Phone Scoop - Motorola Droid RAZR Info

User Review: Great phone for a great price

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:12:54 GMT

TJ123 submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

I have had my white razr for 5 months, and it has worked flawlessly. I will admit at first the battery life was horrid, getting maybe 5 hours on the first charge, but in reality 1. because it was new I was playing with it non-stop, 2. The battery was not conditioned like they are supposed to be. I now get 12-18 hours with moderate use. Upgrade to ICS made the phone even better. I have owned HTC, Moto, Apple, and RIM, and by far this is my favorite phone. I was skeptical about the size, but surprisingly it fits pretty comfortably in the front pocket of my jeans, and nicely in a suit coat or even shirt pocket.

Pros:
Screen is amazing, crystal clear.
Thin and light
Dual core processor is plenty fast
16g of internal memory
1g of ram
Dual cameras (8mp rear w/ flash, 2mp front)
Expandable memory (up to 32g)
Unlock feature allows you to unlock to 4 different apps
Global capable (if you travel abroad allot)
Turn by turn GPS
Smart actions allow you to turn features on and off automatically.
HDMI out
Choice of 4 different colors gives you some variety.

Cons:
Tad bit too wide, I have a hard time reaching all the way across the screen one handed
Battery could be a little better, have to play with the settings to get it just right.
A ton of bloatware, at least ten that never get used. ( although ICS allows you to disable them, but not remove them.)
A bit too thin, I have almost dropped it several times without a case on it.
All ports are on the top of the phone (sometimes can be awkward when charging and talking at the same time.)
ICS Unlock feature allows you to unlock to 4 different apps, but you cannot change which apps.
Camera takes some time to master.

Overall, Its a great phone for the price. I gave it a fair amount of time to truly get to know the phone, I don't think I could give a fair review in 2 days or even a week. I wouldn't hesitate to buy the phone again, but what ever phone you decide to buy, do lots of research beforehand, and hopefully save yourself a of headache.

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User Review: Excellent Phone!

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:28:55 GMT

WKG submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 4.5 (out of 5)

Updated to the Droid RAZR from the HTC Incredible 2. I had one of the first generation RAZR phones and have always liked Motorola. The Droid RAZR does not disappoint. Unbelievably thin, excellent screen, fast and responsive. Call signal/quality is great with no dropped calls. The sound is clear with plenty of volume. I had some concerns regarding the thin build but this phone really is solid. I wouldn't put it in the back pocket and sit on it but there's no problem in the front jeans pocket. It is less noticeable than the Incredible 2 despite the larger screen. Battery life is acceptable but it wouldn't hurt to do a bit better. I am a fairly heavy user, web browsing, email, text etc and can get a days use out of the battery. I can connect and charge in my vehicle while in the dock if I really need to.

Pros:
1. Call quality, signal strength
2. Form factor is amazing
3. Build quality
4. 4G smokes if you have it in your area

Cons:
1. Battery could be a little better but it's no problem.
2. Can't think of anything else....

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User Review: DO NOT BUY

Sun, 13 May 2012 01:57:22 GMT

ls111980 submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

This phone was great I waited to buy this phone, loved everything about it except the other day I tried taking it out of Verizons holster to put into my navigation dock and it had a crack across the screen from the camera to the sd slot. There are hundreds of complaints about this.you do nothing to the phone and it breaks.Neither Verizon or Motorola will do anything except tel you to pay the 100 for insurance claim saying there is no known problem even though there is. The gorilla glass is horrible and it has micro cracks to begin with when it is cut at manufacture but they will not tell you this. You can't charge it to long gets hot and once again cracks.....MAJOR ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF!!!!!

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User Review: GORGIOUS PHONE

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:36:34 GMT

ATTSalesConsultant21 submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 4.5 (out of 5)

This phone is exactly what I said in the title, gorgeous. I have never seen a phone work so fast and have suck a sleek disign in my 5 years of having cell phone services. The razr came back better than ever. Moto has never let me down. Devices are build to last.

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User Review: ICS

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:20:09 GMT

svaltierra83 submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

Coming from dx and dx2, ive always been a moto fan. I love the scratch resistant screen and speed of this phone. After upgrading the memory card to a 32 gb this phone replaced my laptop. Ive never had so much fun with my phone. We (my co workwers) have done series of tests on this phone comparing it to every other carriers iPhones....needless to say they all returned their iPhones....the update to the .748 is alot better and keeps the battery a bit longer. for those that complain about battery life its a droid if you dont like it go to an iphone or windows phone. This is one of the best phones moto has come out with in a while. All i need is my ics update and it will be even sweeter....

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User Review: This things a beast!

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:25:11 GMT

smartphoneguy submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

Great device. Highly recommend. I went with the iPhone last year and truly missed Android. I bought into the hype of Apple and should not have fallen for the popularity.

Android, with this Motorola device is unreal! Screen is crisp and robust. Battery life is not bad at all after I designated 15 minute intervals on my 3 accounts.

No glitches at all and am very happy to have the Verizon network behind it. If thin and great are what your looking for, this device is for you.

Review made from the Droid Razr.

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Review: Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX for Verizon Wireless

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:43:59 GMT

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User Review: Wow, just wow..

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:59:50 GMT

Deviceguy submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

Holy cow..

Tremendous UI on this device. I was hesitant when it was first released and went with the Rezound.

I found that device to be sluggish and bulky. Overall a descent device.

Now for the Razr...

Huge screen, slim fit and no issues with speed and lag on the device. Music quality is top notch.

I have heard some gripes on the camera but have found that the camera is quite nice.

Amazing apps, screen and performance. Tremendous device.

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User Review: \\ DROID RAZR WHITE //

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:45:54 GMT

ZMike submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 4.5 (out of 5)

In the last two years I have had the Blackberry Bold, iPhone 4, HTC Thunderbolt, Samsung Charge, and this DROID RAZR. Of all the devices, the RAZR takes the cake!

Yeah the Bionic is great, ZumoCast and MOTOcast is relatively the same ... what is making me think the RAZR won't be out done for a bit of time is the fact that I don't know what else you can do to it to make it better. A camera upgrade would be nice.

Pros:

4G speeds are amazing
MotoCast
Screen is very vivid!
It feels really really light!
Charging port and HDMI port on the top (sides make it hard to charge sometimes in the car with car docks)
HD Video capture
Processor is super fast

Cons:

Battery/Phone has tendency to get extremely warm at times.
Camera for still photos seems sub-par.
Noticed some dark spots on the screen in black areas during boot.

If you have a frozen screen or need to "pull the battery" just hold the sleep/wake button and the volume down button for ten seconds until the screen refreshes...that is like doing a battery pull on the RAZR.

Of all the devices out there right now...a DROID RAZR is the device of choice!

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User Review: You will Enjoy

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:02:24 GMT

tryhill submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

Never had such a fast phone its the best phone out there hands down!

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User Review: Why I returned the RAZR

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:37:26 GMT

WHATEVERWORKS submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 2 (out of 5)

PRO:

-Screen

-Reception

-Speed

Cons:

-Camera. images look like VGA sometimes, no clear focus.

-Motorola UI - Wish it was stock gingerbread or ICS.

-not pertaining to the phone, verizons 4g service kept disconnecting in my area.

-Wideness - A few millimeters less wide and it would be perfect.

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User Review: gonna love it

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:39:57 GMT

nate120476 submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

pros: everything the bionic has... but lighter, thinner. best motorola phone yet.

cons: internal battery like iphone. no way to upgrade to extended battery. dont really need.

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User Review: Hands down the best droid yet

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:15:57 GMT

sdgmcdon submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

Apparently some people feel reviewing a defective unit as a properly working model is relevant; it's not folks. If you get a defective unit, get it replaced THEN review / rate it (there are always defective units in manufacturing). I'm giving it 5 stars to help make up for that a bit; otherwise I'd likely give it 4.

Moving on...I've had close to (over?) two dozen smart phones over the years starting with the early treo's. This is my 5th Motorola Droid and 8th Droid in general and it's hands down the best one yet.

PROS:
-Build quality is outstanding
-System speed
-4G speeds (really does hit 20 mbps)
-Hotspot which I use a lot
-Interface (IMO Mots beat HTC/Samsungs etc)
-Thin - REALLY THIN even in an Otterbox
-Many bugs from previous Mots seem fixed
-Best camera yet in Motorola Droid
-Screen/Colors - Makes Bionic look washed out
-Feels good in hand --> high build quality
-Really stable

CONS:
-As with any smartphone, battery life stinks
-iPhone 4's camera is WAY better
-Seems to take longer to charge?

I've had a few 4G phones now and they all seem to have this issue as does the razr but I'm chalking it up to the network since multiple phones by multiple manufacturers seemed to do the same: Bounces in and out of 4g, 3g, then no g, then back from time to time while standing still. Not constant, just noticeable now and then.

The phone also is probably the widest/tallest phone out there but I got the X when it first came out so I've been used to that for quite some time. The thinness of the RAZR makes for a good distraction from that and maybe it's just me, but screens on phones like the iPhone just seem super small to me now; not adequate. If you're worried about these dimensions coming from something like the iPhone just know you WILL get used to it.

Overall this is truly an amazing phone, they packed a really solid and stable package into a phone much thinner than an X or Bionic...Now lets see if they can shrink the width/height a bit in the next model :-)

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User Review: From an ex-iPhone user...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:11:05 GMT

BigRed75 submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 4.5 (out of 5)

This is the first time Motorola got me wanting a phone so bad in years! I owned the infamous StarTac and the original RAZR back in the day. But since the last RAZR, Motorola hasn't done enough to lure me back. Until now...

This phone is absolutely gorgeous. Thin as hell and beautiful with a solid build quality. Gorilla glass and Kevlar back which has a nice rubbery feel to it! The screen is nice, colors are vivid. Yes, it's of the PenTile variety but it's certainly an improvement over the Bionic and it's on par with the 1st generation Samsung Galaxy devices.

Performance is great. Phone is very responsive and there was no lag. Multitasking is a breeze! Even Quadrant scores have the phone performing almost on par to the Galaxy S II devices!

Reception on 3G and 4G here in New York City is outstanding. Verizon's 4G is the real deal and no other carrier comes close! Even with 2 bars of LTE service in a basement I managed to pull 5mbps down using the speediest.net app. At my apt I get full signal on 3G and 4G. Fastest speed I got on 4G there was at 2am and it was a blistering 25mbps!!!! Faster than my cable broadband connection!! That's what you call REAL 4G!! Usually speeds are 10-15mbps on average

Call quality is very good on this device. I hear my callers very clear and so can they. Earpiece and speakerphone could be a little louder for some but it doesn't bother me.

Battery life wasn't all that bad considering this is an LTE device. I was impressed. I made it through 12 hours with some data use (checked a few emails, Facebook, 2 or 3 google searches) with 1 hour of talk time.

My only gripe was the camera. Typical Motorola. It's not bad but not that good either. At best shots were mediocre but not too bad.

Pros:
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Sold build quality, beautiful
Good screen, easy to read in daylight
Fast processor, virtually no lag whatsoever!
Decent battery life for an LTE device
Sold reception and call quality.

Cons:
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Camera is mediocre
No removable battery

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User Review: Love it, but there's a big but......

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:58:57 GMT

BXKeller submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 2 (out of 5)

Got my phone for $.01 from Amazon. It's gorgeous; thin, light, great screen. BUT......it has frozen about 3 dozen times in the 36 hours that I've had it.
I called Amazon Wireless and they were very understanding. They're shipping out a replacement and I hope (with fingers crossed) that the replacement doesn't have he same issue, because I really want to keep this phone.

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User Review: Came Broken, Awful Customer Service, Zero Stars

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:01:43 GMT

nickj02 submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 0 (out of 5)

Right out of the box, the phone started going into endless re-boot cycles at random time intervals and seemingly simple actions caused the phone to freeze. I attempted a factory reset on the device but it didn't fix the problem. I spent 4 hours on the phone trying to get a replacement through Amazon, Verizon and motorola. What a terrible experience. I was told by Verizon that since I bought the phone from Amazon it was Amazons problem to deal with it and that even though verizon had the phones in stock, they wouldn't provide me a loaner or a replacement. I would just have to be stuck with a broken phone. I called motorola who said Motorola doesn't replace phones they only repair them and it takes 7-10 days. I worked my way through 4 different supervisors at Motorola until I got someone in Corporate (a Mrs. Schofield) who endlessly talked over me. She was uninterested in solving the situation and couldn't exercise any executive authority or creative thinking to fix the problem. I tried to have them ship a phone to verizon so that verizon could facilitate the exchange of the broken phone for a new one. I even offered to put an authorization on my credit card for the full price of a new phone until they received my broken one back. Mrs. Schofield told me that Motorola had no way of charging credit cards and she wouldn't allow verizon to do the exchange. I told her about the positive experiences I have had with both apple and HTC. She didn't care. I then offered to buy a new iphone from Verizon, but Verizon said I would have to pay full retail even though I had just opened a new account...since I bought the phone with amazon and opened a new line of service my hardware discount was only valid for the device I had purchased even though it was defective. So, I would lose my phone number of 12 years. The people at Verizon made no effort to solve the problem. I drove straight to ATT and bought two new iphones and had my numbers ported over.

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User Review: Coming from Bionic, excellent device

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:33:04 GMT

doomsdalicious submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

I am coming from a Bionic and a Droid X before this. The Bionic was pretty awesome, but the build quality of this phone is much better, so I traded up. The guy who gave this phone a poor score because of MotoCast is an idiot troll... It's android... Use a different app...

Pros:
- Fast
- Excellent build quality

Cons:
- Really want ICS, but Moto said they will get it out fast. Can't knock it because it will have it.

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User Review: The Razr , not sharp enough

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:46:47 GMT

Pernel1983 submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

I was excited of purchasing this phone . I have heard alot of hype about the phone and figured to try one out.
The phone is thin and the screen is nice but
it locks ups and there is no option but to let the battery drain or hope it turns off

Moto cast syncs but locks up during download ,they really need to develop a PC sync

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User Review: Love this phone!

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:03:08 GMT

texastim submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

This phone has everything that I have been wanting in a Smartphone. I am/was completely torn between this phone and the future Nexus. I am still hoping that my RAZR will/would have the Ice Cream software update hopefully next year, but if not, I will and can live with the great pro's of this phone.

Pro's -

Quality!
Sleek and slim (tied of the thicker bricks!)
4g on VzW network, need I say more?
Color display, sharp and crisp
8meg Camera.

Cons-

This is really stupid, but
change your embedded Wallpapers
and Ringtones. This phone should have
the best latest and greatest to match
this space-age device, not what came with
the original Motorola Droid over a year ago.

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User Review: Love the New Razr!

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:24:30 GMT

rebelfag68 submitted this review of the Motorola Droid RAZR:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

Beautiful Screen! FAST!!!! Amazing!

sound quality is great.. and even with the Otterbox cover on its thinner than a naked iPhone!

Screen is gorgeous.. like going from an old tube tv to LED 1080p flatscreen!

Thought i would miss the physical keyboard (OG & Droid2 Global) but the screen is so nice and the touch so responsive i dont miss it at all!

4g in Pensacola holds about 5 to 7 mbs outstanding!

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