Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX review
The Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX looks so familiar, you can easily mistake it for its slimmer brother from certain angles. Aside its massive built-in battery and a change in the internal memory capacity, the newcomer in Verizon’s LTE lineup is identical to the Droid RAZR, which broke cover in November last year.
Quite frankly, I never thought that battery capacity will be the star feature in a high end Android smartphone, but, given my experience with a number of top notch devices from the past year, it makes perfect sense.
After all, I witnessed several Android top dogs with massive spec sheets display battery performance, which puts their daily usability in question, thus forcing me to walk around with a charger in my pocket. The Droid RAZR MAXX is clearly aimed at this painful issue.
As you know, the subject of this feature is a Verizon Wireless exclusive, LTE/CDMA device, which is why you won’t find it in the usual review section of GSMArena.com. The RAZR MAXX however, is easily among the most significant devices to launch in quite a while, thanks to its 3300 mAh battery on board and the massive shift in usability which it represents. So go ahead and enjoy this short version of our trademark reviews. As always, we’ll to get things going by taking a look at the handset’s key features.
Key features (in short)
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU; PowerVR SGX540 GPU; TI OMAP 4430 chipset
4.3″ Super AMOLED display with qHD (540 x 960 pixels) resolution; 256 ppi pixel density
1GB RAM; 8GB built-in storage; 16GB microSD card included in the retail package
8MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording, 1.3MP front-facing unit
LTE network connectivity
3300 mAh battery with the best performance in class
Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread with Motorola’s proprietary UI; ICS update planned
Superb build quality with top of the line materials
The list get completed with the usual full connectivity set and Motorola’s exclusive software tricks. It is easy to notice that the battery is the biggest highlight above – we’ve seen the rest of the specifications in the Droid RAZR before.
Below are some of the features of the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX, which we found to be… less likable.
Main disadvantages of Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX
No dedicated camera button
The battery is not user replaceable
The AMOLED screen features the older PenTile technology
Absurd amount of Verizon proprietary apps preinstalled
Motorola have threaded carefully with the Droid RAZR MAXX in order not to alienate the users, who bought the original Droid RAZR. While the newer model looks clearly like the better option from the two, the owners of the older incarnation will still have bragging rights as it is thinner and more elegant. It also comes with several color options.
Photos of Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX
The Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX looks so familiar, you can easily mistake it for its slimmer brother from certain angles. Aside its massive built-in battery and a change in the internal memory capacity, the newcomer in Verizon’s LTE lineup is identical to the Droid RAZR, which broke cover in November last year.
After all, I witnessed several Android top dogs with massive spec sheets display battery performance, which puts their daily usability in question, thus forcing me to walk around with a charger in my pocket. The Droid RAZR MAXX is clearly aimed at this painful issue.
As you know, the subject of this feature is a Verizon Wireless exclusive, LTE/CDMA device, which is why you won’t find it in the usual review section of GSMArena.com. The RAZR MAXX however, is easily among the most significant devices to launch in quite a while, thanks to its 3300 mAh battery on board and the massive shift in usability which it represents. So go ahead and enjoy this short version of our trademark reviews. As always, we’ll to get things going by taking a look at the handset’s key features.
Key features (in short)
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU; PowerVR SGX540 GPU; TI OMAP 4430 chipset
4.3″ Super AMOLED display with qHD (540 x 960 pixels) resolution; 256 ppi pixel density
1GB RAM; 8GB built-in storage; 16GB microSD card included in the retail package
8MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording, 1.3MP front-facing unit
LTE network connectivity
3300 mAh battery with the best performance in class
Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread with Motorola’s proprietary UI; ICS update planned
Superb build quality with top of the line materials
The list get completed with the usual full connectivity set and Motorola’s exclusive software tricks. It is easy to notice that the battery is the biggest highlight above – we’ve seen the rest of the specifications in the Droid RAZR before.
Below are some of the features of the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX, which we found to be… less likable.
Main disadvantages of Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX
No dedicated camera button
The battery is not user replaceable
The AMOLED screen features the older PenTile technology
Absurd amount of Verizon proprietary apps preinstalled
Motorola have threaded carefully with the Droid RAZR MAXX in order not to alienate the users, who bought the original Droid RAZR. While the newer model looks clearly like the better option from the two, the owners of the older incarnation will still have bragging rights as it is thinner and more elegant. It also comes with several color options.
Photos of Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX
