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All that technology has to be stuffed into the Razr's thin frame somehow. How did Motorola do it? The phone is incredibly slender, but it's also extremely wide. In addition to a 4.3-inch display -- on the upper end of the comfortable spectrum as far as normal non-ape humans are concerned -- the Razr has a lot of empty space on both sides of the screen.

Without measuring, it looks like there's almost a half inch of space on both sides of the display. This might not sound like a lot, but piled on top of an already huge screen, this makes one-handed use nearly impossible. I can't even delete an icon off the home screen using one hand, since Motorola made the delete area at the top of the display.

When going into the phone app, I can't dial a phone number with one hand since the dialer tab is, again, on top of the display. My thumb can't come close to reaching it. Want to browse the Web? Your thumb won't be able to touch the URL entry bar. I can't even swipe down to bring up the notification drawer using one hand to check unread messages, alerts and other information.


@CNNMoneyTech - Last updated November 29 2011: 6:48 AM ET
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