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Your thoughts on the RAZR or RAZR MAXX? (Upgrade advice appreciated)

Hello everyone,

I currently have a droid charge ("upgraded" from a Blackberry tour) and I'm looking into a new phone. I know every forum has their group of users that hate their phone, have serious complaints with them, known issues with the phone, etc but I was hoping to get some feedback on how your experiences with the RAZR or the MAXX have been, advantages/disadvantages, would you recommend it, alternate phone suggestions, etc.

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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B33

I feel the exact same way Jim does the phone has far exceeded my expectations an what you can do with it there isn't to many phones in it's class it does not have I.C.S yet but it's coming. An there isn't in my mind any phone that can stream over 20 hours of Music on a single battery Charge an not have to be hooked up to the charger. Pictures Take really good an the flash kicks in really good in Night pictures An my HD Station that i have an use with it is a Marvel in itself I got pictures on it check out my Profile to see them an have a look at my other Post to read on the great Capabilities of this Device..b33

ISUperson

I have had two HTC phones before RAZR MAXX. I like the HTC interface but with that interface you lose battery life. <Content deleted per the Terms of Service.> I got the RAZR MAXX because my last phone was a Thunderbolt and I couldn't last half a heavy use day its battery life is horrible. I was a bit worried about the MAXX because it was Motorola and they did some update behind the scenes with the first droid and broke corporate email and messed with other setting. But the MAXX pretty close to stock android, and with Google buying Motorola Mobile. There phone should get better and be more toward stock android. I have coworkers with the Samsung phones and I don't like a majority of their interface. LG don't buy. Pantech don't buy. I would recommend the RAZR MAXX over the plain RAZR. It isn't that much thicker and it last forever with the right apps. The key is the apps for android phones and their battery life. The RAZR screen is very good quality And the non-removal battery really can be removed without too much work(This will void warranty and I bring it just so you know it can be done). Issues I have had with the phone that I hope get fixed with next os update. 4G drop off at 2 bars of signal. Remedied somewhat with a app for connection problems. Next is the phone have a little antenna problem when your hand is over the camera side(4G antenna side). Overall I love the phone but will get a iphone 4g when it comes out. Because apple, it just works. Android works about 95% of the time. I hate a lot of apple stuff. But I can't argue that they just work 99% of the time.

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boobdole

Heh, when you go to buy an iphone 4g, want to sell your RAZR MAXX?

Cody21

Coming from an LG Dare, to a Droid X, now the Razr Maxx -- LOVE LOVE LOVE it ... It is so fast compared to my DX ... and the 4G network - just WOW ! It has been very very stable - no crashes at all for nearly 3 weeks now.

B33

3 Weeks! you've had that long Cody Wow these Weeks are going by Fast! My Gosh i have had mine for about 9 Weeks Now. But the Maxx is So Goobly Good b33

boobdole

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Sounds like this is going to be my next phone (if I can manage to leverage it with Verizon). The other one I was looking at was the Nexus but I haven't heard many positive things about it, to be honest with you.

Thanks again!

B33

Stick with the Maxx you'll better off with it.. Especially in the Batt Dept. b33

svz1979

I love my Razr, BUT this is my first Android phone, so dont have much to compare it too. Ditched AT&T and Blackberry for Verizon and Android and dont regret it for one second. Our roommates got the Razr the day it came out as their first ever smartphones, and they had no problems using it so we made the leap. LOVE this phone, other than the sucky battery life, kinda wish we would have went with the Razr Max,but other than that its a great phone and I am now an Android customer for life.

B33

Svz1979 take your Mouse an put it on my Screen Name while on it. Slide you Mouse Down to Check Follow an then i can Send a Direct Message to Ya I will Tell something neat on the Razr you can Do with it..

Also Look up at the Arrow with the Check in it to see my Notification: b33

svz1979

Ok, I did that.Thanks

svz1979

Ok, I did that.Thanks

mushkers

I purchased an android razr several months ago. it is a very nice phone. HOWEVER. 33 days after purchase the unit fell out of my shirt pocket (very easy to do with the slippery design) and bounced off of my foot from a 2 foot height, and hit the floor. the GORILLA glass shattered. Motorola, though very hard to understand as the oversease person was reading from a piece of paper, demanded $150.00 to repair it.

I think that, no matter how nice the product, you have to take the company's lack of culpability into account and opt for another manufacturer. There are plenty of 4G and 3G phones on the market and they all do basically the same thing. I'd go for Samsung next time.

Good luck.

Cody21

If I had any complaint, it is precisely that -- the phone is slippery. My DX had a sort of rubber-backing on it that felt very secure when putting into and taking out of my pocket ... I'm considering getting some sort of a slimline case or something for it.

B33

Hey Cody whats Ya Up Too! i think i got a Case your Looking for Maybe that is Just click the Blue an your Case dreams shall be fulfilled b33

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shellymc13

dont get the droid rarz....not sure why anyone isnt mentioning the known problems it has....if you use hotmail it wont work unless you download an extra hotmail app that takes up alot of the space on the phone. the stock email on the phone doesnt work with hotmail. it will send blank emails even though when you look at your sent box the email has text in it...people receive it blank...and the biggest problem of all is that you wont receive all your text messages and others wont receive all the ones you send them. it is completely random when someone wont get a text and it is not related to others cell phone carriers. if you look at the report of sent and received text it will look like they are all going through but they are not. some people may have not noticed that others arent receiving texts until you ask someone if they got it. it is the most annoying problem and verizon and motorola have no solutions

boobdole

Shelly, thanks for the heads up. Is it the same for the Razr Maxx and is there a thread that discusses these issues that I can take a look at? Thanks for letting me know!

shellymc13

Yes it is the same for the razr maxx. The thread is on Verizon community under Droid razr...titled not receiving text messages....there are many who have yet to realize they are not receiving all their texts and the razr is not sending them all because if you look under text message usage on line detailed report it shows them all being sent a received.

draythomp

Agreed, the screen on the RAZR MAXX is not ready for normal people to use. Great phone, great capabilities, but the Gorilla glass fractures if ANYTHING happens to it. People have had it bread in their pockets, setting it on a table, sliding off a coffee table onto the carpet etc.

Just do a google search for broken RAZR screen, the people can't all be lying about it. They tell us that it is ready to be used with kevlar, gorilla glass metal frame, etc. But a month or two after you get it a 3 year old will pick it up to see a picture and twist it a little and you'll have to get a new phone.

Avoid the RAZR MAXX like the plague until Motorola steps up and fixes it.

Oh, people say that this isn't a known problem. Of course it isn't; the support organizations all attribute it to physical damage. If they put a button on the phone that fell off when you used it, they would call that physical damage also. The phone should be able to handle everyday use, not break when you set it down.

boobdole

Yeah, as soon as I posted that, I found it right away. Not cool . . . but if I've learned anything from that thread it's to file a BBB complaint if they fail to provide services I pay for. I'm at the edge of doing that for another issue but that's something COMPLETELY different.

Thanks for the heads up!

B33

O really: I've had my Maxx for over 2 months Now an non of this has Happen to it.. I think allot has to do with how it's used & treated.I've also had my Droid X for 2 Years an it looks like i pulled it out of the box yesterday The way i see you Take of your Equiptment it will Re-Ward ya in the Long Run..

shellymc13

B33...So your phone doesnt have problem with text messages? Because I guarantee my phone looks brand new and it has alot of problems.

If anyone wants to buy my Droid razr they definately can!

draythomp

b33, you got yours about the same time I got mine, the day it came out. I also had exactly zero problems except the low volume on alarms, but good fortune didn't last. I went to take a picture, the screen broke. It cracked vertically from top to bottom down the center of the screen. Notice, I didn't say anything about dropping it. Verizon support suggested I take it to a store and have them look at it to see if they could tell what happened. The salesman there couldn't see why it happened, and while we were playing with it, it broke again. This time with a horizontal crack from the left side to the middle. This is while the salesman watched it happen.

Of course Motorola claims it was physical abuse; Verizon's policy is that any physical damage and the warranty is void; and the insurance company doesn't care, they just replace phones. So, there is no path for satisfaction on this.

So, YES REALLY. Your trite little caustic response was of no value at all. When yours breaks, you'll understand better, and who said anything about the Droid X?

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