razr is garbage 3 of my friends had it the screen cracks due to its thin size, was out the verizon store salesman telling me 5 other ppl were in line today due to screen cracking
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razr is garbage 3 of my friends had it the screen cracks due to its thin size, was out the verizon store salesman telling me 5 other ppl were in line today due to screen cracking
but i thought gorilla glass was made of kryptonite!
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razr is garbage 3 of my friends had it the screen cracks due to its thin size, was out the verizon store salesman telling me 5 other ppl were in line today due to screen cracking
Yea well my uncles monkeys sister friends all had the Galaxy Nexus and not only does the screen crack but it also sprays them with poo when it happens!!!!!!! Then when I was at the Verizon store the manager told me 500 people were in line for the same thing!!!!
I have been reading all the Razr and Nexus posts..I am due for an upgrade as well.
Does the Nexus have a form of Gorilla Glass...like a different manufacturer?
and is the Gorilla glass really an important feature?...I am thinking if you drop most phones most screens are going to crack?
I have been reading all the Razr and Nexus posts..I am due for an upgrade as well.
Does the Nexus have a form of Gorilla Glass...like a different manufacturer?
and is the Gorilla glass really an important feature?...I am thinking if you drop most phones most screens are going to crack?
It has basically the same glass, it is not labeled gorilla glass but it is reinforced....the same thing basically just without the GG name.
It has basically the same glass, it is not labeled gorilla glass but it is reinforced....the same thing basically just without the GG name.
nope its not same.
due to shortage of GG past 1~2yrs, manufacturers went for cheaper soda lime glasses instead.
Apple iphone started to use cheap chinese soda limes except front glass (ipad went to asahi's soda lime then went back to GG)
samsung's using asahi's soda lime glasses.
its softer and weaker than GG in general.
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nope its not same.
due to shortage of GG past 1~2yrs, manufacturers went for cheaper soda lime glasses instead.
Apple iphone started to use cheap chinese soda limes except front glass (ipad went to asahi's soda lime then went back to GG)
samsung's using asahi's soda lime glasses.
its softer and weaker than GG in general.
I don't see what Razr Maxx has over nexus other than huge battery. If battery is concern, I'd rather carry external battery pack like 8000mAh about 4X size of Nexus extended battery.
Granted other phones will get ICS this year, but they will be still heavily skinned unlike stock ICS in Nexus. I saw leaked video of Sense 4.0 on HTC Ville (it's pulled by HTC now), and my God, the UI doesn't look anything like ICS in my Nexus with lots of fancy but laggy transitions. I think Blur on Moto phones will carry over to ICS similarly. And still none of them seems to follow three soft buttons layout of ICS, still having four bottom keys below screen. No, thanks.
*disclosure: I'm on my first android, 2nd smartphone (if you can call the bb storm a smartphone), and 2nd phone with a good developer community (anyone ever do seem edits on a motoRazr v3m?).
A good developer community is priceless (quite literally).
The entire forum gets it - you are a Nexus fan boy!! Really, though, unless you have good insight please quit coming into these comparison threads and bashing anything that isn't a nexus. All phones have pros and cons, and in the end there are different phones for different people. Spending the money they cost, many people research differences between handsets.
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The entire forum gets it - you are a Nexus fan boy!! Really, though, unless you have good insight please quit coming into these comparison threads and bashing anything that isn't a nexus. All phones have pros and cons, and in the end there are different phones for different people. Spending the money they cost, many people research differences between handsets.
please reference all these "comparison threads" where i bash all that is not nexus.
i can post my opinion on this thread just as you do, sorry
why would i not be a fan of the phone i own? do you not like your phone? which is what, btw?
INDEED! You can't really begin to compare the 2 but lets try
Nexus/Maxx
Stock ICS/motoblur
5mp rear 1080p/8mp rear
Front cam on the NEXUS RECORDS IN 720p (that is huge)
1850mah/3300
Really it going to come down you YOUR preference. The Nexus can't be touched and i LOATH Motoblur. There are plenty of ways to charge your battery on the go, dont decide purley on battery life.
Go more for the look, touch and feel of the device and also the software.
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As one who has used the RAZR, G Nex and Rezound...
I would pick the Maxx if I could at no cost. I have the Rezound and RAZR now. And if I could do it all over again...I would have just rocked on with my RAZR and had 2 old phones month to month on my family plan. .
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INDEED! You can't really begin to compare the 2 but lets try
Nexus/Maxx
Stock ICS/motoblur
5mp rear 1080p/8mp rear
Front cam on the NEXUS RECORDS IN 720p (that is huge)
1850mah/3300
Really it going to come down you YOUR preference. The Nexus can't be touched and i LOATH Motoblur. There are plenty of ways to charge your battery on the go, dont decide purley on battery life.
Go more for the look, touch and feel of the device and also the software.
I would also add the functionality of the device too. How the device functions after you get it....
And seeing the job Moto did with Blur and Gingerbread...I have a feeling they will do a good job again with ICS and Blur.
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While my choice was and will remain the Nexus, I have to say I appreciate what Moto did with the MAXX. I hope it sells well and the other manufacturers realize that a phone which gets fantastic battery life is preferable to a phone that is the thinnest.
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While my choice was and will remain the Nexus, I have to say I appreciate what Moto did with the MAXX. I hope it sells well and the other manufacturers realize that a phone which gets fantastic battery life is preferable to a phone that is the thinnest.
Completely agree! While I love my Nexus, battery life is pretty poor. I hated the screen on my Bionic, but everything else about it was pretty solid. Haven't seem a live Razr so can't compare the screen but have heard it's pretty good.
Honestly, they're two awesome phones but having the backing of Google, solid developer support, and a promise of AT LEAST one major software update are reasons that I'll stick with a Nexus
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fourth-generation AM OLED Samsung SDI glass volume is up 90 percent of Japan showed that procured from Asahi Glass
that site is saying samsung corning cant provide fortified glasses to samsung for amoled display cuz conring dont allow them to do. (until last year october)
so corning provide GG for amoled display directly to samsung SDI, and rest of fortified glasses for amoled, asahi glass provide it (90% according to that site).
As one who has used the RAZR, G Nex and Rezound...
I would pick the Maxx if I could at no cost. I have the Rezound and RAZR now. And if I could do it all over again...I would have just rocked on with my RAZR and had 2 old phones month to month on my family plan. .
I would also add the functionality of the device too. How the device functions after you get it....
And seeing the job Moto did with Blur and Gingerbread...I have a feeling they will do a good job again with ICS and Blur.
1. Time rent-a-razr/ maxx get's ICS that phone will be old news lol.
2. Razr/maxx has old screen tech no hd is a nono with upcoming phone in hd and ones out now. razr/maxx is old allready.
3.The only thing i like about moto is google soon owning them.
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Hey im new first post. But i just got the razr maxx two days ago and i love it. Ive got 2 days of constantly being on 4g on one charge, and i had the razr before and the battery was horrible...it would die in about 8 hours. But the reason for my post was to say if your as hard on phones as i am then get the razr maxx. I dropped it twice on concrete from about 5 feet up and it just has a couple of small nicks with no case. I work on a farm so build was a big issue with me and the maxx is solid,even more so than any other smart phone ive used except the commando of course lol.//
Honestly, how bad are the nexus glitches. I'm choosing between the Gnex and Maxx, leaning towards the Gnex, but I keep hearing of these "unbearable" signal problems, reboots, terrible battery, etc.
Honestly, how bad are the nexus glitches. I'm choosing between the Gnex and Maxx, leaning towards the Gnex, but I keep hearing of these "unbearable" signal problems, reboots, terrible battery, etc.
Take all that rants on this forum with grain of salt. You just don't see other larger group of happy Gnex owners who don't come in here. Battery life and signal will depend on your location and apps usage pattern. In good signal areas, getting over 10 hours per charge is no problem even in 4G unless you have lots of apps syncing frequently in background.
The only thing is right now 4G connection may be a bit spotty outside good 4G areas. But it looks like newer builds of Nexus seem to be pretty good on reception. So give it try and there is not so much to worry in good signal areas. Also update including radio fix for better connection is supposedly coming soon, which many of us are anxiously waiting for.
I'm in the same boat as the OP. My upgrade date just passed a couple days ago, and I am trying to decide between these two phones. I have been researching the hell out of these phones over the last week and I am still undecided!
I know I will totally enjoy the new ICS system on the beautiful display from the Nexus, considering what phone I am coming from now. The zero-button setup seems extremely slick. I also know I would enjoy the battery life of the Maxx immensely, and its future ICS update. Motocast also seems nifty so that I can stream my music collection from home. I think we all know the specs between the phones here though.
The real dilemma in my decision making process is battery life. Most of what I hear about the battery of the Nexus is that it is generally not the greatest. For me, I wouldn't want to have to plug my phone in to charge during the day. The usual routine for me is to unplug around 8-9am and plug back in at midnight or 1am. On most days I can be at around 20-30% before I go to sleep. On a day with heavier use I can be 5% or dead. But the thing is, that's okay for me when I'm at my house with my charger, but at my girlfriend's I need that phone to last me until next day to get me through classes. I usually can get a quick charge on the way to campus in the car when it is that low in the morning though. I'm not a heavy user, and if the phone got me 18+ hours on my routines (facebook, web/emails, wordfeud, some netflix on boring days) I'd be content with the Nexus. I hear the horror stories of being dead after 5 hours. I just wouldn't be able to take charging midday. Last week actually, I got bored at work and watched 2 episodes of family guy on netflix and my battery drained 40%. If the Nexus can beat this phone in battery life I think I would be set!
(If anyone is wondering, right this second I'm at 70% @ 10h 19m 30s since unplugged. No youtube/netflix/music, just a moderate amount of facebook/e-mail/wordfeud and texts)
I think I would totally love either phone for an upgrade over my original DROID. I'm leaning towards the Maxx right now because it seems like it would fit my needs and last me a day and then some, since I'm not a heavy user. But the Nexus just seems so enticing...
I will be heading to the store this coming week. Maybe the best thing to do will be to hold them both in my hands and see which one feels better.
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it comes down to several simple facts. do you want an old OS and a sub-par screen or the newest OS and a much better screen?
all LTE phones on vzw's network have complaints of dropping data/voice, including the maxx. there's a ton of threads on all the maxx forums i'm on. so if that's your deciding factor, you need to go with 3g to avoid multitude of complaints about data/voice drops.
it comes down to several simple facts. do you want an old OS and a sub-par screen or the newest OS and a much better screen?
all LTE phones on vzw's network have complaints of dropping data/voice, including the maxx. there's a ton of threads on all the maxx forums i'm on. so if that's your deciding factor, you need to go with 3g to avoid multitude of complaints about data/voice drops.
The nexus seems to drop more than any of the other phones...and its not close. Which h sucks because that is what is keeping me off if it. I went back to my thunderbolt due to the massive data problems with the nexus. My bolt drops from time to time but the drops last about 3 seconds. The nexus drops and i had to reboot or wait a long time for reconnect. Want to try the maxx but worried my flashaholicness will get bored real quick. At least with the bolt I can run aosp
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The nexus seems to drop more than any of the other phones...and its not close. Which h sucks because that is what is keeping me off if it. I went back to my thunderbolt due to the massive data problems with the nexus. My bolt drops from time to time but the drops last about 3 seconds. The nexus drops and i had to reboot or wait a long time for reconnect. Want to try the maxx but worried my flashaholicness will get bored real quick. At least with the bolt I can run aosp
i have to strongly disagree. there's tons of threads on all lte phone with the same complaints, the TB is one of the worst offenders, although it sounds like you lucked out with yours.
if you think the GN has the most complaints of data drops-check out the bionic forums. you'll run screaming into the night
does anyone know fo sho if the maxx will get ics before summer? otherwise I'm going with the gnex. I think. maybe...
That's why you avoid anything non-nexus unless you want to root and run custom ROMS.
Moto just announced their ICS update plans....and.....
DROID RAZR
In Evaluation & Planning. Further details to follow.
DROID RAZR MAXX
In Evaluation & Planning. Further details to follow.
That's stage 1 for Moto....as in the OS isn't even in development yet. They also announced a number of older handsets that will be getting it in Q2 and Q3. No chance the Razr gets ICS before July.
Nexus sucks and sluggish! Nexus is just too pure of an Android ICS! It's not user friendly at all. A lot of functions are missing compared to Motorola, Samsung, HTC's Android powered phone.
Furthermore, most of the Android Market's apps are not compartible with ICS yet and they don't work with the pure ICS on Nexus! For example, TouchPal keyboard screwed up big time on Nexus!
I got a Nexus for a week and was so frustrated that even a basic function likes Group SMS isn't there for stock Messge.app. So, I sold my Nexus after a week while the price is still hot before everyone started dumping their Nexus and flood the market with disappointing Nexus which would lower the resale price!
At the end, I got myself a HTC phone!
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I hope you enjoy your new phone! I actually liked Sense on my Incredible. I never rooted it and ran stock and never noticed any lag or problems with it.
I have downloaded a LOT of apps on my Nexus and never had any ICS compatability issues, although I did not try TouchPal.
If you had any sluggishness, you had a bad device. The GNex is a Lambourghini.
You can group text with the stock app. Just select more than one person. ??
Nexus sucks and sluggish! Nexus is just too pure of an Android ICS! It's not user friendly at all. A lot of functions are missing compared to Motorola, Samsung, HTC's Android powered phone.
Furthermore, most of the Android Market's apps are not compartible with ICS yet and they don't work with the pure ICS on Nexus! For example, TouchPal keyboard screwed up big time on Nexus!
I got a Nexus for a week and was so frustrated that even a basic function likes Group SMS isn't there for stock Messge.app. So, I sold my Nexus after a week while the price is still hot before everyone started dumping their Nexus and flood the market with disappointing Nexus which would lower the resale price!
At the end, I got myself a HTC phone!
rofl, u talk like Iphone users.. like android is too hard to use!
anyway isnt ANDORID = FREEDOM of CHOICE??
group SMS? go SMS.
touchpal works on ICS. i use it for chinese input.
Has anyone ever put all these "top of the line" verizon phones with a few other carrier phones side by side and do an honest comparison of features only? Forget about the OS.
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