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Simply months in the past, at MWC, Motorola let journalists like me go hands-on with the upcoming Razr Fold — and once more on the Razr launch occasion in Los Angeles this week. Solely this time, the corporate revealed every thing to me, and it is put every thing into perspective.
I bought just a few extra particulars concerning the US price ticket (which remains to be fairly excessive), preorder and transport dates, and some different new and fascinating options of the Razr Fold. Total, my impressions went from largely optimistic to cautiously optimistic, given this new info. However there are nonetheless some inquiries to be answered.
What’s new with the Razr Fold
For starters, the surface display screen is a 6.6-inch pOLED display screen with Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3. The interior display screen shall be a large 8.1 inches, making it the biggest in North America. It’s going to run on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor and include 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
The cameras would be the similar ones seen within the Motorola Signature — 50-megapixel sensors throughout the ultrawide, major, and 3x optical zoom. Excluding the processor, these are distinctive specs throughout the board. Precise efficiency and digicam high quality should wait till I get a full overview of the system, however Motorola confirmed us its super-res zoom functionality.
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That is much like different telephones which have this functionality. Mainly, you’ll be able to snap a shot with the telephoto digicam as much as 100x, and when you open the picture within the gallery, post-processing kicks in. The end result is a reasonably sharp {photograph} of one thing extremely far-off, however that comes with a caveat.
First, I haven’t got a pattern to point out you (but) as a result of I demoed this function with preproduction models (they usually did not give us a duplicate). Additionally, I have never had an opportunity to view the picture on a display screen bigger than the Razr Fold’s. So, whereas the picture is likely to be ok for social media, the way it holds up below pixel-peeping scrutiny should watch for our full overview, coming in just a few weeks.
Motorola additionally launched a FIFA version of the Motorola Razr Fold, which enhances the FIFA version flip from CES. It is an enormous partnership with the preferred sport on the planet in a yr the place the world will play for a title. All of that’s extraordinarily effectively performed.
The $2,000 elephant within the room
European pricing was introduced again in March of 2026 at €1,999 (roughly $2,320, excluding region-based changes). Within the US, the Fold checks in at $1,900, which nonetheless feels excessive, even when the Samsung Galaxy Fold 7 and Google Pixel 10 Professional Fold each reside in that very same neighborhood.
In Europe, the €1,999 value contains the €100 Moto Stylus Extremely. The Pen Extremely is a nifty little system that, sadly, doesn’t silo within the telephone itself, nevertheless it comes with its personal carrying case. It is an energetic stylus with some cool options by itself, resembling stress sensitivity, a quick-action button, and a wise menu of choices on demand. Within the US, the $1,900 value doesn’t embrace the stylus, which is honest sufficient.
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Total, whereas the processor leaves one thing to be desired (and actually not that a lot), there are in any other case plenty of firsts within the telephone, together with the primary triple 50-megapixel digicam set on a North American foldable, the largest and brightest display screen, and the largest battery. That could be a 6,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery in there, and it is able to as much as 80W of quick charging, which matches OnePlus’s 2023 (and solely) foldable, the OnePlus Open.
The Motorola Razr Fold (left) and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 (proper).
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The telephone is a tad thicker than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, and has a battery that’s over 40% bigger and prices quicker. This telephone isn’t any slouch. It is a sturdy contender to be my day by day carry once I hit commerce reveals any further, espeically is the cameras maintain up in addition to promised.
Third, this telephone will probably have a really balanced, all-around nice digicam expertise. Sure, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has a 200-megapixel major sensor, however after that, issues fall off fairly rapidly. In the meantime, the three 50-megapixel cameras ought to give a extra constant all-around expertise.
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One final observe we discovered about on the Razr Fold (and the flip Razrs as effectively), all 4 telephones will help video wallpapers on the quilt screens and the within as effectively. Whereas it is easy to write down that off as a gimmick, I examined it out in April, and it is really a fairly enjoyable function.
The 2 limitations are that 4K movies will not work and that movies have to be in portrait orientation. That appears odd, as a result of for each the open Fold and the closed Razrs, the display screen is sq., so it should not matter. We’ll run with it.
My shopping for recommendation (for now)
Whereas I used to be initially very excited to take a look at a contemporary competitor within the large-screen foldable market, I am rather less enthused, now that the Razr Fold’s full specs and pricing has been revealed.
However there’s one incontrovertible fact to contemplate, which provides me hope. This can be a Motorola telephone, and the corporate’s M.O. has lengthy been to launch a telephone at a excessive value and put it on a everlasting sale just a few weeks later. For instance, the brand new Razr Fold has a retail value of $1,900 however will probably see aggressive reductions throughout main gross sales occasions like Prime Day and Black Friday. I anticipate an identical pattern with the opposite Razr telephones Motorola is launching quickly.
So, in case you do not wish to fork out nearly two grand, the very best shopping for alternative could are available solely a matter of months — probably weeks.
