Motorola’s RAZR returning as $1,500 folding smartphone

14:59 • 17.01.19

The legendary Motorola RAZR might be making a comeback as a $1,500 foldable screen smartphone, and it could launch as early as February, the Verge reports, citing the Wall Street Journal.

The original RAZR was one of the most iconic cellphones ever made, and it seems that Motorola’s parent company Lenovo is looking to cash in on that branding with an updated foldable phone (similar to the one that Samsung has teased for later this year). Per the WSJ, the new RAZR will be exclusive to Verizon in the US with a planned February launch, although the device is still in testing and details have yet to be finalized.

According to the Daily Mail, only 200,000 units of the reboot Razr are expected to be manufactured, meaning that it is likely to be a limited edition device at first. 

 After being buried in a digital grave since 2008, Lenovo-owned Motorola is set to revive the world's most popular flip phone with a $1,500 version that includes a folding screen

Motorola was never able to reproduce the popularity of the original Razr V3, which went from being a high-end status symbol to even more ubiquitous than BlackBerry phones

The Razr was released as a high-end device, with soccer star David Beckham touting it early on. It was later dethroned after Apple debuted the iPhone in 2007 with a flashy touchscreen

Motorola’s RAZR returning as $1,500 folding smartphone