Motorola's next smartphone could reintroduce an iconic name

This year, however, the Chicago-based brand does have plans to re-introduce the Motorola RAZR in the form of its first foldable smartphone. And now, as suggested by a recent trademark, it seems the company could also be preparing a new device under the ROKR branding it used between 2005 and 2009.

Sadly, the trademark listing itself doesn’t reveal anything about the smartphone’s specifications or design. However, when we consider the Motorola devices that are yet to be announced, there’s a possibility ROKR will be the name of the company’s first quadruple-camera smartphone.

Forgetting the Moto Z4 that has already shipped but not been announced yet, Motorola currently has three smartphones in the works. Two of these are part of the company’s Android One lineup, follow the design language previously seen, and could potentially be called the Motorola One Action and One Pro. The company’s quadruple-camera device, on the other hand, looks completely different to anything Motorola has previously introduced. As a result, it only makes sense for the company to kick off an entirely new lineup with the offering, one which could be called ROKR.

As per usual, there’s no guarantee Motorola will ever use the ROKR branding – the company could choose an entirely different name for its quadruple-camera device – but considering it already has plans to reintroduce the RAZR branding, relaunching ROKR certainly isn’t a crazy idea.