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Razr or rezound
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Adauth
Android Expert
I noticed a big improvement with recent leaked update. It will fully open with a flick downward. Interesting I had not noticed the improvement until I tested just now.
Weird mine has always stayed down when I wanted it too.
MobileRob
Member
The difference is that before, I would have to bring it down to the bottom to 'lock' it in place. I came from a Droid Incredible and it took me sometime to learn to drag it to the bottom. Now it smoothly goes to the bottom and locks regardless of how you 'flick' it down. It is actually kind of cool the way it now behaves.
I would pass on the rezound; the new htc phones will be out soon and are a bit nicer. While this is always the case (I think we are down to a 4-6 month cycle for phones); the rezuond has a few issue. I suppose having said that that one nice aspect of switching is that the rezound is already being heavily discounted. Anyways the picture quality is very personal so I won't comment here (i had issues with glare on the rezound and fading in bright sunlight).
I don't find the picture quality that bad on the razr but maybe my standards are different or maybe it is a problem with the source material or viewing off angle ?
I don't find the picture quality that bad on the razr but maybe my standards are different or maybe it is a problem with the source material or viewing off angle ?
Owned all three, here's how i feel:
Speed (lack of lag):
GNex>Razr>Rezound
(SenseUI destroys the rezound, way too laggy. GNex and Razr are comparable, GNex just a teeny tiny bit smoother)
Screen (IMHO):
GNex>Razr>Rezound
(Even though the Rezound supposedly has the best screen in the world for a phone, the LCD makes it suck, Colors are dull and washed out. GNex is known for having artifacts and poor vibrancy for LED. Lack of Gorilla glass on the GNEX and Rezound are turn offs but not deal breakers. Mainly, I gotta have LED.And i don't need 1080p on a 4 inch screen, my eyes aren't that good to notice the difference, or care)
Signal Strength:
Rezound>....Razr>......................................................GNex
(The GNex has such terrible reception issues, they shouldn't even be allowed to sell it, it should be recalled until it's fixed. Even the wifi antenna sucks. I was standing next to my router and only got 2 out of 4 bars. And never saw more than 2 bars of 4G.)
(The Razr has decent acceptable reception, what you would expect. Not great, but good)
(The Rezound has hands down theee best reception i have ever seen on any phone, ever. I NEVER went below 4 bars of 4G. And 99% of the time was at 5 bars. Even places where other phones dropped to 3G, i still had full 4G. On Rezound, my wifi picked up while i was coming down my street. GNex didn't even pick up from certain places in my house, and Razr picks up in my driveway)
In the end i went with the Razr Maxx, It was between the Rezound and Razr. (The GNex is a very expensive paper weight.) The combination of the LED screen, battery life of the Maxx, smoothness of UI compared to SenseUI, Gorilla Glass on the Razr, and acceptable 4G reception/signal strength, sold me on the Razr Maxx.
P.S. I believe that if they made the Rezound with an LED screen and without Sense, it would be hands down the best phone on the market "right now". Oh and maybe a slightly larger screen
Speed (lack of lag):
GNex>Razr>Rezound
(SenseUI destroys the rezound, way too laggy. GNex and Razr are comparable, GNex just a teeny tiny bit smoother)
Screen (IMHO):
GNex>Razr>Rezound
(Even though the Rezound supposedly has the best screen in the world for a phone, the LCD makes it suck, Colors are dull and washed out. GNex is known for having artifacts and poor vibrancy for LED. Lack of Gorilla glass on the GNEX and Rezound are turn offs but not deal breakers. Mainly, I gotta have LED.And i don't need 1080p on a 4 inch screen, my eyes aren't that good to notice the difference, or care)
Signal Strength:
Rezound>....Razr>......................................................GNex
(The GNex has such terrible reception issues, they shouldn't even be allowed to sell it, it should be recalled until it's fixed. Even the wifi antenna sucks. I was standing next to my router and only got 2 out of 4 bars. And never saw more than 2 bars of 4G.)
(The Razr has decent acceptable reception, what you would expect. Not great, but good)
(The Rezound has hands down theee best reception i have ever seen on any phone, ever. I NEVER went below 4 bars of 4G. And 99% of the time was at 5 bars. Even places where other phones dropped to 3G, i still had full 4G. On Rezound, my wifi picked up while i was coming down my street. GNex didn't even pick up from certain places in my house, and Razr picks up in my driveway)
In the end i went with the Razr Maxx, It was between the Rezound and Razr. (The GNex is a very expensive paper weight.) The combination of the LED screen, battery life of the Maxx, smoothness of UI compared to SenseUI, Gorilla Glass on the Razr, and acceptable 4G reception/signal strength, sold me on the Razr Maxx.
P.S. I believe that if they made the Rezound with an LED screen and without Sense, it would be hands down the best phone on the market "right now". Oh and maybe a slightly larger screen
Owned all three, here's how i feel:
Speed (lack of lag):
GNex>Razr>Rezound
(SenseUI destroys the rezound, way too laggy. GNex and Razr are comparable, GNex just a teeny tiny bit smoother)
Screen (IMHO):
GNex>Razr>Rezound
(Even though the Rezound supposedly has the best screen in the world for a phone, the LCD makes it suck, Colors are dull and washed out. GNex is known for having artifacts and poor vibrancy for LED. Lack of Gorilla glass on the GNEX and Rezound are turn offs but not deal breakers. Mainly, I gotta have LED.And i don't need 1080p on a 4 inch screen, my eyes aren't that good to notice the difference, or care)
Signal Strength:
Rezound>....Razr>......................................................GNex
(The GNex has such terrible reception issues, they shouldn't even be allowed to sell it, it should be recalled until it's fixed. Even the wifi antenna sucks. I was standing next to my router and only got 2 out of 4 bars. And never saw more than 2 bars of 4G.)
(The Razr has decent acceptable reception, what you would expect. Not great, but good)
(The Rezound has hands down theee best reception i have ever seen on any phone, ever. I NEVER went below 4 bars of 4G. And 99% of the time was at 5 bars. Even places where other phones dropped to 3G, i still had full 4G. On Rezound, my wifi picked up while i was coming down my street. GNex didn't even pick up from certain places in my house, and Razr picks up in my driveway)
In the end i went with the Razr Maxx, It was between the Rezound and Razr. (The GNex is a very expensive paper weight.) The combination of the LED screen, battery life of the Maxx, smoothness of UI compared to SenseUI, Gorilla Glass on the Razr, and acceptable 4G reception/signal strength, sold me on the Razr Maxx.
P.S. I believe that if they made the Rezound with an LED screen and without Sense, it would be hands down the best phone on the market "right now". Oh and maybe a slightly larger screen
I agree with most of this. I just like, prefer Amoled screens now. And the Rezound screen is also too reflective. Its a virtual mirror. That makes it extremely hard to use outdoors when its sunny.
Reception....its been a lil different for me. I would rate my RAZR over my Rezound. Case in point: 2nd Rezound, both got stuck in 1x in weak areas. Had to reboot both to get 4G back. On that note my RAZR has been more reliable with the data connection. It either comes back on it own or an airplane, data toggle gets it back. Most times it comes back on its own. I rarely have to do toggles to get 4G back now.
On both Rezounds the volume goes down at any time when connected to headphones and on a call. And the noise cancellation is better on my RAZR. Back of a bus the other person cant hear it as much on my RAZR. My Rezound I would have to either move up front or call back.
1st Rezound was on its way back to Verizon to exchange the phone and/or sim....and this one is doing the exact same things. At this point...I might as well kept the G Nex. It didnt see 4G as much as the Rezound...but it also never got stuck in 1x. After reception issues....there was probably more of an upside to the G Nex. vs. the Rezound.
The Rezound does put up faster speeds in better reception areas. It should, it has newer LTE technology. The G Nex should too...but thats another story...lol. But the RAZR shines in weaker reception areas. Phone reception went to the RAZR too.
But...I agree with most everything else. Except what the best phone could be right now...lol. Put the G Nex screen on the RAZR, give it a bigger or removable battery and its my pick for the best overall phone right now. Which means the Maxx is closer to best overall phone than the other 2 IMO.
rushmore
Extreme Android User
I never bought into the Gnex hype. The lack of an sd slot to me was the killer
and reception issues for both phone and wifi radios are a tier below the Razr and Rezound.
I pretty much agree with the good and the bad points of the Razr and Rezound, but the display on the Razr grew on me quickly, since much better contrast, viewing angles and touch response than the Rezound.
If you are and old school gamer, the Rezound is not very good due to poor touch response using virtual game pads. Especially multi touch function.
Razr with ICS to me makes it the clear top device.
and reception issues for both phone and wifi radios are a tier below the Razr and Rezound.
I pretty much agree with the good and the bad points of the Razr and Rezound, but the display on the Razr grew on me quickly, since much better contrast, viewing angles and touch response than the Rezound.
If you are and old school gamer, the Rezound is not very good due to poor touch response using virtual game pads. Especially multi touch function.
Razr with ICS to me makes it the clear top device.
hovercraftdriver25
Android Enthusiast
I have the Rez, my wife has the Razr...I can't stand the ergonomics of the Razr and wouldn't own one for that reason, but she loves it...calls it her tablet phone(coming from an Eris)...
My Rez gets better 3g/4g reception and switches radios much quicker/smoother than her Razr when transitioning...
Camera is better on the Rez(IMO), but the Razr is not the camera-challenged phone I have heard it is...
I am not a sense lover, but love HTC phones, so go figure...of course I had the Incredible running custom ROMs from the get-go, so that helped, and the same on the Rez...
another thing, she gets great battery life on the stock Razr(for her usage anyway) and didn't want the Maxx when I offered to exchange it...
I will say the otterbox defender case makes the Razr feel better in my hand, even though technically it makes it bigger, though it still doesn't fit as good as the Rez imo
Just some random thoughts
My Rez gets better 3g/4g reception and switches radios much quicker/smoother than her Razr when transitioning...
Camera is better on the Rez(IMO), but the Razr is not the camera-challenged phone I have heard it is...
I am not a sense lover, but love HTC phones, so go figure...of course I had the Incredible running custom ROMs from the get-go, so that helped, and the same on the Rez...
another thing, she gets great battery life on the stock Razr(for her usage anyway) and didn't want the Maxx when I offered to exchange it...
I will say the otterbox defender case makes the Razr feel better in my hand, even though technically it makes it bigger, though it still doesn't fit as good as the Rez imo
Just some random thoughts
Owned all three, here's how i feel:
Speed (lack of lag):
GNex>Razr>Rezound
(SenseUI destroys the rezound, way too laggy. GNex and Razr are comparable, GNex just a teeny tiny bit smoother)
Screen (IMHO):
GNex>Razr>Rezound
(Even though the Rezound supposedly has the best screen in the world for a phone, the LCD makes it suck, Colors are dull and washed out. GNex is known for having artifacts and poor vibrancy for LED. Lack of Gorilla glass on the GNEX and Rezound are turn offs but not deal breakers. Mainly, I gotta have LED.And i don't need 1080p on a 4 inch screen, my eyes aren't that good to notice the difference, or care)
Signal Strength:
Rezound>....Razr>......................................................GNex
(The GNex has such terrible reception issues, they shouldn't even be allowed to sell it, it should be recalled until it's fixed. Even the wifi antenna sucks. I was standing next to my router and only got 2 out of 4 bars. And never saw more than 2 bars of 4G.)
(The Razr has decent acceptable reception, what you would expect. Not great, but good)
(The Rezound has hands down theee best reception i have ever seen on any phone, ever. I NEVER went below 4 bars of 4G. And 99% of the time was at 5 bars. Even places where other phones dropped to 3G, i still had full 4G. On Rezound, my wifi picked up while i was coming down my street. GNex didn't even pick up from certain places in my house, and Razr picks up in my driveway)
In the end i went with the Razr Maxx, It was between the Rezound and Razr. (The GNex is a very expensive paper weight.) The combination of the LED screen, battery life of the Maxx, smoothness of UI compared to SenseUI, Gorilla Glass on the Razr, and acceptable 4G reception/signal strength, sold me on the Razr Maxx.
P.S. I believe that if they made the Rezound with an LED screen and without Sense, it would be hands down the best phone on the market "right now". Oh and maybe a slightly larger screen
Thanks for the review! The only part I might question is the signal strength using bars. It all depends what the manufacturer equates dbm level to what bar level, which could give the false impression that you have 4 or 5 bars, when in fact its 2 or 3. That happened with the Iphone 4, and apple eventually sent out an update to more correctly display the proper bar level. The real test to use is to get dbm level of each phone side by side, with the true test being the amount of dropped calls. Again, thanks for your review!
Sandroidfan
Android Expert
The signal reception issue on Gnex is not as bad as forum like this would make you believe. It's only a little weak and buggy 4G connection that is real and known issue. That's supposed to be fixed by OTA. Other than that, it's mostly perceptional thing due to signal bars/dbm displayed differently. From what I see, phone call, 3G data, WiFi all work just fine. Unlike above poster, the WiFi performance is pretty strong to me. It picks up WiFi signal when I get to parking lot at work, home. So I'm actually looking at ways to reduce the WiFi range on my Gnex. If it wasn't plagued by 4G related issues from get go, it would have been very solid top phone.
We had ton of comparison threads like this one on all three forums. Razr is good phone too with typical radio performance we expect from Moto. But it's a little weak on display and camera. Rezound was quite surprise to me. I was never fan of HTC because of heavy Sense UI and poor battery life. And Tbolt fiasco last year made me firm on that further. But Rezound seems to show HTC did their homework on reception and battery rather nicely. Camera is pretty good on Rezound too. Its GSM brothers like Amaze, Vivid look good too. So HTC has definitely grown big on me. Right now, you can't really go too wrong with any of these three, IMO.
But I have feeling that prime time for Gnex, Razr, Rezound on market is almost over and we are beginning to see next wave of super-phones. If I'm on the market now, I'd wait to see how Incredible 4G and Droid Fighter are like. Inc4G is said to pack 28nm Krait S4 SoC with integrated LTE, so if HTC can pull that off without much initial issues, bugs, it will be clearly above any of these three phones in performance. The processor in Fighter is unknown yet. But if it has OMAP 4470 like some are speculating, it will have next level of performance too and interesting to see how it does against S4 processor. I will personally hold onto nexus until Q4 and get whatever is most impressive to me.
We had ton of comparison threads like this one on all three forums. Razr is good phone too with typical radio performance we expect from Moto. But it's a little weak on display and camera. Rezound was quite surprise to me. I was never fan of HTC because of heavy Sense UI and poor battery life. And Tbolt fiasco last year made me firm on that further. But Rezound seems to show HTC did their homework on reception and battery rather nicely. Camera is pretty good on Rezound too. Its GSM brothers like Amaze, Vivid look good too. So HTC has definitely grown big on me. Right now, you can't really go too wrong with any of these three, IMO.
But I have feeling that prime time for Gnex, Razr, Rezound on market is almost over and we are beginning to see next wave of super-phones. If I'm on the market now, I'd wait to see how Incredible 4G and Droid Fighter are like. Inc4G is said to pack 28nm Krait S4 SoC with integrated LTE, so if HTC can pull that off without much initial issues, bugs, it will be clearly above any of these three phones in performance. The processor in Fighter is unknown yet. But if it has OMAP 4470 like some are speculating, it will have next level of performance too and interesting to see how it does against S4 processor. I will personally hold onto nexus until Q4 and get whatever is most impressive to me.
The GNex signal actually is as bad as the forums would have you to believe. A lot of people (me included) were getting weak 3g signal where other phones got good 4g signal. And they were measuring dBs, not bars. The whole story about bars being measured differently and an update fixing it is just a cover up as far as I'm concerned. I'll be shocked if the update does ANYTHING.
Matesims23
Well-Known Member
Razr hands down
jrowlings
Well-Known Member
I bought my Razr on 11/11 at 11:11am. It's been 5 months and I, of course, get antsy. Was getting tired of all the 3rd party software I've added to work around Motus. Go Launcher, Go Contacts, Go SMS, Touchdown (for exchange email), Enhanced Mail (for exchange contacts and calendar), Business Calendar, Swiftkey, Player Pro, Battery Circle and XScope. I leave anything out? Razr was my first motorola since my Razr in the 90's. Last couple smartphones were HTC's. Nice... but Moto always has (and continues, IMO) to make the absolute best radios. But being antsy... I bought the Rezond two days ago to try out. Well... that was a bust. Reception not as good. Contacts doesn't recognize "Other" phone numbers. Still need Touchdown for really good exchange email. In the end, I put Go Launcher back too. AND THE KICKER... oh my... the battery life is horrid horrid horrid. Ran the battery out twice today. No rogue app (monitored with System Panel). No excessive use. It's just completely lame. No way am I increasing the size of this with the extended battery. I'm returning it in the morning and renewing my love affair with the Razr (now with a new update!). SO... I recommend the Razr. Sorry for the long-ish post.
ADDED - I will say this, though... I just ordered my Dr Dire ibeats from Amazon. Those are some seriously good earbuds!
ADDED - I will say this, though... I just ordered my Dr Dire ibeats from Amazon. Those are some seriously good earbuds!
ballroomdru
Member
How much camera did the switch cost you? Did you notice a reduction in Camera quality? I have young kids and want to photo/video them growing up.