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The 2026 Razr Ultra offers excellent battery life despite the constraints of the flip form factor. But an inconsistent camera and steep price make it hard to recommend.<\/p>\n
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The pettable back panel isn\u2019t even my favorite upgraded feature on the 2026 Ultra, which surprised me. It\u2019s the battery. It has a 5,000mAh capacity, up from 4,700mAh on last year\u2019s model. It manages to accommodate a battery with a capacity usually found on the biggest of big slab phones, even though it has to make room for a whole-ass hinge. Motorola can pull this off because it\u2019s using silicon-carbon batteries, which provide higher capacity in the same amount of space a traditional lithium-ion battery takes up.<\/p>\n
In practice, this meant I got comfortable committing battery crimes that I\u2019d normally avoid with a flip phone. Using it as a hotspot while working outdoors on an 80-degree day? Forgoing a nightly recharge simply because the charger is across the room? Setting it up in tent mode and using the front screen as a Pomodoro timer? I did it all with the Razr Ultra. I never hit low power mode, and most days I didn\u2019t even get down to 50 percent. This is very good performance from a phone with two physically small-ish batteries, and that\u2019s a big win for the Razr.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t worry, I didn\u2019t use any of these suggested replies.<\/p>\n Every time I revisit the flip form factor, I remember how great it is. You know what rules? Answering texts on the cover screen, typing single-handed while holding a coffee in the other hand. I used that front screen to catch up on Slack notifications, present my boarding pass to a gate agent, and entertain my four-year-old for a few minutes with a gyroscope-guided marble maze game. Doing these things without opening up the whole phone and inviting in that chaos feels like a cheat code. Motorola\u2019s cover screen software makes it easy to access any app you want, and it handily beats Samsung\u2019s outer screen UI.<\/p>\n I wish I had better news to report elsewhere. I had high hopes for the main camera, which uses a new physically larger 50-megapixel sensor than the previous gen. But Motorola is still making some weird photo processing choices. Colors are very saturated, bordering on artificial, and on an overcast day my photos turn out looking overly bright and flat. Someone who\u2019s not too picky about these things probably won\u2019t mind the look. I am picky, and I was hoping Motorola would have steered its processing back toward the real world with this new sensor. Sadly, that does not seem to be the case.<\/p>\n Then there\u2019s the bloatware. This is a recent Motorola tendency that used to be worse on its budget phones<\/a>, but has since leveled out<\/a> to a bearable, if still gross, amount of preinstalled stuff on its whole lineup. You might think that spending $1,500 on a state-of-the-art foldable phone would spare you from looking at a third-party \u201cNewsfeed\u201d in the app drawer filled with \u201ccontent that\u2019s tailored to your interests,\u201d aka targeted advertising, but you\u2019d be wrong!<\/p>\n You can uninstall and disable a lot of the bloatware, and I highly recommend that you do. As I\u2019m writing this, I\u2019m waiting for Motorola to provide a comment on whether some of this software was hijacked by a bad actor to inject an affiliate code every time you open the Amazon app, as reported by 9to5Google<\/a>. I\u2019m not seeing this behavior on my Razr review units, and it doesn\u2019t appear that anyone\u2019s personal data is at risk based on what has been reported about this situation. But it\u2019s very concerning, and seems entirely avoidable by not loading up the phone with third-party software to begin with.<\/p>\n Long live tent mode.<\/p>\n Despite its good looks, the Razr Ultra isn\u2019t the best option for someone seeking the thrills of a modern flip phone. I\u2019d feel much more comfortable recommending it for like, $1,200, or if Moto had figured out how to seal up that hinge for full dust resistance. Or maybe if it cost as much as it does now, but didn\u2019t come with a bunch of third-party apps that may be susceptible to bad actor shenanigans. It\u2019s not your average phone \u2014 that much is obvious just looking at it. But maybe being a little more average in some ways isn\u2019t such a bad thing.<\/p>\n Photography by Allison Johnson \/ The Verge<\/p>\n Agree to continue: Motorola Razr Ultra (2026)<\/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 2026 Motorola Razr Ultra, 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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