LOL, wow you guys really hate being ics left out huh lol. i like these post keep em coming guys.
I am happy as is (sans ICS for now), but not so happy sinking in I paid the full price....
Prefer getting updates once the bigger bugs are out of the new OS level
I'm happy with my RAZR too. Great phone to me. Works as it should for me too.
For me reception and battery life comes first, everything else 2nd. I happen to live n work in a bad reception area.....and my history with different devices keeps me coming back to Moto.
The battery can be gotten to kinda easy on the RAZR. I posted a clip of me removing it with just my fingers. Question is will someone make an extended battery for it? Even if they do I will still go with the iTrent or Anker battery pack. Its on the smallish side and has ALOT of mAh's for the price.
I ordered my anker battery yesterday, the size of that thing impressive.
re the size of the Gnex vs Razr. I actually don't mind the length of the Gnex, but I do find the Razr a little too wide for my hand.
SGN reports the LTE antenna signal.
RAZR reports your evdo antenna signal.
These are two distinct things and can not be compared in the way the OP did.
Checked out the GNex in downtown Boston Verizon today. Phone is a piece of junk--flimsy and toy-like. Reception was bad. RAZR had 20 dB better reception in same spot. Screen response was stuttering. Visual quality excellent, and ICS very nice. Phone back cover was falling off--incredibly cheap looking. Finally, it's just too fricking big. Who wants to hold a Pop Tart up to their head?
SGN reports the LTE antenna signal.
RAZR reports your evdo antenna signal.
These are two distinct things and can not be compared in the way the OP did.
I don't understand this. This implies the Razr has both radios on when connected toLTE. How else could it report cdma signal strength when connected to 4g?
That would explain the bad 4g battery life...
I was a tad stunned that the reception was so poor on the Gnex. It is about 9 dBm points weaker even than the Charge that has the same radios. The signal delta is real.
One thing no one has mentioned is the presence of Swype built-in on the Razr. I've been using Swype for two years now and can't tolerate hunt and peck keyboards anymore. The integrated Swype on the Razr is the best version I've ever used. I was a beta user when I had my DInc. I would not buy a smartphone without Swype now.
The battery issue is a non-issue with the new compact power packs (the Anker Slim Talk is awesome). I prefer connecting the power pack versus shutting down and fiddling with covers and batteries. The power pack, which I need fairly rarely, attaches to the Razr's back with industrial Velcro, tiny built-in stretch cord goes into the mini port, and the whole thing is good to go. Down the road, should the Razr battery need to be changed, I can do that myself--looks really simple.
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