The Motorola Droid Razr M continued the success of the Droid Razr lineup when it arrived on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE system in early September in the United States. One of the few handsets to deliver the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system out-of-the-box, the familiar Kevlar coating, protective Gorilla Glass display overlay and splashproof nano coating from previous Droid Razr models has returned. The handset also delivers global access to more than 205 countries around the world, as well as simultaneous voice and data capabilities.
The Motorola Droid Razr M is on sale now starting at 49.99.
And the handset almost accomplishes what the Droid Razr MAXX 3,300 mA battery does, albeit with only a 2,000 mA cell. The handset delivers a full 20.0 hours of talk time from a single battery charge, nearly approaching the 4G best 21.5 hours of talk time offered by the Droid Razr MAXX. Currently designed in your choice of white or black, the Google Chrome Android web browser has been pre-installed. And the aircraft grade aluminum frame helps make the phone light at 4.44 ounces (126 g), while the slim profile of previous Droid Razr models is evidenced as well, at only 0.33 inches (8.3 mm) in thickness.
The handset has a large 4.30 inch display, but yet is still smaller in overall size than the typical phone with a 4.30 inch screen. By pushing the display from edge to edge, a smaller, more compact form is achieved, measuring 4.82 x 2.40 inches (122.5 x 60.9). Display resolution runs 540 x 960 pixels, delivered at 256 pixels per inch. The Corning Gorilla Glass mentioned above covers a Super AMOLED advanced display which renders visuals in more than 16 million individual colors, and standard light and proximity sensors are built in.
Seventeen days of standby joins the nearly all day battery performance, and the Droid Razr M built its hardware package around a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 microchip suite. At the core of that package is a dual core 1.5 GHz Krait central processor and Adreno 225 GPU. The handset contains 1.0 GB of RAM system memory and 8.0 GB of built-in storage. A microSD slot which also supports microSDHC cards allows data cards up to 32 GB. Video out is provided by a microHDMI port.
The Droid Razr M camera combo includes a front facing VGA quality chat cam which can also be used to place and receive video calls or take portrait snapshots, as well as a rear facing 8.0 megapixel camcorder. That rear snapper provides autofocus, face detection, geo-tagging, touch to focus and image stabilizing features, and provides video capture at 1,080P HD resolution and 30 frames per second. A built-in music player and YouTube video player can be found in the multimedia suite.
Buy the Motorola Droid Razr M now starting at 49.99.
October 15, 2012 at 5:09 pm
About the only thing I’m not excited about so far is that Motorola didn’t allow for you to transfer app’s to the sdhc card. It seems like the only things that you are able to move from the internal memory to the sd card is music, pictures and vidios. Even though the M has 8 GB memory you still have to be a little carefull of loading it up with app’s.
It is light weight, nice looking, fast and sleek, not as much bloat ware as other phones I’ve had. It has a Hot Spot that you can actually use. I also like the edge to edge screen. I also have heard that Motorola will be updating the RAZR M to Jelly Bean which is a plus to me.
Over all, the RAZR M is a pretty nice phone.
October 15, 2012 at 11:35 pm
The battery life doesn’t come close to being as advertised. I’m lucky to get 2-3 days out of a charge with light/medium usage. I also put phone on sleep mode at night. Got better battery life out of my Bionic.