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The US has had it for a couple of months; now those of us bound to UK shores are getting a taste of Motorola’s Android-powered smartphone, the RAZR HD. If you’re a fan of long battery life, 4G and extra capital letters in your phone name, you can grab it right now from pretty much every online retailer, starting at around £400.
The RAZR HD is one of Moto’s flagship Android devices, packing a 4.7-inch 1280x720p screen into a splashproof Kevlar body. Inside, you get Android 4.1 running on a 1.5Ghz Snapdragon processor, and 16GB of storage (upgradable through microSD). The standout feature, though, is the battery, which reliably gave us 24 hours of runtime in our tests.
You can read our review of the US version of the RAZR HD (and its beefier, longer-battery-life cousin, the RAZR HD MAXX, which won’t be coming to the UK just yet) here, but to cut a long story short:
There is only one real reason to buy this phone above others, but it’s a good one: battery life. There are faster, more powerful phones out there, but none that are as fast/powerful as this can last anywhere near as long. This is the phone you should take with you on business trips or long vacations, because you’ll know you can use the hell out of it and it won’t die.
That said, we reckon the RAZR HD MAXX is a better buy, since it offers a whopping two days of battery life for just a teensy bit of extra thickness. Sadly, Motorola declined to comment on a UK release when I contacted them, so wannabe MAXX owners are left in the lurch for now.
The usual culprits (Amazon, Expansys, Clove) are stocking SIM-free RAZR HDs at the moment; Motorola have plans for network releases “to follow”. We’re trying to get details on LTE compatibility now.
Is this the standard Razor HD (2,530mah) or the Maxx HD? (3,300mah)?
This is the standard RAZR HD, sadly; no comment on a UK release of the MAXX.
I thought it was the Maxx HD that had the huge battery?
The MAXX has a bigger battery, yes, but the RAZR HD is still packing a bigger-than-average battery. I’m still feeling shafted by the non-release of the MAXX, though.
Not much bigger! The S3 has 2100, so does the Nexus 4. I’d rather lose 400mAh, and have the removable battery of the S3 – there’s a nifty little charging dock that goes with the S3 which I purchased from Samsung directly – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Battery-Charger-Stand-Galaxy/dp/B0081XHMGI
Picture doesn’t show it, but the battery dock has a microUSB port around the back to charge the battery.
But none of these could do this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYCbpS3zPcI
Sealed battery cover, yes? Unfortunately, I really really really need the extended battery life.
I stand corrected! Terrible processor though.
Aha, but that’s where something like Liquipel comes in!
I would like to see this waterproof just like Defy!
It is splashproof, remember!
Aye, splash and a bit more too. I was watching porn in the shower and i got a phone call from a job i applied.
I had a hard on, in the shower having a phone interview.
TRY THAT ON THE IPHONE
There’s an image in my head I didn’t need
Fear not, it’s pitch black and Mr T is invisible
i got the razr maxx my self and i love if if i Reeallly try i can run it dead in the day (GPS is the main killer if i do not use that i get 8 hours, if i use GPS its more like 5-6 hours) but i always have battery left even if i have abused the phone for the day
its like o i got 10-15% battery left no problem that last me 3-4 hours if i use it lightly (with 3G still on) any other phone its impending death would be 30mins-1hour or less depending what you was doing
i am happy at least this site has correctly listed the MAXX battery life (real would use)
as i seen other sites saying it can last 4-6 days! (well it can if you turn off 3g and set it to 2G only and turn off data and wifi and Bluetooth)
when i asked review sites they say that they turned the phone off every night and turned off data in day time so that’s not what an normal user would do not from every person i talked to any way (unless it was an samsung phone as they have data off/on switch in the pull down status, i do find users Do use it they, but they are just using it as an dumbphone anyway, not using what the phone was made for)
no HD maxx for UK no sale from me i am Not going back to an phone that lasts half an day use (the normal Razr its something like 2000mah and Razr maxx 3100mha its amazing how much difference it makes) phones should be made to last at least two days so at least when the battery starts to lose its charge an little you can still use it