Razr v. Nexus upgrade

[jroc]

Better phone, over all, in general, out the box? I would give that to the RAZR. I'm a man with simple wants, simple needs. And the RAZR fits that better than the G Nex I had. Data issues can be seen from all LTE phones on Verizon. The other things with these phones...I feel the RAZR is better for the most part for the things thats not preference, like reception, call quality. Screen, feel in hand, etc...all preference. OS, speed, UI... what I will say is Moto did a good job with Blur on top of Gingerbread. And ICS is a very nice change of pace from stock Android on phones before ICS.

And I agree about the Maxx at this point in time. That massive battery cant be beat.

[bsmith0731]

I've had the razr and now the Nexus.

The nexus is just a better phone in my opinion.

Bigger better screen more options to play with and more customisable.

Just my opinion.
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[Androidatic]

I've had the razr and now the Nexus.

The nexus is just a better phone in my opinion.

Bigger better screen more options to play with and more customisable.

Just my opinion.
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Everybody has one. An opinion that is.

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[JeffDenver]

I was called by Verizon for a possible upgrade. I currently have a Thunderbolt and I've been growing increasingly dissatisfied with it. So I was offered the chance to upgrade to either the Razr or the Galaxy Nexus. I realize that I'm posting this on the Razr forum so it might be a little biased, but I'm asking for as objective opinion as possible. What do you think is the better phone, in general? With regards to OS, speed, UI, preinstalled software etc... Personally, I'm leaning towards the Razr just because my first Android phone was a Droid and I loved the UI. I don't care for the HTC UI and I don't know anything about the Samsung UI. Opinions?

First of all, dont make comparisons to the original Droid. The only thing most Droid phones have in common is the name and the fact that they all use Android. It is really just a brand name owned by Verizon. You are buying the name and red-robot-eye themeing. The Droid Razr has almost NOTHING in common with the original Droid. In fact, both the Rezound and Nexus probably have more in common with it (the Nexus is Vanilla Android like the Droid 1 was, and the Rezound has both removable battery and SD)

IMO, the Nexus is better. Much better display (the Razr is the only tier1 phone without a 720p display, and thats not good IMO), removable battery, Embedded NFC and Vanilla Android. And if you ever decide to root, obviously it will be much easier on the Nexus.

The only real reason to get a Razr is if you really want a thin and light phone. Thats it's only real appeal IMO. In every other respect, the other tier1 phones are as good or better. And if you dont care for the HTC UI, I cant imagine you will be thrilled with the Motoblur that pollutes the Razr.

(The Razr would still be a big leap over the Thunderbolt though...the Razr does not suck, it just isnt as good as it's peers)

[Androidatic]

First of all, dont make comparisons to the original Droid. The only thing most Droid phones have in common is the name and the fact that they all use Android. It is really just a brand name owned by Verizon. You are buying the name and red-robot-eye themeing. The Droid Razr has almost NOTHING in common with the original Droid. In fact, both the Rezound and Nexus probably have more in common with it (the Nexus is Vanilla Android like the Droid 1 was, and the Rezound has both removable battery and SD)

IMO, the Nexus is better. Much better display (the Razr is the only tier1 phone without a 720p display, and thats not good IMO), removable battery, Embedded NFC and Vanilla Android. And if you ever decide to root, obviously it will be much easier on the Nexus.

The only real reason to get a Razr is if you really want a thin and light phone. Thats it's only real appeal IMO. In every other respect, the other tier1 phones are as good or better. And if you dont care for the HTC UI, I cant imagine you will be thrilled with the Motoblur that pollutes the Razr.

(The Razr would still be a big leap over the Thunderbolt though...the Razr does not suck, it just isnt as good as it's peers)

I hate vanilla Android. It's plain and boring. I much prefer the little enhancements that Blur adds.

IMO, the Razr is the best of the Rezound, Nexus and Razr. But that's just my opinion.

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[JeffDenver]

I hate vanilla Android. It's plain and boring. I much prefer the little enhancements that Blur adds.

You are the first person I have ever heard say that in the years that I have been on Android.

[jroc]

I wouldn't say I hate vanilla android, but I also thought it was too boring before ics. To me ics is the best version of stock Android on phones to date.

Htc and moto did a good job with their ui's on gb.

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[cereal killer]

You are the first person I have ever heard say that in the years that I have been on Android.

I don't care for it neither it's not terrible, but I'd have to agree it's "plain and boring". I prefer Blur and/or TouchWiz. ICS has broken the mold and is moving more towards being "skinned" but everything from GB to 2.0 has been pretty lame and boring....in my opinion of course.

[JeffDenver]

I certainly dont mean to imply that I like the default launcher...I most certainly do not. But there is no Vendor UI I have seen so far that is better than the custom launchers. GoLauncher and LauncherPro just kill Sense and Motoblur IMO.

I only prefer Vanilla Android because it is a blank slate. If you install a custom launcher over a vendor UI like Sense, there is still Sense pollution running in the background. It is eating up resources even if you are not using it. Dont have to worry about that with Vanilla Android. That is what I meant in my initial comment.

[Androidatic]

I certainly dont mean to imply that I like the default launcher...I most certainly do not. But there is no Vendor UI I have seen so far that is better than the custom launchers. GoLauncher and LauncherPro just kill Sense and Motoblur IMO.

I only prefer Vanilla Android because it is a blank slate. If you install a custom launcher over a vendor UI like Sense, there is still Sense pollution running in the background. It is eating up resources even if you are not using it. Dont have to worry about that with Vanilla Android. That is what I meant in my initial comment.

If you're talking about using resources, that I can understand. But since Matias openly stated that they took the best ideas from manufacturer UI's and incorporated them into ICS, it's like the vanilla Android is, by default, skinned. I realize that it's built in but it still borrowed some of the custom UI features.

So for those that say they dislike skins but love vanilla ICS are somewhat hypocritical.

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