Anyone worried about 'Motorola Fighter'?

**bheid33** · 03-20-2012, 12:17 PM

Those leaked shots of the new Verizon phone (supposedly dubbed "Motorola Fighter") have me worried that my new RAZR might just go to waste. If this ships with ICS, which it's lack of capacitive buttons seems to indicate, will it render our phones obsolete? Or am I irrationally worried? Any thoughts are welcome.

**the one and only M** · 03-20-2012, 01:16 PM

Your phone won't be obsolete. It just won't be at the top of the totem pole anymore, and probably won't get an ics update until after the 'fighter' releases.

**androidcore** · 03-20-2012, 02:42 PM

I agree "M"...

Personally, I'm not sweating over the ICS update. My phone works. No issues. No bugs. ICS will get to the RAZR/RAZR MAXX when it does.

Now if I was still on Cupcake 1.5 or Donut 1.6... then I'd be sweating... LMAO!!!

**paul-c** · 03-20-2012, 07:13 PM

I'm not worried about the Fighter too much. The RAZR was released back in November, so it was just a matter of time before something else stepped into the limelight. I'm still happy I got the RAZR back in the fall, and I'm excited to see what's in store for the end of the year. Those Intel chips are on the horizon, after all.

**DeeMat** · 03-20-2012, 08:11 PM

Not worried at all. In fact, I realized that living without ICS is not hard to do.

**cbreze** · 03-21-2012, 12:17 AM

I don't care about ICS and as far as the freighter is concerned, there is always going to be something else right around the corner. Just the nature of tech.

**MA2GA28** · 03-21-2012, 12:47 AM

If this is the first we're hearing/seeing of it, we probably don't have to worry about it coming out til sometime this summer anyway (I'll say June as my guess, to try and jump-start the '3rd quarter lag'). But, I bet the phone will just be the Razr Maxx with a larger screen (Razr SupaMaxx maybe? I should TM the name before Moto steals it). I'd assume we would see the Razr/Maxx with an HD screen first, and that could sneak in at any point (as it already exists overseas, and wouldn't be difficult to keep quiet as the Maxx was).

And in this day and age of cell phones, where the newest and greatest is just months away, older models 'going to waste' is unavoidable, but 'waste' is relative. I had a DInc and love the phone, even still. It was a very good/solid phone and performed quite well.

**bkorver** · 03-21-2012, 03:53 AM

This phone is the best damn phone i've used to this point... If a better one comes out (which it will) and I don't use it, this will still be the best damn phone i've ever used... See my logic?

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**Clemsonpablo** · 03-21-2012, 08:34 AM

Obsessing over the latest and greatest is a silly (and expensive) habit.

**Neutrino** · 03-21-2012, 08:39 AM

As long as we can keep flashing new custom ROMs, we'll be in great shape. The only major change seems to be the soft keys vice the capacitive buttons. I tried them on my ICS builds I've been playing with. Not a game changer for me.

**Super Turtleman** · 03-21-2012, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by bheid33

Those leaked shots of the new Verizon phone (supposedly dubbed "Motorola Fighter") have me worried that my new RAZR might just go to waste. If this ships with ICS, which it's lack of capacitive buttons seems to indicate, will it render our phones obsolete? Or am I irrationally worried? Any thoughts are welcome.

Nope. The Razr Maxx was the best phone for me when I was looking to upgrade. Unless you're ready to buy a new phone every quarter, you should accept that something better will come along sooner rather than later.

**invalid_user** · 03-21-2012, 09:35 PM

The RAZR is as big a phone as I would want to carry. I can barely operate it with one hand and most of the time I use two hands. (no comments).

Funny how smaller was the big thing now it is larger screens?

**Jude526** · 03-21-2012, 10:28 PM

I don't like the larger phones. O am happy with the size of mine.

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**androidatic** · 03-22-2012, 09:13 PM

It's too big. Nothing else needs to be said.

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**pauliphone5** · 03-22-2012, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by bheid33

Those leaked shots of the new Verizon phone (supposedly dubbed "Motorola Fighter") have me worried that my new RAZR might just go to waste. If this ships with ICS, which it's lack of capacitive buttons seems to indicate, will it render our phones obsolete? Or am I irrationally worried? Any thoughts are welcome.

Welcome to the world of Motorola. Now you know how the Bionic owners felt when the RAZR came out a couple of months after the Bionic.

In my opinion Motorola has little interest in the supporting their existing customers and handsets. Their focus at this point is to churn out phone after phone.

Didn't Motorola also say they were going slow down on releasing new phones this year?

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**BergerKing** · 03-22-2012, 09:26 PM

Some of these 'handhelds' are frankly getting out of hand. Yeah, some people like em, keeping up with the latest 'must have' device. I just acquired my Photon Saturday, because it is was the best fit across the board for my uses. I wouldn't want one of these 'phablets' they're just too big to be pocket carried comfortably.

I guess it takes all types.

**pauliphone5** · 03-22-2012, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Super Turtleman

Nope. The Razr Maxx was the best phone for me when I was looking to upgrade. Unless you're ready to buy a new phone every quarter, you should accept that something better will come along sooner rather than later.

There wasn't a quarter between the release of the RAZR and the Bionic. There also wasn't a quarter between the RAZR and the Maxx.

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**dhendriksen** · 03-22-2012, 11:11 PM

Unless this Fighter is going to somehow destroy my RAZR and render it inoperable, I couldn't care less.

The RAZR rocks. I'll use it until the end of the year, if not longer.

**dontlookatme** · 03-23-2012, 04:50 PM

Well. It depends. What style does it know? Jujitsu, Kung Fu, boxing....

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**jroc** · 03-23-2012, 09:17 PM

Better battery life will have me looking for a new phone. That and hopefully an FM Radio...lol. I see myself with either the RAZR I have now or the Maxx IF battery life isnt better on newer phones.

Like in the PC world...I didnt get on the dual core bandwagon until after quad core came out. I'm still waiting for my first quad core PC. That should tell you where my head is at. I slipped up when the G Nex and Rezound came out...and it taught me a lesson...

If the world of Motorola means excellent reception and battery life....I wanna stay in this world...

They could release a phone every week and it wouldnt matter to me as long as my wants n needs are being met.

**Droid800** · 03-23-2012, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by PaulDroidR2D2

Welcome to the world of Motorola. Now you know how the Bionic owners felt when the RAZR came out a couple of months after the Bionic.

In my opinion Motorola has little interest in the supporting their existing customers and handsets. Their focus at this point is to churn out phone after phone.

Didn't Motorola also say they were going slow down on releasing new phones this year?

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They are slowing down. The Fighter is going to be their flagship for the summer/fall, they'll probably have another one out for the holidays, and then another one next spring. They'll probably also have some other handsets at varying price points, but they won't be iterating as fast as in the past.

I wouldn't expect more than 5 handsets from Moto this year.

**Droid800** · 03-23-2012, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by invalid_user

The RAZR is as big a phone as I would want to carry. I can barely operate it with one hand and most of the time I use two hands. (no comments).

Funny how smaller was the big thing now it is larger screens?

Funny part of it is that the Galaxy Nexus, with a .35" smaller screen, is a physically smaller handset in width. And because of the lack of capacitive keys, its more comfortable to operate than the Razr. Don't get me wrong, neither of them are particularly difficult for most people, but they're not as bad as you might expect.

**androidatic** · 04-01-2012, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by Droid800

Funny part of it is that the Galaxy Nexus, with a .35" smaller screen, is a physically smaller handset in width. And because of the lack of capacitive keys, its more comfortable to operate than the Razr. Don't get me wrong, neither of them are particularly difficult for most people, but they're not as bad as you might expect.

I think 4" is the sweetspot. The iPhone is a bit on the small side and 4.3 a bit on the big side. If Moto would have made the updated Atrix on Verizon, that would have been my choice.

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