The Droid Razr is the newest Android powered smartphone in Motorola's arsenal with Big Red. Motorola's choice of the name Razr tells us quite a bit about their belief in this newest LTE Droid. The Razr was Motorola's flagship phone for years and still caries quite a bit of weight in the cellular industry with the Razr line having revolutionized mobile phones and still clinging to the title as the most sold flip phone. Motorola has sold over 130 million Razr flip phones over 4 years of production. The choice of the name Razr should be a sign that Motorola's got a new favorite in the smartphone race.
The Droid Razr is the newest Android powered smartphone in Motorola's arsenal with Big Red. Motorola's choice of the name Razr tells us quite a bit about their belief in this newest LTE Droid. The Razr was Motorola's flagship phone for years and still caries quite a bit of weight in the cellular industry with the Razr line having revolutionized mobile phones and still clinging to the title as the most sold flip phone. Motorola has sold over 130 million Razr flip phones over 4 years of production. The choice of the name Razr should be a sign that Motorola's got a new favorite in the smartphone race.
The phone has a 4.3 inch Super Amoled screen falling in line with other LTE handsets launching. The most impressive thing is that the Droid Razr is only 7.1mm thick, making it the thinnest LTE Smartphone to launch to date. The phone is incredibly thin, and is made to look it. The small bump on the back for the camera is reminiscent of the Droid X and X2, though adds no feel of bulk to the phone. Someone finally got the form factor question right. The phone is thin in all the right ways, but still boasts an impressive screen with enough touch screen real estate to be a joy to use.
Though it may be super thin the Razr has a Corning® Gorilla® Glass covering its capacitive touch screen for increased strength, meaning less cracked screens. The phone has a Kevlar back keeping with the theme of strength without compromising look or size. The Razr also sports a water resistant coating within the phone, similar to what has been seen on other Motorola smartphones to help protect the gadget from accidental spills and splashes. Though not water proof or military grade the combination of these features creates a top of the line android phone that feels like a military grade phone.
Boasting an impressive duel core 1.2g processor and 1 Gig of ram the Razr comes out the gate made to do some heavy lifting. Proving that it has come far from its namesake predecessor. It has a impressive 1750 mAh batter claiming 12 hours of talk time. This battery coupled with what motorola is calling Smart Actions, a software to allow the end user to maximize batter efficiency by automatically performing tasks such as shutting of bluetooth when the phone reaches a GPS location or slowing down the processor when on a phone call, may be a bright light to those suffering from LTE battery woes.
The Razr comes equipped with AN impressive 8 Megapixel rear facing camera with a 1.3 Megapixel front facing camera for video chatting goodness. The camera is able to record video in 1080p at 30fps and supports auto focus and flash. The phone has 16 gigs of internal memory and is supposed to ship with a 16g Micro SD Card as well for storing all your photos and media.The Droid Razr will also be compatible with features such as MotoCast, the new re-branding of ZumoCast, allowing easy streaming of data between the device and your home PC or Mac. Motorola has announced a lapdock to launch for the device, though it will not work with the Bionic Lapdock. However, there is also word of a universal lapdock in the works that will work for both devices and in theory all future devices launch with Motorola's Webtop App Capability.
All things considered, the Droid Razr is the phone the future always promised us. Thin, fast, strong and with endless possibilities. I, for one, am excited that the future is here.
Spec's
Duel Core 1.2 Ghz Processor
1024 Mb Ram
16 gigs of Internal Storage
8 Megapixal rear facing camera
1.3 Megapixal front facing camer
CDMA and LTE compatable
4.3 Inch Super Amoled Screen
7.1mm thick
Release Date: November 11th, 11:11 am (really)
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