Droid RAZR
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The Motorola Droid RAZR (GSM/UMTS
version: Motorola RAZR) is an Android-based, 4G LTE-capable smartphone
designed by Motorola
headed for Verizon Wireless in November 2011. It was announced on 18 October, 2011 in New York City.
The DROID RAZR by Motorola is the thinnest smartphone in the world at only 7.1 mm thick at its thinnest point (it does, however, have a "bump" on top that's approximately 11.1 mm thick.) and includes a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED
Advanced display, covered in a Gorilla glass
screen and a Kevlar
back plate. It is powered by an OMAP 4430 SoC with dual 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A9
processor cores. Its 8 megapixel rear facing camera can record 1080p HD videos. It comes with 1 GB of RAM and runs version 2.3.5 of the Android OS.
GSM/UMTS
version Motorola RAZR XT910 was launched in India on 21 November, 2011 at an MRP of 35,990. Motorola also stated a best buy price in selected retail stores of 33,990 for RAZR XT910.
, the international version will be sold with an unlocked bootloader, allowing the ability to flash custom ROMs onto the phone, and also providing easy root access
.
The US version is locked but can still be rooted.
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
version: Motorola RAZR) is an Android-based, 4G LTE-capable smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
designed by Motorola
Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. , formerly the Mobile Devices division of Motorola Inc. until January 2011, is a communications corporation headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Motorola's networks division pioneered the flip phone with the StarTAC in the mid-1990s...
headed for Verizon Wireless in November 2011. It was announced on 18 October, 2011 in New York City.
The DROID RAZR by Motorola is the thinnest smartphone in the world at only 7.1 mm thick at its thinnest point (it does, however, have a "bump" on top that's approximately 11.1 mm thick.) and includes a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED
Active-Matrix OLED
AMOLED is a display technology for use in mobile devices and televisions. OLED describes a specific type of thin-film display technology in which organic compounds form the electroluminescent material, and active matrix refers to the technology behind the addressing of pixels.As of 2011, AMOLED...
Advanced display, covered in a Gorilla glass
Gorilla Glass
Gorilla Glass, manufactured by Corning, is an alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass engineered specifically to be thin, light and damage-resistant. Its primary application is portable electronic devices with screens, such as mobile phones, portable media players, and laptop displays...
screen and a Kevlar
Kevlar
Kevlar is the registered trademark for a para-aramid synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. Developed at DuPont in 1965, this high strength material was first commercially used in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires...
back plate. It is powered by an OMAP 4430 SoC with dual 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A9
ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore
The ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore is a 32-bit multicore processor providing up to 4 cache-coherent Cortex-A9 cores, each implementing the ARM v7 instruction set architecture.-Features:Key features of the Cortex-A9 core are:...
processor cores. Its 8 megapixel rear facing camera can record 1080p HD videos. It comes with 1 GB of RAM and runs version 2.3.5 of the Android OS.
Availability
The phone launched in the United States on November 11th, 2011 at 11:11AMGSM/UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...
version Motorola RAZR XT910 was launched in India on 21 November, 2011 at an MRP of 35,990. Motorola also stated a best buy price in selected retail stores of 33,990 for RAZR XT910.
Unlocked bootloader
According to EngadgetEngadget
Engadget is a multilingual technology blog network with daily coverage of gadgets and consumer electronics. Though on appearance Engadget functions much like a blog and may be defined as such, much of its editorial content takes the form of an online magazine...
, the international version will be sold with an unlocked bootloader, allowing the ability to flash custom ROMs onto the phone, and also providing easy root access
Rooting (Android OS)
Rooting is a process that allows users of mobile phones and other devices running the Android operating system to attain privileged control within Android's Linux subsystem with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and manufacturers put on some devices...
.
The US version is locked but can still be rooted.