After months if not years of rumours and speculation, the Motorola Razr, which was a household name in the mid-00s at the height of the popularity of flip-phones, is back.It's had a 2020 reboot from Motorola and was launched on Wednesday, 13 November 2019 at an event in Los Angeles. The specs are now known, as is the price, the countries it will go on sale in, and some of the networks that will be carrying it.Our thoughts on the modern-retro clamshell are below, but first why not check out this hands-on 2020 Motorola Razr review video from our colleagues at TechRadar? 2020 Motorola Razr price and availabilitywent live in the UK on EE on Wednesday 22 January with prices starting at £94 a month with an up-front cost for the phone of £100. That gets you 10GB of data on a 24-month contract.
EE says people who place pre-orders can expect despatch within 28 days.In the US, pre-orders will be available on contract at Verizon starting on 26 January while the phone will be out on 6 February. The US Motorola Razr price is $1,499.99, or $62.49/month on a 24-month contract. It will also be available unlocked from Walmart and on Motorola.com. (Image credit: Motorola)The camera is definitely not class-leading, the processor is upper mid-range and the battery capacity is on the small side (it's even smaller than the, which we criticised for having middling battery life).
It's also worth noting that while the screen folds, you don't actually get any more screen than you do on a non-folding smartphone, unlike the Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X which offer big-screen tablet modes. Oh, and it doesn't ship with the latest version of Android.On the upside, the phone folds down to be small enough to fit in the pockets of most jeans (which can be a challenge with many of today's phones) and, when folded, that screen is protected from potential scratches and other damage. The secondary screen on the outside of the device is a really nice touch which enables you to view notifications without having to open the handset. And, it can't be denied, the phone definitely looks very cool.So should you buy it? If you want powerful handset that rocks the best camera, the fastest processor and a massive battery, then no.
But if you want a phone that will turn heads, start conversations and that looks cool – and you have $1,500 to spare – then sure, consider the Motorola Razr.We'll reserve our judgement until we've spent a few days with the handset and given it an in-depth review. (Image credit: Future)If you are thinking about buying a clamshell phone, you might also want to wait to see if Samsung's new handset concept makes it into production as that could well steal the Motorola Razr's thunder.Samsung's concept was shown on 29 October 2019, when the company took to the stage at the Samsung Developers Conference to. Unlike the Galaxy Fold, which folds on a vertical axis, the new concept phone folds on its horizontal axis, exactly like the Motorola Razr. Dutch site took the presentation slide and mocked up a gorgeous 3D model which you can see below. (Image credit: DroidShout)That was followed by a fourth leak just a few hours before the 13 November launch event where images that were posted to the website of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) were spotted.
They're not the clearest of images but they do show the new handset in its folded and unfolded form and they match earlier leaks, leading us to believe that these are genuine.What can just about be seen in these new images is a probable rear-mounted fingerprint sensor on the back beneath a Motorola logo, a camera on the rear, and a USB-C port on the bottom of the handset. What's missing from the handset is a headphone jack and, although the pics are low res, we can't see a front-facing selfie camera on the phone. (Image credit: FCC)Open up the new Motorola Razr and you can see just how the design has changed from the original. According to the patent schematics and rumours from the supply chain, the new Razr will have a foldable OLED display that runs the length of the handset and that's what the leaked images confirm.While the Razr will still have a hinge, it will be hidden from view by the pliable display whenever you're using the smartphone. Illustrations from the Motorola patent, first reported by, reveal a detailed look at the Razr's form factor Motorola Razr official press imagesOn Sunday 28 April 2019, images purporting to be official press renders of the 2020 Motorola Razr briefly appeared on Chinese social networking site Weibo before being quickly pulled down. They were then reposted to.The images show the folding phone leaning against its prism-shaped packaging.
A second image shows the contents of the packaging, which seem to be a wireless charger, a USB-A to USB-C cable, a USB-C-to-3.5mm audio cable (which suggests that there will be no headphone jack on the new Razr), earbuds andthe Motorola Razr V4.Are they genuine? To us, these renders look decidedly non-luxurious for a phone that is expected to cost in the region of $1,500.
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So if they are actually from Motorola, or a company acting on its behalf, they're most likely early rough renders that were never intended to see the light of day.
I don't use actual Sprint service - it's Ring Plus, which is an MVNO of Sprint with the same activation policies. I just did it online be typing in the ESN and hitting activate. I then dialed 74663#1(fn)(fn), input the MSL, put the MSID in the MIN slot, and updated the home SID for my location. That's all it took. Turns out when a phone is really old and doesn't let you enter both an MDN and MSID, the MSID alone is good enough, even if your number is non-WLNP compliant. Only issue is the phone doesn't know its own correct phone number, but that is not terribly important. I'm pretty sure analog-only phones are no longer supported.
From what I remember (and a quick search seems to confirm), on February 18, 2008, the 'Analog to Digital Transition' FCC directive went into effect and all of the wireless analog signals were shut down.That being said, Sprint's wireless history is so convoluted that I'm not 100% sure the Sprint brand ever had any analog-only devices. Sprint's various wireline and wireless services have been split enough over the years that some of them eventually merged into Alltel and thus Verizon. Vintage chromalox heater.