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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Fealakwen:
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I do agree. The real reviews will be here, and elsewhere on forums, but those drafts are not what I'm expecting. We need various run tests about battery life, a word on the bootloader, screen comparisons with the top-end devices from Sammy and HTC, in depth reviews of the video player...

I'm not satisfied :/

I'm looking forward to read the GSM Arena thoughts.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] asheg:
to see a real life of battery you need 3-4 days or more...so it is too early yet
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Fealakwen:
Eventually, good job from Phone Arena:

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Motorola-DROID-RAZR-Review_id2884

:)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jms_uk:
So far then, from this first crop of reviews the following have left me scratching my head

Screen. Is it any good or not? I know its personal taste but how well/badly does it stack up to the current competition?

Batterylife. What's going on here? Some say several days on standby with light usage.. most agree a daily charge is required putting it on par with other smartphones.. some think it'll need more regular charging than that!

Camera. Is it any good or not - again, compared to the competition it looks like it'll do a serviceable job at the very least

Speakerphone. Some say its good and clear, others say its weak and lousy..

Software. Another personal taste one, but its pretty clear that any kind of "overlay" can have an impact on the device's performance. Yet again we have some taking issues with the overlay and others saying it doesn't intrude

What I can tell if nothing else, that there doesn't seem to be any kind of concensus on any of the key factors that people may want to look for when comparing this phone to its direct competition and that makes it a tough call..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] akhnatenor:
my very brief review (color focused)

I have not seen anyone take a good look at the quality of the color reproduction of the RAZR's display. I went in to the verizon store which has them on display now and compared the same image on the RAZR and on my AMOLED Droid Incredible(DInc).

The RAZR beat the DInc hands down. When comparing a picture of a person with a white background on both phones, the RAZR had more accurate color reproduction and a whiter white-level. Compression artifacts in the image were also more noticeable on the RAZR although they could be seen on the DInc. I think this means the RAZR has a much better, albeit less forgiving, display. I also compared the Bionic sitting next to the RAZR and it was extremely blue compared to the other two phones.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jms_uk:
Thanks man.. now that's the kinda info we need :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] voxigenboy:
yeah battery is definitely a big deal for people in the US using 4G & on unlimited data.

4G kills battery big time on all the 4G phones here. even on my old thunderbolt, i had to get the 4500mAh battery and still blew through that thing the same day.

then again, i'd also constantly be streaming music, browsing the web or downloading something. i'd say i probably average around 20 - 30GB /month.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] royalbloodvi:
motorola says the battery life will be 12hrs talk time, which is astounding.. on 3g of course, since im from australia, this is a dream come true..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
Any stuttering or UI hiccups is purely software. The hardware is more than enough to run any app today and is quite future proof. Quadcore phones coming out soon too el oh el.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] voxigenboy:
considering that gingerbread is not optimized for dual-core phones, I can see the jerkin'... although once ice cream sandwhich is available(wether official or dev produced rom) that *should* go away... however, since ICS is brand new, it may take a few updates before they work all the bugs out of that to.

regardless, good show!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
The jerking is due to motorolas fail UI that is installed ontop of Android. If only moto stuck with pure AOSP like the original DROID. Ahh... those were the days *_*. Great hardware build (gg moto) with pure AOSP.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jms_uk:
Any sign of any Uk or worldwide reviews? Would be good to know what the battery life is like without LTE..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] CasKirensys:
I'm sure the reviews are saying that it doesn't actually have MotoBLUR? Just themed like so.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
Check out the Verge review...what the hell is the fourth-last and third-last pic all about? I am sorry, but I don't quite know what is this Pentile argument all about? Is it good or bad?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] voxigenboy:
basically, the image/text quality on the screen is a bit wonky(sub par) due to the 'pentile'-pixel arrangement. it may not bother a lot of people, but if you have good vision and an eye for noticing impurities, the screen is going to bug you.

this is actually a similar reason as to why I do not want the Galaxy Nexus... a 4.65" screen with the same pixel count as the iphone's 3.5" display.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
Hi and thanx voxigenboy, Just didn't get what you meant by "4.65" screen with the same pixel count as the iphone's 3.5" display"

So does the iPhone have a pentile display...u can laugh about this, its ok, I dont know what it is and am still get to know... :P
[Motorola Droid RAZR] voxigenboy:
4.65"(inches) is refering to the screen size - 11.81cm

3.5"(inches) is then 8.89cm

both the nexus and iphone 4s have 326 pixels. a pixel is basically a 'picture element', which looking closely enough at the screen appears as a tiny dot & generates what you see on the screen. ofcourse, it takes many pixels to display images/text... and the more pixels a screen displays, the better images/text appear.

so, think about it, a 4.65in screen having the exact same pixel count(326) as a smaller 3.5in screen. for the most part, it will appear the same.. although will have more of a zoomed in effect on the larger display and won't quite look as nice.

the RAZR on the other hand, has a 4.3in screen yet less pixels then the others... 256 to be exact. so unfortunately, the screen on the RAZR kind of... well, is disappointing.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
Thanx again voxigenboy. I understood. Then what is this entire debate about pentile- non-pentile?? Is it good? Also, I dont know if u have seen this but check this:

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/7/2543770/motorola-droid-razr-review#2534169

is scaring me...if this is what my screen will look like, I dont want to buy it...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JohnnyTrue:
u always look at the screen from 1 sm?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
Are you going to be holding the phone like right infront of your face? I'm pretty sure your phone has to like right up in your eyes to even notice that level of pixelation on the screen shot.:rolleyes:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
I understand what you are saying brother, but then again, people who have used it/seen it also said there is this issue that pricks their eye...

another one:

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/7/2543770/motorola-droid-razr-review#2534168

this isn't that far...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] voxigenboy:
well, the pentile display that the RAZR uses is an older technology based off of RGB(red, green, blue) in which it blends those colors together for the display... as with older Arcade Video Games. newer screens based off of LCD still use RGV, but also incorporate "white" to give better/more vibrant images.

the RAZR screen probably won't bother most males as they are dominantely color blind to some degree, whereas females are not and probably won't like the RAZR's display. additionally though, if you're using the phone at night and decide to dim the brightness, the color will start to look a bit off and get slightly greenish.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
I understand, and I wasn't trying to be a jerk or anything. Sorry if it seemed that way. I mean it could be how it looks when captured via photo? I mean all phones do look pixelated in some way shape or form. I guess I'll see when I get my RAZR! If I don't like it I'll milk it as long as I can then switch to the Nexus 8).
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
No issues...u were perhaps right, the phone to be held really close to your eye to see it...but guess won't really know till I see it myself...hmm..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] voxigenboy:
oh, with the milking it bit... if you get it from Best Buy Mobile instead of Verizon directly, then you have 30 days for an exchange/refund instead of 14.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
Not sure if it's available with Costco since I think they give you 90 days?

I think the best solution would be to actually go take a look at a RAZR and then judge it. There are so many mixed photos of the quality of the screen, and all seem to be different ranging from which site you go to. One site the screen looks amazing, while the other site makes you go derp!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] voxigenboy:
here is a hi def pic of the screen. I told you it can get a bit green!

seriously though, I'm gonna check it out Friday to.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
If that SS is from the RAZR it clearly is SUPERIOR to everything else! Oh baby! :cool:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pOOBAH1973:
I've tried it with my RAZR. To have icons that big I would need to hold it approx. 5cm/2 inches in front of my eye. I don't know about you, but I cannot focus that close. I would need to use magnifying glasses.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
Are you happy with your RAZR's display, speed etc?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pOOBAH1973:
I can confirm the green tint.

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Yes. (Message too short, so I had to add this)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jms_uk:
For what its worth guys and gals.. apparently skype video calling is still broken on the Razr! :(

Moto know about it (apparently affects other moto phones), but as to when a fix is coming.. who knows.. so for now, all you're left with is GTalk

if you wanna do video calling at all?

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/11/droid-razr-review/
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
I've heard you can just DL the full version of Skype and you can use video calling.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jms_uk:
If that's the case, cool. Can anyone confirm? From that review (link posted above), it wasn't clear but I would have thought he'd have downloaded the version available to us all from the Marketplace (which does have video calling), and that's the one that doesn't work... :(

On a side but related note, since the recent Asus Transformer update receiving video on Skype is broken for me.. so I wonder if skype is due an update too?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
Does anyone know since the screen is a super amoled that there should be no dust/debris under the screen?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JainB:
I think there is some misunderstanding here...pixel density is measured in pixels per inch and therefore the galaxy nexus and the iphone 4 would basically have identical displays (pentile on nexus being the only difference) as they both pack the same number of pixels per inch in the display...Just imagine the iphone's 3.5 inch screen blown up to 4.65 inches with proportionately more pixels added to give the same crisp sharpness......that's the Galaxy Nexus...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] garywojdan81:
Trying to decide if I should burn my last yearly upgrade on this phone so I stopped in a vzw store to check it out. It is slim, fast & smooth & the screen is superior to both my DROID x2 & the super amoled+ of the charge. I didn't notice any obvious pixelation or color distortion even with the screen dimmed. Im just curious to compare it to the Rezound on Monday. Had two people in line after me who were ready to ditch their Iphone 4S's for the Razr friday.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
Do it and ditch the X2 fast.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zexco:
the display is beautiful, to me at least. A jump from my x10 and just nice to look at in general. And its the Canadian version so no lte, doesn't bother me. Saves battery
[Motorola Droid RAZR] info[]box1:
How's the stock native keyboard? New multi touch features?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zexco:
its super fast and seems to auto-correct accurately too, can't comment on that yet its on its first charge. Question actually: how long should I charge it the first time?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] info[]box1:
People have different opinions bout that. I would charge it to a 100 if possible. Full charge & full discharge.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zexco:
hmm.. I read that you should continue charging it past 100%/3hrs, I just wanna make sure I get full capacity of this battery

ho hum
[Motorola Droid RAZR] garywojdan81:
Has anyone noticed any problems with music playback? The x2 had pretty substantial issues with skips & pops during playback of audio files.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] info[]box1:
OK when it hit 100% turn it off and charge while off. A good drill I use is when it hit 100% I reboot the phone. Truly benefiting tips.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Rickroller:
Thank you! I was like "Wtf is this kid talking about?"..

When looking at resolution..we're looking at DPI (dots per inch). I believe the iPhone "Retina Display" is 336dpi, while the Galaxy Nexus is 330dpi. So despite having over 1" more screen display, the amount of "dots" (or pixels) that the Nexus has crammed in per inch is essentially the same. Thus..resolution "should" be great.

On a side note..the HTC Rezound is said to have crammed 346dpi into their screen resolution O.o
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Chirality:
That's pretty much accurate. The iPhone 4/4S is around 330ppi, the Galaxy Nexus is around 316ppi. However, since the Galaxy Nexus uses a PenTile subpixel arrangement, it has fewer subpixels per pixel than a RGB panel, and so the Galaxy Nexus is around 258ppi in RGB-equivalent terms. It's arguable how useful this RGB-equivalent ppi is for PenTile panels, since they use different methods of subpixel addressing. So I think the best way to think about this is, the pixel density of the Galaxy Nexus is comparable to an RGB LCD panel of between 258 and 316ppi. Not as high as the iPhone 4, but a lot higher than most smartphone displays out there, which means it should be a very good display.

The RAZR has a 256ppi PenTile display, or about 209ppi in RGB-equivalent terms. So it should be comparable to RGB LCD panels with between 209 and 256ppi.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DrUnKenSTeiN:
I would really want to see a VS against the sgs2 (the eu old one). Apart from build quality and all based on stock roms.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JainB:
You are right...

w w w.anandtech.com/show/5000/galaxy-nexus-pentile-discussion-confirmed
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Chirality:
That Anandtech article got the ppi right, but they calculated the subpixels-per-inch incorrectly. If you are interested, read through the comments, where several people pointed out how their math is wrong.

FYI, the subpixels-per-inch of the iPhone 4 is 572, for the Galaxy Nexus it is 447, and for the RAZR it is 362.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mikki84:
Hmmm still trying to decide....razr or s2?? I dont really care about the appearance of any phones. Pentile or not...how it looks doesn't bother me. Can you guys give some honest responses for razr VS s2? Any opinions will be appreciated :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stunno:
Mine turned up today, Thank you Royal Mail for cocking it up, Next day delivery my arse!

Despite a problem with a microsim - I don't have one and cutting up my normal sim didn't work, anyway Tmobile are sending me one in the post, and only charging me a tenner for it! Robbing gits.

Anyway my first impressions are that this is a VERY nice device. I was worried that would be far to big after my current phone, a Defy, but it sits very nicely in the hand. It feels sturdy despite being very light.

I'm not sure about the complaints about the screen, it is very sharp with excellent viewing angles and rich colours

So far? I'm very impressed, although admitedly I've yet to make a call on it :(
[Motorola Droid RAZR] broomulack:
The screen is really great compared to what I've used before (Bionic, Droid 3, Blackberry). Call quality is ok, not great, but certainly acceptable.

Does anyone really make calls anymore!? hahaha
[Motorola Droid RAZR] robstunner:
Got it, first impression was "wow what a sleek phone", immediately followed by, "damn what a wide phone." Very impressive phone (this is my first LTE device) but im still eager to see what the Galaxy Nexus LTE can hold up to it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] NZtechfreak:
FWIW, my 2c on the screen: the pentile is easily visible as pentile goes, but I don't think it will make too much of a difference to many (unless you're in the habit of holding the phone right to your face to use it). That said, if you've seen an Galaxy S screen and hated it's pentile I would say steer clear of the Razr though, it's density is higher, but nevertheless the overall appearance is similar for fine text.

Did an unboxing today, will have a massively detailed review releasing in parts over coming weeks:

[youtube]zkCdb9K3pGI[/youtube]
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nagnrik:
I have used it now for a day, say it 26 hours... Here are my ratings

Display - 10/10 (First phone I have found true colors, Black is awesome)

Call quality - 10/10

Battery - 7/10 (12-11-2011) (Really, I do not know If I need to learn more about smart actions), May be, I need to observe it few days.. But I say Smart actions is very interesting, Kudos to Motorola SW Engineers.. Good thought...

Battery - 8/10 (13-11-2011)

Updating my review on battery to one point more, interesting after I have done some "SMART ACTIONS" :-), almost last for 30 hours... It is really good, none other smart-phone living up to this.... It is really amazing...

Comfort - 8/10 - felt it a bit wide in my hands, should have been trimmed a bit

Radios - 7/10 I could see a small down side of this, I used to have the full wi-fi signal in my room on my Atrix, But a way different on RAZR (One bar less) and If I go 5 meters away from my room, getting disconnected... Not the case with Atrix ... :(

Look - 10/10 - No comments, the Royal Droid

Sound - 10/10 - Absolutely great

And rest of the things are exceptional, I saw a lot of things revamped on Motorola Cusom UI, Liked Keyboards and Background Colors of each function like messaging etc..

Overall, it is a pretty good phone, Royalist ... But I expect a RAZR Mini from Motorola very soon in a couple of months, that will have Girls in the pocket... I am sure they cannot handle this big Classic Droid... RAZR for ever... :-))
[WebOS Software and Hacking General] android_owl:
I am busy right now, but that link here is pretty interesting.

heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Entwickler-koennen-neue-HP-TouchPads-ordern-1374246.html

Cheers,

dataframe
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TonyStark R.I.P.:
I have pulled the Mms and the MmsProvisioning files from a stock AT&T GS2. I tried flashing the Mms directly to my Samsung Captivate. It thought about it and just went back to the contact I was in. It did not show a FC but in essence, that's what it did.

I have not created much of anything. I have manipulated files but don't know how to port.

Attached are the files, could someone give me a moment and explain how I would port the SGS2 file to work on a Captivate?

Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueTec:
I just saw that the Motorola ET1 Enterprise Tablet has multi-user functionality. It would be great if the devs could replicate this functionality and port it to some of the custom tablet roms.

:D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiguy99:
I'm returning my 2nd Galaxy S2 today due to the dreaded LCD screen issue. However, I forgot to unroot my phone this morning before I left for work.

I'd like to erase my information before I exchange my phone at the store this evening. Is it possible for me to erase content & settings while the phone is still rooted?

I'm on the stock rom if this helps. Thanks in advance
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
you can erase everything by going into settings > privacy and selecting the option to "Factory Data Reset"

and manually deleting all the stuff in the Internal Storage when plugged as USB mode
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiguy99:
Thanks Allgamer. I'll be sure to do that before I head to the Tmobile store
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jason370:
Just got my note, the seal was broken, the box had been opened, and there's no sd card. wtf Handtec!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bbdj69:
Is there a label that shows customs opened up the box? If is very likely. Was the Priority Pak from FedEx cut at all?

Also, did you order an SD card? That was not included...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] calin75:
It doesn't come with an external sd card. Just 16GB internal memory.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] foxmeister:
My Note from Expansys didn't come with a MicroSD card either, but since none was listed I wasn't surprised! :)

Since Handtec, like Expansys, are shipping the Euro version, did they pack a UK adaptor/mains charger in the box? If so, that'll be why the security seal was broken.

Expansys shipped me an UK HTC charger, but didn't put it in the box with the Note.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jason370:
ha, in that case, i feel a lot better...woo hoo handtec!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mircury:
My seal on one side was open. No big deal to me. Maybe customs. I didn't think it came with an SD card. Everything was fine in the box for me. Screen film still on the phone and packaging all in tact.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jason370:
false alarm! thanks GNote family!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
So we can assume they didn't opened the back cover? I think that they may not even know how to open the Note's back cover. Just saying. :p

I wonder how much of "something" you can stuff on the sweet battery place on the Note! :D:D:D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Vulpix:
It sounds funny but yeah, customs all over the world have this right to open your package to look for any "illegal items". :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] falgun:
I received mine from Handtec. The box was sealed, two seals nad both was in-tacked. No memory card but i believe it wasn't supposed to come with one anyways. Handtec will have my business again. Plus the shipping is so fast, coming from overseas.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jason370:
Let me reiterate that I hit the panic button a bit too hastily when I wrote this post.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] resistant:
ordered from clove.co.uk...extremly fast shipment ... no memory card ofc...uk charger...everything sealed
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mike2518:
i'm on the verge of ordering from handtec, so from your experiences, most units came sealed & the one or two that were opened, still had the plastic lamination on the front & back, correct? did the lamination show any sign that it was removed from either side, ie.. bubbles etc..?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Twohothardware:
Customs is the reason some people are receiving them opened and the experience will be entirely different depending on what country the Galaxy Note is being delivered to. In other words someone ordering from the UK who receives one sealed from Handtec doesn't mean your going to when it comes through US customs.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] RavenY2K3:
When I spoke to Handtec before I got it from somewhere else, they said they have two sorts on offer, one that comes factory unlocked and one that's a bit cheaper that they get unlocked and may havethe original carriers branding, and those ones are a bit cheaper because of those reasons.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mha1021:
same here i ordered from handtec and in Newark, NJ Customs hold it b/c handtec didn't describe what was in package so one day customs held it there then i called fedex gave them all the info then they released it. as i open the fedex packaging i noticed the GNOTE's seal was broken but everything was in the box. Well i have problem with the screen of Gnote so i am gonna have to call Handtec and return it to them.