{"id":691104,"date":"2026-07-14T12:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691104\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:34:19","slug":"after-a-month-with-the-razr-fold-i-cant-go-back-to-the-galaxy-z-fold-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691104\/","title":{"rendered":"After a month with the Razr Fold, I can\u2019t go back to the Galaxy Z Fold 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zac Kew-Denniss \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve used the Fold 7 a lot, swapping between it and my Pixel 10 Pro depending on what I\u2019m doing on any given day. A little under a month ago, I got a Motorola Razr Fold<\/a>, and it clears the Z Fold 7 in almost every way \u2014 and it\u2019s replaced the Fold and my Pixel 10 Pro in one fell swoop.<\/p>\n

Which foldable do you prefer?<\/p>\n

29 votes<\/p>\n

Motorola Razr Fold<\/p>\n

52%<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7<\/p>\n

38%<\/p>\n

Other (comment)<\/p>\n

10%<\/p>\n

A less compromised foldable experience<\/p>\n

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Zac Kew-Denniss \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

The Razr Fold is the least compromised foldable I\u2019ve used, even compared to the Z Fold 7. It isn\u2019t as thin or light as the Galaxy, but it more than makes up for that in every other way, especially the cameras.<\/p>\n

While the Z Fold 7 struggles to focus on pets and has a telephoto and ultrawide experience that can only be described as embarrassing, the Razr excels.<\/p>\n

In regular wide shots, like the forest scene above, both phones take excellent photos. The Razr has a 50MP primary camera, while the Z Fold 7 has the same 200MP sensor as Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S26 Ultra<\/a>. Even so, the Razr took my favorite photo of the two. It\u2019s close, but I prefer the way the Razr handles colors and dynamic range. It becomes less close as we look at the other photos.<\/p>\n

I love taking pictures with the Razr Fold.<\/p>\n

Samsung phones aggressively switch to macro mode, even when it doesn\u2019t feel necessary, whereas the Razr Fold is more reserved, switching to macro mode only when you get very close to something. That\u2019s the case in the second set of photos, where the Razr used the main camera to capture the photo, while the Fold 7 switched to the ultrawide for a macro shot.<\/p>\n

The Fold 7 also misses focus, as seen in the third comparison, where Samsung focused on the outer part of the tree instead of the middle. Most damning is the final photo, a 10x zoom. Neither phone produced a great image here, but the Razr\u2019s 50MP 3x is far sharper than the Fold 7\u2019s 10MP 3x.<\/p>\n

What I like most about the Razr\u2019s photos is that they have personality, something even my Pixel struggles with. The Razr isn\u2019t afraid of contrast, and the color profile is lovely. There are times when it overdoes the HDR, but those occasions are few and far between, and I love taking pictures with the Razr Fold.<\/p>\n

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Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

The battery life on Motorola\u2019s phone is unbelievable. The Fold 7 doesn\u2019t have bad battery life, but its 4,300mAh battery can\u2019t compete with the 6,000mAh silicon-carbon battery in the Razr. I recently wrote about how pleasantly surprised I was\u00a0by the\u00a0Galaxy S26 Ultra\u2019s endurance<\/a>, and the Razr Fold is even better, even on days when I use the inner screen a lot.<\/p>\n

Since I started using the Razr Fold, there have been several occasions when it\u2019s made it a full 48 hours between charges, even with my normal use. The heaviest day I had with it was earlier this week. An hour of traveling with GPS, music streaming, and social media all at once, then two hours in a hospital waiting room serving as a hotspot for my laptop, finished with about an hour of nonstop camera use. Even then, with all my normal use when I got home, the Razr Fold had 39% left when I went to bed.<\/p>\n

7 a.m. to 1 a.m. with that kind of usage and still having that much power left is impressive, no matter how you look at it. When I do charge the Razr, that\u2019s quick, too, thanks to the 80W charging.<\/p>\n

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Brady Snyder \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

The Razr\u2019s design is another highlight. The Z Fold 7 isn\u2019t a bad design by any means; it\u2019s impressive that Samsung managed to fit the Fold 7\u2019s hardware into something so slim and light. But even though the Razr Fold is 28g heavier and 1.2mm thicker than the Fold 7, when I hold them both side by side, I can\u2019t tell the difference in thickness or weight. In fact, I find the Razr Fold more comfortable than the Fold 7 thanks to the rounded corners and plastic back.<\/p>\n

I know Motorola calls it \u201cvegan leather\u201d or something similar, but the truth is that it\u2019s plastic, and that\u2019s okay. It\u2019s a warmer, softer material than glass, and the texture on my Lily White version feels like silk. The frame of the Razr Fold tapers inwards at the edge where the phone opens, unlike the Fold 7, which is squared off. That makes it easier to unfold.<\/p>\n

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Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

The Razr has something else the Fold 7 doesn\u2019t: a stylus. Samsung included S Pen support on the Fold 3, 4, 5, and 6 but removed it last year, and I couldn\u2019t have been more disappointed. I know carrying a stylus separately rather than storing it inside the device isn\u2019t ideal, but I\u2019d rather have the option than not, and I really love the Moto Smart Pen. It feels just as good as any S Pen and has almost all of the same features, too. It even works with both the cover and the inner screen, something no foldable S Pen has ever managed, and it isn\u2019t affected by magnets. If you use a magnetic case or accessory with an S Pen-equipped Samsung phone, the magnet can interfere with the stylus\u2019s operation, whereas the Razr has no such issue.<\/p>\n

Motorola\u2019s software is great on a foldable. Something I especially appreciate is the task switcher, which lets you alternate between the usual app carousel and a grid layout on the inner screen while the cover display always uses the carousel. This is something I\u2019ve wanted Samsung to do for years, but so far it hasn\u2019t happened. Good Lock lets you change the task switcher layout, but whatever you choose applies to both screens at once.<\/p>\n

The Razr also lets you have three apps open side by side. One of them remains mostly off the screen until you tap it, at which point it slides over, pushing the app on the far side off the screen.<\/p>\n

Samsung still has some magic<\/p>\n

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Zac Kew-Denniss \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

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There are still some things that are better about the Z Fold 7. Availability of accessories is a big one. Finding cases and screen protectors for a Samsung phone is easy, with Spigen, dbrand, and everyone in between making things for Galaxy devices. Motorola doesn\u2019t have that luxury.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been difficult to find any decent accessories for the Razr Fold, and the only glass screen protectors I\u2019ve found are awful. All three of them popped off, and I haven\u2019t found any cases from the usual manufacturers either. When you\u2019re using a phone this expensive, it\u2019s a good idea to protect it, and that\u2019s more difficult than I\u2019d like.<\/p>\n

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While I love a lot of Motorola\u2019s software, there are still parts of One UI that are better, and it all comes down to multitasking. I know I praised Motorola\u2019s software just above, but it isn\u2019t perfect. The Razr can only have two apps open in split screen in either a 50:50 split or a 90:10 split, with nothing in between, while the Fold 7 lets you resize apps easily.<\/p>\n

Pop-up windows aren\u2019t great on the Razr, either. As you can see in the images above, you can\u2019t resize them much. They\u2019re locked to the same aspect ratio as the cover screen, and if you try to make them any larger than shown above, it just opens the app fully. Again, that\u2019s not an issue in One UI, where you can resize pop-up windows to almost any size or shape.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not excited for any other foldables<\/p>\n

\"Galaxy<\/p>\n

Mishaal Rahman \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

The Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra<\/a> are almost here, and instead of being excited, I\u2019m not. There\u2019s no indication that Samsung is finally going to use silicon-carbon batteries; I doubt the cameras will be making any leaps in quality, and Motorola\u2019s software is, overall, some of the best there is, so long as you ignore its software updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Samsung\u2019s hardware has been feeling stagnant for years now, and Motorola is embarrassing the Fold 7 at almost every turn, and I\u2019d be surprised if it didn\u2019t do the same with the Fold 8.<\/p>\n

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Tablet-size display \u2022 Periscope zoom \u2022 Stylus support \u2022 Multitasking<\/p>\n

Motorola’s first book-style foldable<\/p>\n

The Razr Fold marks Motorola’s entry into book-style foldables with an 8.1-inch 2K LTPO main display and a 6.6-inch cover screen. It features a triple 50MP camera system with periscope zoom, stylus support, and optimized multitasking software.<\/p>\n

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