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Yesterday I decided to purchase the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Thus far I am very pleased with my upgrade. An easily unlocked bootloader makes all the difference to me. I just wanted to take this time to say thank you to all the devs that have worked so hard on the Droid X2 and to the community that has been such a great help to myself and others.
Good luck your going to love the nexus father just got one. I love it in the next month or so I'm leaving the x2 for a nexus as well.
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I just left the DX2 for a Galaxy Nexus as well, and it's a huge improvement.
Enjoy your GNex!
Yea my father is really rubbing it in my face right now such a nice phone i honestly thought it was going to be way bigger but its really a decent size and it feels a lot lighter then the x2
January 26th and I'm outie, heading to the nexus. You guys have been awesome.
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I is sad
Sadly I'm out as well. Added another line so that I could get the Rezound, so I'll still have have the X2. I may play around with some roms from time to time. Thanks to nitro for his awesome work, as well as the rest of the devs!
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I'm still holding with the droid x2 barely I've had 4 replacements so far but I have thought of switching to a iphone for the first time.
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Hey rezound community......im having trouble on deciding to get the rezound or the maxx....Can you guys ahed some light on the rezound and if you would go to the maxx if you could ...I know u guys already own the vigor..but please try to keep opinions unbiased..
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Hey rezound community......im having trouble on deciding to get the rezound or the maxx....Can you guys ahed some light on the rezound and if you would go to the maxx if you could ...I know u guys already own the vigor..but please try to keep opinions unbiased..
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If you want a cool phone...get the rezound. If you want to complain about locked boot loaders get the Maxx. The battery is nice though.
<3 moto fans. The complain and complain about the same thing. Lol
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i have played with razr (not hte maxx) and rezound. personally I like the razr due to its thinness and the overall performance. The rezound has a better screen but the screen on razr is also quite neat. Obvous the best feature with razr besides the thinness is the batter life.
I guess if you want a phone that has good battery life, hen razr is your choice. If you want a phone with greater software support, rezound is teh one.
The rez is the better choice if your looking for better dev support (S-OFF) and the hardware is also better IMO razor is nice because it's thin battery life always depends on how you use the phone plus if you get the extended you won't have problems and its not that noticeable like it is on the TB. But if you decide on razor at least wait till the hd comes out because it's the maxx with the better screen and camera I believe. Overall I would still choose the Rezound. I had a chance to get the Razor but I liked the Rezound more.
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Thanks guys
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I respectfully disagree sir. I had the GNex. Switched to Razr, liked it alot more than the gnex just didn't care for the locked bootkoader. Maybe i got lucky but to me the rezound is by far the fastest. I love this screen so much, but I need something like a defender case but the screen is so sexy I use a barely there type tpu case. The camera I can't say enough about. If you change the setting to match your current t surroundings, it is far better than the Gnex or razr and I'd venture to say my iPhone 4S but maybe I got lucky. I expected to think it was just OK but I love it.
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I say you go with BEEFSTEAK! Can't go wrong there!
I would probably get the maxx honestly love my Rezound tho
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I own a Rezound and Maxx, the Maxx has terrific battery life and I like that it is thinner. I am running the newest ICS leak on it and Moto did a great job with it. You will be happy with the Maxx. The Rez has a nicer screen, better hardware and camera. The Rez also more developer friendly. If you like to tinker, then the Rez is a must. Both are great devices but I do like the Rez better. It is also cheaper and you get the cool headphones. Hope this helps.
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Hey rezound community......im having trouble on deciding to get the rezound or the maxx....Can you guys ahed some light on the rezound and if you would go to the maxx if you could ...I know u guys already own the vigor..but please try to keep opinions unbiased..
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I have them both. The maxx to sit on a shelf in my room until motorola decides to keep they're promise on some unlockage... And the Rezound to satisfy my crack flash addiction.
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Hey guys, I am a Nexus S 4G user looking to buy a new (used) phone. I've been researching phones for about a month now, and it eventually came down to the Droid RAZR and the HTC EVO 4G LTE/HTC ONE X. I've decided to go with the RAZR simply because I'm really liking the slimness of it. Now I'm here to ask you guys what issues do I need to know about the RAZR and what should I be wary of when buying it. Also, if there are any ex-Nexus S users in the RAZR community, could you please let me know what you found lacking in the phone compared to the Nexus S? As far as I can see, NFC is the only let down, but I only used it once or twice. Thanks in advance!:good:
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Hey guys, I am a Nexus S 4G user looking to buy a new (used) phone. I've been researching phones for about a month now, and it eventually came down to the Droid RAZR and the HTC EVO 4G LTE/HTC ONE X. I've decided to go with the RAZR simply because I'm really liking the slimness of it. Now I'm here to ask you guys what issues do I need to know about the RAZR and what should I be wary of when buying it. Also, if there are any ex-Nexus S users in the RAZR community, could you please let me know what you found lacking in the phone compared to the Nexus S? As far as I can see, NFC is the only let down, but I only used it once or twice. Thanks in advance!:good:
Edit: Sorry, just realized I posted in the wrong section. Please forgive my noon self, and move this to the Q&A mods please?
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Since you are coming from the nexus s, if you are used to flash roms kernel etc, forget them. The razr have a lockedbootloader and few dev so is a bit a let down from this point of view.
If you don't care about modding then is a really good phone, is slim, very well build with a good reception. Someone say that the wifi is not that great i find it normal. The camera is not as good as many other phone.
Compared to the newest phone (like the htc one x or the galaxy s3) is slower but if you don't play game is still a fast phone.
So to sum up, if you can find it at a good price then is worth buying it (considering it you don't care modding, if you are buying android for modding then i suggest you to forget motorola)
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Since you are coming from the nexus s, if you are used to flash roms kernel etc, forget them. The razr have a lockedbootloader and few dev so is a bit a let down from this point of view.
If you don't care about modding then is a really good phone, is slim, very well build with a good reception. Someone say that the wifi is not that great i find it normal. The camera is not as good as many other phone.
Compared to the newest phone (like the htc one x or the galaxy s3) is slower but if you don't play game is still a fast phone.
So to sum up, if you can find it at a good price then is worth buying it (considering it you don't care modding, if you are buying android for modding then i suggest you to forget motorola)
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Ow, is it really that bad? I feel so stupid now for not checking the development for the RAZR. Guess I'm just a spoiled Nexus user When you say the camera isn't as good as some phones, how would you compare it to baseline phones such as the iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus/S2? Also if you've had any experience with the Nexus S camera, can you please tell me how the RAZR's camera compares to that? Thank you soo much for the help especially for warning me about the boot loader issue though! :banghead:
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no the camera is decent and is like/or better than IP4S,sgs2 etc...specially with ICS
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no the camera is decent and is like/or better than IP4S,sgs2 etc...specially with ICS
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How is the video recording and image stabilization? I was watching some camera test videos on Youtube, and the RAZR's camera looked really shaky?
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How is the video recording and image stabilization? I was watching some camera test videos on Youtube, and the RAZR's camera looked really shaky?
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I guess u are seing reviews when RAZR had GB? They have improved the camera a lot with ICS update imo
There IS development for the RAZR. Yes, it doesn't have an unlocked bootloader, but KEXEC is in development which will allow loading of new kernels. Currently, it's main issue is that CPU1 stays offline for some reason when booting up modified kernels.
Otherwise, there is a pretty good development community out there. CM9 is out for the RAZR as is MIUI. There are other ROMs as well. Again, it's not like the Galaxy which has an unlocked bootloader, but quality-wise, the phone is awesome. Excellent radios, fast and responsive and just thin like a razor!
If you can, you might want to look at getting the RAZR MAXX. Much better battery life than the Original (OG) RAZR. I have the OG RAZR and I can get pretty good battery life IF I don't play games. But, with some tweaking, I've been able to keep it going all day at work if I limit my use to texting, checking emails and some web surfing.
I suggest you spent a little more to get a Maxx. The extra battery really worth it because LTE is much, much more power hungry than 3G. Here in NJ I saw several listing for Maxx asking 350, and Razr for 275.
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Thank you guys for the help! I'll definitely take the MAXX into consideration as battery life is a big point for me. As for the lack of development on the RAZR, I'll keep my Nexus around as a backup phone in case the development gets too slow.
By the way, does the RAZR/MAXX have any known defects or issues that I should check out when buying used?
Thanks again for all the help!:thumbup:
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Thank you guys for the help! I'll definitely take the MAXX into consideration as battery life is a big point for me. As for the lack of development on the RAZR, I'll keep my Nexus around as a backup phone in case the development gets too slow.
By the way, does the RAZR/MAXX have any known defects or issues that I should check out when buying used?
Thanks again for all the help!:thumbup:
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I just bought one used and should have tested the speaker as it was faulty. Swapped it out of my OG Razr though and ordered one on ebay. I got a mint maxx off craigslist for 300 yesterday.
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I agree also there is lots of development for the razr locked bootloader or not.
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mkarps said:
I just bought one used and should have tested the speaker as it was faulty. Swapped it out of my OG Razr though and ordered one on ebay. I got a mint maxx off craigslist for 300 yesterday.
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I read your post after buying the phone but your right, I should've tested the speaker. Thank God though everything seems to work perfectly. The closest Maxx was about an hour away , so I settled on the base RAZR in white, mint condition for $250.
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I agree also there is lots of development for the razr locked bootloader or not.
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Is rooting easy on this phone compared to the Nexus phones? I think I'll play with it for a few days before I root it and flash it to metropcs.
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Is rooting easy on this phone compared to the Nexus phones? I think I'll play with it for a few days before I root it and flash it to metropcs.
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very easy, check out the development section
The RAZR camera isn't that good. It comes out blurry sometimes. Pictures only come out decent in sunlight. And from time to time I experience lag. It's very annoying.
But going to a Motorola I knew I was sacrificing things. Now I got a reliable wireless radio phone and great battery in the RAZR Maxx and ICS, closest to stock ICS that isn't a google phone or a custom rom!
I had a Galaxy S2 on Sprint before this phone. That phone's camera kills the RAZR in video recording and taking still pictures. And I never EVER had lag on the GS2. My big beef with that phone was it had the worst wireless radio on it combined with Sprint's network, sucks.
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How did you end up with this phone? What made you choose it? What makes you keep it? Post your story.
I have the Razr Maxx on Verizon Wiress (CDMA). Things I dislike about this phone...
1. The camera, it's no slouch but I got use to the camera on my previous GS2. That has better lense/camera.
2. Slight lag here and there, again I came from a GS2 that used Exynos processor.
3. No HD display BUT I am a big fan of Super Amoled. I just love how the colors pop.
4. Locked boot loaders!! (My Samsung GS2 was so easy to root and flash things on.)
There was even some points I thought of selling my Maxx and getting a GS3. I loved the GS2 but main problem was it had a really horrible wireless radio plus being on Sprint network did not help. I had no intentions in getting a Razr when I walked into the Verizon store. I already liked Samsung, I just needed better service. Had my mind on the Galaxy Nexus. But I loved the build of the slim RAZR. Tried it for a week or so, Ioved it. Got signal in areas I never did with other phones being on other networks. Battery was a big problem, like most Android phones, I said eff it and got the Maxx.
The radio and battery life make up for all the things I dislike about this phone. I just got a case from Seidio and that gives me the new phone feel again lol. I gave up things getting this phone but I've also gained things so it balances out
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had thunderbolt. wanted battery. got maxx
Had rezound. Battery was terrible. Got talked out of getting a new phone (within 14 days) and instead got the extended battery. Still awful battery, and other problems. Got replacement rezound. That was even worse. Finally they let me exchange, and I got the maxx because I wanted the battery.
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How did you end up with this phone? What made you choose it? What makes you keep it? Post your story.
I have the Razr Maxx on Verizon Wiress (CDMA). Things I dislike about this phone...
1. The camera, it's no slouch but I got use to the camera on my previous GS2. That has better lense/camera.
2. Slight lag here and there, again I came from a GS2 that used Exynos processor.
3. No HD display BUT I am a big fan of Super Amoled. I just love how the colors pop.
4. Locked boot loaders!! (My Samsung GS2 was so easy to root and flash things on.)
There was even some points I thought of selling my Maxx and getting a GS3. I loved the GS2 but main problem was it had a really horrible wireless radio plus being on Sprint network did not help. I had no intentions in getting a Razr when I walked into the Verizon store. I already liked Samsung, I just needed better service. Had my mind on the Galaxy Nexus. But I loved the build of the slim RAZR. Tried it for a week or so, Ioved it. Got signal in areas I never did with other phones being on other networks. Battery was a big problem, like most Android phones, I said eff it and got the Maxx.
The radio and battery life make up for all the things I dislike about this phone. I just got a case from Seidio and that gives me the new phone feel again lol. I gave up things getting this phone but I've also gained things so it balances out
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Well kholk and mbm got the CDMA Razrs to boot properly with both cores! So its only a matter of time until custom kernels come along with roms.
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3 weeks and all is working perfect on ice w/SlimROM. 4 months total. All in all it's been a very good phone the whole time . I do recommend getting an otter box or something if you are very active I broke my screen and it cost me .
also have working Linux 12.04 and all open office full programs
forget to charge one nite and it still runs all day the next...
64 gb SD card - 500hrs video and 1000 songs and still 18 gb. (I have 5 Linux distros for testing also -10gb)
12 games
off air GPS maps for all of northern NY plus Google maps off air redundant
scanner
free tether
Had galaxy nexus loved everything except the poor signal and battery life. RAZR Maxx fixed both problems. I'm keeping it unless the RAZR HD battery can compete with it.
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Former fascinate and Charge owner. Upgrade became available before the unlimited ban when upgrading. Got the maxx after checking all phones in the Verizon store and it being the most polished feeling.
Happy ever since. Screen and audio playback are not the best but everything else kicks ass.
Can't imagine having a lesser phone and there is no desire to deviate from stock.
SHVR MAXX
Verizon offered me a maxx after 12 defective razrs, wish I would have asked for a s3.
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I have previously owned: Samsung galaxy s, zte blade, HTC desire z. I wanted something with awesome built quality and as thin and light as possible. The chosen one was the RAZR only missing now for me is custom kernel plox
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The main criteria to buy a phone, is it has to be able to works as a phone. Period. Previously, I have RAZR V3xx, before changed to other Nokia phones and the Nexus One. V3xx was a very good phone which did a very good job as a phone; makes and receives calls. It also a very good HSDPA 3G "modem", USB tethered to laptop. Now I have RAZR XT910... and it just as good as the V3xx. I don't care how many cores, benchmark's scores or frames speed, but, if it cannot functioning as a proper phone, than it is worthless to me.
Thank you.
skater95 said:
Verizon offered me a maxx after 12 defective razrs, wish I would have asked for a s3.
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Holy crap batman. That's almost hard to believe. If it were a Nexus, I would believe that.
After my 3rd Galaxy Nexus, I got fed up with it. Purchased a Razr. The Maxx was then Released. Sold Razr. Bought Maxx. Friend was selling his Razr dirt cheap. So I bought it. And now have two Razr's.
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Holy crap batman. That's almost hard to believe. If it were a Nexus, I would believe that.
After my 3rd Galaxy Nexus, I got fed up with it. Purchased a Razr. The Maxx was then Released. Sold Razr. Bought Maxx. Friend was selling his Razr dirt cheap. So I bought it. And now have two Razr's.
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Yeah it's ridiculous, I'm going on my second maxx.
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Jesus Christ. I have owned 3 Maxx 2 Reg Razr. None which gave me problems. Sorry to hear about your luck.
What problems are you having?
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Well kholk and mbm got the CDMA Razrs to boot properly with both cores! So its only a matter of time until custom kernels come along with roms.
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That's great news!! I hope you're right!! This phone is awesome, it deserves great development!!
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brickinphoneslol said:
Jesus Christ. I have owned 3 Maxx 2 Reg Razr. None which gave me problems. Sorry to hear about your luck.
What problems are you having?
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Name it, I've had it. Verizon replacements suck.
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I switched to a razr maxx after three galaxy nexus bad phones. The razr Maxx does everything I need it to do.
Development is heating up on it too.
I have a galaxy s3 also but I'm finding that I keep going to the razr when I NEED my phone to just Work....like when I'm at work.
I go back to the gs3 because the screen is STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL. The razr just works better all the time.
#firstworldproblems
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I came from a gnex so of course the performance of this phone doesn't compare to that
But its a lot better than i had expected, and obviously i needed the battery life with work so that's why I'm here
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Aerogriff said:
I came from a gnex so of course the performance of this phone doesn't compare to that
But its a lot better than i had expected, and obviously i needed the battery life with work so that's why I'm here
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When I used a gnex I thought the two phones performed similarly although the Motorola came out on top when you needed data or GPS or phone signal or battery.
SHVR MAXX
i was thinking moving from SGS2 ....to SGS3 .. not , after seeing both , i got razr maxx cuz of battery , and IT'S NOT a faulty or lazy phone
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When I used a gnex I thought the two phones performed similarly although the Motorola came out on top when you needed data or GPS or phone signal or battery.
SHVR MAXX
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Yeah, only plus with the gnex was the ton of dev support and tweaking. But I'm pretty happy with my maxx, the battery and signal blow the gnex away.
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So I am currently eligible to upgrade my phone through Verizon and I have been trying to figure out which phone to buy. I have been using a Droid X for almost 2 years and I absolutely loved it!
I rooted my Droid X shortly after buying it 2 years ago and have learned most everything a rooted user needs to know
(ex. Flashing custom ROM'S, using CWM recovery to create Nandroid backups, using an SBF to return the phone to out of the box software)
and I even learned how to use ADB commands to flash the Motorola stock system images when I had a Motorola XOOM tablet
That being said I really enjoy all things ROOT like over clocking and under volting, and of course flashing custom ROM'S so I guess my question to the Droid RAZR community, many of whom I'm sure are allot like myself would simply be...
Do you REALLY love your Droid RAZR or Droid RAZR MAX??? Is there allot of development out there for this phone? Are there custom ROM'S and the ability to use the Wireless Tether function?
Any advice and personal experiences with this phone would go a huge way toward helping me decide if I want to make the jump or not! Thanks everyone!
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So I am currently eligible to upgrade my phone through Verizon and I have been trying to figure out which phone to buy. I have been using a Droid X for almost 2 years and I absolutely loved it!
I rooted my Droid X shortly after buying it 2 years ago and have learned most everything a rooted user needs to know
(ex. Flashing custom ROM'S, using CWM recovery to create Nandroid backups, using an SBF to return the phone to out of the box software)
and I even learned how to use ADB commands to flash the Motorola stock system images when I had a Motorola XOOM tablet
That being said I really enjoy all things ROOT like over clocking and under volting, and of course flashing custom ROM'S so I guess my question to the Droid RAZR community, many of whom I'm sure are allot like myself would simply be...
Do you REALLY love your Droid RAZR or Droid RAZR MAX??? Is there allot of development out there for this phone? Are there custom ROM'S and the ability to use the Wireless Tether function?
Any advice and personal experiences with this phone would go a huge way toward helping me decide if I want to make the jump or not! Thanks everyone!
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I can really recommend the RAZR, I do love my phone! The only thing I regret is not waiting for the MAXX, but on the other hand, no one knew it was coming when i bought my phone!
I bought the RAZR because I wanted a phone that survives daily life. I sail a lot and my phones usually die by moisture... The RAZR isn't water proof, but it has some water resistance. Mine have taken some blows as well and survived.
The only real con I can think about is the locked boot loader, but now that kexec is released it should not be a problem any more :fingers-crossed:
I love my Maxx, great battery life! Since ICS upgrade GPS is not as quick, occasional lag, but far better than any android I've ever owned.
That being said if I were due for upgrade I would probably pick the S3. As long as it wasn't as bad as the previous galaxies I've owned... Love the size and the big screen. But that's just me. The Maxx is awesome though. I would get that rather than the RAZR for the awesome battery life.
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If you want all day battery get a maxx, but since the bootloader has only recently been fully bypassed it will be a bit before a completely asop based rom will be at daily driver standards. That being said there are some very nice roms built on the moto kernel. I personally don't think the og razr would be worth it, but the maxx will bring you back to 2 days of battery life you may have once had with an old school dumb phone.
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Get the galaxy s 3 or wait for the razr hd.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone, does anyone know if the RAZR HD is supposed to be released soon?
And if so I would imagine it will be some time before a root tool is released along with any other development...
Btw is the bootloader bypassed on the MAXX through some kind of bootstrapper app? similar to the old DROID 2 Bootstrapper program?
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If you want a good wireless radio and good battery life get the RAZR Maxx. If you're into rooting and flashing stuff I don't know if the RAZR series is the best choice.
See what the next Google phone brings, I'm thinking they're going to the GSM carries this time but who knows. I've heard stuff about there may be more than one Google device by different manufacturers. If true Verizon may get another. Or else wait to see what this rumored RAZR HD brings. Then make the decision if you can wait a few months lol.
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