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Motorola Razr Fold vs Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
Motorola Razr Fold
Motorola
8.3
Best US book foldable, big battery
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
Samsung
7.6
Closest-to-flagship FE yet, but Exynos still bites
Motorola Razr Fold
What Reviewers Agree On
Best battery life of any notebook-style foldable — roughly 14h31m (16h10m optimized), far ahead of the Galaxy Z Fold 7's ~10h44m
DxOMark's #1 foldable camera (≈164 points, ~8th overall), with a triple 50MP system Motorola made a genuine strength
Standout software — multitasking, laptop mode and a Pixel-meets-Samsung balance reviewers repeatedly praise
Excellent, very bright displays — an 8.1-inch ~6,200-nit inner panel and a 165Hz ~6,000-nit outer screen
Active stylus support (Moto Pen Ultra) that works even on the cover screen, a Z Fold limitation
Pros & Cons
Motorola Razr Fold
Pros
Best battery life of any notebook-style foldable — roughly 14h31m (16h10m optimized), far ahead of the Galaxy Z Fold 7's ~10h44m
DxOMark's #1 foldable camera (≈164 points, ~8th overall), with a triple 50MP system Motorola made a genuine strength
Standout software — multitasking, laptop mode and a Pixel-meets-Samsung balance reviewers repeatedly praise
Excellent, very bright displays — an 8.1-inch ~6,200-nit inner panel and a 165Hz ~6,000-nit outer screen
Active stylus support (Moto Pen Ultra) that works even on the cover screen, a Z Fold limitation
Detailed Comparison
Design & Build
Motorola Razr Fold
Motorola's first book-style foldable trades the iconic flip for a Samsung-like book form, with a Material Expressive look, a flat-folding hinge and a notably heavy body.
Motorola's first book-style folding phone is a premium option, not the budget-friendlier alternative the category could use, with a 6,000mAh battery, top-tier chipset and serious camera hardware.
At 243g it's about 28g heavier than the Galaxy Z Fold 7, largely because of the camera array, though it feels balanced and not heavy in the hand.
The design is Google Material Expressive instead of a misguided attempt to match Apple.
Motorola leveraged decades of hinge engineering to pull the screen taut, resulting in a surface that is startlingly flat and masks the crease.
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Undercuts the Galaxy Z Fold 7 by about $100 ($1,899 / £1,799) and includes a case plus a 90W charger in the box
Best book foldable you can actually buy in the US, since the Oppo Find N6 and Honor Magic V6 aren't sold there
Deal Breakers
Uses the non-Elite Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 in a $1,899 flagship — a clear cost-down some reviewers find disappointing
Heavy at 243g (≈28g more than the Galaxy Z Fold 7) and only IP48/IP49 rated, not full IP68
Motorola's poor track record for timely updates, plus a genuine source conflict over whether it gets 7 years or only 3 years of OS updates
Foldable repair costs and Motorola's screen-peeling warranty history are recurring trust concerns
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
What Reviewers Agree On
The 6.7-inch 120Hz Dynamic AMOLED display is bright, vivid, HDR10+ accurate, and at 1,900 nits one of the best screens you can get at this price.
Battery life comfortably lasts a full day on the 4,900 mAh cell — the largest ever in a Samsung FE — and matches the S25+ on capacity.
Seven years of OS and security updates is the longest support commitment in the midrange and beats every direct rival including the OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi 15T Pro.
The full Galaxy AI suite — Now Brief, Generative Edit, Audio Eraser, Circle to Search, Gemini — works identically to the more expensive S25 series, so you do not pay an AI tax for the FE label.
One UI 8 on Android 16 ships out of the box and is currently Samsung's most polished, slick interface to date.
The new thinner, lighter 190g design with slimmer bezels brings the FE much closer to the S25+ in look and feel than any previous Fan Edition.
Charging has finally been bumped to 45W wired (matching the S25+) and 15W Qi2-Ready wireless, a big jump from the S24 FE's 25W.
Deal Breakers
The Exynos 2400 chipset noticeably throttles in demanding 3D games like Fortnite, Honkai: Star Rail and Minecraft — multiple reviewers measured the phone climbing to 49°C and dropping to 13 fps in sustained gaming sessions.
Camera hardware is identical to the S24 FE — same 50MP main, 12MP ultrawide and 8MP 3x telephoto — meaning anyone upgrading from a recent FE gets essentially no imaging improvement, and the 8MP telephoto is now dated against the Pixel 10 and Nothing 3a Pro.
At $649 it sits in an awkward pricing valley: the base Galaxy S25 was discounted to roughly $10 more during Prime Day, and Reddit users on r/gadgets and r/Android repeatedly describe the FE as a 'foolish edition' for that reason.
Base configuration is still only 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage — felt outdated by reviewers given a seven-year support window where future Android versions will demand more memory.
Qi2 is 'Ready' only — no built-in magnets, so MagSafe-style accessories require a separate magnetic case, the same complaint reviewers had with the full S25 series.
Undercuts the Galaxy Z Fold 7 by about $100 ($1,899 / £1,799) and includes a case plus a 90W charger in the box
Best book foldable you can actually buy in the US, since the Oppo Find N6 and Honor Magic V6 aren't sold there
Cons
Uses the non-Elite Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 in a $1,899 flagship — a clear cost-down some reviewers find disappointing
Heavy at 243g (≈28g more than the Galaxy Z Fold 7) and only IP48/IP49 rated, not full IP68
Motorola's poor track record for timely updates, plus a genuine source conflict over whether it gets 7 years or only 3 years of OS updates
Foldable repair costs and Motorola's screen-peeling warranty history are recurring trust concerns
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
Pros
The 6.7-inch 120Hz Dynamic AMOLED display is bright, vivid, HDR10+ accurate, and at 1,900 nits one of the best screens you can get at this price.
Battery life comfortably lasts a full day on the 4,900 mAh cell — the largest ever in a Samsung FE — and matches the S25+ on capacity.
Seven years of OS and security updates is the longest support commitment in the midrange and beats every direct rival including the OnePlus 13 and Xiaomi 15T Pro.
The full Galaxy AI suite — Now Brief, Generative Edit, Audio Eraser, Circle to Search, Gemini — works identically to the more expensive S25 series, so you do not pay an AI tax for the FE label.
One UI 8 on Android 16 ships out of the box and is currently Samsung's most polished, slick interface to date.
The new thinner, lighter 190g design with slimmer bezels brings the FE much closer to the S25+ in look and feel than any previous Fan Edition.
Charging has finally been bumped to 45W wired (matching the S25+) and 15W Qi2-Ready wireless, a big jump from the S24 FE's 25W.
Cons
The Exynos 2400 chipset noticeably throttles in demanding 3D games like Fortnite, Honkai: Star Rail and Minecraft — multiple reviewers measured the phone climbing to 49°C and dropping to 13 fps in sustained gaming sessions.
Camera hardware is identical to the S24 FE — same 50MP main, 12MP ultrawide and 8MP 3x telephoto — meaning anyone upgrading from a recent FE gets essentially no imaging improvement, and the 8MP telephoto is now dated against the Pixel 10 and Nothing 3a Pro.
At $649 it sits in an awkward pricing valley: the base Galaxy S25 was discounted to roughly $10 more during Prime Day, and Reddit users on r/gadgets and r/Android repeatedly describe the FE as a 'foolish edition' for that reason.
Base configuration is still only 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage — felt outdated by reviewers given a seven-year support window where future Android versions will demand more memory.
The build feels relatively sturdy with a zero-gap hinge and flush closure, though the soft inner screen still makes dust and dirt a concern.
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
Samsung has trimmed the S25 FE to 7.4mm and 190g — 8% thinner and 11% lighter than the S24 FE — while wrapping it in the same Enhanced Armor Aluminum frame and Gorilla Glass Victus+ used on the S25 and S25+. Reviewers near-universally agree the phone now looks indistinguishable from the S25+ in the hand, though several note that the design also resembles every other 2025 Samsung phone including the much cheaper Galaxy A56. Colour options are limited to muted Navy, Icy Blue, Jet Black and White — a step back from the playful Mint and Yellow of the S24 FE.
At just 7.4mm thick and 190g the FE is 8% thinner and 11% lighter than the S24 FE, while somehow housing a bigger battery.
For the first time the FE looks and feels every inch the flagship the 'S25' in its name suggests, with an IP68 rating and Armor Aluminum frame nearly matching the S25+.
When I first took the S25 FE out of the box, I thought Samsung had played a cruel trick on me — the phone looks identical to its predecessor and I had to dig the S24 FE out of my drawer to compare them.
It looks almost identical to the Galaxy S25, which in turn looks like a carbon copy of the Galaxy A56 — Samsung's phones are now hard to tell apart.
It's hard to spot any difference between this phone and the Galaxy S25 Plus — only the slightly asymmetrical bottom bezel and camera ring design give it away.
The sides of the phone are flat and unfortunately pretty sharp, which can dig into the hand during long sessions.
The new matte back finish instead of last year's gloss is less prone to fingerprints — a welcome change.
The Navy colourway with silver aluminium railings is one of the nicest-looking phones I've tested all year — a real shame Samsung dropped the Mint and Yellow options.
Battery & Charging
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.
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
The 4,900 mAh battery is the largest Samsung has put in any FE phone and matches the Galaxy S25+. Real-world endurance is consistently described as a solid full day with battery to spare — Trusted Reviews ended a heavy day at 22%, Dave2D measured 24 hours of HD YouTube playback, SuperSaf gets a day with no anxiety. Charging finally jumps to 45W wired (from 25W on the S24 FE) and 15W Qi2-Ready wireless — but real-world full-charge times of 69-74 minutes still trail the Nothing 3a Pro and other rivals in the price bracket.
The S25 FE has the largest battery Samsung has ever put in an FE handset at 4,900 mAh (up from 4,700 mAh), with 45W charging giving 50% in 30 minutes.
In our YouTube HD video battery drain test, the S25 FE manages a respectable 24 hours of constant playback at max brightness — only two hours under the S25 Ultra and 5 hours more than the Pixel 10 Pro XL.
On a heavy day involving social, hotspotting, video, calls and gaming, the phone went from 9:25am to 10:40pm with 22% left in the tank.
From dead I clawed back 67% in just 30 minutes and a full charge took 69 minutes — definitely not the fastest around, but handy in a rush.
Charging speed in real-world tests still lags rivals: a full charge takes 69-74 minutes even on a 130W charger, well behind the Nothing 3a Pro's 50W and cheaper Chinese midrangers.
Qi2 is 'Ready' only — no built-in magnets, so MagSafe-style accessories require a separate magnetic case, the same complaint reviewers had with the full S25 series.
Charging speed in real-world tests still lags rivals: a full charge takes 69-74 minutes even on a 130W charger, well behind the Nothing 3a Pro's 50W and cheaper Chinese midrangers.
Plugged into a 130W charger the S25 FE took 1 hour 14 minutes to charge from 10% to full — only slightly faster than its predecessor despite the 45W spec.
If battery life is important to you, the Nothing 3a Pro and Pixel 9a are better bets — both have bigger batteries and the Nothing gets 50W charging.
There's 15W Qi2 wireless charging but no MagSafe-style magnets — you need a third-party case to align with magnetic accessories.
Battery life is definitely better on the S25 FE than the S24 FE — it's a genuine full-day phone, though it won't stretch to two days.
