Motorola had been a popular mobile phone brand for decades. They made their unique mark in early stage of analogue mobile phones as well as through the 2G and 3G era. When Android mobile OS come to play, they followed the trend and released many amazing handsets.
Down the way they separated mobile phone manufacturing division from the main company as Motorola Mobility. In 2012 Aug 15th Google acquired Motorola Mobility. The main objective of this acquisition is to manufacture better quality Android handsets for lower price.
Signature of the RAZR brand was their ultra thin mobile phone design. This was a great inspiration for other manufactures to do the same. RAZR brand is the initiator of the trend of ultra thin handsets we are enjoying today.
In 2012 September they announced another Android handset. In the first look, it’s same as any other RAZR. But when you take a look in to specification, it’s not the case. Motorola RAZR I XT890 is under NOG spotlight today.
Attractions in Motorola RAZR I XT890
Most of the specification in this phone is same as any other android phone. It’s having 4.3 inch super AMOLED display behind Corning gorilla glass with 540x960px resolution which gives it 256ppi of pixel density. Thickness is 8.3 mm and weight is 126 g.
It’s having all common connectivity features such as 3G, HSDPA, LTE, Wi-fi, BT, NFC and microUSB. RAM is 1GB and internal storage is 8 GB expandable via microSD slot up to 32 GB. It’s having 8MP shooter at back capable of taking HDR pictures and 1080p videos. Front facing camera is VGA. Everything is powerd by Android 4.0.4 ICS upgradable to 4.1 Jelly Bean.
After reading above specs you might ask “So what’s the catch about this phone?” The magic is in the processor.
Android on Intel Atom Processor
Intel Atom Processor is very popular for Netbook and Slate computers. It’s capable of running most desktop operating systems such as Windows 7 and Linux based Ubuntu. It’s consuming lesser energy and efficiency is at a greater level.
Android Mobile OS was originally designed to run on ARM processors. Almost all of Android handsets you can find in market are ARM based. Android is having a Linux core. So with some changes it should be able to run on mobile processes such as Intel Atom. Intel was working on this project for some time and they manage to introduce few prototype Android-Atom handsets as well.
Motorola RAZR I XT890 is having a 2GHz Intel Atom processor inside. Unlike many of other Android-Atom phones this have recent Android version 4.0 and upgradable to latest 4.1. This handset is having all the other modern features as well. This combination would be a new experience to Android users. And this could be a path changing handset which is having more processing power and better energy efficiency.
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