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Review: Motorola Droid RAZR for Verizon Wireless

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Nov 9, 2011, 4:03 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Motorola resurrects its iconic brand and hopes to bring back the glory days with the Droid RAZR. This 4G smartphone for Verizon is thin, powerful, and full of surprises. Here's Phone Scoop's take in Verizon's newest Android device.

You know who you are. You don't follow trends, you set them. You spare no expense in order to have the latest thing, and don't care much about the nay-sayers as long as you like the product that's in your hand. And so it is with the Motorola RAZR, a new smartphone meant to set trends and cut a new path in the competition for smartphone dominance.

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About the author, Eric M. Zeman:

Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.

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Motorola Droid RAZR

4.3" display 540 x 960 pixels
TI OMAP4430 processor 1 GB RAM
1,780 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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schnozejt

Nov 11, 2011, 9:43 AM

What the "Wrap-Up" Should Say

The wrap up should just say:

"Bottom line it's not an Apple device.

Because of this i have to be super anal about the smallest of things."

If you use smart actions you can extend the battery considerably. Besides when did battery removal become some a beneficial feature? I'll tell you when, when Motorola made it fixed like how Apple has been doing for years.

It's just something for Apple fans to complain about. Illogical blindly following Apple to complain about stupid small things.

Need extra juice, get one of those battery packs you can plug into. Plus there will more than likely be some manufacturer coming out with a battery pack/case like how iPhone's have.

jeffdws

I've had a Razr since launch day and my battery life has been great. If I only use LTE when I NEED it, I can get through roughly 30 hours on a charge.

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jtalker1965

Nov 9, 2011, 5:38 PM

Better be better than the dud Bionic

The Bionic has been a very disapointing phone, dropping 4g every time I turn around, COmmercials all over the radio "stating" that 4g is on in my home town? NOT!!!!
I really think they rushed this phone out and now the "razr is the fix, that is if you have a spare line or $649.00 to buy on out right.

LibtardExposer

I think you just got a bad phone I have used the Bionic and it was not a bad phone at all. How did they rush the Bionic don't even get me started that phone was delayed for quite sometime. Call tech support you could just have a bad phone I mean it ha...
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