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Motorola Droid RAZR Arrives in New Colors with Cheaper Price

A couple of days ago, Verizon launched a new cheaper version of the Motorola Droid RAZR. The new model checks in at $199 with a new two-year contract. It also comes with 16GB of on board storage. Sorry, no microSD card included in this deal. Until today though, the only color available was black. Starting today though, the 16GB Droid RAZR now comes in both purple and white flavors.

Both the purple and white models of the Droid RAZR are exactly the same as the device that we reviewed, and loved, back in October. They just come with a price tag that’s $100 lower.

Taking the place at the $299 price point will be the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX which still doesn’t have an official release date but is rumored to be launching on January 26th.

Droid RAZR

Verizon likes to announce these kinds of things at the last minute.

The Droid RAZR MAXX, if you’re unfamiliar, is going to come with a massive 3,300 mAh battery which will allow for owners 21 hours of continuous talk time. It’ll also be a tad thicker than the original Droid RAZR.

As for the specifications of the RAZR that was released today, for $199 you’ll be getting:

  • CPU: 1.2-GHz TI OMAP 4330
  • RAM: 1GB
  • Internal Storage: 16GB
  • Display: 4.3-inch, qHD 960 x 540 resolution
  • Cameras: Rear – 8MP; Front – 1.3MP
  • Battery: 1780 mAh battery

We should also mention that it comes with 4G LTE capabilities which means that you’ll be able to utilize data speeds that are up to 10 times faster than 3G.

Not bad for a $200 smartphone.

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Hands On: Motorola Droid Razr Is Super-Thin, But Not Quite Super

The Motorola Droid Razr rolls out to the United States on Friday, bringing an unusually thin smartphone into the hands of Android aficionados. Let’s put it to the test. Its claim to fame is its industrial design — the ultra-thin Motorola Droid Razr (Verizon, $299.99 with 2-year contract, $111.11 if you order it from Amazon on 11/11/11) is a mere quarter-inch thick. That’s the big story here. For those of the metric persuasion, that means it’s sporting a thickness of 7.1mm, quite an achievement considering the amount of tech goodness crammed into such a tiny package. Everyone who saw it was impressed by its slim form factor and smart good looks. If you’re sold on Verizon and Google‘s Android smartphone operating system, that might be enough to get you to plunk down your three bills. Upon closer examination, it feels unusually light. It has a Gorilla Glass screen, but its plastic sides feel cheap. I like its handsome woven Kevlar back, the same material of which football helmets are made. To the untrained eye, it might be mistaken for more-expensive carbon fiber. But I like Kevlar as a material used on the back of a phone. It’s tough. It’s not the pleasantly grippy material I liked so much on the Motorola Atrix 2, but it’s still excellent. While many users will complain about the lack of a removable battery, as far as the Razr’s design goes, that’s a plus. The back is uninterrupted by doors and latches, giving it a much cleaner look. However, I’ve never been fond of the big “chin” at the top of the back of many Android smartphones (see our gallery below for pics of this compared with an iPhone 4S), and this super-thin model’s design is marred by that raised ledge that contains the 8-megapixel camera/lens, its LED flash and a speaker. That “chin” is at least double the width of the rest of this otherwise-thin phone. On the side is a plastic door for the SIM and microSD cards, and it feels so flimsy that I wouldn’t be surprised if it broke off after a few months of hard use. That, along with the plastic volume controls on the other side, imparts that overall feeling of lightweight cheapness to this otherwise beautifully designed handset. Here’s a complaint I haven’t often seen: Why does no smartphone maker (except Apple) object to cellular providers placing a company logo front and center — and on the back, too? This might be seem like nitpicking, but I really don’t want to be reminded of Verizon every time I look at the screen of my smartphone, and that’s what I’ll have to do with the Droid Razr with its Verizon logo glaring at me from the bottom of the screen. Speaking of the screen, I’ve seen better. Completely spoiled by Apple’s “retina” display, for close-up viewing angles, no matter how many superlative-sounding names you attached to this (albeit generously sized) 4.3-inch “Super AMOLED Advanced qHD” screen, I could still see distracting and visible pixels. Not good. I’d give it a C+. A plus for spec hounds (see detailed specifications here) is its dual-core 1.2GHz processor, making everything happen in a snap. It’s satisfyingly fast. Along with its 4G LTE connectivity, this phone is a speed merchant. However, even with all this processor power and graphics goodness, for some reason the Droid Razr can’t scroll smoothly enough for my taste. No matter what app I’m using or what I’m doing with the phone, if I’m scrolling from one screen to the next or from top to bottom of a long Twitter list, it’s just not the kind of buttery-smooth movement I’d like to see on a phone with this kind of power and technology. This is an example of a product with superior specs but inferior usability. The 8-megapixel camera does an admirable job of shooting both stills and 1080p video, with vibrant color and sharpness in both. Its focus and exposure snaps into place a little slower than I’d like, and its motion stabilization when shooting video doesn’t help much, but its level of quality is still slightly higher than most Android smartphone cameras I’ve used. See the gallery for a couple of unretouched examples of its photos, demonstrating the picture quality that’s possible in good lighting conditions. Android users can find better screens on which to view their beloved operating system, but they won’t find a thinner 4G LTE smartphone than the Motorola Droid Razr. There’s improvement on the horizon as well — Motorola promises the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system will be available for this Droid Razr in early 2012. That’ll be a plus, adding better usability and an enhanced feature set to Android, which still feels to me like a work in progress. Overall, even though it has more shortcomings than I’d like, I think the Motorola Droid Razr is a notable technological achievement. It offers a large screen that looks acceptable until you get too close, along with the satisfying speed of its dual-core processors, graphics and connectivity. Although it doesn’t have the smooth usability of other smartphones, its pleasant good looks and ultimate pocketability make it a strong contender for your Android dollar.

Thin, Light, Big Screen

It feels good in the hand
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Motorola Droid Razr: First Impressions

At only 7.1mm slender, Motorola asserts that the Razr is the most slender 4g LTE cell phone available. 

Motorola disclosed its most recent telephone, the Droid Razr, which it touts as "the world's most slender cell phone," at an occasion this evening in New York City. 

The new telephone dons a double center processor, 4g LTE on Verizon's system, a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Propelled showcase and a profile that really characterizes "slight." 

In the wake of taking sooner or later to play with the telephone, here are our early introductions. 
The super-thin, super-light, 4g-donning Motorola Droid Razr authoritatively goes discounted early today at Verizon Remote, yet you'll require in any event $299 to snatch it and afterward you'll need to hold up until at some point one month from now before it arrives. 

Motorola propelled its most recent Android telephone a month ago after weeks of hypothesis, holes, and even see pictures that were conveyed hours before the disclosing. At 7.1 mm, it is, as numerous hypothesized, the most slender 4g cell phone available. It's likewise shockingly light, measuring only 127 grams. 
Its 4.3-inch super AMOLED presentation makes it to a degree bigger than Apple's iphone 4s, however the screen determination is still marginally lower. Inside is an energetic double center CPU and 1 GB of RAM. There's additionally a 8mp cam on the back and a 1.3mp cam on the front. 

Interestingly, the Razr, which runs Android 2.3 (a.k.a. Gingerbread), dispatched simply a prior day Google and Samsung presented the Nexus World S running Android 4.0 or Frozen yogurt Sandwich. It's not abnormal for different Android bearers and makers to utilize diverse adaptations of Google's portable working framework in their telephones, yet Motorola's Razr was situated as the most recent and most prominent Droid. It might be hard for the telephone to satisfy that guarantee on the off chance that it keeps running what some see as an antiquated Android OS for a really long time. The telephone won't get the 4.0 upgrade until at some point in 2012. 

At $299 (with a two-year get), the telephone is additionally $100 more than the most recent Apple iphone 4s and $50 more than Verizon's Droid Bionic. Verizon additionally records the Motorola Razr's retail cost at $649, yet is not offering the alternative of purchasing an opened verison of the telephone. 

It Is Slender 

A sign of the first Motorola Razr was its slenderness. Motorola figured out how to make a clamshell telephone that was smooth, attractive and slight. The organization has taken the same methodology to the Droid Razr. 

Measuring in at only 7.1mm thick, the Droid Razr is svelte. Motorola says its the most slender 4g LTE gadget available and it might simply be the slimmest cell phone when all is said in done. 

The Droid Razr is additionally extremely lightweight. Holding it in my grasp, I was shocked exactly how light the gadget is. I'm not certain on the off chance that I preferred the softness  I lean toward a minor bit more robustness, particularly with a screen so vast however this is absolutely not a telephone that will impede anybody 

The Screen Is Amazing 

The Super AMOLED Progressed qhd screen is lovely. Without genuine involved testing, its difficult to know how this contrasts with the iphone 4/iphone 4s, however this is effortlessly the most attractive Droid show yet. Contrasted with the Droid Bionic, which I as of late explored, this gadget simply overflows clarity and splendor. 

Motorola touted that the Droid Razr will be the first telephone to help streaming Netflix in HD. That is extraordinary for film fans — however we're not certain about why will matter in true use. 

For me, the screen was most likely one of the champion gimmicks on the gadget 

Whither Droid Bionic 

Motorola and Verizon as of late discharged the Droid Bionic, after months of postponements. The Bionic is an extraordinary telephone, however the Razr trounces it to say the least. Anybody considering the Droid Bionic ought to set their sights on the Droid Razr. Same double center processor, same 4g LTE, more slender, better battery, better screen and a combination of extras that would make Barbie desirous 

Battery Life Instabilities 

We couldn't get an agreeable answer from Motorola in regards to battery life on the Droid Razr. Certainly, the standby and talk time looked noteworthy — however whether those tests were carried out on 3g, 2g (in case we're talking Verizon's voice system) or 4g LTE wasn't clear. 

My own particular experience testing various Verizon 4g LTE gadgets persuades that while the Droid Razr may have extraordinary battery life utilizing 3g, when 4g is empowered, that time is going to go down. Quick 

Razr Is Back 

At last, I'm awed with the Razr. This is Verizon's enormous Android telephone for the Christmas season and a valiant contender against both the Samsung Cosmic system S II and the iphone 4s. 

With the first Razr, Motorola made something mystical and notorious. While I don't think the Droid Razr will attain to that durable status for cell phones, it does help bond Motorola's position as one of the world class Android gadget producers, particularly for the Verizon system. 

Valued at $299.99, the telephone isn't shabby. Still, the telephone seems as though it packs a capable punch for Andro


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