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[Motorola Droid RAZR] JOHNGAETANO:
After reading positive comments on the Rezound, I figured I better try one side by side with my Razr. That experiement lasted 48 hours. Here are some very brief comparisions.

Battery: I have to say my Razr has better overall life. Not hours and hours better, but better.

Screen: Many may disagree, but the Razr screen is better. The Rezound is too dim for my liking.

Speed & Performance: The Razr wins again, hands down. The Rezound didn't really have lag, but more of a choppy behavior. There was something off with the touch sensitivity on the rezound. Everything seemed to jump around and didn't flow like the Razr.

Weight and Size: Razr wins again. The Rezound feels very 2010ish. The Razr just feels nice in my hand. The Rezound is too heavy after having the Razr for two weeks.

Radio: My experience shows better signal strength with the Razr. Inside a building Saturday, the Rezound had less signal strength. The Rezound also had less call quaility.

Build: After holding both, and using both, the Razr is a much better build phone. No comparision.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
nice comaprison, good, clear and clean.

Just a question, was there a very obvious screen reso difference?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Z4nd4r:
Having used both, I have to say I didn't notice the resolution increase for the Rezound's screen (they're both a pretty high ppi, and the res on the RAZR is still high for it's size, though it's not 720p). I really noticed the contrast on the RAZR vs. the Rezound, and I've always liked sAMOLED over SLCD for that very reason. In my opinion, the superior screen tech (sAMOLED) wins out easily over the slight resolution bump on the Rezound.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kholk:
That's known: Motorola's build quality and signal strength will beat up everything.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Semseddin:
I said it before and now again. Razr all the way, day&night. After all it is just a s3 quallcomm phone ugly&fat.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JOHNGAETANO:
Truthfully, after using it for 48 hours and then switching back to the Razr, it was a joy to see the Razr screen. I can't see the res difference as all it did for me was make things smaller.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gbroon:
I have the feeling screen resolution is marketting one-upmanship and what really matters is screen quality. A worse screen is still worse at higher resolution.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rambo8987:
Just a heads up.....you do kno rooted the rezound will blow many of the current phones including the razr out the water right? Pew pew pow....shot down.

And have owned the razr as well as bionic
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ilkevinli:
Thats a big assumption ...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] spimonkey34:
And why is that?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rambo8987:
Lol I know I was just trying to ruffle some feathers. Although I still want root, if the EVO 3d was a beast rooted running asop roms....I could only imagine this phone
[Motorola Droid RAZR] intheb0x:
the bionic is noted with having serious data issues,loosing connectivity , even issues when handing off from lte to 3g.

my cousin just took back his bionic for the rezound due to the serious data issues verizon admitted it was having and told him the razr was known for data issues.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rambo8987:
True indeed.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] FAUguy:
I have one of each here. The Rezound has never dropped 4G in my house and shows a signal of -85db to -89db. The Droid Razr shows a lower 4G signal of -96db to -98db, and a few times an hour will drop 4g and change to 3g for a few minutes before switching back. The Bionic here does the same thing. In fact I've tested every Verizon 4G phone and they all will occasionally go between 4g and 3g here except for the Rezound. I've heard the reason why is that its using a much larger antenna on the battery cover and a higher mW on the antena.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] H3Dude:
is there a review on this?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mallman:
i own the rezound and the razr and i guess i am just odd because i couldn't disagree more with OP. Battery on the rezound is light years beyond the razr. The screens, when both on max bright are equal to me. The rezound feels fantastic in the hand, the razr feels pointy/boxy. The rezound feels extremely high quaility as well, however the razr is clearly the winner here. The beats headphones speak for themselves :) The bezel on the razr makes it look silly to me, but thats a personal preference i guess. The rezound has a MUCH better antenna. Better reception and never drops 4g.. EVER. Last and certainly not least, the camera. The rezound has zero shutter lag and takes pictures that so far ahead of the razr its sad. I really hope some fixes come soon for that.

All in all i feel like its no contest but both devices are nice for sure
[Motorola Droid RAZR] [TSON]:
...there is no way in hell.

Rezound has a 384 MHZ faster processor of the same brand, a higher GPU clock, a smaller battery, brighter screen brightness settings, and probably lots more. I don't buy that for a second.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brianbrain:
hmm..I thought the Rezound utilized a qualcomm SOC whereas the RAZR is TI..TI is known for better battery management, and in this case it should be speedier too (cortex A8 vs A9 - Qualcomm has to make up for lower IPC by jacking up the clock speed).

Here's why I'm most likely sticking with the RAZR:

1) I like the WebTop functionality

2) Qualcomm's current SOC's are the weakest around

3) I hate Sense

4) I'm sick of HTC's crappy driver coding (my last phone was a Sensation)

Perhaps I'll move to the Galaxy Nexus..but I'm not even considering the Rezound. Glad to hear HTC got their antenna's working well though - the Sensation had it's own "antennagate"..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] androidrookie84:
Returned my rezound for battery issues and over heated,so Im going to take a better look at the raze but I still got that nexus on my mind
[Motorola Droid RAZR] equake:
The Rezound has a Snapdragon S3 and the RAZR has the OMAP 4430 different SoC entirely. Better graphics on the Rezound, actually more efficiency on the RAZR with a more advanced Cortex CPU.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gbmitchell:
I had a Razr and now have a Rezound. I think the things that were said bad about the Razr screen were overblown, but that the Rezound screen is better. You can really see it shine in places like websites. The Razr seemed to have better battery life but that was not really enough to matter to me. As far as the dimensions on the devices go, I think the Razr looks sexy but is a little uncomfortable wide. The Rezound is thick and heavy but is more narrow than the Razr and Thunderbolt. It does have as sleek of a profile as the Razr but the smaller width makes it feel more comfortable in my hand.

What it will come down to is personal preference really. Different people have different hands so they will feel differently. Also people are not going to see your Rezound and be like, Oh that's the Rezound but they will with the Razr.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zetsumeikuro:
I agree the Rezound for me has been a more enjoyable experience for sure. The screen on the Rezound is superior in my eyes, you cannot see ANY pixelation. Where as for the RAZR it's quite obvious to the naked eye. Battery life on the RAZR was terribl even with smart actions. The Rezound feels nice in the hand the RAZR felt fine, but then again I do have larger hands. I agree the camera is one of the best I have used on any smart phone. I get better 4G speeds and reception on the Rezound. I am positive when the Rezound gets stripped down sense or AOSP it will blow alot of the phones current and upcoming out of the water.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mallman:
ok i guess you just called me a liar because i'm telling you its true. Maybe i have it configured different but the rezound is much better. Not to mention you are wrong about the processor type i believe

One factor may also be that i have frozen all the bloat so i have over 500mb of free ram as well. I also didn't mess with smart actions on the razr. There are many factors of course, but the rezound wipes the floor with the razr... sorry but in my case its simply true
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Semseddin:
So the rezounders came to the droid razr forums for organized trolling.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mallman:
or maybe you forgot to read the thread :P I own both. Am i not allowed to coming to a forum that i own the device? Don't hate because the RAZR isn't all unicorns and butterflies... no device is. Many appreciate a good honest discussion about pros and cons
[Motorola Droid RAZR] opensourcefan:
Ya, that's the problems with threads like these. The RAZR vs anything thread in the RAZR forum will naturally sway to the RAZR side. If it was the Rezound vs RAZR on the Rezound forum it would naturally swing to the Rezound side. Being on the RAZR forum one doesn't really expect opposition so when it does some take offence. One needs to make an effort to look at the BIG picture and then make opinions. One also needs to understand that very few opinions they have will be absolute as everyone looks at something a different way.

I have had many HTC devices and that is the reason I have a RAZR right now. I wasn't so lucky with my two Sensations and my EVO 3D, they all had actual screen defects. One of the biggest purchasing factors of the RAZR whether we want to believe it or not is it's cool appearance. A Lexus that drives it's self still won't get the attention that a Ferrari would. We like that in a phone, then add some great specs on it and you have a winner.

There will be many phones that come out in the very near future, they will mostly all beat the RAZR in specs somewhere but the RAZR will always be the RAZR.

In respect to the screen differences, I would gladly trade a lower res AMOLED screen instead of a higher res LCD but I have always been partial to vibrancy. To each is there own in this world. Nothing needs to be defended and no battles need be created.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] madmikeuk:
HTC put Qualcomm CPUs in all their devices, which are nowhere near as efficient as the OMAP and Tegra CPUs. The 1.5GHz Qualcomms are frequently beaten in benchmarks by 1.2GHz OMAP4s and Tegra 2s.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gbmitchell:
I just hit cmd f and searched Rezound as a quick er way to drop down to the Rezound forum from the Forums main page. It stopped because this was the most recent post under Razr and Razr is higher than the Rezound on the page.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Nasty64:
I don't have either phone (yet) and value the comparative opinions. Thanks for sharing.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] KeithRVA:
Doesn't the Rezound currently have the highest specs of any Android phone, even better than Galaxy Nexus (8MP camera vs 5mp)? And it has Beats Audio. I might buy one if I can find a good deal. It will make a nice 2nd phone/ipod. Played with the Razr, felt crazy thin and wide. That's all I remember, will have to test drive again and compare to the Rez.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] opensourcefan:
Don't know where you are or if all 3 of these devices are available but playing with them all would be a great idea. Specs IMO only go so far, it's important to pick the one that feels the best.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] xderekaustinx:
I had the rezound...loved it, but the RAZR had me interested (yeah, I know, the RAZR came out 3 days before the rezound)

Exchanged for the RAZR, really dug it...but couldn't get past the battery life.

Went back into the same Rezound...liked it, but now the battery life on the Rezound was atrocious (was down to 20% on the extended battery in roughly 7 hours)

Am now back in the exact same RAZR as before and couldn't be happier.

For me personally, it's just a bunch of little things that make the RAZR perfect for me.

#1. Love the lock screen controls and layout...Sense 3.5 was nice, but a tad much for what I want. Unlock/Silence-Ringer/Camera & non obtrusive music controls...perfect.

#2. Hands down, best on screen keyboard I've ever used on a droid...second only to the iPhone

#3. LOVE the music app. Very clean, very polished, very quick...really unhappy with what HTC did in 3.5...having to click an artist, then click all albums, then click the album, then click the song...sure it's only one extra step, but it gets annoying quick.

#4. Really dig the (once again) no obtrusive widgets...calendar being able to fit in a corner of my main screen along with all the other shortcuts & widgets in harmony? Perfect.

#5. I just really like what moto are doing here in terms of long term evolution. It seems like a lot of thought and effort were put into the software to make the experience more pleasant to me. Being able to long press on an app in the app drawer and hide/uninstall without having to go through setting/apps/manage/etc is huge in terms of customer experience. Plus smart actions are so far ahead of their time that it's insane...love it.

Don't get me wrong, the Rezound is a fantastic phone & I see it only getting better once the modders get their mitts into it...but right now, as is, I think the RAZR is just about perfect...at least for me.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] opensourcefan:
Great write up, and I must agree, this so far is the best out of the box software I've played with so far. The icon hiding thing, fantastic. I use smart actions to change my screen timeout during my alarm snooze timeframe so the phone doesn't light up the room for a whole minute or two each hit. It's nice to know Moto is thinking. Sense is awesome too but found it to be quite a resource hog.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rileyd5:
I did the exact opposite. Really wanted the Razr, returned it after 4 days and got the Rezound. So I will post my experience and try to be fair as well :)

My findings based on your list:

Battery: well lets be honest here. Anyone that uses their phone for real and data is going to come up with same conclusion. so so at best for both. lol. But for me I still notice slightly better battery results with the Rezound and the fact that I can change the battery out is so much more a value add.

Screen: I liked the Razr screen due to the rich colors although the sg2 has a more vibrant screen with less resolution. I felt the razr screen was darker than the rezound and clearly the rezound has better clarity up close. Overall I could live with either screen. Rezound or Razr that is.

speed and performance: I agree the razr felt more smooth overall. Its the sense for sure. I noticed available memory was much lower on the rezound. not sure if that makes the difference but I agree with this.

weight and size: Razr is lighter but is harder to hold and has way too much bezel around the device. They should have made it a 4.5in display with the form factor or better yet, made the thing smaller. Rezound is clearly easier to hold and use with one hand. weight is not an issue for me to be honest. I prefer the razr's weight of course but not at the expense of how tall and wide it is. I agree the razr is very well made and looks more refined. No question.

Radio and Signal: I experienced the exact opposite which is the primary reason I switched to the Rezound. goes to show you this is not an exact science. In fact, Moto has confirmed issues with LTE handoff to 3g and is working on a fix. I would lose data 20 times a day on the razr. Rezound is not doing this.

all in all, I think both are solid performers but what put me over the edge was the camera. Since you didn't discuss it the rezound has a much better camera. I was very unimpressed with the razr with the exception of the quicker shot. To me their both descent devices.

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I agree with this. Razr keyboard is awesome.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jroc:
I think when ppl say Radio or Signal phone reception should be included if not specifying data or phone. Thats one reason why I choose Moto over most any other manufacture.

I use my phone for calls more than I use 3G/4G. Rezound has to have a better 4G radio cuz I have yet to hit speeds I've seen ppl hit on their T Bolts or Rezounds. And I know an area where I hang out that has a -50 decibel reading. The best I can get there is 19, 20Mbps down on my RAZR.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mallman:
the ironic thing about this thread is that we all love and hate different things and all have different experiences therefor making the threads purpose useless LOL. Anyone looking to this to make a decision on buying one or the other will only leave undecided. I love reading about others actions and experiences so for the entertainment factor i give it +1
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gbmitchell:
Well said. The best thing for someone to do is go into a store and play with them and see which one suits you more.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tylerdurdin:
Well from a outside perspective I would take the Razor all day over the Rezound. Razor looks sick.....and I watched the Rezound get a ass beating in a side by side against the SGS2 on YouTube. IMO rezound does not look anywhere near ass nice as the Moto. Only reason my opinion should count for anything......is the fact that I HATE Moto with a passion.....but I do like this phone A LOT.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brianbrain:
I am RIGHT there with you. I've played around with multiple friend's Motorola Droid's over the years (not to mention a 3-day ownership of a Droid 2 *shudder) and they've all just been awful devices. I swore I would never buy a Motorola product - and yet, here I am. Jumped ship from HTC after getting tired of their crappy coding and constant re-use of QCOMM's outdated and slow S3 SOC's. I couldn't be happier. This phone rocks.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Z4nd4r:
Saying bad things about the OG Droid is tantamount to blasphemy. I agree with your assessment of all other Moto phones, though (including the RAZR, which does rock).
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brianbrain:
Apologies - you're right, the original Droid was a great device. Everything in between that and the RAZR for Moto has been utter crap. (my opinion, don't hate me).
[Motorola Droid RAZR] newowner:
LOL! I can't help but chuckle on your zinger! :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] xderekaustinx:
the one area that I will give to the Rezound 10/10 times is the camera. The Razr camera is painfully bad in most situations. The photos don't turn out horrendous, but the auto-focus is real slow & god forbid a flash is involved...you're looking at a few seconds of lag in between pressing the button and the photo being taken...not the most ideal situation for action shots in the least.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] eagle17:
I have the razr and love the size and weight. however for me the constant loss of data and switching between 3g/4g is causing issues... I use my phone for both phone calls and for email about equally and have to say that there are many times I am unable to send an email or pull down new mail. Data connection issues is the reason I will be returning this phone.

As for the screen I find I like the screen on my thnderbolt better.. I don't care for the screen door effect of the razr.

I do not have nor have I used a rezound, And I can not stand sense.. I would take blur anyday.. so I would not even try a rezound until it was rooted and rommed.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ssbmg:
I got my wife the rezound at the same time I got the razr. I actually love sense ui and going the rezound to be buttery smooth for the most part. The deal breaker for me was the thickness of the rezound. Same issue I had with the evo 3d. I don't carry a purse so thickness is a big issue for me.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] lilmoney30:
I had the Razr to start with and it was Doa. Best buy didn't have any replacements at the time so I went with the rezound. True the screen did look great but it was all down hill from there. The battery life on that thing was horrible. Thunderbolt horrible for me. So I called best buy back to see if they had received any more and they did so I boxed that thing up quick lol. But to each there own. I personally love the Razr! ! :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
One little point, does the dual core 1.2 GHz really help? I mean the fact that the apps need to recognise that the device is dual core right? And my limited knowledge tells me iPhone's 4S Safari recognises this..thus giving it an awesome Headstart...so my main reason to buy this beauty would not be the reso or screen, but the dual-core...so it's worth it right?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gbmitchell:
Dual core definitely improves performance and battery life but hopefully with ICS it will be even better.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tylerdurdin:
Dual core is better no doubt....I dont believe ICS will do anything for battery life, a little better maybe but not a huge amount. ICS just uses the cores differently. It is why the Galaxy Nexus has about the same battery life as a SGSII and some have even speculated that its worse. Personally I think that battery life is going to differ no matter what from user to user. ICS will provide a much more fluid experience...not faster...fluid. Being a speed junky myself, I am really not a fan of ICS and believe that my phone is perfect the way it is. The Gingerbread OS does most of its rendering through CPU therefore when something graphically intense is launched the GPU kicks into high gear. ICS has most of its images rendered by GPU including your homescreens and such, therefore relieving the CPU of some of the stress. Having said that, now technically both cores are active almost all the time. This in no way diminishes anything that runs through either but like the iphone, alot of rendering is covered up by smooth transitions and "illusions" that the phone is responding faster than it actually is.

For some users this will be heaven...for the speed freaks, we will see that overall its not terrible but it will not be as fast. ICS will use dual core tech better but I dont want it, until a WAY more powerful phone is released. We also have to contend with the fact that ICS was developed on a TI OMAP which is in the tech world is already outdated. Maybe optimizing on a lower spec processor will help us current dual core users....It may come back to bite us on the ass because of how different the OMAP GPU is, meaning that the GPU in the OMAP is very nice but the CPU is not that great at all.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nagnrik:
Very well said...
[Acer Iconia A500] nexus14:
Hi there,

I'll be joining you all soon with the A500-08S08u from Best Buy. I've done some research and it seems this item is the best tablet due to added functionality of USBs.

I would also like to know if there are any restrictions as far as changing ROMs/rooting that I should be aware of. I know that the Asus Transformer has 2 models (?) and one cannot be rooted (?). From what I have read so far, the Iconia A500 does not have any such restrictions but I would like to hear from you, the experts.

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
No restrictions, but...... if your tab comes with 3.1 HC, I advise you to NOT upgrade it to the OTA 3.2. Acer changed the bootloader, and you'll have to go through several steps to root it if you upgrade it.

So if it doesn't have 3.2, then simply use the iconia root apk, and get acerinstaller from the market to flash your custom recovery.

If it has 3.2 already installed, then see the following;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1276227
[Acer Iconia A500] nexus14:
Thanks! I assume custom ROMS on 3.2 Honeycomb removed this bootloader and can therefore be loaded safely?
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Bootloader.blob IIRC removed, and pre-rooted are what you'll find in custom ROMs, and Stock pre-rooted ROMs.
[Acer Iconia A500] jonathaflores:
I guess I will be joining you guys as well, not till x-mas. lolz, found out that I am getting the acer for x-mas!
[Acer Iconia A500] nexus14:
Thanks for the info. I found out that my particular Best Buy model does contain 3.2 Honeycomb so I will be going to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1276227 to revert back to 3.0.1

The process looks easy but I am unsure which CWM I should install. The latest which is 1.5? or thor2002ro rev1.3.4 from Acer Recovery Installer?
[Acer Iconia A500] amtzone:
welcome...u have the same reason as me when i buy this tablet...

:D:D