iPhone 4s or the Droid RAZR

[Hory]

Which is the better phone and why? I am going to be picking up one or the other this weekend...and I'm looking for some input from owners. I have never owned a smartphone! The iPhone 4s would be the 16gb, and the Droid RAZR would be the original RAZR (not the maxx) at 16gb plus expandable. I am a regular phone user, nothing too over the top, just e-mail and a few videos, web surfing, and basic aps..maybe navionics too eventually.

[annasu]

Well, I’d say that the Droid RAZR wins on all accounts except size – it’s just overly long and wide, even though it’s the thinnest smartphone on the market at only 7.1mm (that actually helps it feel great in your hand) – it really deserves the RAZR name, and there’s nothing quite like holding it in your hand. The iPhone 4S has a more normal size, but its screen can’t compare to the 4.3 inch Super AMOLED in terms of comfort. The resolution on the Droid RAZR is also qHD 960×540 pixels, which makes everything even better – if you’ve seen the Galaxy S display, then you know how the RAZR’s looks.

While the iPhone 4S is pretty fast with its 1 GHz dual core A5 processor, the Droid RAZR beats it with a 1.2 GHz TI OMAP 4460, one of the fastest platforms on the market, and its 1GB of RAM is twice the amount found on the 4S, so multitasking performance will be better, especially with Ice Cream Sandwich.

The other hardware specs are pretty much the same on both phones, however in addition to the GPS, Bluetooth, Wifi, the 8 megapixels cameras on the back and front facing ones, the Droid RAZR also has support for Glonass (for Russian citizens), a separate micro HDMI port, DLNA, a micro SD card slot (in addition to the 16 GB of onboard memory) and a 4G LTE radio – Apple really got lazy on that last one, as Motorola managed to fit it in such a slim body. The battery life should also be equal on both smartphones, even though the Droid RAZR has a bigger screen and 4G LTE radio, thanks to Motorola’s huge 1780 mAh battery that somehow fit under the hood. Worth mentioning is the Kevlar back cover on the Droid RAZR, which looks pretty unique and also makes the phone more durable.

The Droid RAZR is really amazing, and you should definitely think twice or three times before going with the iPhone 4S instead of it, especially since the retail price will be only $650 for an unlocked unit – that’s cheaper than Apple’s new flagship!

[Kyhl]

Nice comparison.

Happy Razr user here. My Razr came with 32MB. 16Mb on the phone and the 16Mb chip included in the sale price.

That might have been a perk of buying at Cost co though.

It also came with (had to mail in for this) a docking station, an hdmi cable, and a backup portable charger.

I've started watching videos on my big screen connected to my phone. Try that Siri.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

If you do gmail, google calendar, etc. then for sure go Razer. I would not get an iPhone now, at least not until the iPhone 5 comes out.