Motorola DROID RAZR vs Samsung Galaxy S II
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Camera:
Both phones have 8MP camera modules capable of 1080p HD video, while the Samsung Galaxy S II has a more sophisticated camera UI, with plenty of shooting modes, scenes and effects you can apply to your photos and videos, and time between pictures is also very short. The Motorola DROID RAZR offers some adjustments and scene modes, including Panorama, but the experience is more cumbersome, and shot-to-shot times are about six seconds compared to four with the Galaxy S II at the same scene.
The Galaxy S II's photos exhibit very good characteristics in terms of sharpness and captured detail, but the colors are a tad colder than reality, and not as likeable with the default settings. The RAZR pales in comparison, with its noisy photos that are lacking sharpness and contrast. The RAZR has trouble focusing in low-light situations, and its photos turn out grainy and soft.
Both handsets shoot 1080p video with 30fps, which runs smooth, but we would rank it again in favor of the Galaxy S II, beating the soft, blander RAZR clips. Despite its colder tones, video from the Samsung Galaxy S II just looks better on the screen, since its details and sharpness are superior to footage from the RAZR. Motorola's phone does a good job a noise suppression when you are talking, while the Galaxy S II has cleaner and stronger audio capture overall while filming.
Motorola DROID RAZR Sample Video:
Samsung Galaxy S II Sample Video:
Motorola DROID RAZR Indoor Sample Video:
Samsung Galaxy S II Indoor Sample Video:
Multimedia:
Music playback from the handsets is very good, and the players support all the basic functions we’ve come to expect from high-end handsets, like categorizing by album, artist, song or playlists.
In terms of eye-candy the Samsung Galaxy S II uses more colors, transparencies and transitional animation, while the RAZR offers an album art carousel in landscape mode.
As far as functionality goes, the RAZR's player is powered by TuneWiki, which retrieves the lyrics of the currently played song, and also gives you the full biography and discography of an artist, including their upcoming shows straight from the player's interface.
Samsung's phone provides mock surround sound in headset mode, which works pretty well, and it can also apply a number of sound modes like Concert Hall and equalizer presets of your choosing to the tunes. The Motorola DROID RAZR has different sound profiles, too, and they work with the loudspeaker, which is pretty potent, offering strong volume and clearer sound than the Galaxy S II one.
The Samsung Galaxy S II grabs the prize in video playback compared to the RAZR, though, as it supports DivX/Xvid codecs by default.
Both phones have 8MP camera modules capable of 1080p HD video, while the Samsung Galaxy S II has a more sophisticated camera UI, with plenty of shooting modes, scenes and effects you can apply to your photos and videos, and time between pictures is also very short. The Motorola DROID RAZR offers some adjustments and scene modes, including Panorama, but the experience is more cumbersome, and shot-to-shot times are about six seconds compared to four with the Galaxy S II at the same scene.
The Galaxy S II's photos exhibit very good characteristics in terms of sharpness and captured detail, but the colors are a tad colder than reality, and not as likeable with the default settings. The RAZR pales in comparison, with its noisy photos that are lacking sharpness and contrast. The RAZR has trouble focusing in low-light situations, and its photos turn out grainy and soft.
Samsung Galaxy S II Sample Video:
Motorola DROID RAZR Indoor Sample Video:
Samsung Galaxy S II Indoor Sample Video:
Multimedia:
Music playback from the handsets is very good, and the players support all the basic functions we’ve come to expect from high-end handsets, like categorizing by album, artist, song or playlists.
In terms of eye-candy the Samsung Galaxy S II uses more colors, transparencies and transitional animation, while the RAZR offers an album art carousel in landscape mode.
As far as functionality goes, the RAZR's player is powered by TuneWiki, which retrieves the lyrics of the currently played song, and also gives you the full biography and discography of an artist, including their upcoming shows straight from the player's interface.
Samsung's phone provides mock surround sound in headset mode, which works pretty well, and it can also apply a number of sound modes like Concert Hall and equalizer presets of your choosing to the tunes. The Motorola DROID RAZR has different sound profiles, too, and they work with the loudspeaker, which is pretty potent, offering strong volume and clearer sound than the Galaxy S II one.
The Samsung Galaxy S II grabs the prize in video playback compared to the RAZR, though, as it supports DivX/Xvid codecs by default.
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