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today we're discussing the motorola
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motorola razer in this video we'll be
looking at the motorola razer
both as we knew it in the mid-2000s and
in its current smartphone iteration
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the tech marketplace is a fast-paced and
crowded one
new products come and go many without
ever making much of an impression on
consumers
every now and then however a device
comes along that feels emblematic of a
period of time
and in this industry a few years can
feel like a lifetime
from late 2004 until the decline of flip
phones around 2008
the motorola razer was the phone to own
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flash forward roughly a decade and a
half from its initial release and this
fan favorite device has gotten a new
lease on life as a smartphone
the original razer released in 2004
quickly became the must-have phone of
its time
it was a status symbol it was cool it
felt like a perfect marriage of style
and functionality
the v3 model alone managed to sell 130
million units
making it the best-selling clamshell
design phone in history
and that's not even taking into account
the razer ii with its sleek design
the motorola razer was initially
heralded as a fashion phone
a conversation starter with a price tag
to match but the cost quickly came down
and it went from status symbol to the
logical choice
you couldn't walk down the street
without seeing a razor in the hand of a
passerby
characters in movies and television use
them my flight
has been cancelled it's some absurd
weather problem i need to get home
tonight the twins have a recital
tomorrow morning at school
what at school absolutely let me see
what i can do good
it was even one of the player tokens in
the 2006 edition of monopoly here and
now
ask anyone who owned a razorback in the
auts and they will likely tell you that
it was their favorite phone
at least pre-smartphone technology the
most important thing for a phone to get
right was style
and the razer series had style to spare
revealed in 2004 motorola's v3
was the thinnest phone around built from
aluminium with a nickel-plated keypad
this thing looked phenomenal there's an
enduring fondness for this device
during its lifespan it didn't
necessarily beat out the competition in
terms of specs
but it was a testament to the fact that
specs aren't
everything what it offered were
competitive specs
in a package that was both beautiful and
undeniably functional
the razer v3 will always stand as a
testament to the power
of really striking design razer we
salute you
when talking wistfully about the
original razer it's easy to get caught
up in the aesthetics
but it's important to remember that
motorola achieved that sleek profile
through innovative design
at the time this was the slimmest
clamshell design
on the market the keypad addressed the
increasing shift towards texting
by offering buttons that felt huge for
the time but
made typing a breeze compared to other
t9 options
the original razer might seem small in
hindsight but it was actually quite wide
by then current industry standards
this was a necessary design choice to
accommodate the tech
it also served to give the user a larger
than average screen
a design choice that acknowledged the
burgeoning interest in mobile gaming
the new motorola razer comes with its
own fair share of innovations
the most obvious difference from older
models is the foldable screen
this means a larger screen that takes up
less space and cannot be easily
scratched in a pocket or purse
unlike many other foldable phones which
fold vertically
the new razor states true to its roots
and folds horizontally
with that satisfying flip motion it's
intuitive and makes the phone especially
compact
there's still an external screen too
which now has much more functionality
of course when it comes to flip phones
it's all in the hinge
one of the main concerns with foldable
phones is their fragility
motorola collaborated with lenovo to
design a hinge that's actually an
elaborate system of different hinges
working in conjunction with sliding
plates
the result is a hinge that feels a bit
more rigid than the original
but sturdy and a screen that's seamless
when unfolded
while the flip still feels similar in
terms of specs the old and new razers
are worlds apart
it's kind of mind-blowing to look back
and think that the first razer in 2004
had 5.5 megabytes of internal memory
and no card slot simpler times
by contrast the model released in early
2020 features a snapdragon 710g
processor
six gigs of ram and 128 gigabytes of
storage
in reaction to mixed reviews the most
recent model the motorola razer 5g
improves on that with a 765 g
processor 8 gigs of ram and 256
gigabytes of storage
the battery capacity is 2 800 milliamp
hours
the original razer came with a 1.3
megapixel camera
eventually getting up to 2 megapixels in
subsequent models
some with a secondary camera naturally
the 2020 razer ups this considerably
with 16 megapixels
or 48 for the 5g model and an aperture
of
f 1.7 it can also shoot 4k video
the front camera of the newest model has
20 megapixels
which thanks to the clamshell design has
the potential to revolutionize your
selfie game
the most defining difference in
motorola's new razer is without a doubt
the folding technology
hard though it might be to believe the
razer v3s 2.2 inch
176 by 220 pixel display felt luxurious
back in 2004.
the modern razer by comparison has an
876 by 2142 pixel
6.2 inch flexible oled display compared
to conventional smartphones
these aren't groundbreaking specs but
relative to the folding competition
it's pretty impressive before we
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as for the front-facing screen at 600 by
800 pixels
the 2.7 inch quick view display is a
massive upgrade from flip phones of
yesteryear
but it's what the quick view display
represents that makes it stand out
in addition to checking the time users
can control music
and check notifications without opening
their phone and there are additional
applications on the horizon
the early days of the smartphone era
were exciting companies were pushing the
boundaries to make the ultimate
smartphone
innovation was apparent in every new
model but
it's no secret that over a decade later
the vast majority of smartphones have
largely adopted a uniform design
the other aspect of it is being driven
by the technology that's available
if you can only make batteries of a
certain form factor that's going to
drive
how big the phone can be in the shape of
the phone if you could only make a
screen of a certain form factor
it's exactly the same and that's why we
see phones that are flat
picking a smartphone's gotten kind of
boring and that's a big part of the new
motorola razer's appeal
it satisfies modern demands while
proving that there's still room for
innovation
and man do we miss that flip it's all
the same thing
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