After briefly saying its new foldable at CES, Motorola is now able to debut its first book-style foldable in full at MWC 2026. There are a number of options we already knew, together with help for Motorola’s new Pen Extremely stylus and no fewer than 5 cameras. Nevertheless, many specs have been nonetheless unknown. There are some nice surprises.
Motorola determined to make each screens brighter than any of its rivals by fairly a margin. The principle 8.1-inch foldable show of the Razr Fold has a peak brightness of 6200 nits, whereas the exterior display screen nearly matches it with 6000 nits. For comparability, each screens on the Pixel 10 Fold Professional have a peak brightness of 3000 nits and different foldables’ inside screens usually have considerably decrease brightness ranges. Inside Motorola's demo room, full of home windows and Barcelona solar, I had no hassle studying both display screen.
The principle show is a 2K (2,484 x 2,232) LTPO show that may attain a peak refresh charge of 120Hz, whereas the exterior show has a 2,520 x 1,080 decision and peaks at 165Hz. Each screens additionally help Dolby Imaginative and prescient.
With these high-brightness ranges, Motorola has opted for a silicon-carbon 6,000mAh battery, one other main specification amongst foldables on the time of writing. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how battery life fares, powering these massive, shiny screens. The Razr Fold additionally helps quick charging at as much as 80W with the corporate’s personal (bought individually) TurboPower charger and as much as 50W wi-fi charging.
With a silicon-carbon battery that gives increased vitality density, Motorola’s largest foldable but stays surprisingly svelte, regardless of its large battery. The Razr Fold is 4.6mm (0.181 inches) skinny when open and 9.9mm (0.39 inches) when closed. Sure, Samsung’s newest Z Fold is thinner (4.2 mm; 8.9 mm), nevertheless it has a considerably smaller 4,400mAh battery.
The Razr Fold’s {hardware} continues with lots of the design touches discovered on current Razr telephones. I spent most of my time with the Blackened Blue iteration of the Razr Fold, with a woven piqué design that felt each straightforward to carry and didn’t appear to carry onto fingerprints. There can even be a Lily White shade that doesn’t have the piqué design, however a extra satin end.
The Razr Fold has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor, the de facto flagship Android processor at this level. The foldable additionally has its personal liquid-cooling system to keep up constant efficiency throughout more durable duties and gaming periods.
The Razr Fold’s cameras must do greater than what we’re used to seeing on the flip-style Razr smartphones, which have underwhelmed previously. Thankfully, it appears prefer it may very well be a really succesful smartphone digicam. The principle 50-megapixel sensor has a f/1.6 lens and three.5 levels of optical picture stabilization. It’ll additionally work alongside a multi-spectral 3-in-1 gentle sensor to enhance shade accuracy. The Razr Fold’s ultrawide digicam has a 50MP sensor, a 122-degree area of view, and help for macro images. The 50MP periscope telephoto digicam can attain as much as 3x optical zoom and 100x SuperZoom, by means of picture cropping and AI-boosted picture processing. And at last, there are two selfie cameras: a 32MP inside digicam that may file as much as 4K video and a 20MP exterior selfie cam, each with a f/2.4 lens.
Motorola is already claiming that is one of the best digicam on a foldable smartphone, with the very best DXOMARK rating amongst foldables. When you haven’t heard of DXOMARK earlier than, it’s a benchmarking web site and lab in France that gives skilled picture high quality testing for smartphones, digicam lenses and cameras. It additionally presents a consultancy service to assist producers enhance their units’ digicam efficiency.
It’s too early to inform whether or not that is objectively a greater cameraphone than Samsung’s Z Fold 7, however I used to be significantly impressed by the Razr Fold’s telephoto digicam outcomes. Equally, I’m intrigued by Motorola’s choice to help its latest stylus, the Moto Pen Extremely. It warrants additional testing when the foldable lands for evaluation.
Motorola hasn’t introduced pricing and availability for the Razr Fold. It’ll be coming to North America “within the coming months.”
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