Motorola Announces RAZR i with Intel Medfield, Limited to Europe, Asia and Latin America

Earlier today, Motorola took to the stage in England to formally announce its new alliance with Intel, in which the now Google-owned subsidiary will build its first Intel Medfield powered smartphone in the Motorola RAZR i, which is a derivative of the ARM-based Verizon-exclusive RAZR M.

Like the RAZR M, the RAZR i features a 4.3 inch edge-to-edge touch display, Kevlar-backed bodyshell with water repellent coating, 8.0 megapixel camera with 1080p video capture and quick launch features, NFC integration and other functionality such as Voice Actions  and Motorola’s Smart Actions functionality to learn the owner’s particular habits. The phone will be launched beginning next month in the U.K., France, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

The biggest change with this version of Medfield is the updated processor design as well as its clockspeed, as the speed on the processor has been increased to 2.0GHz as well as featuring an updated GPU, while other manufacturers are still relying on the older 1.6GHz version which is still in production and the latest release happening within the last few weeks in Russia.

As expected, Motorola is conforming to Intel’s internal requirement that it not offer the RAZR i outside of those territories on an official level due to internal development milestones that have yet to be met before Intel-based smartphones can be officially released in the US market. However,  the phone will be offered unlocked in the aforementioned territories and the Latin American version will support AT&T 3G service if purchased and subsequently imported.