Motorola announces RAZR2
You all remember it right? My good friend Chris from Engadget received a tip on an unannounced Motorola phone, and he had asked me to find out some information on it. Low and behold BGR’s info was correct: it is called the RAZR2, and will be available in GSM, and CDMA variants. Looking oh so svelte, the RAZR2 smashes the little sibling before it in every arena possible. For starters it is thinner, has an impressively huge external touch screen which actually will give you tactile feedback when using it, and is said to have iron-clad strength. There were 3 models announced in the RAZR2 family, one being the V8 (EDGE), the V9 (HSDPA), and the V9m (EV-DO). These should drop starting in June, with Verizon to follow suit later in the summer. I’m not sure this was the "iPhone killer" everyone had hoped, but at the end of the day its a nice phone, a great step in the right direction, and seeing from the amount of coverage so far, Moto might have a real RAZR sucessor on it’s hands.
I think it was dumb for them to make a Razr2. I think the Rizr line should’ve replaced the Razr with the many versions of the Razr. It should just be a new line, like the Mezr. Anything denoting they are a company seeking a new fresh direction!
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Yawn.
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Just when you thought that motorola couldn’t make an uglier phone.. the RAZR 2 pops up. The external screen is just .2 inches smaller than the internal screen!
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tactile feedback on the screen is pretty kewl.
So is double screens.
I hear Apple is working on (patenting) double screens as well.
I think Microsoft could really do some cool stuff with Zunes this year, but they need to get some sack to do it. What they need to do, is forget about making cellphone+music-player, and concentrate on making a music-player + Wifi-only-phone. If the cell+Wifi is done, they can also add the ability for it to function as a wireless remote for Vista/Xbox– now THAT would be something worth owning–especially when combined with subscription music and subscription videos. All MS has to do, is not fall into the trap of working with cellphone companies for the Zune. This shouldn’t be hard, since MS shouldn’t want to compete with the handset manufacturers licensing their handset OSs.
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If they are still using their same outdated OS on these things count me out. Where are the Motorola symbian phones? That banana one looked very interesting.
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The OS on this phone is supposed to be Linux based.
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Verizon will kill this as usual, and Moto will bear the brunt.
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Awesomely thin.
T-Mobile is going to kick AT&T’s butt with this.
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razrs are boring
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As I think about it, I do not need music players on my phone. That is just one more thing to drain the battery. Talk time is king to me. If I want to hear music I will take a iPod or some MP# player. For me the phone should have a claendar that syncs with Outlook or Lotus Notes. It keeps my contacts and addresses. If it can do email fine but that is not a huge need for me.
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well ido have a razr myself and i think this kind is pretty sik!!
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I used to have a razr and i thought it was extremly boring. When i first got it i was extremly excited thinking it would be cool to have a thin phone. After getting used to the phone i realized the razr had almost no good features it was pretty plain interface wise. And the ring tones that came with the phone were generic. After realizing why i bought the phone i realized that i bought the phone because of all the hype! It seems like people buy razrs now because they look cool and because everybody has one. And the fact that motorola releases razrs in different colors still doesn’t make a difference to me.. A razr is still a razr no matter what color. I think releasing a RAZR2 is a bad idea why? well just because everybody has a razr! and also because i think the razr2 will be a little late on technology just like the razr was.
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For one- are you kidding me? (Rich says the front screen’s too big?) This phone looks amazing. They did a great job redesigning the outside screen. IMO, one of the best-looking phones out there. It’s a great idea to redesign the RAZR.
Of course, as said, Verizon will most likely kill it, as its predecessor. But, there are always SEEM edits :p
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I can’t wait for this to come out on verizon. CNET has a quick review that’s kinda cool, check it out: http://beta.cnettv.com/9742-1_53-27575.html
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