Motorola RAZR i

The Motorola RAZR i (XT890) is a smartphone designed by Motorola Mobility. It was officially announced on 18 September 2012 in London, UK.[2]

Motorola RAZR i/XT890

Brand	Droid Razr
Manufacturer	Motorola Mobility
Slogan	"The full screen phone"
Series	Motorola Razr
Compatible networks	2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE – 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz B1, B8 Rx Diversity 3G UMTS/HSPA+/W-CDMA – 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz
First released	18 September 2012
Related	Droid RAZR M
Type	Smartphone
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	4.82 in × 2.39 in × 0.33 in (122.43 mm × 60.71 mm × 8.38 mm)
Mass	4.44 oz (126 g)
Operating system	Android 4.4.2 KitKat[1]
System on chip	Intel Atom Z2480 Medfield
CPU	2 GHz single-core Saltwell with HT
GPU	PowerVR SGX 540 @ 400 MHz
Memory	1 GB RAM
Storage	8 GB flash memory
Removable storage	microSD supports up to 32 GB
Battery	2000mAh
Data inputs	Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen
Display	4.3″(10.9cm) edge-to-edge qHD Super AMOLED Advanced touchscreen, 540×960 pixels (256 dpi), 16M colors
Rear camera	8 megapixels HD video
Front camera	VGA (0.3 MP)
Connectivity	NFC, Bluetooth, Wifi
Other	Corning Gorilla Glass 2, DuPont Kevlar fibre
Website	razri.com

The RAZR i is the first smartphone by Motorola to feature an Intel Atom "Medfield" processor/SOC of the x86/IA-32 architecture, running a x86 port of the Android operating system. It is also the first smartphone with a CPU clocked at 2.0 GHz in its stock configuration.[3] Externally, it looks identical to its sibling Motorola RAZR M launched two weeks earlier in the US,[4] with which it also shares many of its specs. The RAZR i is an almost identical edition except it has an Intel Atom Z2460 processor., which gives it more processing power and imaging power; although it lacks LTE support.[5][6][7] Initially it was reported that it does not fully support many high-end apps and games designed for ARM processors until these apps or games are ported and recompiled for Intel compatibility.[8] However, Intel developed a binary emulator called Houdini that is present on the RAZR i, to allow ARM code to run on x86 architecture.[9] A test showed that the RAZR i was able to run most ARM Android apps thanks to the background emulation, but that a few apps would still not function.[10]

A special China-only version of the smartphone, the RAZR i MT788 was announced in November, 2012.[11]

The GPU in the RAZR i's Intel Atom Z2460 processor is a PowerVR SGX540, a faster-clocked version of the same GPU as in the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and many older smartphones such as the original Samsung Galaxy S. While the RAZR i's raw CPU processing power can be excellent for tasks such as web browsing, its GPU can be considerably slower than the RAZR M, which uses a Snapdragon S4 CPU featuring an Adreno 225 GPU.[12] This may be alleviated somewhat by the Atom Z2460 being capable of providing much greater memory bandwidth, which has traditionally been a severe performance-constraining factor in ARM-based chips.[13]

Despite being the first product from a "multi-year, multi-device" partnership between Motorola and Intel,[14] no other Intel-powered Motorola smartphone was ever released afterwards.

Specifications

Software

• Operating system: Android 4.4.2 KitKat

Chipset

• SoC: Intel Atom Z2460 Medfield
• CPU Architecture: x86 (IA-32)
• Processor: 32nm, 2000 MHz Saltwell with hyper threading (2 threads), single Penwell core, 568Kb total cache (MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, NX/XD, HT, BPT)[15]
• Memory: 1024 MB LPDDR2-800 RAM / 8192 MB ROM
• Available user storage space: ~5 GB
• Storage expansion: microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB

Display

• Display size: 4.3 inches
• Resolution: 540 x 960 pixels
• Pixel density: 256 ppi
• Technology: Super AMOLED Advanced
• Colors: 16777216
• Touchscreen: Capacitive, Multi-touch
• Special Features: Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glass, splash resistant coating

Camera

• Rear Camera:8 megapixels
• Front-Facing Camera: 0.3 megapixels VGA
• Flash:LED
• Features: Back-illuminated sensor (BSI), Auto focus, Burst mode, Digital zoom, Geo tagging, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
• Camcorder: 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps)
• Features: Video calling

Compatible Networks

• GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• UMTS:850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz

Connectivity and Communication

• Data: DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbit/s; HSDPA, 21 Mbit/s; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbit/s/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
• Positioning: GPS, A-GPS
• Communication: Wifi, NFC, Bluetooth

Battery

• Capacity: 2000 mAh

See also

• Motorola RAZR M

References

1. "https://motorola-global-en-uk.custhelp.com/app/software-upgrade-news/g_id/1994#gs=eyJndWlkZUlEIjoxOTk0LCJxdWVzdGlvbklEIjo0LCJyZXNwb25zZUlEIjoyMSwiZ3VpZGVTZXNzaW9uIjoiZlk1dUhzcm0iLCJzZXNzaW9uSUQiOiJmWVJ0SHNybSJ9
2. "Motorola announces Intel-powered RAZR i, launches in Europe next month". engadget.com.
3. "Intel and Motorola deliver the first 2GHz smartphone with Android-powered RAZR i". betanews.com.
4. "Motorola RAZR M 4G LTE pics and specs revealed: 4.3-inch qHD display, ICS, 1.5GHz dual-core". engadget.com.
5. "The worlds first 2Ghz Phone". TalkWorld. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
6. "Motorola RAZR i Fact Sheet". Motorola.
7. Shimpi, Anand Lal. "Motorola Hits 2GHz with Intel Powered RAZR i". AnandTech. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
8. Bader, Daniel. "Motorola and Intel launch the RAZR i with 2Ghz Medfield processor". MobileSyrup. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
9. https://murlengine.com/news/?murllang=en&murlnews=2014-08-12_android_x86_support
10. https://www.chip.de/test/Motorola-RAZR_i-Handy-Test_139890819.html
11. "Motorola's RAZR i MT788 announced with 2GHz Intel chip, heading to China Mobile next month". engadget.com.
12. Lal Shimpi, Anand. "Intel's Medfield & Atom Z2460 Arrive for Smartphones: It's Finally Here". AnandTech. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
13. Smith, Van. "The Coming War: ARM versus x86". Bright Side of News. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
14. https://www.theverge.com/2012/9/18/3351024/motorola-intel-medfield-phone-announcement
15. Intel Atom Z2480 specifications, CPU World