Motorola RAZR HD Pro Reviews

The Motorola Razr HD offers superb build quality and battery life along with a nice screen and great battery life. However, its £400 asking price means that it's probably worth spending the extra for a rival flagship smartphone or saving some money by opting for the Google Nexus 4.

So there you have it, we have more faith in Motorola's products than Google CFOs do. While you could argue that the Razr HD isn't a "wow" device, you can't really argue that it's bad, because it isn't. And honestly, we really like its design and feel. It might not be one of the new generation of giaganto-phones that are all the rage now, but it will suit that audience who want smaller devices, with plenty of scope. It's fair to say that the Razr suffers a bit for not having more processor power. It feels, in this regard, like a phone from last year. But let's not get too depressed about its performance, it does, after all, run Real Racing 3 perfectly and that high-resolution screen might be small, but it's bright, colourful and detailed. Our main concern is that this is a premium-priced phone that perhaps is out-performed by Google's Nexus 4. And that's a strange problem for Google, as LG made that phone to its specification and has managed to keep the cost far lower than the Razr HD. No doubt, it's things like that which will hurt sales of the HD, but that shouldn't put you off. The Razr has that all-important microSD slot for one, and the battery life is better too.

Camera aside, the RAZR HD is a brilliant smartphone with 4G support and a huge battery

Motorola has done a really good job with its new smartphones: the Motorola Droid RAZR M is probably the best “compact” Android phone for the holidays, and the Motorola Droid Maxx HD should remain the king of battery life for this holiday season. I’m not sure what to make of the Droid RAZR HD model. It’s a very good phone, and it allows customers to save $100 when compared to the RAZR Maxx HD, but frankly, you shouldn’t hesitate between those two: just get the Maxx HD and enjoy the much larger battery capacity every single day. There is really something that needs to be said about being able to enjoy LTE speeds and the phone in general, without worrying (too much) about the battery life. Motorola has committed itself to speed and battery life. I think that “speed” refers to the LTE network. While the general user experience is very good (except for a weakness in gaming), Motorola will probably need to commit itself to using the best silicon available in the future. Finally, Motorola has promised that those handset would be upgraded to Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) “this year”, and has vowed to bring the “best of Android”, including fast updates, to its handsets in the future. The Jelly Bean update will be the first test of that resolve.