This is not the best RAZR we’ve seen, that honor is still held by the RAZR V3xx. Still, this phone does have a couple of advantages over the AT&T device. First, we like the updated look of the Maxx, it provides a nice evolutionary bridge between this phone and the KRZR. Second, the camera on the Maxx Ve, with it’s two-stage autofocus button, took usable pictures. Like most RAZRs, the Maxx Ve made calls that sounded great, but most other aspects of the phone were very disappointing. We’re tired of the Verizon Wireless interface and menu setup, and we quickly grew frustrated with the V Cast music store. The phone simply could not handle videos properly, a real disappointment on a 3G phone. We’d like to see the V3xx stuffed into this body, or maybe a more revolutionary update to the RAZR family as a whole.

The handset is easy to open with its well designed clamshell opening system & comes with external controls & display. The external display provides the user with all the information they desire regarding signal strength, battery life, time & more. The dual screen allow the user to view information internal & externally on either of the clear colour screens. The external screen provides 65k colours with a screen resolution of 120 x 160 pixels & the internal screen measures 2.2 Inches & provides a bright 256k colour display. The Motorola RAZR MAXX comes with a lengthy talk time which is up to 5 hours & the standby time is 380 hours approximately. The RAZR MAXX has been beautifully designed by Motorola & is a member of the RAZR family which include the Motorola RAZR V3, Motorola RAZR V3i & the Motorola RAZR V3x.

Motorola really hasn’t strayed far from the original Razr design with the MAXX. At 15mm thick, it’s still super slim, especially by the standards of 3G phones, and it retains the stylish keypad, which is made from etched metal–although this time the keys are slightly wider.

The only major design update is the hardened glass finish on the front. This covers the small external color screen and also hides three dedicated music buttons for fast forward, rewind and play/pause. Like the touch buttons on LG’s Chocolate phone, these only light up when you run your finger over them. We found they can be a bit slow to respond, though.