Verizon Wireless customers can start pre-ordering the Motorola Droid RAZR starting Thursday at 8am Eastern.
The device costs $299.99 with a two-year contract, and will be available via Verizon's Web site or in stores. Verizon did not provide an exact release date, but said the RAZR will ship no later than November 10.
Motorola unveiled the Droid RAZR last week; it's Verizon's second dual-core 4G LTE smartphone and will be its fastest and thinnest device yet. The 0.28-inch-thin Droid RAZR packs a dual-core 1.2-GHz processor, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED advanced qHD display, 8-megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording, HD front-facing camera, and mobile hotspot support for up to eight Wi-Fi devices.
The RAZR will launch with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, though Verizon will reportedly upgrade the device to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, in early 2012.
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After getting some time with the RAZR, PCMag mobile analyst Sascha Segan said it "is one of those phones that feels even better in the hand than it does in pictures." The screen is huge, but "it's still very handle-able, just because it's so darn thin," he said. For more, see his full hands on and the slideshow below.
There are also some accessory options for the RAZR, including an improved 14-inch laptop dock. The Droid RAZR is a Webtop phone, meaning it turns into a desktop or laptop computer running Firefox when it's hooked up to the appropriate dock. For more, see PCMag's hands on with the lapdock and trackpad.
UPDATE: Best Buy said Thursday that it will also be accepting pre-orders for lthe Droid RAZR.