After announcing the phone during CES, the motorola razr fold is finally heading to Australia, arriving in stores from July 15.
As their first book-style foldable, motorola has taken notes from both their flip phones as well as other foldable manufacturers, using a precision-engineered stainless steel hinge and including a generous 6.6″ external display that transforms into a spacious 8.1″ 2K resolution inner display.
It’s powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and comes with a massive 6,000mAh battery – one of the largest batteries we’ve seen in a foldable to date.
The phone includes a triple 50MP rear camera system, which camera ranking site DXOMARK has given a nod to as the ‘#1 foldable camera system on the site’. There’s dual selfie cameras for the inner and outer displays, for a total of five cameras on board.
Running Android 16 with Moto AI, the razr fold comes with the option to use multiple AI Agents. It’s also covered for up to seven Android OS upgrades and up to seven years of security updates.
Priced at $2,799 ($2,399 currently on pre-order until July 15), the razr fold joins a stable of motorola’s successful razr flip-style phones, and a well established, and growing foldable. So the big question is how does the razr fold stack up?
Taking a leaf out of the book of other foldables on the market, the razr fold is a svelte device. Each panel is just 4.55mm thin when the phone is open and 9.89 mm when closed.
The camera continent – island seems far too small a description – on the rear adds some bulk to the overall design – blowing it out to over 17mm. It sits flat on the desk when closed, but if you want to open the display and use it it will rock fairly significantly.
The phone comes in one of two PANTONE colourways: Lilly White or Blackened Blue – with Motorola sending over the Lily White unit for review.
The colour choice is personal, and while I’m more a fan of darker colours, the Lily White has a charm about it and even looks good under the slightly misted clear case that is included in the box.
There’s two pieces for the case – a frame that surrounds the front display, which includes sticky tabs to make sure it stays on, and the second part that covers the rear – with cut outs for camera and the buttons on the side.
It feels good in the hand, with or without the case – and with a
The phone comes in one of two PANTONE colourways: Lilly White or Blackened Blue – with Motorola sending over the Lily White unit for review.
The colour choice is personal, and while I’m more a fan of darker colours, the Lily White has a charm about it and even looks good under the slightly misted clear case that is included in the box.
There’s two pieces for the case – a frame that surrounds the front display, which includes sticky tabs to make sure it stays on, and the second part that covers the rear – with cut outs for camera and the buttons on the side.
It feels good in the hand, with or without the case – and with a $2,400 phone in hand, I’m definitely using a case.
The razr fold has the usual volume rocker and power button on the right, but there’s also the Moto AI button on the left when you have the phone unfolded. Of course closed it sits right over the other buttons, which can be a little confusing.
The Moto AI button can be used to summon Moto AI, or jump straight into the Update Me or Take Notes feature depending on your key presses. It can also be disabled in settings if you don’t want to keep accidentally hitting it when aiming for the volume rocker.
For their first book-style foldable, it’s pleasing to see Motorola using a sturdy precision-engineered stainless steel teardrop hinge. It opens and closes easily, though it has some resistance so you can position it half-open so you can work in ‘laptop mode’ or prop it up to take photos.
The sturdy hinge is also bolstered by an IP49 ingress protection rating against dust and water. The rating means the phone can last up to 30 minutes in fresh water at 1.5m depth, as well as withstanding high-pressure water jets for 30 seconds.
The hinge is connected to titanium support plates mounted underneath the folding area under the inner display. These plates re-inforce the screen and help it maintain rigidity and the overall form when opening and closing.
The razr fold includes two displays, the 6.6″ ‘Cover’ display, and 8.1” ‘Main’ display.
Both displays are LTPO (Low-Temp Polycrystalline Oxide) supporting refresh rates from 1-120Hz (165Hz for the cover display). The option to scale down to 1hz saves on power, with the 120Hz looking super smooth when scrolling – or in games.
The displays are colour accurate with 10-bit colour support capable of reproducing over a billion colours. Both displays offer over 6,000 nits peak brightness, with a 500nit default brightness – so they’re plenty bright enough to view outdoors.
In short – both displays look good, and are bright enough to use outdoors, though there is still reflections.
Motorola has included stereo audio on the razr fold. The audio is ‘tuned by Sound by Bose’, and also includes Dolby Atmos support for ‘multi-dimensional’ audio.
The speakers are built-in to either end of the phone. The positioning works well, with a slightly off-set, diagonal placement giving you balanced sound no matter if the phone is open or closed.
The audio quality is good for the mids and high-end sound, however while the bass is ok, it certainly could be better. But volume is good, until you reach the top end where it tends to get a little staticy.
The razr fold comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Mobile platform, with 12GB DDR5 RAM (with RAM Boost) and 256GB of UFS 4.1 storage.
The SD8 Gen 5 platform offers a lot of raw power which the phone utilises well. There are no issues with performance. It’s snappy, loads apps and games fast and multitasks well.
So let’s see how it handles 3DMark and Geekbench.
On the connectivity side, the razr fold includes a 5G NR (New Radio) capable of covering multiple 5G bands from sub-6GHz through mmWave – essentially covering you for all 5G services, with a solid 4G LTE radio to back it up. Locally you get Wifi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 and Ultra-Wideband built-in with NFC and all the GNSS services including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and Navi.
There’s five cameras in total on the razr fold, with a triple 50MP rear camera system paired with 20MP and 32MP selfie cameras embedded in the displays.
The triple 50MP rear camera system includes a 50MP Sony LYTIA 828 as the main sensor. This high-end sensor is designed to capture details in any lighting condition.
It’s joined by a 50MP ultra-wide sensor capable of capturing up to 122° field of view, while also doubling as a MacroVision camera for close up fine-detail. Lastly you get the 50MP Telephoto sensor capable of 3x optical, and 100x AI powered digital zoom.
The rear camera setup is essentially the same as we saw on the motorola signature which Scott reviewed earlier this year.
As far as the main sensor goes, it takes a decent shot. The LYTIA 828 sensor is quite large, capturing a large amount of light, even when there’s not a lot visible. The camera takes decent shots at night, with pretty decent processing without over-doing it.
The ultra-wide offers a good shot when you need it, adding in the extra width without adding too much distortion. The Telephoto is good up to 3x through the Optical zoom, but starts to lose quality with cropping.
The selfie cameras offer good shots no matter which you use.
There’s a 6000 mAh silicon-carbon battery inside the razr fold, which Motorola says will deliver ‘all-day power’.
It’s a large battery, one of the largest we’ve seen on a foldable, and also supports fast charging with motorola listing support for 50W fast wireless and 80W wired TurboPower charging – though there’s no chargers included in the box.
Motorola supplies three wired chargers in Australia: 33W, 68W and 125W. To get the most from your phone, you’ll need the 125W to get the 80W support – which will cost you $89.
Unfortunately I can’t find an official ‘Motorola’ branded 50W wireless chargers – or indeed any wireless chargers on the Motorola website at the moment.
Motorola says you can get over 12 hours of power in under 10 minutes with their 80W TurboPower charger. I have a 140W PD charger I use for testing. The charger was able to and it gave around 15% charge in just 5 minutes, before taking just over an hour and a half to fully charge.
The phone runs Android 16 with Motorola’s Hello UI customisations including gestures and personalisation baked in.
Out of the box, the phone has the March security update installed, and there’s no updates at this time.
The good news is that Motorola committed to up to seven Android OS upgrades and up to seven years of security updates, putting the razr fold on par with foldables from both Samsung and Google who also offer the same software update cycle.
In terms of pre-installed there’s the usual Google apps, and Motorola includes their Moto Security, Moto Unplugged and Smart Connect apps, as well as a Notes app and of course their Moto app which will take you through the features and options on your new Motorola phone.
There’s also a few ‘bonuses’ apps installed as part of the set up process, where you’re told Google Home and Health, as well as Adobe Scan AI, Perplexity, FIFA Heroes, LinkedIn and My Script Notes are being installed – no option to opt out during the installation process, however you can uninstall them once you’re set up if you don’t want them.
The inclusion of Perplexity leads into AI, with the razr fold offering users the option to use multiple smart assistants including both Gemini, Perplexity and Moto AI.
Moto AI can of course be used to ask questions as well as generate images, and their Playlist Studio is a fairly nifty feature which uses Amazon Music to quickly generate a 10-song playlist.
Other features include Remember This for saving pics, text, screenshots and more, Update Me for summaries from your chats and Take Notes to record a meeting, including the option to generate transcripts and summaries and save to the Notes app.
Motorola waited to launch their first book-style foldable – and it’s worked.
The phone looks good, the Stainless Steel hinge is reliable and feels smooth when opening and closing with no ‘crunch’. It also offers stop points along the way for laptop mode, or to position the camera.
There’s plenty of grunt under the hood to run anything you want, with excellent connectivity and the battery easily lasts a full day.
The main downside is the enormous camera island overbalancing the phone – there’s just no ‘good’ way to set it down on a desk without it rocking. But that’s a minor point for an excellent foldable phone straight out of the gate.
It also comes with a clean Android implementation that adds in touches of Motorola’s personalisation options through Hello UI – and it comes with seven years of updates.
You can find the razr fold available for pre-order for $2,399 through JB Hifi and Harvey Norman – or through Telstra on a plan – it will go up to the full price of $2,799 RRP from July 15th.
Daniel has been talking about, learning about and using tech since he was able to toggle switches and push buttons. If it flashes, turns on or off or connects he wants to use it, talk about it and learn more about it. Like this article? Buy me a coffee!
The razr fold has the usual volume rocker and power button on the right, but there’s also the Moto AI button on the left when you have the phone unfolded. Of course closed it sits right over the other buttons, which can be a little confusing.
The Moto AI button can be used to summon Moto AI, or jump straight into the Update Me or Take Notes feature depending on your key presses. It can also be disabled in settings if you don’t want to keep accidentally hitting it when aiming for the volume rocker.
For their first book-style foldable, it’s pleasing to see Motorola using a sturdy precision-engineered stainless steel teardrop hinge. It opens and closes easily, though it has some resistance so you can position it half-open so you can work in ‘laptop mode’ or prop it up to take photos.
The sturdy hinge is also bolstered by an IP49 ingress protection rating against dust and water. The rating means the phone can last up to 30 minutes in fresh water at 1.5m depth, as well as withstanding high-pressure water jets for 30 seconds.
The hinge is connected to titanium support plates mounted underneath the folding area under the inner display. These plates re-inforce the screen and help it maintain rigidity and the overall form when opening and closing.
The razr fold includes two displays, the 6.6″ ‘Cover’ display, and 8.1” ‘Main’ display.
Both displays are LTPO (Low-Temp Polycrystalline Oxide) supporting refresh rates from 1-120Hz (165Hz for the cover display). The option to scale down to 1hz saves on power, with the 120Hz looking super smooth when scrolling – or in games.
The displays are colour accurate with 10-bit colour support capable of reproducing over a billion colours. Both displays offer over 6,000 nits peak brightness, with a 500nit default brightness – so they’re plenty bright enough to view outdoors.
In short – both displays look good, and are bright enough to use outdoors, though there is still reflections.
Motorola has included stereo audio on the razr fold. The audio is ‘tuned by Sound by Bose’, and also includes Dolby Atmos support for ‘multi-dimensional’ audio.
The speakers are built-in to either end of the phone. The positioning works well, with a slightly off-set, diagonal placement giving you balanced sound no matter if the phone is open or closed.
The audio quality is good for the mids and high-end sound, however while the bass is ok, it certainly could be better. But volume is good, until you reach the top end where it tends to get a little staticy.
The razr fold comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Mobile platform, with 12GB DDR5 RAM (with RAM Boost) and 256GB of UFS 4.1 storage.
The SD8 Gen 5 platform offers a lot of raw power which the phone utilises well. There are no issues with performance. It’s snappy, loads apps and games fast and multitasks well.
So let’s see how it handles 3DMark and Geekbench.
On the connectivity side, the razr fold includes a 5G NR (New Radio) capable of covering multiple 5G bands from sub-6GHz through mmWave – essentially covering you for all 5G services, with a solid 4G LTE radio to back it up. Locally you get Wifi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 and Ultra-Wideband built-in with NFC and all the GNSS services including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and Navi.
There’s five cameras in total on the razr fold, with a triple 50MP rear camera system paired with 20MP and 32MP selfie cameras embedded in the displays.
The triple 50MP rear camera system includes a 50MP Sony LYTIA 828 as the main sensor. This high-end sensor is designed to capture details in any lighting condition.
It’s joined by a 50MP ultra-wide sensor capable of capturing up to 122° field of view, while also doubling as a MacroVision camera for close up fine-detail. Lastly you get the 50MP Telephoto sensor capable of 3x optical, and 100x AI powered digital zoom.
The rear camera setup is essentially the same as we saw on the motorola signature which Scott reviewed earlier this year.
As far as the main sensor goes, it takes a decent shot. The LYTIA 828 sensor is quite large, capturing a large amount of light, even when there’s not a lot visible. The camera takes decent shots at night, with pretty decent processing without over-doing it.
The ultra-wide offers a good shot when you need it, adding in the extra width without adding too much distortion. The Telephoto is good up to 3x through the Optical zoom, but starts to lose quality with cropping.
The selfie cameras offer good shots no matter which you use.
There’s a 6000 mAh silicon-carbon battery inside the razr fold, which Motorola says will deliver ‘all-day power’.
It’s a large battery, one of the largest we’ve seen on a foldable, and also supports fast charging with motorola listing support for 50W fast wireless and 80W wired TurboPower charging – though there’s no chargers included in the box.
Motorola supplies three wired chargers in Australia: 33W, 68W and 125W. To get the most from your phone, you’ll need the 125W to get the 80W support – which will cost you .
Unfortunately I can’t find an official ‘Motorola’ branded 50W wireless chargers – or indeed any wireless chargers on the Motorola website at the moment.
Motorola says you can get over 12 hours of power in under 10 minutes with their 80W TurboPower charger. I have a 140W PD charger I use for testing. The charger was able to and it gave around 15% charge in just 5 minutes, before taking just over an hour and a half to fully charge.
The phone runs Android 16 with Motorola’s Hello UI customisations including gestures and personalisation baked in.
Out of the box, the phone has the March security update installed, and there’s no updates at this time.
The good news is that Motorola committed to up to seven Android OS upgrades and up to seven years of security updates, putting the razr fold on par with foldables from both Samsung and Google who also offer the same software update cycle.
In terms of pre-installed there’s the usual Google apps, and Motorola includes their Moto Security, Moto Unplugged and Smart Connect apps, as well as a Notes app and of course their Moto app which will take you through the features and options on your new Motorola phone.
There’s also a few ‘bonuses’ apps installed as part of the set up process, where you’re told Google Home and Health, as well as Adobe Scan AI, Perplexity, FIFA Heroes, LinkedIn and My Script Notes are being installed – no option to opt out during the installation process, however you can uninstall them once you’re set up if you don’t want them.
The inclusion of Perplexity leads into AI, with the razr fold offering users the option to use multiple smart assistants including both Gemini, Perplexity and Moto AI.
Moto AI can of course be used to ask questions as well as generate images, and their Playlist Studio is a fairly nifty feature which uses Amazon Music to quickly generate a 10-song playlist.
Other features include Remember This for saving pics, text, screenshots and more, Update Me for summaries from your chats and Take Notes to record a meeting, including the option to generate transcripts and summaries and save to the Notes app.
Motorola waited to launch their first book-style foldable – and it’s worked.
The phone looks good, the Stainless Steel hinge is reliable and feels smooth when opening and closing with no ‘crunch’. It also offers stop points along the way for laptop mode, or to position the camera.
There’s plenty of grunt under the hood to run anything you want, with excellent connectivity and the battery easily lasts a full day.
The main downside is the enormous camera island overbalancing the phone – there’s just no ‘good’ way to set it down on a desk without it rocking. But that’s a minor point for an excellent foldable phone straight out of the gate.
It also comes with a clean Android implementation that adds in touches of Motorola’s personalisation options through Hello UI – and it comes with seven years of updates.
You can find the razr fold available for pre-order for
The phone comes in one of two PANTONE colourways: Lilly White or Blackened Blue – with Motorola sending over the Lily White unit for review.
The colour choice is personal, and while I’m more a fan of darker colours, the Lily White has a charm about it and even looks good under the slightly misted clear case that is included in the box.
There’s two pieces for the case – a frame that surrounds the front display, which includes sticky tabs to make sure it stays on, and the second part that covers the rear – with cut outs for camera and the buttons on the side.
It feels good in the hand, with or without the case – and with a $2,400 phone in hand, I’m definitely using a case.
The razr fold has the usual volume rocker and power button on the right, but there’s also the Moto AI button on the left when you have the phone unfolded. Of course closed it sits right over the other buttons, which can be a little confusing.
The Moto AI button can be used to summon Moto AI, or jump straight into the Update Me or Take Notes feature depending on your key presses. It can also be disabled in settings if you don’t want to keep accidentally hitting it when aiming for the volume rocker.
For their first book-style foldable, it’s pleasing to see Motorola using a sturdy precision-engineered stainless steel teardrop hinge. It opens and closes easily, though it has some resistance so you can position it half-open so you can work in ‘laptop mode’ or prop it up to take photos.
The sturdy hinge is also bolstered by an IP49 ingress protection rating against dust and water. The rating means the phone can last up to 30 minutes in fresh water at 1.5m depth, as well as withstanding high-pressure water jets for 30 seconds.
The hinge is connected to titanium support plates mounted underneath the folding area under the inner display. These plates re-inforce the screen and help it maintain rigidity and the overall form when opening and closing.
The razr fold includes two displays, the 6.6″ ‘Cover’ display, and 8.1” ‘Main’ display.
Both displays are LTPO (Low-Temp Polycrystalline Oxide) supporting refresh rates from 1-120Hz (165Hz for the cover display). The option to scale down to 1hz saves on power, with the 120Hz looking super smooth when scrolling – or in games.
The displays are colour accurate with 10-bit colour support capable of reproducing over a billion colours. Both displays offer over 6,000 nits peak brightness, with a 500nit default brightness – so they’re plenty bright enough to view outdoors.
In short – both displays look good, and are bright enough to use outdoors, though there is still reflections.
Motorola has included stereo audio on the razr fold. The audio is ‘tuned by Sound by Bose’, and also includes Dolby Atmos support for ‘multi-dimensional’ audio.
The speakers are built-in to either end of the phone. The positioning works well, with a slightly off-set, diagonal placement giving you balanced sound no matter if the phone is open or closed.
The audio quality is good for the mids and high-end sound, however while the bass is ok, it certainly could be better. But volume is good, until you reach the top end where it tends to get a little staticy.
The razr fold comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Mobile platform, with 12GB DDR5 RAM (with RAM Boost) and 256GB of UFS 4.1 storage.
The SD8 Gen 5 platform offers a lot of raw power which the phone utilises well. There are no issues with performance. It’s snappy, loads apps and games fast and multitasks well.
So let’s see how it handles 3DMark and Geekbench.
On the connectivity side, the razr fold includes a 5G NR (New Radio) capable of covering multiple 5G bands from sub-6GHz through mmWave – essentially covering you for all 5G services, with a solid 4G LTE radio to back it up. Locally you get Wifi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 and Ultra-Wideband built-in with NFC and all the GNSS services including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and Navi.
There’s five cameras in total on the razr fold, with a triple 50MP rear camera system paired with 20MP and 32MP selfie cameras embedded in the displays.
The triple 50MP rear camera system includes a 50MP Sony LYTIA 828 as the main sensor. This high-end sensor is designed to capture details in any lighting condition.
It’s joined by a 50MP ultra-wide sensor capable of capturing up to 122° field of view, while also doubling as a MacroVision camera for close up fine-detail. Lastly you get the 50MP Telephoto sensor capable of 3x optical, and 100x AI powered digital zoom.
The rear camera setup is essentially the same as we saw on the motorola signature which Scott reviewed earlier this year.
As far as the main sensor goes, it takes a decent shot. The LYTIA 828 sensor is quite large, capturing a large amount of light, even when there’s not a lot visible. The camera takes decent shots at night, with pretty decent processing without over-doing it.
The ultra-wide offers a good shot when you need it, adding in the extra width without adding too much distortion. The Telephoto is good up to 3x through the Optical zoom, but starts to lose quality with cropping.
The selfie cameras offer good shots no matter which you use.
There’s a 6000 mAh silicon-carbon battery inside the razr fold, which Motorola says will deliver ‘all-day power’.
It’s a large battery, one of the largest we’ve seen on a foldable, and also supports fast charging with motorola listing support for 50W fast wireless and 80W wired TurboPower charging – though there’s no chargers included in the box.
Motorola supplies three wired chargers in Australia: 33W, 68W and 125W. To get the most from your phone, you’ll need the 125W to get the 80W support – which will cost you $89.
Unfortunately I can’t find an official ‘Motorola’ branded 50W wireless chargers – or indeed any wireless chargers on the Motorola website at the moment.
Motorola says you can get over 12 hours of power in under 10 minutes with their 80W TurboPower charger. I have a 140W PD charger I use for testing. The charger was able to and it gave around 15% charge in just 5 minutes, before taking just over an hour and a half to fully charge.
The phone runs Android 16 with Motorola’s Hello UI customisations including gestures and personalisation baked in.
Out of the box, the phone has the March security update installed, and there’s no updates at this time.
The good news is that Motorola committed to up to seven Android OS upgrades and up to seven years of security updates, putting the razr fold on par with foldables from both Samsung and Google who also offer the same software update cycle.
In terms of pre-installed there’s the usual Google apps, and Motorola includes their Moto Security, Moto Unplugged and Smart Connect apps, as well as a Notes app and of course their Moto app which will take you through the features and options on your new Motorola phone.
There’s also a few ‘bonuses’ apps installed as part of the set up process, where you’re told Google Home and Health, as well as Adobe Scan AI, Perplexity, FIFA Heroes, LinkedIn and My Script Notes are being installed – no option to opt out during the installation process, however you can uninstall them once you’re set up if you don’t want them.
The inclusion of Perplexity leads into AI, with the razr fold offering users the option to use multiple smart assistants including both Gemini, Perplexity and Moto AI.
Moto AI can of course be used to ask questions as well as generate images, and their Playlist Studio is a fairly nifty feature which uses Amazon Music to quickly generate a 10-song playlist.
Other features include Remember This for saving pics, text, screenshots and more, Update Me for summaries from your chats and Take Notes to record a meeting, including the option to generate transcripts and summaries and save to the Notes app.
Motorola waited to launch their first book-style foldable – and it’s worked.
The phone looks good, the Stainless Steel hinge is reliable and feels smooth when opening and closing with no ‘crunch’. It also offers stop points along the way for laptop mode, or to position the camera.
There’s plenty of grunt under the hood to run anything you want, with excellent connectivity and the battery easily lasts a full day.
The main downside is the enormous camera island overbalancing the phone – there’s just no ‘good’ way to set it down on a desk without it rocking. But that’s a minor point for an excellent foldable phone straight out of the gate.
It also comes with a clean Android implementation that adds in touches of Motorola’s personalisation options through Hello UI – and it comes with seven years of updates.
You can find the razr fold available for pre-order for $2,399 through JB Hifi and Harvey Norman – or through Telstra on a plan – it will go up to the full price of $2,799 RRP from July 15th.
Daniel has been talking about, learning about and using tech since he was able to toggle switches and push buttons. If it flashes, turns on or off or connects he wants to use it, talk about it and learn more about it. Like this article? Buy me a coffee!
The phone comes in one of two PANTONE colourways: Lilly White or Blackened Blue – with Motorola sending over the Lily White unit for review.
The colour choice is personal, and while I’m more a fan of darker colours, the Lily White has a charm about it and even looks good under the slightly misted clear case that is included in the box.
There’s two pieces for the case – a frame that surrounds the front display, which includes sticky tabs to make sure it stays on, and the second part that covers the rear – with cut outs for camera and the buttons on the side.
It feels good in the hand, with or without the case – and with a $2,400 phone in hand, I’m definitely using a case.
The razr fold has the usual volume rocker and power button on the right, but there’s also the Moto AI button on the left when you have the phone unfolded. Of course closed it sits right over the other buttons, which can be a little confusing.
The Moto AI button can be used to summon Moto AI, or jump straight into the Update Me or Take Notes feature depending on your key presses. It can also be disabled in settings if you don’t want to keep accidentally hitting it when aiming for the volume rocker.
For their first book-style foldable, it’s pleasing to see Motorola using a sturdy precision-engineered stainless steel teardrop hinge. It opens and closes easily, though it has some resistance so you can position it half-open so you can work in ‘laptop mode’ or prop it up to take photos.
The sturdy hinge is also bolstered by an IP49 ingress protection rating against dust and water. The rating means the phone can last up to 30 minutes in fresh water at 1.5m depth, as well as withstanding high-pressure water jets for 30 seconds.
The hinge is connected to titanium support plates mounted underneath the folding area under the inner display. These plates re-inforce the screen and help it maintain rigidity and the overall form when opening and closing.
The razr fold includes two displays, the 6.6″ ‘Cover’ display, and 8.1” ‘Main’ display.
Both displays are LTPO (Low-Temp Polycrystalline Oxide) supporting refresh rates from 1-120Hz (165Hz for the cover display). The option to scale down to 1hz saves on power, with the 120Hz looking super smooth when scrolling – or in games.
The displays are colour accurate with 10-bit colour support capable of reproducing over a billion colours. Both displays offer over 6,000 nits peak brightness, with a 500nit default brightness – so they’re plenty bright enough to view outdoors.
In short – both displays look good, and are bright enough to use outdoors, though there is still reflections.
Motorola has included stereo audio on the razr fold. The audio is ‘tuned by Sound by Bose’, and also includes Dolby Atmos support for ‘multi-dimensional’ audio.
The speakers are built-in to either end of the phone. The positioning works well, with a slightly off-set, diagonal placement giving you balanced sound no matter if the phone is open or closed.
The audio quality is good for the mids and high-end sound, however while the bass is ok, it certainly could be better. But volume is good, until you reach the top end where it tends to get a little staticy.
The razr fold comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Mobile platform, with 12GB DDR5 RAM (with RAM Boost) and 256GB of UFS 4.1 storage.
The SD8 Gen 5 platform offers a lot of raw power which the phone utilises well. There are no issues with performance. It’s snappy, loads apps and games fast and multitasks well.
So let’s see how it handles 3DMark and Geekbench.
On the connectivity side, the razr fold includes a 5G NR (New Radio) capable of covering multiple 5G bands from sub-6GHz through mmWave – essentially covering you for all 5G services, with a solid 4G LTE radio to back it up. Locally you get Wifi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 and Ultra-Wideband built-in with NFC and all the GNSS services including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and Navi.
There’s five cameras in total on the razr fold, with a triple 50MP rear camera system paired with 20MP and 32MP selfie cameras embedded in the displays.
The triple 50MP rear camera system includes a 50MP Sony LYTIA 828 as the main sensor. This high-end sensor is designed to capture details in any lighting condition.
It’s joined by a 50MP ultra-wide sensor capable of capturing up to 122° field of view, while also doubling as a MacroVision camera for close up fine-detail. Lastly you get the 50MP Telephoto sensor capable of 3x optical, and 100x AI powered digital zoom.
The rear camera setup is essentially the same as we saw on the motorola signature which Scott reviewed earlier this year.
As far as the main sensor goes, it takes a decent shot. The LYTIA 828 sensor is quite large, capturing a large amount of light, even when there’s not a lot visible. The camera takes decent shots at night, with pretty decent processing without over-doing it.
The ultra-wide offers a good shot when you need it, adding in the extra width without adding too much distortion. The Telephoto is good up to 3x through the Optical zoom, but starts to lose quality with cropping.
The selfie cameras offer good shots no matter which you use.
There’s a 6000 mAh silicon-carbon battery inside the razr fold, which Motorola says will deliver ‘all-day power’.
It’s a large battery, one of the largest we’ve seen on a foldable, and also supports fast charging with motorola listing support for 50W fast wireless and 80W wired TurboPower charging – though there’s no chargers included in the box.
Motorola supplies three wired chargers in Australia: 33W, 68W and 125W. To get the most from your phone, you’ll need the 125W to get the 80W support – which will cost you $89.
Unfortunately I can’t find an official ‘Motorola’ branded 50W wireless chargers – or indeed any wireless chargers on the Motorola website at the moment.
Motorola says you can get over 12 hours of power in under 10 minutes with their 80W TurboPower charger. I have a 140W PD charger I use for testing. The charger was able to and it gave around 15% charge in just 5 minutes, before taking just over an hour and a half to fully charge.
The phone runs Android 16 with Motorola’s Hello UI customisations including gestures and personalisation baked in.
Out of the box, the phone has the March security update installed, and there’s no updates at this time.
The good news is that Motorola committed to up to seven Android OS upgrades and up to seven years of security updates, putting the razr fold on par with foldables from both Samsung and Google who also offer the same software update cycle.
In terms of pre-installed there’s the usual Google apps, and Motorola includes their Moto Security, Moto Unplugged and Smart Connect apps, as well as a Notes app and of course their Moto app which will take you through the features and options on your new Motorola phone.
There’s also a few ‘bonuses’ apps installed as part of the set up process, where you’re told Google Home and Health, as well as Adobe Scan AI, Perplexity, FIFA Heroes, LinkedIn and My Script Notes are being installed – no option to opt out during the installation process, however you can uninstall them once you’re set up if you don’t want them.
The inclusion of Perplexity leads into AI, with the razr fold offering users the option to use multiple smart assistants including both Gemini, Perplexity and Moto AI.
Moto AI can of course be used to ask questions as well as generate images, and their Playlist Studio is a fairly nifty feature which uses Amazon Music to quickly generate a 10-song playlist.
Other features include Remember This for saving pics, text, screenshots and more, Update Me for summaries from your chats and Take Notes to record a meeting, including the option to generate transcripts and summaries and save to the Notes app.
Motorola waited to launch their first book-style foldable – and it’s worked.
The phone looks good, the Stainless Steel hinge is reliable and feels smooth when opening and closing with no ‘crunch’. It also offers stop points along the way for laptop mode, or to position the camera.
There’s plenty of grunt under the hood to run anything you want, with excellent connectivity and the battery easily lasts a full day.
The main downside is the enormous camera island overbalancing the phone – there’s just no ‘good’ way to set it down on a desk without it rocking. But that’s a minor point for an excellent foldable phone straight out of the gate.
It also comes with a clean Android implementation that adds in touches of Motorola’s personalisation options through Hello UI – and it comes with seven years of updates.
You can find the razr fold available for pre-order for $2,399 through JB Hifi and Harvey Norman – or through Telstra on a plan – it will go up to the full price of $2,799 RRP from July 15th.
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Daniel has been talking about, learning about and using tech since he was able to toggle switches and push buttons. If it flashes, turns on or off or connects he wants to use it, talk about it and learn more about it. Like this article? Buy me a coffee!
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