If Motorola did this automatically on all their phones and not just the "MAXX" line, then all the other Android manufacturers would take notice.
If Motorola did this automatically on all their phones and not just the "MAXX" line, then all the other Android manufacturers would take notice.What annoys me about the Maxx line of phones is that we know it's possible, so why aren't all phones doing this? Obviously it costs them more to put a bigger battery in, but if you were Motorola, wouldn't it be a pretty nice selling point to be able to say "Our entire lineup of phones has the best battery life by far!"?
If Motorola did this automatically on all their phones and not just the "MAXX" line, then all the other Android manufacturers would take notice.
But then the consumers are like, "WHY THIS SO THICK WHEN YOU MADE THINNER PHONE?!"
The Maxx is not thick at all...
If anything, the normal Razr is too thin.
Razr Maxx HD is thinner than the VZW Galaxy Nexus just for reference.
The Maxx is not thick at all...
If anything, the normal Razr is too thin.
My biggest issue with my Gnex is battery life. I'd kill to have a nexus phone with a battery like what is in the Maxx. It'd be even better if it was removable/replaceable.
The reason they could get such a huge battery in the maxx is partly BECAUSE it wasn't removable. They didn't have to design around having room for contacts and such. They could solder it wherever they wanted on the board and fill up as much space as possible inside.
Brother just updated our plan and grabbed the Maxx tonight. I'll wait a while and see what he thinks about it. Might get the M linked in shorty's post above.
I'm on his plan, he has to go verizon for USB data cards in his mobile machines. He has 6 phones, 2 USB devices, 8 gigs shared and the bill is ~325 on the share everything plan.Its only on Verizon and right now Verizon is by far the most expensive carrier. Think long and hard about what you really want.
I looked at the "M" the other day and I was a bit disappointed in one nitpicky thing...
They advertise "edge to edge glass". But in reality there is a thin sharp plastic bezel that runs around the outside edge of the phone and is slightly higher than the display itself. I always felt my thumb catching that border whenever I swiped across and off the screen. Then I went and looked at the other RAZR phones and they all have the same thing. Not a dealbreaker, but not something I was expecting for a phone that had such glowing reviews of build quality. It just felt cheap and unfinished to me. A small bumper would probably help fix it by giving a much more pronouced border but in the nude it would get very annoying to me.
Tbh a bezel is a good thing to have as it helps with one handed operation by preventing false registers on the touchscreen.
I looked at the "M" the other day and I was a bit disappointed in one nitpicky thing...
They advertise "edge to edge glass". But in reality there is a thin sharp plastic bezel that runs around the outside edge of the phone and is slightly higher than the display itself. I always felt my thumb catching that border whenever I swiped across and off the screen. Then I went and looked at the other RAZR phones and they all have the same thing. Not a dealbreaker, but not something I was expecting for a phone that had such glowing reviews of build quality. It just felt cheap and unfinished to me. A small bumper would probably help fix it by giving a much more pronouced border but in the nude it would get very annoying to me.
Launches October 18th
Yup, I saw the announcement on Phonescoop just now.
Will need to play with one in a store but I do like the stats. My concern is its still kinda large and heavy for what you get.
In fact a girl in my english class was just complaining about this. She said none of the nice new phones these days can fit inside a ladies pocket. I hadnt thought about that but she's probably right.