Motorola Droid Maxx : Specs, Advantages and Disadvantages

The Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX looks so familiar, you can easily mistake it for its slimmer brother from certain angles. Aside its massive built-in battery and a change in the internal memory capacity, the newcomer in Verizon’s LTE lineup is identical to the DROID RAZR, which broke cover in November last year.

Quite frankly, I never thought that battery capacity will be the star feature in a high end Android smartphone, but, given my experience with a number of top notch devices from the past year, it makes perfect sense. After all, I witnessed several Android top dogs with massive spec sheets display battery performance, which puts their daily usability in question, thus forcing me to walk around with a charger in my pocket. The DROID RAZR MAXX is clearly aimed at this painful issue.

As you know, the subject of this feature is a Verizon Wireless exclusive, LTE/CDMA device, which is why you won’t find it in the usual review section of GSMArena.com. The RAZR MAXX however, is easily among the most significant devices to launch in quite a while, thanks to its 3300 mAh battery on board and the massive shift in usability which it represents. So go ahead and enjoy this short version of our trademark reviews. As always, we’ll to get things going by taking a look at the handset’s key features.

Specs of Motorola Droid Maxx :

• Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU; PowerVR SGX540 GPU; TI OMAP 4430 chipset
• 4.3″ Super AMOLED display with qHD (540 x 960 pixels) resolution; 256 ppi pixel density
• 1GB RAM; 8GB built-in storage; 16GB microSD card included in the retail package
• 8MP autofocus camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording, 1.3MP front-facing unit
• LTE network connectivity
• 3300 mAh battery with the best performance in class
• Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread with Motorola’s proprietary UI; ICS update planned
• Superb build quality with top of the line materials

Advantages of Motorola Droid Maxx :

• Dual core processor.
• Very fast processor (1500 MHz).
• Lots of RAM (1024 MB RAM).
• Very big display (4.7 inches).
• Extremely high pixel density screen, over 300ppi.
• High-resolution display (720 x 1280 pixels).
• High-resolution camera (8 megapixels)
• Fast mobile data support (4G)
• Dual-mode CDMA/GSM phone
• NFC connectivity.
• HDMI connector for TV-out
• Splash-proof phone
• Epic battery life
• Attractive and durable Kevlar design
• Loud and clear audio.

Disadvantages of Motorola Droid Maxx :

• Expensive.
• Filled with Verizon bloatware.
• Difficult to access microSD card slot.
• Camera not as sharp or fast as competition.

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