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Robbo · 10 Nov 2011 at 17:33

I didn't know it used a micro-SIM! Are Moto the first people other than Apple to use it?

FartInferno · 10 Nov 2011 at 17:47

Robbo said:
I didn't know it used a micro-SIM! Are Moto the first people other than Apple to use it?

Believe they are, guy in Tmobile shop was quite surprised .
Loving the phone though, wasn't sure about size at first but getting used to it.

hux · 12 Nov 2011 at 08:08

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola-Droid-RAZR-Teardown/7048/1

Caseh · 12 Nov 2011 at 09:51

FartInferno said:
Believe they are, guy in Tmobile shop was quite surprised .
Loving the phone though, wasn't sure about size at first but getting used to it.

How are you finding battery?

mrochester · 12 Nov 2011 at 09:59

Robbo said:
I didn't know it used a micro-SIM! Are Moto the first people other than Apple to use it?

Nokia N9, Lumia 800 and 710 all use micro-sims.

FartInferno · 12 Nov 2011 at 15:51

[Cas];20546952 said:
How are you finding battery?

Yesterday it lasted 14hrs with quite a lot of usage including about 2 hours as a hotspot. Tmobiles signal is rubbish around here too. Today, with average use, afew txts and a bit of Web and I have 90% battery now after unplugging the phone at 6:20 this morning. Quite an improvement over the 18 month old desire.

How's yours?

Caseh · 13 Nov 2011 at 00:22

FartInferno said:
Yesterday it lasted 14hrs with quite a lot of usage including about 2 hours as a hotspot. Tmobiles signal is rubbish around here too. Today, with average use, afew txts and a bit of Web and I have 90% battery now after unplugging the phone at 6:20 this morning. Quite an improvement over the 18 month old desire.

How's yours?

Absolutely bloody awful. Actually, so bad it's been packed up ready to send back. As soon as the screen was on, you could practically feel it peeing all the juice out. I think my best shift with it was 10 hours, and 8 of those I was asleep!

I really want to keep it, but it has been making my Desire HD seem like a monster for battery life.

Sumanji · 13 Nov 2011 at 11:55

Hey,

Are there any high streets stores that are selling this? Would love to go and "have a feel"

Cheers,

Su

FartInferno · 13 Nov 2011 at 13:31

[Cas];20553024 said:
Absolutely bloody awful. Actually, so bad it's been packed up ready to send back. As soon as the screen was on, you could practically feel it peeing all the juice out. I think my best shift with it was 10 hours, and 8 of those I was asleep!

I really want to keep it, but it has been making my Desire HD seem like a monster for battery life.

That's pretty ****, yesterday mine was at 40% after 16 hours of average usage in poor re eption. Today, I've dropped to 20% after 7hrs but did notice the phonewas warm in my pocket, and an app was stuck on startin download, killed it and phone cooled down.

Jay794 · 13 Nov 2011 at 13:36

I've always liked RAZR's I had the V3 and V8 but the OS was very dated even then. Glad they're finally getting with the times

sarge78 · 13 Nov 2011 at 13:39

FartInferno said:
That's pretty ****, yesterday mine was at 40% after 16 hours of average usage in poor re eption. Today, I've dropped to 20% after 7hrs but did notice the phonewas warm in my pocket, and an app was stuck on startin download, killed it and phone cooled down.

How's battery life in direct comparison to your Defy FartInferno?

[Cas];20553024 said:
Absolutely bloody awful. Actually, so bad it's been packed up ready to send back. As soon as the screen was on, you could practically feel it peeing all the juice out. I think my best shift with it was 10 hours, and 8 of those I was asleep!

I really want to keep it, but it has been making my Desire HD seem like a monster for battery life.

Sounds like you got a duff one or a piece of software was just bugging out? There's no way a DHD should have better battery life

FartInferno · 13 Nov 2011 at 14:15

sarge78 said:
How's battery life in direct comparison to your Defy

a lot better, wife's a heavy net/chat user and the defy burns out pretty quick. The razr easily outlasts it.

Intratech · 13 Nov 2011 at 15:22

sarge78 said:
They're not gimped and are comparable to all other Android OEMs. Certainly close enough for it to come down to personal preference.
The only real bummer is European software support compared to Sony/Samsung/HTC.

This slashgear reviewer loves the screen

Guy is a moron, doesn't know the difference between pixel density and resolution, someone should tell him it's not Super AMOLED Plus Advance display, among other things. How do these idiots get jobs reviewing stuff?
Don't like the lag when pinch to zoom on the picture. o_O

Intratech · 13 Nov 2011 at 15:31

BTW going to follow this device to see how Motorola handles their software support for their device now that they have been purchased by Google. This is going to decide if I'll ever purchase another Motorola smartphone in the future as I've been burnt by them before with this.

mrochester · 13 Nov 2011 at 15:42

Intratech said:
BTW going to follow this device to see how Motorola handles their software support for their device now that they have been purchased by Google. This is going to decide if I'll ever purchase another Motorola smartphone in the future as I've been burnt by them before with this.

Motorola haven't yet been purchased by Google. The acquisition hasn't gone through yet. You won't see any of Google's influence for a while yet so there's no point judging them until that has happened.

Caseh · 13 Nov 2011 at 19:36

sarge78 said:
How's battery life in direct comparison to your Defy FartInferno?

Sounds like you got a duff one or a piece of software was just bugging out? There's no way a DHD should have better battery life

Definitely wasn't software, tried it with my apps, and got very similar after a factory reset.

cathain · 14 Nov 2011 at 14:55

So did anyone get it and is happy with their purchase? I ordered from Handtec last Thursday and still waiting for it to be delivered

Cosimo · 14 Nov 2011 at 16:12

sarge78 · 14 Nov 2011 at 16:31

Here's two new versions.

One comes with a 13MP camera and 720p LCD screen.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/13/droid-razrs-cdma2000-and-td-scdma-variants-teased-in-china-the/

FartInferno · 14 Nov 2011 at 17:15

cathain said:
So did anyone get it and is happy with their purchase? I ordered from Handtec last Thursday and still waiting for it to be delivered

Quite happy with mine so far, it's quite an improvement over the Desire; I like the interface too, but haven't use any of Moto's apps. Real test will be over the next few days as my upgrade SGS2 (which I'm supposed to sell) has arrived. My wife phoned to tell me it's at home & has decided she's having it :mad:

so I'll be able to do a direct comparison in terms of battery life, while hoping the Defy & Desire sell for £££££

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