Motorola Razr 2025 vs Nothing Phone (3)

Motorola Razr 2025

A dual 50MP system that's improved year over year and packed with fun AI modes, but processing and the selfie pipeline keep it a clear step behind candy-bar phones and the Galaxy Z Flip.

• The camera system pairs a 50MP main sensor with a 50MP ultrawide plus AI features for better photos and video.
• Year after year Motorola is doing a much better job improving the camera quality on the base Razr.
• The AI camera suite is genuinely fun — auto night vision, photo booth, auto smile capture, hands-free gesture and a camcorder mode that testers loved.
• For vlogging, stick to the rear cameras — the front camera is nowhere near matching what the Galaxy Z Flip can do.
• You can get a better camera experience on a cheaper non-folding phone like the Pixel 9a — cameras are just fine here, not a strength.
• Photo quality lands a step below but very similar to the Galaxy Z Flip 7 — respectable for a flip at this price.

Nothing Phone (3)

A well-equipped quad 50MP system with a 3x periscope and strong video specs, but image quality is solid-not-spectacular and still trails the Pixel 9.

• It runs a quad 50MP setup — f/1.68 main, f/2.2 114° ultrawide, f/2.68 3x periscope and a 50MP selfie.
• The main camera captures solid binned 12.5MP photos in good lighting; 4K bitrate is a bit low but overall video quality looks excellent.
• It's a shame the camera doesn't stack up against the Pixel 9 series — solid but not class-leading.
• It's not the best camera on the market, but it's consistent, quick to launch and takes great everyday pictures — and produces amazing results edited in Lightroom.
• Unlike its cheaper siblings, all four cameras shoot 4K60 (and 4K60 HDR), plus 4K60 selfie video and 240fps slow-mo — a genuine video step up.

Motorola Razr 2025

The mid-tier MediaTek Dimensity 7400X is fine for everyday use but is the phone's clearest weakness — it throttles hard under sustained load and trails the Razr Ultra by a wide margin.

• It runs a MediaTek Dimensity 7400X with 8GB RAM and a 4,500mAh battery — adequate for daily use.
• It's not a particularly powerful chipset — you can get better numbers from much cheaper conventional phones — and the CPU throttling test showed a steep drop after ~5 minutes to roughly 60% of the initial result.
• In benchmarks the base Razr 2025 scored 1,026 (6.15fps avg) in 3DMark Wildlife Extreme versus the Razr Ultra's 6,754 (40.45fps) — a massive gap.
• The new processor was only ~5–6% faster than the previous generation, with the gains focused on AI features.
• For most owners — scrolling social, light gaming, YouTube — 99% will be perfectly happy with the performance.
• In casual gaming it holds ~90fps in lighter titles (capped to 60fps in heavier ones) with little temperature rise, dropping to ~60% battery after 50 minutes.

Nothing Phone (3)

The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 is fast and butter-smooth in daily use and gaming, but it's flagship-lite — the most-repeated criticism at a $799 flagship price — and it runs warm under sustained load.

• It runs a 4nm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 — on paper underwhelming for a flagship, but in practice everything is absolutely butter.
• 8s Gen 4 is not the 8 Elite — at $799 the manufacturer arguably should have offered the flagship chip.
• Geekbench scores well — better than 86–96% of devices on the market depending on the test — and it beats Google's Tensor G5 in multi-core and every 3DMark graphics benchmark.
• Gaming is strong — BGMI holds a stable 120fps and Genshin runs at 60fps on max settings — but Genshin pushes the surface past 45°C.
• It doesn't do a particularly good job of cooling the chip under sustained load.

Motorola Razr 2025

A 4,500mAh cell that's the base Razr's quiet strength in daily use, though lab rundowns are more middling. Charging is modest (30W, no in-box brick) but acceptable for the price.

• The larger 4,500mAh battery delivers excellent real-world life — owners comfortably get through a full day.
• With light use one reviewer could squeak out roughly four days on a charge (4–5 hours of screen-on time spread over those days).
• Controlled lab testing was more middling — a mediocre active-use score of about 9h28m.
• 9to5Google found the battery life absolutely rock solid in everyday use.
• A full 0–100% charge took about 55 minutes with a proper adapter (0–61% in 30 minutes); another test hit a full charge in roughly an hour on its 30W charging.
• There's no charger in the box and no wireless charging — modest, but acceptable for the price tier.

Nothing Phone (3)

A reliable all-day 5,150mAh silicon-carbon cell (5,500mAh in India) with fast 65W wired plus 15W wireless and reverse charging — strong in tests, though one heavy user found it disappointing.

• The 5,150mAh silicon-carbon cell easily lasts all day — a typical day dips only into the upper-60s/low-70s%, one of the most reliable batteries in recent phones.
• Battery beat any Pixel tested and even the Galaxy S25 Ultra — heavy 5G days still ended as high as 45%.
• In an extreme drain test it ran 9h34m of screen-on time before dying — impressive even though it was first to die against 6,000mAh+ rivals, with a cool 53°C peak.
• 65W wired charging takes it 1–50% in about 19–20 minutes; there's also 15W wireless and reverse wireless charging (India gets a larger 5,500mAh cell).
• Despite the largest battery in any Nothing phone, one long-term reviewer calls it the worst battery life he's experienced on a Nothing Phone.

Motorola Razr 2025

Motorola's clean, light-touch Android with handy gestures is well-liked, but the short 3-year update commitment delivered slowly is the recurring criticism.

• Motorola's UI offers handy physical shortcuts like the karate-chop flashlight and a quick wrist-twist to launch the camera.
• Motorola promises only 3 years of OS updates and 4 of security, and is typically slow — often releasing one Android version behind.
• Three years of OS updates on a ~$699 phone is judged pretty solid value, even if it's short next to Samsung.
• Over months, Motorola not pushing updates as aggressively as Pixel or Samsung is a real long-term drawback.
• Moto pre-installs only a few genuinely useful apps rather than the heavy bloat of some rivals, and the software is a lot better than expected.

Nothing Phone (3)

Nothing OS is the phone's defining strength — clean, distinctive and best-in-class outside a Pixel — backed by an exceptional 5-year/7-year support promise, with Essential Space the standout AI.

• Nothing OS is one of the best ways to experience Android — reviewers' favourite part of the phone.
• It's promised 5 years of major Android updates and 7 years of security patches — a class-leading commitment.
• After a week of meetings, Essential Space replaced juggling half a dozen note apps — a genuinely useful AI feature.
• Nothing OS 4.0 (Android 16) might be one of the best experiences outside of the Pixel, getting the fundamentals absolutely right.
• Real bugs persist — a dual-SIM recognition issue causing missed calls, and the easily-triggered Essential Key recording everything on an accidental touch.

Motorola Razr 2025

The clearest verdict: at roughly $699 (and a steal on sale) it's the flip phone most people should buy — bringing much of the Razr experience for hundreds less than the Ultra or a Galaxy Z Flip.

• It's still the best-value flip phone for most people.
• It's not a lazy rehash — it brings the best of 'Ultra' to the masses, with good performance, fine cameras and rock-solid battery life.
• Notebookcheck calls it a solid flip phone despite shortcomings — a relatively affordable ~$800 (EU) alternative to the ~$1,300 Ultra, $100 cheaper than its predecessor.
• At ~$699 (often $599 with activation within 6 months of launch) you still get the nice Razr experience, the best front-screen experience and three years of updates — a good deal.
• It's $100 cheaper than the Z Flip 7 and still a really good phone — but Samsung's 7 years of updates is the trade-off to weigh.
• One year later this base Razr restored a reviewer's faith in foldables and in Motorola — about $700 for two cameras and enough spec to not feel like you're missing out.

Nothing Phone (3)

At $799 it goes head-to-head with the Pixel 9, Galaxy S25 and iPhone 16 — winning on design, software and support, losing on chip and camera, and frequently discounted.

• At $799 (16GB option $899) it costs exactly the same as a Pixel 9, Galaxy S25 or iPhone 16.
• It's a fantastic, one of the most eye-catching devices on the market — and has already scored a major discount at Best Buy.
• This phone should battle the best Android phones and iPhones rather than the best cheap phones — early signs are good.
• The second you charge $799 you compete directly with Samsung's Galaxy S25 and Apple's iPhone 16 — companies with practically unlimited budgets.
• It still feels like a flagship while cutting costs to undercut the competition a little, and gets 5 years of updates.