Motorola Razr Fold hands-on: This beats Samsung and Google Pixel in notable ways

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At MWC 2026, Motorola launched a ton of particulars concerning the upcoming Motorola Razr Fold, the corporate’s first book-style foldable. Particulars included the associated fee within the European market at €1,999, which is a part of a bundle of the Moto Razr Fold and the Moto Pen Extremely. 

Notably, the Razr Fold helps stylus enter on each the inside and outer screens, a bonus of competing fashions by Samsung and Google. Motorola additionally launched many of the machine’s specs, as I will go over under.

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The skin display might be a 6.6-inch pOLED display with Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3. The inside display might be a large 8.1 inches, making it the most important in North America. It’s going to run on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor and include 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. 

The cameras would be the similar ones seen within the Motorola Signature — 50-megapixel sensors throughout the ultrawide, foremost, and 3x optical zoom. Excluding the processor, these are distinctive specs throughout the board. Precise efficiency and digital camera high quality should wait till we get a full assessment of the machine.

Motorola additionally launched a FIFA version of the Motorola Razr Fold, which enhances the FIFA version flip from CES. It is an enormous partnership with the preferred sport on this planet in a yr the place the world will play for a title. All of that’s extraordinarily effectively performed.

The $2,000 elephant within the room

The €1,999 worth (which converts to roughly $2,320, not contemplating region-based changes) raised eyebrows, although, and that is to be anticipated. It’s an eye-wateringly excessive worth, particularly for Motorola’s first trip of the book-style foldable gate. However general, I can dwell with the value for a number of causes.

To start with, as talked about, the €1,999 worth is a bundle that features a €100 accent, so it is actually €1,899. The Pen Extremely is a nifty little machine that, sadly, doesn’t silo within the cellphone itself, however it comes with its personal carrying case. It is an energetic stylus with some cool options by itself, equivalent to strain sensitivity, a quick-action button, and a wise menu of choices on demand. 

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Second, whereas the processor leaves one thing to be desired (and actually not that a lot), there are in any other case a variety of firsts within the cellphone, together with the primary triple 50-megapixel digital camera set on a North American foldable, the largest and brightest display, and the largest battery. That could be a 6,000mAh silicon carbon battery in there, and it is able to as much as 80W of quick charging, which matches OnePlus’s 2023 (and solely) foldable, the OnePlus Open.

The cellphone is a tad thicker than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, and has a battery that’s over 40% bigger and fees sooner. This cellphone is not any slouch. I took the Honor Magic V5 to IFA 2025 and CES 2026 as a result of I needed a book-style foldable with lengthy battery life, and the Fold 7 did not match that invoice. The Motorola Razr Fold completely will.

Third, this cellphone will doubtless have a really balanced, all-around nice digital camera expertise. Sure, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has a 200-megapixel foremost sensor, however after that, issues fall off fairly rapidly. In the meantime, the three 50-megapixel cameras ought to give a extra constant all-around expertise.

Endurance is essential

Lastly, there’s one undeniable fact to think about. This can be a Motorola cellphone, and the corporate’s M.O. has lengthy been to launch a cellphone at a excessive worth and put it on a everlasting sale a number of weeks later. On the time of publication, the Moto Razr Extremely, which has an MSRP of $1,499, could be had for simply $799. So in case you do not need to pay €1,999, wait a few weeks.

In fact, all of that is moot since we’ve not obtained US pricing or availability dates. So, for the second, there isn’t any cause to lose any sleep over this price ticket. If you wish to lose sleep, accomplish that since you’re excited that an excellent foldable cellphone is coming to the US.