My wife and son both own Droid 2s and had battery issues.

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"Of course Motorola came out with a better battery life right after I bought my regular Droid Razr" a few days after Christmas, said Dan Antonucci, a 31-year-old Los Angeles resident.

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So with the Droid 3 there are little preferences set to maximize battery life: the phone switches into sleep mode almost immediately and brightness is automatically set to its lowest levels.

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Battery life was a big improvement amongst the Nokia Lumia 920, Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD, and Samsung Galaxy Note 2, and it felt like Apple skirted this issue.

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Last month Motorola Mobility brought out a version of its Droid Razr smartphone, known as the Maxx, with a larger battery for longer life.

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We also discussed battery life and competing phones that come with physically larger batteries (especially the Droid Razr Maxx), but Vice President of Phone Strategy Bjorn Kilburn claims that for most customers going into the shops, power consumption is not on the top of their lists.

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The Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr MAXX HD, offering 4.7-inch displays, extended battery life and dual-core processors, will be available before the holidays.

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It may not get down to the nearly anorexic 7.1mm of the Droid RAZR, but that extra volume is put to good use by the 2, 500mAh battery which, as we'll see later, stomps all over its predecessor.

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