On October 5 Motorola announced that the Droid Razr family of devices would all be receiving the Jelly Bean 4.1 operating system upgrade, with one caveat. Motorola Mobility is now owned by Google, so it would make sense that Google’s Android operating system would make its way to the Motorola Droid Razr lineup. And Motorola actually announced that all their handsets made in 2011 or later would receive the upgrade to Jelly Bean 4.1, or those handset owners will receive a $100 upgrade voucher or credit.
The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx is on sale now starting at 69.99.
Motorola promises the OS update or credit by the end of 2012, and the Droid Razr MAXX 4G arrived on January 26 of this year on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE. The familiar splash resistant, DuPont Kevlar and aluminum casing from the skinny Droid Razr 4G is back, and the Droid Razr MAXX also returns all of the highflying features, software and hardware of the popular Motorola handset. Motorola added a 3,300 mA battery which is 85% larger than the previous cell, and the result is a 4G best 15.0 hours of run time or 21.5 hours of talk time from a single charge.
Verizon’s 4G LTE system in the United States delivers speeds up to 10 times faster than their 3G system, and allows for simultaneous voice and data abilities. Even with the addition of the larger extended life battery, the handset is still slim, measuring 5.15 x 2.71 x 0.35 inches (130.7 x 68.9 x 8.99 mm) overall. The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx 4G delivers a 4.30 inch Super AMOLED Advanced display with 540 x 960 pixel resolution. The handset accepts capacitive, multitouch gestures, and is protected by a scratch resistant layer of Gorilla Glass.
The Droid Razr MAXX hardware package includes a Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 microchip suite which is centered around a dual core 1.2 GHz Cortex A9 central processor. A graphics specific PowerVR SGX540 chip is also on board, as is 16 GB of built-in storage and 1.0 GB of RAM system memory. And a removable 16 GB microSD card also ships with the handset, delivering the most out-of-the-box data storage of any smartphone, at 32 GB. A built-in microHDMI slot provides video out connectivity. A rear facing 8.0 megapixel camcorder provides video capture at 1,080P HD resolution, and the front facing chat cam also provides video call support. The Motorola Droid Razr MAXX 4G Android smartphone arrives out-of-the-box with a built-in YouTube video player and built-in music player which supports all major audio file formats.
Buy the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx 4G now starting at 69.99.
October 10, 2012 at 2:41 pm
I wont buy anything else I love to lord over my friends the latest android.
October 11, 2012 at 2:50 am
Gahhh… we need this update as soon as possible. My Razr Maxx has been turned in to a laggy, buggy brick. My battery dies so quickly. Apps crash daily. The lag is reminiscent of my 56k dial up computer connection in 1996. I keep getting error reports saying “Unfortunately, ‘blah blah blah’ has stopped working” WHEN I’M NOT EVEN USING THE APP!!! This phone was so awesome when I bought it when it first came out. But updating to ICS was the worst thing I’ve ever done. I really hope this 4.1 update fixes my phone because I’m so close to throwing it at a wall.
October 13, 2012 at 10:15 am
@Likwide
I agree totally. I keep trying to fix the phone since ICS to no avail. I have to charge it multiple times every day too…
October 15, 2012 at 10:28 am
Another in agreement…they ruined a great phone with a mediocre update. Here’s to hoping we actually see Jelly Bean sooner rather than later!
October 15, 2012 at 9:07 pm
I had same problem.
Go to manage apps screen.
Stop all unnecessary apps especially weather apps
October 16, 2012 at 7:30 am
I’ve had no problems with my Razr Maxx on ICS at all. Weird how some are having issues and others re not.
Kind of like how some people with an iPhone 4S are having horrible issues (random phone rebooting, etc) with the new iO6 software and others aren’t.