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i'm still using my trusty motorolla razr

faitswulff 10y ago
If you're not joking, I'm curious how long the battery lasts nowadays. Has it significantly declined since you first got it?
- mi100hael 10y ago
  It has one of those old-fashioned replaceable batteries, so he could always just buy a new one if it goes downhill.
  - slededit 10y ago
    That's assuming they are still manufactured. With my old blackberry there were batteries on Amazon, but they were clearly expired stock and could barely hold a charge.
    - joosters 10y ago
      Some batteries seem to live on. I bought a no-name cheap dashcam for my car, and was surprised to see that its battery was identical to the one in my first Nokia phone.
- cptskippy 10y ago
  If he's referring the flip phone, and not the Droid Razr, then we're talking about a phone that had a standby time measured in weeks. At best it lasts probably 10x longer than today's smartphones so even a 75% reduction in battery life is still better than what we deal with today.
  - shinratdr 10y ago
    It's amazing how long a battery can last when it's connected to a device that doesn't do anything. Have you ever measured the battery life of a battery still in the package? It's amazing, standby time is like years.
    - vsgxvhdxh 10y ago
      Some people still want their phone to (1) make phone calls (2) make phone calls. For them a phone that makes phone calls and the battery lasts a week is far more full featured.
      - shinratdr 10y ago
        Yeah and some people still want a typewriter. They can have one. That doesn't make it any more useful than the one trick device it is.
j45 10y ago
Razr is what the startac should have been.
- djrogers 10y ago
  The razr came out 7 years after the startac - there's no way they could have built the razr with 1996 technology. That's like saying the McLaren F1 is what the ford model T should have been...
  - j45 10y ago
    I was linking the startac as being the original Razr :)
runjake 10y ago
With the in-built BREW environment and the SIM "capabilities", it's probably a lot less "trusty" than an iPhone -- especially an iPhone with iCloud turned off. More luddite doesn't always mean more secure.
- hackuser 10y ago
  In what ways is BREW secure and insecure?
komali2 10y ago
But...why?
JadeNB 10y ago
A feature of the Razr that I desperately miss from modern phones: it would fire the alarms even when the phone was turned off. Somehow this ability has been lost on smartphones, and people behave as if it is a technical impossibility, but the Razrs managed it.
- nicky0 10y ago
  Yep, the old Nokias did that too
iblaine 10y ago
Motorola Brick here. My hipster street cred is through the roof.

If you're not joking, I'm curious how long the battery lasts nowadays. Has it significantly declined since you first got it?

mi100hael 10y ago
It has one of those old-fashioned replaceable batteries, so he could always just buy a new one if it goes downhill.
- slededit 10y ago
  That's assuming they are still manufactured. With my old blackberry there were batteries on Amazon, but they were clearly expired stock and could barely hold a charge.
  - joosters 10y ago
    Some batteries seem to live on. I bought a no-name cheap dashcam for my car, and was surprised to see that its battery was identical to the one in my first Nokia phone.
cptskippy 10y ago
If he's referring the flip phone, and not the Droid Razr, then we're talking about a phone that had a standby time measured in weeks. At best it lasts probably 10x longer than today's smartphones so even a 75% reduction in battery life is still better than what we deal with today.
- shinratdr 10y ago
  It's amazing how long a battery can last when it's connected to a device that doesn't do anything. Have you ever measured the battery life of a battery still in the package? It's amazing, standby time is like years.
  - vsgxvhdxh 10y ago
    Some people still want their phone to (1) make phone calls (2) make phone calls. For them a phone that makes phone calls and the battery lasts a week is far more full featured.
    - shinratdr 10y ago
      Yeah and some people still want a typewriter. They can have one. That doesn't make it any more useful than the one trick device it is.

j45 10y ago

Razr is what the startac should have been.

djrogers 10y ago
The razr came out 7 years after the startac - there's no way they could have built the razr with 1996 technology. That's like saying the McLaren F1 is what the ford model T should have been...
- j45 10y ago
  I was linking the startac as being the original Razr :)

runjake 10y ago

With the in-built BREW environment and the SIM "capabilities", it's probably a lot less "trusty" than an iPhone -- especially an iPhone with iCloud turned off. More luddite doesn't always mean more secure.

hackuser 10y ago
In what ways is BREW secure and insecure?

komali2 10y ago

But...why?

JadeNB 10y ago

A feature of the Razr that I desperately miss from modern phones: it would fire the alarms even when the phone was turned off. Somehow this ability has been lost on smartphones, and people behave as if it is a technical impossibility, but the Razrs managed it.

nicky0 10y ago
Yep, the old Nokias did that too

iblaine 10y ago

Motorola Brick here. My hipster street cred is through the roof.