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high-fashion handsets. Flash forward to 2020, and the new Razr is the
coolest phone I’ve seen in years. Motorola took the Razr legacy seriously
here, delivering a similarly slim, beautiful, fashionable device. But to get it so
thin and for it to be able to work without overheating, the company made too
many compromises on performance. The Razr has startlingly short battery life
and a poor camera, and it actually makes creaking noises when you open and
close it. Everything is subordinate to the design, resulting in a phone that looks
and feels like a $1,500 statement piece but sure doesn’t perform like one.A SERIOUS DESIGN STATEMENT
The Razr experience starts with a really cool box that’s actually a stand,
displaying the folded-open phone like a futuristic monolith. It isn’t a charging
stand, though, as there’s no way to route a power cable through the bottom. So
like most product boxes, you’ll probably just throw this one away.Motorola Razr (2020): Not
Quite There Yet
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