What a missed alternative.
At father or mother firm Lenovo’s large Tech World convention at CES 2026 (held within the Sphere, no much less!), Motorola lastly revealed its much-rumoured first book-style foldable to rival the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Google Pixel 10 Professional Fold.
The Motorola Razr Fold, as it’s unsurprisingly identified, was formally unveiled alongside a brand new Signature flagship telephone and a number of other different merchandise. Nicely, type of.
An incomplete image
In some ways, this was only a teaser for what’s to return. Motorola did reveal some specs, however a few of the most vital stay unknown.
We all know that the gadget can have a pair of 120Hz OLED shows, with a 6.56-inch cowl display screen that opens to disclose an 8.09-inch inner panel. Each will absolutely assist Motorola’s new Pen Extremely stylus.
A five-strong digital camera lineup features a trio of 50Mp rear sensors – foremost, 3x periscope telephoto and 122-degree ultrawide. Oh, and it’ll be obtainable in Pantone’s ‘Blackened Blue’ and ‘Lily White’ finishes – suppose navy and off-white. Whatever the mannequin you select, that vast digital camera bump definitely gained’t be to everybody’s tastes.
Evleaks
And that’s about it. The Razr Fold will run Android 16 (shocker) with obscure “multitasking enhancements”, “adaptive interfaces” and “versatile layouts”, no matter which means. However a vital element – the size of software program assist – stays unknown.
We additionally do not know how massive the battery is, how briskly it might cost and if it has an official IP score for water and dirt resistance. It’s additionally unclear how skinny and light-weight (learn, heavy) it’ll be, however given Motorola’s lack of particular claims, it’s unlikely to beat the Honor Magic V5 on this regard.
Maybe the largest omission to date is which processor it’ll use, which is a vital ingredient for its success. The Signature runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 if that’s any indication and Qualcomm’s CEO was a part of the convention.
The value will make or break it
Assuming there aren’t any dealbreakers on the {hardware} or software program facet, the Razr Fold will stay and die by its pricing. Nothing official has been revealed but, but when famend leaker Evan Blass is something to go by, it’s excellent news.
Evleaks, as he’s identified on-line, took to X (previously Twitter) forward of the occasion to recommend that the Razr Fold might begin at a gorgeous value:
Now, that’s nonetheless some huge cash, however it’s considerably cheaper than Motorola’s rivals within the book-style foldable telephone house. The Google Pixel 10 Professional Fold is out there from $1,799, whereas the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 begins at $1,999.
It’d be a stretch to say that it’ll be the catalyst for book-style foldables to go mainstream, however with lots of the finest non-folding telephones being solely barely cheaper, it introduces the potential of a foldable being the very best possibility for extra folks – particularly if there are some engaging contract offers.
If the Motorola Razr Fold delivers a compelling all-around foldable expertise for $1,500, it might power rivals to make their upcoming units extra reasonably priced, which is excellent news for shoppers.
Nonetheless, we now have a short time to attend to seek out out, with the Razr Fold scheduled for launch in some unspecified time in the future throughout the summer season of 2026. The subsequent likelihood to listen to extra about it should come at MWC 2026, which takes place in March in Barcelona.