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Motorola Razr 2025 Review: The budget foldable that cuts a few corners
Motorola's latest Razr Ultra is one of the better alternatives to Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 7, but it still commands a pretty hefty price tag, far higher than similar foldable devices. To combat that, Motorola has also launched two more devices in the Razr 2025 range: the Razr Plus (2025) and this here Razr (2025). The latter is, all things considered, a pretty affordable take on Motorola's now-classic foldable phone, with humble specs but a pretty decent set of features. You get a slightly smaller inner and outer screens in comparison with the Ultra and the Plus, as well as a slightly humbler MediaTek chip, a slightly less capable camera system and slower charging. All of that is normal to expect from a foldable phone that goes for $700. Other than that, everything else is pretty decent value. The Motorola Razr+ (2025) has finally been announced. You can buy the high-end flip phone with a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip at the Motorola Store. You can trade in an eligible device to score some savings. Buy at Motorola Don't want to pay top dollar for your next flip phone? Consider the Motorola Razr (2025), now available for purchase. The handset features a MediaTek Dimensity 7400X chip and sports AI features. Buy at Motorola As evident, the phone suffers due to the lower scores in performance and camera, as well as the unimpressive battery results. Still, it's not that bad, as it has lots of strenghts as well. Table of Contents: Here is an overview of the Motorola Razr (2025) specs: (Image by PhoneArena) Design-wise, this here regular Razr is pretty much the standard clamshell device that Motorola has been perfecting for the past few years, with each generation becoming a more and more refined version of the previous one, and the Razr 2025 is no exception. With a stylish aluminum frame, vegan leather or nylon-inspired acetate rear plate, this phone is unmistakably Razr. The hinge is just as robust as the one on last year's Razr, allowing you to position the phone in different configurations, which wasn't exactly the case with some older Razr foldables. Unfolded, the regular Razr isn't exactly razor-thin, measuring 7.25mm thick, but doesn't feel excessive in the hand. Folded, it's a fairly thick at 15.9mm, which is a bit more than the Galaxy Z Flip 6, but still in the ballpark of "normalcy" for a clamshell foldable. Aside from that, the phone is light enough at 188 gr, just as much as the Razr Plus (2025) and the Galaxy Z Flip 6 . It feels fairly comfortable in the hand, and it's a joy using it. The Motorola Razr 2025 is outfitted with IP48 water and dust protection, just like the Galaxy Z Flip 6 . This should give a peace of mind in most life situations, but always have in mind about the "4" digit in the IP48 designation: while it means the device is protected from particles larger than 1mm, dust and sand may still find their way inside the hinge and potentially damage it, so be mindful of where you put your device. In terms of colors, Motorola is one of the manufacturers that still use fun, vivid colors for its phones and the regular Razr (2025) is no different. The device is available in PANTONE Spring Bud (green), PANTONE Lightest Sky (cream), PANTONE Parfait Pink (pink), and PANTONE Gibraltar Sea (dark blue). Inside the box, you will find: the Motorola Razr (2025) itself; USB Type-C cable SIM ejector tool Manuals and leaflets (Image by PhoneArena) Display-wise, we get a 6.9-inch internal screen, an OLED one with FHD+ resolution and up to 120Hz or smooth refresh rate and 120% coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut. There's a slight crease on the display, but nothing out of the ordinary. The screen is super-sharp and vivid, so it's a joy to look at! The external screen is a 3.6" OLED one, only interrupted by the dual camera cutouts. It's slightly larger than the Galaxy Z Flip 6 's 3.4-inch screen, but smaller than the Razr Plus ' 4-inch display. It's an LTPS panel, meaning that it can only go up to 90Hz, so not as smooth as the inner screen. The peak brightness is also lower, only capable of hitting 1700 nits in high-brightness mode. Excellent inner screen (Image by PhoneArena) According to our in-house benchmark readings, the main display of the Razr can achieve 2,000 nits of peak brightness, which is just about enough to ensure good outdoor legibility. The Razr Ultra (2025) and the Galaxy Z Flip 6 are significantly brighter at around 2,400 nits measured, so you will have a better experience with those two. That said, the standard Razr still does a decent job in terms of legibility. However, the minimum brightness, just like on pretty much any other Motorola phone, is fairly high, so you won't have a pretty good experience in the dead of night. The fingerprint scanner on the phone is embedded right into the side-positioned power button. It's an old-school capacitive fingerprint scanner, and you can't really argue with that: it is fast and accurate and just works. (Image by PhoneArena) The Motorola Razr (2025) comes along with two cameras, a 50MP main and a 13MP ultrawide, a setup very similar in terms of hardware to the Galaxy Z Flip 6 . The inner screen houses a large 32MP sensor that's perfect for selfies. However, the overall capabilities of the Razr's camera aren't spectacular, as evident from the results in our camera benchmark above. With a cumulative score of just 125, it falls far behind the other current Motorola foldables as well as the Galaxy Z Flip 6 . The phone mostly struggles in terms of video-recording, where the phone struggles. Here are some camera samples to drive our point across. 1X 1X The main camera is fairly competent, all things considered, delivering strong performance in overall and subject exposure. The color temperature is also very decent, but the detail is somewhat disappointing due to the oversharpening that sours the soup. 2X zoom Zoom is digital past the native 1X point, and the quality is fairly good at 2X, with very usable results at this point. Some oversharpening is present here, but detail is fairly clean. 4X zoom 10X zoom However, as evident in the samples above, the more you zoom in, the worse results you get. At 10X, the images are barely usable. We'd say 4X is the maximum you should zoom in here. The ultrawide camera is fairly decent, too. It has good dynamics and accurate colors, but corner sharpness and finer details in particular fail to impress. Still, very usable for the most part. 1X 1.2X While you can take a selfie with the rear camera setup, the inner front camera is mighty capable, delivering lovely and true-to-life colors, especially in the facial area, good dynamics, and some decent sharpness. (Image by PhoneArena) Inside the Motorola Razr (2025), one would find the 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 7400X, a fairly new octa-core mid-range chipset that's a perfect fit for an affordable device of the Motorola Razr's caliber. However, from a performance standpoint, this MediaTek is a far cry from proper flagship chips like the Snapdragon 8 Ultra inside the Razr Ultra, binned or not. While the regular Razr will perform more than acceptable in most tasks, you will notice a difference in heavier tasks and especially in gaming. In the CPU-tasking Geekbench tests, the Motorola Razr (2025) performs pretty much identical to its predecessor, which was outfitted with the previous MediaTek Dimensity 7300X chip. The Galaxy Z Flip 6 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the Motorola Razr Ultra with the Snapdragon 8 Elite are far ahead in the distance in terms of raw performance. GPU Performance The same is absolutely true for the graphics as well. In our 3DMark Extreme benchmark tests, the Motorola Razr (2025) performs better than its predecessor. However, it's easily getting dominated by both the Galaxy and Motorola Razr Ultra. In some instances, the Razr Ultra performs times better in graphics performance, which is huge! Gaming on the Razr is an okay experience, provided that you tone down your expectations and don't play very heavy and demanding games. There are much better options if you're a devoted gamer. The phone comes with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS2.2 storage. Both the memory and the storage are utilizing ancient speed standards, which is somewhat disappointing to see. The UFS 2.2 storage, in particular, is not very snappy, leading to noticeable loss in overall performance during loading a game, an app, or working with large files. Motorola Razr (2025) Software We get Android 15 on the Motorola Razr (2025), which is a fairly stock-ish take on Android, but sprinkled with the familiar Moto features on top. Among those are the useful Moto Actions that let you activate certain features with gestures, and other useful additions to the interface. Interesting here is the Moto AI on board, which you can access by double-pressing the power button. Interestingly, the new Motorola Razr Ultra sports a dedicated AI key, but it's absent here on the regular Razr. Conversely, as with most Android phones out there, you can make full use of the Gemini assistant by long-pressing the power button. Overall, Motorola's user interface is all about simplicity, as there is no bulk and it runs fairly smoothly. The outer screen is very functional. You can customize its overall appearance (fullscreen or a cutout), personalize it with various styles and wallpapers, but the biggest quality-of-life feature here is the ability to access most of the apps on your phone without having to open it. What's new this year is the addition of AI into the interface: A double-press of the power button provides access to the following features. Catch me up, which gives you a summary of your notifications (unless you have tons of missed notifications, I found it useless) Pay attention (starts a voice note recording with an AI summary) Remember this (captures a screenshot with an AI summary) Magic Canvas (generates an image in one of 10 different styles like Cartoon, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Realistic and more) These AI-annotated screenshots and voice notes are saved in the new Journal app, which is a mix between the Screenshots app on Pixel phones and the Essential space on Nothing Phones. We are not sure if we are going to use that Journal app a lot, since taking these AI screenshots takes a bit more time and a couple of extra taps, so we actually used the regular screenshot features more. But we don't completely discount the idea. Among these features, we found the Magic Canvas the most impressive just because of the sheer speed of image generation (much faster than others), but that might be because it's a brand-new platform and as more users join in, the speed could drop. Unfortunately, you cannot feed the Magic Canvas your own images to create AI variations of them, and of course, it is not as powerful as the leading image generators, so you don't have total creative freedom. In other words, you cannot tell it to just generate you an image in the Studio Ghibli style, which is quite popular. The Razr comes with a 4,500mAh battery, which is marginally smaller than the Razr Plus and the Ultra, but also larger than the 4,000mAh battery inside the Galaxy Z Flip 6 , for example. However, the MediaTek chip inside apparently isn't very efficient, as the marriage between the chipset and this particular battery has not resulted in any magic. The Motorola Razr (2025) achieves a cumulative battery life of six hours and a half in our battery life estimate, which isn't particularly good and well below the average of seven hours. The phone performs the best in our web browsing test, which is conducted with the screen set at 200 nits. The device lasts for 15 hours and 48 minutes there, slightly less than the average result. This means that the phone will fair okay if you are using it for browsing and social media mostly. The phone fares mostly okay in our video playback test, where it lasted for nine hours and a half, but disappointingly, lasts significantly less than most other phones we've tested in our 3D gaming test. In terms of charging, the phone supports 30W wired and standard 15W wireless charging. Not superfast, but manageable. The Motorola Razr (2025) takes 55 minutes for a full charge, which is pretty much a middle-ground result. The Ultra charges significantly faster, but the Galaxy Z Flip 6 is much slower, so another sligolden point in this phone's book of merit. The audio here is very good, probably not as good as the boomy and deep sound of the Razr Ultra, but still surprisingly decent for a foldable. Personally, I'd love some deeper bass here, but besides that, the audio is perfectly fine. The haptics are okay, precise and strong. Another excellent alternative to the Galaxy Z Flip 6 (Image by PhoneArena) The Motorola Razr (2025) is a phone that delivers immense value. At $700 for the only available version with 8GB RAM and 256GB of memory, the Razr is definitely the phone to consider if you're on a tight budget. To achieve such a price tag, some corners had to be cut. Well, the main weaknesses here are the overall performance of the phone's MediaTek chip and slow storage and memory. The camera quality also fails to make a particularly strong statement, both in still photography and video-recording. The battery life is okay, but won't "wow" you, that's for sure. On the up-side, the phone has two beautiful and functional screens that can get very bright. The design is certainly a highlight, and so is the friendly interface with fairly useful AI features. It's a phone that can surprise you if you come in with adequately toned expectations. Overall, it's a foldable phone for those who aren't really concerned about having the best specs around.
Digital Trends
20-05-2025
- Digital Trends
Motorola Razr 2025 Review: It's not an Ultra, but it's great
Motorola Razr 2025 MSRP $699.00 Score Details 'It doesn't do everything the Razr Ultra does, but it offers 80% of the experience at just over 50% of the price. This makes the Razr 2025 the best Razr for many people.' Pros Fantastic value-for-money Solid battery life and charging Excellent folding form factor Very fun colors A lot of fun for gaming Front screen can run any app Cons Cameras can be hit or miss Older processor means some performance glitches The smaller Cover Screen isn't as good If you're looking to buy one of the best folding phones, there's a strong chance that the Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 is on your list. It's the best flip phone you can buy and the first time a company has made an Ultra, no-compromised version of a folding phone. The result is a phone that does it all, but with one key problem: its price. Recommended Videos Like its non-folding cousins, the Razr Ultra 2025 is not cheap. It starts at $1,300, and while it comes in gorgeous colors, it won't be accessible to all customers. Motorola also has two other phones: the middle-of-the-pack Razr Plus and the base Razr 2025. Both are refreshed versions of the previous generation, but while the Razr Plus has no noticeable changes, the Razr 2025 has a few tweaks that make it that much better. After spending a week with it — and having spent considerable time with the Ultra and previous Razrs — here's why the Razr 2025 is the flip phone for most people. Motorola Razr 2025 Specs Motorola Razr 2025 Design & Display If you've used any Razr for the past three years, the Razr 2025 will feel instantly familiar. Yet, if you've previously used a Plus, it will feel somewhat limiting thanks to the smaller front display. Like last year's Razr 2024, it's designed to offer the quintessential Razr experience in a no-frills way. This means you get a smaller 3.5-inch Cover Display instead of the full-screen 4-inch one on the Razr Plus and Razr Ultra 2025. It has a peak brightness of 1,700 nits, which is lower than its siblings, and it also lacks Dolby Vision support, but it's essentially the same high-quality display experience. The size is the only downside, as the Cover Display works the same way as its siblings, and you also get the highly optimized experience that the Razr is known for. Yes, it has a lower refresh rate, but at 90Hz (versus 165Hz on the others), it's not far below the best phones at 120Hz, and better than the 60Hz refresh rate on the Galaxy Z Flip 6. Unfold the Razr 2025, and you get the same 6.9-inch display found on the Razr Plus, except it's also limited to 120Hz. Once again, this is on par with the best phones. The peak brightness is 3000 nits, lower than its siblings but higher than the Galaxy Z Flip 6. The Razr 2025 may seem like a downgrade on paper, but it nonetheless offers a fantastic display experience. The Razr 2025 measures 7.3mm thick when unfolded and 15.9mm when folded, but at 188 grams, it's fairly light. The form factor is my favorite for daily usage, especially as the front display provides the ideal experience for regular daily use. The Razr 2025 lacks the fancy leather and wood finishes of the Razr Ultra 2025 and instead features an eco leather finish made of a silicone polymer blend. The main display is a plastic OLED folding display, while Gorilla Glass Victus protects the Cover Display. The frame is made from aluminum, while the hinge is made from stainless steel. Like its siblings, the Razr has IP48 dust and water protection, which makes it feel premium. Yes, the eco leather finish isn't as plush, but it offers the same core experience at a much more affordable price. Even if you've never held a Razr, it still wows you like its siblings, especially in this unique light green Spring Bud color. Motorola Razr 2025 Hardware & Performance Motorola had to make some cuts to achieve a lower price, which is most noticeable in the underlying hardware and performance. If you're used to the performance of the best phones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite or Dimensity 9400, you'll find the Razr 2025 somewhat lacking, but otherwise, it'll be fast enough. The Dimensity 7400X is not designed for the absolute best performance, but delivers for the most part. However, there is noticeable lag under heavy usage, including small stutters when gaming or quickly switching back and forth between tasks, which aren't present in the Plus or Ultra models. 8GB of RAM and older UFS 2.2 storage also means it's fairly slow at loading games or other resource-intensive tasks, but this only impacts the loading of most games, with actual gameplay being fairly smooth. The Dimensity 7400X is fast enough for low–and medium-resource games, but it doesn't support Vulkan, so it won't run the best AAA games. Like the processor, the Razr 2025 features all the key hardware you need, but lacks the bells and whistles of its more-expensive siblings. There's Wi-Fi 6 and 6e, but no Wi-Fi 7. There's Bluetooth 5.4, but the choice of a MediaTek processor means there's no aptX Lossless or aptX Adaptive codecs. There's USB-C, but no USB On-The-Go. However, these additional features are nice-to-have features for many people and not essential. Using the Razr 2025, the biggest surprise was not the missing features, but how little I missed them. I suspect that most people will ultimately feel the same way. Motorola Razr 2025 Battery Life The Razr 2025 features one key upgrade over last year's base Razr 2024: a bigger battery. Unlike the Razr Plus 2025, which has the same 4,000 mAh battery as its predecessor, the Razr 2025 features a 4,500 mAh battery that's 300 mAh larger than last year. It's 200 mAh smaller than the Razr Ultra 2025 but has smaller displays and a less powerful processor. The result? The best battery life I've experienced on a Razr. It's on par with, if not better than, the Razr Ultra 2025. Across the past few weeks, it has never drained to empty in a single day, with most charges lasting two full days of usage. Motorola doesn't break out battery usage information like many phones, but my best guess is around 8 hours of screen usage across two days. The front screen experience is so capable that it is split equally between the Cover and Main displays. If you use the front display more, this will likely extend the battery life even further. I used the Razr 2025 as a Wi-Fi hotspot on a 10-hour flight, and it drained the battery around 30%. The Razr 2025 has fantastic battery life and is exactly what you want from a folding phone. The Razr 2025 features 30W wired charging and 15W wireless charging, and it takes around 75 minutes to charge it to full when plugged in. This is only 15 minutes slower than the Razr Ultra, despite the latter's larger battery and considerably faster 68W charging. For context, the 25W charging on the Galaxy Z Flip 6 takes around 90 minutes, despite its smaller battery. Motorola Razr 2025 Cameras Motorola's approach to cameras on the Razr lineup has always been somewhat confusing. The company has yet to adopt three cameras on a Razr—even the Ultra only has dual cameras—and the Razr lineup is the ultimate litmus test for which camera setup is best. The Razr 2025 and Razr Plus 2025 feature a 50MP wide camera with an f/1.7 aperture, 25mm focal length, and dual-pixel phase detection autofocus (PDAF). They differ based on the secondary lens, with the Plus adopting a 50MP telephoto while the base 2025 features a 13MP ultrawide camera. Previous Next 1 of 10 Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Nirave Gondhia / Digital Trends Like many of the best smartphone cameras, the main camera uses an in-sensor crop to offer a 2x 'optical-quality' zoom. The camera can take great photos in good lighting, but it struggles in low light. The biggest challenge is the speed, as there's a noticeable lag between pressing the shutter button and the camera responding, often resulting in a blurry or missed photo. The 13MP ultrawide camera feels like an afterthought, but is particularly useful for group photos using the Cover Display when folded. Like the main camera, it can take great pictures in most lighting conditions. Still, the 120° field-of-view and location of the cameras in the bottom right corner mean you can sometimes inadvertently capture the edge of your palm in the frame. The Razr's form factor makes it perfect for capturing moments like a wedding or group trip, and this unique effect never wears off. I've been using the Razr to capture these moments for the past three years, and while the camera hasn't been the best, although the Ultra goes a long way to changing this, the form factor makes it a worthwhile compromise. You can easily launch the camera with a double twist of your wrist, and while the Razr 2025 is slower than the Ultra at doing so, you can still be ready to shoot within a couple of seconds. The base Razr 2025 doesn't have the full camera prowess of the Razr Ultra 2025, but it is good enough for most people. It's a mid-range camera that punches above its weight. Motorola Razr 2025 Software The double twist feature is just one of a few helpful Motorola features that make up its core approach to software. Dubbed Moto Actions, the other useful feature is the double-chop to launch the flashlight, which is extremely useful with the Razr's form factor. Motorola's software is mostly the core experience as designed by Google, with a few helpful additions. That's for the main display, and it's a slick experience perfectly matched to the Cover Display experience. This is where Motorola truly shines, and if you're buying a Razr, the front display will be at least one of the reasons why. Motorola's approach to the Cover Display on the Razr lineup is simple: treat it like a small phone. It contrasts with every other flip phone, which offers a more curated experience, which is key to its USP. It's organized into a series of panels, each dedicated to different use cases. There's a calendar that makes it easy to see your upcoming schedule, a weather panel, and a communications panel where you can set up one-tap shortcuts across apps and their functions. Some examples include sending a text message, posting to Instagram stories, dialing a specific contact via a third-party app, or more. Then there are apps and widgets. You can add up to three panels full of as many apps and shortcuts as you like and up to three panels of widgets from across the apps on your phone. You can customize your phone to do as much with the front screen as you want, which enhances the utility of the small cover display aspect. The panel of games is one of my favorite Razr 2025 features. It's full of bite-sized games from GameSnacks, a Google company. For the past year, I've been addicted to the Freekick Football finger game, while previously, it was also StackBounce. There are two key issues: these require an internet connection so that they won't work on a flight, and you can't add additional games, even though GameSnacks has a vast library. Everything about the Razr 2025 Cover Display is heavily optimized. Motorola goes considerably further than the competition, and the results are clear: Motorola has the gold standard for a flip phone cover display. Motorola Razr 2025 AI Like every phone maker, Motorola has many AI features baked into the Razr 2025. Although the phone lacks the dedicated AI key of the Razr Ultra, it has most of the same features across the range. The default AI assistant is Gemini, but the Razr 2025 is also focused on offering you a choice of providers. It's the first phone to come preloaded with Perplexity, and you'll get three months free of the Pro plan. There's also Microsoft CoPilot with Recall, which connects well to Motorola's Smart Connect features. These are designed to make it easy to use your Windows laptop and Android phone seamlessly together. While hardware-agnostic, they are designed to work best with Lenovo laptops and Motorola mobile devices. You can seamlessly transfer files, run apps, and even recall specific content from another device. Then there's Moto AI, and the Razr 2025 brings the next generation of Motorola's in-house AI features. It offers improved versions of the first-generation features, including Remember This to take a screenshot and add notes to it, Pay Attention to start an audio recording with transcription, and Catch Me Up to summarize recent personal notifications. It pairs this with the main second-generation feature, Next Move, which is designed to predict, you guessed it, your Next Move. After recognizing what's on your display, it suggests next steps such as adding an event to your email, creating images or stickers in Image Studio, or using Playlist Studio to generate a music playlist for a specific theme in Amazon Music. I find Pay Attention to be the most useful AI feature, and it works fairly well, albeit it is considerably slower than its siblings, as it processes all requests in the cloud. Motorola Razr 2025 Price & Availability The Razr 2025 costs $700 and comes with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. This starting price is the key proposition, especially as the Razr Plus 2025 costs $1000, and the Razr Ultra 2025 starts at $1,300. It comes in three colors: Gibraltar Sea (blue eco-leather), Lightest Sky (white), Parfait Pink, and Spring Bud, the green eco-leather seen in most of these photos. The pink is quite subtle, but my favorite is the Spring Bud. It's vibrant and shocking, and lives up to the wow factor of its siblings. Motorola Razr 2025 Verdict If you've been considering a shift to a folding phone and have been hesitant to hit the buy button, the Razr 2025 might be the phone to convince you. It's a mid-range phone that punches considerably higher. It offers the premium experience you want from a folding phone without breaking the bank. If you're expecting the best folding phone, the Razr 2025 isn't for you, but if you want the best bang for your buck foldable, look no further than the Razr 2025. It offers 80% of the experience at 55% of the price of the Ultra, and if you can look past its imperfections, it's the best flip phone for most people.
Forbes
15-05-2025
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- Forbes
Motorola Makes Huge $400 Offer To Razr 2025 Buyers
Motorola Razr Ultra foldable phones displayed during a media preview event in New York, US, on ... More Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg A week after slashing the price of the Razr 2024, Motorola's latest promotion goes a step further with discounts for the brand-new Razr 2025. The price cut is reserved for the Motorola Razr Ultra 2025's 1TB storage option, alongside last year's handsets, which are still on sale. The Razr 2025 officially goes on sale on May 15th and, aside from the Ultra's $200 discount, shoppers can get an additional $100 off the new device via Motorola's trade-in scheme. This goes up to $200 when buying the Razr Ultra 2025. Combining the Razr Ultra's $200 up front discount, and the extra $200 trade-in promotion, brings the final price down to $1,084.99. A solid deal for a phone that is yet to be released. The good news is that Motorola's trade-in scheme will accept a wide range of devices, including the 2013 Moto G, which it values at $105 ($5 for the phone, with the $100 promotion on top). The Lenovo-owned company's trade-in prices aren't particularly impressive, especially up against Samsung's valuations. So I wouldn't recommend handing over your Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra for $185 when you can get more for it on eBay. However, I would recommend dredging up whatever old handset you have lying around, checking if Motorola will accept it, and taking that $100 additional discount. If you have your eye on a Razr phone, but this deal has come at the wrong time, don't fret because Motorola appears to be running a semi-permanent sale on its devices. Last month's spring sale seamlessly transitioned into a Mother's Day promotion, which has morphed into a new 'moments that move' offer. There may be some benefit to waiting because the Razr 2025's principal competition, Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 7, will land this summer and I suspect Motorola will respond with more discounts.
WIRED
15-05-2025
- WIRED
Motorola's Razr Ultra and Razr Are Gorgeous Folding Phones With a Few Imperfections
The Moto X from 2013 was one of my favorite smartphones of all time. Motorola, owned by Google back then, debuted a build-a-phone workshop that let you customize the handset's design, from changing the color on the front and back to adding different accents for the buttons. You could even throw in a signature for an extra dose of personalization. Photograph: Julian Chokkattu That kind of playful nature remains elusive in the smartphone world, but there are glimpses thanks to companies like Nothing and Motorola. Case in point: the new Razr 2025 family, consisting of the Razr Ultra, Razr+, and Razr. Motorola could have taken the Samsung approach and kept the ordinary glass-slab design we're used to for its folding phones, but no. The Razr Ultra lets you choose between Alcantara, wood, leather-inspired, and satin-inspired designs. The base Razr comes in bright, punchy colors, with acetate, nylon, or leather-inspired finishes. I have the Pantone Spring Bud Razr, a leather-inspired mint green color—my wife's eyes lit up when she saw it (and asked if she could take a bite, naturally). Even my hard-to-impress dad stoically said, 'It's a nice color.' I love the FSC-certified Pantone Mountain Trail on the Razr Ultra even more, which is a real wood back that exudes class. Guess what? The original Moto X had a wood back, too. They might not be customizable like the Moto X, but these Razrs look great, feel great, and there's nothing that looks like 'em. Refined Edges Photograph: Julian Chokkattu The Razr 2025 lineup is not wholly different from last year's models. Quite literally, the Razr+ 2025 ($1,000) is almost the same as the Razr+ 2024, now with the titanium-reinforced hinge plate for better durability. Its specs are identical, which is likely why Motorola didn't bother sending a review unit. Instead, I've been testing the Razr 2025 ($700) and the Razr Ultra ($1,300).
CNET
14-05-2025
- CNET
Motorola Razr 2025 vs. Razr Plus and Razr Ultra: All the Specs Compared
Motorola has unveiled three new Razr foldable phones that range in price and features: the $700 Motorola Razr, the $1,000 Razr Plus and the $1,300 Razr Ultra, which are all available now. But what are the key differences between these modern flip phones? The newest addition to the lineup, the Razr Ultra, levels up the capabilities you'll find in the baseline Razr and the Razr Plus -- and appears poised to give the $1,100 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 a run for its money. The Razr Ultra packs 50-megapixel wide and ultrawide cameras, a 4,700-mAh battery and 68-watt charging. But read on to see how it compares to its less pricey Razr counterparts and if nabbing the top-of-the-line device is worth the extra money. But first, here are some commonalities across the three phones. They all run Android 15, have a side fingerprint sensor, boast an IP48 rating for dust and water resistance and lack a headphone jack and expandable storage. Each phone is equipped with Moto AI features that can be activated with a dedicated button, or by looking and speaking directly at the phone. Motorola has integrated services from Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Meta's Llama and Google Gemini to handle tasks like transcriptions, brainstorming and serving up suggestions based on what's on your screen. One thing to note is how Motorola's Android support comes up short compared to the competition. You'll only get three years of major software upgrades and four years of security updates on the phones, compared to the seven years Samsung and Google offer on their phones. Now, onto what separates the 2025 Motorola Razr, Razr Plus and Razr Ultra. Watch this: Motorola's New 2025 Razr Line Gets a High-End $1,300 Ultra Phone 04:22 Razr 2025 vs. Razr Plus vs. Razr Ultra screen size(s) The most noticeable difference when looking at the three phones is the nearly half-inch bezel on the baseline Razr's cover screen, which shrinks down that display to 3.6 inches, versus the 4-inch cover displays on the Razr Plus and Razr Ultra. Another key difference is that the baseline Razr's cover screen has a 90Hz variable refresh rate, while the two pricier phones go up to 165Hz. All three cover screens are pOLED displays. Moving to the internal displays, the Razr has a 6.9-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a 120Hz variable refresh rate, while the Razr Plus has a 6.9-inch FHD+ pOLED display with a 165Hz variable refresh rate. The Razr Ultra, meanwhile, has a 7-inch Super HD AMOLED display with a 165Hz variable refresh rate. Razr 2025 vs. Razr Plus vs. Razr Ultra cameras Camera capabilities could be a determining factor when choosing one of these three phones. The baseline Razr has a 50-megapixel wide and 13-megapixel ultrawide camera. The Razr Plus has a 50-megapixel wide and 50-megapixel telephoto camera. And the Razr Ultra packs a 50-megapixel wide and 50-megapixel ultrawide camera. Flipping to the internal screens, you'll get a 32-megapixel selfie camera on the baseline Razr and the Razr Plus, and a 50-megapixel one on the Razr Ultra. Megapixels aren't everything for camera and photo quality, but these specs definitely make the Ultra sound like a triple threat. Stay tuned for CNET's reviews to see how these cameras perform in the real world. Razr 2025 vs. Razr Plus vs. Razr Ultra batteries Interestingly, the baseline Razr has a 4,500 mAh battery, higher than the 4,000 mAh you'll get on the pricier Razr Plus. But the Razr Ultra tops them all with a 4,700 mAh battery. We'll be sure to incorporate our battery test and observations into upcoming reviews of the phones to better understand how they perform day to day. The Razr supports 30-watt wired charging and 15-watt wireless charging. Meanwhile, the Razr Plus supports 45-watt wired charging and 15-watt wireless charging, as well as 5-watt reverse charging, which can be handy if you have another device to charge and essentially want to turn your phone into a power bank. The Razr Ultra tops them all with 68-watt wired charging, 30-watt wireless charging and 5-watt reverse charging. Razr 2025 vs. Razr Plus vs. Razr Ultra processor and storage The baseline Razr is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 7400X chipset, while the Razr Plus has a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and the Razr Ultra packs a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. You'll get 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage on the baseline Razr, 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage on the Razr Plus and 16GB of RAM with either 512GB or 1TB of storage on the Razr UItra. That can make the upcharge on the priciest Razr worth your money, if you're inclined to use your phone for gaming or want to take loads of pictures without worrying about running out of storage space. Should you upgrade from an older Razr? On paper, there aren't any huge differences between this year's Razr and Razr Plus and last year's models. The newer phones share the same screen sizes, pixel densities, general dimensions and camera specs as their predecessors. This year, Motorola added some features like dust resistance and new AI capabilities, but it's probably not worth upgrading if you can hang onto your 2024 device a bit longer. If you have an older phone like the 2023 Razr and Razr Plus or earlier, you might be more enticed to upgrade to take advantage of faster charging, more powerful RAM and processors and, of course, new AI features. And especially with just three years of software updates, you might feel the clock ticking before it's time for your next upgrade. Check out the spec chart below for a side-by-side breakdown and comparison of the three phones.
