When Motorola launched its Android phone, the Droid RAZR, in late 2011 techies were asking if it could help propel the phone manufacturing firm to the top position it once enjoyed?

Sales results for the last quarter of 2011, however, appear to say otherwise. In a statement issued last week, Motorola reported sales of $3.4 billion. Of the 10.5 million phones the firm shipped, 5.3 million were smartphones.

Motorola explained the lower-than-expected sales to the increased competitive environment. For the same period, Apple and Samsung surged with shipments of 35 million smartphones each.

For quite some time Motorola has produced top-of-the line cellular phones that are slim, cost-effective, long-battery equipped, and with long lasting operation called RAZR which changed Motorola in the early 2000 in terms of image and profit.

However, with the rise of smartphones that feature touchscreens and great operating systems, Motorola had to join the Android scene with the RAZR name still intact.

The new RAZRs will attempt to get back the crown for being the thinnest and with more resistance with Motorola's use of KEVLAR fibre for its body and Gorilla Glass for the screen for more protection against dust, scratch, and moist.

When it comes to performance, the new RAZRs have higher processors. One of them, the DROID RAZR, has dual core processor with 1GHz speed and 1GB RAM for momentum. Certainly this new batch can match up with the ever changing application needs.

In terms of multimedia, RAZRs have front and rear cameras for video calling and video recording in high def. Its super AMOLED display makes the filming and movie more vivid and delivers vibrant colors for viewing pleasure.

MOTOCAST is something RAZR user will appreciate by allowing access from your PC while away by logging in from another computer.

With its use of the Android Operating System the new RAZR now features open applications, a lot of games, apps for business needs and more. Google Services are also consistent with the new RAZR team.

Although the new members of the RAZR family are very thin and light weight, there are still smartphone units from competitors that are far thinner and lighter, not to mention those are Android members too.

When it comes to CPU speed, Motorola may have matched them in some ways, but the competitors have higher specs and features in their mobile units. RAZR will not ultimately dominate the GALAXY with their latest technology.

However, RAZR defines its smartphone line up with great technology + durability + cost effectiveness for users. It is something that the IOS and other Android members do not offer on their smartphones.

But with weak sales hounding Motorola, industry observers are asking if Google made the right decision in proposing to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.

MocoNews.net asked, "If the phone business is proving a challenge, and the Moto patents that Google sorely needs are costing a fortune to defend, then where, exactly, will the value be in the deal?