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Motorola Droid Razr Maxx XT912M review: 2012 3,300 mAh battery beast.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jan 2012·$300
Overall
76/100
Class rank
#4 of 82
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Droid Razr Maxx.

Motorola's 2012 Droid Razr Maxx packed 3,300 mAh in 8.99 mm — battery legend with Kevlar back.

01Display

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2012 — 12 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED
Size4.3"
Resolution540 x 960

02Performance

74/100

At 74/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2012 — 21 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetTI OMAP 4430
CPU1.2 GHz dual Cortex-A9
RAM1 GB

03Camera

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2012 — 12 points above the cohort average.

Main8 MP AF
Front1.3 MP

04Battery

90/100

At 90/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2012 — 30 points above the cohort average.

Capacity3,300 mAh (sealed)

05Software

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2012.

What works
  • Class-leading 3,300 mAh battery.
  • 8.99 mm thin despite battery.
  • Kevlar back.
  • LTE + AMOLED.
What doesn't
  • Gingerbread at launch.
  • Sealed battery.
  • PenTile AMOLED.
  • Slow update path.
Cross-shop it against
Nexus 5 (LG)
$349 · score 84/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 82-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .