With the last year's revamped Razr, Motorola aimed to bring sexy back to cellphones. It's not like there weren't slim, good-looking phones out there, but few if any boasted LTE radios for connecting to the fastest 4G networks. The Razr emphasized both sleek design and performance.
The next step was battery life, which came in the form of the Razr Maxx, which was basically a bulkier Razr with extra juice. Today, we saw Version 2.0 of both products in the Razr HD and Razr HD Maxx. We got a chance to spend some hands-on time with each at Motorola's "On Display" event today, and record our impressions.
The Razr HD is crazy light. The 5.2-ounce weight isn't as featherlight as the 4.7-ounce Samsung Galaxy S III, but I was equally surprised by its lack of bulk when I picked it up. I was also impressed that Motorola was able to get such a large screen (4.7 inches) on a device that's about the same overall size as the previous Razr.
Motorola says it emphasized speed on the new Razrs, empowered by the 1.5GHz processor and speedy LTE connection (just Verizon). Surfing the web for a few minutes on LTE, feature-rich pages loaded extremely fast. The phone's overall response was very good, reacting to touch in a very fluid way, even when I challenged it by flipping it around while checking out various apps.
The screen is the star here. Motorola says the Razr HD's 1,280 x 720-pixel screen has 85% better color saturation than the iPhone 4S. After looking at them side by side, it looks better, though I don't know if it's 85% better. It's also more vibrant than the previous Razr's screen as well.
Razr HD Maxx: More Battery, Minimal Bulk
What was most surprising in my brief hands-on is the Razr HD Maxx is virtually identical to the regular version. The Maxx is only just a bit thicker and heavier, and there's no way you could tell which is which from a distance. Even up close, if you didn't have both phones right in front of you, you'd have trouble telling which was which.
The Razr HD Maxx gives you an extra five hours of talk time (21 instead of 16), 27 hours of music streaming over LTE and 10 hours of video streaming over LTE. It also has 32GB of storage instead of the Razr HD's 16GB.
Given how close they are in size and shape, you wonder why Motorola didn't just go with the Maxx version and call it a day. But the choice to do two versions probably has more to do with giving Verizon different phones to market at certain price points.
Unfortunately, Verizon declined to reveal those pricing details at today's event, so we're left wondering if the new Razrs are worth getting. But with speedy LTE, a beautiful large screen, and a beautiful body that feels anything but cheap, first impressions are good. Your move, Apple.
The Razr HD is Motorola's latest phone in its Razr line, boasting a vibrant 4.7-inch display with 1,280 x 720 resolution.
The Razr HD is 0.33 inches thin.
Here are some of the apps that are preloaded in the Razr HD.
Nice site.
The Kevlar backside to the Razr HD feels anything but cheap.
The phone lets you access everyday settings very easily.
The version of the Razr HD with extra battery life is virtually the same phone, just slightly thicker — 0.37 inches instead of 0.33 inches.
Here's the Razr M, Razr HD and Razr HD Maxx.
Here's how the previous Razr compares to the Razr HD. You can see the device footprint is similar, but the older Razr has a 4.3-inch display, while the new one is 4.7 inches.
Here's Motorola's one-sentence summaries of the new Razr phones.
New Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside said the new Razr's are the first products under the "new Motorola," that is, Motorola as a Google company.
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