Today, Verizon welcomes the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX to its Android smartphone stable. You can pick it up for $299 on contract. (Or a whopping $649 outright.) We're going to be doing a full Droid RAZR MAXX review, of course, but here's the gist: It's a Motorola Droid RAZR with a 3300 mAh battery. Thank you, goodnight, we'll see you in the funny papers.
And you know what? It might well be the best 4G LTE phone on Verizon thus far. Sure, we tend to say that with every release, but Verizon's 4G devices certainly have been trending up since they debuted a year ago.
A reminder on the Droid RAZR MAXX specs:
- Launches with Android 2.3.5, will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
- 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced display
- qHD resolution (540x960)
- 8MP rear-facing camera; 1.3MP front-facing camera
- 4G LTE data
- 3300 mAh battery for up to 21. hours' talk time, 380 hours' standby time
- Motorola user interface
- Smart Actions
From our hands-on time with the Droid RAZR MAXX at CES earlier this month, it was easy to see that indeed you're really just looking at a beefed up phone. Bigger battery, with everything else the same. And the slightly increased thickness makes the phone a little nicer to hold -- it was almost too lanky in its earlier form, too thin considering how wide it is. The phone's still 8.99 mm at its thickest, which is more than respectable. And having nearly double the battery life is a must considering that it's not removable -- there's now swapping in a new one.
Anyhoo, stay tuned for our complete Droid RAZR MAXX review, and go out and get yourself one of these guys, if it's your thing.
Source: Verizon; More: Droid RAZR MAXX forums
