Motorola RAZR MAXX

The Droid RAZR MAXX offers an inelegant solution to the problem of battery life. It's took the Droid RAZR (which Scott reviewed a few months back), still the slimmest and one of the fastest phones to date, and filled that empty space with battery. The Motorola RAZR MAXX has a preposterously sized battery, 3300mAh, more than double the iPhone 4S’ 1432mAh battery and still larger than Samsung’s  Galaxy Note, a tablet/smartphone with a 5.4” screen. The battery in the MAXX is a monster.

The Razr Maxx looks identical to its predecessor, featuring the same glossy black, hard line finish and being made of the same kevlar laced polycarbonate. Notable differences are the device's size and weight, with it measuring in at 131x69x9mm and weighing 145g. The original Razr by comparison measured in at 131x69x7.1 and weighed 127g. The screen is also the same as the original Razr, with the Maxx packing a 4.3in 540x960 Super Amoled display. While the screen was decent when the first new Razr was released back in 2011, it's less impressive the second time around. When compared to other recently released devices like the HTC One X and Lumia 900, which feature more impressive 4.7in 1,280x720 super LCD and 4.3in 800x480 Amoled displays respectively, the Razr Maxx's screen looks significantly less vibrant and crisp.

 The rest of the internal specs are identical to the Razr, so you get a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB RAM, 8MP rear camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording, front facing 1.3MP camera and Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. However, an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is on the way and rolling out now across Europe.

We appreciate the new balance, but we wish Motorola had taken time to redesign the Razr without such a huge bezel, which adds unnecessary width and length when held in the hand.We mentioned in our Razr review that the deep bezel made the phone's 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display appear smaller than it really was, and the Motorola Razr Maxx does nothing to rectify this.There's still the fiddly micro SIM and microSD card slots hidden behind a panel on the left-hand side of the smartphone, and while not impossible to manipulate, we would have liked this to be easier to use.

Features of Motorola RAZR MAXX :

• Massive 3,300mAh battery in 9mm splash resistant body, Kevlar back
• Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G with HSDPA and HSUPA
• 4.3" 16M-color capacitive Super AMOLED touchscreen of qHD resolution (960 x 540 pixels, 256ppi), scratch-resistant Gorilla glass
• Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, PowerVR SGX540 GPU, TI OMAP 4430 chipset; 1GB of RAM
• Android OS 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich with customized UI
• 8 MP auto-focus camera with LED flash; face detection, geotagging; 1.3MP front-mounted secondary camera
• 1080p video recording @ 30fps
• Wi-Fi b/g/n; Wi-Fi hotspot functionality; DLNA
• GPS with A-GPS; Digital compass
• 16GB of storage; micro SD slot
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v4.0 with LE and A2DP
• standard microHDMI port; Web Top compatible (docks sold separately)
• Smart dial, voice dialing
• Office document editor; MOTOPRINT app to print Office docs
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated secondary mic
• DivX/XviD/H.264 video support

Specification of Motorola RAZR MAXX :

General	2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network : HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Announced: 2012, April Status : Available. Released 2012, May
Body	Dimensions: 130.7 x 68.9 x 9 mm Weight: 145 g
Display	Type : Super AMOLED Advanced capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size : 540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches (~256 ppi pixel density) Contrast ratio: N\A Multitouch: Yes Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass
Sound	Audio quality: N\A Alert types: Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm jack: Yes
Memory	Card slot: micro SD, up to 32GB Internal: 16 GB storage, 1GB RAM
Data	GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes Speed: HSDPA, HSUPA WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera	Primary: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, auto-focus, LED flash Features: Touch-focus, geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization Video: Yes, 1080p@30fps Secondary: Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p
Configuration	OS: Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Chip-set: TI OMAP 4430 CPU: Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 GPU: PowerVR SGX540 Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser: HTML, Adobe Flash Radio: No GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Colors: Black - MicroSIM card support only - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Splash resistant - HDMI port - SNS integration - Google Search, Maps, Gmail - YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration - MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player - Organizer - Document viewer/editor - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery	Type: Standard battery, Li-Ion 3300 mAh Stand-by: Up to 607 h Talk-time: Up to 17 h 40 min

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