Motorola's production AURA gets delicate hands-on treatment

Yeah, you've seen the pre-production units, but that whole "Your Name - S/N xxxx" kind of tarnished the whole experience a bit. After all, when you're looking at images of a $2,000 phone, you expect flawlessness. Boy Genius himself has managed to procure a real deal production AURA, and rather than just sitting around gawking at the gorgeous circular LCD for hours on end, he had the heart to snap a few photos so we could all live a little vicariously. Hit the read link to have a look at what you're probably definitely missing out on.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2008 10:44PM]

my touch diamond fuckin' killz this POS!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 8:42AM]

comments like that piss me off.

thats like saying a lamborghini would beat a hyundai in a drag race. no shit. they are on different levels.

this is a dumb phone, touch diamond is a WM professional device.

i hope you fall down a flight of stairs today for such a stupid comment.

jerk

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2008 11:23PM]

Motorola. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

Do they have bluetooth yet?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 1:57PM]

Actually Motorola has been the largest manufacturer of Bluetooth accessories. They also pioneered the same technology in the 80's, but naturally dumped it before doing anything worthwile with it.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2008 11:25PM]

And why is it $2,000? Is it the last phone ever from the company that gave us the Razr and the Rokr?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 2:07AM]

Goodbye Moto

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 8:15AM]

id punch a baby for one of these.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 3:59PM]

I'd pay 200 for one, but that's the most I'd spend on any phone. I so want.

[derX Posted Nov 1st 2008 1:30AM]

Yeah, that'll, like, get you a piece of the keypad and one of the Motorola M logos.

When it was first announced, I hated. Now, if it were reasonably priced, I'd give it a second glance. I'm sure they could make a similar looking device at a lower price point *hint hint, Moto, hint hint*.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 1:57PM]

I used to work for Cingular 6 years ago. Motorola tried this concept with the Motorola V70, phone didn't do that well. Now they re-designed it and bump up the price. Sorry a no-go.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2008 2:08PM]

the Aura is basically an up-scale V70...