Droid Razr HD

History

The Droid Razr HD and Razr Maxx HD were announced alongside the more compact{{cite news | access-date = 20 December 2012 | access-date = 3 December 2012 The Razr and Razr Maxx HD both got upgrades to Android 4.1.2 (update 9.16.6) on March 18, 2013. Included were connectivity and security improvements as well as camera upgrades.{{cite news | access-date = 28 March 2013 Earlier leaked code names include the Motorola Droid Fighter and Motorola Droid Vanquish.{{cite news | access-date = 20 December 2012 |access-date = 20 December 2012 |archive-date = 15 December 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121215154530/http://pocketnow.com/2012/05/29/motorola-asanti-vanquish-tipped-for-att-verizon |url-status = dead

Features

Motorola Mobility has chosen to differentiate the Droid series from other Android devices primarily by focusing on a superior battery capacity both for the standard and Maxx variants. An often compared competitor, the Samsung Galaxy SIII, has a 2100 mAh battery compared to the standard 2530 mAh Razr HD and the 3300 mAh Razr Maxx HD.{{cite web | access-date = 20 December 2012 |access-date = 20 December 2012 |archive-date = 2 January 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130102221018/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232719/Motorola_Droid_Razr_HD_review_How_phones_should_be_built |url-status = dead

Additionally, the Razr HD has a 4.7 inch 1,280×720 resolution Super AMOLED display with a 312 pixels per inch pixel density.{{cite news | access-date = 6 September 2012 | access-date = 30 September 2012 | access-date = 20 December 2012 | archive-date = 13 November 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121113195910/http://www.autoomobile.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s3-vs-motorola-droid-razr-maxx-hd-3/1004795/ | url-status = dead

Droid Razr Maxx HD

At the same time of launch, Motorola released a Maxx variant of the standard Droid Razr HD featuring a higher battery capacity and larger internal storage capacity. The Razr Maxx HD is equipped with a 3300 mAh Li-ion battery, a 30% increase in capacity over the 2530 mAh battery in the standard Razr HD. Due to the battery's larger physical size, the Razr Maxx HD's overall thickness increases by 0.9 mm over the standard variant at a total thickness of 9.3 mm. Additionally, the Droid Razr Maxx HD is only available with 32 GB internal storage, double the internal storage of the standard Razr HD's 16 GB.

The Droid Razr Maxx HD is only available with a black colored bezel for the display assembly.

To promote the Droid Razr Maxx HD, a Limited Edition was made available to Verizon employees only. The Limited Edition has a few cosmetic differences; these consist of a red colored power button, red and black colored weave for the backing with the words "LIMITED EDITION" printed on it, and an individually numbered rear camera window.{{cite web | access-date = 9 July 2019 In comparison, the consumer version has a gray colored power button that matches volume rocker color, gray and black colored weave for the backing, and no serial number on the rear camera window.

Developer Edition

The Droid Razr HD Developer Edition{{cite web | access-date = 20 December 2012 | archive-date = 2 January 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130102234659/http://www.motorola.com/us/consumers/DROID-RAZR-HD-BY-MOTOROLA-DEVELOPER-EDITION/m-DROID-RAZR-HD-DE,en_US,pd.html | url-status = dead | access-date = 20 December 2012 | access-date = 20 December 2012

The Droid Razr HD Developer Edition is only available with a black bezel color in the standard 2530 mAh battery configuration; there is no Droid Razr Maxx HD Developer Edition.

References

References

1. (10 July 2013). "Leaked DROID MAXX and ULTRA Ads Hint at 48 Hour Battery Life and August 8 Release".