I switched to Verizon with a GS3 about a month ago, from Sprint. Coming from a Sprint Photon, I was very excited when the Razr Maxx HD came out, and purchased one right away. After the first day, I was ready to go back to my GS3. However, I decided to give the Razr Maxx HD a better go over the weekend. I can say without question that I am completely in love with the device... It is by far the best experience I have had with a phone in terms of software, build quality and battery life.
Now, however, the phone is in its box and will be returning to Amazon on Monday... why???
a) Phone call quality - via bluetooth and on the earpiece my calls were muddied. People listening to me from the other side said that I kept going in and out, and what I heard was not clear.
b) Camera - subpar, but I was ready to live with it.
c) Screen - amazing clarity, and fairly bright in colors, but super yellowish in tone when looking at white pages.
Overall, the thing that killed it was the call quality. Had that worked, I would have stuck with it. Going back to Touchwiz after using the RMHD is painful, to say the least.
There were and are sooo many pluses to the phone...
a) Build quality - amazing.
b) Battery life - incredible
c) Bluetooth - worked very well out of the box for me (much unlike the GS3)
d) Smart Actions - love the feature, everyone should implement something like this. Techtiles are close, but not as cool.
e) Messaging app - i still text a lot, and preferred the simple approach that motorola/google took in this, as opposed to the stupid bubble messaging app in Touchwiz.
f) Email - the email client was a lot better in Motorola's phone.
g) World connectivity - need that, I travel overseas a lot. Verizon promised this for the GS3, but I don't have it or see it yet.
Comments about reception - i see the two phones as having similar reception, but I wasn't in any fringe areas, which are where my Motorola Photon shined. I'd like to compare that, but won't get a chance before sending back.
I know many of us are very excited by this phone, but I'm not sure about the quality control of the innards before this came out. I am hoping that more people chime in. Oh and did I mention that the camera really sucked?