Motorola Razr Fold vs Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6

Motorola Razr Fold

A pair of excellent, exceptionally bright panels — an 8.1-inch inner screen and a fast 165Hz outer screen — though lab tests fall short of Motorola's 6,000-nit headline claims.

• Unfolds to a massive 8.1-inch 2K 120Hz inner panel rated ~6,200 nits, with a ~6,000-nit outer screen running at up to 165Hz.
• Motorola rates both displays at 6,000 nits peak brightness, but Future Labs tests found the numbers considerably lower.
• The 6.6-inch outer display runs 2520×1080 at 165Hz versus the Z Fold 7's slower 120Hz / 2,600-nit panel — a clear advantage.
• The inner display gets very bright at up to ~6,200 nits — a very impressive panel few foldables can match.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6

A 6.7-inch 120Hz inner AMOLED that's bright and sharp, and a 3.4-inch cover screen that's functional but smaller and more locked-down than Motorola's.

• A sharp, bright foldable OLED with 120Hz refresh; the 2,640x1,080 cover matches Motorola's new Razrs.
• Both inner and cover panels reach a bright 2,600 nits, clearly visible in the sun.
• The cover screen still requires digging into Settings > Advanced > Labs to use a few apps — the limited options are still treated as 'experimental' a year on.
• The cover screen is less useful than the competition's, where Motorola and Xiaomi let you access any app from the get-go.
• It's not the best cover screen out there, but a functional 3.4-inch FlexWindow is still genuinely useful for glanceable info.

Motorola Razr Fold

Historically the foldable Achilles heel — but Motorola invested in hardware and software here, and DxOMark ranks it the best camera in any foldable.

• DxOMark rates the Razr Fold the #1 camera among foldables — roughly 8th overall across all phones — with a Gold Label.
• A 50MP main (f/1.6, OIS), a 50MP ultrawide (12mm, 122° FOV, f/2.0) and a third 50MP camera — all selfies can use the best 50MP main.
• This is without question the best Motorola camera I've ever used.
• Comes up just short of modern flagships like the iPhone 17 Pro, Find X9 Pro and Xiaomi 17 Ultra, with a DxOMark score of 164 points.
• Took it for a street-photography spin and came away genuinely impressed — the camera hardware was what caught attention.
• Highest-quality camera in a folding phone in the US — better than the Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 7, which use older sensors.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6

A new 50MP main (the same sensor as the Galaxy S24) plus a 12MP ultrawide. A real upgrade for a flip, but no telephoto and weaker than the same-year S24.

• A significantly better 50MP main sensor — the same as the Galaxy S24 — should deliver similar performance.
• Despite the iPhone 15 Pro's hardware advantages and zoom range, the reviewer mostly preferred the Flip 6's photos in most situations.
• You won't get the best photos, but Samsung isn't scraping the bottom of the barrel; the selfie is better than any dedicated selfie camera.
• It's one of only a few phones in this bracket lacking a third (telephoto) camera, and zoom past 5x isn't good.
• Compared head-to-head, the same-year Galaxy S24 is genuinely a way better camera than the Flip 6.

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 Z Flip 6

A 4,000mAh battery (about 10% bigger than the Flip 5) with 25W wired and 15W wireless — better than past Flips but small and slow next to clamshell rivals.

• A roughly 10% larger battery plus the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 yields about an hour more screen-on-time per day than the Flip 5.
• The 4,000mAh cell is modest — Oppo and Vivo clamshells are at 4,300–4,400mAh — though any increase is welcome.
• Charging is 25W wired and 15W wireless — slow versus the fast-charging competition.
• Owners feel confident leaving the house at ~50% and getting home with good battery, but the always-on cover screen can quietly eat charge.
• A battery-care option lets you cap charging at 85% to preserve long-term battery health.

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.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6

Galaxy AI plus seven years of updates. The longevity is excellent; the cover-screen software remains the line's frustration.

• Long update support — seven years of OS and security updates — is a listed strength.
• After a year there's been no performance degradation and seven years of updates means it will last a long time.
• One UI 7 brings major improvements to the Flip 6, including updated drawing/photo assist and generative edit.
• The AI transcription feature worked well with only a couple of typos.
• Doing most tasks (email, WhatsApp, Samsung Pay, notifications) on the outer display reduces the temptation to open it and doomscroll.

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.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6

At $1,099 (256GB) it's a $100 hike over the Flip 5, with cheaper, more capable Motorola Razrs as the main pressure.

• An excellent flip phone, but there's renewed competition now — the latest Motorola foldables are just as exciting and cheaper.
• It's the best Z Flip Samsung has ever made and 'the best folding phone you can buy, period.'
• A $100 price hike for both foldables over their predecessors raises whether there's enough here to warrant it.
• If the bigger cover display and larger battery of the newer model aren't compelling, the Flip 6 (often discounted from $1,099) is more than enough.
• Owners would still pick the Z Flip 6 over a regular S25 for the form factor.