I came to the maxx from a iphone S. I basically did it to lock in 4G unlimited in case verizon pulls the same crap as AT&T and decides that they are not going to grandfather 3G unlimited to 4G anymore, which probably will happen.
I just thought I would share my views of the 2 phones so far for anyone considering changing to the maxx from the iphone. And I will answer as many questions as I can and welcome others that made the switch to comment.
First I think that the maxx is a good phone, as with all phones, there is not one that is perfect. The maxx is a lot more customizable then the iphone. And I am talking stock to stock, no rooting or jailbreaking involved. I have jailbreaked my iphone and it does offer more options, but the stock android gives a user a lot more choices compared to a stock iphone, no one can argue that. You can put widgets on the maxx, such as weather widgets, this way you can see the weather on your homescreen without having to open the app, same for other apps. Iphone even jailbroke, IMO widgets was not very good if availbable at all.
Getting ringtones to the maxx is a lot simpler, getting most things to the maxx is a lot simpler. The Iphone makes you sync to Itunes to do such simple tasks.
The battery on the maxx is exceptional, it is the best feature of the phone, you can get thru the day with heavy usage, and more then a day with light usage. I am finding it hard to not reach for the charger. Iphone's battery was decent, but heavy usage would make it hard to get thru day without charging, I bought a mophie juice pack so I could get thru the day.
The Iphone took quicker pictures then the maxx, but so far I think both take about the same quality pictures. The Iphone might take better pictures in darker situations.
The Iphone has a ton of accessories and apps for it. You can go to any store and find accessories for the iphone, not so with the maxx. The Iphone gets app attention before the droids. I know this as the Iphone would get a app and my brother with a droid said it wasnt available for the droid yet, usually a couple months later the droid gets it. You can hardly watch tv commercials without hearing get the app from apple app store. So the Iphone gets app and accessory love before the droids. The droid accessories are usually limited to the carrier for awhile, then ebay and amazon starts showing up with accessories, hard to go to the local store to find a cradle for a droid.
I really like the razr maxx, but there is one thing that really bothers me, and it is a big thing for a cell phone/data phone. Data signal. In weak areas, the droid maxx will have data issues, and even signal issues. So far it has only been happening in weak areas. I have been comparing the droid maxx to the iphone side by side, can not get any more fair then that. Here is what happens in weak areas...the maxx usually loses the data signal all together, while the Iphone holds on to a data signal, all though it is 1X. On the iphone I was able to load up web pages, check weather apps, send picture messages, but of course could not stream music or watch youtube/netflix, and loading web pages were slower being it was on 1X, the Maxx would do nothing as there was no data signal to even attempt it with. I would much rather have slow data then no data.
So that is kind of my write up now, will post more as I think of more. The end result, I do not know if I will keep the razzr or not. The data connection is a big issue. I like the maxx as a phone better, but with the data going away in weak areas, that is a hard pill to swallow.
My advice, if you live in a weak area for signal and want data on the phone to work there, I would suggest staying away from the maxx. I can tell you first hand the Iphone out performs the maxx in data and voice signal. If you live in a area with strong signal and dont get in bad areas very often, I would probably go with the maxx.
Hope this is helpful to some, I hope I didnt make it out to be one or the other is better, they both have their good and bad. Wish we could take the good from both and make a great phone.
I just thought I would share my views of the 2 phones so far for anyone considering changing to the maxx from the iphone. And I will answer as many questions as I can and welcome others that made the switch to comment.
First I think that the maxx is a good phone, as with all phones, there is not one that is perfect. The maxx is a lot more customizable then the iphone. And I am talking stock to stock, no rooting or jailbreaking involved. I have jailbreaked my iphone and it does offer more options, but the stock android gives a user a lot more choices compared to a stock iphone, no one can argue that. You can put widgets on the maxx, such as weather widgets, this way you can see the weather on your homescreen without having to open the app, same for other apps. Iphone even jailbroke, IMO widgets was not very good if availbable at all.
Getting ringtones to the maxx is a lot simpler, getting most things to the maxx is a lot simpler. The Iphone makes you sync to Itunes to do such simple tasks.
The battery on the maxx is exceptional, it is the best feature of the phone, you can get thru the day with heavy usage, and more then a day with light usage. I am finding it hard to not reach for the charger. Iphone's battery was decent, but heavy usage would make it hard to get thru day without charging, I bought a mophie juice pack so I could get thru the day.
The Iphone took quicker pictures then the maxx, but so far I think both take about the same quality pictures. The Iphone might take better pictures in darker situations.
The Iphone has a ton of accessories and apps for it. You can go to any store and find accessories for the iphone, not so with the maxx. The Iphone gets app attention before the droids. I know this as the Iphone would get a app and my brother with a droid said it wasnt available for the droid yet, usually a couple months later the droid gets it. You can hardly watch tv commercials without hearing get the app from apple app store. So the Iphone gets app and accessory love before the droids. The droid accessories are usually limited to the carrier for awhile, then ebay and amazon starts showing up with accessories, hard to go to the local store to find a cradle for a droid.
I really like the razr maxx, but there is one thing that really bothers me, and it is a big thing for a cell phone/data phone. Data signal. In weak areas, the droid maxx will have data issues, and even signal issues. So far it has only been happening in weak areas. I have been comparing the droid maxx to the iphone side by side, can not get any more fair then that. Here is what happens in weak areas...the maxx usually loses the data signal all together, while the Iphone holds on to a data signal, all though it is 1X. On the iphone I was able to load up web pages, check weather apps, send picture messages, but of course could not stream music or watch youtube/netflix, and loading web pages were slower being it was on 1X, the Maxx would do nothing as there was no data signal to even attempt it with. I would much rather have slow data then no data.
So that is kind of my write up now, will post more as I think of more. The end result, I do not know if I will keep the razzr or not. The data connection is a big issue. I like the maxx as a phone better, but with the data going away in weak areas, that is a hard pill to swallow.
My advice, if you live in a weak area for signal and want data on the phone to work there, I would suggest staying away from the maxx. I can tell you first hand the Iphone out performs the maxx in data and voice signal. If you live in a area with strong signal and dont get in bad areas very often, I would probably go with the maxx.
Hope this is helpful to some, I hope I didnt make it out to be one or the other is better, they both have their good and bad. Wish we could take the good from both and make a great phone.
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