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[Motorola Droid RAZR] patchm00:
Same here. Got a Nexus demo at work for 2 weeks and did not fall in love with it. I hear 4.0.4 fixes battery but twice it went from 80% to 0% overnight doing nothing but 2 email accounts. Also, the Nexus just felt strange in my hand (I have large hands). I did not like where the power button was because i hold it in my left hand to read email and my index finger kept pressing the button and blanking the screen. The Droid Razr Maxx is in similar place but my index finger ends up well below the button when holding. The Maxx feels more secure in my hand and not like it's going to fall out like with the Nexus.

I rooted and did ROMS on all my previous phones (OG Droid, Droid 2, Droid Incredible) and enjoyed doing away with BLUR on my Motorola's but I'm sure I will do the same with the MAXX. I did like the idea of having the NExus with all the latest updates and development but the Samsung phone just didn't seem as well put together as the Maxx.

My speed tests showed the Maxx faster on WIFI and 4G. The 4G fringe areas work much better after the latest update (this past week), and I was having some issues with the Nexus getting 3G network in some light areas and not with the MAXX.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
had the nexus for a week. returned it.

Not sure why anyone would want an AOSP phone. It's like having generic frosted flakes.

Battery life is not an issue for me so even though i knew about the maxx, i got the razr. The nexus is just awkward, buggy and just plain. you NEED a custom rom if you get the nexus.

I prefer the HTC sense UI's over anything else. If HTC would just make a thinner, better looking phone, i would jump all over that. You gotta see a ROM with HTC 3.6 and ICS. it will blow you away. I gave my kid the Sensation XL and loaded this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1429953

The greatest ROM i've ever seen. If you want a UI that will just make you smile everytime you use the phone, this is it. But for the RAZR, i'll take motoblur over AOSP anytime.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] MrDrumngun:
I don't know how you people like skins over aosp, gross
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
For the same reason that there are tons of launchers, widgets, etcc on the market. Because AOSP means, As Obviously Super Plain as possible. Just kidding of course, but AOSP really is out of the box google. It's meant to offend no one, not step on apple toes (like samsung), and not dazzle anybody. It really reminds me of APPLE iOS.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iolinux333:
call someone you know on both phones and ask them which sounds better. then call a voicemail with both phones and listen to playback and listen to the difference in how you sound. if everyone did this Samsung couldn't sell a single phone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jiwengang:
You do realize this is a Razr forum right? Then you cant possibly expect an objective voice. Those 80% overnight drop to 0% on Nexus is simply untrue or not true for all. Maybe on that unit yes. 4G speed? I don't know. I had a test on two phones side by side and GNEx beat Razr 4 G speed EVERY time buy at least 1mb. This is based on 20ish tests.

Battery life on Razr Maxx is just KING . So original razr is simply out of this competition PERIOD .

Except it is thinnest which you can't really USE that 7.1mm to do anything . Except cutting a cheese.

Gnex is for dev. Its openness is best. Razr Max is for regular user . So depends on which type you are

Disclaimer. I own both phones.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Touch-ee:
The 5MP cam on the Nexus is an Absolut deal breaker for me. If it wasn’t for that, if the Nexus had an 8MP cam, it would be a fairly hard choice. But i use my phone cam like crazy so it completely ruled the Nexus out for me.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] skoone68:
Hi all-

I ended up getting both. I got spoiled very quickly with ICS on my Xoom tablet. I have to admit that I also love ICS on the Nexus as well... However, and this is just my humble opinion.. The battery life is considerably better on the Razr than on the Nexus. Yes I have removed all of the battery draining apps. Tried several roms, Blah blah. On and on it goes. I've spent many an hour doing things that others claim to be the 'solution' to achieving great battery life on the Nexus. Well, I'm here to tell you that as far as I'm concerned, Samsung desperately needs to return to the drawing board and practice up on their battery design as that has been my number one issue with their device to date. Believe me, I got really SPOILED with the Razr's supreme battery performance. I easily achieved two days with it, yet with the Nexus I have not been able to make a full 12 hour day, and this is even with the extended battery. It isn't an ICS issue either as my Xoom plays for hours on end with little concern over battery life. I have also found that RF-wise the Razr wins hands down. I am aware of radio software improvements in ICS 4.0.4 and above. Perhaps with those updates coming down the pike some positives will be made in that area and I'm good with that.

No doubt other Nexus owners will disagree with me and that's fine. I'm only commenting on what *I* have experienced with the Nexus. Even though I have the freedom of running stock Android on the thing which truly is very very nice, I still have to confess that from a hardware standpoint my experience so far has been less than stellar.

I want to wait and see what Moto has up their sleeve with ICS once they implement it on the Razr. I may well take the leap back to it once that happens, but even with the mediocre battery life and RF performance on the Nexus, I plan on retaining it afterward if nothing else as a developer unit as I don't expect Moto to ever release the bootloader on the Razr.

The developers who are cranking out the roms for the Nexus (as well as the Xoom) are incredibly talented. It fascinates me to sit back and watch all of this in action. It makes me wonder where did all of this creativity come from prior to the emergence of smart phones.

Bottom line is that I firmly believe both handsets are worthy of ownership in their own right but I still lean towards the Razr. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iolinux333:
Can you comment on the quality of *outgoing* voice quality when comparing the two handsets?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] theduke211:
So what kind of future will a Maxx have if I buy one?

I love the things I can do with my Thunderbolt, but want the battery. Will ROM's be as diverse as my TB? I love the CM7 ROM's I have. I am just unclear as to what the bootloader will stop me from doing in the future.

Is it possible that CM9 could eventually work on it?

Are there any ROM's that have the hotspot enabled without the carrier option?

Sorry for newb questions. Just want to make sure I dont buy a phone I hate.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
Having had both, didn't notice any difference
[Motorola Droid RAZR] reimerj:
I also own both phones! I have the Razr Maxx because for work I need to have good call and sound quality and the Razr is awesome in both areas but for the inner geek I have the Nexus which can't be beat for Dev support and updates and pure fun but the sound quality is poor on calls and speaker phone. I have also had many calls where the person I am talking to can no longer hear me.

My advice! Get both! :D

reimerj
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mzaza:
I had the RAZR for 2 months now.

One thing I don't like about it, is the display. The colors looks beautiful, but the text doesn't play nice with my eyes. I've heard it's because Motorola uses Pentil display. Other than the display the phone is great, with solid and premium build quality.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] TheSouljourner:
Get the Maxx. I got the Nexus when it came out, and I have had nothing but disappointment from it. I really wanted to love it. I wanted to have a *true* google phone... but they just skimped out too much on the hardware.

The cell antenna in it downright blows. It's unusable at my house, where the Maxx works just fine (other people with Verizon phones in my house also work fine).

The camera on the Nexus also blows. It's fine outside, or in really really well lit rooms during the day, but don't even bother trying to take pictures in any kind of low light, they just look terrible. I don't care about megapixels, but I do care about whether or not the pictures look like junk.

The battery on the Nexus blows (seeing a pattern here?). It lasts 12 hours, with very minimal use. It's aggravating to have to run and drop it on the charger as soon as I get home.

There's no SD slot on the Nexus... which didn't matter to me, but some people care. You can still copy files on and off it from windows, and 32 gigs is a lot of space for most people.

The only good thing about the Nexus is the screen, which is admittedly awesome. The Maxx's screen looks pretty good though, even side by side with the Maxx. And don't let the dimensions of the screens fool you, they're very very close in usable size - the Nexus loses a bunch of pixels for its on-screen buttons, which seem to only disappear when watching videos. The height of the screens are just about the same, the Nexus is just slightly wider.

ICS is also SO much better than gingerbread... but if you're here, you can install a ROM and do just fine with the Maxx.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blueis300:
Im waiting on a razr maxx to arrive fed ex tomorrow. I am coming from a samsung charge with a total bad experience. Signal,battery and gps issues. Hope this is all solved with the new phone as Im sick of hearing it from the wife. She now swears samsung off and wants a motorola because when she had the dx2 gps was never a problem.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
Had the Droid charge too. After the lousy development, went to the Nexus Galaxy to get the A++ development. It was there, but too much plain ol AOSP for my liking. Saw a co-worker with the razr and instantly loved the blur and exchanged my phone. The 7mm thiness of the phone is just aluring to me. i love handling such a light and thin phone. The little bump on the top backside also helps to give it an angle when i lay it down. Its like the designers thought of everything.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] syntrix:
I'll have a maxx in hand tomorrow. I currently have a SGN and Bionic.

The bionic is crystal clear compared to the SGN. I'm hoping for similar Motorola voice quality with the maxx as compared to the bionic.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 4ktvs:
I have tryed both and The razr line is better to me. Why:

1) The 4G works a lot better in the same spot.

2) The water proofing saved me not that long a go. ( I would have "killed" my sis if my phone died do to some water from a cup.)

3) I like the build and feal of the phone.

Thats about it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dsass600:
I personally have a Galaxy Nexus and i'm getting 36.5 hours with stock everything. Ive seen the razr, and honestly the only wow factor is the thinness and they even took that away with the maxx so i personally would go for the Nexus.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] koreanschoolkid:
I would have gone for the Galaxy Nexus especially since I still absolutely love my SGS Fascinate but even with LMT Launcher's getting rid of the softkeys I still became enraged at the thought of having to deal with them.

I was considering waiting for the Galaxy Journal (VZW variant of the Galaxy Note) but after the 100th time Rutgers wifi dropped me for no good reason I wanted 4G sooner rather than later.

No softkeys, chunky battery and a reliable, perma root were what persuaded me into jumping on the Motorola boat. Honestly I don't think my next phone will be a Moto though as I just still love my SGS...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Doodsz:
Does anyone know if there is a Droid RAZR maxx gsm?

҉ Sent From Doodsz' ICS Powered Nexus S ҉
[Motorola Droid RAZR] koreanschoolkid:
There is not as far as I know. My information is probably outdated however.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] linkenhtc:
Droid Maxx ofcourse :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] MattyOnXperiaX10:
It deepens. If you're getting Bullied You can use the Droid RAZR as a weapon. Galaxy Nexus is a brick .

Hopefully wecan get more Devs on the RAZR

I've moved from the Xperia x10 to the motorola RAZR
[Motorola Droid RAZR] grocerylist:
FYI Megapixels don't equal quality. Unless you want to blow up your crappy cellphone pictures to poster size, it's just for marketing.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
36 hours! HOW in the HELL?

I brought in my nexus to work after a nightly charge. By 11am it was at 50% using Words w/friends perhaps once. I'd plug it in, fully charge it by 3pm. I'd unplug it, make a few calls on the way home and by 8pm it was beeping on low battery. This phone was the worst ever on battery, i and own Juice Defender!

You must have gotten the new Lithium MAXX :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] @home:
I have the Nexus & the Razr, (not the maxx) & to be honest theres not really much between them.

ICS is good but not the ground breaking awesomeness that people rave about.

Gnex - Good for Romming & stuff like that. Feels good in the hand & its quick. Camera - well I don't really use it & never understood the fuss people make about them. If want ace pictures buy a digital camera.

Razr - Music through good earphones is excellent. Moto overlay is ok, I don't mind it. It's quick, I looks good & I get 2 days easily out of the battery.

If I was to have only one - It'd be a hard choice - I like my music & the Gnex isn't a patch on the Razr, I listen to Flac on Poweramp, all glorious 22GB worth. I don't think mp3 are very good but have to put up with them on the Gnex.

The screen on the Gnex is better than the Razr though.

I'm glad I have both to swap between - only bug bear is the silly micro Sim on the Razr.

Both are Massive FAILS on the no FM RADIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Touch-ee:
I have a Nikon D5100 with 3 lenses and guess what... I never use it. Who wants to carry around a big DSLR when you already have your phone on you anyway? Not to mention the ease of being able to immediately upload to Facebook. To me the Camera is just about the single most importing thing on a phone. Extremely surprised it isn’t to more people too.

There is probably not a single day I dont take and upload at least 1 pic to Facebook.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] @home:
I applicate your point - I don't do facebook or any of those 'social' apps. So wouldn't be needing to upload my every move in pictures.

I'd say the camera was at the bottom of my list - glad it's there but not fussed about it
[Motorola Droid RAZR] grocerylist:
And you'd be crazy to claim that a photo taken with a phone camera could compare to a photo taken with most any DSLR .
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
Gotta also disagree here.

The stand alone Camera is indeed dying now that smartphones have proven very capable of that. Polaroid's bankruptcy is largely because of smartphone cameras. Camera's were a great way to capture proof and relive a little of a great moment. They will always be that. But the stand alone has been part of the camera world for as long as there were photos. THat has changed.

I live in orlando and visit the theme parks alot. I have photos from the 80's when i used to go with my parents and in every photo, everyone else around us had cameras around thier neck. You wouldn't have gone on any vacation 20 years ago and not considered bringing a camera. Today, its very different. very few bring along a camcorder, or a camera. Most whip out thier smartphones and take the pictures they want and up they go to facebook or picassa to be shared with the world immediately. Pictures are no longer these images that take up space in your bookshelfs to be taken out once in awhile. they are no longer printed. They are stored digitally on hard drives and mostly on the web to be shared with family around the world immediately.

Today, high quality images are really only needed for framed photos. And we still go to take portraits for that.

So, most of us have migrated to smartphones for pictures while only the hobbiest and professionals carry cameras. And megapixels don't matter that much to most, Just like decades ago, what matters most is convenience. Poeple carried the smallest cameras they could get 20 years ago, they are doing so again.

Long live the revolution.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Touch-ee:
Yeah I am actually going to sell my Nikon D5100. I used to be into photography in a big way, but now I just don’t have time for it and luging around a big DSLR and 2 extra lenses is just not fun. And my smartphone has taken some AMAZING pics.

That said I hope the camera quality in phones keeps getting better and better. But you cannot beat the portability and the fact that it’s built into the device that you always have with you. Kodak just sold off its camera business which is a BIG deal. Kodak used to be one of the biggest blue-chip companies in the world. In the WSJ article it talked about how much smart phones have changed the camera world.

So again I am shocked that camera quality in a phone would not be the #1 or #2 consideration for everyone looking at a phone. Can’t wait for a phone that has an optical zoom that can still go completely flat and be as thin as a Razr Maxx. You know it’s coming.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] grocerylist:
I disagree as would the camera industry. The only reason I use a camera phone is for quick disposable pictures that I have no intention of keeping long term. The quality is too poor compared to high quality optics with a DSLR. I guess I'm a weirdo for traveling with my "big bulky" camera on trips but I suppose I value a quality photo as opposed to a sub-par photo taken with a camera phone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] danisawesome:
Usually I just lurk around here, but I had to register just to agree with you wholeheartedly. I don't mind taking my 40D with me because I know the pictures that come out of it are going to be of great quality, or at least have the potential to be after a quick Lightroom session. That being said, I also use my phone camera for, as you so accurately put it, disposable pictures. It's like carrying around one of those throw away cameras and just getting crappy snapshots of whatever with... except you, hopefully, don't throw away your phone afterwards.

Regardless, all cameras have their place, and I think that even though cell phone camera quality is on the rise, they will never replace DSLRs.

Now, I will crawl back into my lurker cave and keep trying to figure out whether I want the Nexus or the Maxx.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Touch-ee:
There are a lot of great artists and photographers that criticize people that think you need a “good” camera to get a good picture. Real artists/photographers know that great pictures just happen and you can’t force them. You can go out all day with a $4,000 camera and never get a great shot, on the other hand you can happen apon a scene and take it with a "disposable" camera and have it be a masterpiece.

The 8MP cam in most phones today is MORE than capable of taking amazing pictures. And again, I have a D5100!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zerocool79346:
So is the 5mp in the Nexus.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] danisawesome:
Please, show me a phone that shoots RAW with the ability to adjust aperture, shutter speed, white balance (using a reference), ISO (100-3200 on my camera, more modern ones go to 12800), focus points, and has the capability of using wireless triggers for a multiple flash setup all while shooting burst 6fps. And that is going easy on the feature list.

But with the news that Instagram is coming to Android, I'm guessing everyone with a phone will be a professional photographer soon. I mean, who actually cares or wants to know how cross-processing of film works, or how to even develop a photo for that matter. :rolleyes:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] LaGgY_42o:
720p Super Amoled HD vs QHD Super Amoled Advanced

Also the nexus with 240dpi mod makes all apps open in tablet form and makes the phone 1000000x better lol.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blainetaylor:
After carefully review I ended up ordering the Maxx.. Thought long and hard but in the end I think the razr takes this one... It should arrive tomorrow so we shall see... "hardest phone decision ever!!!!" lol
[Motorola Droid RAZR] orateam:
It should be a hard decision. Calling it a phone is a disservice to it. The phone is the 1/10th of what I use it for. Its a Computer browser, a wireless router, Sidekick text messenger, Still Camera, Movie Camera, Movie Theater, Ipod Music player, PDA, Watch, PSP portable game machine, and Phone.

Going back to the camera conversation, Just for the record. I have a Canon HD Camcorder and a Canon Still DSLR. I do take them with me to the Orlando parks i travel often to. But i'm alone in this and know that these are the FINAL cameras I will have bought. that saddens me. You know we are freaks when you walk past another guy in the park with a Camera kit and you guys nod heads to each other. We are in the small brotherhood of hobbiest now. The question is, what does Canon and Nikon do next?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Touch-ee:
Not bad for an 8MP Thunderbolt Cam...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Seihaku:
MP doesn't matter so much, but from what I've noticed, HTC seems to use better sensors than Motorola. Samsung is a mixed bag using top notch on the Galaxy S II and lessers on everything else.

I noticed I had better photos on my nearly 2 year old Droid Incredible than I get on the Razr Maxx or Galaxy Nexus (though these are both much faster at taking photos).

Still, I don't feel any phone camera is up to par with even a solid mid-range P&S, but for photos of your friends and some random things here and there they're fine.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Touch-ee:
I like how no one seemed to come back and try to tell me this was a "throw away" pic...:rolleyes:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] abel3355:
ICS on maxx

Check out droidrzr dot com for ICS on maxx
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 4ktvs:
it was a throw away PIC.

Just kid

On topic: I hope you like your maxx and I wish I had it for USB tethering.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] zerocool79346:
Okay, I'll oblige. It was nothing to write home about and I've matched it both with my Nexus and my OG Inc. Happy?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] !nstaGib:
I'm a noob on here, and admittedly a little new to the phone scene (although I've had WinMobile phones in the past, and am quite tech savvy) so take this as you may:

I played with a Nexus at a sprint store, and I own a Razr. I honestly am not sure that I made the right decision. I loved the Razr at first, but I'm afraid the power button isn't going to hold up for two years. It already feels a little bit flimsy. I'm also unhappy with the amount the device is locked down. There are tons of apps I can't remove, from what I understand rooting is still lacking in benefits, and the bootloader is locked. Also, there is a surprising lack of dev support. Most Gameloft games won't play on it, and I desperately want to play some of them. I did really like the Motoblur-ish bits, as it added a lot of the things (GUI wise anyhow) that ICS does, in a way I actually preferred. However, they just released an update that changed the icons, and I absolutely hate them now. That's preference though.

The Nexus seems to me that it would be a much more friendly phone, however not as nice of a media device. The smaller screen and lesser hardware are my reasoning behind this. As far as battery, I can't really say, but I haven't had any issues with my Razr's battery, it lasts me through every day so far. But it felt like the buttons were a little more solid on it, and it'll probably get updates much faster. I think it has some better dev support as well.

Looking back, I'm starting to think that I should have gone with the Nexus, just because of what I recently learned. When I chose the phone, I only looked at hardware specs, and nothing else. Next time around, I'll know a little more about the community aspect behind them, and hopefully make a more informed decision. I hope I helped you a bit :)