Motorola Droid Razr Maxx
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The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx is a feature-packed smartphone which offers a powerful battery life and ultra-speed 4G LTE. The device is fabricated using DuPont KEVLAR fibre and Corning Gorilla Glass which defends the screen against scratches and dust. It offers a free MotoCast app which allows for streaming of docs, photos and music. By connecting the smartphone to a webtop-enabled accessory, the amazing webtop app exhibits the device's interface on a monitor or HDTV. On the other hand, Apple's iPhone 4S has turned out to be an amazing device. Thanks to Siri, iSight camera and the powerful dual-core processor.

Here is a roundup of how both the smartphones stack up:

[1] Display

Motorola Droid Razr Maxx flaunts a Super AMOLED Advanced capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 960x540 pixels at 256 pixels per inch (ppi). It includes a virtual keyboard which ensures multi-touch and swipe.

In comparison, the iPhone 4S comes with a 3.5-inch LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen. It has a whopping resolution of 960x640 pixels at 330 ppi. The fingerprint resistant oleophobic coating protects the screen from scratches and dust.

[2] Processor

Droid Razr Maxx is powered by a 1.2 GigaHertz Dual-core CPU, TI OMAP 4430 chipset and PowerVR SGX540 GPU which provides support to powerful graphics.

In contrast, the iPhone 4S has a 1GigaHertz Cortex-A9 Dual-core CPU and its A5 chipset. The A5 pushes graphics up to seven times faster. Hence, the graphics-intensive gaming apps are best experienced by the users.

[3] Camera

Motorola's smartphone is equipped with an eight megapixel rear-facing camera. It features autofocus, LED flash, touch-focus and image stabilisation. It offers a 1.3-megapixel secondary camera with 720p HD video recording.

While, the iPhone 4S contains an iSight camera of eight megapixel. Its larger aperture will let in more light, so photos look brighter. The sporting features are autofocus, LED flash, touch focus, geo-tagging and HDR. It supports HD video recording of 1080p.

[4] Operating System

Droid Razr Maxx runs on the Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread which is now upgradable to latest 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Apple's iPhone 4S runs on the iOS 5 which can be upgraded to iOS 5.1 platform.

[5] Connectivity

Both the devices include a Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Wi-Fi hotspot and Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP technology.

[6] Storage

Motorola Droid Razr Maxx incorporates an 8GB internal storage and 1GB RAM. It also has a microSD card which is expandable up to 32GB.

The iPhone 4S comprises a 16/32/64GB internal storage and 512 RAM.

[7] Battery

Droid Razr Maxx has a powerful battery of Li-Ion 3300mAh which allows a talk time of up to 21.5 hours and a standby time of up to 380 hours.

Apple's iPhone 4S comes with a Li-Po 1432mAh battery which lets standby time of up to 200 hours in 2G and 3G. The talk time is of up to 14 hours in 2G and 8 hours in 3G.