Motorola Droid Maxx
Motorola Droid maxx is described by its lovers as a sexy smartphone that encompass class, style and sense of worth.
The following features illustrate the smartphones outstanding technologies.
Design: In as much as Motorola Droid maxx runs the android v4.2.2 OS, it’s one of the few smartphones whose jelly bean OS can be upgraded to KitKat v4.4 OS. The covering body is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass and has a dimension of 5.41 x 2.80 x 0.33 inches weighing 167g. One unique feature about this body is the fact that it is splash resistant. The manufacturer produces only black color of this phone.
Display: This phone further sets high its standards by embedding a Super AMOLED capacitive 16M color Multi-touchscreen that is720 x 1280 pixels, 5.0 inches made up of 294 ppi pixel density. As though this is not enough, the screen also has barometric, acceleration, gyro, compass and proximity sensors.
Hardware: Functional performance of this high end pocket machine is dues to its Qualcomm Snapdragon S4Pro system chipset, Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait CPU, 2 GB RAM, graphics processor of Adreno 320 and an in built storage memory of 32GB.
Camera: Featured in the camera are Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection from a camera that is 10 Mega Pixel, with an autofocus and LED flash. Video capture ability is as a result of the cameras1080p@30fps specs.It comes with a secondary front 2 mega pixel camera.
Connectivity and Technology: Motorola Droid maxx’s sophistication is evident since it can connect with all technologies in the market to a network provider; from 2G network all the way to 4G networks. It features CDMA 800 / 1900, GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 and LTE 700 MHz Class 13 / 1700 / 2100 connectivity technologies. In terms of data it uses EDGE and GPRS class 12 technologies with speeds of EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE; HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps. In addition to all this it has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Bluetooth and microUSB v2.0 USB.
Battery: Motorola Droid maxx has a battery talk time of 48 hours coupled with a stand-by time of up to 600 hours. This is made possible by the Li-Ion 3500 mAh battery.
Multimedia: It comes installed with MP3 and MP4 player and supports audio technologies such as AAC+, WAV, WMA, H.263, H.264 and WMV. It also has YouTube, Google Talk applications. The active noise cancellationwithdedicated mic ensure clarity in your sounds.
Other features: IncludeHTML5 browser, SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM for messaging, A-GPS support and GLONASS, SNS integration, Droid command center, Google Search, Maps, Gmail, Organizer, Document viewer/editor, Voice memo/dial/commands and Predictive text input.
Pros: It is fast because of its 2GB RAM and 1.7GHz dual core processor. Light and wide screen of 5.0 inches.
Cons: It uses a Nano SIM that is tied to Verizon wireless network and it lacks microSD slot for memory expansion.
Verdict: I would give this smartphone a rating of 8 out of 10 compared to the smartphones competing with it in the market given the specifications built in it.
