was in the boat to try the Razr until the Nexus came out. I came from an HTC Droid Eris with tons of roms, tweaks, and hacks to play with and keep it functional until now.
The razr simply works with a hefty amount of dependability. The construction quality of this phone is amazing! The speed can actually keep up with me, and what I need to do immediately, not in a couple seconds.
As much as I thought I wanted the Nexus, I really don't care about what it can do. I want to keep this Razr!
I never quite understood the need/desire to ROM a phone IF it's great from the factory. There are a couple of things that are nice in ROMs, but overall I'd much rather keep a factory ROM if it's built well. The RAZR factory ROM is actually perfect to me. The only things I'd want changed
1) A reset option on the power off menu
2) Edit the hosts file to remove ads
3) Changing theme colors (which I think should just be in every ROM, even factory), that being said, I do like the color scheme they put on the RAZR, so I dont want to change it, but for others out there who enjoy it I know this is a huge feature
Otherwise I think Moto did a very solid job on the interface. Unlock straight to camera, clean looking, fast, stable, etc. Even when it comes to bloatware, you can uninstall a lot of it, and hide the rest... AWESOME!
I'm anxiously awaiting the unlocked bootloader, but not to change ROMs. I'm only waiting for it so I can safely root my phone and be able to go back/fix things if they go wrong. And the only reason I want root is so that I can use Titanium Backup to restore all my apps and settings I had for them, save games, etc.
Reading all the issues that people are having with the GN, I'm literally laughing my butt off. I was so tempted to look at it, but the fact that overseas is having some of the stupidest issues, I'm SOOOOOO thrilled to be rid of Samsung.
Today I'm trying the phone on 3G all day to see what I can get for battery life. If I need 4G speeds, it's only a few clicks away, a bit of a pain, but a small price to pay if I can get through the whole day without a charger.
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I have my upgrade in August, but i was wondering what i should think about getting. For those of you that got the thunderbolt, how is it? should i get it?
I was thinking about the Bionic, but the Motorola bootloader situation is a Con for me, and the 0.3 mega pixel front camera. I wouldnt mind Moto blur too much, but i hope its not that laggy.
I dont want the X2 or Droid 3.
BUT, as far as the Targa... That thing is supposed to be amazing, should i get that?Quad core, but will it make a difference? I dont care about 1440p or intense gaming to be honest.
if the thunderbolt really is fast as lightning, ill get that, especially since its already rooted. i know ill be out of date even with the bionic, but the targa is gonna really knock me down.
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Also what about that iphone 5?
Nikolai2.1 said:
I have my upgrade in August, but i was wondering what i should think about getting. For those of you that got the thunderbolt, how is it? should i get it?
I was thinking about the Bionic, but the Motorola bootloader situation is a Con for me, and the 0.3 mega pixel front camera. I wouldnt mind Moto blur too much, but i hope its not that laggy.
I dont want the X2 or Droid 3.
BUT, as far as the Targa... That thing is supposed to be amazing, should i get that?Quad core, but will it make a difference? I dont care about 1440p or intense gaming to be honest.
if the thunderbolt really is fast as lightning, ill get that, especially since its already rooted. i know ill be out of date even with the bionic, but the targa is gonna really knock me down.
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Also what about that iphone 5?
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^ Don't make me angry. YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ME WHEN I'M ANGRY!
LOL. Just kidding.
IMHO, it's too soon (too long until August) to even summarize what phones you might want to consider, or at least it would be for me. But I understand you're probably excited.
But, I would generalize that I would be more likely to hold out for something made by HTC (if nothing currently made was satisfying enough), so that would limit my options, so to speak, quite well, and probably make it a pure choice of between whatever latest and greatest HTC Android phone, and whatever the next unreleased HTC Android phone is on the Verizon network.
The dual core phones do sound interesting; in the PC world, I'm all about multiple core CPUs, RAID hard drives and dual channel memory. The only thing I haven't done myself in the PC world is SLI/Crossfire, as in my opinion that's for people with loads of money to blow.
Sorry for the digression.
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My new ever two date is in August as well, but I may wait through the end of my contract in December so that I can renew with a one year contract. At that point, I'll decide on the best of what's available (though I may wait through about this time next year, to see what comes out after CES and MWC.) When I bought the Eris I made the slight mistake of buying a phone with 10 month old technology, and I do not plan on making that mistake again. As much as I enjoy flashing custom ROMs, if the hardware is good enough I think even an encrypted bootloader that prevents that will not stop me from buying a particular phone. I only do this to make the Eris usable, after all.
I'd say that no matter how outdated the Thunderbolt will get, it's still an incredibly nice phone and I don't see what advantages you can get on Android if you go higher than the specs it has. And for what you describe that you want, it seems that the Thunderbolt would be perfect for you, so you should probably go with that. However, I do agree that it's a bit early to think about what phone you want now, you should probably wait until it's a bit closer to your upgrade time to decide
I'm not up till January. But what I'll probably look for is small form factor, battery life, preferably HTC, see what is supported by Cyanogen or has strong xda support and then choose what's cheapest.
Or purchase something old and not lock into a contract.
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Thanks for replies everyone yeah guys don't worry I don't plan on getting the iPhone lol. I know it's early but I'm excited honestly i think I'll get the thunderbolt, I don't care if even a dual core htc comes to Verizon , the thunderbolt is amazing and it's lighting fast (can't get better than that) and as far as battery life, when more custom roms become available , that can always be fixed
The thing that bothers me about the design of the TB is the fact that HTC put the charging/data port on the wrong side. So if you have the TB propped on its built in kick stand you can't have it plugged in charging. Another thing is with all these talks of multi core in the breeze (already in the Xoom) I'm so over single core. I spend a good deal of time on my phone geeking and playing around with ish. So obviously I want as much power and speed out of my devices I can get. As far as Android OS goes, I feel that the TB is being sort of degraded because it got released to soon. It should have been held back so it could have been released with 2.3.3 w/Sense UI. It makes it seem like the Eris of the next gen Android phones. IMHO I could easily compare it to my Dinc. Except it doesn't look as good as my Dinc, lol. Guess HTC had to release something to keep people happy. I guess it is good for that.
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Mm. I'm getting my next phone near the end of July. I was snooping around a little, and I discovered the Merge.
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HTC Merge aka Lexikon is shaping up to be a mid-range offering which is speculated to feature a 3.8” WVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, full QWERTY keyboard, 800MHz processor, MSM7630 chipset, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, HTC Sense 1.6, and Android 2.2 Froyo.
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This info is preliminary, of course, so it might be inaccurate.
It was supposed to come out in November, but got pulled for some reason. Some rumors are that it was pulled so Verizon could install 4G on it *cross fingers
Personally, I'm in love with the keyboard, and it's enough to win me over, even if it's not 4G. 800MHz is fast enough, honestly. Too bad it doesn't have a front-facing camera, though...
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The thing that bothers me about the design of the TB is the fact that HTC put the charging/data port on the wrong side. So if you have the TB propped on its built in kick stand you can't have it plugged in charging. Another thing is with all these talks of multi core in the breeze (already in the Xoom) I'm so over single core. I spend a good deal of time on my phone geeking and playing around with ish. So obviously I want as much power and speed out of my devices I can get. As far as Android OS goes, I feel that the TB is being sort of degraded because it got released to soon. It should have been held back so it could have been released with 2.3.3 w/Sense UI. It makes it seem like the Eris of the next gen Android phones. IMHO I could easily compare it to my Dinc. Except it doesn't look as good as my Dinc, lol. Guess HTC had to release something to keep people happy. I guess it is good for that.
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Wow. I guess I just assumed things; I didn't know it comes with Froyo, and I hadn't bothered researching to find out about that kickstand/charging issue since I'm not even close to upgrading. Thanks for making me aware of these things. That does suck.
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Mm. I'm getting my next phone near the end of July. I was snooping around a little, and I discovered the Merge.
This info is preliminary, of course, so it might be inaccurate.
It was supposed to come out in November, but got pulled for some reason. Some rumors are that it was pulled so Verizon could install 4G on it *cross fingers
Personally, I'm in love with the keyboard, and it's enough to win me over, even if it's not 4G. 800MHz is fast enough, honestly. Too bad it doesn't have a front-facing camera, though...
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I noticed this "upcoming" (or not) phone before, too. I would love a slide-out keyboard on a HTC Android phone. I use Ultra Keyboard (like Swype but better ) but sometimes a real keyboard would be nice. I probably wouldn't upgrade to anything that's not 4G, however, and I would also have to weigh not having a faster and multi-core CPU. But whether they had even higher capability phones with all of those features would probably depend on the success or not of a more introductory phone like the one above.
I'm upgrading in August, so I'm looking for the Verizon version of the Evo 3D ...I don't really care about the 3D feature too much, but it's got a 960x540 screen, dual-core 1.2 GHz proc, and 1 GB of RAM, and it's HTC, so it's mod friendly, as opposed to the Bionic that I was also considering.
Well I just found out that I do have an upgrade ...now! One of my lines has one so I'm taking advantage of that and should hopefully have the tthunder bolt either today and tomorrow
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Nikolai2.1 said:
Well I just found out that I do have an upgrade ...now! One of my lines has one so I'm taking advantage of that and should hopefully have the tthunder bolt either today and tomorrow
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Congrats, man.
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Congrats, man.
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Thank you I hope to be seeing the majority of people here in the thunder bolt forum lol
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Honestly wait for the pre 3 to come to verizon, webos is looking very promising, the only turn off is the amount of apps and with the touchpad comming out that should get remedied
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Honestly wait for the pre 3 to come to verizon, webos is looking very promising, the only turn off is the amount of apps and with the touchpad comming out that should get remedied
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lol well i just order my thunderbolt and i should have it by Friday!!!
But thanks for the advice
PAH my upgrade isn't up till March of next year. I was kicking around the idea of upgrading early, but at this rate if I wait, I should be the proud owner of a quad core this time next year.
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My NE2 is up. I am waiting on the Bionic, Samsung, and LG LTE phones to be released so that I can make a real world comparison of all the available 4G phones before Verizon implement their tiered 4G plans. From the rumors and official notices, couple more LTE enabled phones will be released next month.
The Devs for the Eris are great but even they can not make the screen any bigger and network 10x faster. I do appreciate all of their efforts that they given to our Eris community.
Ended up getting a DROID3...and I love it...can't wait for someone to root it and see what the mod community can do...
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Well, there are unlocked bootloaders on the way, I just imagine they're waiting until after ICS to roll them out. They've made the Atrix's unlocked bootloader a definite thing, and they'll also need to stay competitive with HTC...so, I'm not worried, but I'm also an optimist.
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Thinking of going NO contract on Cricket...
I have an Eris running GSB 2.8 ROM. It's a good rom, best of the GSB series. It's fast other than webpages are slow to load. I am eligible for upgrade on the 20th of this month and have decided to buy a T-bolt or similar on CL or ebay and flash it to Cricket with their Android unlimited everything plan for $55 a month. Anyone else out there tried this? If so what do you think of Cricket? I am just really kind of tired of Verizons high prices. This will cut my monthly bill in half and if I don't like Cricket, I am not obligated to stay.
I am on a Rezound and this phone is nice, but it has its share of issues(audio hiss/buzz when aux/headphones plugged in, dead pixels, overheating/freezing) & all are known issues.
I have until Friday to do an exchange with Best Buy. Was considering holding out for the Nexus but due to delay after delay I have my doubts it'll be out before Friday. That being the case, I'm seriously considering a RAZR instead.
Has it been working out well for the most part? Any issues like what I'm experiencing on this Rezound? How does the battery hold out under "heavy use"?(like if I want to watch a few movies back to back). Also, for that "fuzziness" on the text/icons, is there a filter to smooth that out?
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I am on a Rezound and this phone is nice, but it has its share of issues(audio hiss/buzz when aux/headphones plugged in, dead pixels, overheating/freezing) & all are known issues.
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I have experienced none of those issues with the RAZR. Keep in mind that under deep dark conditions with the screen at its lowest brightness setting against a black image, many units show some "smudges" or dots. If this concerns you, definitely check one out in the store ahead of time (try downloading draw! and open the app up on the lowest brightness underneath a jacket or shirt..people will probably stare..let them..haha) and judge how this effects you for yourself. I use mine as a night clock and though I can see some smudges in the middle of the night, they don't bother me.
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I have until Friday to do an exchange with Best Buy. Was considering holding out for the Nexus but due to delay after delay I have my doubts it'll be out before Friday. That being the case, I'm seriously considering a RAZR instead.
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I gave up on the Nexus myself. Lack of USB mass storage was the final nail in the coffin for me. I think the RAZR has the potential to turn out a better ICS device than the Nexus.
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Has it been working out well for the most part? Any issues like what I'm experiencing on this Rezound? How does the battery hold out under "heavy use"?(like if I want to watch a few movies back to back). Also, for that "fuzziness" on the text/icons, is there a filter to smooth that out?
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I LOVE my RAZR. Best Android phone I've owned to date. (Prev: Epic 4G, Droid 2, Nexus S, MyTouch 4G, LG G2X, Sensation 4G). Under light use, the battery literally lasts for days if you make proper use of the smart actions. Heavy use? I can't comment on video playback time, but I get about 4-5 hours of 3D gaming before running into battery trouble. There is no filter to help the pixelation around text that the Pentile screen creates, but it doesn't bother me. I find myself impressed by the deep blacks and color reproduction far more often than I do focusing on the Pentile effect, but again, you should view this in person yourself to be sure as everyone is different.
I haven't had the phone very long, only about a week, but so far no issues whatsoever with overheating or freezing at all. This wasn't the case with my OG droid or my droid 2 global.
I got this phone from someone else, so I don't have a contract and will probably switch to the droid 4 when it comes out, but won't consider the Galaxy Nexus at this point, as I can't have a plastic phone. I'm hard on my phones with keeping them in the same pocket as keys, and other items, and have broken many a plastic mounted phone just from that alone.
I do, however don't like the size of the phone overall. I find it a bit too large for me, and have had issues handling it....I'm hoping the Droid 4 has a bit smaller overall dimensions. Also I find the keyboard gives a better grip to the phone...but that's personal preference.
If you're adjusted the Rezound size, you shouldn't have an issue with this.
For screens, this screen is great. I actually was lucky and got one without the dark dots in dark light, so I can't comment on that experience, but the pentile is really almost imperceptible to me. You really have to strain your eyesight to pick up the pentile on this screen. I also agree with brianbrain on the deep blacks and color reproduction on the phone. It's a very good screen, IMO.
I've never owned an HTC phone, but have heard a few complaints similar to what you're talking about with their phones. I know Motorola is not always forthcoming with updates, and they release phones so quickly, you feel they're just out there to screw the consumer, but my experience has been completely different. I couldn't have lived without my OG droid, until the screen went out 1.8 years later, and I had my D2G that was a KILLER phone until I left in Thailand recently. The RAZR is a great addition to the Droid line, and I've had a blast with it since I got it last week.
Phone is awesome. Nothing wrong with this phone. Best phone I've had.
I'm more in live with this phone then the thunderbolt I had. Tbolt felt cheap. screen quality was lacking, and it just seemed slow. I know the rezound is different then the tbolt. But i'm leary on any HTC phone.
The razr feels very solid, very fast and the screen is great (even with the splotches in very low light). I've had battery issues with the media process. I haven't hooked my phone up to a 3.5mm input, so I can't say about any hissing. Having hooked it up to my Bose ie2, it absolutely sounds fantastic.
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I had an Incredible 2, which is kind of the oddball in the HTC lineup as it is one of their only phones that has GREAT battery life (even more ironic considering the T-bolt was so bad and the phones are so similar in hardware) I ended up getting a Razr recently because long story short Verizon was struggling to get 4G going on my tablet on their end so I said screw it and told them to send me a 4G phone.
Even coming from the Inc2, the Razr is a lot better on battery than I thought it was gonna be. Worse than the Inc2 for sure, but it has a bigger display and faster hardware. On 3G (LTE isn't in my specific city yet, but I've used it in others) I make it all day, and I work for 12 hours and use the phone moderately to heavily when I take breaks and get bored. That's acceptable for me considering no matter what I do, I'm gonna plug the phone up at night regardless. When in 4G areas, the speeds are pretty impressive and consistently good. I was averaging 20mbps down and 11-15 up in Augusta, GA.
I played around with the Rezound in the store. It's not a knock on the Rezound specifically, I have not been impressed at all by Sense 3.5. They may as well call it Sense Vista. On the Incredible 2 we have a few Sense 3.5 roms and while they're pretty, to me I can't find the will to run them as a DD because they're laggy. At the time I chalked it up as the Single core snapdragon in the Inc2 struggling to run such a big and graphic intense rom. Then I played around with the Rezound. No real difference. Both are pretty slow compared to Sense 2.1/3.0 honestly. Hopefully Sense 4.0 and ICS will change that, but I'm doubtful given HTC seems to be getting lazier with every new version of Sense.
After a week and a half with the Razr:
Screen rocks IMO
Battery life is better than expected. I go all day (12-14 hours) on one charge, using 4G (maybe 30-40 minutes of phone calls).
Phone is very fast
Width is very akward at first, but you get used to it. First few days you freak out every time you grab for it.
Smart Actions will be great once they tweak them a bit
Voice quality and signal for phone is awesome (coming from an HTC Inc)
I was really wanting a Nexus, got impatient. The battery life, voice quality, and screen on the Nexus would have to be WAY better to make me send the Razr back.
I've had just about every android phone going....nearly ;-)
Actually had the Razr(GSM) for 2 weeks,pretty much loved the phone but was just waiting on the Nexus(GSM).
Well I've had the Nexus since friday,not really impresed,was rooted and custom rommed straight away,buggy as hell.Battery life sucks and that's with GSM, LTE is gonna be even worse.
Cut a long story short,Nexus sold,Razr's coming back. Go for the Razr.
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I'm coming from the Nexus S. Like the phone so far. Motorola did a pretty good job considering I usually like stock Android.
UI doesn't feel intrusive. Motorola seems to have added a lot of useful functions. Been running ICS on the Nexus S, but don't miss it due to the RAZR's hardware.
The phone is amazingly fast. Feel like I've been wasting my time modding the Nexus S so much lately cause the RAZR blows it out of the water even with all the bloatware.
Only problem I've run into so far is blotches on the screen when it is black and the room is dark. Not as bad as some other pics I saw, but still going to try and exchange. Also found a dead pixel.
If I can get a device with a good screen, I think I will stay with the RAZR. I've only seen the Galaxy Nexus display model... possibly might exchange for it when it comes out.
Really like the form factor of the RAZR better tho. If the RAZR had a 720p screen I'd probably be able to easily ignore the Nexus.
Chelsea FC said:
I've had just about every android phone going....nearly ;-)
Actually had the Razr(GSM) for 2 weeks,pretty much loved the phone but was just waiting on the Nexus(GSM).
Well I've had the Nexus since friday,not really impresed,was rooted and custom rommed straight away,buggy as hell.Battery life sucks and that's with GSM, LTE is gonna be even worse.
Cut a long story short,Nexus sold,Razr's coming back. Go for the Razr.
How is the signal strength compared between the 2? Ive noticed samsung always seems to have a weaker signal...My galaxy s/fascinate has a horrible signal. I want the nexus but the razr is looking sooo nice i can wait for ICS
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How is the signal strength compared between the 2? Ive noticed samsung always seems to have a weaker signal...My galaxy s/fascinate has a horrible signal. I want the nexus but the razr is looking sooo nice i can wait for ICS [/QUOTE]
I would say the Razr is a tad better, moto is renowned for having good radios
Build quality wise there is no contest for me. Nexus is way too slippery and plasticky for my liking. Modders are already working day & night to make the nexus usable, the Razr works pretty much out of the box. 'When' ICS comes, I think it'll blow everything away.
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Chelsea FC said:
How is the signal strength compared between the 2? Ive noticed samsung always seems to have a weaker signal...My galaxy s/fascinate has a horrible signal. I want the nexus but the razr is looking sooo nice i can wait for ICS
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Im getting razr tomorrow buying it outright optus network TELECHOICE (GSM AUS)
for $600 from monne ponds vic (told the guy id give him a plug)
i'll let you know how it goes in terms of battery life on GSM
as far as i know motorola's antennas are PRETTY SWEET ... so dont worry about reception.. worry about downloading lots to feed that screen with awesome multimedia and moto cast
samsungs antennas are not bad... but motorola's track record with radios is proven (from UHF RADIOS to SATs experience counts)
nexus has ics but is trolling with bugs i had a play with it ... also looks so ugly next to the razr ... only good thing is the screen .....
however that said the bugs with ics troll the phone making it laggy and you can get jerky playback
so i decided get razr with ginger (motoblur customised to be more like an unbuggy ics) then next year when things perfect the razr will get ics
anyhow thats my rant hope it helps =]
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Chelsea FC said:
How is the signal strength compared between the 2? Ive noticed samsung always seems to have a weaker signal...My galaxy s/fascinate has a horrible signal. I want the nexus but the razr is looking sooo nice i can wait for ICS
I would say the Razr is a tad better, moto is renowned for having good radios
Build quality wise there is no contest for me. Nexus is way too slippery and plasticky for my liking. Modders are already working day & night to make the nexus usable, the Razr works pretty much out of the box. 'When' ICS comes, I think it'll blow everything away.
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Hard for me to compare since I'm using T-Mobile and Verizon right now. T-Mobile's reception isn't too great in my area, so that's a main reason for me switching.
So far the reception on my RAZR has been great. Blows my Nexus out of the water in that respect, but not sure how much of that is attributed to the phone itself.
Definitely want to keep this phone... just wish the screen problems didn't exist.
google and motorola
apparently motorola will have more say with ics and customisations seeing as google acquired some share/part of motorola which comes in handy .. for razr and future moto users =D
maybe stuff pushed to us sooner ?
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apparently motorola will have more say with ics and customisations seeing as google acquired some share/part of motorola which comes in handy .. for razr and future moto users =D
maybe stuff pushed to us sooner ?
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Got a friend who works over at Moto mobility. He was one of the lead design heads on the Xoom & Droid 4.
The Google acquisition isn't going to truly affect platform builds and blur reductions till late 2H 2012.
They are still working out details on who and what is going where, and how programmers are going to be moved and cut. There's also the small thing of full FCC approval which still hasn't happened as well as EU approvals, which are needed for this (for more info, check out the WSJ article that came out yesterday on the subject). That should be completed by about Feb/March according to him, and then we'll really see some interesting movements. Right now everything is in stasis as far as building and coding are concerned.
So I wouldn't expect any increases in update frequency for a while, and I definitely wouldn't count on Android becoming less bloated on new moto phones for a while to say the least.
There's also been a lot of talk in his office about how Google may not put anything in place, because it could affect their relationship and promises to other handset makers, if they start tweeking with Moto's team a whole bunch.
I'll release info as I get it from him.....although he's interviewing with the automotive division of Moto, as he's not all that satisfied with the position at mobility. They have HEAVY requirements and deadlines, that he seems to think are totally unrealistic....but hey...how many people are really happy with all aspects of their job??
I wonder if the screen issue has been resolved (or even exists) in the GSM versions out there right now. Thinking of getting the Razr but am holding back due to development and the screen issue... Can someone give me an answer about this?
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Was considering holding out for the Nexus
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With a release date of tomorrow, you don't have long to wait on the Nexus, better be at BB early to make sure you get one.
Droid RZR
I just bought the new Droid Rzr today. It seems pretty fast and awesome, however , when I am connected to WIFI, and try to browse in the market, it acts like theres no connectivity. I can browse the web pretty fast when this problem is occuring, then when I disable the WIFI it works. Ive worked for Comcast for five years and I have lots of experience dealing with this kind of stuff, so I know its not the router. Anyone else having this issue?
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I just bought the new Droid Rzr today. It seems pretty fast and awesome, however , when I am connected to WIFI, and try to browse in the market, it acts like theres no connectivity. I can browse the web pretty fast when this problem is occuring, then when I disable the WIFI it works. Ive worked for Comcast for five years and I have lots of experience dealing with this kind of stuff, so I know its not the router. Anyone else having this issue?
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I kinda have the same issue with you. I think it could be my router because out of the 3 routers that I have tried, only 1 is experiencing this problem. And only with the Razr that this happens. Something to do with the router and the phone settings? Anyone knows what might be the problem?
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I am on a Rezound and this phone is nice, but it has its share of issues(audio hiss/buzz when aux/headphones plugged in, dead pixels, overheating/freezing) & all are known issues.
I have until Friday to do an exchange with Best Buy. Was considering holding out for the Nexus but due to delay after delay I have my doubts it'll be out before Friday. That being the case, I'm seriously considering a RAZR instead.
Has it been working out well for the most part? Any issues like what I'm experiencing on this Rezound? How does the battery hold out under "heavy use"?(like if I want to watch a few movies back to back). Also, for that "fuzziness" on the text/icons, is there a filter to smooth that out?
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Read my Thread "Galaxy Nexus" I in general (razr) I just got word I'll have my press sample tomorrow so they are going to release after all. They should be at Best Buy tomorrow as well.
Hello, I have been on sprint with an Evo 4g for a while now, but due to sprints recent coverage change for my area, I might be switching to verizon. so my question is, which would you all suggest i get? galaxy nexus? or Droid razr Maxx? any big devs going for the razr? easy root process? moto going to unlock the bootloader on it? any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks - Matt
When I was on the same boat as you 2 days ago, I have to admit it was the toughest choice I have done in a LONG time.
As it stands your looking at this:
Galaxy Nexus Verizon
-Unlocked Bootloader bust that **** open and destroy it with mods
-Nexus phone, quicker to get updates
-Good battery life. Nothing compared to the Maxx though. But check out the battery life on the 4.0.4 leaked update, it's AWESOME.
Droid Razr Maxx
-Great battery life
-No ICS
-Locked bootloader
-To me it's a Nexus with a crazy battery & motoblur skin.
Now, IF the Razr Maxx gets ICS and an unlocked bootloader it will be: Everything pretty much equal except for these:
Great dev modding community, Nexus updates, good battery life vs. Maxx battery (best battery), great dev modding community
There, I put it in a nutshell for you.
I had the Maxx and returned and decided to return it because I didn't need all the battery it supplied and I can adjust the battery on my Nexus to fit my needs perfectly and spare. Lastly, I don't risk Moto not unlocking the bootloader, but ICS it will definitetly get. It would hurt Moto way too much to not give ICS to the Razr Maxx it's tied for the best phones on the market now the other being the GNex. My personal opinion though ICS won't matter since it's not gonna really look AOSP, Motoblur isn't ugly but it's not the nicest when AOSP ICS is on the GNex.
So it's up to you, can you have some patience with the Nexus and adjust it's battery till you get it right to your usage and make it last 18-20 hours? (More with ext. battery)? I'm in that process now. And not risk Moto not making a fully moddable phone? Take your pick, both are excellent choices. WHATEVER you do if you go GNex don't give up on the battery it's really easy to make it last without limiting yourself to 5% brightness and 2G signal. Just have to pinpoint everything and what's the problem.
Lastly, most and all radio/battery problems are easily fixed (if you have them on stock) by not even rooting. Just unlock bootloader and flash 4.0.4. Best update ever.
**I did not consider Camera and other features because both are just fine for a PHONE camera.***
Good Luck.
It all depends on what your requirements are. Personally, I'm on my phone nonstop all, so anything less than enormous battery won't work for me. Plus I have a prejudice against Samsung phones in general.
Worth noting that the Nexus doesn't have a micro SD slot (although it's NAND flash memory is very fast), and the Razr Maxx's battery is not replaceable (according to Motorola -- I've heard from some VZW reps that it can be done).
Either way, it's a gamble.
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Had the Nexus for 3 days then returned it for a razr. That should tell you my opinion.
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Had the Nexus for 3 days then returned it for a razr. That should tell you my opinion.
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Same here. Got a Nexus demo at work for 2 weeks and did not fall in love with it. I hear 4.0.4 fixes battery but twice it went from 80% to 0% overnight doing nothing but 2 email accounts. Also, the Nexus just felt strange in my hand (I have large hands). I did not like where the power button was because i hold it in my left hand to read email and my index finger kept pressing the button and blanking the screen. The Droid Razr Maxx is in similar place but my index finger ends up well below the button when holding. The Maxx feels more secure in my hand and not like it's going to fall out like with the Nexus.
I rooted and did ROMS on all my previous phones (OG Droid, Droid 2, Droid Incredible) and enjoyed doing away with BLUR on my Motorola's but I'm sure I will do the same with the MAXX. I did like the idea of having the NExus with all the latest updates and development but the Samsung phone just didn't seem as well put together as the Maxx.
My speed tests showed the Maxx faster on WIFI and 4G. The 4G fringe areas work much better after the latest update (this past week), and I was having some issues with the Nexus getting 3G network in some light areas and not with the MAXX.
had the nexus for a week. returned it.
Not sure why anyone would want an AOSP phone. It's like having generic frosted flakes.
Battery life is not an issue for me so even though i knew about the maxx, i got the razr. The nexus is just awkward, buggy and just plain. you NEED a custom rom if you get the nexus.
I prefer the HTC sense UI's over anything else. If HTC would just make a thinner, better looking phone, i would jump all over that. You gotta see a ROM with HTC 3.6 and ICS. it will blow you away. I gave my kid the Sensation XL and loaded this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1429953
The greatest ROM i've ever seen. If you want a UI that will just make you smile everytime you use the phone, this is it. But for the RAZR, i'll take motoblur over AOSP anytime.
I don't know how you people like skins over aosp, gross
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I don't know how you people like skins over aosp, gross
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For the same reason that there are tons of launchers, widgets, etcc on the market. Because AOSP means, As Obviously Super Plain as possible. Just kidding of course, but AOSP really is out of the box google. It's meant to offend no one, not step on apple toes (like samsung), and not dazzle anybody. It really reminds me of APPLE iOS.
call someone you know on both phones and ask them which sounds better. then call a voicemail with both phones and listen to playback and listen to the difference in how you sound. if everyone did this Samsung couldn't sell a single phone.
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Hello, I have been on sprint with an Evo 4g for a while now, but due to sprints recent coverage change for my area, I might be switching to verizon. so my question is, which would you all suggest i get? galaxy nexus? or Droid razr Maxx? any big devs going for the razr? easy root process? moto going to unlock the bootloader on it? any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks - Matt
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You do realize this is a Razr forum right? Then you cant possibly expect an objective voice. Those 80% overnight drop to 0% on Nexus is simply untrue or not true for all. Maybe on that unit yes. 4G speed? I don't know. I had a test on two phones side by side and GNEx beat Razr 4 G speed EVERY time buy at least 1mb. This is based on 20ish tests.
Battery life on Razr Maxx is just KING . So original razr is simply out of this competition PERIOD .
Except it is thinnest which you can't really USE that 7.1mm to do anything . Except cutting a cheese.
Gnex is for dev. Its openness is best. Razr Max is for regular user . So depends on which type you are
Disclaimer. I own both phones.
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The 5MP cam on the Nexus is an Absolut deal breaker for me. If it wasn’t for that, if the Nexus had an 8MP cam, it would be a fairly hard choice. But i use my phone cam like crazy so it completely ruled the Nexus out for me.
Hi all-
I ended up getting both. I got spoiled very quickly with ICS on my Xoom tablet. I have to admit that I also love ICS on the Nexus as well... However, and this is just my humble opinion.. The battery life is considerably better on the Razr than on the Nexus. Yes I have removed all of the battery draining apps. Tried several roms, Blah blah. On and on it goes. I've spent many an hour doing things that others claim to be the 'solution' to achieving great battery life on the Nexus. Well, I'm here to tell you that as far as I'm concerned, Samsung desperately needs to return to the drawing board and practice up on their battery design as that has been my number one issue with their device to date. Believe me, I got really SPOILED with the Razr's supreme battery performance. I easily achieved two days with it, yet with the Nexus I have not been able to make a full 12 hour day, and this is even with the extended battery. It isn't an ICS issue either as my Xoom plays for hours on end with little concern over battery life. I have also found that RF-wise the Razr wins hands down. I am aware of radio software improvements in ICS 4.0.4 and above. Perhaps with those updates coming down the pike some positives will be made in that area and I'm good with that.
No doubt other Nexus owners will disagree with me and that's fine. I'm only commenting on what *I* have experienced with the Nexus. Even though I have the freedom of running stock Android on the thing which truly is very very nice, I still have to confess that from a hardware standpoint my experience so far has been less than stellar.
I want to wait and see what Moto has up their sleeve with ICS once they implement it on the Razr. I may well take the leap back to it once that happens, but even with the mediocre battery life and RF performance on the Nexus, I plan on retaining it afterward if nothing else as a developer unit as I don't expect Moto to ever release the bootloader on the Razr.
The developers who are cranking out the roms for the Nexus (as well as the Xoom) are incredibly talented. It fascinates me to sit back and watch all of this in action. It makes me wonder where did all of this creativity come from prior to the emergence of smart phones.
Bottom line is that I firmly believe both handsets are worthy of ownership in their own right but I still lean towards the Razr. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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Hi all-
I ended up getting both. I got spoiled very quickly with ICS on my Xoom tablet. I have to admit that I also love ICS on the Nexus as well... However, and this is just my humble opinion.. The battery life is considerably better on the Razr than on the Nexus. Yes I have removed all of the battery draining apps. Tried several roms, Blah blah. On and on it goes. I've spent many an hour doing things that others claim to be the 'solution' to achieving great battery life on the Nexus. Well, I'm here to tell you that as far as I'm concerned, Samsung desperately needs to return to the drawing board and practice up on their battery design as that has been my number one issue with their device to date. Believe me, I got really SPOILED with the Razr's supreme battery performance. I easily achieved two days with it, yet with the Nexus I have not been able to make a full 12 hour day, and this is even with the extended battery. It isn't an ICS issue either as my Xoom plays for hours on end with little concern over battery life. I have also found that RF-wise the Razr wins hands down. I am aware of radio software improvements in ICS 4.0.4 and above. Perhaps with those updates coming down the pike some positives will be made in that area and I'm good with that.
No doubt other Nexus owners will disagree with me and that's fine. I'm only commenting on what *I* have experienced with the Nexus. Even though I have the freedom of running stock Android on the thing which truly is very very nice, I still have to confess that from a hardware standpoint my experience so far has been less than stellar.
I want to wait and see what Moto has up their sleeve with ICS once they implement it on the Razr. I may well take the leap back to it once that happens, but even with the mediocre battery life and RF performance on the Nexus, I plan on retaining it afterward if nothing else as a developer unit as I don't expect Moto to ever release the bootloader on the Razr.
The developers who are cranking out the roms for the Nexus (as well as the Xoom) are incredibly talented. It fascinates me to sit back and watch all of this in action. It makes me wonder where did all of this creativity come from prior to the emergence of smart phones.
Bottom line is that I firmly believe both handsets are worthy of ownership in their own right but I still lean towards the Razr. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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Can you comment on the quality of *outgoing* voice quality when comparing the two handsets?
So what kind of future will a Maxx have if I buy one?
I love the things I can do with my Thunderbolt, but want the battery. Will ROM's be as diverse as my TB? I love the CM7 ROM's I have. I am just unclear as to what the bootloader will stop me from doing in the future.
Is it possible that CM9 could eventually work on it?
Are there any ROM's that have the hotspot enabled without the carrier option?
Sorry for newb questions. Just want to make sure I dont buy a phone I hate.
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Can you comment on the quality of *outgoing* voice quality when comparing the two handsets?
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Having had both, didn't notice any difference
jiwengang said:
You do realize this is a Razr forum right? Then you cant possibly expect an objective voice. Those 80% overnight drop to 0% on Nexus is simply untrue or not true for all. Maybe on that unit yes. 4G speed? I don't know. I had a test on two phones side by side and GNEx beat Razr 4 G speed EVERY time buy at least 1mb. This is based on 20ish tests.
Battery life on Razr Maxx is just KING . So original razr is simply out of this competition PERIOD .
Except it is thinnest which you can't really USE that 7.1mm to do anything . Except cutting a cheese.
Gnex is for dev. Its openness is best. Razr Max is for regular user . So depends on which type you are
Disclaimer. I own both phones.
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I also own both phones! I have the Razr Maxx because for work I need to have good call and sound quality and the Razr is awesome in both areas but for the inner geek I have the Nexus which can't be beat for Dev support and updates and pure fun but the sound quality is poor on calls and speaker phone. I have also had many calls where the person I am talking to can no longer hear me.
My advice! Get both!
reimerj
I had the RAZR for 2 months now.
One thing I don't like about it, is the display. The colors looks beautiful, but the text doesn't play nice with my eyes. I've heard it's because Motorola uses Pentil display. Other than the display the phone is great, with solid and premium build quality.
Get the Maxx. I got the Nexus when it came out, and I have had nothing but disappointment from it. I really wanted to love it. I wanted to have a *true* google phone... but they just skimped out too much on the hardware.
The cell antenna in it downright blows. It's unusable at my house, where the Maxx works just fine (other people with Verizon phones in my house also work fine).
The camera on the Nexus also blows. It's fine outside, or in really really well lit rooms during the day, but don't even bother trying to take pictures in any kind of low light, they just look terrible. I don't care about megapixels, but I do care about whether or not the pictures look like junk.
The battery on the Nexus blows (seeing a pattern here?). It lasts 12 hours, with very minimal use. It's aggravating to have to run and drop it on the charger as soon as I get home.
There's no SD slot on the Nexus... which didn't matter to me, but some people care. You can still copy files on and off it from windows, and 32 gigs is a lot of space for most people.
The only good thing about the Nexus is the screen, which is admittedly awesome. The Maxx's screen looks pretty good though, even side by side with the Maxx. And don't let the dimensions of the screens fool you, they're very very close in usable size - the Nexus loses a bunch of pixels for its on-screen buttons, which seem to only disappear when watching videos. The height of the screens are just about the same, the Nexus is just slightly wider.
ICS is also SO much better than gingerbread... but if you're here, you can install a ROM and do just fine with the Maxx.
Im waiting on a razr maxx to arrive fed ex tomorrow. I am coming from a samsung charge with a total bad experience. Signal,battery and gps issues. Hope this is all solved with the new phone as Im sick of hearing it from the wife. She now swears samsung off and wants a motorola because when she had the dx2 gps was never a problem.
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Im waiting on a razr maxx to arrive fed ex tomorrow. I am coming from a samsung charge with a total bad experience. Signal,battery and gps issues. Hope this is all solved with the new phone as Im sick of hearing it from the wife. She now swears samsung off and wants a motorola because when she had the dx2 gps was never a problem.
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Had the Droid charge too. After the lousy development, went to the Nexus Galaxy to get the A++ development. It was there, but too much plain ol AOSP for my liking. Saw a co-worker with the razr and instantly loved the blur and exchanged my phone. The 7mm thiness of the phone is just aluring to me. i love handling such a light and thin phone. The little bump on the top backside also helps to give it an angle when i lay it down. Its like the designers thought of everything.
so i know ill get my butt chewed but ive been thinking about maybe selling my rezound and getting into the gnexus for the aosp. im not sure if i really will or not but for the heck of it i put it up on craigslist. not one reply soo far the past week. i saw a few ads for a gnexus for trade and i offered my rezound plus the extra's i have and i was basically laughed at and told the phone sucks and that if i wanted to trade i would need to add cash. i got into an argument with this guy via email on how i believed it would be a fair trade as the rezound now has ICS roms and it has higher specs. this is the 3rd person to give this kind of response to me.
i guess my question is, is this the kind of rep the rezound has? that it sucks via word of mouth?
They are obviously selling there's for a reason. I started out with the nexus its way over rated stick with what you got till something better than nexus comes out man. Go to nexus forms and you see all the problems.
It never ceases to amaze me how impatient people are. If you don't immediately get what you want on a device that is just now four months out from release, you duck out for a proven inferior device because AOSP is so spectacular you can't wait until our awesome devs get it going? Go for it. Then when we got that CM9 or MIUI ROM plus the better spec'd phone you'll think about what "patience is a virtue" means as you try your hardest to kick yourself in the head.
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It never ceases to amaze me how impatient people are. If you don't immediately get what you want on a device that is just now four months out from release, you duck out for a proven inferior device because AOSP is so spectacular you can't wait until our awesome devs get it going? Go for it. Then when we got that CM9 or MIUI ROM plus the better spec'd phone you'll think about what "patience is a virtue" means as you try your hardest to kick yourself in the head.
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i never said i would let it go, i was seeing what was offered. no need to take it personally man. besides that's not what the thread is about. it's about the rezounds overall rep. as i said i was shocked at some of the responses i received.
Aye. i think Sense ****ing sucks. it blows, but love the phone. i even tried to clone AOSP. made me a little more patient for true AOSP... try it.
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but i think the rez is waay better than the gnex. I played around with one and did not like it. Alot of people have been complaining about it. I have had no issues with the rezound like other people have. I think its the best phone ive ever owned.
mighty_markus12 said:
i never said i would let it go, i was seeing what was offered. no need to take it personally man. besides that's not what the thread is about. it's about the rezounds overall rep. as i said i was shocked at some of the responses i received.
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Not taken personally at all. It just seems there's a lot of people who got this phone who constantly ***** about sense, or constantly bug the hell out of the devs asking when the magical AOSP ROM will be ready. I think being happy with a great device with a great dev community should make people happy. Just my opinion. As far as I can tell, most people outside of the hobby barely even know the Rezound exists. Since HTC didn't throw Verizon the big bucks to push the device, they let it get pushed aside and the people who are realizing that the gnex is a POS want to knock the better phone. Thus the responses from people trying to sell them. They want a mint for them, although they know why they are willing to get rid of em.
People are just taking pride in there devices. They (Verizon) is pushing the nexus cuz one its there most expensive phone and they want to make money. So I think that is one of the reasons that ReZound has its rep but stats wise the ReZound is a superior devise. Its all what you want though AOSP is great but go look at the development forms and give the senseless roms a try.
It's personally preference.
I love sense
but ICS on the gnex was awesome, and the new bamf rom puts it over the top.
but I missed HTC, Sense, and most importanttly the gnex was way too big for me.
I am very happy on my Rezound
but I recently put my phone on swappa for the heck of it as I have an upgrade, and someone offered me $400.
don't know if I'll take it, if someone offers the $450 I want, I'll sell it.
probably buy another one, find one cheaper and make a few bucks lol.
Besides the 10+ reasons why HTC phones are of higher quality than Samsung phones (which I won't get into), and doing voice and data at the same time (talking about 3g - only Tbolt and Rez do this on Verizon), one of the reasons I got my Rezound was
SenseUI.
I don't buy HTC to put AOSP on it. I buy it because the dialer is unparalleled, the lockscreen cannot be successfully replicated (I didn't mind the CM ring lockscreen, but it's not even close to the same, or as accurate). The smoothness of swiping screens, and the slickness of widgets is just not quite replicated by 'apps in the market that are pretty close'. You can get close to most of the functionality. But it's not the same. Sense is less-touches-to-get-things-done, it's easier to figure out (for those who aren't so technical), and it offers better options for widgets and practical use.
I wish you luck on selling yours. I honestly don't understand the bad rap it gets.
Verizon stores are selling the thing at almost NO profit (in terms of in their pocket money) and the margin on the GNEX was/is much better. I think that's part of the 'hating' that's gone on. Verizon didn't market it as a flagship, and they didn't cost it out properly to the stores.
I think (no joke) that it's the best phone money can buy right now. I think the One X changes that, clearly, but for now.
More dev work? Yeah, I wish that too. But go two paragraphs up. Verizon's fault that there aren't 4x as many people using this phone. But it's a better phone, top to bottom. If you want NFC, or the bigger screen (some of which is lost most of the time with the stupid soft key buttons at the bottom), and AOSP, the GNEX may be for you. But for all of the other (waste of time/effort) problems and shortfalls of the GNEX make the Rezound a better phone and a better choice in my book.
Good luck, sir.
The choice to sell or trade is ultimately yours, however, those people who offered you a gnexus trade IF you also threw in cash are focused on the name that is Nexus, not the overall specs of the phone. I can tell you having owned the Droid Charge which has essentially the same radio, that signal problems are the WORST part of Samsung devices. My buddy who has a gnexus can attest to this. I used t o think that LTE was just new and buggy so I was ok with the constant 4g drops. When I got my rezound I realized the radios really ARE that bad. My buddy may be interested in an equal trade if you really are looking to trade, but I would personally advise you against it. But I can always ask him if you wish.
Another thing to remember , the people looking to trade or sell the Gnex are the ones with phones that have issues. The few phones that get great battery life, signal etc.. are not going to be on the market. I had the choice when I was looking into the phones and for all intents and purposes was going to get the GNex.
Luckily, it was held up so I had time to read about both phones and ultimately chose the Rezound. Mostly, over issues of signal strength that was being reported. I don't regret not getting the Gnex in the least.
After years of mandatory ROM baking and flashing it's nice to own a phone so awesome locked and stock that I really don't care when Android 4.0 is pushed. I checked out ICS on the Nexus and was impressed. But the combination of the Rezound hardware and Sense 3 offset any ICS envy...at least for me.
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I'm staying patient for now personally.
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Just going to give my .02 in here.
I got my rezound the 2nd day after launch. I had a thunderbolt prior, and many other HTC phones all the way down to the HTC magic. I have yet to have any issues with any of my HTC phones, I see my rezound as the best phone ever built as of yet next to the nexus one. The one series might change that though, I cannot deny that one x is gorgeous. Anyways back to the rezound, it is epic, I have put many iPhone 4/s owners to shame with it. My brother in law also bought one on the same day as me, for some (stupid) reason he decided he didn't like it, mainly his reasoning being that a lot of the stupid apps he liked didn't work, or weren't available on the market. So he sold it and bought himself a pos razr. I can tell he really didn't like it coming from the thunderbolt, but he stuck with it, but I have yet to hear him say anything is better about it compared to the rezound. Now his wife recently(finally) upgraded from a blackberry. I have some suspicion that he was some how involved in the deciding for her to get a, gnex. So she has a gnex and from what I can tell it probably doesn't think its that great because she still carries around her other blackberry. And I have also yet to hear from him or her that it is any better then the rezound. In the time between all that my wife got her upgrade and bow has a rezound which she loves coming from a fascinate pos. And now my other brother in law has also gotten a rezound after spending some time playing with all of those devices. The rest of my family is littered with HTC devices, lots of dincs inc2s and thunderbolts, I have yet to have Anny of them complain about their phones.
If one of the one series phones happens to arrive on Verizon I can see my brother inlaw jumping ship on the razr, he knows HTC is the best, he's just being a bit ignorant, or maybe even exploring his options, but either way...
HTC FTW!!!
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i traded in my rezound for a nexus and was extremely disappointed.
picture quality and sound quality are better on the rezound. had big time reception issues with the nexus in addition to data speeds being considerably slower on the nexus.
i couldnt take it and was pissed at myself for getting rid of the rezound so i ended up getting rid of the nexus and am back on a rezound again.
and yes, the rezound kicks so much ass stock that you dont even need to root/debloat as far as performance is concerned.
There is a reason why apple chose the qualcomm MDM9600 LTE processor for the ipad 3 similar to the one used on the rezound.
I have both devices at the moment and there are pros and cons for both. I do like the display better on the Rezound as it is more crisp vs the Nexus. But LCD does have issues w/ brightness vs AMOLED. Downside of AMOLED is the possibility of LED fatigue. Radios yeah at home the Rezound has better signal. At home the Nexus is on 3G or choppy 4G, Rezound 2-3 bars 4G at all times. At work I got full bars on my Rezound, Nexus 2-3 bars. I did a speed test on my Nexus w/ 2 bars and got 32 Mbps DL and 6.5 Mbps UL. As in terms of everyday usage and performance there is a huge difference. Nexus' UI is definately smoother than the Rezound's.
On a desensed rom the Rezound is still a bit jerky while scrolling through homescreens etc. But on the Nexus it's like butter, there's no comparison. I'm pretty sure it's just ICS optimizations, and will have to see how the Rezound fares once it's on either official ICS, or CM 9/AOSP. Call quality Nexus is better than the Rezound, atleast in my experiences. Camera quality Rezound, but the speed of the Gnex camera blows the Rez's away. In the end it comes down to the small things and if you want to wait for AOSP to hit if that's your thing. Just comes down to preference Sense vs AOSP, name your poison.
I won't lie, if May rolls around and a HTC One S or X variant comes rolling into Verizon and there's no real progress going on here AOSP wise, I may make that jump, I'm not usually that type but as it looks, the One series looks extremely promising.
I Am Marino said:
I won't lie, if May rolls around and a HTC One S or X variant comes rolling into Verizon and there's no real progress going on here AOSP wise, I may make that jump, I'm not usually that type but as it looks, the One series looks extremely promising.
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Imo Onex isn't that huge of an upgrade to warrant using your upgrade or purchasing at full retail imo. It'll probaby be using the new s4 and it'll be paired w/ just the Adreno 225. Sure the new s4 does better in terms of benchmarks, but everyday meh. To me it just seems like a slighty upgraded Rezound. But the removable battery battery is kinda fail. But if you like it go for it I say.
I have been a die-hard Moto fan since the original Droid, they make great devices and I've never had any issues with the ones I've owned, which include the Droid, DX, DX2 and Bionic. I also owned the Dinc (great phone), Charge (only thing great about the phone was the screen, but other than that it was total garbage), Tbolt (for a short while, then gave it to the girlfriend) and now the Rezound.
I'll be honest, I do love the Rezound. It's S-off'ed, rooted, ROM'ed, everything. It's fast and has a wonderful screen. I was surprised at the call quality as well, my biggest grip with both previous HTC phones was the call quality. I currently have a Sense 4.0 ROM from Newt and it flies. However, the phone does have issues of it's own.
The screen is not durable at all, I actually had to go and buy a quality screen protector after I managed to scratch the screen the first day, never had any issues with GG-equipped devices.
The build quality isn't exactly great compared to even the Tbolt, that thing was rock solid, so was the Droid and DX.
The red capacitive buttons are nice, but I've had to take the phone apart and recolor the LED bulbs red because the buttons turned pink (common issue), and it's hard to run a nice theme other than red because the colors conflict easily.
The recessed buttons on the top and sides are difficult to press at times, which can be frustrating especially with a case on the phone.
Bluetooth is almost non-functioning in ICS. It ran fine on GB with my Mitsubishi Lancer's stock audio system over bluetooth, but ever since ICS it doesn't work at all. I've tried the Tbolt, Droid and a friend's Razr, they all work perfectly. The Rezound, not so much. And after how well the phone runs on ICS, I can't go back to GB and be content with it.
Now, the Bluetooth is kind of important because I am in the process of being hired for a law enforcement agency in the DC area, and it requires me to drive into DC everyday and it's a hands-free zone. I'd like to be able to stream my music library and calls in my car, but currently I can't and that's a problem. Also, with this possible job opportunity comes the need for durable equipment, and I'm sorry to say the Rezound does not feel like it would hold up to a drop on the hard ground even with a good case on it. I also need something that has excellent call quality, excellent radios and very reliable. Out of the three possibilities that Verizon currently offers, the Razr seems like it would be perfect. After owning a Samsung and being unhappy with it, as well as seeing the horror from the Gnex, I won't even consider the GS3. My girlfriend even had the Fascinate and she hated it as well.
It's hard to consider getting a different device that isn't as dev-friendly, and doesn't have as nice of a display (that 720p has grown on me a lot). Granted, I played with both the Razr and Rezound at several stores and the experiences were pretty much the same at each store. They're both great phones in the end, but despite the locked internals, I've always had good luck with my Motorola devices. The screen isn't all THAT bad on the Razr, it beats the crap out of the nasty screens they put on the Bionic and X2.
I guess I'm just conflicted with a decision to either keep the Rezound, or go for a Razr Maxx. I know more phones are coming soon, but I need to get something that will last me a while. The modding of kernels, radios, OS's and whatnot is fun, but time consuming and free time is something that I won't have much of anymore. As long as I can theme the Razr, make it faster and be sure it has excellent wireless connections, I'll be happy.
Sorry for the long post...
The MAXX is a great phone. With the official ICS having been released last week, it's just gotten better. In the end it's entirely personal preference though. The screen is perfectly fine and clear for all practical purposes. Under minimum brightness settings there may be dark blotches visible in black areas of your screen, but this is extremely common and due to the screen type. It doesn't indicate any problems with the device nor will it be visible under screen brightnessess above like 15%. Personally I say go for it :good:
I have first hand experience on this topic, so I will dive in.
I too owned a Rezound and was reasonably happy with it. But ever since I got the Rezound (about 6 months ago), I could never understand or get over how sluggish the phone felt to me. With or without being rooted, GB was extremely choppy on homescreen scrolling. Way too much lag for the specs of the phone. So it was obviously a Sense thing.
I of course rooted it right away. And I can tell you that I tried every single ROM available for that phone and none of them ran the phone like I felt it should. That was GB, ICS and 4.0 ROM's. The Ultrasmooth tweak smoothed out the homescreen lag, but the overall phone felt sluggish too. Just in opening apps and all of that.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the phone was super slow or anything. But just slower than what it should be with the specs.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I sold my Rezound and picked up a Maxx locally off someone. I'm not looking back. This phone is great! Battery life is all it's cracked up to be and everything just runs smoother. Everything is snappier compared to the Rezound.
In the end, I would highly recommend making the switch. Just my opinion.
Feel free to ask me any questions.
WizeGuyDezignz said:
I have first hand experience on this topic, so I will dive in.
I too owned a Rezound and was reasonably happy with it. But ever since I got the Rezound (about 6 months ago), I could never understand or get over how sluggish the phone felt to me. With or without being rooted, GB was extremely choppy on homescreen scrolling. Way too much lag for the specs of the phone. So it was obviously a Sense thing.
I of course rooted it right away. And I can tell you that I tried every single ROM available for that phone and none of them ran the phone like I felt it should. That was GB, ICS and 4.0 ROM's. The Ultrasmooth tweak smoothed out the homescreen lag, but the overall phone felt sluggish too. Just in opening apps and all of that.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the phone was super slow or anything. But just slower than what it should be with the specs.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I sold my Rezound and picked up a Maxx locally off someone. I'm not looking back. This phone is great! Battery life is all it's cracked up to be and everything just runs smoother. Everything is snappier compared to the Rezound.
In the end, I would highly recommend making the switch. Just my opinion.
Feel free to ask me any questions.
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Awesome, I was hoping a former Rezound owner would chime in.
You know, I completely understand what you're saying about the sluggishness. While the phone isn't slow by any means, it does indeed have some "twitching" at times, and I want to say it has something to do with either the 720p resolution, the graphics chip, or both. Perhaps it's the fact that Sense is embedded into the OS and there's no way to run AOSP/AOKP as of right now, and we all know that Sense is a resource hog. There's no way the 1.5ghz dual core processor is slow, it's quick to open apps and whatnot, but your right it's definitely a little sluggish at times. And I understand no phone is perfect. Even the iTurd gets hung up as well. I even loaded Go Launcher up on the two test phones I mentioned in my first post, and the Razr just seemed to rock right through it with hardly any lag or sluggishness, whereas I can see it on the Rezound.
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Awesome, I was hoping a former Rezound owner would chime in.
You know, I completely understand what you're saying about the sluggishness. While the phone isn't slow by any means, it does indeed have some "twitching" at times, and I want to say it has something to do with either the 720p resolution, the graphics chip, or both. Perhaps it's the fact that Sense is embedded into the OS and there's no way to run AOSP/AOKP as of right now, and we all know that Sense is a resource hog. There's no way the 1.5ghz dual core processor is slow, it's quick to open apps and whatnot, but your right it's definitely a little sluggish at times. And I understand no phone is perfect. Even the iTurd gets hung up as well. I even loaded Go Launcher up on the two test phones I mentioned in my first post, and the Razr just seemed to rock right through it with hardly any lag or sluggishness, whereas I can see it on the Rezound.
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Yeah, you're right. It's not that the Rezound was a slow phone, but it felt like it which always irritated me. Sense is probably most of the culprit.
Just FYI, if you get a Razr or Maxx. Try Launcher Pro. This phone absolutely flies with that launcher!
WizeGuyDezignz said:
Yeah, you're right. It's not that the Rezound was a slow phone, but it felt like it which always irritated me. Sense is probably most of the culprit.
Just FYI, if you get a Razr or Maxx. Try Launcher Pro. This phone absolutely flies with that launcher!
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I will take that into consideration should I choose to buy one.
Good news is my girlfriend was eligible for an upgrade yesterday, right before this whole "share everything" went live, so she was able to preserve her unlimited data. Me, not so lucky anymore for discounted upgrades. Anyway, she decided to get a 16gb Razr in blue, so once it arrives I will be testing the crap out of it to see how well it does, especially bluetooth. If everything goes well, then I will fork out the money for one and sell the Rezound.
triton302 said:
I will take that into consideration should I choose to buy one.
Good news is my girlfriend was eligible for an upgrade yesterday, right before this whole "share everything" went live, so she was able to preserve her unlimited data. Me, not so lucky anymore for discounted upgrades. Anyway, she decided to get a 16gb Razr in blue, so once it arrives I will be testing the crap out of it to see how well it does, especially bluetooth. If everything goes well, then I will fork out the money for one and sell the Rezound.
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Just FYI about bluetooth and the Razr/Maxx.....I just recently got a brand new Ford Focus with Sync and MyFord Touch and the Maxx works beautifully on bluetooth with the system. So I think you will be good on the bluetooth front.
But please note that I am still on Gingerbread. Things can change on ICS, but I highly doubt it.
Check the sig.
The Razr is the better phone of the two. If the bootloader was unlocked I would say the Maxx is w/out a doubt the best phone to date....overall.
You guys are making my wallet run and hide, lol. But I do appreciate the input. Hopefully the gf's Razr arrives tomorrow so I can play around with it.
triton302 said:
You guys are making my wallet run and hide, lol. But I do appreciate the input. Hopefully the gf's Razr arrives tomorrow so I can play around with it.
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I too have used both phones. I can tell you that the RAZR MAXX wins hands down. IMHO. I bought the MAXX on it's release day and bought a Rezound off CL. I just switched my SIM card (had to use an adapter) between the two. Didn't care for the way the Rezound was built. From the recessed buttons, raised screen frame, poor battery life, and Sense. The only thing I did like was the unlock ring, that would allow you to camera/text/phone/unlock. I really like that Moto kinda copied this with the new unlock key on ICS. Don't know if you buy from CL, or pay full retail, but you will be happy with the RAZR MAXX.
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Just FYI about bluetooth and the Razr/Maxx.....I just recently got a brand new Ford Focus with Sync and MyFord Touch and the Maxx works beautifully on bluetooth with the system. So I think you will be good on the bluetooth front.
But please note that I am still on Gingerbread. Things can change on ICS, but I highly doubt it.
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Yep the Razr should work excellently on bluetooth as it has BT 4.0 capability. Awesome phones...
Bought my girlfriend a Maxx several months ago, she loves it. It works well with Bluetooth in my Mazda 3. She is a medical student, spend all day in a hospital, and if you work in a hospital (i do too) you'll know that your phone is constantly reaching for a signal through thick walls all day. She comes home with 70% battery after 12-16 hour shifts. She has a Charge previously, horrid horrid phone, i rooted it, but that thing was beyond help. With her Maxx, she doesn't even want me to root it or change it bc she loves it so much. No ICS yet, but I'm sure it will just be a better experience for her. Personally, i wouldn't take anything over my Galaxy Nexus, especially now that I'm running Jellybean, and i recommend the Nexus, pure Google is the way to go, this is my first Nexus device, and i will always have one now. If i could keep the slim profile of my phone and get the 3300 mah battery, it would be perfect, battery life my only complaint. Point of my ramblings i guess, personally, i recommend the Galaxy Nexus, but the Maxx is a hell of a phone, solid build, comparable specs, astonishing battery life. It's all personal choice, but if i was in the market for a phone right now, the Maxx would be my number 2 pick, hand down.
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I too have used both phones. I can tell you that the RAZR MAXX wins hands down. IMHO. I bought the MAXX on it's release day and bought a Rezound off CL. I just switched my SIM card (had to use an adapter) between the two. Didn't care for the way the Rezound was built. From the recessed buttons, raised screen frame, poor battery life, and Sense. The only thing I did like was the unlock ring, that would allow you to camera/text/phone/unlock. I really like that Moto kinda copied this with the new unlock key on ICS. Don't know if you buy from CL, or pay full retail, but you will be happy with the RAZR MAXX.
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If i'm going to buy a phone that I want to take care of, I buy it brand new. I've had too many CL and ebay phones, never again. But I agree with you on some of the points about the Rezound.
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Yep the Razr should work excellently on bluetooth as it has BT 4.0 capability. Awesome phones...
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Awesome, thanks!
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Bought my girlfriend a Maxx several months ago, she loves it. It works well with Bluetooth in my Mazda 3. She is a medical student, spend all day in a hospital, and if you work in a hospital (i do too) you'll know that your phone is constantly reaching for a signal through thick walls all day. She comes home with 70% battery after 12-16 hour shifts. She has a Charge previously, horrid horrid phone, i rooted it, but that thing was beyond help. With her Maxx, she doesn't even want me to root it or change it bc she loves it so much. No ICS yet, but I'm sure it will just be a better experience for her. Personally, i wouldn't take anything over my Galaxy Nexus, especially now that I'm running Jellybean, and i recommend the Nexus, pure Google is the way to go, this is my first Nexus device, and i will always have one now. If i could keep the slim profile of my phone and get the 3300 mah battery, it would be perfect, battery life my only complaint. Point of my ramblings i guess, personally, i recommend the Galaxy Nexus, but the Maxx is a hell of a phone, solid build, comparable specs, astonishing battery life. It's all personal choice, but if i was in the market for a phone right now, the Maxx would be my number 2 pick, hand down.
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Well I don't want the GN simply because my experience with Samsung phones has been horrible, both the Charge and my gf's Fascinate. Plus, I really didn't like the call quality from any of the GN's I tested, and the fact that I can't use my 64gb SDcard is a huge no-no. I'm also looking for something great on battery life, which is why I'm considering the Maxx. But thank you though!
No problem, like i said, not dogging the Maxx at all, if there was no nexus, i would have the Maxx with out question. Good luck, with ICS, it will be a great phone.
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Well, the girlfriend's Razr showed up yesterday, did some testing on GB and then installed ICS. Man, I didn't think this phone would be this great. The bluetooth was great on GB, connected up to my car with no problems, and it actually got better with ICS.
I think I'm sold on a Maxx now.
After dealing with the incompetent jackasses at the Verizon store at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, VA, I decided just to call customer service and buy one. Should be here Monday or Tuesday.
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After dealing with the incompetent jackasses at the Verizon store at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, VA, I decided just to call customer service and buy one. Should be here Monday or Tuesday.
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I REALLY like my local Verizon store. It's this rare gem on a beach of fools gold. I've bought all my phones there for over 10 years. But, they simply couldn't help me with a new phone this time. I was nearing the upgrade date, but was going to be out of town when it hit and I wanted a new phone before I left. No dice. Then, Verizon had a sale on all 4G LTE smart phones on their website. $100 off. This was actually better than waiting for my upgrade discount. I went to the store, said I'd rather buy from them than online and asked if they could match it- they said no way. So, I bought it online, get it 2 days later, activated it myself with no drama and was good to go.