The Motorola Razr Fold just might be the best foldable phone you can buy right now. Gone are the days of having to make compromises with bulkiness and weight in order to get a screen inside your screen. The form factor has finally matured, as we’re also seeing from competitors like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold.
The Motorola Razr Fold is 9.9mm thin, and I really like Motorola’s software experience. It’s cleaner and frankly, not a headache like I often find Samsung to be.
If I’m buying a foldable phone right now, the Razr Fold is it.
9/10
SoC
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Display
6.6″ Extreme AMOLED
RAM
16GB LPDDR5X + RAM Boost
Storage
512GB built-in
Pros & Cons
Software experience
Pen support
Beautiful design
Battery life
Thicker than a Z Fold 7
No pen storage
Modest camera compromises
Motorola Razr Fold pricing and availability
The Motorola Razr Fold is available for preorder right now, with a ship date of May 21. It starts at $1,899, packing 512GB storage.
As far as starting prices go, that’s $100 more than a Pixel 10 Pro Fold and $100 less than a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7; however, both of those come with 256GB in the base model. For 512GB, both products are more expensive, with the Pixel coming in at $1,919 and the Z Fold 7 coming in at $2,199.
SoC
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Display
6.6″ Extreme AMOLED
RAM
16GB LPDDR5X + RAM Boost
Storage
512GB built-in
Rear camera
50MP Main Camera Sony LYTIA™ 2.44µm Ultra Pixel Omni-directional All-pixel focus ƒ/1.6 aperture 3.5° OIS, 50MP Ultrawide Camera 12mm focal length 1.28µm Quad Pixel 122° field of view ƒ/2.0 aperture Auto focus, 50MP Periscope Telephoto 3x Optical Zoom & 100x Super Zoom Sony LYTIA™ 600 71mm focal length 1.6µm Quad Pixel
Front camera
32MP Internal Front Camera 1.28µm Quad Pixel f/2.4 aperture, 20MP External Front Camera 1.22µm Quad Pixel f/2.4 aperture
Battery
6000mAh battery
Charge speed
80W TurboPower™ charging Wireless charging + Reverse charging
Dimensions
Open: 160.05 × 144.46 x 4.55 mm Closed: 160.05 × 73.6 × 9.89 mm
Weight
243g
IP Rating
IP48 & IP49
Colors
PANTONE Blackened Blue PANTONE Lily White
Cellular connectivity
5G Sub-6: n1/2/3/5/7/8/12/13/14/20/25/26/28/29/30/38/ 40/41/48/66/70/71/75/77/78 4G LTE: B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/14/17/18/19/20/25/26/28 /29/30/32/34/38/39/40/41/42/43/48/66/71 3G: W1/2/4/5/8 2G: GSM850/900/1800/1900
Cover screen
6.6″ Extreme AMOLED
Main screen
8.1″ 2K Extreme AMOLED
Interior display
8.1″ 2K Extreme AMOLED
It’s probably the best foldable on the market
I’d take it over the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
At the risk of sounding like a comparison more than a review, the truth is that there are only three foldable phones that you can buy in the United States. If you’re in the market for this unique style of device, you’re choosing between those three.
The Motorola Razr Fold is 9.9mm thick, which is thinner than a Pixel 10 Pro Fold and about a millimeter thicker than a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7. It’s a critical spec, because it’s likely that most of the time, you’re actually not going to be using it with the screen open. It needs to be comfortable to use as a standard smartphone first. Early foldables felt heavy and bulky to carry around and use, the Razr Fold does not.
Motorola nailed the design, with a beautiful Lily White color (unfortunately, the review unit Motorola sent me is black), and a camera placement that’s close enough to the center that it doesn’t leave it sitting on an angle. It’s not too heavy either, weighing about 10g more than an iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Also, Moto delivers a clean software experience, something you really don’t get from its biggest competitor in the space. The device is actually pleasant to use, something I won’t say about Samsung phones that are designed to pull you away from Google services that are baked into Android.
Given the competitive price, software experience, and design, I really think the Razr Fold is the foldable to buy right now.
It’s pretty useful with the pen
Not all foldables have pen support
The Motorola Razr Fold is the only current-generation foldable phone with active pen support, something Google has never included in Pixel foldables and Samsung abandoned with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 to prioritize thinness.
The Moto Pen Ultra really doesn’t do anything that you wouldn’t expect. It pairs via Bluetooth, and it actually doesn’t do anything until it’s paired. When it tries to automatically pair, you can’t use the pen to tap the “Connect” button.
Removing the pen from its charging case will display an icon on the screen, and yes, it works on both the external and internal displays, and hovering over it will display a series of quick actions. By default, those include notes, annotate, screen record, zoom, and a shortcut to Settings. Those Settings include customization for those options, as well as what to launch with a press or a long-press on the pen button.
I’m old, of course, so I love the zoom feature. Obviously, the value proposition of a foldable phone is the bigger screen on the inside, but it’s still not a full-size tablet. If you start trying to read things like graphic novels on it, the text gets small.
Unfortunately, there’s no pen storage with the Razr Fold. It comes in a charging case, and if you want to use it on-the-go, you’ve got to carry that around with you.
The camera is surprisingly good
Battery life is solid too
The Motorola Razr Fold packs a trio of 50MP cameras, including a main f/1.6 sensor, an f/2 ultra-wide, and a 3x zoom lens. The main and zoom lenses have optical image stabilization. There are two front-facing cameras, a 20MP f/2.4 camera on the external screen and a 32MP f/2.4 sensor on the internal screen.
The hardware is there, and the results are pretty good too. It’s right on par with what you’d get out of a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, although while they both have a 3x zoom lens, I think Motorola handles zoom beyond 3x a little better. Google’s still going to have a better camera on the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. That’s just the way it is, folks.
Overall, I was fine with the low-light performance, although it could have handled things like streetlights better.
As we’ve seen from other Motorola foldables, which have been flip-style to this point, you can do things with the external display while the camera is being used. You can have the external screen show a preview of the picture, or a fun animation to try and get people to smile or laugh. Internally, you can split the screen to show the camera app and your most recent photo, or just make the camera app full-screen.
The camera is solid, especially for Motorola, something that company has struggled with in the past.
Should you buy the Motorola Razr Fold?
You should buy the Motorola Razr Fold if:
You’re going to buy a foldable smartphone
You care about pen support
You want a clean software experience
You should NOT buy the Motorola Razr Fold if:
You only want a foldable phone as a novelty
You want the best camera on a phone
You want the thinnest foldable
9/10
SoC
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Display
6.6″ Extreme AMOLED
RAM
16GB LPDDR5X + RAM Boost
Storage
512GB built-in
It’s critical that when buying a foldable phone, you know why you want a foldable screen. Bendy bois are really cool; they’re also really expensive. It’s not worth investing in for the novelty.
For the three options available in the United States, there are pros and cons to each. Google has the best camera in the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, Samsung is the thinnest. Personally, I think the Razr Fold is the best overall package.