Motorola Droid Razr Release Date: Now Available for Shipping Throughout the US
Motorola's new smartphone, the Droid Razr, is now available through the online retail shopping portion of Verizon Wireless and Amazon.
Verizon Wireless customer can buy the Droid Razr for $649.99 without a contract or $299.99 with a two-year contract. A required data pack must be purchased, which costs $20 a month.
An early termination fee for Verizon Wireless might put off some people and will cost customers $350. This applies to those who were previously under a two-year contract agreement.
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Free overnight shipping can also be enabled when purchasing the smartphone from Verizon Wireless.
The wireless store for online retailer Amazon is also selling the Droid Razr.
Amazon offers its customers a comparatively low price of only $111.11. Free shipping is also a part of the deal.
The Droid Razr is billed as "the world's thinnest smartphone." It comes equipped with a reinforced case, a dual-core 1.2 Ghz processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 16GB of onboard memory (plus 16GB with a microSD card) and a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced display.
The Droid Razr is also capable of GPS navigation, Wireless-N Wi-Fi, Stereo Bluetooth 4.0 and 3G/4G LTE connectivity.
Google's Android 2.3 operating system is also compatible with Motorola's new device.
The wireless shop section of Amazon offered up a description of the Droid Razr: "Faster, thinner, stronger, the 4G-enabled, Android-powered DROID RAZR by Motorola for Verizon Wireless packs strength and smarts into a stylish package. Reinforced with Corning Gorilla Glass and encased in laser-cut KEVLAR fiber--the strongest material in smartphones--the DROID RAZR is compressed into a deceptively thin profile to create the thinnest 4G LTE smartphone."
"Slice through multiple tasks simultaneously with a dual–core 1.2 GHz processor and 1 GB of LP DDR2 RAM, and enjoy brilliant optics with the 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced display. A rear-facing 8-megapixel camera also allows you to capture stunning still photos and Full HD 1080p videos while on the go. It's also outfitted with a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera with HD 720p video recording for on-the-go chats."
