Breaking: Motorola Announces RAZR “Developer Edition” With Unlockable Bootloader for Europe, U.S. Variant Too

by: Kellex | posted 01.29.12 | Breaking, News

That headline is not a joke, folks. Motorola, through their community blog, has announced the RAZR “Developer Edition” which has an unlockable bootloader. No release date was given in the post, but from the sound of it, the device should be here very soon. A pre-order page is in the works here.

In even better news though, they also announced that a U.S. version would be available in the “coming months.” Now, we have heard fine promises like this in the past from Moto, but will try our hardest to take their word for it seeing as they are pushing an actual device to Europe. We have no idea if it will have Verizon radios or not. Since the European version is GSM, you could easily come to the conclusion that the U.S. will see an unlockable GSM version too. That’s unconfirmed, of course.

Info on the unlocking and relocking process will be available at the MotoDev site.

*Note – It looks like they posted this news a little prematurely. Proof after the break.

Thoughts?

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shdowman

Thoughts??

Ok,

Moto releases (yes, a very much delayed) Bionic. Weeks later release the Droid Razr, weeks after that, lower the price on the RAZR and release the MAXX, now telling everyone that there is a “special unlocked” phone they can buy at full unsubsidized price? Allow unlock of the ones that people already paid good money for Moto.

I’m sorry, but even the most devout loyalists to Moto HAVE to be thinking of raising bloody hell with them. I realize that VZW has a small part in this as well, but FFS, why there is not an outcry/boycott brewing for their products right now is beyond me.

And don’t tell me that this is just business, no. This is straight out screwing their customers. If that Best Buy buy back commercial was ever true, it was now.

Their crappy incremental updates over the past year and a half were one thing. This however….
http://twitter.com/JohnnyACE562 GRAND MASTER SEN$Ei {{-_-}}™

If this device has a PenTile screen, no amount of unlocking can save this phone. {{-_-}}
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DBK

lol Hater logic, gotta love it. I am a real fan of open Android (I can root, unlock, and ROM with the best of them) yet I still prefer Moto’s quality over the others.

While I do agree with most of what you said, I disagree with the following:

Quality: Whether you want to believe it or not, Moto’s hardware is the best out there right now. My OGD, D2, D3, Bionic, and RAZR all attest to that. My Inc and Inc2 sadly have not faired as well.

Phones that are behind: The RAZR and it’s PROVEN ability to outperform the other current phones in many areas would disagree with you. Actually most of Moto’s phones are usually current and sometimes ahead (when compared to what is currently available).

Xoom: Actually many Xoom owners like their device, and they just got ICS. All things considered, the Xoom is still one of the few devices they got right (they just got ahead of themselves and did a subpar job of correcting that).

Droid 2/X: I have a Droid 2 and have never had any problems with it. It’s gotten even better with the Gingerbread update. A lot of X owners feel the same.

The point is you can hate all you want, but it doesn’t change the facts (or your clouded perception of them).

Justin Ellis

LOL bless your little heart. You have such a chubb for Motorola its not even funny.

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http://twitter.com/offenbergerab Aaron Offenberger

After my last 4 android devices have been Motorolas, I’m moving on. I got screwed over with the Bionic…bought the razr because bionic sucked so bad…now within one month there is a “new” battery within the phone and now there is one with an unlockable bootloader…seriously? Why would someone buy this? I wish I had waited on the Nexus now….Motorola better offer the chance of us to unlock our bootloaders vs paying almost $700 to get the same phone lacking a few lines of code. I hope Google does something with this in the next few months or else I will getting a different manufacturers device. Sometimes the iPhone does sound better..Apple controls you but at least they don’t make the same phone “new” every month…once a year is more I like it. I’m tired of being screwed over.
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KevinC

other than the unlockable bootloader, what makes this phone different than the other razrs? why didn’t they just unlock their phones like HTC did?
Anonymous

So much for not flooding the market this year with tones of the same phone in differnet varients
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Kris Brandt

I’m not jumping on the Moto-hate bandwagon here. Yeah, their business model sucks, but announcing a dev moto phone? That is good news. Yeah, it sucks that this wasn’t done originally, but it hints at an even better future. With the sales of the Galaxy Nexus going well (and other manufacturers have taken notice of its sales), maybe Motorola has finally realized that there is a substantial market for such phones. Maybe we are much more likely to see a dev version of one of their top-tier phones from now. Even though I doubt few would buy it at retail, it does provide hope for Moto doesn’t have its head completely up its ass.

Papapau

Huh? How does your statement differ if they’ll just allow unlocking bootloaders of current owners who wants to?

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Anonymous

Nothing interesting here. They announced unlockable bootloaders last year.
http://twitter.com/SnkBitten SnkBitten

Hmmm….so with everyone set on NOT buying it….will Motorola come back and say “see, unlocked bootloaders do NOT increase sales”

Anonymous

this is exactly what will probably happen. they’re doing this on the third iteration of a phone whose specs may start feeling dated by the time it’s anywhere near available (where carriers and operating partners allow it.. hahaha). then they can pat themselves on the back and get back to screwing people over.

i hope by this time google’s fired all of the management and execs.

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Anonymous

motorola at its finest. screw over the customers who bought your previous “editions” by one-upping them weeks later. this is almost like a slap in the face. and it almost makes no sense. why wouldn’t they just unlock the razr itself? why a new phone? google needs to kick them in the ass when this takeover is complete.
Anonymous

There’s a reason the droid x was my last moto phone. And I haven’t recommended one to anyone since.
Wade Wilson

So instead of releasing the Razr with a stock 3300mah battery they had to release an entirely new version.
Instead of releasing the Razr with a stock HD screen, they plan a release of an entirely new version.
Instead of releasing the Razr with a stock unlocked bootloader, they plan on releasing an entirely new version.

And this is the point at which I am far too glad to have bought a Nexus instead of the Razr like I contemplated. Why anyone continues to buy Moto devices is beyond me. I mean are people really too blind to realize that a month after they buy their Blur’d device, an updated version is going to be released. Sure Motorola has been a savior for Android devices, but it’s all just become one giant money hungry operation.

Just my 2¢.

Sporttster

Yea I bought the RAZR but it’s my last Moto phone. I’m done with the madness. Now I find I’m stuck with a phone that has a small battery when there’s a bigger batt unit now available and THEN to find out that now they’re talking about releasing a unlocked bootloader dev phone of the same frickin thing…..yea, I’m done with them. Make it right the first time. Should have unlocked and put the bigger batt in the regular RAZR. Instead they’re ticking people like me off….not a good business model…..

Anonymous

You’ve been Motorola’d!!!

http://twitter.com/JohnnyACE562 GRAND MASTER SEN$Ei {{-_-}}™

And they still use PenTile screens. #FAIL {{-_-}}

Wade Wilson

Good point. The Bionic’s screen gave me a headache every time I looked at it, and now after using the GNex, the Razr’s is begining to look worse and worse every time I see one. I hate PenTile just as much as anyone else but the Nexus atleast makes it unnoticeable on most screens (grey/white can get ugly sometimes -.-)

http://twitter.com/JohnnyACE562 GRAND MASTER SEN$Ei {{-_-}}™

Samsung invented PenTile so of course THEY know how to use it better. Moto is using their technology as a battery saver but it is incompatible with the screens Moto uses so the display comes out disgusting as hell.

So they’re crippling their phones with a technology they don’t even own and they won’t listen to anyone about it? And they still won’t unlock their bootloaders?

I’m seriously hoping that Google will set Moto straight. If not, I think I’m gonna have to write them off as a device manufacturer. Two more years is too long to stick with a company that doesn’t seem to know what the hell it’s doing. {{-_-}}

guest

This sounds like HORRIBLE news as it implies they have no intention of unlocking the existing phone. Perhaps I am mistaken but that is my take on the announcement.
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Anonymous

Unless they can get their custom rom from a dev phone to run on a locked bootloader phone it is pointless. Even then only devs will buy it. Consumers aren’t going to spend full retail for extra customization. If it that important to them they’ll probably just get a Nexus.
Anonymous

It’s clear that Motorola decision makers don’t pay any attention to the community built up around their products. If they did, they’d know this move would piss off a lot of people.
FTG

what so they’re releasing a developer GSM edition here in the US? Nuts to that, I wanna keep my unlimited data.
Imanjja

Didn’t everyone here hate on this phone cause it was locked now that they are unlocking it your still hating moto. Can’t win

http://twitter.com/55938 MrSix

this is droid-life dude, it’s Nexus-or-GTFO round here. With a big heaping side, of pretend to be outraged for the customers who don’t really give a damn, and a big gulp of acting like Motorola never supports their devices(which is probably the reason for the bootloader thing anyway).

Yeah so apparently everyone who didn’t buy one around here because the regular models are locked down, now still won’t buy one and will continue to act like they care how other users feel. They’ll also pretend this means the regular razr models are now obsolete, and shall never again see an update.

Eventually i’ll come here for news one day, and not read rhe comments. Oh what a glorious day that’ll be.
http://twitter.com/55938 MrSix

this is droid-life dude, it’s Nexus-or-GTFO round here. With a big heaping side, of pretend to be outraged for the customers who don’t really give a damn, and a big gulp of acting like Motorola never supports their devices(which is probably the reason for the bootloader thing anyway).

Yeah so apparently everyone who didn’t buy one around here because the regular models are locked down, now still won’t buy one and will continue to act like they care how other users feel. They’ll also pretend this means the regular razr models are now obsolete, and shall never again see an update.

Eventually i’ll come here for news one day, and not read rhe comments. Oh what a glorious day that’ll be.

Guest123

you mad bro?

http://twitter.com/55938 MrSix

Well I’d have to be, I keep coming here and reading the comments. That’s pure madness.

DBK

They aren’t unlocking anything. They are simply releasing yet another variation of a severely milked phone that is unlockable. Big difference (and possibly the worst thing they could have done). The few people here who still liked Moto are starting to become an extinct species.

Anonymous

definitely the worst thing they could have done. instead of trying to heal the wounds by unlocking the moto phones people are currently stuck with, they’re screwing them over again by releasing an unlocked phone that these people would still have to buy retail. it’s a really dick move on moto’s part. they don’t give a F about the dev community.

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RW-1

The true meaning of this post.

Moto:”How can we sucker some more towards buying yet another model of something we really haven’t innovated in a while?”

Make another tease post.

Suckers. Stop buying into this and get something already unlocked. The only way to send a clear message into those big Jha ears is not thru them, but to his wallet.

Anonymous

a better message would be firing all the top execs once the google buyout is complete

http://www.motoask.com motorola droid

The positive side is that at least it seems like Moto is listening to what customers want…

…However to figure it out they have to keep launching a new model. I
am waiting for the Moto Razr Maxx Develpr edition with removable
battery. That should only take about a couple months; Once the sales
of the current Razr start to diminish.
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Mark

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