Droid Razr Maxx Review

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If you want a powerful phone with an all day battery, look no further.

 

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Good:

  • Easy all day battery, even with all the sensors turned on. 
  • Snappy performance, decent camera that opens and focuses quickly. 
  • Excellent voice processing.
  • International capable.

Bad:

  • Pricey  although now that its been out a while, it is coming down.

You be the judge:

  • Size - personally I find it a little too big to be comfortable and would have given up 1/2" and a little battery life to make it smaller. But size is subjective so I won't say if this good or bad.
  • My prior Razr Maxx HD could take an sd card but not this one.  There is noexpandable storage - but with 32 gb internal, I don't have the need for more than that.

The Maxx is a good looking, well built phone that feels nice and solid.  With its Kevlar back and huge internal battery it feels substantial and not flimsy.   The display, a 5" HD OLED screen, looks great and one would be hard pressed to find fault with it unless holding it side by side with some 1080p screens.

Motorola's decision to not compete on pure processing speed but rather on efficiency led to multiple dedicated processors for voice processing, graphics, and contextual computing. The result is very snappy performance - the best I've seen yet at voice recognition with little to no latency and a quick UI.

Preload bloat is always an issue with Verizon, and this phone is no different:  Unwanted preinstalled apps included (but not limited to) : Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon MP3, Amazon App Store, Audible, Verizon Backup, Ingress, IMDb, Mobile Hotspot, Motorola Assist, NFL mobile, QuickOffice, Verizon Tones, Verizon Mobile Security, and Weather,   Since the first thing I did when I got the phone was root it, I was able to kill off most of this noise - I'm sure there is more I could do to pare it down but its a start.

The active display is a nice feature, using the screen to notify of messages and the touchless controls are awesome - especially with that processor dedicated to voice processing. 

If you are tired of hunting for charging stations throughout the day, I strongly recommend you take a peek at the Maxx.  You will not be disappointed.  I also did a quick comparison between the prior generation Razr Maxx HD which I had for a year over here.