Motorola RAZR2

The Motorola RAZR2 (often stylized as RAZR²) is a series of clamshell/flip mobile phones from Motorola, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. It is the successor to the popular RAZR series.

The RAZR2 is 2 mm thinner than its predecessor but slightly wider.

V8

Motorola RAZR2 V8

Manufacturer	Motorola
Availability by country	July 2007
Weight	117 g
Memory	420 MB or 2 GB internal memory
Display	240x320 pixels, TFT LCD, 256K colours
Rear camera	2MP

The RAZR² V8 was released in July 2007. As of October 15, 2007, T-Mobile had offered the V8 model. It has 420 MB on board memory, but there is a version with 2 GB on board memory. It also features EDGE.

The RAZR2 V8 runs the MOTOMAGX operational platform, based on the MontaVista Linux OS^[1] rather than the previous Motorola phone OS called P2K (based on Versatile Real-Time Executive).

V9m

Motorola RAZR2 V9m

Manufacturer	Motorola
Availability by country	June 29, 2007
Weight	117 g
Memory	65 MB internal memory
Display	240x320 pixels, TFT LCD, 256K colours
Rear camera	2MP

The RAZR2 V9m was released through SK Telecom on June 29, 2007, and Verizon Wireless on August 29, 2007 in the US.^[2] RAZR2 V9m- 2 Mbit/s EV-DO, 65k color display, 45 MB onboard memory, supports up to 2 GB microSD. It also has EV-DO.

V9

Motorola RAZR2 V9

Manufacturer	Motorola
Availability by country	September 1, 2007
Weight	125 g
Memory	45 MB internal memory
Display	240x320 pixels, TFT LCD, 256K colours
Rear camera	2 MP

The RAZR² V9 was released on September 1, 2007 and was exclusively made available through AT&T ^[3] It has 3.6 Mbit/s HSDPA, 262k color display, 3G, 512 MHz CPU, ~50 MB on board memory, and supports up to 32 GB microSD. It did not have EV-DO like the V9m.

The processor speed was doubled (compared to the V9m), and had a new feature called Crystaltalk.

V9x

Motorola RAZR2 V9x

Manufacturer	Motorola
Availability by country	December 2008
Weight	125 g
Memory	45 MB internal memory
Display	240x320 pixels, TFT LCD, 256K colours
Rear camera	2 MP

The RAZR² V9x was released in December 2008. Replacing the V9 on AT&T, the V9x adds support for AT&T's "AT&T Navigator" GPS software as well as Video Share. It has 3.6 Mbit/s HSDPA, 262k color display, 512 MHz CPU, ~50 MB on board memory, supports up to 8 GB microSD, video telephony and GPS.

TV commercial

The television commercial features the song Le Disko from the electronica band, Shiny Toy Guns. Also featured are models Nikolett Barabas and Matt Mullins in a fight scene involving using the phones to slash each other's clothes (like a namesake razor).

A RAZR2 commercial by Sprint for North America features several RAZR2's impaled into various objects. It then shows Eric Mangini, head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns, watching on his RAZR2 highlights of a Jets game that were critical of the team's performance; he flings the phone in disgust, with the phone impaling a car.

References

1. ^ RAZR2 embraces Linux, Java and Web - FierceDeveloper - wireless developer, wireless application, wireless development
2. ^ Motorola RAZR2 V9m From Sprint Offers Robust Multimedia Content
3. ^ http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/atandt-continues-razr-tradition/n20070810141909990011