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Motorola brings back Razr, turns it into a smartphone
CHICAGO -- Remember Motorola's Razr⢠It's back.
Motorola Mobility on Tuesday revealed the Droid Razr, an 7.1-millimeter thin handset that Chief Executive Sanjay Jha said is the world's thinnest smartphone. The Droid Razr is powered by Google's Android operating system and runs on Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network. It will be available in early November and cost $299.99 with a two-year contract.
The original Razr, the ultrathin flip phone that Motorola introduced seven years ago, became the world's best-selling handset. The Droid Razr borrows its predecessor's name and thin profile but is updated with what Jha said is leading-edge hardware and software.
The device has as much processing power as a typical PC, allowing for faster Web browsing and multitasking, or running simultaneous applications. It also has a 4.3-inch touch screen and a splashguard, which Jha described as nanotechnology that protects against water damage.
Jha said the Droid Razr's battery also provides for 12.5 hours of talk time on a 3G network. As an additional boost to battery life, the phone comes with software called "Smart Actions" that automatically conserves power by dimming the display, for example, or slowing the speed of the handset's processor. Jha said using this software can squeeze up to 30 percent more battery life from the Droid Razr.
As for other software features, Droid Razr is the first phone to carry MotoCast, a service that allows content to be shared between mobile devices and a PC. Jha said that while "we all believe that all of our content will be in the cloud at some point," the majority of consumers' photos, music and other files still currently reside on PCs at home or at the office.
Jha said MotoCast "could be quite a powerful piece of software" because multiple members of a household could share content among their mobile devices while using the PC as a central hub.
MOTOACTV will go on sale on Nov. 6 and come in two versions, an 8 GB device costing $249 and a 16 GB one costing $299.
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