Motorola Razr Fold Debuts to Take On Samsung and Google’s Ebook-Type Telephones

Motorola is throwing its hat within the foldable phone ring. On Tuesday at CES, the phone-maker unveiled the Motorola Razr Fold, a book-style foldable that is slated to tackle rivals such because the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold. 

Motorola’s foldable will turn out to be out there in North America this summer time. The small print, thus far, are sparse. In a briefing, the corporate famous the cellphone could have a 6.6-inch exterior show “that feels identical to your on a regular basis smartphone.” Inside might be an 8.1-inch show, simply barely topping the 8-inch principal shows on Samsung’s and Google’s foldable telephones. 

Motorola did not share how skinny the Razr Fold might be, however famous that, “Closed, it is modern and slim and shockingly comfy to carry.” We’ll should see the way it compares to the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is simply 4.2mm thick when open and eight.9mm thick when closed. After which there are different slim telephones out there exterior the US, such because the Honor Magic V5 and the Oppo Find N5.

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The again of the Razr Fold packs a triple 50-megapixel digital camera system, together with Dolby Imaginative and prescient recording and video stabilization.

Unsurprisingly, Motorola additionally highlighted the Razr Fold’s AI capabilities. The cellphone will include options you will additionally discover on the clamshell-style 2025 Razr and Razr Ultra like Catch Me Up for summarizing notifications and Subsequent Transfer, which recommends actions primarily based on what’s in your display. 

The Razr Fold will are available in two colours and finishes. There’s Pantone blackened blue, with a woven vegan leather-based end that Motorola describes as easy and matte. Or there’s Pantone lily white, a vegan leather-based that is supposedly extra silk-textured and “easy to the contact.”

How the Motorola Razr Fold can stand out

It isn’t clear simply how slim Motorola’s Razr Fold might be, but it surely’ll doubtless observe the pattern of thin foldable phones that is slated to select up steam in 2026 — particularly with a rumored foldable iPhone on the horizon. That does not imply the Razr has to be eye-catchingly modern to face out; Google’s Pixel 10 Professional Fold did not slim down however does pack a formidable IP68 rating for dust- and water-resistance — a landmark feature for a foldable phone. 

Motorola says its foldable is good for multitasking. Hopefully, on this regard, it’s going to borrow extra from the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which may run as much as three apps on the primary show on the similar time, versus simply two on the Pixel 10 Professional Fold. That may make it an interesting choice for somebody who desires to make use of the Razr Fold as a phone-tablet hybrid gadget, or perhaps a mini laptop of types. The cellphone will work with the Moto Pen Extremely stylus, which Motorola introduced alongside the Razr Fold.

The Razr’s massive inside show — and even its beneficiant cowl show, which is greater than the Z Fold 7’s and Pixel 10 Professional Fold’s — will set it properly other than the clamshell-style Razr and Razr Extremely. The design of these flip telephones leans closely into nostalgia, and their square-shaped cowl screens are nice for firing off a fast textual content, glancing at notifications and shortly navigating music controls. However the Razr Fold introduces a wholly new use case to the Motorola lineup, permitting individuals to observe movies in a bigger format, learn and annotate textual content extra seamlessly and have a number of apps working directly. Hopefully, the battery might be sturdy sufficient to maintain up with a full day of heavy use, in addition to powering these massive shows.   

Digital camera high quality will even decide whether or not the Razr Fold stands out. Each the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Pixel 10 Professional Fold pack solid cameras, demonstrating simply how far foldable telephones have come in recent times. Hopefully, the Razr Fold will even snap pictures which might be akin to these taken on a non-folding, high-end cellphone.  

The most important query additionally stays a thriller: How a lot will the Razr Fold price? With rivals just like the Pixel 10 Professional Fold beginning at $1,799 and the Galaxy Z Fold 7 beginning at $2,000, Motorola’s book-style foldable doubtless will not be low-cost. Even its clamshell-style 2025 Razr Extremely begins at a hefty $1,300. Motorola hasn’t shared details about the Razr Fold’s processor, which can additional decide which finish of the worth spectrum the cellphone lands on.

Fortunately, it seems to be such as you’ve obtained a while to avoid wasting up earlier than the Razr Fold launches later this yr. Till then, we’ll have to attend and see what precisely Motorola’s subsequent technology has in retailer.