Droid Razr

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Motorola Droid RAZR

Motorola Droid RAZR
Brand	Motorola
Manufacturer	Motorola
Slogan	Thinnest 4G LTE Android Smartphone
Series	Motorola Razr, Droid
Compatible networks	Droid Razr/Razr Maxx: dual-band CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A 800 1900 MHz LTE 750 MHz quad-band GSM, UMTS 850 900 1900 2100 MHz Razr/Razr Maxx: quad-band GSM, UMTS 850 900 1900 2100 MHz
First released	November 11, 2011 (2011-11-11)
Predecessor	Motorola DROID BIONIC
Successor	Droid Razr HD
Related	Droid Razr M Droid Razr i Droid Razr HD Droid 4
Type	Smartphone
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	130.7 mm (5.15 in) H 68.9 mm (2.71 in) W 7.1 mm (0.28 in) D (MAXX: 8.99 mm (0.354 in) D)
Weight	127 grams (4.5 oz) (MAXX: 145 grams (5.1 oz) )
Operating system	Android 4.1.2, Jelly Bean^[1]
System on chip	TI OMAP4430
CPU	1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9
GPU	PowerVR SGX 540 @ 300 MHz
Memory	1 GB RAM
Storage	16 GB Flash (8 ROM / 8 Internal Storage)
Removable storage	microSD comes with 16 GB card; Supports up to 64 GB SDXC^[2]^[3]
Battery	1,780 mAh 3,300 mAh (Droid Razr Maxx) Internal rechargeable li-ion
Display	Super AMOLED Advanced PenTile^[4] 4.3 inch 540×960 px qHD at 256 ppi
Rear camera	8 MP still, 1080p video
Front camera	1.3 MP with 720p HD video capture
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n Bluetooth 4.0 4G Mobile Hotspot aGPS (assisted) eCompass sGPS (simultaneous) GLONASS^[5]
Other	Talk Time: Up to 21.5 hours Standby Time: Up to approx. 15.8 days (Razr Maxx)
SAR	Head: 1.45 W/kg Body: 0.71 W/kg

The Droid Razr (GSM/UMTS version: Motorola Razr; both versions styled RAZR)^[6] is an Android-based, 4G LTE-capable smartphone designed by Motorola that launched on Verizon Wireless on November 11, 2011. It was announced on October 18, 2011 in New York City.

At launch, the RAZR was the thinnest smartphone in the world at only 7.1 mm thick on most of the device (it does, however, have a "bump" on top that's approximately 11.1 mm thick.) and includes a 4.3-inch (110 mm) super active-matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) advanced PenTile^[4] 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 Android version 4.1.2.^[7]

The Razr's successor, the Droid Razr HD, was announced on 5 September 2012.^[8]

Availability

The phone launched in the United States on November 11, 2011 at 11:11 AM.^[9]

The GSM/UMTS version was launched in India on 21 November 2011 at an MRP of 35,000. Motorola also stated a best buy price in selected retail stores of 33,990 for RAZR XT910.^[10]^[11]

In Australia, Motorola launched it along with the network operator Optus in Sydney, on 27 October 2011.^[12] But this is not 4G LTE variant.

In Europe it launched first in Bulgaria, debuting on December 12, 2011 from VIVACOM.^[13]

Hardware

Motorola Droid RAZR comes in the form factor of a slate with a diamond-cut aluminum chassis. The display is a 4.3 inch qHD (540 × 960) Super AMOLED Advanced PenTile[2] capacitive touchscreen that is covered by scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass with an oleophobic fingerprint-resistant coating.

The back cover is made with DuPont Kevlar fiber surrounded by a plastic structure. The internals of the Droid RAZR are packed the smartphone construction technique Component Lamination, which physically bonds each layer of components to each other to provide a stronger body. The whole phone is covered by an invisible layer of splash-proof nano coating, which makes the phone water-resistant to occasional liquid splashes.

The Droid RAZR features four touch-capacitive buttons with the respective functions of menu, home, back and search. It uses a dual microphone system for noise reduction.

Software

The phone comes preinstalled with Android version 2.3.6 Gingerbread. It uses a modified user interface called Motoblur that is focused in social networking. The main features of Motoblur in the Droid Razr are:

Unified Contacts. The contacts from all services are unified and duplicates are removed. This is often a source of errors as it has troubles distinguishing between unique contacts and copies.
Google apps. By default all the Google Apps present in the Stock Android are included, with the a modified UI and with Motorola services embedded.
Smartactions. A Motorola app designed to automate tasks based on a wide range of triggers such as; time, location, battery charge, Wi-Fi network, etc.
Webtop

The Droid RAZR is upgradeable to version 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The release of the update (soak test) began on March 8, 2013 for Verizon Wireless Users. The official Over the Air (OTA) update was released soon after.^[1]

Webtop

Similar to the Motorola Atrix 4G, it has the integrated 'Webtop' application from Motorola. The Webtop application is launched when the phone is connected to the external display through Laptop dock or HD multimedia dock. In Webtop mode, offering similar user interface of typical Ubuntu desktop, the phone can run several applications on external display such as Firefox web browser, SNS clients and 'mobile view' application enabling total access of Atrix and its screen. In September 2011, Motorola released the source code of Webtop application at SourceForge.^[14]

Webtop 3.0

With the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade, Webtop is now called Webtop 3.0 and no longer consist of a separate Linux OS. Instead, when the phone is connected to an external monitor via HDMI (lapdock or multimedia dock is no longer required) and webtop is chosen, the phone switches to the tablet UI in ICS and is able to run all the existing applications on the phone.^[15]

Successors

Droid Razr Maxx

Motorola released a version of the Droid Razr carrying a higher capacity battery. The RAZR MAXX is equipped with a 3300 mAh Li-Ion battery,^[16] an 85% increase in capacity over the 1780 mAh battery in the original RAZR. Due to the battery's larger physical size, the RAZR MAXX's overall thickness is larger at 8.99 mm.^[16]

RAZR V

The RAZR V is considered a generational upgrade of the original Droid Razr. The RAZR V has improvements over the original such as Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and an easier to grasp form-factor, but there are also some cost-cutting measures in order to reduce the price, since the original Droid Razr was positioned as a flagship smartphone. In Canada, the RAZR V launched on Bell Mobility and Virgin Mobile and WIND Mobile. However, the RAZR V is still priced above that of a feature phone and it is not much cheaper than flagship (high-end) smartphones with better specs, such as Motorola's own Razr M and Razr HD.

Motorola RAZR M and Motorola RAZR i

See Motorola RAZR M

See Motorola RAZR i

Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr Maxx HD

See Droid Razr HD

Unlocked bootloader

There is a Droid Razr variant that features the same characteristics as the Droid Razr with the difference of having an unlockable bootloader. All Razrs now can be unlocked, provided they aren't the old OMAP processor.^[17] This device, the Motorola RAZR developer edition, is currently sold in Europe.^[18]

The developer edition features the capability of unlocking its bootloader by a tool found in the Motorola Mobility website. The unlock bootloader gives developers the ability to flash custom ROMs onto the phone without the need to use alternative bypasses such as Safestrap, it also provides easy root access^[19] without the need to use specific root exploits such as the Verizon variant (XT912) and the international variant(XT910).^[20]