Hello!
I Hhave been thinking about this phone but I have many doubts with the different versions (Razr, Razr Maxx, Razr i Razr HD)
Of these, which ones has been officially updated to JB? Which one is waterproof? Have caps as the Defy or carry a nanocoating? Of the rugged ones, which is the best for performance,gaming etc?
I want to replace my Defy and I doubt between the Xperia V or Razr. Which is better?
Thanks in advance.
Razr HD is on JB officially. It also just got its bootloader unlocked so now it has a lot more dev support. It's very durable, I know because I'm using it right now. It's also smooth and has a long battery. Get the Razr. You won't regret it. Or just get the galaxy s4. Haha.
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Razr HD is on JB officially. It also just got its bootloader unlocked so now it has a lot more dev support. It's very durable, I know because I'm using it right now. It's also smooth and has a long battery. Get the Razr. You won't regret it. Or just get the galaxy s4. Haha.
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Thank you!I am very worried about the water resistant feature, what´s your experience with water in razr HD?
I don´t like samsung definotely, my other option is Xperia V with IP57 certified....
Keep in touch.
It's more splash resistant than water resistant. However, people have dropped their phones in toilets and pools and the phone has carried on as normal. I wouldn't buy the phone expecting to take it swimming.
Depending on the gaming you do, and the importance of that versus build quality, battery or other features then you may want to look for a phone with more RAM and a quad core processor. There are the two being released soon GS4 and HTC 1) that would probably be better gaming phones. Its all a matter of personal choice. I prefer a phone that is built great and has an amazing battery so this is the right phone for me.
Good luck...
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Well I certainly wouldn't recommend showering with it but...I bike commute and have my Razr Maxx HD mounted on my handlebars. I sometimes run into you rain, usually not more than a mild sprinkle. But I have had no problems thus far with the phone getting wet. I do however keep headphones plugged in, thus closing the headphone jack.
I have also dropped my phone on a number of surfaces including concrete, and have experienced next to no visible damage. That being said, I have heard reports to the contrary. All in all, I am extremely pleased with my Maxx HD. Especially now with development picking up, I could not be more happy.
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+1 to all the above and I don't know what you are expecting as a gaming device but every game i have played has never lagged on this device... And match it with a solid case such as otterbox defender and it's a very tough phone with excellent service.
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+1 to all the above and I don't know what you are expecting as a gaming device but every game i have played has never lagged on this device... And match it with a solid case such as otterbox defender and it's a very tough phone with excellent service.
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Every game seems to lag at some point on this phone. I believe it is the IO issue that the TF300 had before the fix was introduced by the community, as I'm guessing the massive lag occurs during updates to data.
Really throws you for a spin when you're playing Subway Surfers and it jerks so bad you can't even jump. This particular game shows this problem the most, but maybe that's because that's the one I play the most?
Seems to me that it was less pronounced in some of the more hardcore games.
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Every game seems to lag at some point on this phone. I believe it is the IO issue that the TF300 had before the fix was introduced by the community, as I'm guessing the massive lag occurs during updates to data.
Really throws you for a spin when you're playing Subway Surfers and it jerks so bad you can't even jump. This particular game shows this problem the most, but maybe that's because that's the one I play the most?
Seems to me that it was less pronounced in some of the more hardcore games.
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Well just putting out what I have experienced but before I play I always end apps I'm not using to free up as much ram as possible.
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Dropped my MAXX HD in a puddle of water at work today. Completely submerged for a good 5 seconds. Still ticking.
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Every game I've played on here lags occasionally. Even contre jour lags at certain spots. Everything lags at some point. I would stay away from this phone, I regret it. Wonderful hardware horrible software.
Windows phone was much smoother as is my iPad. I guess if you are coming from android you might be more used to or tolerant of any lag or hiccups. And jb made it worse not better
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fj.arevalo85 said:
Hello!
I Hhave been thinking about this phone but I have many doubts with the different versions (Razr, Razr Maxx, Razr i Razr HD)
Of these, which ones has been officially updated to JB? Which one is waterproof? Have caps as the Defy or carry a nanocoating? Of the rugged ones, which is the best for performance,gaming etc?
I want to replace my Defy and I doubt between the Xperia V or Razr. Which is better?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi! I know for sure that Razr HD is water resistant! I splashed it heavily few times and everything works fine!
I don't think its water proof though.. Don't try to submerge it ..
Don't buy the HD, my inner LCD cracked and it wasn't covered under the manufactures warranty. Compete bs!
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The Razr HD is great, but you might want to wait a few months.
HTC Once coming to Verizon and probably some stuff. If you have to buy get the HD. If you can wait, do that.
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Verizon Galaxy S III, i love this phone and have gone extra mile to fix the issues.
Yea. I traded in my Razr Maxx for this phone. Though I miss the battery life - this is an awesome phone. One difference that I wasn't expecting was that the wider screen on the S III compared to my previous phone would make such a huge difference but it does.
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One difference that I wasn't expecting was that the wider screen on the S III compared to my previous phone would make such a huge difference but it does.
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I was comparing the stock email app UI with my Droid Incredible the other week and the Galaxy S III display, speed, etc. made my Incredible look like a toy.
Without the Galaxy S III around for reference, my Incredible is absolutely cool and smooth looking+feeling. Bring the Samsung into the field of view and that impression gets thrown out the window . . . with the window and the wall that held the window.
- ooofest
About the Incredible - that phone is still probably the nicest phone to hold from a size/texture perspective.
I also got the white S3 and having a white border around the screen also made a much bigger difference than I thought.
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Man I'm coming from the ORIGINAL Motorola Droid a couple years back. This has been my first upgrade since. Yea you know it... love this phone!
I got verizon to swap my Droid Razr ( Not maxx) for a S3 for FREE. This phone rocks, thanks verizon for giving me a phone that works with flash player again and has a working Wifi and GPS.
That with 4G that is not trash so far that's nice too. ( They fixed my 4G issue's with the ICS update on the razr, but WIFI,GPS and FLASH PLAYER all got shot + more.)
Edit: "Old Droid razr Video" in my sig shows why I started hating that phone. ( If you wanted to know, before taking up for the Razr.)
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About the Incredible - that phone is still probably the nicest phone to hold from a size/texture perspective.
I also got the white S3 and having a white border around the screen also made a much bigger difference than I thought.
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Agreed
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Yea. I traded in my Razr Maxx for this phone. Though I miss the battery life - this is an awesome phone. One difference that I wasn't expecting was that the wider screen on the S III compared to my previous phone would make such a huge difference but it does.
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lol i bought mine from craigs list for 400 and sold the maxx for 380 =) was a great day.
Oh and i bought a 4200 battery from amazon and loving the battery life like i did with the maxx
My last two phones were a droid x,x2 both rooted&modded and they still didn't run smooth enuff like my s3 which is still stock unrooted, the droid x was my first touch screen phone thought that 4.3 inch screen was big enuff but now my s3 screen hits that's sweet spot....any how was reading which I do tons of came across this thought I'd share it was funny to me.
ANDROID RULES!!!!
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i agree
I too came from a DX and the SGS3 is way better.... But that is to be expected sine the DX is over 2 years old. It is gonna take some time to get used to the difference in a Moto and Sammy device. But at least we have a unlocked bootloader
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Just wondering are you guys getting as good of data signal as you did on your Droid Xs.
I get a good signal for the most part, but we all know moto makes better radios then Sammy
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Just wondering are you guys getting as good of data signal as you did on your Droid Xs.
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Also came from the Droid X. Data signal on my S3 seems fine; I'm primarily in a 4g area. Could have been something specific to my phone, however, Spotify streaming was a joke on my Droid X via 3g. With the S3, I can actually listen to non downloaded tracks consistently without any pauses from the buffering.
I came from a Droid X then an LG Revolution and this phone is definitely MUCH faster than either and the battery life is excellent
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I'm due for an upgrade in a month, is the Razr M still a good choice? Or should I spend the extra cash for the S3
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I'm due for an upgrade in a month, is the Razr M still a good choice? Or should I spend the extra cash for the S3
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The S3 all the way. Just the development support for this phone is awesome. That is all I need. Lol
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The S3 all the way. Just the development support for this phone is awesome. That is all I need. Lol
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All I really need is CM.
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Both phones are really good an both running jelly bean. I'm sure as the user said above, the sgs3 has more development being the more popular phone. But that's irrelevant if you don't plan on rooting and modding your phone.
Best bet is to play with them in hand. Both offer similar performance which hardware difference such as screen size, navigation keys vs hardware keys, etc. I can't always use my sgs3 with just one hand. Depends what I'm doing. My gf has the RAZR m and everything can be done one hand.
IMO, the sgs3 is the better device. Bigger screen, and camera. But the form factor and edge to edge screen of the RAZR m is awesome once you pick it up.
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I hate the Motorola phones but I have to admit as phones you can have a clear phone call and not drop the call. The S3 even after the JB update still has issues. Not everyone has that problem but if you read the forums, certainly enough do that you might want to consider it.
P3droid has one, if it can be hacked, he's the guy to do it. He's been kinda quiet lately about it. Maybe he's done. Give him a follow on Twitter.
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Motorola phones are not so great if you like to root & flash roms. I came from a Razr Maxx. I know this. And the Photon on Sprint can't even function fully if you unlock the boot loader. It's ridiculous with Motorola phone's.
If you want a smaller phone and a UI that's close to stock Android, go with the Razr M. If you want a phone that has better features, more user friendly functions, great camera, good wireless radio, and good development, go with the S3.
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I wouldn't touch a Motorola phone with a ten foot pole.
i will admit, that, while i love my S3 and would NOT trade it for my wife's RazrM, i do get jelous sometimes with her better reception. IN the same exact place, she has a better chance of hooking up with a weak reception than i am. HOWEVER, i do love all the DEV support the S3 has, all the tweaks and various hacks on it. SO would still pick the S3 over the Razr M for that reason alone.
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I was in this exact scenario a month ago. I tried the Razr M first and didn't like it for three big reasons: 1) the camera is horrible. I don't know how they messed that one up so badly, but they did. 2) The phone was really slow on ICS. I'm not sure how much better it is on JB, but it was driving me nuts. 3) I actually didn't find the reception to be that great.
The S3 has better specs and better dev support as mentioned, but it is a bigger phone. At first that is why I went with the Razr M but I ended up being a very, very happy S3 owner. Everything from the camera to speed to especially the dev support... all awesome.
Thanks for your input, but I'll be going with the M.
The S3 feels like crap compared to the M, and the compact device fits my smaller hands perfectly.
Both devices are equally fast and speedy.
As dev support goes, I'll just have to port some good ROMs.
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I hope Sammy steps it up with radio issues on s4. And also I wish they would include some kind of castlevania code to unlock the boot loader and stick it to verizon
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I hope Sammy steps it up with radio issues on s4. And also I wish they would include some kind of castlevania code to unlock the boot loader and stick it to verizon
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What radio issues? - the S3 is perfect and works better than any other phone on the market! JK Someone usually posts this sort of defensive thing when I mention the crappy radio on the Samsung phones with Verizon, I'm glad others mention it as I hope somehow that feedback will get back to Samsung and they will improve the radio as I really like their phones otherwise.
I think the Radio issue is a hit or miss on the S3. I have no issues. I get better reception in bad areas with my S3 than I did with my Razr Maxx. But I probably got lucky with a good one. I use to have the S2 on Sprint and I know exactly what people are talking about when they say the radio is bad. That phone was the worst for wireless radio.
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I'm on the lookout for a new phone, and just wondering which of these two to get.
One s pros: build quality, size, development?
RAZR HD: battery life, micro sd
Thanks
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Can't say much about the HTC other than I hate Sense. Motos Blur is as close to pure AOSP as you are going to get on a non nexus phone. I can say that my RAZR MAXX HD is by far the best phone that I have ever owned. The battery life alone accounts for most of my pleasure as well as the build quality. The combination of kevlar , metal and gorilla glass make it a no need for a case phone. Development is finally heating up so fully functional AOSP is just around the corner.
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Can't say much about the HTC other than I hate Sense. Motos Blur is as close to pure AOSP as you are going to get on a non nexus phone. I can say that my RAZR MAXX HD is by far the best phone that I have ever owned. The battery life alone accounts for most of my pleasure as well as the build quality. The combination of kevlar , metal and gorilla glass make it a no need for a case phone. Development is finally heating up so fully functional AOSP is just around the corner.
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I've seen you on the nexus 10 forum
And yea from what I know, RAZR HD has one of the best battery lives on a smartphone. I rather like sense 5 tho, looks really pretty
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That's me. The last HTC phone that I owned was the OG Evo4g. Sense was so overly bloated that the phone could barely operate for 4 hours with it. I did not use close to a quarter of the crap that it had preloaded. I would hope that they have worked on trimming that beast down over the years.
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That's me. The last HTC phone that I owned was the OG Evo4g. Sense was so overly bloated that the phone could barely operate for 4 hours with it. I did not use close to a quarter of the crap that it had preloaded. I would hope that they have worked on trimming that beast down over the years.
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Well I guess bloatware is one of the reasons we root in the first place. My friends have both the RAZR HD and the one s, and there is no difference on speed as far I can tell. Sense has come a long way. The RAZR got jellybean a few months ago right?
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Check this out http://versusio.com/en/htc-one-s-vs-motorola-droid-razr-maxx-hd
Looks like the One S has a better camera and speakers. The RAZR MAXX HD has a bigger and better screen with higher resolution. The battery is double the size of One S. Internal memory and SD support are also a plus for the RAZR MAXX HD.
Guess it all comes down to what you want your phone to do.
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Check this out http://versusio.com/en/htc-one-s-vs-motorola-droid-razr-maxx-hd
Looks like the One S has a better camera and speakers. The RAZR MAXX HD has a bigger and better screen with higher resolution. The battery is double the size of One S. Internal memory and SD support are also a plus for the RAZR MAXX HD.
Guess it all comes down to what you want your phone to do.
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I guess so. I have Ord, Rom updating disorder, so development is pretty important. Of course, the sd card helps a lot. How is development so far, stable cm?
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It's come a long way. Some amazing devs have just recently unlocked the bootloader without the support of Motorola. Now Hash and Byte are working on a custom kernel for AOSP. It appears that the kernel is nearly complete. There are some 4.2 ROMs floating around but they are suffering from lacking a completed kernel. Once that kernel drops, I'd imagine the devs will have us on official support from the likes of Cm, AOKP and etc...
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I've had a One S and now the Razr HD. The HD all the way I'd say. No sd slot is a deal breaker and only 16gigs of storage. Depends where you live but the HD has far better signal reception. The reason why I got rid of the one S. Other than that most of of what has already been said applies.
HD!
go for the razr hd, you wont regret.
almost stock interface, great battery. period.
I agree: go for the Razr HD. If benchmarks are important to you, take a look at this:
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I agree: go for the Razr HD. If benchmarks are important to you, take a look at this:
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Sweet! That looks awesome! Crazy memory score by he way.
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Sweet! That looks awesome! Crazy memory score by he way.
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Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by these results. I consider the RAZR HD & RAZR HD MAXX to be underrated phones.
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Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by these results. I consider the RAZR HD & RAZR HD MAXX to be underrated phones.
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Agreed. Plus, it's Google-owned, baby!
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Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by these results. I consider the RAZR HD & RAZR HD MAXX to be underrated phones.
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Says the guy with an HD haha touché, sir.
I wonder if the new droids are worthy enough to upgrade. ? Currently owned RAZR Maxx HD.
emischief.
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Well, the 2x RAM helps. You lose the on screen keys . Then active notifications and touch free control are pretty nice.
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I left the s4 and couldn't be happier. This phone will probably not get the recognition that it deserves because of the X but it should be considered the best at the moment. I don't believe anyone will be able to top this because they are all fighting over who has the biggest cpu and not who can actually match the iPhone. This phone does match it. You have to own it to know what I mean.
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I wonder if the new droids are worthy enough to upgrade. ? Currently owned RAZR Maxx HD.
emischief.
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Aye, active notifications + touchless controls and performance make this phone a star.
Well worth the upgrade. I jumped from my Rezound to the Mini and I don't have a bad thing to say about it. My battery life is insane (spent a whole day Trying to kill it and only managed to drop it to 43%), super quick, good feel, and clean interface. I pretty much love this phone. Since the Mini is essentially the same thing as the Maxx and Ultra I'd say all three likely rock.
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