As you can imagine, when a smartphone manufacturer attempts to do something that has never been done before and they do it successfully, receiving praise from both critics and, more importantly, consumers willing to spend money, there is a sense of euphoria. When Motorola designed the Droid Razr 4G handset as the world’s skinniest, they had an instant hit on their hands. However, battery life could have been better, and Verizon Wireless customers let Motorola know that. But since the other features, technical specs and performance on the Droid Razr were not an issue, Motorola decided to simply remove the battery, keep the same Kevlar and aluminum design and unique splash-proof display and try once again to do something that no one had done before.
Once again they were successful, as the Droid Razr MAXX 4G Android smartphone delivers the Max amount of battery life of any 4G handset. 21.5 hours of talk time or 15.0 hours of video playback are offered from a single charge of the oversized 3,300 mA battery, a cell which is 85% larger than the one found on the Droid Razr 4G. That battery also provides more than two weeks standby time, at 15.8 days. They also decided to ship the handset with a removable 16 GB memory card, which when added to the 16 GB of pre-installed memory delivers the most out-of-the-box, user accessible storage of any smartphone at 32 GB.
As popular as the original Droid Razr was, the Motorola Droid Razr MAXX 4G has been that and then some. Currently retailing for $99 with a standard new two-year activation and data plan at select retailers, that handset still delivers on the skinny promise of the Razr name at only 0.35 inches (8.99 mm) in thickness, while continuing to deliver the feature set that the original Motorola Droid Razr customers enjoyed. The display is a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Advanced screen with a pixel density of 256 pixels per inch. That results in an overall screen resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, and that display is covered and protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass, also providing glare reduction.
On the back of the handset is an 8.0 megapixel camcorder which provides video capture at 1,080P HD resolution, and facing the user is a chat cam which provides video call support. Running operations is a Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 microchip suite, with a dual core Cortex A9 CPU at its core. A separate PowerVR SGX540 GPU focuses on all graphics processing and 1.0 GB of RAM system memory is on board. A YouTube video player has been pre-installed, and the built-in music player supports all major audio file formats. Buy the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx starting at $99.
