This review is from: Motorola XT-910 DROID RAZR Unlocked GSM Smartphone with 8 MP Camera, Android OS, Wi-Fi, and GPS–No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)
I purchased the DROID RAZR last week and I like it a lot. Previously i owned a Nokia X6, which is also a terrific phone but a little slow by modern standards. I ordered it by standard shipping from Best n Price and surprise surprise.. they sent it the next day.. which was GREAT. I was a little skeptical as this phone is without warranty and looked a little expensive. Now,
ABout the Droid Razr - Razr = Gorilla Glass + Kevlar + 7.1mm thick (or should i say SLIM) + 8MP camera, no need to say more about the build. Its nearly perfect. The Razr is pretty fast and the iphone looks dwarf as compared to this. The interface is also customized and pretty cool with the 5 home screens moving in a 3D. Apps on the Homescreens can be resized, removed by a quick hold and flick of the finger (Home screens are just too cool). Android phones are all about apps and there are plenty of cool and useful apps to be downloaded from the android market which is a great asset.
MOTOCAST - I found Motocast, the software that can sync the Droid Razr and ur laptop, pretty interesting. In the beginning it takes sometime to get used to, but once u know how it works, makes just freakin cool to download and watch, listen anything thats on my laptop ANYWHERE, yes, ANYWHERE provided the laptop is ON.
SMART ACTIONS - Yes, this is one of the most useful app in Moto Droid Razr. Customize and make own schedules to switch on Wifi, save battery by dimming brightness when not charging, change the ringtone volume, modify screen timeout automatically. All this works in a Trigger and Action fashion which is easy to understand and conserves a lot of manual effort. AWE***SOME
I tried skype on Wifi, video was great without lag but a little echo in sound. Processes and Tasks can be monitored with pre-installed apps, which I like to do even on my laptop.
BATTERY- Yes, it takes you through a day easily but needs charge in the night. With all my daily tasks like Calls , Chatting (almost Whole day), browing in the evening or whenever i get time I can easily squeeze 12 -14 hrs from the Moto Droid Razr and be still left with 20% of the battery. Definitely a continuous use can drain it in 8 hrs. but the charging time is 1.5 hrs (Pretty less)
SIGNAL STRENGTH I read in a review that the MOTO Razr can catch a signal in the most remote areas and the worst places. Voila, thats just what I wanted, I work in a place where I never used to get signal, but Droid Razr catches almost 3 – 4 bars. Sometimes it searches for the signal but very rarely. This is one of the best things about this Razr. Even the iphone (or any others I have seen with my colleagues) with a better service provider catches only 1-2 bars.
PROS – Big screen, Connectivity, Build, Motocast, Smart actions, Interface, Cool Apps, Sound, Calls, Fastest shipping I have seen
CONS – OS 2.3.5 (need the latest one ICS), No Micro SD card (with this model), Battery (could have been better), No warranty
I never write long reviews but this one deserves it. Simply said.. THIS is a great phone and worth every penny. I love my Razr.
Edit: I received the ICS upgrade (Europe version) last evening and its been working great (I am in US). This phone is amazing after the ICS upgrade. Just a little heads up to anyone who is going to upgrade to ICS, the process (download and install) might take long (between 30 min to 2.5 hrs) but it will eventually upgrade and start the phone. My phone looked like it was stuck on “Starting Applications” screen for 2 hours but it finally worked and I am on ICS now. The RAZR just got a whole lot better. I will also recommend using the GO Launcher EX from Android market, it makes this phone simply awesome.
More Update after 2 days of ICS use. I will keep this short - Pros: 1. Better Battery Life (Under same conditions, earlier I used to have 40% at the end of day (10-11 hrs), now I was left with 60%) 2. Amazing UI and the phone interface simply looks great. The whole experience is more Fluid. 3. Feels more faster, i think there have been performance improvements.
Cons: 1. Task Manager is gone. There is no Default Task Manager. (Third party ones can be downloaded) 2. Signal Strength has dropped one bar. (Still Its much better than a lot of major brand phones, my colleagues complain about signal loss, while i still enjoy signal in those places)
TIP: Some people have complained that they cannot find option to ENABLE/DISABLE Background Data. The “Restrict Background Data” option is present in “Data Usage” Settings when options Key is pressed on the phone. (There is a bug while controlling this through Smart Actions, I encountered it once)
Overall, from my viewpooint, they addressed major issues of battery life (i never had an issue here), better UI, higher performance…
This review is from: Motorola XT-910 DROID RAZR Unlocked GSM Smartphone with 8 MP Camera, Android OS, Wi-Fi, and GPS–No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)
I don’t understand why Amazon is selling this phone as UNLOCKED when is NOT UNLOCKED, this phone is locked to Yoigo Spain, and unlock codes doesn’t work because of some Yoigo problem. If you live in South America this phone will not work, yo have been warned, and the worst thing is that Amazon won’t help you in any way, I wrote them about the problem and they told me to comunicate to Motorola, I did that via Mail and Motorola never responded me, then I told Amazon that Motorola didn’t respond me and they also didn’t respond, so I was left alone to solve this problem any way I can when it should be Amazon’s obligaton to give me a solution. I have been a very good Amazon customer and I am really disapointed that after buying so many things from them, I didn’t get any help, a very good customer as I, should’t be treated that way! At first when I inserted my Sim card I got a message asking for a network code, but after trying many codes the message was gone and now I only get an Invalid Sim message, so now my only choice is to unlock it via software, so I have to pay an extra $35 to a store so my phone can be unlock via software, I just hope it works, otherwise I will have a very nice $500 mp3 player. So to resume don’t buy this phone because it is NOT UNLOCKED and Amazon won’t give you any help!
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This review is from: Motorola XT-910 DROID RAZR Unlocked GSM Smartphone with 8 MP Camera, Android OS, Wi-Fi, and GPS–No Warranty (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)
Just got this phone and paid 680 USD. Prices are falling, so if you wait a bit it should be cheaper. The one I got appears to be an “import” from the UK. A couple of complaints: not so good single speaker on the back which sounds plastic-like similar those cheap clear-membrane loudspeakers, but headphones are better. And, the battery life is very short if you play games or watch movies. I have to charge it everyday. Hopefully, Moto will get enough complaints about the battery life and design a better battery for future phones. It takes the micro SIM, so I had to cut my old one to “fit” into the smaller slot – I did not want to change my number and micro SIMs are a bit harder to find in China. Overall, a good phone, thin and light to carry, and wide screen (I can’t imagine what the Galaxy S2 LTE HD at 4.65 feels like – huge maybe in comparison). Video in low light is good, but nothing to write home about. So, you will pay a premium for a skinny mobile and keep the charger with you… Cheers!
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A masterpiece,
I purchased the DROID RAZR last week and I like it a lot. Previously i owned a Nokia X6, which is also a terrific phone but a little slow by modern standards. I ordered it by standard shipping from Best n Price and surprise surprise.. they sent it the next day.. which was GREAT. I was a little skeptical as this phone is without warranty and looked a little expensive. Now,
ABout the Droid Razr -
Razr = Gorilla Glass + Kevlar + 7.1mm thick (or should i say SLIM) + 8MP camera, no need to say more about the build. Its nearly perfect.
The Razr is pretty fast and the iphone looks dwarf as compared to this. The interface is also customized and pretty cool with the 5 home screens moving in a 3D. Apps on the Homescreens can be resized, removed by a quick hold and flick of the finger (Home screens are just too cool). Android phones are all about apps and there are plenty of cool and useful apps to be downloaded from the android market which is a great asset.
MOTOCAST -
I found Motocast, the software that can sync the Droid Razr and ur laptop, pretty interesting. In the beginning it takes sometime to get used to, but once u know how it works, makes just freakin cool to download and watch, listen anything thats on my laptop ANYWHERE, yes, ANYWHERE provided the laptop is ON.
SMART ACTIONS -
Yes, this is one of the most useful app in Moto Droid Razr. Customize and make own schedules to switch on Wifi, save battery by dimming brightness when not charging, change the ringtone volume, modify screen timeout automatically. All this works in a Trigger and Action fashion which is easy to understand and conserves a lot of manual effort. AWE***SOME
I tried skype on Wifi, video was great without lag but a little echo in sound. Processes and Tasks can be monitored with pre-installed apps, which I like to do even on my laptop.
BATTERY-
Yes, it takes you through a day easily but needs charge in the night.
With all my daily tasks like Calls , Chatting (almost Whole day), browing in the evening or whenever i get time I can easily squeeze 12 -14 hrs from the Moto Droid Razr and be still left with 20% of the battery. Definitely a continuous use can drain it in 8 hrs. but the charging time is 1.5 hrs (Pretty less)
SIGNAL STRENGTH
I read in a review that the MOTO Razr can catch a signal in the most remote areas and the worst places. Voila, thats just what I wanted, I work in a place where I never used to get signal, but Droid Razr catches almost 3 – 4 bars. Sometimes it searches for the signal but very rarely. This is one of the best things about this Razr. Even the iphone (or any others I have seen with my colleagues) with a better service provider catches only 1-2 bars.
PROS – Big screen, Connectivity, Build, Motocast, Smart actions, Interface, Cool Apps, Sound, Calls, Fastest shipping I have seen
CONS – OS 2.3.5 (need the latest one ICS), No Micro SD card (with this model), Battery (could have been better), No warranty
I never write long reviews but this one deserves it.
Simply said.. THIS is a great phone and worth every penny. I love my Razr.
Edit:
I received the ICS upgrade (Europe version) last evening and its been working great (I am in US). This phone is amazing after the ICS upgrade. Just a little heads up to anyone who is going to upgrade to ICS, the process (download and install) might take long (between 30 min to 2.5 hrs) but it will eventually upgrade and start the phone. My phone looked like it was stuck on “Starting Applications” screen for 2 hours but it finally worked and I am on ICS now.
The RAZR just got a whole lot better. I will also recommend using the GO Launcher EX from Android market, it makes this phone simply awesome.
More Update after 2 days of ICS use. I will keep this short -
Pros:
1. Better Battery Life (Under same conditions, earlier I used to have 40% at the end of day (10-11 hrs), now I was left with 60%)
2. Amazing UI and the phone interface simply looks great. The whole experience is more Fluid.
3. Feels more faster, i think there have been performance improvements.
Cons:
1. Task Manager is gone. There is no Default Task Manager. (Third party ones can be downloaded)
2. Signal Strength has dropped one bar. (Still Its much better than a lot of major brand phones, my colleagues complain about signal loss, while i still enjoy signal in those places)
TIP: Some people have complained that they cannot find option to ENABLE/DISABLE Background Data. The “Restrict Background Data” option is present in “Data Usage” Settings when options Key is pressed on the phone.
(There is a bug while controlling this through Smart Actions, I encountered it once)
Overall, from my viewpooint, they addressed major issues of battery life (i never had an issue here), better UI, higher performance…
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|The Phone is NOT UNLOCKED!,
I don’t understand why Amazon is selling this phone as UNLOCKED when is NOT UNLOCKED, this phone is locked to Yoigo Spain, and unlock codes doesn’t work because of some Yoigo problem.
If you live in South America this phone will not work, yo have been warned, and the worst thing is that Amazon won’t help you in any way, I wrote them about the problem and they told me to comunicate to Motorola, I did that via Mail and Motorola never responded me, then I told Amazon that Motorola didn’t respond me and they also didn’t respond, so I was left alone to solve this problem any way I can when it should be Amazon’s obligaton to give me a solution. I have been a very good Amazon customer and I am really disapointed that after buying so many things from them, I didn’t get any help, a very good customer as I, should’t be treated that way!
At first when I inserted my Sim card I got a message asking for a network code, but after trying many codes the message was gone and now I only get an Invalid Sim message, so now my only choice is to unlock it via software, so I have to pay an extra $35 to a store so my phone can be unlock via software, I just hope it works, otherwise I will have a very nice $500 mp3 player.
So to resume don’t buy this phone because it is NOT UNLOCKED and Amazon won’t give you any help!
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|Nice phone, very light, bad speaker, micro SIM,
Just got this phone and paid 680 USD. Prices are falling, so if you wait a bit it should be cheaper. The one I got appears to be an “import” from the UK. A couple of complaints: not so good single speaker on the back which sounds plastic-like similar those cheap clear-membrane loudspeakers, but headphones are better. And, the battery life is very short if you play games or watch movies. I have to charge it everyday. Hopefully, Moto will get enough complaints about the battery life and design a better battery for future phones. It takes the micro SIM, so I had to cut my old one to “fit” into the smaller slot – I did not want to change my number and micro SIMs are a bit harder to find in China. Overall, a good phone, thin and light to carry, and wide screen (I can’t imagine what the Galaxy S2 LTE HD at 4.65 feels like – huge maybe in comparison). Video in low light is good, but nothing to write home about. So, you will pay a premium for a skinny mobile and keep the charger with you… Cheers!
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