Motorola is shaking up its line-up, having introduced the Motorola Signature and the Motorola Razr Fold in January 2026. The Signature is on the market, however Motorola saved the precise specs of the Razr Fold below wraps till now.
I reviewed the Motorola Signature just lately, a telephone that’s designed to set a brand new bar for Motorola and take issues to a brand new stage of luxurious. The Motorola Razr Fold follows this lead, with specs that are surprisingly shut.
I received my palms on the brand new Motorola Razr Fold at MWC 2026, certainly one of a brand new wave of units which can be coming to problem the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 in 2026.
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From Flip to Fold
Motorola got here into the folding telephone scene early, taking the chance to revive the Razr in 2020, reminiscent of the enduring Razr V3 from 2004. Whereas Samsung has provided the Flip and Fold by means of quite a lot of generations, Motorola solely now makes the leap to the bigger format.
The motivator that many individuals see is Apple launching its personal folding telephone in 2026, bringing new curiosity to this class of telephones. With Honor asserting the Magic V6 at MWC 2026, too, there’s going to be extra selections than ever.
The query is, can Motorola sustain?
The Razr Fold specs that matter
The Razr Fold is a book-style folding telephone with a 6.6-inch exterior show and an 8.1-inch inside show. That exterior show is roofed with Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3, which makes its debut on this machine. It’s designed to be stronger and extra scratch-resistant, whereas the folding show will get an ultra-thin glass overlaying.
Each screens are LTPO pOLED, with 2848 x 2232 pixels on the principle show and 2520 x 1080 on the exterior show. The principle show will get a 120Hz refresh fee, whereas the exterior show will run all the way in which as much as 165Hz.
Each are vastly vibrant, with 6200 nits peak brightest on the folding display and 6000 nits on the exterior show. That’s round double many telephones.
Motorola goes additional and says that they’re 500 nits as default and that’s what you’ll see in regular every day use, the height brightness preserved for viewing HDR content material.
Powering the telephone is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, which is the place issues align with the Motorola Signature. It’s the identical {hardware} as Moto’s flagship 2026 telephone – and that’s not the place the similarity ends, because the digicam make-up on the rear of the telephone is similar too.
There’s 16GB RAM and 512GB storage as a place to begin, which fits some strategy to justifying the excessive £1,799.99 asking value, the identical beginning value because the Galaxy Z Fold 7, however with double the storage.
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Then we come to the battery, which is a bigger 6000mAh capability, dwarfing the 4400mAh cell that Samsung affords, whereas the 80W wired charging additionally throws shade on Samsung’s machine.
Earlier than I crown the Moto Razr Fold as king of the foldables on the agency’s first try, contemplate that the Honor Magic V6 has a 7150mAh battery with 120W charging.
What do the Razr Fold’s cameras provide?
Folding telephones have been in a humorous place with cameras. On one hand, the excessive value typically comes with the expectation that it is going to be the very best digicam the corporate affords, however for Samsung, that’s positively not the case. For Motorola, it’s clearer, with shut matching of the Razr Fold’s digicam to the Motorola Signature.
That sees a 50Mp Sony Lytia 828 with f/1.6 aperture providing as much as 8K video seize with Dolby Imaginative and prescient. There’s then a 50Mp Sony Lytia 600 providing 3x optical zoom and as much as 100x digital. Lastly, a 50Mp ultrawide rounds out the choice.
Motorola is proudly boasting that it’s acquired a DXOMark Gold ranking, with a rating of 164, making this the “finest” digicam on a folding telephone. We’ll you’ll want to choose that in a full evaluate quickly.
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There are then two entrance cameras, one for every show, providing 20- and 32Mp cameras.
I didn’t get to totally check the cameras – past taking some lengthy zoom photographs by means of soiled home windows in Barcelona, however having used the Signature, I can predict that the digicam is mostly going to be superb, providing photographs with loads of color and good high quality from all of the lenses.
The AI-powered sharpening of the zoom lens is beneficial, though it’s pretty apparent within the particulars that generative AI has been used on longer zooms. For most individuals, I feel they are going to be very proud of the excellent system that this telephone affords.
A really Motorola design
Then we come to the design. Look behind the Moto Razr Fold and it appears to be like very very similar to Motorola’s different telephones from 2025 and 2026.
There’s no questioning the consistency and the model identification, though the Pantone Blackened Blue and Pantone Lily White are maybe protected choices in comparison with the colourful hues provided elsewhere in Motorola’s vary.
To the specifics: the Moto Razr Fold is 9.89mm thick when folded, however 4.55mm when unfolded. Sure, it’s just a little fatter than its rivals, and at 243g, there’s just a little extra heft to it, too.
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There’s an IP49 ranking, which suggests it doesn’t fairly have the safety towards mud ingress that Honor affords on its new folding telephone or the Google Pixel 10 Professional Fold.
Transferring away from the tech specs and again to the aesthetics, whereas private desire will rule over whether or not you just like the design or not, I can’t assist pondering that it doesn’t look fairly as subtle because the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
Nonetheless, the hinge felt strong, the crease within the show isn’t too noticeable and I’ve by no means discovered {that a} crease makes any distinction in every day use. There’s a titanium plate behind the fold to assist the display retain its form. However it all feels strong and if you happen to like Motorola telephones, you’ll just like the design right here.
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It additionally helps Motorola’s Pen Extremely, whereas providing 7 years of software program updates, with a full suite of Motorola’s AI features. I didn’t get the possibility to arrange or extensively check the software program, however there didn’t look like the identical variety of preinstalled apps that we’ve seen elsewhere from Motorola.
Whether or not this was only for these demo units stays to be seen. Actually, the excessive stage of specification of the Razr Fold units it as much as compete with Samsung, Honor and Google et al, offering one more various.
The Motorola Razr Fold will go into pre-order on 13 April within the UK, costing £1,799.99, or €1,999.99 in Europe.