Leading smartphone manufacturers are reportedly hard at works on their versions of these hotly-anticipated smartphones. It is hardly surprising that Motorola is jumping on the foldable, dual-screen phone bandwagon.
Nearly fifteen years ago, the American multinational telecommunications company introduced the Razr series. If rumors making the rounds online are anything to go by, Motorola is gearing up to breathe new life into the brand by launching a new foldable phone under the coveted series.
Adding fuel to the fire of rumors about a new foldable RAZR phone, XDA Developers recently confirmed that Motorola is indeed making a smartphone that will feature two displays. Citing its own sources and a slew of disclosed software features, the site claims that the device is Motorola’s revamped RAZR phone.
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A patent that surfaced online in January this year implies the revamped Motorola RAZR will come with a second display, which will be placed outside and show various information. Regrettably, a full Android experience will be highly unlikely, the report indicated.
Motorola will restrict specific applications from accessing the secondary display. In fact, there’s hearsay that only a few pre-installed apps including Moto Camera, Moto Actions, and Moto Display will be allowed to use the secondary display initially.
Other functions of the secondary screen include ceaselessly displaying about six Quick Settings tiles. Apparently, these will comprise options like NFC, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. Customization could be made available.
On the downside, the next-gen Motorola RAZR could set you back a pretty penny. Thanks to its newfangled design, the phone will be carrying a steep price tag of about $1,500. Moreover, only 200,000 units are rumored to be manufactured. The purported phone is expected to hit the store shelves later this year via Verizon. Under the hood, the much-awaited foldable flagship phone from Motorola will pack Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855. It will reportedly ship with 8GB of RAM and offer 128GB of internal storage capacity.
Taking the steep price tag into consideration, it looks like Motorola will also be offering more premium configurations in the near future. The announcement of the new foldable phone is expected to coincide with 15th anniversary of the first Motorola RAZR smartphone.
The phone could be announced during the summer months and made available to the huge Motorola RAZR fanbase and other smartphone users either in late August or early September.
