Motorola has just launched its latest Razr smartphone while Samsung brought in the larger Galaxy Note device to market. We one would you like to own?
The Design
1st : Droid Razr: 130.7 x 68.9 x 7.1 mm, 127g
2nd : Galaxy Note : 146.9 x 83 x 9.7 mm, 178 g
Most people like Slimmer , and lighter, the Razr represents the company’s move to a cohesive yet bold new visual style, featuring tapered edges together with a sharply angled aesthetic, which combine to make something very refreshing and distinctive. Razr really is an appropriate name here as it easily takes the title of ‘thinnest smartphone’ at 7.1mm. Other standout features include the textured Kevlar back panel, which looks rather snazzy as well as making the phone very durable, though, we perhaps wouldn't rely on it to stop bullets.
While Samsung’s Galaxy Note is an absolute beast of a handset, resembling a small tablet with its 5.3-inch screen. Although it size is sure to not meet everyone’s tastes, but despite being what some may consider a cumbersomely scaled device it still has a stylish element to its construction.
The Note is not as thin as the Razr but it’s still pretty slim at 9.7mm and features a nicely textured and slightly curved back panel. Being fairly light helps a lot, too.
Display
1st: Galaxy Note : 5.3-inch Super AMOLED at a resolution of 800x1280 pixels, pixel density of 285ppi
2nd: Droid Razr : 4.3-inch Super AMOLED
The Samsung Galaxy Note’s vast 5.3-inch expanse of high resolution and high pixel density Gorilla Glass. The Galaxy Note uses Samsung’s Super AMOLED technology for enhanced brightness and colours, along with better power efficiency than standard LCD.
The Gorilla Glass means the capacitive, multi-touch capable touchscreen won’t smash easily and at 800x1280 pixels, with a pixel density of 285 pixels-per-inch (ppi), you can be sure it will push out very clear and clean visuals on a grand scale.
In addition the phone is loaded with a tailored build of Samsung’s TouchWiz 4.0 user interface (UI), along with gyro and accelerometer sensors that allow for screen rotation.The customised UI enhances menus and native apps for the Galaxy Note’s extra-large screen space.
Futhermore the Galaxy Note comes with a S Pen stylus compatibility. The S Pen is a pressure sensitive stylus, lightly brushing the screen in a painting app, for example, will create a thin line while pressing harder will create a thicker stroke.
A hold press outside of the Memo will take you back to the screen for as long as it’s held, allowing you to quickly switch for note taking between your note and a wep-page, for example.
On the other hand The Motorola, comes with a good screen at 4.3-inches and what’s more the resolution and pixel density are pretty damn good too at 540x960 pixels and 256ppi. Just likle the Galaxy Note, the Razr also uses a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with multi-touch, Gorilla Glass and an accelerometer.
But The Note with a large screen and comes out as superior thanks to its higher resolution and pixel density. But again it comes down to whether you prefer lager screen or not
Storage
1st: Galaxy Note : 16/32GB internal memory, plus MicroSD card
2nd: Droid Razr : 16GB with microSD
The Razr comes with 16GB of onboard storage space and 1GB of RAM with additional microSD card storage up to a further 32GB.
on the other hand Samsung’s Galaxy Note has the same 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage with the lower-end option, although you can choose the 32GB model for some ramped-up capacity. This can be extended even further thanks to 32GB microSD capability.
The Engine Room
1st :Galaxy Note: 1.4GHz dual-core, Mali-400MP GPU
2nd: Droid Razr : 1.2 Dual-Core TI processor
Both phones are powered by an ARM Cortex-A9 dual core processor, although they both been setup and tweaked in slightly different ways.
Samsung’s uses the company’s own Exynos processor that was also used to excellent effect inside the Galaxy S2 smartphone. Alongside this it boasts a Mali-400MP graphics processing unit (GPU), which is one of the best out there. The Note is clocked at a hefty 1.4GHz, which is faster than the Razr.
Motorola’s Razr is clocked at 1.2GHz, runs a Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 processor and a PowerVR SGX540 GPU.
Operating System
Tie: Galaxy Note : Android (Gingerbread)
Tie: Droid Razr :Android Gingerbread
Both phones running Android version 2.3 Gingerbread, though, Motorola has confirmed the Razr will get the new 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich build in the new year. and Samusng is likely to get the same. Android has an abundance of apps on the Android Market, something we tend to miss on other systems other than iOS. It is a tie
Camera
Tie: Galaxy Note : 8MP Camera, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 720p Video, 2MP front
Tie: Droid Razr : 8MP rear, 1.2 MP front, 1080p video capture
Both handset have an 8-megapixel primary camera at a 3264x2448 pixel resolution and capable of 1080p video capture. Although the Motorola has a 1.2-megapixel secondary on the front, while the Samsung Galaxy Note’s secondary is rated at 2-megapixels and both allow for video calls.
Both phones have a similar line-up of camera features with LED flash, autofocus, touch focus, geo-tagging, image stabilisation and face detection. The Samsung Galaxy Note has the addition of smile detection so you don't need to press the shutter. Well, unless you don't smile, that is.
Battery Life
1st: Droid Razr : 1800mah battery, Up to 12.5 hours talktime
2nd : Galaxy Note : 2,500 mAh, up to 13 hours of talk time on 2G, 4.6 hours of talk time on 3G
You get more talk time on Droid than Note
Conclusion
Tie: Razr
Tie: Galaxy Note
Both devices are excellent smartphones, in terms of performance, storage, display quality and camera they’ve got a lot to offer even the most demanding user. Although the Motorola comes out slightly behind the Galaxy Note in a few areas such as processor but Razr is the better choice in terms of getting the most out of the conventional smartphone platform - it’s much more usable as a phone.
If you dont mind the size of Note then its the phoene for you but if the size is an issue then Razr is the phone for you
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