The thin Android smartphone, the Motorola Razr is in the Netherlands. Phones from the Us manufacturer to come but rarely in the Netherlands. The Razr runs on Android 2.3, and a large part of the housing is 7.1 mm thick.
Motorola has as good as withdrawn from the Netherlands, so a lot of the smartphones of the American manufacturer no longer be on sale in Dutch shops. The last time a Motorola phone in many Dutch shelves was rugged Android smartphone Defy.
The Razr is on sale now for about five webshops in the Netherlands, for prices between 475 and 525 euros. The device runs on Android 2.3.5, which is covered by Motorola’s own skin. The used soc is a Texas Instruments Omap4430 with a clock speed of 1.2 GHz. The working memory has a size of 1GB. The housing is mostly 7.1 mm thick, making it the thinnest smartphone on the market. At the thickest point is the Razr, however, 10.6 mm thick. The iPhone 4 and 4S are everywhere equally thick, with 9.3 mm.
The Razr takes its name from the klaptelefoon from 2004, which in different variants is a big success for Motorola. The phone remained until the end of 2008, the best-sellers phone in the United States. The name, which referred to the small thickness, the new smartphone for the first time again.
Motorola is likely not long exist as an independent manufacturer; Google already has the agreement with Motorola has been reached on an acquisition for a sum of $ 12.5 billion. The authorities should the takeover still approve. Google wants Motorola’s patentenportfolio use to market themselves and the manufacturers of Android hardware to protect you in lawsuits. Motorola was one of the first tech who were engaged with the development of mobile phones and networks, making it a lot of patents in that area owns.
