Smartphones these days basically all offer large high resolution screens and capable processors. The vast majority are also 4G capable, and those features are what smartphone shoppers have demanded their handsets deliver. But in a marketplace where the typical 4G smartphone delivers around 8.0 hours of talk time from a full battery charge, there are very few smartphones which more than double that battery performance. One of those handsets is the Droid Razr MAXX HD exclusive to the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.
The handset was launched on October 18 of last year, and offers a huge 3,300 mA battery. While battery performance is excellent, the handset is still skinny at 0.37 inches (9.3 mm). Talk time runs 20.0 hours after a full battery charge, and if you prefer watching video, you can get 10 hours of streaming video or 13 hours of video playback. That same single battery charge offers up to 8.0 hours of continual web surfing at 4G LTE speeds, and an incredible 27.0 hours of streaming music over Verizon’s network.
Verizon claims up to 32 hours of all-around use from a full battery charge, also claiming up to 8.0 hours or 450 miles worth of GPS turn by turn directions, as well as “4,283 taps, swipes and pinches on the touch screen.” and the Droid Razr MAXX HD can also charge in as little as 4.0 hours, and works on networks in more than 205 countries around the world. The phone is currently available in white or black and delivers NFC access out-of-the-box. It was recently spotted at the Amazon Wireless store online at the retail price of $99 on contract.
The Super AMOLED touchscreen on board the Droid Razr MAXX HD runs 4.70 inches, with a resolution of 720 x 1,280 pixels. Pixel density is high at 312 pixels per inch, with more than 16 million colors represented. That display comes with proximity and light sensors built in, and accepts common capacitive, multitouch gestures for navigation. The phone allows you to export whatever is on its screen to an external HDTV or monitor using either DLNA or microHDMI connectivity options.
Motorola chose a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 system chip to power the device, built around a dual core 1.5 GHz Krait central processor. The handset also offers 1.0 GB of LP DDR2 RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. MicroSD and microSDHC cards up to 32 GB are accessible through the onboard microSD slot. The Droid Razr Maxx HD also offers high resolution video capture, with its 8.0 megapixel camcorder recording video in 1,080P HD.
