worth $100 to go from razr to maxx? - Motorola Droid RAZR

Hi all,
just got a Razr and did not know about the battery life issues, i have 14 days to exchange it but they will charge me $100 + $35 restocking fee so $135 for a better battery really worth it?

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I love not having to worry about battery life so it was worth the $100 to me. But if money was tighter, I might of gone with the regular Razr. So really, the only person who can answer if $135 for double battery life is worth it is you.

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Yeah I am not sure, I tried it today out of box with no charge and it lasted and hour and a half but at 27% to start, I have a galaxy s and if i use that alot during the day it wont make it. i will try the Razr for a few days at work if its worse then the galaxy then i think it might be worth the $135.

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You will have to decide what works for you in terms of value.
I got my Razr for 1c on teh Amazon deal, so I'm willing to deal with its poor battery life. If I know I'll need more juice I end up carrying a short USB cable to connect to a computer and throw a $9 back-up battery charger in my pocket. The back-up does not really guive you more than 1/2 f its 1900mah rating, but it works quickly and is small, light and cheap:
I got one similar to:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p..._id=1083311&p_id=7663&seq=1&format=4#feedback
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Its really hard to judge battery life on a new phone because you use it about 50% more than normal trying to learn all the ins and outs of new phone. i can allways plug it in during the day at work so i might be ok.

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your battery life will get a bit better after a few charging cycles. Every single phone ive even had i had to have an extra battery with me so i can go through the whole day without charging at all. Now i have the Maxx and i can do that without an external or replacement battery. If i turn off the mobile data and use wifi whenever possible, i can even go 2 days with decent use.
If you think you will keep the phone for a year or two i think its worth it.

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I would exchange it for a phone made by almost any manufacturer other than Motorola!

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Got my Droid Razr Maxx on Tuesday, this thing is great, loving the performance and battery life, not really getting the complaints against the screen as it looks pretty damn nice to me. Not a big fan of the built-in MotoBlur widgets (and the stock layout it fairly ugly) but that was all easily fixed. I paid $180 for the Razr Maxx, I can't imagine not having that extra battery life and prefer this form factor over that of the regular Razr.
The locked bootloader is my only real complaint, but I usually found myself going back to stock after a day or two just the same. Still annoying.

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Eddy T said:
I would exchange it for a phone made by almost any manufacturer other than Motorola!
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not everyone wants to put a custom rom though. And for those, Motoblur > samsung touchflo

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orateam said:
not everyone wants to put a custom rom though. And for those, Motoblur > samsung touchflo
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done that with my galaxy and am back to stock rom. made it all day at work with 50% battery life left and i used it quite a bit so i think im gonna stick with this one, thanks. My wife dosent like the phone at all she wants to exchange it. so i called verizion and since i got the buy one razr get one free she would have to pay for another phone witch makes no sense to me, i can sell it on ebay for at least $400 or more and buy her a $300 phone and make $100 .