OK...for those of you who have upgraded, how does the RAZR Maxx HD compare to the new Maxx? I went to Verizon and compared the two but didn't see much difference in the phones. Any advantage to upgrading?
How does the camera compare? I ditched my Razr Maxx HD because of the camera.
Battery life is a little better
With the Droid Maxx with GPS always on I measured 2d 16h 7m.
... Thom
How does the camera compare? I ditched my Razr Maxx HD because of the camera.
I'd like to know this too!
Hi JK!
I haven't had much chance to use it yet but probably will this weekend. I will post an update then. I never had a problem with the camera on my HD though.
Just to clarify, I never had a problem using the camera, or the camera software, but the pics only came out sharp and clear if the lighting was perfect. Flash pics and low light pics were terrible.
I've had better luck with the camera by turning on tap to focus in the settings. It's tap to focus and take the picture at once (that would be a better name), but at least it controls what the camera focuses on.
Hey RadYO! Trying to decide if I want any of the new Moto phones, or possibly the HTC One. Even though it's months old, it's still a very nice phone. Love Moto radios and build, but just haven't been able to accept the crappy cameras. Waiting for some more user feedback before I decide.
I really like the way the HTC One looks. Looks so high end. I just can't pay high end pricing for a phone that is essentially a few months old already.
Hi JK,
I'm like you, wanting to try on of the new Moto phones or the HTC One.
I've owned several Moto phones (Original Droid, X, Pro, Droid 4, Razr, Razr M) and the camera on all of them have been sub par. I don't expect any different from these new phones and some of the early reviews confirms that. People thinking that a software update need to realize Motorola phones have always had these problems and a software update will unlikely fix their problems. Having a 5 and 3 year old, I take a lot of pictures and the camera is important.
With that said, I like Motorola's build quality and reception and will try one of these when the price is right. I have an S4 for now that I could fall back to.
I really like the way the HTC One looks. Looks so high end. I just can't pay high end pricing for a phone that is essentially a few months old already.
Did you ever decide? I'm still on the fence.... The S4 is not an option for me, because I need really strong radios to get service when I am in West Virginia on the weekends. My iPhone can do it, my Razr Maxx HD could do it, but my Galaxy S3 couldn't get a signal strong enough to make a call. My next priority, I think, is the camera. I like to be able to use my smart phone camera instead of a point and shoot most of the time. I have a DSLR for major events, but for snapshots, I want to use my smartphone. My iphone can do it, but no Motorola I've ever had could. (I've use the Droid, Droid 2, Droid X, Droid Pro, Razr Maxx and Razr Maxx HDO) My friend has the HTC One and the camera seems great. If Motorola could make a decent camera, I would snap up a Droid Maxx or a Moto X - no question.
Well I couldn't resist and picked up a Droid Maxx. I'll have it this weekend, hopefully it arrives early enough for me to go to Verizon to get a new Nano sim. After I have a little bit of time on it, I'll report back.
Someone said the camera wasn't the issue, it's the software. I will try a 3rd party app to see if that makes a difference.
My initial impressions after having the Maxx for a few days.
1. The camera is still very slow making it hard to take pics of my kids. It was faster when i used the Camera Zoom FX app but the picture quality wasn't very good.
6. The screen is also very nice. The S4 is more vibrant probably because of the AMOLED screen but isn't that much better. I guess my old eyes can't differentiate the PPI.
(and Motorola has said that an update with improved camera is in the works.)
Really? Where did you see this, because if it's true, none of the usual Android blogs I look at have mentioned this (not that they capture EVERYTHING Android related). It would be great news to share on a more widespread basis!
Try ProCapture. It can take full resolution photos. That said, I'm still using the stock camera app. It definitely needs work (and Motorola has said that an update with improved camera is in the works.)
FWIW, the Maxx is also AMOLED.
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