Motorola Razr fold review: Folded perfection, unfolded brilliance

The Motorola Razr Fold marks a bold step forward for Motorola in the foldable smartphone market, positioning itself as a premium alternative to Samsung and Google’s flagship foldables. With a titanium-reinforced hinge, massive dual displays, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 power, and a triple-camera system, the Razr Fold is designed to deliver both style and substance. Its standout feature is the 6,000mAh battery, which promises exceptional endurance, a rarity in foldable devices. Priced at Rs 1,49,999, the Razr Fold is clearly aimed at high-end users who demand cutting-edge technology, durability, and versatility. We used Motorola’s first foldable smartphone for sometime and here’s our complete review of the same.Motorola has spent several years refining the flip-style Razr into one of the more personality-driven smartphones on the market, and the Razr Fold represents the company's next major step — entering the book-style foldable category dominated by Samsung and, more recently, Google. For a first-generation effort, it lands with far more confidence than expected. Measuring 9.9mm when closed and 4.6mm open, the Razr Fold isn't as impressively thin as the Galaxy Z Fold 7's 8.9mm closed and 4.2mm open measurements. At 243 grams, it is also noticeably heavier than Samsung's 215-gram foldable. On paper, that's not a great look — but in practice, the Razr Fold feels supremely comfortable. It slides easily in and out of pockets, fits nicely in one hand while closed, and the rear camera housing serves as a natural resting point for the index finger, helping offset the extra grams. The two ends of the phone are curved slightly inward, making it notably easier to open than the Z Fold or Pixel Fold. The textured back on the Blackened Blue variant feels wonderful, and the side-mounted fingerprint sensor is fast, reliable, and doubles as a swipe-down gesture shortcut for notifications and quick settings — a particularly nice touch. Two Pantone colorways are available — Lily White with a silk-like finish and brushed champagne frame, and Blackened Blue with a woven diamond-like finish. The phone is rated IP46/IP48/IP49 for ingress protection against dust particles larger than 1mm, water immersion, and high-temperature water jets. One minor gripe: the dedicated "AI Key" sits next to the volume buttons and supports only Moto AI actions — users cannot reassign it to other functions. Its placement is also awkward, leading to repeated accidental presses when attempting to adjust volume. On the hinge, the Razr Fold opens smoothly without feeling loose or wobbly, and is sturdy enough to hold the phone open halfway for hands-free "laptop mode." The only caveat is that the heavy camera module makes it slightly top-heavy in that position.Motorola Razr Fold features an 8.1-inch internal display. The 2K LTPO OLED display comes with 2484x2232 pixel resolution. The main screen offers up to 120Hz refresh rate and it also comes with Dolby Vision and HDR10+ support. The main screen on the foldable Motorola smartphone offers up to 6200 nits peak brightness level. On the other hand, the smartphone also comes with a 6.56-inch external display with 1080x2520 pixel resolution. The pOLED external screen offers up to 165Hz refresh rate and comes with Dolby Vision and HDR10+ support. The screen also offers 6,000 nits peak brightness level and is protected with a coating of Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 on top. The high brightness levels makes the external display exceptionally vibrant and readable under direct sunlight and the high refresh rate makes sure that the scrolling is smooth and the animations are also fluid. The cover display is also big enough to easily handle messaging, notifications and even media playback without the need to unfold the device. Coming to the internal display, which is Pantone-validated, ensuring colour accuracy that appeals to both casual users and professionals who rely on precise visuals. We also enjoyed watching movies, editing photos on the device. Also, the big screen offers an immersive experience while multitasking across apps as the large screen offer ample space for productivity. The crease, often a concern with foldables, is minimal and barely noticeable during everyday use, thanks to Motorola’s titanium-reinforced hinge design.Both the screens on the foldable smartphone come with HDR10+ support and the displays deliver rich contrast and deeper blacks, making them ideal for streaming high-quality content. The internal screen’s aspect ratio also enhances multitasking, allowing split-screen usage and floating windows without feeling cramped. Together, the external and internal displays strike a balance between portability and immersion.Motorola Razr Fold is powered by the flagship-grade octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen 5 chipset. The foldable smartphone comes in three variants — 12GB + 256GB, 16GB+512GB and 16GB+512GB FIFA World Cup ’26 Edition. Motorola Razr Fold easily handles multitasking in everyday use. The smartphone functioned seamlessly while switching between apps, running split-screen tasks and navigating the foldable also felt fluid. Heavy duty tasks like video editing, gaming and productivity apps run smoothly, with no noticeable stutter or slowdown. Gaming is also one of the strong points of the Motorola Razr Fold. Thanks to the Adreno GPU, which delivers high frame rates even in demanding titles. The large internal display of the foldable smartphone enhances the gaming experience, while Motorola’s cooling system helps in maintaining a stable performance during extended sessions. Motorola has also optimized the foldable interface, allowing apps to adapt better to the larger screen. While some third-party apps still need refinement for foldable aspect ratios, the overall experience is polished and reliable.Coming to software, Motorola Razr Fold runs Android 16 operating system. The company has also promised that the smartphone will receive up to 7 years of OS and 7 years of security updates. The interface has been optimized for the foldable form factor, allowing users to run apps in split-screen mode or as floating windows, making full use of the expansive internal display. Motorola has also introduced Moto AI features and an AI Key for quick access to contextual assistance. The phone carries a dedicated AI Key button, placed near the volume buttons on the opposite side of the phone when it is opened. The button can be programmed to either launch Moto AI directly or activate "Catch Me Up" — a feature that summarises recent personal communications and notifications. It's a handy idea in theory, but as noted in the Design section, the button's restricted programmability and awkward placement reduce its practical value considerably.The Razr Fold runs both Gemini and Moto AI, giving it a dual-layer AI experience. Gemini handles the deeper, Google-integrated assistant tasks, while Moto AI covers Motorola's own suite of on-device features. Gemini works well for everything from answering questions to summarising content across apps, and its integration into the large inner display feels natural for a productivity-focused device. The inclusion of customizable gestures, enhanced multitasking shortcuts, and improved app continuity between the external and internal displays makes the experience more seamless.The Motorola Razr Fold delivers one of the most versatile camera setups seen on a foldable device. The smartphone features a triple rear camera which comprises of 50MP main camera with (Sony Lytia 828) f/1.6 aperture, OIS, 50MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.0 aperture, 50MP periscope telephoto lens (Sony Lytia 600) with f/2.4 aperture. The front is home to a 32MP internal front camera with f/2.4 aperture, 20MP external front camera with f/2.4 aperture. Talking about the camera performance, the main camera on the Motorola Razr Fold is optically stabilised and it offers reliable exposure, nice colour reproduction and ample amount of detailing in images captured. The colours are rendered with warmth and accuracy all thanks to Motorola’s Pantone Color Validation partnership. The skin tones captured in images appear natural and there is no over saturation. The dynamic range is also wide enough for most outdoor and indoor scenes. That said, the main camera is not without flaws. Occasional noise appears even in daylight, particularly in backlit scenes, and colour quantization, ringing, and colour fringing can be noticeable in photos. These are niche issues that most casual photographers won't encounter often, but they serve as a reminder that the Razr Fold still sits just below the absolute best slab-phone camera systems.The 50MP ultrawide holds its own against the competition. The ultra wide camera also offers accurate colours and a good texture-to-noise trade-off, and its PDAF support means it can focus accurately rather than defaulting to a fixed-focus approach common in many ultrawide lenses. The 122-degree field of view is genuinely broad, making it excellent for landscapes, architecture, and tight indoor spaces. This is where the Razr Fold truly distinguishes itself in the foldable segment. The dedicated 3x periscope telephoto camera captures good detail and nice colours, with a solid texture-to-noise trade-off, and transitions between the primary, ultrawide, and telephoto modules are smooth in photo mode, allowing for easy framing across a range of focal lengths.Beyond the native 3x, Motorola's Super Zoom Pro AI algorithm enables usable shots at extreme digital zoom levels right up to 100x. The Razr Fold manages to take impressive photos at just about any zoom level, which is a significant achievement for a foldable device. Unlike the AI zoom on lesser cameras that tends to smear fine details or morph faces at high magnification, the Razr Fold's processing is disciplined enough to retain reasonable sharpness without over-smoothing the scene.In low light, the Razr Fold maintains solid exposure and colour accuracy, but image noise becomes more intrusive, especially in backlit scenes. The primary camera's optical image stabilisation helps avoid camera shake, but autofocus can slow down noticeably in darker environments, occasionally resulting in delayed captures. It is a capable night shooter for casual use, but it cannot quite match the dedicated computational photography of Google's Pixel 10 Pro Fold or the iPhone 17 Pro in extremely dark conditions.Portrait mode delivers a natural-looking bokeh effect with good subject isolation and reliable edge detection. Colours and skin tones remain consistent, providing a reliable and pleasing portrait experience. The wide-aperture main sensor lends itself well to shallow depth-of-field shots even without portrait mode engaged, and the face-detection autofocus locks on quickly in good lighting.Video recording tops out at 8K at 30fps with Dolby Vision support, 4K at up to 120fps, and 1080p slow motion up to 240fps. The stabilisation in video mode is effective for walking and handheld shots, and Dolby Vision capture gives footage excellent colour depth and contrast when viewed on a compatible screen. On the downside, video autofocus is sometimes slow to adapt, particularly in low light, and there is some exposure stepping during scene transitions and white balance stepping when zooming. The dual capture mode which records from any two cameras simultaneously is a genuinely creative feature that content creators will appreciate.The front-facing camera setup benefits from the foldable form factor itself. The inner display's 32MP shooter is well-suited for video calls on the large screen, while the 20MP cover camera handles selfies when the phone is closed. In practice, both deliver solid results, and the ability to use the rear triple-camera system as a selfie setup by propping the phone in flex mode is a uniquely foldable advantage that other formats simply cannot replicate.Despite being a foldable smartphone, Motorola Razr Fold houses a battery bigger than its competitors. The first foldable smartphone from Motorola houses a 6,000 mAh battery which supports 80W TurboPower fast charging, 50W wireless charging, 5W reverse charging. During our testing the foldable smartphone easily managed to deliver two days of battery life on a single charge of heavy usage. On the days of moderate usage the battery life stretched beyond two days. The fast charging support is also quite impressive as the smartphone charged completely within 50 minutes. Also, a quick charge of 15 minutes can deliver a battery backup of an entire day. As mentioned above the foldable smartphone from Motorola also supports wireless and reverse wireless charging which enable the users to charge other small devices like smartwatches and earbuds. Heat management during charging is well-controlled, with the phone rarely getting uncomfortably warm. The smartphone also offers a Charge Boost feature which helps in optimising charging by safely boosting the charging speed. The foldable also offers two battery saver modes — Standard battery saving and Maximum battery saving which enhances the overall battery life and user experience. The combination of a massive battery, fast charging speeds, and versatile wireless options makes the Razr Fold one of the most dependable foldables for power users.Motorola Razr Fold comes with a starting price tag of Rs 1,49,999. The Motorola Razr Fold took its time getting here, but the wait was absolutely worth it. Motorola's first book-style foldable hits all the right notes excellent hardware, long battery life, fantastic cameras, and commendable software support. For anyone in the market for a large book-style foldable in 2026, the Motorola Razr Fold is a compelling, well-rounded choice that finally gives Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold series the serious competition it deserves.