We saw the first leaks of this sucker last month, and it sounds like a thinner, faster, prettier, more-powerful Droid Bionic. The 1.2GHz dual-core processor is nice, 4G LTE is nice, but the qHD Super AMOLED display is what I really want to see. In theory, it should look much better than the Bionic’s screen, which was bright but ugly. Also of note is the kevlar back, which might just make this phone literally bullet-proof. Looks very thin, too.
For those of you who have forgotten your cellular history, the original Motorola RAZR, which was released back in 2003, became the number one selling clamshell phone of all time. The original series of RAZRs sold more than 130 million units and pretty much saved Motorola’s life. This looks like a very worthy reboot to an iconic brand name. We’ll be sure to give you all the deets tomorrow. [Droid-Life via This Is My Next]
Johnny P
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 9:20 AMA RAZR should be a clamshell phone as opposed to another copy of the iPhone. The RAZR was an iconic fashion phone with the RAZR name Motorola hada a chance to distinguish themselves from the rest. Oh well maybe i can pick it up for $200 at dick smith in a few months time
Joe P
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 9:57 AMI agree, as much as the software made me pull my hair out, the razr 2 clamshell was my favourite design/form factor phone of choice.
Peter
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 9:58 AMMarket’s changing, dude. Even Sony Ericsson want to get out of dumb phones for “iPhone clones.”
BenDTU
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 10:03 AMYeah, nothing about this design really says ‘fashion phone’.
ErraticFocus
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 10:24 AMStill have my original RAZR as a backup phone! That lil bugger just keeps soldiering on!
Matt L
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 10:27 AMClamshell? Whats the point in that? It’s point was to prevent accidently pressing buttons on your phone… Once you remove the buttons, what are you protecting? What good use is a clamshell for a touchscreen device? Do you just like the feeling of having to make a complex adjustment to the hardware, in order to make a call, making you seem more intelligent or stylish for being able to make a call on the phone… Where’s the logic in that? You can call it an iPhone clone all you like, but really, it’s just a design that makes a lot of sense.
MotorMouth
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 1:40 PMI think the main point is that not everyone would agree that a touch-screen is superior to actual buttons. I can run off an SMS without looking at my old phone but you can forget it with my smartphone, I need to see the on-screen keyboard to type anything. I think there are a lot of trade-offs between a smartphone and something like the old RAZR and I can well understand that a lot of people would not see the smartphone as necessarily worth the compromise. I can still remember how blown away I was the first time I saw a RAZR and I am yet to see a smartphone that comes close to inciting that kind of reaction. They are all terribly, terribly bland and utilitarian. At the end of the day, you love your smartphone for what it can do but RAZR is lovable just because of how it looks.
Ozoneocean
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 11:55 AMFunny… I always think of that form factor as an LG Prada clone.
It could be an interesting looking phone, but the Verizon and Motorola branding on the front is SO fugly. They really need to get their act together, putting that crap on everything just helps to ruin the aesthetics.
Commander Shepard
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 11:58 AMLooks like an upside down galaxyII from the back, good idea to thin the phones body everywhere but the camera area.
Deb
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 12:41 PMWell, I think the clamshell design also protected the screen and it meant you could have a bigger ‘phone’ with a smaller footprint when folded over. The clamshell design is still pretty popular in Japan…
bazuden
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 3:21 PMWow. I never realised the RAZR was so successful. I had a V3i, and it was the worst phone I have ever owned. Pretty on the outside, useless brick on the inside.