Motorola Mobility is the home to the Kevlar and aluminum coated, splashproof Motorola Droid Razr MAXX 4G and Droid Razr 4G Android smartphones. On May 1 that smartphone manufacturer announced their first quarter earnings for 2012, and there was good and bad news for both Motorola Mobility shareholders and executives alike. While total overall figures were negative, the mobile device revenue for the first quarter this year was approximately $2.2 billion, and being able to claim a 3% increase over the same quarter last year in the current economic climate was more than Motorola had hoped for.
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Due to the popularity of the thinnest mobile smartphone ever designed, the Motorola Droid Razr 4G, and its sibling the long-life Droid Razr MAXX with 4G-best battery performance, Motorola shipped more than 8.9 million mobile devices in the first quarter. A whopping 5.1 million of those were smartphones, of which the Droid Razr MAXX and Droid Razr claimed the lion’s share. In the earnings call, Motorola made specific mention of the Droid Razr MAXX and its extended life battery. That 3,300 mA cell provides up to 21.5 hours of talk time from a single charge, easily the best in the entire 4G smartphone marketplace.
The Motorola Droid Razr MAXX Android smartphone delivers the Gingerbread operating system out-of-the-box, and even though it comes with a much thicker battery than the average handset, it is still wafer-thin at 0.35 inches (8.99 mm). The handset sports a 4.3 inch display with 540 x 960 pixel resolution, and that Super AMOLED screen is protected by a layer of scratch resistant Gorilla Glass. The Droid Razr MAXX contains a Texas OMAP 4430 microchip package, including a graphics dedicated processor and 1.2 GHz dual core CPU. A substantial allotment of 1.0 GB of RAM system memory is on board, and the handset ships with the most out-of-the-box, user accessible storage, with 16 GB of storage built in and a removable 16 GB microSD card.
The Motorola Droid Razr MAXX is capable of capturing video in 1080P HD resolution and 30 frames per second with the camcorder mounted on the back of the handset, and that rear snapper comes equipped with an LED flash. The front facing chat cam runs 1.3 megapixels and also provides video call functionality. Exclusive to the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE wireless broadband network, the Motorola Droid Razr MAXX Android smartphone retails starting at $199 with a standard new two-year activation and data plan at select retailers. Buy the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx starting at $199.
