1. The screen is more vibrant, sharp and color full than the one on display at Verizon. The razr screen to me at least is better than the galaxy nexus.
2. Ice cream sandwich player. The one in store had stock gingerbread music player.
3. How easily you can use it with one hand and the Maxx is really comfy to hold.
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I wouldn't mind having a slightly fatter RAZR if I can get a 4.5 inch 720p screen and a 13mp camera!
Source here: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/13/droid-razrs-cdma2000-and-td-scdma-variants-teased-in-china-the/
Too bad this isn't a troll. I could care less about the 13MP camera, higher MP doesn't mean better quality pictures. The 720p isn't too much of a big deal, but it would be nice, although it's LCD vs Amoled. The dolby sound would be sweet, wonder if there are 2 speakers for true stereo, or is it still mono. Although the chinese variaints don't have 4G only 2G (puke). This phone was the DROID HD at first I believe, but now to come back sa qHD. I'm wondering how much had to be sacraficed for the DROID RAZR.
Our hardware is still premium. The 720P screen will need more horsepower, and most people probably can't actually see the difference.
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Our hardware is still premium. The 720P screen will need more horsepower, and most people probably can't actually see the difference.
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Absolutely true. Had the opportunity to check out the htc Rezound today at a Verizon store, side by side with my razr. It has the first true 720p HD sLCD display & it was underwhelming. Both were set to auto brightness & the razr looked brighter/more vibrant. The slcd, while somewhat crisper, was noticeably washed out with color reproduction. The pentile pixelation that's been mentioned here was not really apparent on most things, even text, at least to me. And don't even mention benchmarks! The razr blew it away.
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Well, I love my SGS display, don't really feel pentile, but I noticed on videos that Droid RAZR's screen is more glossy, mirror like.... Don't really like it... Has anyone compared it to SGS?
And by the way, does the phone really lag when zooming pictures in gallery?
I have compared my razr display to my previous Samsung gs2 and the razr display looks much better ...I was very sceptical about the display after looking at various videos but IMO it looks much much better in person....I think all issues with the display are blown out of proportion..granted there is some minor pixelation visible while looking at the display very closely but its definitely not something that you will notice in day to day use..the colours on the razr are much better than the gs2..
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Due to extreme boredom at work I've decided to take a shot at a review. So here it is my official review of the Motorola Droid Razr.
After reading many bad reviews and going against my own initial choice of the HTC Rezound I decided to take a leap and pick up the Droid Razr. To say this phone is sharp is an understatement ( see what I did there? Sharp. Razr... Ok i'm done I swear) The phone is amazingly thin and very light weight. Some may find the phones width a little odd to hold but its something you get used to over time. One thing I found is that for a phone this thin the over all build quality is a step above the competition. The back is a soft touch piece of kevlar with a nice black and grey pattern. The screens glass is cut to look edged which adds a bit elegance to the shape. The screen is a very impressive quarter hd super amoled advanced screen made by Samsung. Colors are vibrant, contrast is amazing with blacks being jet black and not washed out like lcd screens. I find super amoled to be second to none on a mobile phone. Another note on the screen is that it is made of Gorilla glass. (check out peoples YouTube videos for scratch tests) lastly on the build of the phone is the splash resistant nano coating protecting the insides.... i'm not testing that lol. Motorola really went all out on the rebirth of the Razr. As for the software, I was worried about using a phone with Motoblur due to the fact that it used to slow down whatever phone it was on. Blur has been stripped down to a very subtle user interface that is very fast and manages to keep a considerable amount of eye candy. Like when you transition from screen to screen the widgets and icons gleam. Driving Android gingerbread version 2.3.5 (It will be getting 4.0 ice cream sandwich in early 2012) is a very fast 1.2ghz dual core processor and a full gigabyte of ram. As for storage you get 8 gigabytes of internal storage and a little under 3 gigabytes of application storage. The Razr includes a 16 gigabyte micro sd card for additional storage. Moving on to the camera, this is the other area reviewers knocked the phone. Yes in really low light it fails to take quality pictures. This is however a cell phone. Not a dslr camera. I found in adequate lighting the pictures were sharp and colors were accurate. The camera is also capable of recording full 1080p high definition. The front facing camera is a very nice 2 megapixel camera that can record or video chat in full 720p hd. I will be posting sample images to demonstrate. Another feature that seems to be coming standard on a lot of Motorola devices is a micro hdmi output which I frequently use for streaming Netflix on my hdtv. Last but not least is call quality and data connectivity. After all this is a phone first and foremost. Reception is probably the best I've ever gotten on a smart phone. I have yet to get no service or even dip to below 2 bars. This includes going inside places like Walmart. Calls come through loud and clear with almost no distortion and the speaker phone is loud and clear. As for data I get very good speeds on 3g and often don't bother using wifi which speaks a lot for the phone. To wrap up my review I have never been a fan of motorola and often had numerous issues with many models, however I can't deny they have some of the most solid phones build wise and they have redeemed themselves with the Droid Razr. If your holding onto a phone upgrade you won't regret getting the Razr. Only phone that I think will outshine it is the Galaxy Nexus. With the Rezound by HTC coming in a close second.
See the camera samples below.
Thanks for reading and look for my review of the Galaxy Nexus as soon as it gets a solid release date
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Great review! Just made the wait for mine that much longer
Thanks i'm really enjoying the razr. I bet with ICS the phone will be a beast. I'm going to try the nexus in a Verizon store and see if I really want to exchange my razr for it.
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I read that the battery cannot be removed. Would it be an issue? Because I'd like to buy a phone which I could use for some years and I'm afraid that the battery could eventually be a problem. I'm thinking about the SgsII and the Razr (I don't know if the nexus will be available in Chile) Maybe you could help me to decide (hope you're not a fanboy, and please no offense) Thanks for the review.
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I read that the battery cannot be removed. Would it be an issue? Because I'd like to buy a phone which I could use for some years and I'm afraid that the battery could eventually be a problem. I'm thinking about the SgsII and the Razr (I don't know if the nexus will be available in Chile) Maybe you could help me to decide (hope you're not a fanboy, and please no offense) Thanks for the review.
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S2's screen is terrible, low resolution, color bugs,... but S2 has a wide support community and seems smoother than Razr
Anyway, I like Razr's design, launcher UI and icons
actually I have to correct you on the S2 is bad. In fact I have both phones along with thinking about the Nexus.
The SG2 LTE I find is a great phone worked flawless from the day I bought it mostly keep it on haven't turned it off in like maybe 3 days and hasn't rebooted or powered off by itself. The screen they say is crap compared to the Razr, I have compared both I find the Razr Screen has more jaggies than the SG2. In fact the Screens are both made by Samsung and both are AMOLED. Motorola boasts that their screen is SuperAdvanceAmoled. To clairfy this AdvanceAmoled was abandoned by Samsung in favour or RGB stripe Amoled on the SG2. The Razr screen is comprised of RGBG pixels meaning there is an extra green pixel to make up an element. With this arrangement Motorola claims to have a higher resolution screen but fail to tell you that the actual pixel density isn't as high because of the use of 2 subpixels to display one element. This is my understanding you have to read on this based on Samsungs report of the Pentile display matrix. RGB stripe on the SG2 has a much cripser and more focused display than the pentile displays. So even at low resolution at 800x480 with a 4.5 inch display you would hardly notice the pixels unless you like using a magnifying glass to look at your display. The Nexus uses a Pentile display but a much newer version than what is used on the Razr. This display uses the Pentile matrix but with a much higher density and pixel count so you wouldn't see much pixelization but again how close to you actually look at your display. The truth is having a higher pixel density on a screen that is under 5 inches isn't going to matter much. Until you get to the 7 inch size then you'll start to notice the pixels I mean really how small do you want the text to be on a web page on a 4.5 inch screen or for that matter 4.3? I could barely make out text on the screen unless I actually magnify it a bit but then again I don't use one to view web pages. No bad display here and very happy with this phone SG2, seriously debating Nexus. After reading all the comments here about the Nexus I think I'll stay with the SG2 until they update it to ICS or until somethinb better comes out.
Don't get me wrong I like the Razr it has tons of great features software wise and hardware. The build quality is excellent based on the many devices I have had in the past. There is the drawback of non removable battery, but the slim design does make up for that. The camera is great and the autofocus smooth along with the video. One little issue I had was it was slow to switch from 2G to 3G or 4G when available. I find when I'm on 4G with 1 bar and it has to switch to 2G it actually shuts the network off and then connects back.
I'm sure most are correctable through software but there isn't enough to make the phone not worthy of consideration.
How would you guys rate the Razr's loud speaker? I got the original Droid by Motorola like 2 years ago. I'm still inlove with that phone's build quality and how loud the loud speaker is. I've had a few phones since then including an Iphone 4g and an HTC Sensation but none compares to the sound quality and loudness of the original Droid's speaker. I'm set on getting the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx coming out in a few days with Verizon but im worried about that. Im using my loudspeaker alot.
How do you guys compare your Razr's speaker with the OG Droid? (if any of you had the OG Droid) How do you compare it to any other phone's loudspeaker that youve owned?
The sound quality of original droid was superb with high volume. That doesn't change with the Droid Razr.
Not that great, was spoiled by defy and razr has no deep tones. Atrix was better.
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i keep thinking my razr is my old defy.... max volume with the ring ring tone as an alarm sounds very similar to a fire alarm.... wakes me right up lol
Hi to all
I actually have an Xperia S, it is a gorgerous phone, fast, good screen (but poor viewing angles) but i'm a bit dissapointed with two things:
-Battery life: It's hard to come back to house at night with more than 20% battery, and I always use the phone in 2G mode and screen brightness at 2%
-Size of the phone: Because of the useless transparent strip, the phone is too big for a 4.3" screen, same size than a Galaxy Nexus...
I know that I can buy a USB battery pack, but I don't want to bring it with me all day and carry with two items...
I'm not a hard gamer, only I like to play sometimes to GTA3 or games like where's my water, cut the rope, etc
There are a few things that I need in my phone:
-Play divx and mkv videos without reencoding it
-1GB of RAM for multitasking
-Smooth menus and use of the phone
-Android 4.0
-Not stupidly oversized phone because of useless things like the transparent bar
¿will the RAZR Maxx do that things?
What do you think about coming to a RAZR from a Xperia S?
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The RAZR has so much packed into a slim frame it got wider and taller. My maxx is almost identical in size to a nexus. I like the 4.3 but sure a larger screen wouldn't hurt but I like the maxx. Battery life is just what you think...ridiculous. ics is going to happen, maybe this month. I'm not going to say one is better than the other but I can tell you I use no battery tricks and routinely get over 5+ hours of screen on time on 3g alone. So far after 6 weeks w it, it has proven itself to be a great device. I did try the ics leak and the os upgrade really makes the maxx shine