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Motorola’s history of innovation: the original RAZR

April 24, 2012 : BY Motorola

If you’ve had a long relationship with Motorola devices, chances are that you toted a MOTORAZR around in your pocket. We’re not talking about the DROID RAZR by Motorola you’ve come to know and love, we’re throwing it back to the original RAZR.

The super-stylish MOTORAZR set a trend for cell flip-phones– starting with its launch in 2004, starting the trend of thin being in. More than 130 million devices were sold, making it the best-selling flip-phone of all time.

But, there’s more to this beloved device than flipping-to-answer and text messaging with T9 word. Innovation was at the heart of the MOTORAZR. The 13.9 mm thin phone used aircraft-grade aluminum to achieve several design and engineering innovations, including a nickel-plated keypad. It was sturdy, strong and stylish.

Our history of innovation didn’t start or stop with the MOTORAZR. Visit our decades of milestones on Facebook to take a peek at the advances that Motorola has made and tell us your favorite MOTORAZR memory in the comments.

Tagged as: flip phone, heritage, history, innovation, motorola, original razr, razr

  • Nathan

    loved my Razr when I went touch screen I passed it my brother-in-law and he passed it on to a niece and it was still running strong for three more years till it finally got lost. I sure wish AT&T carried the new one. I am currently rocking the Atrix and like it real well.

  • http://www.facebook.com/victoriarobinsonbarton Victoria Barton

    my husband and i both had the original razor I dropped the heck out of that phone and it still worked great. I still have it in a box somewhere. My In-laws are actually still using their Motorola Razors.

  • Robin

    That was just a great phone and one of the best phones I ever had, work wonderful and I had to get a new phone cause I was talked in to it you need to upgrade, man was that a mistake the only thing that was better on the new phone was the camera, lol and it work even after i drop it in the lake great phone.

  • Cristina S

    I got the phone 6 years ago, from my parents as a gift! It was the coolest phone ever and I knew that all of my friends wanted one, but I was the only one that had it…and I walked around very proud through the high-school corridors hoping that some one will at least text me…

    Ah the glory days…But I still have it, and the battery still holds 4 days! Its a brilliant phone, and if my husband wouldn’t have given me a newer one, even now, it would still be my main phone. I simply love it!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Yury-Cassini/100000157360496 Yury Cassini

    O verdadeiro sucesso de vendas, com mais de 130 milhões de unidades vendidas, sendo referencia de design, tecnologia e sofisticação, pena que a Motorola só via o V3 como obra prima e se esqueceu de inovar e infelizmente havia ficado parado no tempo, aí veio o iPhone e isso foi o início do fim, perdas virão, CEOs se recusaram ao posto, produtos ficaram obsoletos e ultrapassados, quando ela percebeu que havia perdido espaço, tento recuperar o tempo perdido e fracassou, aí minha Moto se afundou na lama do prejuízo com bilhões de dólares de prejuízos a cada semestre, até Jhay investir tudo no Android e foi o sucesso, o Android só é o que é graças a Motorola com o seu DROID (conhecido como MILESTONE) *—-* hoje a companhia pertence a gigante de Montain View e pretende bater de frente com a gigante de Cupertino! Que venha produtos revolucionários e únicos, pois quem ganha com isso somos nós consumidores, e isso realmente vai estimular a concorrência e o desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Yury-Cassini/100000157360496 Yury Cassini

    I ♥ MOTO4EVER

  • Sirensong4u

    I still have mine and am still using it cause i cant give it up ..the reception is awesome! The best cellphone ever made!

  • Jimmy Agin

    My Wife still to this day uses her original RAZR. Can’t get her to part with it, although she is finally thinking of upgrading to the RAZR Maxx

  • Lmedei8443

    not only did me and my girlfriend bet one in 04′ but she still uses one today! she won’t part with it! they were the best and the new droid razr is the best today!

  • Kylep_x360_

    I still use my razor, can’t answer calls like a pro with new phones

  • http://www.facebook.com/manoj.potnuru4 Manoj Potnuru

    I still use it…Its simple & best..

  • Amir Baker

    Yes, MOTORAZR is the most beautiful piece of art. These day, I don’t really care how peoples look strangely at me as I flipped my RAZR. Although this phone got left behind nowadays, as long my RAZR is in my pocket I feel very proud of it. I play with my RAZR everyday, I really cherish my moment with RAZR. Today, my 6 years-old RAZR had broke its wings. But still, I always look at it everyday. Waiting for it to shine again. Thank you for making my day RAZR…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=630507067 Timothy Young

    I remember my Razrs. I had the first and the second editions. I remember getting my second one and, after a month, I gave it a ride on the side rail of my F-150 for about 2 miles until it fell off and I … RAN OVER IT. It still worked, although barely so as long as it was kept in its leather case. It did die, though, but just as my replacement came. I loved my flip phones, but I reckon the Android “Smartphone” is progress… *sigh*

  • Nicolas

    RAZR is Awesome Phone Ever… The LEGEND!!!