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Motorola Launches The New Kevlar-proofed Droid Razr

 

By Lisa Carson

Kevlar-proofed? Yes. The Droid Razr is made with Kevlar fiber, the same thing your average body armour is made of (it is also fortified with Corning Gorilla glass, besides). The Droid Razr is also the world’s thinnest phone, measuring 7.1 mm in the thin-ness quotient. The iPhone 4S is 9.3 mm, incase you were wondering. These beauties also have a 4.3 inch display with more colors packed in than most LCD HDTVs.

If you are getting a Razr flashback here, you are not the only one with the deja vu on. Razr was actually among the most popular clamshell phones in the world, and launched around a decade ago or so from the Motorola stable. The ‘Droid’ Razr phones come from a different clone factory altogether.

The Droid Razr will be available in early November for $299.99 with a new two-year customer agreement from Verizon in the United States.
More Specs:

  • Weighs 127 grams
  • Runs on 4G, and is 4G LTE mobile hotspot capable
  • Has a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor
  • Powered by Android 2.3.5, Gingerbread
  • Comes with1GB RAM and 32 GB memory (16 GB on board and pre-installed 16 GB microSDcard)
  • Has a 8-megapixel rear camera with 1080p HD video capture and image stabilization and a front-facing
  • HD camera
  • Uses a water-repellent nanocoating
  • Has a remote wipe, pin lock and government-grade encryption
  • Runs on a1780 mAh battery. Up to 12.5 Hours Talk Time and Up to 8.5 days Standby Time.


Even  more specs: 
You can find the Droid Razr factsheet here.

(Lisa Carlin writes on gadgets and geeky things for techtaffy.com.  She can be reached at [email protected])

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