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If you’re getting a serious dose of déjà vu, we’re right there with you. The RAZR i is a version of Motorola’s Droid RAZR M that’s headed to Europe and South America with a few differences. For the most part, though, it’s cut from the same Kevlar cloth: you get a 4.3-inch AMOLED screen with qHD (960 x 540) resolution, an 8-megapixel rear camera, a 2,000mAh battery and 5GB of built-in storage — with a microSD slot for expansion.

So what’s different? On the outside, the RAZR i gets a physical, two-stage camera button. It’s a welcome addition, but Intel reckons that its 2GHz processor is what you should be concerned with. It’s the highest-clocked Medfield processor we’ve seen yet — and perhaps more importantly, it’s been placed in a core phone-maker’s device. We’ve already come a long way from the Orange-branded San Diego. So how does this compare to the Qualcomm-powered (and LTE-capable) RAZR M? Will this Intel iteration charm us the same way? Join us after the break to find out.

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Google’s Chrome for Android browser has been updated to run on x86 processors, meaning Intel Medfield powered smartphones like Motorola’s RAZR i now play nicely with the app. Unveiled earlier this month, and set to go on sale in October, the RAZR i arrived with a few gaps in its software support, most notably the fact that Chrome wasn’t compatible with non-ARM processors.

That’s been fixed now, meaning RAZR i owners will have a choice of browsers when the smartphone hits shelves. It also means that existing Medfield-based phones – such as the Orange San Diego – can now use the app too, and since Intel is hoping to push the Atom chip as much as possible to Android phone and tablet manufacturers, it paves the way for more devices too.

The new Chrome for Android also includes various bugfixes and stability improvements, as well as some fixes to make third-party IMEs work better. It adds YouTube video controls to full-screen playback mode, and videos now continue playing after the phone has been locked and then unlocked.

There’s also location preference integrated at the system level. You can download Chrome for Android from Google Play, and find more on the RAZR i in our full hands-on.

Chrome for Android updated for x86: Plays nicely with Medfield RAZR i is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Soon after it’s unveiling, the Intel-based RAZR i showed up in Clove‘s listings with a SIM-free price of £342, and now it looks as if a few more outlets are pushing pricing details to the world. Expected to storm the UK in October, the phone should ship to Virgin Media customers for around £23 per month on its Premiere Tariff, while T-Mobilers will be able to score one for £0 to £31 per month depending on the contract. All told, not too shabby for the world’s first 2GHz Atom-backed Android phone, and if you’re eager to push all of this iPhone 5 stuff aside, at least you know precisely how many quid to save up between now and next month.

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This morning you’ll be greeted with lots of exciting news here at SlashGear. It was a big day today for the folks at Intel who announced their new Motorola RAZR i with Intel inside. On the other side of the smartphone spectrum those iPhone 5 orders are still selling like hot cakes you better hurry and order one soon.

Motorola and Intel’s joint event today in London unveiled what we all knew was coming, and that was the Motorola DROID RAZR M for the international crowd. They’ve named it the RAZR i and Intel managed to improve their new mobile processor to 2.0 GHz in this smartphone. For more details on the all new Motorola RAZR i take a peek at our hands-on coverage.

Late last night LG officially announced the new Optimus G smartphone — and boy does it have some impressive specs. With a quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, a 4.7-inch TrueHD IPS+ display, 2GB of RAM and a massive 13 megapixel camera this thing looks amazing on paper. For real world you’ll want to check out our LG Optimus G hands-on.

In other exciting news the Nook Simple Touch was hacked to run SEGA games, Contour’s new Contour+2 HD camera is on sale now — and has an update for their iPhone app. While we’re mentioning the iPhone Apple’s Jony Ive has teamed with Bono for a one-of-a-kind Leica M camera for charity. In other news Windows Phone 8X HTC Accord was leaked running with Verizon 4G LTE, and Samsung is calling out Apple’s iPhone 4 for looking like their old Samsung MP3 players — Interesting.

Stick around right here at SlashGear for more news all day long.

SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: September 18, 2012 is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Motorola has launched its first Intel-based Android smartphone, the Motorola RAZR i, a 4.3-inch handset running a 2GHz Intel chip. RAZR i uses a qHD Super AMOLED “edge to edge” display that, Motorola claims, delivers a 40-percent larger panel than an iPhone 4S, or a 15-percent larger display than an iPhone 5, size for size. On the outside, there’s Kevlar for tough, lightweight protection.

Motorola’s three goals with its latest range are speed, power management, and a demonstrable commitment to Android. “A phone is only half a phone if it only last halfway through the day,” Jim Wicks, senior VP of design at Motorola Mobility, said today. So, the RAZR i gets a 2,000 mAh battery good for 20hrs of mixed use.

Intel’s Atom processor is built using 32nm processes, and the chip company says there are big advantages to its faster silicon. Intel has apparently spent “years” polishing Android on x86, and bringing it up to speed with HyperThreading, so that Java and HTML performance is suitably swift.

You get NFC, as you’d expect from a modern Android phone, and Motorola has customized the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich UI with “circle” interface. Where it can, Motorola will be leaving the bootloader unlocked, too, for those who want to modify their handset.

As for the 8-megapixel camera, that starts up in under a second, and is capable of a 10 photo burst in a second. In fact, Motorola and Intel claim, the RAZR i is faster than a regular DSLR. A 0.3-megapixel camera is up front.

The Motorola RAZR i will hit select markets – including the UK on Orange, T-Mobile, Phones 4U, Virgin Media, and Tesco, and several countries in Europe – from the beginning of October.

Hands-on with the RAZR i here!

[Update: We originally reported a 720p HD display, but the RAZR i actually has a qHD display]

Motorola RAZR i official: 2GHz Intel Android smartphone is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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