Compared with the Pixel, I saw consistently worse signal on the Razr.
Sometimes it was a little worse; sometimes it was a frightening 11-13dBm worse,
turning a basically functional connection into an edge-of-your-seat situation.
Holding the Razr resulted in a 5dBm drop over leaving it on a table. This also
translated into pretty consistently lower LTE speeds when tested with Ookla
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When you can connect, voice quality is very good. The phone’s earpiece is clear,
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phone makes for a solid audio chamber, giving the resulting speakerphone
considerable oomph whether the phone is open or closed. The phone also
supports Bluetooth 5.0, and Bluetooth audio quality was clear in testing.
CAMERAS JUST AREN’T SHARP ENOUGH
The Razr has two cameras: a main 16-megapixel, f/1.7 shooter and a
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stabilization. Compared with industry leaders such as the Pixel 4 and Galaxy
S10, the main camera is not good.
Photos taken with the Razr look soft and indistinct; there are more pixels than
on the Pixel 4, but the Razr’s images look like blown-up lower-res versions of
the same shots taken with the Pixel 4 or iPhone 11. As the light goes down, the
Razr’s performance declines further, with photos getting dim and noisy.
Ultimately, I felt like I was taking pictures with a $250 phone, not a $1,500 one.