Take 1: Motorola Razr 2

Two Motorola takes in a row! Wow! Yes, I’ve realized that I’ve been quite partial to Sony Ericsson in the beginning (k850, w960), but can you blame me? My Sony Ericsson phone has been the only one which possesses quality enough to satisfy me.

Then again, in retrospect, I haven’t exactly used a Motorola before. I always thought their navigation menus were possibly the worst part of their phone; after all, they have quite decent specs and usually quite a consistent aesthetically-pleasing design (examples would be the Krzr which is a name that stumps me, Razr, the Rizr, and the Rokr; heck, even the Pebl looks quite nice).

And by far, Motorola’s most successful product would be the Razr, which took the record for highest-selling phone. Will it’s descendant, the Razr 2 be as successful?

Well, first off, how would Motorola improve upon the Razr? By trimming 2mm off it’s thinness, of course (as if the original wasn’t slim enough). There are now two bright colourful dual screens, as well as having the “greatest resolution on a 2.0″ screen” according to Motorola’s Press Release.

It also continues to carry the Razr’s metal look (which I personally always liked). It has been reinforced with REAL steel to contribute to a more “strengthened” core, a camera with chemically-hardened lens, and all the other stuff. If you really want to know more about the Motorola Razr 2, I suggest you read the press release (link right at the end of the previous paragraph). Sorry, but I’m quite tired of paraphrasing/re-listing their information.

Personally, I don’t think the Razr 2 will be nearly as successful as the original Razr. The original Razr featured a concept/design that was previously completely untouched, but the Razr 2 is just completely built on the Razr concept. I’m sorry Motorola, but I think you should’ve buried the slim-design with the Krzr and somehow designed a new one. Or, perhaps implementing a slide technique from the Pebl to the Razr 2 would’ve been nice (seriously!).

However, I do think their UI has been tweaked a bit; it now functions on Linux, which they believe to be the next step of mobile architecture (and I can’t argue with them on that one). Not that it will sell like hotcakes for that reason.

I really don’t know what to think of the Razr 2. It seems quite like an ordinary phone with a tired concept; then again, the Razr was more or less an ordinary phone, once you took out the concept and design.

Source: http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/05/moto-razr2-official.jpg