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Well it is here, and I’ll tell you it is not QUITE as impressive looking as the Droid RAZR (it is thicker) BUT (and there is a serious Sir Mix-a-Lot BUT here)… over 20 hours of talk time. That’s right… I said it: OVER 20 HOURS of TALK TIME. So what’s the deal with Droid RAZR MAXX? It’s the same configuration as the Droid RAZR it just has a bigger battery in it, which makes it thicker. If you recall the Droid RAZR (and the MAXX) doesn’t have a removable battery. This is kind of a departure from the “norm” and makes a lot of (us) nerds feel uncomfortable. This is the type of phone you want to have if you don’t want an Apple iPhone 4s but you still want to stand out. It’s sleek, the battery life is insane, it has great horse power, a lot of RAM, a huge screen, gorilla glass (I don’t even bother putting a screen protector on phones with this stuff) and the price is just… right.
GENERAL
- 4G
- 4G LTE
- ANDROID™ PLATFORM
- Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgradeable
- MULTIPLE NETWORKS
- CDMA800, CDMA1900, LTE B13 700
- TOUCH TABLET
- CAMERA
- MEGAPIXELS
- 8 MP (rear facing camera)
- CAMERA TYPE
- HD P2P Video
- DIGITAL ZOOM
- 8x
- FOCUS
- Automatic
- FRONT FACING IMAGER
- 1.3 MP with 720p HD video capture
- IMAGE EDITING TOOLS
- Cropping, rotating, Geo Tagging, brightness, color, enhance, flip, resizing, and effects
- MUSIC ENABLED1
- MUSIC PLAYER
- Yes
- SPEAKER EFFECTS
- Equalizer with Bass Punch
- VIDEO CAPABLE
- Yes
- VIDEO CAPTURE
- 1080p HD, tri-microphone for audio scene selection
- PLAYABLE FORMATS
- AAC, H.263, H.264, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, WMA9, WMA10, eAAC+, AMR NB, AAC+, WMA v9, MIDI
- STREAMING MEDIA
- Audio, Video, Internet Radio
- VIDEO CAPTURE RATE
- HD 1080p quality, 1920X1080 resolution, up to 30fps capture and playback
- WIRED STEREO DEVICE EFFECTS
- 3D Stereo, Home Theater, Live Stage, Custom
- TALK TIME (CONTINUOUS)2
- up to 21.5 hrs.
- BATTERY TYPE
- 3300 mAh Li Ion
- STANDBY TIME3
- up to 380 hrs.
- EMAIL4
- Corporate Sync, Google Mail, Push Email, Yahoo® Mail, Hotmail, AOL
- MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING (MMS)4
- Yes
- PREDICTIVE TEXT
- SWYPE®-enabled, multitouch keyboard with next word prediction
- TEXT MESSAGING (SMS)4
- Yes
- INSTANT MESSAGING (IM)4
- Google Talk™, Windows Live Messenger®, Yahoo!® Messenger, AIM®
- IMAGE FILE FORMATS
- BMP, PNG, GIF, JPEG
- VOICE MAIL4
- Standard voice mail, Verizon Visual Voice Mail™ (capable)
- SYNCHRONIZATION
- FOTA, PC Sync, Corporate Sync, Google Sync
- WIFI
- 802.11 b,g, n
- BLUETOOTH® TECHNOLOGY5
- Bluetooth Smart Ready; Stereo Bluetooth Class 2, Version 4.0 LE+EDR OPP, DUN, SPP, GAVDP, AVDTP, AVCTP, A2DP, AVRCP 1.4, HFP 1.5, DID, HID, HSP, MAP, PAN-NAP, PBAP, SM,GATT/ATT,GAP,HR
- DATA ACCESS6
- Yes
- 4G MOBILE HOTSPOT
- Be a mobile hot spot for up to 8 other devices
- CONNECTOR TYPE
- Micro USB, HDMI® Micro
- DATA TRANSMISSION RATE6
- USB 2.0 (High speed)
- DLNA (DIGITAL LIVING NETWORK ALLIANCE)
- v. 1.5; Share content wirelessly with other DLNA equipped devices
- GPS AND LOCATION SERVICES1
- aGPS (assisted), eCompass, sGPS (simultaneous), GLONASS
- HEADSET JACK
- 3.5 mm
- WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)
- WEB BROWSER
- Android HTML Webkit, Adobe® Flash® Player 10; Firefox browser via webtop
- HEARING AID COMPATIBLE
- Rated M4, T3
- TEXT TELEPHONE (TTY) COMPATIBILITY
BUSINESS SECURITY AND PRODUCTIVITY
- SPEAKERPHONE
- Yes
- CALLER ID4
- On main display, Picture ID, Ringer ID
- ADVANCED SPEECH RECOGNITION
- Yes
- AUTOMATIC REDIAL
- Yes
- CALL WAITING
- Yes
- CONFERENCE CALLING4
- Group call
- EMERGENCY DIAL
- Yes
- MUTE CALL
- Yes
- NOISE REDUCTION
- Dual microphone noise reduction
- PHONE BOOK7
- Unified contact list (Gmail™, Exchange,Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
- SPEED DIAL
- Speed dial, direct dial shortcut
- VIBRACALL
- Yes
- VOICE DIALING
- Yes
- WAIT AND PAUSE DIALING
- Yes
CARRIER FEATURES AND SERVICES
- VERIZON WIRELESS
- Back Up Assistant, Verizon Media Manager, VCast Music
- Gmail™
- Google Calendar™
- Google Contact Sync™
- Google Latitude™
- Google Maps Street View
- Google Maps™
- Google Maps™ Navigation
- Google Quick Search Box™
- Google Talk™
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- Google eBooks™
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- Google™ Search by Voice
- YouTube™
- BUSINESS8
- Quickoffice®, GoToMeeting®, MOTOPRINT
- ENTERTAINMENT8
- Netflix(support resolution up to HD), Blockbuster, Amazon Kindle, Let’s Golf 2, Madden NFL 12, NFL Mobile, Slacker
- LIFESTYLE8
- Smart Actions, MOTOACTV
- MOTOCAST
- Stream or download your music, pics and more from your PC to your phone.
- MOTOCAST ENABLED
- SMART ACTIONS
- This application lets you take control and mastermind your phone’s settings and actions in an infinite number of combinations.
- SMART ACTIONS ENABLED
- OPERATING SYSTEM
- Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgradeable
- LIGHT-RESPONSIVE DISPLAY
- Yes
- KEYPAD LOCK
- Yes
- HAPTIC FEEDBACK
- Yes
- DEDICATED KEYS
- Volume control, Back, Search, Menu, Power/Lock, Home
- BACKLIGHT
- Yes
- PINCH TO ZOOM
- Yes
- TOUCH SCREEN
- Capacitive touch screen
- VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
- Multi-touch and Swype
- VOICE COMMANDS
- Google Voice Search and Voice Actions, and Voice Commands
- RINGTONE FORMATS
- AAC, AAC+, eAAC, MP3
- WALLPAPERS4
- Preloaded and downloadable, Live wallpaper
- SIZE (H X W X D)
- 130.7 x 68.9 x 8.99 mm
- DISPLAY SIZE
- 4.3-in.; Super AMOLED Advanced qHD(540 x 960)
- WEIGHT
- 145 grams
- ANTENNA TYPE
- Dual
- FORM FACTOR
- Touch Tablet
- MATERIALS AND FINISH
- Made with Dupont™ KEVLAR® fiber and scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass
PRODUCTIVITY AND SOFTWARE
- CALCULATOR
- Yes
- CALENDAR
- Calendar, Corporate (Exchange) calendar, Google Calendar
- AIRPLANE MODE
- Yes
- CLOCK
- Alarm clock
- MEMORY9
- 16 GB internal; 16 GB microSD card pre-installed
- ACCELEROMETER
- Yes
- NETWORKS4
- CDMA800, CDMA1900, LTE B13 700
- PROCESSOR SPEED
- Dual-Core 1.2GHz , Dual-Channel RAM Processor
- REMOVABLE MEMORY10
- supports up to 32 GB microSD
- SENSORS
- Proximity, ambient light, eCompass, battery temp, Accelerometer
- WEBTOP APPLICATION
- Extend view to larger screen, type on full keyboard & access full web – multi-task on-the-go
- WEBTOP ENABLED
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- I like the Verizon Wireless Droid RAZR MAXX a lot. I would give it 5 out of 5 stars but I have to take 1 star for not shipping with ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0) and 1 star for not having the option to unlock the bootloader. I want to be able to do what I want to do with my phone and that includes removing the bloatware applications you bundle with it. They take up space, suck battery life, and are useless because I’m not interested in them. Unlock the bootloader so I can have root access and remove the stuff and I’ll be a happy camper. (For those not in the “know” you can’t uninstall the apps that most cell phone companies install on your phone by default, unless you have root access)
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