RAZR, now it's a name to conjure with Motorola. In his first two years of the hugely popular V3 clamshell sold over 50 million units, but Motorola was so addicted to it that when it stopped selling, the company's market share collapsed.
At just 0.28-inches thick and weighs 127 grams, the Razr packs in a 1.2-gigahertz dual-core processor, 1 GB RAM, 16 gigabytes of built-in storage and a microSD card slot with a 16-gigabyte card included. Inside there is the usual smartphone components: sensor, light sensor, electronic compass and accelerometer.
They are top-end specs squeezed into the smallest form factor of a 4G phone on the market. Off the bat, feel Razr as something special - like a true smart phone technology.
On the software side, stands the stylish action feature based, allowing users to easily program their phone to automatically start programs or change settings from specific inputs. For example, I put the Droid Razr launch Pandora music app every time I plugged a set of headphones in. It worked seamlessly, and it is a feature that I would not mind looking at several telephones.
Razr running Google's Android Gingerbread OS with Motorola UI changes. An upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich is promised at the beginning of 2012.
Motorola's trademark camera bump appears at the top of the Razr - a design cue I actually like. It houses the Razr with 8-megapixel rear camera - which can shoot 1080p video - plus an LED flash, mini-HDMI port, mini-USB port and a front-to 1.3-megapixel camera.
The front of the Razr is covered in extremely durable Corgina Gorilla Glass. I took a pen and later a fork and knife to the screen and not a single scratch emerged, bringing a smile on my face.
The back of the phone is almost Kevlar, the strong and flexible material used in bulletproof vests and NASCAR body parts - but no, the Razr is not waterproof. As the Apple iPhone, but not many Androids, the battery on the RAZR is not removed by the user, instead it is sealed in accordance with Kevlar back. It helps make for a slim phone and is a trade-off I'm personally comfortable with.
The combination of Gorilla Glass on the front side and Kevlar on the back adds up to a phone that feels solidly built, with no visible holes or cheap-feeling plastic surfaces everywhere out there, with the exception of a flip-out door on the left side of the Razr, which hides microSD card slot and 4G LTE SIM card. And yes, that is always Verizon's 4G LTE networks quickly for streaming video, reading web sites and general web-data consumption.
But the little door feels it will eventually break and have a weak spot in the otherwise luxurious design. Battery life is not great, but I have yet to test a 4G smartphone from all manufacturers that provide excellent battery life.
With heavy use, I would have to charge the Razr before a working day is done. Daily cost will be a part of life with the Razr, and anyone considering buying this phone have a charger at home, at work and in the car.
But the door and the battery life is less complaints in relation to the Razr's 4.3-inch touch screen. During the great Gorilla Glass is the Motorola calls its Super AMOLED Advanced qHD screen with a 540 x 960 pixel resolution. Honestly said, the screen is a big disappointment.
The colors look oversaturated, text on Web pages are often uneven and rough, and the overall display looks grainy, add up to a screen that is more distracting than engaging.
The Droid Bionic, while thicker and almost equally attractive style-wise, has a nicer screen (and now sells for $ 250 on a two-year contract from Verizon after the first launch at a price of $ 300). Even better looks, Samsung Galaxy S II screen. The top of the smartphone heap, in my opinion, is the screen on Apple's iPhone 4 and 4S.
Compared with these three top phones look Razr screen dated and not worth the $ 300 asking price.
Each time you use a smartphone, you look at his screen. If you do not like what you see, yes, there is a deal breaker. It's about equal hate seats, steering wheel and dashboard of the car you drive every day.
If the Razr screen would just have matched the look of the Droid Bionic Razr can be challenging Samsung Galaxy S II as my favorite Android on the market. Instead Razr leaves me wondering what could have been, and hope for a better Razr 2, a day.
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