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(Bonus) The Razr and the Reality of 5G with QZ's Mike Murphy

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🗓️ 16 November 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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So, that Razr event, out in LA... obviously I didn’t get to cover it live… and if there was ever a recent hardware event crying out for “hands-on” reporting, this was one. So, I reached out to someone who was there: QZ.com’s Mike Murphy, and actually, his take was pretty different than some of the others I read to you on Thursday. Come for that, and stay for the reality check about what will really make the 5G revolution happen. Sponsors: Mealime GetQuip.com/ride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to another weekend bonus episode of the Tech Mem Right Home, I'm Brian McCullough.

0:09.0

So that Razor event out in LA earlier this week, obviously I didn't get to cover it live and if there ever

0:16.0

was a recent hardware event crying out for a hands-on so that you could get reporting. This was one of those.

0:24.0

So I reached out to someone who was there,

0:27.0

Courts is Mike Murphy.

0:29.0

And actually, his take was pretty different than some of the others that I read to you on

0:34.8

Thursday so come for that and stay for the reality check that Mike delivers

0:40.0

about what will really make the 5G revolution meaningfully happen in our lives.

0:47.0

So the The Razor event was in LA last night, right?

0:51.0

It was, yeah.

0:53.0

It was this place in the arts district that kind of fell it halfway between like a rave and some

0:58.6

weird club that I probably wouldn't have gone to otherwise.

1:01.0

That's funny that you say that because from the pictures I saw I was like are they in a

1:04.4

garage or a warehouse or something? It definitely was warehouse-esque and there was a

1:10.1

DJ that was far too loud for the number of people that were actually in attendance.

1:15.0

All right, well then, look, all we really want to know is, I assume you got a hands-on, let me know your impression so far? I did I spent some time with it. The

1:27.8

razor kind of looks like the original when you close it and hold it sideways in front of you it looks

1:34.3

identical but then it's considerably wider and you know it doesn't fit. One of the

1:42.0

things that really bums me out is it doesn't hit. One of the things it really bumps me out is it doesn't have the

1:44.8

that kind of satisfying like clack when it closes like the original did.

1:48.8

Oh wait wait wait because I've read conflicting things on that this morning.

1:53.4

Some people have said that yes, no, it's still got that satisfying sort of flourish where you

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