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Motorola Reviving the Razr as a $1,500 Bendy Phone Is a Bad Idea, but I'm Curious as Hell

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The Motorola Razr was undoubtedly the phone of the mid-2000s. It was a tantalizing vision of the future that featured a super compact body with slick metallic keys and two freaking screens. And while its debut in 2004 came about a decade and a half ago, if this new report from the Wall Street Journal is true, Motorola is going to try to resurrect the Razr for 2019.
The Motorola Razr was undoubtedly the phone of the mid-2000s. It was a tantalizing vision of the future that featured a super compact body with slick metallic keys and two freaking screens. And while its debut in 2004 came about a decade and a half ago, if this new report from the Wall Street Journal is true, Motorola is going to try to resurrect the Razr for 2019.
According to the story—which has the whiff of an intentional leak released to help fuel the hype—it seems that Lenovo (Motorola’s parent company) and Verizon have partnered to create a new Razr with a foldable screen that could go on sale as early as February, priced at around $1,500. Apparently, the new Razr wouldn’t just be a one-off, as the WSJ reports that Lenovo plans on making around 200,000 of the damn things.

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