{"id":232153,"date":"2026-01-07T11:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/232153\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:07:10","slug":"motorola-competes-against-samsung-and-google-with-new-razr-fold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/232153\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola competes against Samsung and Google with new Razr Fold"},"content":{"rendered":"

At CES 2026, I got the opportunity to go hands-on with the \u2018Motorola Razr Fold,\u2019 the company\u2019s Samsung Galaxy Fold competitor. While we\u2019re still learning more about what the device has to offer, as Motorola will reveal specifications later this year, I still wanted to give it a shot.<\/p>\n

Motorola\u2019s take on a foldable is interesting, but familiar. At this point, if you\u2019ve held one book-style foldable, you\u2019ve held them all, but the Razr Fold has some nice touches. I like how the handset feels in your hand with the soft-touch rear that\u2019s reminiscent of the vegan leather available on the company\u2019s Razr flip-style phones<\/a>. Additionally, while the camera bump is pretty large, I like how the leather goes up to meet the camera module, and your hand naturally fits below it. Also, Pantone Lily White and Pantone Blackened Blue both look like good colour options.<\/p>\n

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The Razr Fold\u2019s cover display offers a 6.6-inch panel, and it seemed to offer a good aspect ratio, so that you can type easily on the device. When you open up the device, you get a beautiful 8.1-inch 2K display, which is slightly bigger than both the Galaxy Z Fold 7<\/a> and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold<\/a>. The screen looked nice, and you could only see a crease from certain angles.<\/p>\n

The phone also has a triple camera setup with three 50-megapixel sensors, one of which offers a 3x periscope lens. Further, the Razr Fold offers a 32-megapixel external selfie camera and a 20-megapixel internal shooter. I wasn\u2019t able to test out the camera experience, but Motorola seems pretty confident in this camera setup as it\u2019s the same found in its flagship Motorola Signature handset (not coming to Canada or the U.S.).<\/p>\n

The handset feels and looks extremely nice, and while Motorola has been in the foldable game for years with its flip-style Razr<\/a> series, and even its Rizr prototype<\/a>, this is the company\u2019s first book-style folding phone, and it\u2019s pretty impressive at that. Samsung\u2019s first folding phone was a mess, and Google pretty much scrapped its first Fold design. It\u2019s good that Motorola waited until it could offer a solid experience.<\/p>\n

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However, there\u2019s still a lot we don\u2019t know about the Razr Fold, such as its battery capacity, how much RAM it has, its processor and more. Additionally, it\u2019s going to be interesting to see if Motorola can carve out a path into the book-style foldable market. Globally, the company already has a lot of competition. In North America, Motorola might have the best chance, but it\u2019ll have to offer something great if it\u2019s going to compete against the likes of Google, with a fully IP68-rated foldable and Samsung, which showed off a creaseless foldable at CES 2026. And with reports that Apple is also working on a foldable this year, hopefully, the Razr Fold will offer an experience that allows it to stand out.<\/p>\n

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