Re: anyone who just got their phone want to give a first impressi
I lose data on my tbolt often and have toggle to get it back.
I lose data on my tbolt often and have toggle to get it back.
anyone who just got their phone want to give a first impression?
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My first Android. I coming off a BB 9650 Bold. I couldn't be more pleased. Everything is more than I expected. It's good to come back to Motorola and see the quality is still there.
Only complaint I have is I am having trouble getting used to the bottom fixed buttons. I am continually hitting either the search or return keys, especially when I rotate the device. Too many thumbs I guess.
My first Android. I coming off a BB 9650 Bold. I couldn't be more pleased. Everything is more than I expected. It's good to come back to Motorola and see the quality is still there.
Only complaint I have is I am having trouble getting used to the bottom fixed buttons. I am continually hitting either the search or return keys, especially when I rotate the device. Too many thumbs I guess.
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agree w Sal. My Tbolt does the same.. I am in JAX and or NJ/NYC area and mostly get good 4G coverage; but it does drop off frequently down to 3G/1x or nothing and i have to go into wireless and force a reconnect or do airplane mode on and off.. pain in the rear it won't hold consistently
agree w Sal. My Tbolt does the same.. I am in JAX and or NJ/NYC area and mostly get good 4G coverage; but it does drop off frequently down to 3G/1x or nothing and i have to go into wireless and force a reconnect or do airplane mode on and off.. pain in the rear it won't hold consistently
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I just wanted to add that I think the sound of the speaker is really great.
I just wanted to add that I think the sound of the speaker is really great.
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There have been times where my Thunderbolt and and now Bionic phones got really hot to touch as well. Sometimes just siting in my pocket. Usually it's caused by the antenna's switching off between 4G and 3G constantly chewing through the battery power.
There have been times where my Thunderbolt and and now Bionic phones got really hot to touch as well. Sometimes just siting in my pocket. Usually it's caused by the antenna's switching off between 4G and 3G constantly chewing through the battery power.
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I love the phone, only I got a defect. Phone looked amazing, very crisp for about 2 hours. Then in an instant the colors went all whack and now the brightness is perminantly too high. Blacks are purple. I will be getting a replacement for sure, just sucks.
I love the phone, only I got a defect. Phone looked amazing, very crisp for about 2 hours. Then in an instant the colors went all whack and now the brightness is perminantly too high. Blacks are purple. I will be getting a replacement for sure, just sucks.
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I just notice this morning, but the screen performs incredibly well in direct sunlight on the lowest brightness. I couldn't say the same for my thunderbolt.
I just notice this morning, but the screen performs incredibly well in direct sunlight on the lowest brightness. I couldn't say the same for my thunderbolt.
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i love the size, thinness, feels better in pocket than the OG Droid i had previous. great screen. my main concern is the on/off button seems a bit cheap/flimsy compared to the Droid. sometimes takes multiple attempts to turn on. hope it proves to be durable.
i love the size, thinness, feels better in pocket than the OG Droid i had previous. great screen. my main concern is the on/off button seems a bit cheap/flimsy compared to the Droid. sometimes takes multiple attempts to turn on. hope it proves to be durable.
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Picked up a Razr last night. So far, it's sweet. 4G hasn't lit up yet.
Picked up a Razr last night. So far, it's sweet. 4G hasn't lit up yet.
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Re: anyone who just got their phone want to give a first impressi
More thoughts, I immediately went back to my Smart Keyboard, can't live without it, tho' the built in is much better now. The size of this thing is now at the outer limits of sitting with it in your pocket. It really is rather large, and I don't think I'd get anything even a quarter inch larger in any direction. But that screen is amazing. Was using Google Maps this a.m. and looking for something, and could actually see it! Now have to figure out how to get some of my settings and things that much have been on the old card on here...time to read the manual.
More thoughts, I immediately went back to my Smart Keyboard, can't live without it, tho' the built in is much better now. The size of this thing is now at the outer limits of sitting with it in your pocket. It really is rather large, and I don't think I'd get anything even a quarter inch larger in any direction. But that screen is amazing. Was using Google Maps this a.m. and looking for something, and could actually see it! Now have to figure out how to get some of my settings and things that much have been on the old card on here...time to read the manual.
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Had mine since Thursday and there really isn't much to gripe out. Got the splotchy marks when you are looking at a blank screen watching youtube in a dark room (talked about in another thread). I also get a faint green hue when I look at the screen at an angle with a white background. Can't see it when I look at the screen dead on. The screen is beautiful irregardless. A definite keeper. Was watching netflix on 4g earlier and I can't imagine why anyone would need a 720p screen like the Nexus or Rezound - the qHD on the Razr is plenty. Lastly I am probably going to get a case for this phone just because of how thin and light it is. I just think I'm going to want something with a little more grip to it so when I loosen my grip on the phone it doesn't go sliding right out of my hand.
Oh, I really hope Phil isn't right about when the Razr gets the ICS upgrade that we will end up having the capacitive buttons on the bezel plus the ICS software buttons on the screen. He mentioned it in his review and I would like to be able to opt-out of the ICS upgrade is that is actually going to happen. I don't want both - that's just stupid.
Had mine since Thursday and there really isn't much to gripe out. Got the splotchy marks when you are looking at a blank screen watching youtube in a dark room (talked about in another thread). I also get a faint green hue when I look at the screen at an angle with a white background. Can't see it when I look at the screen dead on. The screen is beautiful irregardless. A definite keeper. Was watching netflix on 4g earlier and I can't imagine why anyone would need a 720p screen like the Nexus or Rezound - the qHD on the Razr is plenty. Lastly I am probably going to get a case for this phone just because of how thin and light it is. I just think I'm going to want something with a little more grip to it so when I loosen my grip on the phone it doesn't go sliding right out of my hand.
Oh, I really hope Phil isn't right about when the Razr gets the ICS upgrade that we will end up having the capacitive buttons on the bezel plus the ICS software buttons on the screen. He mentioned it in his review and I would like to be able to opt-out of the ICS upgrade is that is actually going to happen. I don't want both - that's just stupid.
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Just traded in my Bionic for this last night. So far, so good. I freaking love it. Here are my thoughts.
Absolutely gorgeous hardware. Love the Kevlar back and the gorilla glass on the front. Really is amazingly thin. Until you actually have one in your hand you can never truly appreciate the engineering marvel that is the Razr. I am confidently going "naked" with this phone, not only to preserve the size of the phone but it's just too pretty to cover up. Plus I'm confident in its' ability to take a beating.
Coming from my Bionic, the screen looks much better. It's still Pentile but not nearly as fuzzy. Colors are much more vivid, images more crisp. Color is a LITTLE bit oversaturated (obvious in the phone and text app icons) but it still beats the heck out of my Bionic and any HTC Android I've seen.
Some hands-on reviews stated that the Razr felt "slower" than the Bionic. After using a Bionic for over a week and a Razr for the last 24 hours I have to say there's no way in hell it's slower. It may not be night and day quicker, but it's definitely at least on par or slightly improved, depending on what you're doing.
Signal strength also appears to be better on my Razr than it was on the Bionic, and I'm glad as that will theoretically help battery life. Speaking of battery life, which was my number one concern and fear in switching to this phone, I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised. I've put it through a moderate amount of use (3G only, text, Kik messenger, downloading apps, few minutes of Netflix, some email and ScoreMobile updates) and have had it off the charger for 19 hours. Still at 50% battery. I'll take it. It should only improve once the battery "breaks in." (Tip- add as many apps as you can to the auto-end list in the task manager app. This will shut down any apps 2 minutes after the screen times out, and it seems to do the trick. I haven't really tried smart actions yet besides making the phone turn off cellular data and turn on wifi when I'm in my apartment.)
One last improvement over my Bionic- the ability to hide unwanted apps and bloatware. On my bionic you could create groups of apps and copy over the ones you wanted, but it would always switch back to the main list of apps. Now, apps that I don't want stay permanently hidden without the need to create new groups of apps and constantly switch back and forth.
I will report back in a few days about battery life and if I run into any issues or have other observations.
Just traded in my Bionic for this last night. So far, so good. I freaking love it. Here are my thoughts.
Absolutely gorgeous hardware. Love the Kevlar back and the gorilla glass on the front. Really is amazingly thin. Until you actually have one in your hand you can never truly appreciate the engineering marvel that is the Razr. I am confidently going "naked" with this phone, not only to preserve the size of the phone but it's just too pretty to cover up. Plus I'm confident in its' ability to take a beating.
Coming from my Bionic, the screen looks much better. It's still Pentile but not nearly as fuzzy. Colors are much more vivid, images more crisp. Color is a LITTLE bit oversaturated (obvious in the phone and text app icons) but it still beats the heck out of my Bionic and any HTC Android I've seen.
Some hands-on reviews stated that the Razr felt "slower" than the Bionic. After using a Bionic for over a week and a Razr for the last 24 hours I have to say there's no way in hell it's slower. It may not be night and day quicker, but it's definitely at least on par or slightly improved, depending on what you're doing.
Signal strength also appears to be better on my Razr than it was on the Bionic, and I'm glad as that will theoretically help battery life. Speaking of battery life, which was my number one concern and fear in switching to this phone, I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised. I've put it through a moderate amount of use (3G only, text, Kik messenger, downloading apps, few minutes of Netflix, some email and ScoreMobile updates) and have had it off the charger for 19 hours. Still at 50% battery. I'll take it. It should only improve once the battery "breaks in." (Tip- add as many apps as you can to the auto-end list in the task manager app. This will shut down any apps 2 minutes after the screen times out, and it seems to do the trick. I haven't really tried smart actions yet besides making the phone turn off cellular data and turn on wifi when I'm in my apartment.)
One last improvement over my Bionic- the ability to hide unwanted apps and bloatware. On my bionic you could create groups of apps and copy over the ones you wanted, but it would always switch back to the main list of apps. Now, apps that I don't want stay permanently hidden without the need to create new groups of apps and constantly switch back and forth.
I will report back in a few days about battery life and if I run into any issues or have other observations.
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Google has already stated that any phones with capacitive buttons will remain the same and the onscreen buttons in ICS will be hidden, this is up to the handset manufacture to toggle on/off.
Google has already stated that any phones with capacitive buttons will remain the same and the onscreen buttons in ICS will be hidden, this is up to the handset manufacture to toggle on/off.
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Another observation- better camera than Bionic, esp. for video. Auto-focuses and captures much quicker. Front facing camera also appears to be far less fuzzy.
The device has gotten warm a few times, but never hot.
Another observation- better camera than Bionic, esp. for video. Auto-focuses and captures much quicker. Front facing camera also appears to be far less fuzzy.
The device has gotten warm a few times, but never hot.
Re: anyone who just got their phone want to give a first impressi
So far I feel all the issues I've read in here and other places are spot on that dont seem over exaggerated or bashing.
I'm hoping a Voodoo color thing can be done for the RAZR, cuz thats about the only real con I see for this phone. Been reading up on color temperature for GS 1 and 2 phones. Cant wait til some devs get a hold of this phone...
So far I feel all the issues I've read in here and other places are spot on that dont seem over exaggerated or bashing.
I'm hoping a Voodoo color thing can be done for the RAZR, cuz thats about the only real con I see for this phone. Been reading up on color temperature for GS 1 and 2 phones. Cant wait til some devs get a hold of this phone...
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I know there is a slight green tint to the screen when brightness is turned way down but when brightness is over say 50%, colors look pretty good IMHO...Can you elaborate as to what you mean by that?
I know there is a slight green tint to the screen when brightness is turned way down but when brightness is over say 50%, colors look pretty good IMHO...Can you elaborate as to what you mean by that?
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Nothing really, just me looking for perfection...lol Its like you said. Brightness down low is one thing but turned up its nice. At this point its not even bothering me as I'm trying to see something with battery life so I'm using my screen at around 50% now.
Nothing really, just me looking for perfection...lol Its like you said. Brightness down low is one thing but turned up its nice. At this point its not even bothering me as I'm trying to see something with battery life so I'm using my screen at around 50% now.
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So far so good but I've only had the phone about 12 hours! Thin and light as mentioned before. The screen is gorgeous. I'm just trying to get used to the bezel around the screen. This will be the first day with a full charge so I can't speak to battery life yet. Actually, tomorrow when I go back to work will be the real battery test. It is wide but I have big hands so it's not that bad. Feels very well built.
I also bought the Lapdock 100 for it since I commute by train to work. Can't beat the fact that the tethering is free. I just wish the Lapdock 500 would have been available. I'll evaluate for my 14 days and probably return the 100 and wait for the 500.
So far so good but I've only had the phone about 12 hours! Thin and light as mentioned before. The screen is gorgeous. I'm just trying to get used to the bezel around the screen. This will be the first day with a full charge so I can't speak to battery life yet. Actually, tomorrow when I go back to work will be the real battery test. It is wide but I have big hands so it's not that bad. Feels very well built.
I also bought the Lapdock 100 for it since I commute by train to work. Can't beat the fact that the tethering is free. I just wish the Lapdock 500 would have been available. I'll evaluate for my 14 days and probably return the 100 and wait for the 500.
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