Motorola Razr Fold hands-on: This beats Samsung and Google Pixel in notable ways

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At MWC 2026, Motorola released a ton of details about the upcoming Motorola Razr Fold, the company’s first book-style foldable. Details included the cost in the European market at €1,999, which is part of a bundle of the Moto Razr Fold and the Moto Pen Ultra. 

Notably, the Razr Fold supports stylus input on both the inner and outer screens, an advantage of competing models by Samsung and Google. Motorola also released most of the device’s specifications, as I’ll go over below.

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The outside screen will be a 6.6-inch pOLED screen with Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3. The inner screen will be a massive 8.1 inches, making it the largest in North America. It will run on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor and come with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. 

The cameras will be the same ones seen in the Motorola Signature — 50-megapixel sensors across the ultrawide, main, and 3x optical zoom. With the exception of the processor, those are exceptional specifications across the board. Actual performance and camera quality will have to wait until we get a full review of the device.

Motorola also introduced a FIFA edition of the Motorola Razr Fold, which complements the FIFA edition flip from CES. It’s a huge partnership with the most popular sport in the world in a year where the world will play for a title. All of that is extremely well played.

The $2,000 elephant in the room

The €1,999 price (which converts to roughly $2,320, not considering region-based adjustments) raised eyebrows, though, and that’s to be expected. It is an eye-wateringly high price, especially for Motorola’s first time out of the book-style foldable gate. But overall, I can live with the price for several reasons.

First of all, as mentioned, the €1,999 price is a bundle that includes a €100 accessory, so it’s really €1,899. The Pen Ultra is a nifty little device that, sadly, does not silo in the phone itself, but it comes with its own carrying case. It’s an active stylus with some cool features on its own, such as pressure sensitivity, a quick-action button, and a smart menu of options on demand. 

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Second, while the processor leaves something to be desired (and really not that much), there are otherwise a lot of firsts in the phone, including the first triple 50-megapixel camera set on a North American foldable, the biggest and brightest screen, and the biggest battery. That is a 6,000mAh silicon carbon battery in there, and it’s capable of up to 80W of fast charging, which matches OnePlus’s 2023 (and only) foldable, the OnePlus Open.

The phone is a tad thicker than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, and has a battery that is over 40% larger and charges faster. This phone is no slouch. I took the Honor Magic V5 to IFA 2025 and CES 2026 because I wanted a book-style foldable with long battery life, and the Fold 7 didn’t fit that bill. The Motorola Razr Fold absolutely will.

Third, this phone will likely have a very balanced, all-around great camera experience. Yes, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has a 200-megapixel main sensor, but after that, things fall off pretty quickly. Meanwhile, the three 50-megapixel cameras should give a more consistent all-around experience.

Patience is key

Finally, there’s one indisputable fact to consider. This is a Motorola phone, and the company’s M.O. has long been to launch a phone at a high price and put it on a permanent sale a few weeks later. At the time of publication, the Moto Razr Ultra, which has an MSRP of $1,499, can be had for just $799. So if you don’t want to pay €1,999, wait a couple of weeks.

Of course, all of this is moot since we haven’t received US pricing or availability dates. So, for the moment, there’s no reason to lose any sleep over this price tag. If you want to lose sleep, do so because you’re excited that a great foldable phone is coming to the US.