Also, the Razr Fold looks nice. The rounded corners, soft-touch back panel, and well-considered color options are very welcome and very Motorola. Nobody is making better-looking phones than this company right now. As a reminder, it\u2019s okay to care about how your phone looks.<\/p>\n
But the Razr Fold sets a very high bar for itself by virtue of costing $1,900. And at that price, it falls short in a few ways. This is a phone that puts all of its polish front and center \u2014 a great design, a big battery, and a clever multitasking system \u2014 but then drops the act around the edges. And there are a few too many rough edges for this high-end of a device.<\/p>\n
$1900<\/p>\n The GoodExcellent battery lifeThoughtful multitasking interfaceAttractive stylingThe BadIt costs $1,900Some photo processing inconsistenciesNo magnetsBloatware bloatware bloatware<\/p>\n The Razr Fold\u2019s 6,000mAh battery really is its biggest asset. It\u2019s able to offer so much capacity thanks to its silicon-carbon technology<\/a>, allowing it to store more energy than traditional lithium-ion batteries. Chinese phone makers are quickly adopting it while Apple, Samsung, and Google have been reluctant \u2014 likely because of some concerns about the battery tech degrading faster than straight-up lithium-ion. Motorola and its China-based parent company Lenovo seem not to share the same concerns, since this year\u2019s entire Razr lineup uses silicon-carbon tech.<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to say how justified the concerns are around longevity since silicon-carbon hasn\u2019t been used in phones for that long. In my extremely unscientific opinion and limited short-term testing, I can say that silicon-carbon absolutely kicks ass in a phone. I never even came close to triggering low power mode on the Razr Fold. Even on a day with a healthy amount of camera use and an hour using the inner screen, the battery was still above 50 percent by bedtime.<\/p>\n I never even came close to triggering low power mode on the Razr Fold<\/p>\n Motorola has also figured out a multitasking solution on the inner screen that rivals could learn from. It feels like a good compromise between Samsung\u2019s \u201canything goes\u201d approach and Google\u2019s three app maximum. You can open two apps in split-screen or have one app occupy most of the screen with a second in the background just a quick tap away.<\/p>\n On top of that, you can embrace chaos and open multiple apps in small \u201cfreeform\u201d windows you can resize and move around the screen. I got up to four apps running in this mode on top of two apps operating in split-screen before I decided it was too much stimulation. But I like this meet-in-the-middle approach that allows me to invite as much or as little chaos as I want.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not saying you should run four apps at once, but I\u2019m not not saying it.<\/p>\n Battery and multitasking are pretty important things to get right on a folding phone. And yet, the Razr Fold disappoints in other ways. For starters, there are entirely too many preloaded apps on a device of this stature. Many, but not all of them, can be uninstalled. But just on principle, I don\u2019t think anyone should have to spend time clearing out bloatware on a phone that costs this much.<\/p>\n The Fold is also missing some small but life-improving hardware upgrades. There are no Qi2 magnets built into the back of the phone, and I increasingly believe every phone should have magnets. The Fold supports wireless charging, but you won\u2019t be able to thwack it onto a MagSafe-style charger like you can with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold.<\/p>\n And while I appreciate Motorola making a stylus for the Razr Fold, there\u2019s no way to attach it to the phone and no case for the Fold with a place to store it. I forgot to bring it with me on more than one trip to a coffee shop where I intended to use it. The stylus is sold separately for $99 anyway, so maybe it\u2019s a fair assumption that if you\u2019re going out of the way to get one, you\u2019re committed enough to figuring out the carry situation on your own.<\/p>\n Two phones for the price of two phones.<\/p>\n Aside from the silicon-carbon battery, the Razr Fold doesn\u2019t break any new ground hardware-wise. It\u2019s less heavy and bulky than the Pixel 10 Pro Fold<\/a>, but lacks that phone\u2019s full dust resistance. And although the Razr Fold is leaner than the Pixel, it still constantly reminds me that I\u2019m carrying it when it\u2019s in my bag or pocket. The Z Fold 7<\/a>, which costs $100 more than the Razr Fold, is appreciably smaller and lighter. That\u2019s its whole deal. The Fold is kind of in no-man\u2019s land between the incumbents, and that\u2019s an uncomfortable place to be if you\u2019re going to charge a premium.<\/p>\n Recent Motorola phones have been pretty weak in the camera department \u2014 forgivable on a $400 phone but not one that costs $1,900. There\u2019s some good news: Image processing looks better on the Razr Fold than it has on past Motorola phones. I see less tendency toward overly bright, washed-out images. Photos in bright daylight show pleasant contrast and saturated blues. The 50-megapixel ultrawide is a cut above the usual 12-megapixel chip, producing plenty of sharp detail.<\/p>\n Consistency is the thing, though, and the Razr Fold\u2019s camera system occasionally missteps. I noticed a jarring change in color cast a couple of times when switching between the wide and telephoto. The tendency to boost shadows too aggressively also shows up here and there, particularly when I\u2019m using the 2x crop zoom, or photographing a gray, overcast scene outdoors.<\/p>\n I\u2019m also not a fan of the generative AI-augmented digital zoom that kicks in above 20x. It introduces some artifacts when trying to clean up text \u2014 classic AI. There\u2019s also an uncanniness to the way it processes small details in a scene, like distant features in the side of a building. They look too clean, and features are sort of smoothed out and blended in a way that just looks unnatural. Thankfully, there\u2019s some text that pops up on the screen when it kicks in, and you can turn the feature totally off in settings.<\/p>\n Tent mode is still a pretty neat trick.<\/p>\n If Motorola had launched the Razr Fold four years ago, I might feel differently about it. The Galaxy Z Fold was still growing out of its awkward too-tall shape, and the Pixel Fold didn\u2019t exist at all yet. A folding phone with sophisticated styling? With a battery that lasts all day? That might have been worth $1,900 back then, considering there was nothing like that at the time.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s 2026, which is an unfortunate time to be launching a pricey phone. The memory crisis surely played a part in the Razr Fold\u2019s high price. Samsung and Google will likely launch successors to their folding phones later this summer, and I won\u2019t be surprised if their prices go up. But here and now, the Razr Fold feels like a bit too little, for too much, too late.<\/p>\n Photography by Allison Johnson \/ The Verge<\/p>\n Agree to continue: Motorola Razr Fold<\/p>\n Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it \u2014 contracts that no one actually reads. It\u2019s impossible for us to read and analyze every single one of these agreements. But we started counting exactly how many times you have to hit \u201cagree\u201d to use devices when we review them since these are agreements most people don\u2019t read and definitely can\u2019t negotiate.<\/p>\n To actually use the Motorola Razr Fold, you must accept the following:<\/p>\n Motorola\u2019s Privacy and Software Updates<\/p>\n But you also get to decide how Motorola\u2019s support works on your phone:<\/p>\n Help improve Motorola products (optional)Enhanced device support (optional)Smart updates (optional)<\/p>\n After entering your Google account, you are asked to:<\/p>\n Add a phone number to your Google account (optional)<\/p>\n And you must agree to the following from Google:<\/p>\n You\u2019ll also need to agree to the following on Google Services:<\/p>\n Install updates and apps: \u201cYou agree this device may also automatically download and install updates and apps from Google, your carrier, and your device\u2019s manufacturer, possibly using cellular data. 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