You know that story about the blogger who went to a cell phone store and got a Motorola Razr that made a weird creaking noise while half open? It's funny.

Max Weinbach - known for leaking reliable information about Samsung phones for XDA Developers - went to stores to check out the new folding Razr, which is currently on display at various retailers.

He posted a video showing him holding the foldable Razr at a 45 degree angle and moving it back and forth without fully closing or opening it. See: [Nirave Gondhia, editorial director of Mobile Nations, replied to Weinbach's video with a video of his own:

However, what Gondhia is showing is a creak that is quite However, what Gondhia is showing is a completely different sound than the creak recorded by Weinbach. It appears to be a clicking sound as the hinge comes into place, which is what the hinge should do when the phone is in the unfolded state, as shown in the other opening videos (see below).

In the case of the Winebag, though, it would be natural for any hinge to make a creaking sound if forced to hold it at that angle. Weinbach may be too young to remember the old clamshell, but anyone who has had a clamshell and played with it will tell you that it made that kind of noise when doing that exact same thing. When you hold the hinges and move them back and forth, a force is applied to the spring-loaded mechanism, and the sound is made.

Weinbach said he feels the hinge is "flimsy and cheap" for a $1,500 phone. While I have not tried the Razr myself, the hands-on reviews I have seen (including ours) do not mention any unusual noises or flimsy, cheap-looking hinges. To the contrary, all reviews praise the satisfactory hinge operation and clever folding concealment mechanism.

Nevertheless, perhaps the Razr for review was an exception. Alternatively, there could be a problem with this particular Razr. Most people do not force their phones to be at odd angles back and forth.

For comparison, here is the unboxing of the retail unit that took place yesterday; jump to 6:12 to hear the sound (no squeak, only a satisfying click) and the reviewer's thoughts.

Several such videos have already been found, all with similar impressions to the first review.

Weinbach also tweeted an image from Walmart showing the Razr with the screen destroyed.

He later added, "Someone did this totally intentionally, but remember you can't do this." I don't know what that means, but of course you can do it with any difficult tool. Any screen on any cell phone can be easily broken with a key. The fact that it looks different from a glass-based screen does not change the fact that all images are fragile if you want to destroy them.

So this picture says nothing about durability. What would be more interesting would be a video of someone doing this. To show how easy it is to get to this point, as opposed to bringing a hammer and hitting the iPhone screen.