NEW DELHI: Motorola Mobility is all set to launch Razr smartphone in the Indian market next week, barely a fortnight after it unveiled the phone in the US with Verizon.The phone is yet to be launched anywhere in the world.

Sporting a 4.3-inch super-AMOLED advanced display, the successor to Motorola's iconic Razr phone is expected to be priced around Rs 32,000 in India. However, Verizon has announced the airtime bundled price of the Droid Razr (as it will be called in the US) will be $300, or around Rs 15,000, with a two-year agreement.

The India launch of what is touted as "world's thinnest 4G smartphone" will be part of a global high-octane launch by Motorola Mobility, its first major launch after acquisition by Google. The company has high hopes pinned on the product, especially after a lukewarm reception to its tablet Xoom.

Razr comes with front-facing 720p HD video camera and an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with 1080p HD video capture capability. It has 1GB of RAM, a dual-core 1.2GHz processor and runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

Razr also sports Kevlar fiber and Corning Gorilla Glass to withstand scratches and scrapes. According to the company, every part of Razr is protected by a splash-guard coating, including the electrical boards inside. The phone will offer upto 10 hours talktime or 13.5 days standby on 3G usage.

Its most successful predecessor, Moto Razr, was originally launched in summer of 2004. Over next four-years, Motorola sold over 130 million units of the phone, thus making it the best-selling clamshell (or flip phone) in the world.

Source: Times of India

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