Just got back from seeing it myself and I'm pretty impressed. Was expecting to be disappointed with all the build up over the last month. It more than held its own. The Screen and Camera were my biggest concerns...
Screen- big, clear and beautiful. Personally I didn't see any pixelization- it's not on the level of Retina in it's detail- but it's easily a match for the Samsung screens. Though, keep in mind AMOLED screens have never been known for color accuracy and the RAZR was no different- though no more than any other AMOLEDs I've seen. But I was impressed enough this will not be the reason for me to wait for the Nexus.
Camera- Fast shutter- as close to zero lag as you can get. I was able to get some nice sharp shots that appeared fairly accurate in color. That said it'll be hard to really evaluate until we get it out of the store, take some shots, and blow it up on a computer.
Build, look and feel- WOW- this is a sweet piece of hardware guys. Both the thinness and how light the phone feels is almost other worldly- just not what your used to expecting in a phone. And none of the solid feel you hope for is sacrificed. Someone wrote the Kevlar felt silky and I couldn't understand that description until I felt it myself- but it was accurate.
Speed- Fast-- I tried 3 different units on display, and they all just flew. I really didn't see any lags- though admittedly I didn't try to open tons of apps.
HEAT- I will preface this by saying this is not a complaint. I used one of the units pretty hard for a good period of time- expecting to feel the back start to heat up - interesting- it was cool as the other side of the pillow. However- I then noticed the screen was getting fairly warm, not quite hot, but close. Is this a AMOLED thing?
-Screen debate- RAZR does HD with movies. Both are pen-tile. You lose that .3" advantage on the Nexus for 90%+ of it's use- that .3 is needed for the buttons. Nexus may have more pixels- but at this stage there is a diminishing return, nice, just not that much of a difference to make it a game changer.
-Build- it's really hard not to give the nod to the RAZR.
Conclusion- Been on the fence with the whole Nexus debate for the last 3-4 months. Now that I've seen it I just can't seem to walk away from the RAZR. There really isn't a downside.
Screen- big, clear and beautiful. Personally I didn't see any pixelization- it's not on the level of Retina in it's detail- but it's easily a match for the Samsung screens. Though, keep in mind AMOLED screens have never been known for color accuracy and the RAZR was no different- though no more than any other AMOLEDs I've seen. But I was impressed enough this will not be the reason for me to wait for the Nexus.
Camera- Fast shutter- as close to zero lag as you can get. I was able to get some nice sharp shots that appeared fairly accurate in color. That said it'll be hard to really evaluate until we get it out of the store, take some shots, and blow it up on a computer.
Build, look and feel- WOW- this is a sweet piece of hardware guys. Both the thinness and how light the phone feels is almost other worldly- just not what your used to expecting in a phone. And none of the solid feel you hope for is sacrificed. Someone wrote the Kevlar felt silky and I couldn't understand that description until I felt it myself- but it was accurate.
Speed- Fast-- I tried 3 different units on display, and they all just flew. I really didn't see any lags- though admittedly I didn't try to open tons of apps.
HEAT- I will preface this by saying this is not a complaint. I used one of the units pretty hard for a good period of time- expecting to feel the back start to heat up - interesting- it was cool as the other side of the pillow. However- I then noticed the screen was getting fairly warm, not quite hot, but close. Is this a AMOLED thing?
-Screen debate- RAZR does HD with movies. Both are pen-tile. You lose that .3" advantage on the Nexus for 90%+ of it's use- that .3 is needed for the buttons. Nexus may have more pixels- but at this stage there is a diminishing return, nice, just not that much of a difference to make it a game changer.
-Build- it's really hard not to give the nod to the RAZR.
Conclusion- Been on the fence with the whole Nexus debate for the last 3-4 months. Now that I've seen it I just can't seem to walk away from the RAZR. There really isn't a downside.
