Motorola Razr Fold vs OnePlus 13

Motorola Razr Fold

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 with 16GB RAM — fast for everyday use and surprisingly good in long sessions, but the choice of the non-Elite chip in a $1,899 phone is the headline criticism.

• Motorola stuck Qualcomm's excellent Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (16GB RAM, 512GB) inside its first full-fold flagship.
• With a phone this expensive it is a bit disappointing Motorola couldn't go all the way with the Elite chip.
• In a 20-minute stress test the Z Fold 7's 8 Elite was ~10% better on the first loop, but the Razr Fold ran better through the 20 minutes and ended ~20% ahead on sustained performance with similar thermals.
• Recording 4K120 for a long time makes the Snapdragon CPU run quite hot, though it cools down fairly fast.
• The non-Elite chip, 243g weight and IP49 dust rating could be causes for concern, even if the experience is smooth.

OnePlus 13

The OnePlus 13 was the first non-gaming flagship globally to ship with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, and reviewers report a generational jump in both CPU and GPU. Multi-core Geekbench scores rival the Galaxy S25 Ultra and beat the iPhone 16 Pro on GPU benchmarks. Thermal management is exceptional — Dave2D ran Genshin Impact at max settings indefinitely without throttling — and 12-16GB of RAM keeps multitasking buttery smooth.

• The Snapdragon 8 Elite delivers a 31% higher CPU clock speed, 36% higher AnTuTu, 44% higher single-core Geekbench and 14% higher 3DMark over last year's best — Wilt Chamberlain numbers.
• Both the OnePlus 13 and ROG Phone 9 Pro ran Genshin Impact at max graphics indefinitely at 60fps without throttling — never seen before on stock devices.
• Geekbench 6 multi-core hits 9,267 on the OnePlus 13 — only about 5% behind the Galaxy S25 Ultra at 9,828, with 16GB RAM versus Samsung's 12GB.
• Snapdragon 8 Elite single-core CPU performance is practically spitting distance from the A18 Pro while it actually surpasses the iPhone 16 Pro in multi-core and 3DMark Wild Life Extreme.
• Even when heavily used, the phone doesn't get unreasonably hot, doesn't stutter or lag, and doesn't unreasonably suck up battery life.

Motorola Razr Fold

The standout: the largest battery in the book-foldable space delivering class-leading endurance, plus 80W wired charging — three times faster than the Galaxy Z Fold 7.

• Lasting an impressive 14 hours 31 minutes, the Razr Fold is officially the best notebook-style foldable for battery life (16h10m with refresh-rate optimized).
• The Galaxy Z Fold 7 managed only 10h44m in the same test, with a 4,400mAh battery versus the Razr Fold's 6,000mAh cell.
• I found the battery basically impossible to kill in a single day, even with the Fold's hotspot supplying an entire office internet connection over 12 days.
• It charges at 80W wired — over three times as fast as the Galaxy Z Fold 7's 25W — plus 50W wireless and 5W reverse, with a 90W charger and a case included in the box.
• The 6,000mAh cell is colossal — about 20% larger than the Pixel 10 Pro Fold's — though there's also more display to power.
• If you use the camera a lot or run games, the battery does drain quite quickly and you may need an afternoon top-up.

OnePlus 13

The OnePlus 13's signature feature: a 6,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery (vs the 5,000 mAh ceiling rivals are stuck at) that delivers genuine two-day endurance, paired with 100W wired SuperVOOC and 50W AirVOOC wireless charging that refills the phone in 36 minutes. Engadget's video rundown clocked 30h 18m — almost an hour longer than the S25 Ultra. The catch: top wireless speeds require OnePlus's proprietary magnetic puck.

• With average use the phone easily lasts two full days; with heavy use you can go from morning to night without a top-up, thanks to OnePlus's Silicon NanoStack battery tech.
• 30 hours 18 minutes on Engadget's local video rundown — nearly an hour longer than the Galaxy S25 Ultra (29:27) and almost three hours better than a Pixel 9 (27:32).
• Two full days of WhatsApp, Discord, Chrome, Instagram and Android Auto without worrying about where the charger is — silicon-carbon is a real generational leap.
• Even with high brightness, multitasking, GPS navigation and Bluetooth streaming, the OnePlus 13 ends the day with six hours of screen-on time and 35% battery left.
• 80W wired charging refills the phone from zero to 100 in 36 minutes, with 50W wireless charging via the AIRVOOC puck — the OP13 recharges twice as fast as a Galaxy S25 with cable and three times faster wirelessly.

Motorola Razr Fold

The surprise strength — Motorola's foldable software is widely called the best balance of Pixel simplicity and Samsung multitasking, undercut only by Motorola's update-timeliness history.

• Motorola nailed the software — it feels like the perfect middle ground between the Pixel and Samsung approaches to book foldables, with a laptop mode that turns the bottom half into a trackpad.
• The Razr Fold is winning me over with something not on the spec sheet — superb multitasking software.
• Given Motorola's awful track record for timely updates, you've got to be ready to live with the little launch bugs for a while.
• Motorola promises 7 years of Android version and security updates — best-in-class and a huge jump from last year's 3-year commitment.
• Counterpoint: Motorola is only committing to 3 years of Android upgrades and 5 years of security patches, so versus Samsung's 7 years it's really no contest.

OnePlus 13

OxygenOS 15 on Android 15 has matured into a fast, customizable Android skin with deliberately restrained AI — Gemini and Circle to Search are present, plus a Notes assistant and AI Reflection Eraser, but OnePlus has explicitly chosen not to chase Galaxy AI. The Live Alerts feature mimics Apple's Dynamic Island, with limited third-party support. The catch: four OS upgrades and six years of security patches still trails Samsung and Google's seven.

• OnePlus is keeping AI refreshingly low-key — Google Gemini and Circle to Search plus a smarter Notes app, but AI is nothing like the big focus it is on the Galaxy S25 family.
• OxygenOS 15 is very, very good — animation speed improvements and extra attention to detail make this version of Android 15 feel uniquely tunable.
• OxygenOS 15 has taken back control after years of ColorOS-style bloat creep — 'I'm not simply tolerating it, I like it.'
• Software support is bumped to four Android OS upgrades and six years of security updates — better than before, but still not as long as Samsung and Google's seven years.

Motorola Razr Fold

At $1,899 it undercuts the Z Fold 7 and is the only premium book foldable many US buyers can actually purchase — value hinges on whether the non-Elite chip and update questions matter to you.

• At $1,899.99 / £1,799.99 it undercuts the Galaxy Z Fold 7 by about $100/£100, and the pre-order Moto Pen Ultra bundle adds real value — the sum of its parts is the best foldable on the market.
• If you're tired of Samsung-only or have no interest in the Pixel Fold, this may be the best folding phone you can get in the US right now — the Oppo Find N6 and Honor Magic V6 aren't available there.
• It could be called a disappointment, especially compared to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold and Honor Magic V5 — it should have offered something more compelling to stand out.
• If Motorola drops the price by even two or three hundred dollars within the first few weeks, this phone suddenly becomes a much stronger contender.
• It competes fairly well with the Oppo Find N6, which is amazing to see.

OnePlus 13

At $899 starting (often discounted to $799 via OnePlus's perpetual trade-in deals), the OnePlus 13 is consistently called the best Android value of 2025. The S25 Ultra costs $400 more, the S25+ $100 more, the iPhone 16 Pro $100 more — and the OnePlus matches or beats all three on battery, brightness and charging while landing a half-tier behind on cameras and falling short on update commitment. Reddit sentiment is more mixed: a vocal r/gadgets minority argues a $900 phone isn't a 'flagship killer' anymore.

• For $899 you get longer battery life, a brighter screen, more RAM, greater storage and the same 3x zoom as a base Galaxy S25+ — all for $100 less. That's just a good deal.
• The 12GB/256GB OnePlus 13 costs $400 less than the cheapest Galaxy S25 Ultra — the difference between getting a new phone or getting a new phone and a smartwatch.
• This is the best OnePlus phone to date, and at $899, arguably the best Android phone period.
• The OnePlus 13 cameras, display and battery life all compete handily against the iPhone 16 Pro Max and Galaxy S24 Ultra — but the phone is priced like an iPhone 16 or Galaxy S24.
• It's nice to see OnePlus continuing to stick to its roots by offering everything you need at a slightly lower price than Samsung, Google and Apple flagships.