Today we’ll be taking a look at the Motorola RAZR MAXX. This, according to the name, should be the highest point in the evolution of the Motorola RAZR series. This phone can be expected to have quite a lot of good features considering that all of the Droid RAZR phones turned out being quite powerful. They look pretty good too, in my opinion. What is very impressive about these phones is that they have a very resistant casing. I know for sure that they are made from a special Kevlar weave. If you know not what Kevlar is, allow me to enlighten you. Kevlar is the powerful material used in bullet-proof vests and bullet-proof casing for armored vehicles ( not the metal outside but the material used inside the doors. But enough with intros and such, let us begin this little review.
GENERAL
We’ll start this little review by taking a look at the more general features of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Here we can find out a bit of information about the supported networks as well as the announcement and release dates. The Motorola RAZR MAXX supports both 2G and 3G networks. Those networks are as following : GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900 ( the 2G ones ) and HSDPA 900 and HSDPA 1900 ( the 3G ones ). The Motorola RAZR MAXX was announced in April 2012 officially and is expected to be out in stores in Q2 of 2012. Q2 is almost over, however, I can assume that it is already available in certain countries. It may never be available in MY country since mine is 10 years in the past. However, you could see this one quite soon in stores. That’s enough about this, let’s take a look at the body of the device.
BODY
Next up we will take a look at the aspect of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Here you can find out a bit of info about the size and weight of the Motorola RAZR MAXX as well as whether or not the device has any distinguishable marks to its name as far as aspect is concerned. The Motorola RAZR MAXX is around 130.7 x 68.9 x 9 mm big. The weight of this phone is approximately 145 grams. All and all, the Motorola RAZR MAXX isn’t all that big and it doesn’t weigh that much either. As mentioned before, its casing is made of a Kevlar weave, which means that it’s quite resilient to damage. Keep it next to your heart and it may just stop a bullet for you. But enough about this, let’s take a look at the display.
DISPLAY
Next up we have the review of the display of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Here you can find out a thing or two about the the screen type, the screen’s size, the screen’s resolution and its pixel density as well as info about the screen’s protection and whether or not the Motorola RAZR MAXX has any screen enhancements on it whatsoever. The Motorola RAZR MAXX has a Super AMOLED Advanced capacitive touchscreen with approximately 16 million colors. The Motorola RAZR MAXX has a 4.3 inches big screen which can house a resolution of aproximately 540 x 960 pixels. The Motorola RAZR MAXX’s screen has a pixel density of approximately 256 ppi. The Motorola RAZR MAXX also has multitouch on it, although it isn’t the advanced kind ( or it doesn’t look like it ). The Motorola RAZR MAXX has a very efficient way of screen protection too – Corning Gorilla Glass. That’s quite enough since I can’t say anymore about the Motorola RAZR MAXX’s display. Let us move on to the sound part of this review.
SOUND
Next up we have the review of the audio capabilities of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Here you can find out a thing or two about the alert types, the speaker and the audio jack of the Motorola RAZR MAXX and, if any exist, info about the software based sound enhancements methods installed on this phone. The Motorola RAZR MAXX has Vibration, MP3 ringtones and WAV ringtones as its Alert Types. The Motorola RAZR MAXX also has a Loudspeaker and a 3.5 mm audio jack installed on it. The Motorola RAZR MAXX has no software based sound enhancement installed on it, so one may say that it’s pretty basic as far as sound is concerned. But that’s enough about this, let us move on to the memory part of the review.
MEMORY
Next up we have the review of the memory of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Here you can find out a bit of info about the RAM of the Motorola RAZR MAXX ans the internal storage space and ways of expanding it. The Motorola RAZR MAXX comes with around 1 GB of RAM, which is quite good considering that that’s the maximum amount of RAM currently available. The internal storage space of the Motorola RAZR MAXX is around 16 GB. If that isn’t enough for you, know that this phone also has a Micro SD card slot capable of using any Micro SD of up to 32 GB.
DATA CONNECTION
Next up we have the review of the data connectivity of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Here you can find out a bit of info about the GPRS and EDGE, the Speed and WLAN as well as the Bluetooth and USB connections. The Motorola RAZR MAXX has both GPRS and EDGE, however, it was failed to mention what Class they both are. The speed of the Motorola RAZR MAXX is both HSDPA and HSUPA, however no info was released precisely about the MB/s reached by any of the two. The HSUPA one is known to go up to 5.76 MB/s at its peek and I have yet to come across a HSDPA one that goes above 21.0 MB/s. The WLAN of the Motorola RAZR MAXX is a Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot. The Bluetooth of this device is a Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, LE and EDR. The USB port of the Motorola RAZR MAXX is a Micro USB v2.0 one. That’s enough of the data connectivity, let us now move on to the camera of the Motorola RAZR MAXX.
CAMERA
Now we’ll take a brief look through the camera of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Here you can find out a bit of info about the main and secondary cameras as well as their features and capabilities. The main camera of the Motorola RAZR MAXX is an 8 MP snapper. The main camera of the Motorola RAZR MAXX can photograph at resolutions as high as 3264 x 2448 pixels. The features of the main camera include, and are limited to : autofocus, LED flash, touch-focus, geo-tagging, face detection and image stabilization. The video recording capability of the Motorola RAZR MAXX’s main camera is 1080p full HD at approximately 30 frames per second. The secondary camera of the Motorola RAZR MAXX is a 1.3 MP one. This secondary frontal camera is quite powerful as it is capable of recording in 720p HD and few cameras can do that. But enough of the battery. Let us now take a look at the battery life of the Motorola RAZR MAXX.
BATTERY LIFE
Next up we’ll take a look at the battery of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. Here you can find out a bit of info about the battery type of the Motorola RAZR MAXX and how long it can function and under which circumstances, since battery life is usually of great importance to most mobile devices. The battery of the Motorola RAZR MAXX is a Standard Li-Ion 3300 mAh. This battery can function for up to 607 hours in Stand-By. The battery of the Motorola RAZR MAXX can keep functioning for around 17 hours and 40 minutes of Talk-Time. Enough for the battery. Let’s now take a look at the hardware of the Motorola RAZR MAXX.
HARDWARE
Next up is the Motorola RAZR MAXX’s hardware review. This part will focus on the three great hardware components of the Motorola RAZR MAXX : processor, motherboard and graphics card. Sadly, the Motorola RAZR MAXX has only one of the three. That may be its only disadvantage. Still, the component it has is pretty good – a Dual-Core 1.2 GHz processor. Since there is no more to say about the Motorola RAZR MAXX’s hardware, let us now move on to the software.
SOFTWARE
Here we can find out a bit about the software of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. In this part we can find out about the OS version of the Motorola RAZR MAXX and whether or not it can be upgraded. The Motorola RAZR MAXX has Android OS v2.3.6 Gingerbread installed on it. However, this can be upgraded to v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, so all is not completely lost. Enough about the Motorola RAZR MAXX’s software. Let us now move on to the last part.
FEATURES
Last but not least, we will take a look at the features and capabilities of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. The sensors of the Motorola RAZR MAXX are : Accelerometer, Proximity and Compass. The messaging on this phone can be done via : SMS ( with threaded view ), MMS, E-Mail, Push Mail and IM. The browser of the Motorola RAZR MAXX uses HTML and has integrated support for Adobe Flash. The Motorola RAZR MAXX has a T&D Radio and its GPS has A-GPS support and GLONASS. The Motorola RAZR MAXX also has Java via Java MIDP emulation. The only available color for this device is : Black.
Here is a short list of what this device can do :
- 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)
This concludes our little review of the Motorola RAZR MAXX. If you feel that anything is lacking from this review feel free to leave your suggestions in the comment section below for things which should be added and I will be sure to take them into consideration when writing my future projects. In the meantime, I sincerely hope you had as much fun reading my little review as I had writing it.
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