Thinking of buying the Razr HD, have some questions

[unity04]

I've been debating between this device and the upcoming LG Optimus G, so I'm hoping to get some of my questions answered so I can make a better decision.

#01. Speed and Performance

1. Generally, is the phone fast?
2. Do you ever notice any lag when scrolling between home screens, or launching applications?
3. While browsing the internet, do you ever get checker boarding while pages are loading?
4. How is the browsing experience? Is it fluid or laggy? A web browser's performance is a deal breaker for me.
5. Do games run smoothly? I know when I tried playing Scramble on some Android devices it was really laggy.

#02. Display Quality

1. Do you notice any pixelation due to the pentile display?
2. I know that on a lot of AMOLED displays, the phone tends to turn the brightness down on large areas of white. Does the Razr HD do this when there's a lot of white on a page? (makes the white look grey)
3. Following the previous question, do whites look bright or dull? I know AMOLED makes blacks look deep, but the white brightness is my main concern. When I had the Galaxy Nexus, the phone made whites look really grainny and grey.

#03. Music and Sound Quality

1. Do you notice any static or noise coming from the headphone jack when you have headphones plugged in?
2. How's the sound quality when using headphones?
3. How's the sound quality when using the speaker?

I know I'm asking a lot of questions, so any responses are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[g1701gst]

Try reading some reviews. most of your answers can be found here: http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/22/droid-razr-hd-and-razr-maxx-hd-review/

 

[shock2sys]

I've been debating between this device and the upcoming LG Optimus G, so I'm hoping to get some of my questions answered so I can make a better decision.

#01. Speed and Performance

1. Generally, is the phone fast?
2. Do you ever notice any lag when scrolling between home screens, or launching applications?
3. While browsing the internet, do you ever get checker boarding while pages are loading?
4. How is the browsing experience? Is it fluid or laggy? A web browser's performance is a deal breaker for me.
5. Do games run smoothly? I know when I tried playing Scramble on some Android devices it was really laggy.

#02. Display Quality

1. Do you notice any pixelation due to the pentile display?
2. I know that on a lot of AMOLED displays, the phone tends to turn the brightness down on large areas of white. Does the Razr HD do this when there's a lot of white on a page? (makes the white look grey)
3. Following the previous question, do whites look bright or dull? I know AMOLED makes blacks look deep, but the white brightness is my main concern. When I had the Galaxy Nexus, the phone made whites look really grainny and grey.

#03. Music and Sound Quality

1. Do you notice any static or noise coming from the headphone jack when you have headphones plugged in?
2. How's the sound quality when using headphones?
3. How's the sound quality when using the speaker?

I know I'm asking a lot of questions, so any responses are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

1) yes
2) I used to, but after rooting the phone and changing kernel governor from 'ondemand' to 'interactive' it went away.
3) no
4) I have not played any games yet

1) display seems great to me
2) I have not noticed that
3) the whites look good to me... A tad nicer than my old galaxy nexus

1) no static, but I noticed some distortion which was fixed by disabling the audio effects
2) the sound quality is awesome, although I'm using good quality sennheiser headphones and music is in FLAC format
3) the speaker is decent, but you can't expect much from such a tiny speaker.


Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk 2

 

[mdt73]

1) yes
2) I used to, but after rooting the phone and changing kernel governor from 'ondemand' to 'interactive' it went away.
3) no
4) I have not played any games yet

1) display seems great to me
2) I have not noticed that
3) the whites look good to me... A tad nicer than my old galaxy nexus

1) no static, but I noticed some distortion which was fixed by disabling the audio effects
2) the sound quality is awesome, although I'm using good quality sennheiser headphones and music is in FLAC format
3) the speaker is decent, but you can't expect much from such a tiny speaker.


Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk 2

Thx for the info, was truly helpful to me. Question for you. How have you liked \ disliked the transition from the Nexus? Verizon gave me a loaner Nexus to use until they can get me an alternate replacement for my inop Galaxy S3s... so I am just waiting for a RAZR HD to get sent out. After a few days of use, I am finding I really enjoy jellybean, but the Nexus seems a bit small. I also don't like the fact that I have to put all of my files on the internal memory. Is there anything you miss from the Nexus?

Thx, in advance.

 

[antawnm26]

hmmmm, Im waiting on a white droid razr hd as well from verizon to replace my gs3....Im still on the fence with the different opinions on the cell signal..some say its better some say its not....I average -112dbm on my Gs3

 

[DertyDOH]

1. yes, aosp fast
2. first time I scroll left to the quick settings page it stutters, not lags, thats it though
3. no
4. smooth
5. words with friends and angry birds are smooth, that's all I've played

1. white text has a very very slight pixelation if you hold it about an inch from your face and really look for it
2. very sharp display, very bright and vibrant
3. Much better than the nexus

1. no
2. excellent, I have 4700 songs on my sd card, I use it heavily for music, plug in my Beats and it sounds awesome
3. as good as a phone speaker will be, much lounder than the s3 and nexus

 

[zeratul734]

I've been debating between this device and the upcoming LG Optimus G, so I'm hoping to get some of my questions answered so I can make a better decision.

#01. Speed and Performance

1. Generally, is the phone fast?
2. Do you ever notice any lag when scrolling between home screens, or launching applications?
3. While browsing the internet, do you ever get checker boarding while pages are loading?
4. How is the browsing experience? Is it fluid or laggy? A web browser's performance is a deal breaker for me.
5. Do games run smoothly? I know when I tried playing Scramble on some Android devices it was really laggy.

#02. Display Quality

1. Do you notice any pixelation due to the pentile display?
2. I know that on a lot of AMOLED displays, the phone tends to turn the brightness down on large areas of white. Does the Razr HD do this when there's a lot of white on a page? (makes the white look grey)
3. Following the previous question, do whites look bright or dull? I know AMOLED makes blacks look deep, but the white brightness is my main concern. When I had the Galaxy Nexus, the phone made whites look really grainny and grey.

#03. Music and Sound Quality

1. Do you notice any static or noise coming from the headphone jack when you have headphones plugged in?
2. How's the sound quality when using headphones?
3. How's the sound quality when using the speaker?

I know I'm asking a lot of questions, so any responses are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

1) Yes. So fast.
2) as mentioned, swiping to the leftmost (settings) screen stutters, but doesn't slow down. Other screen transitions are fine.
3/4) No checker effect. Chrome loads the pages very quickly and smoothly, and navigating the pages is just plain sexy.
5) the pre-loaded game (MC3) runs great, and it seems demanding.

1) In order to see pixels, I have to bring the phone so close that my eyes are crossed.
2/3) whites are beautiful and bright.

1/2) my headphones are crap so I couldn't say
3) The speaker quality is decent, but it gets so loud I have to turn it down near halfway most of the time while on speakerphone or watching something on netflix.

Only complaint with the phone thus far is camera quality, and really it isn't THAT bad...