Droid RAZR MAXX vs Galaxy S2: Will Motorola Phone Dwarf Samsung's Best Bet?

Motorola has promised to upgrade Droid RAZR MAXX to Google Inc.'s latest smartphone OS - Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which has been called Google's "most ambitious release to date."

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The best feature of the Droid RAZR MAXX, according to Verizon, is its revolutionary Li-Ion 3300 mAh that promises to provide a whopping 21 hours of talk time and 368 hours of standby time.

On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy S2 received overwhelming responses from around the world. Galaxy S2, which runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and sports Samsung's TouchWiz UI, comes in three variants, on AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint, whose version is called Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch. All versions of the Galaxy S2 will get 4G treatment, offering data speed up to four times faster than Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4.

Galaxy S2 comes with an 8 megapixel camera with flash and can record HD video in 1080p, offering the richest video content on a smartphone. The phone also has the front-facing 2 megapixel camera for video chat.

Here is a comparison between Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX and Samsung Galaxy S2:

Display: Both the T-Mobile and Sprint versions of Galaxy S2 have 4.52-inch display screen whereas AT&T version retains 4.3-inch screen of original Galaxy S2 version sold worldwide. Galaxy S2 Epic Touch 4G comes with 4.52-inch (about 206 ppi pixel density) 800 x 480 pixels Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen display. On the other hand, Droid RAZR MAXX will sport a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced capacitive touch-screen with qHD resolution of 960 x 540 pixels and about 256 pixels per inch (ppi) density.

Display Protection: All the variants of Galaxy S2 have Corning Gorilla Glass display protection. On the other hand, the display of the Motorola phone is made with KEVLAR fiber and scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla glass.

Size: Droid RAZR MAXX comes with 130.7 x 68.9 x 8.99 mm dimension and weighs 145 grams. On the other hand, Samsung Epic 4G Touch on Sprint comes with a 129.5 x 68.6 x 9.6 mm dimension and weighs 129 grams while the T-Mobile version has 131 x 70 x 9 mm dimension and weighs 135 grams. As the AT&T version retains 4.3-inch display, it features 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm dimension and weighs 116 grams.

Processor: The RAZR MAXX packs a 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 dual-core processor, TI OMAP 4430 chipset, PowerVR SGX540 GPU with 1GB RAM. On the other hand, the Sprint and AT&T variant of the Galaxy S2 is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 Mali-400MP GPU Orion chipset while the T-Mobile variant is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm APQ8060 processor.

Camera: The smartphones from Motorola and the variants of Samsung Galaxy S2 sport a rear-facing 8 megapixel LED flash camera with 1080p HD video capture capability. All the variants of Galaxy S2 have a secondary 2 megapixel camera for video chat while RAZR MAXX has 1.3 megapixel.