Tech Talk at ShieldsGroup

The  Droid Razr Maxx I got from Verizon is great — except for two things:

1. The phone was always warm. Whether it was charging, surfing, talking, texting, or sitting on the table, it was warm. Considerably warm. I even took it out of my pocket at times because it was uncomfortably warm on my chest.
2. The battery life was very short. Sometimes I would get six hours out of a charge. Sometimes I would get less. What? This is the Razr MAXX — the one that was supposed to hold a charge longer than the plain Razr.

You can read all over the net that Razrs run warm, but it just didn’t seem right to me, so after about 10 days I went into Verizon’s local distribution store (although I had purchased online) and said, “Is this phone too warm?” The sales person said it was and helped me set up an exchange. There’s some kind of worry / hassle free exchange period for the first 14 days.

Yesterday the new Razr Maxx arrived and it’s cool. I mean, literally, cool.  I am sure the original Razr had a defect that used the battery to heat the phone. Not a bad thing to have if you’re hunting Pennsylvania white tail on a cold December day, but there are better handwarmer options out there. 😉

Lesson learned: Razrs should not be running warm. If yours is, get it to a store before your 14 day exchange period is up.