Today, Motorola announced two new foldables. They are sticking with the flip-style foldables this time around, and announcing the Razr and Razr+. They are both mostly the same, aside from a few aspects. But, only one is going to be available next month. The Razr won’t go on sale for a few more months, unfortunately.
Motorola is continuing to use the original Razr flip phone from over 20 years ago, as inspiration for this foldable. Even though Motorola has gotten rid of the chin that made the Razr so unique and iconic in the 2000s. Motorola had to do this to make the cover screen so large on the “plus” model, and wanted to keep the phones similar, so both have no chin. However, the Razr is the thinnest flip-style foldable on the market, coming in at 15.1mm closed, and 6.99mm when opened.
Motorola Razr 2023 specs
Here are the specs for both new Razr foldables.
| Razr | Razr+ | |
| Display | 6.9-inch FHD+ 2640×1080 pOLED 144Hz HDR10+ Certified1.5-inch 194×368 OLED 60Hz | 6.9-inch FHD+ 2640×1080 pOLED 165Hz HDR10+ Certified3.6-inch 1066×1056 pOLED 144Hz |
| Processor | Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 | Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 |
| RAM | 8GB | 8GB |
| Storage | 128GB | 256GB |
| Battery Capacity | 4200mAh | 3800mAh |
| Charging Speeds | 30W wired 5W wireless | 30W wired 5W wireless |
| Software | Android 13 | Android 13 |
| Rear Cameras | 64MP wide f/1.7 13MP ultrawide/macro f/2.2 | 12MP wide f/1.5 13MP ultrawide/macro f/2.2 |
| Front Camera | 32MP | 32MP |
| Dimensions | Open: 73.95 x 170.82 x 7.35mm Closed: 73.95 x 88.24 x 15.88mm | Open: 73.95 x 170.83 x 6.99mm Closed: 73.95 x 88.42 x 15.1mm |
| Weight | 188.6g | 184.5g |
| Price | To Be announced | $999 |
| Colors | Sage Green Vanilla Cream Summer Lilac | Infinite Black Glacier Blue Viva Magenta (T-Mobile exclusive) |
| Available | To Be announced | June 23 |
New gapless and creaseless hinge
Motorola has a brand new hinge on the new Razr models this year. Which they claim is gapless and creaseless. Because of the way that the Razr folds, and has curved sides, it does look like there is a bit of a gap, but there really is not. Which will definitely help with the durability of the phone, and helps to keep the crease down to minimum.
Motorola says that there is still a crease there, but it’s a whole lot less noticeable compared to the previous models of the Razr. So that’s good news for sure. That’s one thing that a lot of people really dislike about foldables these days.
The hinge is also very tight, allowing the Razr to sit at any angle. And with that, Motorola is adding in a number of features to use both displays at the same time, or even by themselves.
Neat software tricks on the new Razr
With a new foldable, comes new tricks to make the software work better on this new form-factor. Motorola is still highlighting continuity, though that’s not really new. It is sort of new for Motorola though, as this is the first time that you can use apps on the cover screen, and then open up the Razr+ and continue using the app. On the older Razr’s, the screen wasn’t large enough to do that.
While we’re talking apps on the cover screen, they all work. App developers don’t need to do a single thing to make their apps work on the cover screen. They should all work on the cover display, because of the way Android works. Motorola has said that every app they’ve tried, has worked. Which is really impressive to be honest. And you can even open up a full keyboard on that screen.
Also on that cover display, Motorola has added more clock styles that you can add. There’s also panels that you can add to the cover screen and swipe between. These include apps that you’d want to use on the screen, shortcuts for calling people, Google Fit, Google News, Weather, and even playback controls. Motorola really tries to make that display super usable for everything.
Pricing & Availability
The Motorola Razr+ will be available for pre-order starting on June 16, and then available online and in stores a week later on June 23. It’ll cost $999, which puts it right in line with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, though the Flip 5 is being announced a month later.
Now, the Razr on the other hand, has no pricing nor availability. Motorola has only said that it will be available in the “coming months”. They’ve also said that the price will be “meaningfully cheaper” than the Razr+. Considering some of the specs here compared to the Razr+, that’s not too surprising.
