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Taking into consideration issues which iPhones and nostalgia this is perfect time for an iconic brand to enter the market

workthrowaway 7y ago
the one thing i am nostalgic about are buttons. someone please bring buttons back! so i can once again dial a number without looking at my phone or letting the whole world know...
cdmckay 7y ago
What issues with iPhones?
bonestamp2 7y ago
> Nostalgia It's true, I was so excited as I scrolled down the page and convinced myself that I'd get one just because I loved my RAZR from 2005. But then I got to the $1500 price tag. Now, I bought a $1350 phone a couple months ago so it's not that I wouldn't pay $1500 for a phone. The problem is everything that this phone is not (and that my other phone is). The folding screen is cool, and this is the perfect application for it. But, I think they're going to have trouble getting $1500 for someone's main phone if it only has one camera lens. There will no doubt be some diehards, and if they can get the price of this down to typical Android flagship pricing then they might see some traction. But at $1500, it's going to be a very limited market (and maybe that's their goal).
- ss3000 7y ago
  > But, I think they're going to have trouble getting $1500 for someone's main phone if it only has one camera lens. Has it really come to this? I'd gladly buy a phone with a single mediocre camera as a daily driver if all the other specs are flagship-class (which sadly the Razr's are not) and if it means saving a few hundred bucks off the hardware and R&D of the latest and greatest camera tech. Am I in the minority now?
  - TomMarius 7y ago
    I would never pay that much money for a phone without a very good camera. A cheaper phone with mediocre camera, why not, but a $1500 phone must have a perfect camera.
- eloisant 7y ago
  Early adopters are paying a premium because foldable screens are new, wait a couple years and you'll have cheaper phones in the same form factor.
- zuminator 7y ago
  It has two cameras, a 16MP front-facing camera and a 5MP camera for selfies. See the specs highlighted in the Verge article: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20963294/motorola-razr-new-foldable-smartphone-android-hands-on-flip-phone-photos-video https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20963294/motorola-razr-n...
  - bonestamp2 7y ago
    Fair enough. I was more thinking multiple primary cameras with different focal lengths. Most flagships now have 2+ primary cameras with different focal lengths.

workthrowaway 7y ago

the one thing i am nostalgic about are buttons. someone please bring buttons back! so i can once again dial a number without looking at my phone or letting the whole world know...

cdmckay 7y ago

What issues with iPhones?

bonestamp2 7y ago

> Nostalgia It's true, I was so excited as I scrolled down the page and convinced myself that I'd get one just because I loved my RAZR from 2005. But then I got to the $1500 price tag. Now, I bought a $1350 phone a couple months ago so it's not that I wouldn't pay $1500 for a phone. The problem is everything that this phone is not (and that my other phone is). The folding screen is cool, and this is the perfect application for it. But, I think they're going to have trouble getting $1500 for someone's main phone if it only has one camera lens. There will no doubt be some diehards, and if they can get the price of this down to typical Android flagship pricing then they might see some traction. But at $1500, it's going to be a very limited market (and maybe that's their goal).

ss3000 7y ago
> But, I think they're going to have trouble getting $1500 for someone's main phone if it only has one camera lens. Has it really come to this? I'd gladly buy a phone with a single mediocre camera as a daily driver if all the other specs are flagship-class (which sadly the Razr's are not) and if it means saving a few hundred bucks off the hardware and R&D of the latest and greatest camera tech. Am I in the minority now?
- TomMarius 7y ago
  I would never pay that much money for a phone without a very good camera. A cheaper phone with mediocre camera, why not, but a $1500 phone must have a perfect camera.
eloisant 7y ago
Early adopters are paying a premium because foldable screens are new, wait a couple years and you'll have cheaper phones in the same form factor.
zuminator 7y ago
It has two cameras, a 16MP front-facing camera and a 5MP camera for selfies. See the specs highlighted in the Verge article: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20963294/motorola-razr-new-foldable-smartphone-android-hands-on-flip-phone-photos-video https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20963294/motorola-razr-n...
- bonestamp2 7y ago
  Fair enough. I was more thinking multiple primary cameras with different focal lengths. Most flagships now have 2+ primary cameras with different focal lengths.