To anyone considering the Droid RAZR
I had a DROID RAZR after having an iPhone 4 for over a year. Its a very very very well-built and fast handset. Aluminium, Kevlar, and Gorilla Glass (right up my I-want-it-well-built-with-high-quality-materials alley) The size of the screen is great (to me) but, unlike the above article's author, I found the pentile screen to be quite bothersome and distracting...with a definite greenish hue and text that just wasn't that sharp. After looking at the iPhone's razor-sharp screen with excellent color the Droid RAZR screen's shortcomings are quite noticeable. I really tried to overlook and ignore it but couldn't. The Smart Actions of the phone were neat, when they worked, but quite often glitchy (especially location-based actions that didn't consistently function). ...battery life? Not so good, maybe a day, and I hear this is typical for the Android phones
(I guess the technology just isn't there for them to get 1+ days of usage out of the battery for these devices yet). The camera? That was the deal breaker for me. I tried to ignore the washed out quality and very poor low-light performance. Having had an iPhone I got spoiled. Say what you want about Apple but the iPhone 4's camera is quite good, IME. I know there are some Android phones that have even better camera's than the iPhone 4's ...but the Droid RAZR is definitely not one of them.
In the end, though, while I love the design and build quality and light-weight of the Droid RAZR its screen, battery life, and camera just stopped me from enjoying it after having had an iPhone 4. I really liked the Android implementation on the device too (slick, fast, fluid)...but not enough to overlook the phone's shortcomings.
I returned the RAZR and went with an iPhone 4S. To me it has a much better screen (though obviously smaller), a camera that's in a different league with much better low-light performance and color reproduction and better battery life. iOS is not as fun as Android...there's not as many dohicky's to tinker with and bend to your submission...but the iPhone has the compromises I can live with. ...built with high quality materials (after having an iPhone plastic and rubber cases just don't seem as solid or appealing to me anymore), good performance, a nice screen, a great camera, and good battery life. The android devices? I want them to get there...I want them to get there bad.
If they'd make the Droid RAZR with 4.3" version of the iPhone's screen, the iPhone 4S' camera, and better battery life it would be the very best device out there. ...maybe in the next version. Motorola, are you listening? ...didn't think so.
I'm sorry guys, I had to be objective.