{"id":615216,"date":"2026-04-30T12:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/615216\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:25:04","slug":"motorolas-new-razr-folding-phones-command-a-higher-price-with-few-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/615216\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorola\u2019s New Razr Folding Phones Command a Higher Price With Few Upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like clockwork, Motorola is back with a new set of Razr folding flip phones<\/a>. The formula is the same as last year<\/a>, with three phones differing in specs and price: the Razr Ultra, Razr+, and Razr. But alongside these models, Motorola is finally launching its first-ever book-style folding phone<\/a>, the Razr Fold, which it first teased at CES 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The company announced the new handsets at an event in Los Angeles, where it also revealed a new pair of Moto Buds 2 Plus wireless earbuds that look eerily like Apple’s AirPods Pro, but in blue; these will retail for $150 and will be available on April 30. Sadly, all of Motorola’s folding flips are getting price increases, in line with what we’re seeing from competitors like Samsung<\/a>. The Razr Ultra is $1,500, the Razr+ costs $1,100, and the Razr starts at $800\u2014that’s a $200, $100, and $100 price bump over their predecessors, respectively. The new Razr Fold costs $1,900, landing between the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold<\/a> and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Preorders for all of the phones start on May 14, and they go on sale on May 21. Here’s everything you need to know.<\/p>\n

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The Motorola Razr Ultra 2026 in Pantone Orient Blue.<\/p>\n

Courtesy of Motorola<\/p>\n

These new 2026 Razr flip phones see very minor spec bumps and no dramatic changes to hardware or design. The Razr Ultra’s inner display is now a bit brighter, hitting a peak brightness of 5,000 nits. Motorola is also touting a new \u201cExtreme AMOLED\u201d display panel for these Razrs, though it seems largely a marketing term. Barring improved screen brightness on the Ultra, these phones still feature 10-bit screens with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision support and hit 100 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut<\/a> like their predecessors.<\/p>\n

There is one durability improvement with the Razr Ultra: It’s the first phone to use Corning’s Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 on the outer display, which Motorola claims delivers over \u201c75 percent better drop performance\u201d over prior devices. The Razr+ and Razr have Gorilla Glass Victus on those outer screens, same as last year. The phones still have only an IP48 water-resistance rating, so they’re not as dustproof as standard smartphones. Motorola says the base Razr is the only folding phone with a MIL-STD 810H rating, meaning it was tested to meet a specific set of durability standards, such as high altitudes and extreme temperatures.<\/p>\n

Motorola isn’t shy to play around with textures and colors, though this year’s crop of Razrs doesn’t seem to have the same breadth of options as the 2025 models. The Razr Ultra has an embossed Alcantara texture in Orient Blue, or you can grab it in Cocoa with a natural wood veneer. The Razr+ has a simple woven-inspired jacquard finish, and the base Razr adds to that with leather-inspired and acetate finishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Like clockwork, Motorola is back with a new set of Razr folding flip phones. The formula is the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[4329,190486,165,6564,12074,3053,74],"class_list":["post-615216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-android","tag-folding-devices","tag-mobile","tag-motorola","tag-phones","tag-smartphones","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}