Could the LAZR be the RAZR 2?

And just when we thought "LAZR" was about the least creative name Motorola could've possibly dreamed up for its shiny morsel with the giant external screen, Boy Genius reports that the handset will roll out the door with the "RAZR 2" moniker instead. The choice of verbage there is actually very interesting, because it indicates that Moto views this clamshell as the true successor to the RAZR -- not only one of the first true fashion phones, but the singular device that pulled Motorola out of its rut and back into the manufacturer big leagues. Whether the RAZR 2 will be able to perform the same magic trick, of course, remains to be seen. Boy Genius also reports that the phone will be available in both GSM and CDMA versions (cross your fingers, Sprint and Verizon customers) and will in fact rock a memory expansion slot by the time it makes it into stores. We're wearing our lucky baseball caps today in the hope we see it in official form this week at CTIA in Orlando, and we suggest y'all do the same.

[matt @ Mar 25th 2007 1:45PM]

Looks awsome!

[Bob @ Mar 25th 2007 1:49PM]

:( and i was looking forward to plugging it in and at every opportunity spouting

"imma chargin mah LAZR"

...like a freaking idiot.

[Nate @ Mar 25th 2007 1:57PM]

Wow their that desparate? The Razr lost its coolness that never existed a long time ago.

[waLLy @ Mar 26th 2007 3:16PM]

Exactly. That's why everybody and their fracking dead grandmother owns one.

[WakeUpMoto @ Mar 25th 2007 2:08PM]

http://upload.pbase.com/image/76089955.jpg

looks like a RAZR to me, except they've removed the ugly hump, finally.

BTW, Moto needs a successor to the RAZR in that, once upon a time, people paid big $$$ to get one. Moto needs a hit because RAZR phones are basically free now, the cash wave is over.

Back then, there were no slim phones, so the RAZR was unique. That's not the case now, and further the brand has lost its cool, and further++ people are looking for more features these days and are likely to snap up a stupid Chocolate because it's different.

If this is all Moto has up its sleave, they're in big trouble imo.

[Gadget Chick @ Mar 25th 2007 2:16PM]

the battery life and the ui on the original razr is absolutely horrible. if they can approve them both and bump it up to at least a 2 megapixel camera, maybe i'll be interested. oh and it better not cost more than $300.

[Ed @ Mar 31st 2007 8:58AM]

I have read sooo much about poor battery life.I got the T-Moblie Razr a while ago,I get over three hours talk-time and approximately 5 days stand-by. I do not use the camera or the video capture,It is a phone and it does that very well. Three hours on a standard battery is fairly good.The only phone I have had better on is the Nokia 6030 or 630,I am not sure of the number.

[ScOObyDoo @ Mar 25th 2007 2:32PM]

LAMR

[Mike @ Mar 25th 2007 2:45PM]

No, that's not a new phone. It's just was they call the RAZR outside of Japan. Okay...bad joke.

[dan @ Mar 25th 2007 3:55PM]

So, that's the LAZR in the PICT between LITR and the SCPL? =)

Sorry... I couldn't resist. But seriously, these four letter abbreviation thing has got to stop now.

[NoONe @ Mar 25th 2007 4:16PM]

Lame.......get a nokia n75, n80 or any of the N series.

[nick @ Mar 25th 2007 4:19PM]

It should be the LMAO so you can be like "I'm LMAO cuz i have teh LMAO and u don't. Ooh that burn u like a shave wit a bad RAZR wit out shavin cream. [/cockiness]

[pyro @ Mar 25th 2007 4:28PM]

so when am I gonna get a TAZR?

[McGinley @ Mar 25th 2007 4:36PM]

How about a PHZR?

[Andy @ Mar 25th 2007 4:47PM]

nice knife.

[Ken @ Mar 25th 2007 5:15PM]

So when are we gonna see the BURGR, SLUGR, THIKR, FATR, the branding names will eventually get out of hand.

[Cupajo @ Mar 25th 2007 5:43PM]

A phone isn't "cool". A phone is a phone. Get over yourselves.

[oj @ Mar 25th 2007 6:44PM]

the RAZR is not a clamshell its a flip. a clamshell is shaped like an actual clamshell-roundish around the edges- theres lots of phones like that. and yes they're all flips as well, but that doesn't mean all flips are clamshells.

[paul @ Mar 26th 2007 12:36AM]

agreed nice microtech, i hve tht knife in graphite isn't it illegal? why put an automatic knife next to a legitimate item????

[dub @ Mar 26th 2007 11:08AM]

I've got a GSM RAZR V3 and battery life on it seems just fine to me. It may be outdated by today's phones, but I actually like it a lot.

That said, I haven't liked any of Moto's **ZR phones since the RAZR, if for no other reason than I don't like the shiney mirror finishes. I like the matte brushed-metal type finish of the original RAZR much better, makes it seem more like a tool than a piece of jewelry. My next phone will probably be the Dash though.

[anythingbutzero @ Mar 26th 2007 11:17AM]

looks just like my krzr k1m. my lame ass, glitchy, non-user friendly, bait-n-switch-ripoff-of-a-K1, k1m. they should have called it the krpr. (crapper!)

i don't see a line between the top and bottom of the flip. is this a slider like the slvr?

[mdwsta4 @ Mar 26th 2007 8:39PM]

i actually got a chance to play with this phone a few weeks ago except the one i used was more of a maroon color. not bad, but it's a big phone! think v3 maxx. i have pictures as well and was actually going to send them to engadget, but haven't had a chance to get them online yet. either way, the phone did nothing for me in terms of size or usability.

[Miguel @ Mar 27th 2007 2:52AM]

Wasn't the KRZR the second RAZR? I mean, it never caught on like the RAZR--sad, because it's a better-looking phone--but it was intended to be MOTO's new flagship, no?

[John Stiles @ Mar 27th 2007 6:10PM]

I like it!