Photo credit: Constant_Vehicle7539
Flip phones and Windows XP. Two relics of the early 2000s, each a cultural touchstone in its own right. One was the sleek, pocketable status symbol that defined mobile cool; the other, the operating system that powered our chunky beige PCs through dial-up internet and Clippy’s unsolicited advice. Now, in a twist that feels like a fever dream from a bygone era, someone has fused these icons together. A Moto RAZR 40 Ultra, a modern foldable phone, is running a full Windows XP build. Yes, you read that right—a flip phone moonlighting as a miniature Windows laptop.
This unusual experiment comes courtesy of a Reddit user, Constant_Vehicle7539, who used the Vectras VM QEMU emulator to get Windows XP running on the RAZR’s 6.9-inch foldable display. When the phone is propped open at a 90-degree angle, it transforms into something resembling the world’s tiniest laptop, complete with a touch keyboard.
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Motorola’s RAZR 40 Ultra nails a foldable design that channels the legendary 2004 RAZR V3, packing a 6.9-inch pOLED main screen and a 3.6-inch cover. It also features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, 8GB of RAM, and fast charging to ensure you’re always powered up. But what Constant_Vehicle7539 has done takes this modern marvel and catapults it back to the days of frosted tips and low-rise jeans.
Running Windows XP on a phone isn’t as simple as installing an app. The Vectras VM QEMU emulator is the key, a piece of software that creates a virtual machine capable of mimicking an entire PC environment. It’s like a tech time warp, with the RAZR 40 Ultra moonlighting as a 2003 PC thanks to an emulator running Windows XP—complete with the classic Bliss wallpaper and clunky taskbar—right on its foldable display. Half-open, the lower screen morphs into a touch keyboard, while the upper half shows the OS, delivering a quirky, laptop-like vibe that’s as charming as it is bizarre.
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