After Using The $1,900 Motorola Razr Fold Again, I'm Doubling Down On My Buying Advice

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Just months ago, astatine MWC, Motorola fto journalists for illustration maine spell hands-on pinch nan upcoming Razr Fold -- and again astatine nan Razr motorboat arena successful Los Angeles this week. Only this time, nan institution revealed everything to me, and it's put everything into perspective.

I sewage a fewer much specifications astir nan US value tag (which is still beautiful high), preorder and shipping dates, and a fewer different caller and absorbing features of nan Razr Fold. Overall, my impressions went from mostly affirmative to cautiously optimistic, fixed this caller information. But location are still immoderate questions to beryllium answered.

What's caller pinch nan Razr Fold

For starters, nan extracurricular surface is simply a 6.6-inch pOLED surface pinch Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3. The soul surface will beryllium a monolithic 8.1 inches, making it nan largest successful North America. It will tally connected nan Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor and travel pinch 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

The cameras will beryllium nan aforesaid ones seen successful nan Motorola Signature -- 50-megapixel sensors crossed nan ultrawide, main, and 3x optical zoom. With nan objection of nan processor, those are exceptional specifications crossed nan board. Actual capacity and camera value will person to hold until I get a afloat reappraisal of nan device, but Motorola showed america its super-res zoom capability.

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This is akin to different phones that person this capability. Basically, you tin threat a changeable pinch nan telephoto camera up to 100x, and erstwhile you unfastened nan image successful nan gallery, post-processing kicks in. The consequence is simply a reasonably crisp photograph of thing incredibly acold away, but that comes pinch a caveat.

First, I don't person a sample to show you (yet) because I demoed this characteristic pinch preproduction units (and they didn't springiness america a copy). Also, I haven't had a chance to position nan photograph connected a surface larger than nan Razr Fold's. So, while nan photograph mightiness beryllium bully capable for societal media, really it holds up nether pixel-peeping scrutiny will person to hold for our afloat review, coming successful a fewer weeks.

Motorola besides introduced a FIFA version of nan Motorola Razr Fold, which complements nan FIFA version flip from CES. It's a immense business pinch nan astir celebrated athletics successful nan world successful a twelvemonth wherever nan world will play for a title. All of that is highly good played.

The $2,000 elephant successful nan room

European pricing was announced backmost successful March of 2026 astatine €1,999 (roughly $2,320, excluding region-based adjustments). In nan US, nan Fold checks successful astatine $1,900, which still feels high, moreover if nan Samsung Galaxy Fold 7 and Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold some unrecorded successful that aforesaid neighborhood.

In Europe, nan €1,999 value includes nan €100 Moto Stylus Ultra. The Pen Ultra is simply a nifty small instrumentality that, sadly, does not silo successful nan telephone itself, but it comes pinch its ain carrying case. It's an progressive stylus pinch immoderate cool features connected its own, specified arsenic unit sensitivity, a quick-action button, and a smart paper of options connected demand. In nan US, nan $1,900 value does not see nan stylus, which is adjacent enough.

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Overall, while nan processor leaves thing to beryllium desired (and really not that much), location are different a batch of firsts successful nan phone, including nan first triple 50-megapixel camera group connected a North American foldable, nan biggest and brightest screen, and nan biggest battery. That is simply a 6,000 mAh silicon-carbon artillery successful there, and it's tin of up to 80W of accelerated charging, which matches OnePlus's 2023 (and only) foldable, nan OnePlus Open.

Motorola Razr Fold vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

The telephone is simply a tad thicker than nan Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, and has a artillery that is complete 40% larger and charges faster. This telephone is nary slouch. It's a beardown contender to beryllium my regular transportation erstwhile I deed waste and acquisition shows from now on, espeically is nan cameras clasp up arsenic good arsenic promised.

Third, this telephone will apt person a very balanced, all-around awesome camera experience. Yes, nan Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has a 200-megapixel main sensor, but aft that, things autumn disconnected beautiful quickly. Meanwhile, nan 3 50-megapixel cameras should springiness a much accordant all-around experience.

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One past statement we learned astir connected nan Razr Fold (and nan flip Razrs arsenic well), each 4 phones will support video wallpapers connected nan screen screens and nan wrong arsenic well. While it's easy to constitute that disconnected arsenic a gimmick, I tested it retired successful April, and it's really a beautiful nosy feature.

The 2 limitations are that 4K videos won't activity and that videos must beryllium successful image orientation. That seems odd, because for some nan unfastened Fold and nan closed Razrs, nan surface is square, truthful it shouldn't matter. We'll tally pinch it.

My buying proposal (for now)

While I was initially very excited to cheque retired a caller competitor successful nan large-screen foldable market, I'm a small little enthused, now that nan Razr Fold's afloat specs and pricing has been revealed.

But there's 1 indisputable truth to consider, which gives maine hope. This is simply a Motorola phone, and nan company's M.O. has agelong been to motorboat a telephone astatine a precocious value and put it connected a imperishable waste a fewer weeks later. For example, nan caller Razr Fold has a unit value of $1,900 but will apt spot fierce discounts during awesome income events for illustration Prime Day and Black Friday. I expect a akin inclination pinch nan different Razr phones Motorola is launching soon.

So, if you don't want to fork retired almost 2 grand, nan champion buying opportunity whitethorn travel successful only a matter of months -- perchance weeks.