Saturday, November 23, 2019

Flashback: Motorola RAZR V3 - the little clamshell that could

Can a phone be too successful? It's a weird thing to think about, but the Motorola RAZR may have been so successful that it tanked its parent company. Motorola invented the cell phone and the StarTAC was one of the very first flip phones. However, the most memorable phone it made is certainly the original RAZR. Confusingly called "V3", it came out in 2004. It had a sleek profile and was marketed as a fashion phone. While it started off as a premium device, its price fell over time and two years after launch Motorola had sold 50 million units. Motorola RAZR V3 Motorola kept...