Motorola RAZR MAXX Launches Next Month With Longlasting Battery

Motorola will release its RAZR MAXX smartphone in the UK in mid-May, with the device boasting a battery life twice as long as any of its competitors.

With just one charge, users will be able to talk for 17 hours, browse the Internet for seven hours, watch video for 15 hours or listen to music for two and a half days.

To the MAXX

According to Motorola, the RAZR MAXX delivers “an incredible battery life that is perfect for people who want to push their smartphone to the limits and banish the low battery beep to history.”

Powered by 1.2GHZ processor and 1GB RAM, the RAZR MAXX is just 8.9mm thick. It is also robust, given that it is made of Kevlar fibre and that its 4.3 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen is protected by Gorilla Glass. The phone is also waterproof as Splashguard coating protects its electrical innards.

The device runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but is upgradable to the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Government grade security ensures that mail, calendar and contacts are kept safe, while productivity tools are provided in the form of GoToMeeting and QuickOffice. Motocast also allows content from a home or work computer to be downloaded or streamed on the phone.

Motorola’s exclusive Smart Action feature allows the phone to automate tasks on triggers such as time, location and battery levels, such as setting the phone to silent during meetings or cancelling power-intensive operations when the battery is low.

Battery life has become of increasing concern to smartphone users, with one report suggesting that free applications can use up to 75 percent of a phone’s battery. Apple had to update iOS 5 to patch a battery issue affected the iPhone 4S shortly after it was released.

Scientists and inventors have worked to find solutions to this problem, such as battery powered clothing, with one team of American researchers discovering a nanoparticle material that could be used to create everlasting batteries.

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