Motorola Announces DROID RAZR

Humberto Saabedra

DROID RAZR smallMotorola has officially announced the forthcoming launch of the DROID RAZR, making it the successor to the X2.

The DROID RAZR features a Gorilla Glass fronted 4.3-inch qHD resolution Super AMOLED display underpinned by a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, LTE radio, an 8.0 megapixel rear camera capable of 1080p HD video capture, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage with 16GB additional on the pre-installed microSD card and Lapdock 100/500 Pro support.

As part of the software bundle, SmartActions software has been pre-loaded to manage  battery life in real-time. A new personal cloud feature being included is called MotoCast. Video, photos, documents and music can be streamed straight to the phone from any Wi-Fi enabled PC as well as Citrix Receiver, Motorola Webtop and videoconferencing abilities for corporate users. The biggest changes to the hardware center on the lack of a user-removable battery as well as a Kevlar coating on the rear of the back plate.

The phone will be launched on Verizon next month for $299.99 after new 2 year agreement with pre-orders beginning on October 27th.

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