Specs For The Motorola DROID RAZR M HD Leaked

Phone Arena has just received word that the Motorola DROID RAZR M HD may actually be a real device. This new Motorola smartphone features a 4.5-inch 720p display and will run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Here are the specs for the phone:

  • Design
  • Device type: Smart phone
  • OS: Android (4.1) upgradeable to Android 4.2
  • Form Factor: Candy Bar
  • Dimensions: 5.15×2.52x.035
  • Weight: 5.22 OZ
  • Display
  • Physical size: 4.5 inches
  • Resoultion: 720×1280 pixels
  • Pixel density: 326 ppi
  • Technology: TFT
  • Colors: 16 777 216
  • Touchscreen: Capacitive, Multi-touch
  • Features: Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glass
  • Battery
  • Talk time: 21.25 hours
  • Stand-by time: 15.65
  • Capacity: 3300 mAh
  • Type: Li – Polymer
  • Hardware
  • System chip: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960
  • Processor: Dual core, 1500 MHz, Krait
  • Graphics processor: Adreno 225
  • System memory: 1024 MB RAM (Dual-channel, 500 MHz) / DDR2 / 8192 MB ROM
  • Built-in storage: 16gb
  • Storage expansion: microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB

The DROID RAZR M HD definitely screams mid-range since it only carries a 720p display and 1.5GHz dual-core processor in a world where 5-inch 1080p displays and quad-core processors are becoming the norm.

This new Motorola smartphone does pack a surprisingly large, 3300 mAh battery though. That may be its best selling point considering most users hate how quickly their Android’s battery life drains.

These specs are only rumored at the moment, so they are subject to change.

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MarkJCarruthers 5 pts

Brian,

 

You say "5-inch 1080p displays and quad-core processors are becoming the norm." are you serious?  The norm?  Lets get back to reality!

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Brian Sin 6 pts

 MarkJCarruthers Well seeing that devices such as the Sony Xperia Z, Huawei Ascend D2, ZTE Nubia Z5, Oppo Find 5, Samsung Galaxy Grand, ZTE Grand S, Sharp Aquos, and Lenovo's upcoming device are all rumored to have 5-inch 1080p displays, I would say that that display size is becoming the new norm.

 

They are all following the lead of the HTC Butterfly (HTC DROID DNA on Verizon), which itself carries a 5-inch 1080p display with a quad-core processor.

 

There is however the exception of the 4.7-inch 1080p quad-core HTC M7 that will be released next year that seems to contradict my statement about 5-inch devices becoming the new norm.

 

Regardless, 9/10 of those devices have 5-inch 1080p displays, and 6/10 of those devices have quad-core processors.

 

So yes, I stand by my statement that 5-inch 1080p quad-core smartphones will become the new norm.

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AlexZimmerman 5 pts

 Brian Sin  MarkJCarruthers None of those phones came out yet, except for the Butterfly, so how could you call it the norm if they dont exist and you dont even know if the public will like them?  

 

Also classifying how powerful a phone is based upon the number of cores is extremely naive.  A dual core s4 with its krait architecture performs equal to if not better on the same clock speed than the quad core tegra 3 and exynos 4 rivals.  The exynos 5 (based on a15) outperforms the previous chips, even though its only dual core chip as of yet.

 

Lastly, screen size should not be the deciding factor of whether a phone is mid tier or high tier, as not everyone prefers large phones.  The iPhone bein the biggest (or rather, smallest) example.  

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Brian Sin 6 pts

 AlexZimmerman The Oppo Find 5 and the ZTE Nubia Z5 have both been released.

 

The specs for the ZTE Grand S, Sharp Aquos SH930W, Samsung Galaxy Grand, and Huawei Ascend D2 have all been confirmed. 

 

I have no doubt that the public will like them. The HTC Droid DNA is a great example. People love how fast it is with its high-end specs, which includes a 1.5GHz quad-core snapdragon S4 Pro processor (and we'll get to dual/quad-core processors in a second).

 

I say that these phones are "becoming" the new norm because that's what the manufacturers are dishing out and these are the phones we'll be seeing at CES and MWC.

 

The 4.3-inch to 4.5-inch smartphone craze is dwindling while the consumers are looking towards phones with bigger screens. Even when the specs for these phones were still rumors, there was buzz all throughout various tech sites with consumers anxiously waiting for these devices to be released.

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As for basing a phone's strength on the number of cores, that's not what I was doing. I do agree that dual-core processors can stay on par with the likes of quad-core processors.

 

The dual-core Snapdragon S4 is on par with the Exynos 4 and the Exynos 5 is on par with the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro, but I was saying that the DROID RAZR M HD is mid-range because it still only carries a dual-core Snapdragon S4 plus when the rest of the tech world is moving on towards the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro and dual-core Exynos 5 (except for the Windows 8 phones, but they're in a league of their own right now). 

 

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Yes, the iPhone is a hugely popular phone, but people don't go after it because they solely want a 3.5-inch to 4-inch display. They go after it because they love the fluid, simple, and efficient UI as well as the huge amount of high quality apps in the app store. 

 

We're also talking about Android phones here and not iPhones. The trend for these Android phones is increasing screen sizes. Every year Android phones increase in size (and hopefully they'll stop somewhere before 6 to 7-inches because I don't think I'll ever be comfortable holding a tablet to my face as I make a phone call) and that makes screen size a factor in whether or not an Android phone is high-end or not.

 

We aren't seeing any 3.5-inch Android phones being released anymore because there is no longer any demand for them, and we only see 4-inch displays on mid-ranged devices like the Samsung Exhilarate.

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Despite dual-core processors being on par with quad-core processors, most consumers don't know the difference between the Exynos 5 and Snapdragon S4 Pro.

 

All they will see is that a phone has a quad-core processor and that that phone is superior to any dual-core phone released (consumers are still debating that the quad-core Samsung Galaxy S3 is much better than the dual-core Samsung Galaxy S3 even though the phones are pretty similar in terms of performance).

 

It's all marketing. It's like when T-Mobile and Sprint started the whole 4G craze despite their network speeds only being capable of 3.5G speeds. Most consumers didn't know the difference and truly bought into Sprint and T-Mobile's "4G" marketing.

 

So yes I do see 5-inch displays and quad-core processors becoming the norm because those are the specs consumers will be looking for when 2013 comes around and those are the specs manufacturers will aim to release.

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