Iphone 5 vs Droid Razr
One of the most sought after phones in the smart phone niche is the Apple iPhone 5 which has been anticipated eagerly by many users. With the ever competitive mobile market, each manufacturer seems to be upping their standards to compete and make the best of the available resources, each manufacturer seems to be upping their standards to compete and make the best phone that can compete in the market. Motorola is no different and their intention to stay afloat in the very competitive market can be shown by the release of the Motorola Droid Razr HD. How do these two phones match against each other? Below is a review of the two phones.
The apple iPhone % is based to operate on the iOS 6 or the recently released iOS7. The phones comes woith a 4 inch capacitive screen that has an 1136 x 640 pixel; resolution. This is quite a difference from its predecessors. The phone has also been made to be sleeker, lighter and general hardware improvement. The iPhone 5 runs on an A6 1.2 GHz processor and with an operating RAM of 1 GB. The internal storage capacity of the phone varies depending on preference, with the availability of the 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB versions of the phone available. This phone follows previous model engineering that does not allow for external SD cards that can be placed in to the phone.
The camera capabilities of the iPhone come with an 8.0 MP rear camera and a front facing camera that are both able to record HD video. The phone is quite light, weighing in at about 112 grams, a considerably lighter phone as opposed to the iPhone 4s. It also runs on a 2100 mAh battery that is able to produce 8 hours of talk time and 225 hours of standby time.
The Droid Razr on the other hand operates on the Android 4.0 platform. It comes with a 4.7 inch 720 P AMOLED HD screen. The hardware of the phone includes a 1.5 GHz dual core processor and a 1 GB system RAM. The internal storage of the phone is either a 16 GB or 32 GB storage with an expansion slot for extra storage provided for. The phone also comes with an 8 MP rear facing camera and a 1.3 MP front facing camera. This phone is considerably heavier than the iPhone 5, weighing in at about 157 Grams. The phone also runs on a high capacity battery which is a 3100 mAh battery that is said to give a better battery life as opposed to the iPhone 5.
Comparing the two phones, Apple seems to have been a tweak of the 4s which was the last phone they produced. There is not much new features that Apple introduced in the iPhone 5 with the design and the phone following in the direction of the 4s. Upon its release, there was a lot of complains about its maps features which were said to have been poorly done. The phone has also reengineered their charging adapters to one that is thinner. The Droid Razr HD has come up with one of the best innovations in the market, offering consumers a phone that has a standby time that is in weeks. This makes the issue of the phone not being able to last all day, even with all processes running a thing of the past. So there you have it. The choice is yours to choose which side of the divide you fall and choose the phone that appeals to you and enjoy using it.