RazrM or S3

[phillyman36]

I have an iphone 4 right now. I can now upgrade to a new phone so im trying to decide on either a Samsung S3 or the new RazrM. I am going to go in the store and play with both of them for a little bit today. I am also going to start looking at reviews reviews as well. just wanted to know if anyone has compared the 2 phones themselves and what they thought. Which would you pick and why if you were in my shoes? Can either of these phones stream netflix? (sorry but im a little out of the loop when it comes to mobile phones)
Thanks for any help.

 

[Oyeve]

Well, I have a personal sgs3 and a job given droid razr. I hate the razr with a passion. It is slow, moto-blur or whatever they call it is horrible, lte is barely at 2 bars and the screen, imo, looks like crap. The battery is also pathetic due to it always scanning for lte. They both play netflix. The razr got HD netflix but the sgs3 has it also.

 

[Infrnl]

Out of the 2 listed I'd go with the gs3. BUT if you wait till Thursday, you can get either of the new razr hd's.

 

[KentState]

Is LTE part of the SoC on the RazrM? I know the S3 has substantially better battery life compared to other Android devices due to this.

 

[you2]

Yes all three of them are using s4 which has lte as part of the soc. The S3 has been well reviewed and 'cept for some complaints on 3g/voice reception in fringe areas it is said to be a fairly solid phone. The Razr-m and razr-hd are just hitting the stores so it is not clear how well they will perform (but the razr/razr max have much better reception than the galaxy s3). Also blur is pretty light weight on these phones (the earlier droids had an awful dosing of blur). Still you shoudl read the early reviews with regards to LG Opt G (driod-life had one last night).

 

[s44]

All new Androids do Netflix.

Unless the S3 screen is uncomfortably big for your hands, I'd get that. It has the better screen, a user-replaceable battery (so you can swap spares on the fly) and is slightly faster. As for the LG, there's no indication that it will even come to Verizon.

 

[NetGuySC]

If the RazrM has the same battery as the Razr Maxx I'd say go with the Razr.
I have the Razr Maxx and my wife has the S3. Her signal reception is much worse than mine and her battery dies much quicker.
I love being able to heavily use my phone all day without having to take a charger everywhere I go.

 

[ilkhan]

As above, look at the razr hd (maxx).
Awesome battery life and it'll get JB pretty soon.

 

[bearxor]

Size and screen resolution should be the determining factors. The RAZR M is significantly smaller than the S3.

That said, the S3 is a top-tier phone and the the RAZR M is entry-level. It won't be a dramatically different hardware experience outside of the larger screen, but the RAZR HD and RAZR MAXX HD are getting ready to come out as well. The RAZR M has a 200mah battery, the RAZR HD has a 2500mah (significantly larger than the 1800 or so in the orginal RAZR) and the MAXX HD has a 3300mah. I might actually pick the RAZR HD over all of them, if the size of the device isn't terrible.

 

[swanysto]

I played with both in store and I preferred the SG3, cause the screen was nicer to me. The razerm screen seemed dark and the icons and everything felt smaller. It was 99% personal preference though.

 

[bearxor]

I would agree with that. The RAZR M screen is... Not great.

But again, it's really an entry level device.

 

[gus6464]

If you want a phone that will more than likely never get updated once you take it out of the box, get the Moto.

 

[Red Storm]

Between the S3 and the M I would go with the S3 only because it's better than the M. When the Maxx HD comes out I would definitely take that over the S3.

 

[shortylickens]

Nothing being said here that hasnt been said all over the forum.

Oh well, back to video games.

 

[Vdubchaos]

If you want a phone that will more than likely never get updated once you take it out of the box, get the Moto.

I was expecting for you to say Samsung......Motorola has been very good about updates (unlike Samsung).

Just so you don't think I'm biased. Owner of Galaxy S/soon to be owner of S3.

 

[s44]

I was expecting for you to say Samsung......Motorola has been very good about updates (unlike Samsung).

Hahahahahahahahaha... No. Ask an Atrix owner.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Hahahahahahahahaha... No. Ask an Atrix owner.

Well I know that Samsung is usually very late (might have something to do with Verizon/service providers.

Either way, doesn't really bother me at all. I'm a extremely low end user anyways and miniscule differences between OS upgrades are hardly worth a thought (to me).

That's why I never would never consider rooting my phone. it does everything and anything I want AND some.....how much more spoiled can I possibly be?

 

[gorcorps]

I was expecting for you to say Samsung......Motorola has been very good about updates (unlike Samsung).

Just so you don't think I'm biased. Owner of Galaxy S/soon to be owner of S3.

To be unbiased you'd have to be a Moto owner too, but you're obviously not because otherwise you wouldn't say something so blatantly false. Samsung may be very slow but at least it happens eventually (for a while). On the Moto side you're lucky to get a single update before they drop support entirely. At least a year or so down the road Moto is kind enough to finally tell you to stop expecting the update you've been waiting for, because it's never happening. Oh, thanks for the news now Motorola...

I usually use custom roms so it's not a big deal, but Moto also has a habit of locking down their phones quite a bit. I'm staying away from Moto from now on.

 

[shortylickens]

To be fair those promises were made by a different Motorola. They said all kinds of stuff they would never be able to back up. Now that Google runs them they have to revamp their hardware line, make amends for foolish promises, and restore their image.

 

[s44]

Samsung was the first to upgrade legacy devices to Gingerbread, the first to ICS, and likely the first (besides tablets) to Jelly Bean. US carrier delays are another story.

Moto doesn't even try. Samsung is updating the S2 to JB; Moto abandoned the Atrix Electrify and Photon before ICS.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Samsung was the first to upgrade legacy devices to Gingerbread, the first to ICS, and likely the first (besides tablets) to Jelly Bean. US carrier delays are another story.

Moto doesn't even try. Samsung is updating the S2 to JB; Moto abandoned the Atrix Electrify and Photon before ICS.

SGS1 was first to get GB
SGS2 was first to get ICS
SGS1 can be upgraded to ICS no problem, and JB even with custom ROMs.
SGS3 got JB in no time. Well before the One X which has seen rollouts now.

Samsung only seems bad if you're dependent on the dumb carriers.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Samsung was the first to upgrade legacy devices to Gingerbread, the first to ICS, and likely the first (besides tablets) to Jelly Bean. US carrier delays are another story.

Moto doesn't even try. Samsung is updating the S2 to JB; Moto abandoned the Atrix Electrify and Photon before ICS.

Funny, 1.5 years ago when I was doing research on Galaxy S it was exactly the opposite.

Samsung = suckage on updates
Motorola = great

Maybe things have changed.

For whatever it's worth my phone was updated ONCE since I've owned (and again, it was fine before, wouldn't even care if they didn't update it).

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Funny, 1.5 years ago when I was doing research on Galaxy S it was exactly the opposite.

Samsung = suckage on updates
Motorola = great

Maybe things have changed.

For whatever it's worth my phone was updated ONCE since I've owned (and again, it was fine before, wouldn't even care if they didn't update it).

That was never the case. Maybe only because you think the US market represents the world. Motorola has always sucked.

 

[WelshBloke]

SGS1 was first to get GB
SGS2 was first to get ICS
SGS1 can be upgraded to ICS no problem, and JB even with custom ROMs.
SGS3 got JB in no time. Well before the One X which has seen rollouts now.

Samsung only seems bad if you're dependent on the dumb carriers.

This.

If you're buying a carrier subsidized phone then you'll just have to put up with your updates being slower. Your choice.

 

[Bateluer]

Hahahahahahahahaha... No. Ask an Atrix owner.

Or, much more prominently, any Bionic owner.