I have to say, I thought the Maxx had a much snappier and smoother OS and smoother overall experience. Not really sure why everyone thinks ICS is the bees knees, when side-by-side multitasking on both phones - the Maxx was obviously faster and smoother than the Nexus (maybe I have a bad Nexus though, so I don't know if this is normal).
Maxx definitely felt more solid as well, Nexus has cheaper materials and it shows. The screen on the Nexus is obviously higher resolution, but I didn't think it was that much better, if at all. For these reasons, I thought about exchanging it right then and there, but they were out of stock, so I have to wait anyway.
(surprisingly, the only thing the Nexus had on the Maxx at that store was the 4G signal speed. I would consistently get 12-16mbit on my Nexus, vs 5-10mbit on the Razr. I was quite surprised as these forums paint a completely different picture on signal strength)
One thing I forgot to check was the autorotate - which I hate on my Nexus. It's slow to respond, sometimes REALLY slow to where I just get fed up with waiting and go back to the mode I was in originally. People say this will get fixed in future updates, but who really knows for sure?
So I guess my main questions is - How is the autorotate on the Maxx? My gut says it's faster since the OS is so much smoother on the Maxx, but I totally forgot to check that feature at the store and that was a main reason I went in to look. I won't be able to go back to the store until Monday, so that's why I'm asking.
I've got a couple weeks left to decide which phone I want to settle on, and this phone will ultimately end up as my wife's as well, as I get to use her upgrade in the next few months.
Maxx definitely felt more solid as well, Nexus has cheaper materials and it shows. The screen on the Nexus is obviously higher resolution, but I didn't think it was that much better, if at all. For these reasons, I thought about exchanging it right then and there, but they were out of stock, so I have to wait anyway.
(surprisingly, the only thing the Nexus had on the Maxx at that store was the 4G signal speed. I would consistently get 12-16mbit on my Nexus, vs 5-10mbit on the Razr. I was quite surprised as these forums paint a completely different picture on signal strength)
One thing I forgot to check was the autorotate - which I hate on my Nexus. It's slow to respond, sometimes REALLY slow to where I just get fed up with waiting and go back to the mode I was in originally. People say this will get fixed in future updates, but who really knows for sure?
So I guess my main questions is - How is the autorotate on the Maxx? My gut says it's faster since the OS is so much smoother on the Maxx, but I totally forgot to check that feature at the store and that was a main reason I went in to look. I won't be able to go back to the store until Monday, so that's why I'm asking.
I've got a couple weeks left to decide which phone I want to settle on, and this phone will ultimately end up as my wife's as well, as I get to use her upgrade in the next few months.