At CES 2012, Motorola and Verizon Wireless have launched the Motorola Droid 4 and the Droid RAZR MAXX, two 4G LTE-powered smartphones for Verizon’s network.
Motorola Droid 4 is touted to be slim at half an inch thin and is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM. The phone features an 8 megapixel camera with 1080p HD video capture and Mirror Mode to display images and video on an HDTV. The Droid 4 is believed to be delivering expected speeds of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps within 4G LTE Mobile Broadband coverage areas for blazing fast Web browsing, video streaming and online collaboration.
Running Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread OS, it has a 4.0-inch qHD display with scratch and scrape resistant glass. It will be launched with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, but will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich later. It offers 16 GB on-board memor(actual formatted capacity is less) and provides support for up to 32 GB microSD card.
Aaccording to Verizon Wireless, Droid RAZR MAXX offers an astounding 21 hours of continuous talk time on a single charge—and yet is still just nine millimeters (0.35 inches) thick, or only 0.07 inches thicker than the regular Droid RAZR. This device will also ship with Android 2.3.5, and is also set for an upgrade to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) within the second quarter.
Otherwise, the Droid RAZR MAXX appears the same as the existing Droid RAZR, although that battery life figure is one heck of an upgrade if it turns out to be true. Remember, the main issue here is LTE power consumption, not talk time. The regular Droid RAZR lasted just 3 hours 40 minutes when streaming data over LTE, even though it scored an impressive 8:42 in continuous talk time. Could the Droid RAZR MAXX nudge up against the 10 hour mark in LTE data streaming? Rest assured we will test one as soon as possible to find out.
Motorola says the Droid 4 and Droid RAZR MAXX won’t hit stores until sometime “in the coming weeks,” and has yet to release pricing information for the Droid 4; it says the Droid RAZR MAXX will be available for $299.99 (list) with a two-year contract, or $100 more than the regular Droid RAZR.
