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BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech by Jonathan S. Geller on 11/7/11
The Motorola DROID RAZR is arguably the most exciting Android device to
come across my desk in some time, but all the hype in the world doesn’t
necessarily mean it deserves to carry the iconic RAZR name. It’s a 4G
LTE device that packs in a powerful processor, high resolution display,
16GB of built-in storage, 1080p HD video capture capability and plenty
more. But is this Motorola’s best phone since the original RAZR? I have
spent the past few days with the Motorola DROID RAZR, so hit the break
for my full review.
Hardware / Display / Design
The Motorola DROID RAZR features top-of-the-line specs, and it somehow
stuffs it all into one of the thinnest and lightest smartphone cases on
the planet. At only 7.1 millimeters thin, this isn’t only the thinnest
4G LTE device in the world, it’s one of the thinnest smartphones
period. With a 1.2GHz dual-core TI OMAP processor, a 4.3-inch qHD Super
AMOLED display, 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video
capture, an LED flash, an HDMI-out port, noise cancellation
capabilities, 16GB of built-in storage and a 16GB microSD card
pre-installed, this phone is isn’t just competing with other Android
devices, it’s crushing them.
As far as the design of the handset, the DROID RAZR looks like the
perfect evolution of the DROID family with a beautiful display
sandwiched in between tough Gorilla Glass and a metal chassis with
Kevlar backing. The edges of the RAZR are angular yet still soft, and
the phone blends high gloss finishes with a matte case-back perfectly.
On top of the phone is an HDMI-out port, a microUSB charging and data
port, and a 3.5-millimeter headset jack. On the right side is a power
on/off/unlock button next to a volume up/down rocker key. On the left
side is a small cover that flips down to give you access to the phone’s
LTE microSIM card and microSD card. Around back is the 8-megapixel
camera, an LED flash and a speaker.
While the display on the DROID RAZR is a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED
screen, it still isn’t perfect. It does look better to me than the
displays used on the Motorola DROID BIONIC and Motorola DROID 3, but
it’s still a PenTile display, and that means that it still has a grainy
look no matter how high the resolution is. Colors look very good and
are reasonably bright and vivid, though the screen doesn’t compare to
the likes of Samsung’s Super AMOLED Plus displays. Touch sensitivity
was excellent and incredibly responsive, with the device instantly
reacting to every touch event, swipe and drag. On top of the display is
Gorilla Glass, so in addition to the phone performing extremely well in
the display department, it should be able to hold up to your use and
abuse pretty well.
Now, while I love most of the hardware on the Motorola DROID RAZR,
there are bound to be some negatives, right?
The smartphone is incredibly thin, but all that technology has to be
stuffed in there somehow. How did Motorola fit it all, you ask? This
phone incredibly thin but it’s also extremely wide. In addition to a
4.3-inch display, on the upper end of the comfortable spectrum as far
as normal non-ape humans are concerned, the RAZR has a lot of empty
space on both sides of the screen. That doesn’t count the phone’s
actual frame either.
Without measuring, it looks like there’s almost a half inch of space on
both sides of the display. This might not sound like a lot, but piled
on top of an already huge screen, this makes one-handed use nearly
impossible. I can’t even delete an icon off the home screen using one
hand since Motorola made the delete area at the top of the display.
When going into the phone app, I can’t even dial a phone number with
one hand since the dialer tab is, again, on top of the display and my
thumb can’t come close to reaching it. Want to browse the Web? Well,
you can’t do it one-handed because your thumb won’t be able to touch
the URL entry bar. I can’t even swipe down to bring up the notification
drawer using one hand to check unread messages, alerts and other
information.
Software
The software running on the Motorola DROID RAZR is almost identical to
the last flagship Android device from Verizon Wireless that shipped
only seven weeks ago, the Motorola DROID BIONIC. One new feature that
is actually very handy is Motorola’s Smart Actions app.
Smart Actions lets you specify different actions for your phone to
automatically perform based on locations. I wish my iPhone had this.
For instance, I don’t use Bluetooth at all when I’m at home, and I’d
love it if my iPhone would turn Bluetooth off to save battery whenever
I pulled into the driveway. Well, this works flawlessly on the Motorola
DROID RAZR with Smart Actions. In addition to being able to set a wide
range of different settings for locations, you can also base these
actions on other parameters, like when the phone reaches a certain
battery percentage. One of the suggested configurations is to have your
display dim, turn off GPS, and turn of background syncing when your
phone’s battery is at 20% or lower. Motorola says that with Smart
Actions configured, you can extend your RAZR’s battery by up to 30%.
Besides Smart Actions, the DROID RAZR offers FIPS 140-2 validation for
email, contacts and calendar giving the RAZR government-grade
encryption for those apps in addition to voice and video conferencing.
Beyond these few things, the OS and UI on the Motorola DROID RAZR are
basically identical to the device before it, and the one before that.
Phone / Speakerphone
Voice calling on this phone is excellent, with calls coming through
loud with good low end and clarity. Signal reception was also excellent
and I almost always got 4G LTE signal in my home or around town in New
York City and parts of Connecticut. Callers could hear me loud and
clear.
As far as the speakerphone performance, it was sometimes hard to hear
the other party in a conversation. Audio was choppy and I wish the
speaker could get louder. Music playback on the speaker was hollow,
tinny and distorted, but oddly, it seemed to get louder than it could
during a voice call.
All in all, the DROID RAZR is a solid phone for voice calling, though
the speakerphone performance fell short.
Battery
The battery on the Motorola DROID RAZR has really impressed me. After
using the phone for a few days, I completely forgot about the fact that
this a 4G LTE device (in terms of battery performance, not data
speeds). For the first time ever, I believe that Verizon’s 4G LTE
devices have finally reached the point of being powerful enough in the
battery department, and thin enough, to not offer any drawbacks related
to 4G compatibility.
The RAZR lasted days as far as standby time is concerned, and even with
moderate use, the phone went for almost two days. While the battery
isn’t removable, that’s a small price to pay for a device that’s able
to run with the best of them.
Accessories
Motorola sent me a boatload of accessories for the DROID RAZR including
an external battery (just plug it in and you have an external power
supply), a car dock, a multimedia dock and the company’s updated
Lapdock 100. The new laptop dock improves upon the original, though it
still has issues. For example, Motorola has wisely allowed this new
Lapdock to work with a wide variety of Motorola smartphones by having a
universal connector that plugs into more than one device.
Unfortunately, this design doesn’t actually let you dock the phone.
Instead, you can only rest the phone in a cut out in the Lapdock.
For a phone like the RAZR with the ports on the top of the case, you
can’t even rest the handset in the Lapdock, so you’re forced to leave
it plugged in on the table.
The new laptop dock has two-finger scrolling, a welcome change, though
its performance it still pretty terrible and it makes navigation a
maddening experience. The keyboard is improved, though key layout and
size isn’t optimal, either.
All in all, in my limited usage, Motorola’s webtop concept is still
very much a concept and not something I’d ever consider using
regularly. It’s easier to just use the phone itself than the clunky
laptop-like accessory.
Conclusion
The Motorola DROID RAZR has replaced Samsung’s Galaxy S II as the best
Android device I’ve ever used. It’s ridiculously fast, incredibly thin
and it runs on the fastest network in the country. It is also the first
4G device to finally show the world that it doesn’t have to be as thick
as a brick or have battery life that forces you to invest in 12
chargers.
With a beautiful design, an amazing display and a thin profile that’s
packed to the brim with the latest and greatest specs, the Motorola
DROID RAZR is absolutely worthy of being Verizon’s flagship device for
the holidays. While the physical size of the device is larger than I’d
have liked, and one-handed usage can be tricky if you’re not used to
the crop of large display’d devices of late, there are way more
positives than negatives with the DROID RAZR.
Is it a device worthy of being the new Motorola RAZR? For the most
part, I’d say so.
The Motorola DROID RAZR will become available on November 11th at 11:11
a.m. for $299.99 on contract. Verizon is also offering a limited time
promotion as far as 4G smartphone data plans are concerned, so a
customer who signs up for the 2GB monthly plan for $30 will receive the
4GB data plan, and someone who wants something smaller will be able to
add a 300MB data plan to any Verizon Wireless phone for $20 a month.
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