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Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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4. Does it overheat? How is the temp normally?

Atrix_Owner said:
Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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1. I cannot compare with s3 But Its defintely great development here.
2. Do you mean during day ?? The screen is great at all times. Best screen
3. Battery life is good . With custom roms such as clean rom its even better
Do not worry . You will love this device
From beast called HTC One X

Atrix_Owner said:
Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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1. I cant say but we have great devs between h8 and rohan working on them
2. This screen is so freaking amazing i love it, its just as bright as my asus prime i think sometimes, incredibly clarity its the reason i chose the phone over the sgs3
3. Using Cleanrom i get great battery life it all depends on how heavy a user you are!

Does this phone overheat easily? How is the temp normally? My current phone is the atrix and it overheats without even using it.

Atrix_Owner said:
Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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4. Does it overheat? How is the temp normally?
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1. Can't compare it to the GS3 but development is coming along nicely. Now that we have source, expect it to get even better.
2. It is widely accepted that the One X has the best screen in the business, and for good reason- it's absolutely amazing and makes all other screens look like crap, iPhone included.
3. Battery life is another thing that the One X excels at. The only other phone that can come close to it in terms of battery life is the GS3. My One X lasts significantly longer than my iPhone 4S ever did. We're talking 1.5 days with 5 hours screen time.
4. My One X has never overheated before. It gets a little warm from time to time, but nothing major. The S4 in it is one of the coolest running chips on the market.
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My One X got overheated using it as a GPS navigator on a very hot day while in my car's windshield mount. Only happened once.

gunnyman said:
My One X got overheated using it as a GPS navigator on a very hot day while in my car's windshield mount. Only happened once.
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Yeah but that could happen to any phone. My EVO 4G and E4GT both overheated from time to time when using navigation on a hot day while charging. My One X never has. I do have an A/C vent blowing on it though so I'm sure that has something to do with it.
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Yeah I agree not finding fault with the phone at all.

I personally don't like sense so I'm looking for a stable cm9/10/ or something similar to stock ics.

Atrix_Owner said:
I personally don't like sense so I'm looking for a stable cm9/10/ or something similar to stock ics.
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Have you actually owned a phone with Sense 4 on it? It's not your grandma's Sense, that's for sure. I used to hate Sense with a passion, but they really won me over with Sense 4. It's easily the best of the manufacturer's skins. Smooth as silk, loaded with usable features, and it looks beautiful on this screen. I suggest giving it a shot, at least for a few weeks. You might be surprised, I sure was.
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_MetalHead_ said:
Have you actually owned a phone with Sense 4 on it? It's not your grandma's Sense, that's for sure. I used to hate Sense with a passion, but they really won me over with Sense 4. It's easily the best of the manufacturer's skins. Smooth as silk, loaded with usable features, and it looks beautiful on this screen. I suggest giving it a shot, at least for a few weeks. You might be surprised, I sure was.
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I agree. Htc one x was my first smartphone, I was so pleased with htc sense . I wondered why ppl say manufacture blootware sucks. I used s3 for couple of days, touchwiz was not soo smooth for me
From beast called HTC One X

Atrix_Owner said:
Hi, I'm getting the HOX tomorrow but have a few questions first.
1. How is the development of cm9/cm10 compared to gs3?
2. How is the screen at night?
3. How do you feel about the battery life?
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4. Does it overheat? How is the temp normally?
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1. Never seen a gs3 with cm. And I use cleanROM for my one x.
2. At night it's bright on lowest setting. In day its visible, even with polarized sunglasses.
3. Battery life is excellent for me. 7am to 9pm with heavy use.
4. Gets to 100* F after 45 mins of dead trigger lol. But never during normal use.
Good luck!
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I haven't had any problem with the One X getting hot, but battery life has been a little disappointing. With that being said, I am a pretty heavy user during the day (calls, voice mails e-mails, navigation). Depending on the rom it varies between average and not very good. Again, this is with my user habits. Personally, I got much better battery life with Blackberry and somewhat better life with the various iphones. Still, its a very nice phone and as stated, the screem is tremendous.

I'm hearing a lot of problems with the antennas on the HOX, is this happening for the international or att users?
Does the att version have any hardware problems overall?

The antenna issues don't affect the same variant. HTC got this one right. V

Atrix_Owner said:
I'm hearing a lot of problems with the antennas on the HOX, is this happening for the international or att users?
Does the att version have any hardware problems overall?
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I haven't heard this except those who change radios.
No hardware issues
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Droid Razr HD or GSIII?

Which should I pick up(Verizon)? I feel like it's hardware vs software (why can't I have both? ). The build quality on this phone looks stellar and the kevlar looks boss, but it's lacking atm in development. On the other hand the GSIII has a GIANT following, dozens of ROMs, an extra gig of RAM, and just seems to be cared about/getting software attention.... but it looks like a kids toy... Will the Razr pick up speed? Opinions?

Go for the RAZR HD. Software can change, hardware not so much.

RAZR HD if u care about good reception and battery life
Cause even thou the g3 has roms we still beat them there vs a stock RAZR HD
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Hasn't this topic been beaten to death already in other threads? Pick up whatever one you want. A bunch of thread-posters aren't going to change your mind if you're decided on one already. They're both very good devices capable of doing a lot of the same stuff. It's going to depend on your personality and how you plan to use the phone.

Droid Razr HD :good:

Just saw the JB leak, getting the Razr haha.

+1 ^ saw the leak about 5mins ago, you beat me to it. Excited to test it out.

I just ditched my S3 on Sprint and am I ever glad I did. Loving the Razr much more.
Meanwhile, my S3 is streaming constant video on roaming until Sprint cancels my contract for me.

Razor hd. I live in a low service area with my s3 and it is horrible. I have to stand in a certain part of my house just to send a text. I recover no calls and making calls is out of the question. Personally I'd wait for the nexus 4 though mad swap to t-mobile.
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abissel22 said:
Razor hd. I live in a low service area with my s3 and it is horrible. I have to stand in a certain part of my house just to send a text. I recover no calls and making calls is out of the question. Personally I'd wait for the nexus 4 though mad swap to t-mobile.
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guess im at the opposite end. Sold my 32GB S3 and just got a razr HD yesterday. I like the phone and the JB leak makes it way smoother...but the locked bootloader and lack of development so far is making me wonder. I never had reception problems with my S3. IDK... missing my S3 tremendouslt a.t.m. The Razr HD is a nice phone. Feels way more solid in my hand and hardware is good. Build quality..superb. Just my ramblings...lol. Happy trails with whatever u decide. Thanks again devs for all your work. I am on XDA more than FB...have a great night everyone.

S3 by far.
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SIII more fashionable, DR is more manly.

Battery vs roms?
The other stuff is subjective.
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This screenshot from my RAZR is with Bluetooth enabled, GPS enabled, 4g on and the screen on set to auto brightness for the entire duration of the test while streaming slacker internet radio. Also for the entire duration of the test. Awesome battery life. Also it would seem as though this phone is capable of simultaneous data and voice even in 3g mode. Unless my phone is broken and not actually supposes to do that.
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I sold my S3 and switched to the Razr too. It is SO much faster - amazing phone and 1080p!
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vegiisan said:
I sold my S3 and switched to the Razr too. It is SO much faster - amazing phone and 1080p!
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720p actually, but yes a very vibrant HD screen. Video capture is 1080p.

Razr HD =
finishing iPhone and Android power :silly:

for sure S3 (but only the 4G version we are talking about here)
BinarySauce said:
Which should I pick up(Verizon)? I feel like it's hardware vs software (why can't I have both? ). The build quality on this phone looks stellar and the kevlar looks boss, but it's lacking atm in development. On the other hand the GSIII has a GIANT following, dozens of ROMs, an extra gig of RAM, and just seems to be cared about/getting software attention.... but it looks like a kids toy... Will the Razr pick up speed? Opinions?
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for sure S3 (but only the 4G version we are talking about here)
2G of RAM and quadcore kick ass,
check out the benchmark score and also i couldn't stand the speed of RAZR HD after i install all my apps
(restoring from back up online/cloud)
so does this means... the phone seems quick but only when it's new and empty (app-wise)
soon i load with 2 anti-virus, 4 chat apps, CPU&RAM monitor, Battery Widget, Netspeed monitor, App Protector...
and i thought i hate my HTC ONE X enough to love whatever phone next to it.
but... no, i changed it back to ONE X until i got my hands on S3 LTE version.
(this is only my point of view after using the phone *my way*)
cheers.:good:

Maybe it's just me, but even when playing with the two phones at a store, SG3 seemed more responsive and less laggy. Hopefully JB helps HD in that department.
I also think phones these days should come with two gigs of ram given how cheap ram is.
Overall, I am still undecided. Both are great phones, both have strong and weak points, which have been documented extensively by now.
It sounds like if you live in an area with weak signal, need long battery life and don't use the camera much, HD is your phone. If, on the other hand, you like slightly stronger specs and need a good camera, you are probably better off with SG3. Also, I like physical buttons (personal preference) and development is probably going to be stronger for SG3.
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qqhsiao said:
for sure S3 (but only the 4G version we are talking about here)
2G of RAM and quadcore kick ass,
check out the benchmark score and also i couldn't stand the speed of RAZR HD after i install all my apps
(restoring from back up online/cloud)
so does this means... the phone seems quick but only when it's new and empty (app-wise)
soon i load with 2 anti-virus, 4 chat apps, CPU&RAM monitor, Battery Widget, Netspeed monitor, App Protector...
and i thought i hate my HTC ONE X enough to love whatever phone next to it.
but... no, i changed it back to ONE X until i got my hands on S3 LTE version.
(this is only my point of view after using the phone *my way*)
cheers.:good:
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Comments like this make me worry :/ I have heard many things about this phone lagging more than other flagship devices running 4.04(from sleep, lots of apps, laggy camera, b/c less ram?). Can this prominent lag experience be tweaked out and/or does jelly bean fix it? :/ I like my butter....

Should I trade for a Droid Razr HD?

Straight trade. I need opinions by the morning.
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i would never do that.

Hold onto your S3 , I honestly think you'd be losing out on this one
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Thanks guys, that's how I was feeling too.

The only thing on verizon i would trade for is the droid DNA because of the quad core cpu and 1080p display.

I did exactly that last month. Haven't looked back. But at the same time if I had stuck with the s3 I don't think i would have regretted that either. Razr HD has the great build of aluminum and kevlar, the cool led notification bar under the logo and a nice aosp-ish software build, plus battery life is better. However, run the Razr HD launcher on CM10 on the s3 and thats basically the speed experience you get on the razr. Software stutter included, scrolling left to the quick settings stutters the first time you do it after each unlock, and the camera isn't terrible but is noticeably worse. A little annoying. I'm actually debating going back to the Galaxy nexus for some pure 4.2

fr8cture said:
The only thing on verizon i would trade for is the droid DNA because of the quad core cpu and 1080p display.
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Not even the Note 2?
DertyDOH said:
I did exactly that last month. Haven't looked back. But at the same time if I had stuck with the s3 I don't think i would have regretted that either. Razr HD has the great build of aluminum and kevlar, the cool led notification bar under the logo and a nice aosp-ish software build, plus battery life is better. However, run the Razr HD launcher on CM10 on the s3 and thats basically the speed experience you get on the razr. Software stutter included, scrolling left to the quick settings stutters the first time you do it after each unlock, and the camera isn't terrible but is noticeably worse. A little annoying. I'm actually debating going back to the Galaxy nexus for some pure 4.2
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Have you tried any custom roms?
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Locked bootloaders suck!

For a non max hd? Never. For a razr hd maxx. Yes
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I'd probably do it for the maxx if development picks up.
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If you were to, then definitely go w/ the MAXX. I personally wouldn't trade at all. Best Android on the market based on size and feel.

I'd definitely stick with the S3.
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GS3 or GN2, anything else is a downgrade!

Maybe you have never owned a Moto. I always have until I bought this GS3 because I vowed to dump them for their locked bootloader BS! I was very sick and tired of the inability to load a custom kernel. Do you want to overclock? Do you want alot of development for your phone? I'm not saying there isn't development for moto, but it's a difficult and time consuming process. You may be looking many many months before you can just overclock. Everything is a pain because you have to work around their kernel which can't be touched. Kexec is still fairly new for Moto and last I checked there was only one custom kernel that could be side loaded for the Razr and devs couldn't figure out how to get the second core to work on the CPU. Obviously this is a hot subject with me lol. My last Moto was the "red headed step child"(BIONIC). Bionic..."The machine of all machines" Motorola's Flagship". Then 2 or 3 weeks later the Razr comes out and claim that the flagship! That was strike one and it continued from there through development struggling. The only thing thats good about Moto is there decent build quality, radios, and when something good finally gets developed for it you just about poop yourself!

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Maybe you have never owned a Moto. I always have until I bought this GS3 because I vowed to dump them for their locked bootloader BS! I was very sick and tired of the inability to load a custom kernel. Do you want to overclock? Do you want alot of development for your phone? I'm not saying there isn't development for moto, but it's a difficult and time consuming process. You may be looking many many months before you can just overclock. Everything is a pain because you have to work around their kernel which can't be touched. Kexec is still fairly new for Moto and last I checked there was only one custom kernel that could be side loaded for the Razr and devs couldn't figure out how to get the second core to work on the CPU. Obviously this is a hot subject with me lol. My last Moto was the "red headed step child"(BIONIC). Bionic..."The machine of all machines" Motorola's Flagship". Then 2 or 3 weeks later the Razr comes out and claim that the flagship! That was strike one and it continued from there through development struggling. The only thing thats good about Moto is there decent build quality, radios, and when something good finally gets developed for it you just about poop yourself!
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Yeah, I had the atrix and atrix 2 over on at&t (Atrices?) and the locked bootloader always pissed me off. That's what I love about Samsung, there will never not be a new rom to try.
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I'm with the others, certainly wouldn't do a straight trade.

A HD MAXX probably but not the HD. The camera is pretty bad though.
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syoungblood95 said:
Not even the Note 2?
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No I have small hands and that home button is terrible.
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i have both in my hands right now....traded my galaxy nexus for the razr HD...i love the build quality of the razr, battery life and the motorola radios..however it lacks the developer support that the s3 has...only a few roms out there....both feel about as fluid and fast as the other...so the main question is are you a crackflasher or not.....thats what it boils down to me....plus the amount of accessories for the s3 compared to the razr

The battery isn't a problem for the GS3 because of the fact you can put in a new battery or extended. The Razr line does have nice build quality but ugly design. To me, I think Samsung does a better job with their software and the camera is a lot better vs Motorola. I haven't notice any worst when it comes to wireless radio going from a Maxx to a GS3. The Wi-Fi is better on my GS3. Even though the newer Motorola phones have that "stock Android" look & feel it doesn't feel optimized yet. It lags from time to time. And the Samsung development is way better. The developers have done awesome work and pretty much negated the locked boot loader. Motorola's development is a joke. There's no reason to get a Motorola phone any time soon in my opinion. They haven't stepped anything up in the last few years except for battery life.

What would you buy?

So with taxes I'm looking to spend about $350 on a phone with no contact. I WAS thinking the nexus 4 but people on craigslist are retarded asking $500+ because people bought out the play store with the intentions of reselling and ripping people off. So other than that I was thinking of getting an s3 or a note 1, possibly a one x.
My questions are, which carrier version, and which one should I get. I want one that I could use on family mobile with better speeds, maybe simple mobile or something. I'm into rooting and roms and overall best specs out there. So which phone should I get in that price range, and which carrier version? Processor and ppi as well as camera is most important to me.
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I honestly would go for a razr Maxx hd.... Or an s3. The hd doesn't have as much rom support but it will once the price drops. Plus my battery lasts all day with super heavy data usage!
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[email protected] said:
I honestly would go for a razr Maxx hd.... Or an s3. The hd doesn't have as much rom support but it will once the price drops. Plus my battery lasts all day with super heavy data usage!
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I'm looking for something by the end of this month into early next month, for 350, and needs to be gsm.
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Any other thoughts?
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Personally, the Note is a little on the large side for a phone, however, some people like it. Would suggest that you get some extended hands on time with it out before buying. S3 has good feedback except for the build materials (i.e. drop and chip) and is roughly the form factor that I would be comfortable with and there is quite a bit of ROM development for it. A friend uses a Note 1 and swears by it, connects it up as a laptop at home with keyboard, mouse and monitor (his portable office). Haven't had a chance to test out the OneX but what I have read on the forums are that it has good battery life, solid performance and since it is basically stock, updates are quick. Just got WP8 as a xmas gift, from an SGS2. Don't recommend it, until they fix some pretty fundamental missing features but the camera is by far the best I have seen so far.

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Personally, the Note is a little on the large side for a phone, however, some people like it. Would suggest that you get some extended hands on time with it out before buying. S3 has good feedback except for the build materials (i.e. drop and chip) and is roughly the form factor that I would be comfortable with and there is quite a bit of ROM development for it. A friend uses a Note 1 and swears by it, connects it up as a laptop at home with keyboard, mouse and monitor (his portable office). Haven't had a chance to test out the OneX but what I have read on the forums are that it has good battery life, solid performance and since it is basically stock, updates are quick. Just got WP8 as a xmas gift, from an SGS2. Don't recommend it, until they fix some pretty fundamental missing features but the camera is by far the best I have seen so far.
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I really like the note, just hate that the bigger screen lowers the ppi. Plus I kinda feel like it's an s2, but bigger. Someone tell me it's more than just an s2 lol.
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im sorry for dropping in and asking a question not related to the thread but i couldnt think of anything else and i have already searched to no avail so my question is can anyone help me turn on my old moto cliq2? the power button is hashed but i have turned it on with the slide out keyboard i just cant figure out the exact way so i can do it everytime... thx for all the help ive already received and thx ahead if i get any answeres

I've had nothing but good experiences with Samsung phones. Have a GS2 skyrocket and it's an awesome phone. ROM support is strong, and definitely affordable on your budget.

i would buy the htc one x+. i really like the htc os. a few years ago i bought the htc desire hd and i've never regretted it. so why not switching to another phone by htc

HTC One X looks very cute. But I heard about screen problems. I am most interested in Nexus 4, however it's not available in my country, but I would recommend it. I love that Nexus 4 has stock Android.

HTC one xl owner here....absolutely no screen problems. Gorgeous screen, great ROMs with great devs, great camera and battery life and you will find some at a very nice price. Only downside is storage and no external SD slot.
Funny u mention screen problems as I've heard the nexus 4 has some.
This phone is really good, not cheaply build like the s3 and personally I feel its better (hence why I chose it over the s3)
Oh and BTW our phones are pretty much unbrickable, flashing ROMs is a breeze and rooting can be done with a downloadable script. And they do t suffer from gs3 problems which they seem to be having plenty of.
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Yea ... the note is basically an S2 with a bigger screen + battery
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I really like the note, just hate that the bigger screen lowers the ppi. Plus I kinda feel like it's an s2, but bigger. Someone tell me it's more than just an s2 lol.
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Well, at the time of release, that was the feeling wasn't it . A 18% (I think off hand) increase in screen with a 25% increase in battery. So yea, it is basically an S2. 0.2GHz more and most everything else is the same.

I think you should go with all new Galaxy Note II has a 5.5-inch HD Super Amoled touchscreen display that supports 1280x720 pixel resolution natively which runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
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orezon said:
HTC One X looks very cute. But I heard about screen problems. I am most interested in Nexus 4, however it's not available in my country, but I would recommend it. I love that Nexus 4 has stock Android.
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Got dat One X+ few days ago its amazin with CM 10.1!

How great is this phone?

Hey guys, my contract expires in a month and I am looking at a couple of new phones to buy. I currently own a Droid Incredible, and I absolutely love it. The only thing that I don't like about it is that it has poor battery life, and it's kind of slow. Things that I do like about it are that I have a plethora of roms to choose from and it has great development support. Some phones that I am looking to buy are the Droid Razr Maxx HD, Samsung Galaxy S3, and the Google Nexus. Can you tell me about the pros and cons of the Maxx HD? Is the battery life really that good? I appreciate any help!

Droid Razr Maxx HD
Pro-Battery life, decent screen,battery life, S4 cpu, battery life, doesn't have an overly cluttered skin, battery life
Cons-1gb of RAM (not horrible but not that great for a device this new. 2gb is quickly becoming the standard)

TacticalDesire said:
Droid Razr Maxx HD
Pro-Battery life, decent screen,battery life, S4 cpu, battery life, doesn't have an overly cluttered skin, battery life
Cons-1gb of RAM (not horrible but not that great for a device this new. 2gb is quickly becoming the standard)
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How great is the battery life exactly? I'm jot worried about 1gb ram. My current phone has that and its fine.
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This is how good the battery life is. The phone is in another class in this area. Best phone on verizon lineup; in my book.

Dave*228 said:
This is how good the battery life is. The phone is in another class in this area. Best phone on verizon lineup; in my book.
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oh my....holy.....that's insane!!! thanks! i appreciate it! how's the rooting process for this phone? are there many roms/kernels available for this phone?

ra9b said:
oh my....holy.....that's insane!!! thanks! i appreciate it! how's the rooting process for this phone? are there many roms/kernels available for this phone?
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Almost non-existant. The phone is amazing, but it has less Dev support than almost any phone I have owned. However, the stock JB ROM is quite good.

SquireSCA said:
Almost non-existant. The phone is amazing, but it has less Dev support than almost any phone I have owned. However, the stock JB ROM is quite good.
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Agreed. The development for the Razr HDs, like most of Moto's recent phones, is practically non-existent. Battery life outstrips every other phone on the market though.

Bateluer said:
Agreed. The development for the Razr HDs, like most of Moto's recent phones, is practically non-existent. Battery life outstrips every other phone on the market though.
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I got spoiled on my Rezound and EVO 4G LTE... plenty of solid ROMs to pick from. But so far no real love for the Razr HD. Oh well, still love the phone though!

SquireSCA said:
I got spoiled on my Rezound and EVO 4G LTE... plenty of solid ROMs to pick from. But so far no real love for the Razr HD. Oh well, still love the phone though!
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I know what you mean. I'm coming from a popular HTC phone where there are like 127 pages of roms to choose from. I think that is the only downside to this phone.

I upgraded to the RAZR MAXX HD from the original Droid Incredible just before Thanksgiving. Was waiting for the next great HTC phone but the DNA with 16g non-expandable storage (11g usable) and the small size battery was a big disappointment. I never gave a second thought to Motorola phones before, frankly because all the early ones were ugly.
But I couldn't be happier with the RM HD. Nice looking phone, battery life is incredible, beautiful screen, great signal strength on both voice and data, sound quality (streaming bluetooth) is excellent. Great build quality. The UI is pretty much stock android and very nice. I though I would miss Sense but not at all. And to me it's the perfect size, although a tad on the heavy side. New phones like the Note 2 and DNA are just too big in my opinion. 2g of ram would have been nice but other than that I can't think of anything this phone is lacking. Many reviews say the camera is inferior but it's fine for my needs. Coming from the Incredible, this camera was an improvement.
I played around with the S3 but it just seemed like the build quality of the MAXX was far better and from what I've read it has signal strength issues with the radios. IMO the Maxx HD is the best android phone on the market right now.

marky2mark said:
I upgraded to the RAZR MAXX HD from the original Droid Incredible just before Thanksgiving. Was waiting for the next great HTC phone but the DNA with 16g non-expandable storage (11g usable) and the small size battery was a big disappointment. I never gave a second thought to Motorola phones before, frankly because all the early ones were ugly.
But I couldn't be happier with the RM HD. Nice looking phone, battery life is incredible, beautiful screen, great signal strength on both voice and data, sound quality (streaming bluetooth) is excellent. Great build quality. The UI is pretty much stock android and very nice. I though I would miss Sense but not at all. And to me it's the perfect size, although a tad on the heavy side. New phones like the Note 2 and DNA are just too big in my opinion. 2g of ram would have been nice but other than that I can't think of anything this phone is lacking. Many reviews say the camera is inferior but it's fine for my needs. Coming from the Incredible, this camera was an improvement.
I played around with the S3 but it just seemed like the build quality of the MAXX was far better and from what I've read it has signal strength issues with the radios. IMO the Maxx HD is the best android phone on the market right now.
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Haha so you're just like me. The only thing that afraid of with the maxx is the lack of roms. I would greatly miss that.
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ra9b said:
Haha so you're just like me. The only thing that afraid of with the maxx is the lack of roms. I would greatly miss that.
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Can't help you there. Never rooted...completely stock on both phones.

Well thank you everyone for your input. I really appreciate all your help!
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ra9b said:
Well thank you everyone for your input. I really appreciate all your help!
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I also just got the razr maxx hd. So far I've been off the charger for 25 hours with 3 hours 6 minutes of on screen time and I still have 51 percent battery left. This phone is amazing.
I just wish we could root. I'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus so yeah... I miss CM. But I'll take signal and battery reliability over flashing ROM's any day. That phone had massive signal and battery problems.

woohoo
Just got my Droid Razr HD yesterday I had the Razr Maxx and decided to sell it and upgrade to the HD thought about the HD Maxx but thought if the battery can last all day on this it would be fine and well further more I stand to make more money in my pocket in the end! So far from turning on I made it down to 47% battery with the normal use of my Maxx I beleive this phone has as good a battery life as the original Maxx the only question is will they make a battery replacement for this one to give it a Maxx battery later on! Also That is From 1:00 P.M. yesterday till 8:30 A.M. this mornning 3hrs screen on time and everything else on!!!
Looking at the above post for his Maxx My battery Is lasting just as long as the Maxx 22 Hours on 3 Hours Screen on 47%!!! WooHoo!!!

Excellent phone, but the camera (especially video) is a dud

spencer88 said:
I also just got the razr maxx hd. So far I've been off the charger for 25 hours with 3 hours 6 minutes of on screen time and I still have 51 percent battery left. This phone is amazing.
I just wish we could root. I'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus so yeah... I miss CM. But I'll take signal and battery reliability over flashing ROM's any day. That phone had massive signal and battery problems.
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Why is it so difficult to get roms on this phone? Is the bootloader locked?
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spencer88 said:
I also just got the razr maxx hd. So far I've been off the charger for 25 hours with 3 hours 6 minutes of on screen time and I still have 51 percent battery left. This phone is amazing.
I just wish we could root. I'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus so yeah... I miss CM. But I'll take signal and battery reliability over flashing ROM's any day. That phone had massive signal and battery problems.
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You can root. And install safestrap and custom roms, even on the locked verizon version
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clouse2013 said:
You can root. And install safestrap and custom roms, even on the locked verizon version
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yeah, but there aren't too many roms. is flashing/compiling a pain for this phone?

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You can root. And install safestrap and custom roms, even on the locked verizon version
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I didn't know that. All I would really want is root privileges in the stock ROM to run wifi tether, that's pretty much it.