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Watch Motorola and Nokia's September 5th announcement event videos in their entirety.

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Today was a big day for both Motorola and Nokia. Motorola introduced the RAZR HD, HD Maxx, and RAZR M, while Nokia announced two Windows Phone 8 devices, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. If you missed our live coverage of the announcements, you can get a taste of all the excitement, bad promotional videos, and questionable bands by watching the events in their entirety. Motorola's show is now up on YouTube, while Nokia's event is available for viewing on its Webcast page. Enjoy!


Watch this: full videos of Motorola and Nokia's September 5th events

Watch this: full videos of Motorola and Nokia's September 5th events

Watch Motorola and Nokia's September 5th announcement event videos in their entirety.

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Watch this: full videos of Motorola and Nokia's September 5th events

Watch this: full videos of Motorola and Nokia's September 5th events

Watch Motorola and Nokia's September 5th announcement event videos in their entirety.

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The Sphere’s first show looks like it was a mind-blowing spectacle

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Netflix’s Leave the World Behind is a tense post-apocalyptic thriller in first trailer

Someone already unboxed the Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro

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More from this stream Motorola's RAZR reboot: three new phones, new Google integration

Can Google's 'new Motorola' break free of Verizon?

Intel's first smartphone with Motorola will be a revamped Droid RAZR M

Motorola's new Droid RAZR lineup: how all three handsets fare against the competition

Droid RAZR M Developer Edition pre-orders begin at $549.99