Motorola Razr+ 2024 vs Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 | TechTalkTown
Motorola Razr+ 2024 vs Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
Motorola Razr+ 2024
Motorola
8.2
Best flip foldable, weak camera
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
Motorola
8.2
Best clamshell, weak update policy
Motorola Razr+ 2024
What Reviewers Agree On
The 4-inch cover screen is the best on any flip phone — it runs almost any app and works as a genuine display, not just a notification panel.
The design is a standout — striking, premium finishes (including vegan-leather/wood-style backs) that reviewers repeatedly call a design leader.
Battery life is very good for a flip foldable and improved over the Razr 40 Ultra, with a 45W charger included in the box.
It's widely rated the best flip-style foldable of 2024 and several reviewers' favorite of the year.
It's the first phone to ship with Google Gemini out of the box, plus a few months of the advanced tier.
Deal Breakers
Pros & Cons
Motorola Razr+ 2024
Pros
The 4-inch cover screen is the best on any flip phone — it runs almost any app and works as a genuine display, not just a notification panel.
The design is a standout — striking, premium finishes (including vegan-leather/wood-style backs) that reviewers repeatedly call a design leader.
Battery life is very good for a flip foldable and improved over the Razr 40 Ultra, with a 45W charger included in the box.
It's widely rated the best flip-style foldable of 2024 and several reviewers' favorite of the year.
It's the first phone to ship with Google Gemini out of the box, plus a few months of the advanced tier.
Detailed Comparison
Design & Build
Motorola Razr+ 2024
A genuinely distinctive clamshell — high-quality case, narrow bezels, fresh-water submersion protection and eye-catching finishes (including the Mocha Mousse and vegan-leather backs). Widely called a design leader.
Highly performant with good cameras, solid software and a striking design that keeps the Razr Plus a design leader heading into 2025.
A high-quality case with a huge external display, narrow bezels and protection against submersion into fresh water.
Owners coming from iPhone say 'Love what Motorola has done and IMO it's better than the Z Flip 6.'
Notebookcheck's caveat: despite the quality case, it 'lacks some premium features' for its ~$1,000 price.
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
The clearest area of consensus: premium, characterful materials, a titanium hinge that hides the crease unusually well, and a finished, want-to-carry feel — though the plastic inner screen and Alcantara longevity draw caution.
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The camera is only 'good' / underwhelming for a ~$1,000 phone, and Motorola dropped the ultrawide for a telephoto.
Battery life, while good for a flip, is still significantly weaker than conventional slab phones at this price.
The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is a step down — small CPU gains and even a graphics-performance drop versus the previous Razr+.
Long-term durability is a recurring concern across the Razr folding line — screen lines and hinge wear from daily folding, plus slow update delivery.
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
What Reviewers Agree On
It's the best clamshell foldable on the market — the most refined flip phone Motorola has made, and many reviewers' favorite folding phone outright.
Premium, distinctive materials (genuine wood, titanium, Alcantara, Pantone colorways) and a titanium hinge that hides the crease far better than rivals.
The 4,700mAh battery is a major upgrade — comfortably all-day, and far ahead of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 in rundown tests.
The 4-inch external display is the largest and most usable cover screen on any flip phone.
Snapdragon 8 Elite with 16GB RAM delivers true flagship performance, a big leap over the previous Razr Plus.
Deal Breakers
Only 3 years of OS updates and 4 of security on a $1,299 phone, versus Samsung's 7 years — widely called unacceptable.
IP48 rating only (dust >1mm, 1.5m water) — well behind the IP68 of slab flagships and a real durability gap.
No telephoto camera — image quality degrades noticeably past 3x zoom.
Cons
The camera is only 'good' / underwhelming for a ~$1,000 phone, and Motorola dropped the ultrawide for a telephoto.
Battery life, while good for a flip, is still significantly weaker than conventional slab phones at this price.
The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is a step down — small CPU gains and even a graphics-performance drop versus the previous Razr+.
Long-term durability is a recurring concern across the Razr folding line — screen lines and hinge wear from daily folding, plus slow update delivery.
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
Pros
It's the best clamshell foldable on the market — the most refined flip phone Motorola has made, and many reviewers' favorite folding phone outright.
Premium, distinctive materials (genuine wood, titanium, Alcantara, Pantone colorways) and a titanium hinge that hides the crease far better than rivals.
The 4,700mAh battery is a major upgrade — comfortably all-day, and far ahead of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 in rundown tests.
The 4-inch external display is the largest and most usable cover screen on any flip phone.
Snapdragon 8 Elite with 16GB RAM delivers true flagship performance, a big leap over the previous Razr Plus.
Cons
Only 3 years of OS updates and 4 of security on a $1,299 phone, versus Samsung's 7 years — widely called unacceptable.
IP48 rating only (dust >1mm, 1.5m water) — well behind the IP68 of slab flagships and a real durability gap.
No telephoto camera — image quality degrades noticeably past 3x zoom.
Moto has upped its design game with Pantone shades, genuine wood and titanium materials and interesting textures, making the phones genuinely distinctive.
The titanium hinge is roughly four times stronger than the previous one, and the crease reduction is impressive — hardly noticeable when there's content on screen.
The nearly edge-to-edge external display, clean curves and the way it folds make it feel like a well-thought-out, finished product.
For a phone that folds it still feels incredibly sturdy, backed up by its IP48-rated construction — though there's low confidence the Alcantara finish will hold up as well as the others.
Be very careful with the inner display — it's plastic so it scratches easily, and damaged front-screen lines can be expensive to repair.
It's the best Razr phone Motorola has ever made and significantly lighter in hand than something like an S25 Ultra.
Displays
Motorola Razr+ 2024
The headline: a class-leading 4-inch cover display that runs nearly any app, paired with a 6.9-inch internal LTPO panel. Both are a big pixel-count leap over the prior model; peak brightness is the one area it trails the best slabs.
Motorola is taking the external display seriously at a great price point — the Razr line's signature strength.
Both screens are a big leap in pixel count over the outgoing model, with a claimed ~2,400-nit peak.
Brightness is the one area it can't compete with the best non-folding handsets (which claim ~3,000-nit peaks).
Some owners report a long white line down nearly the full length of the internal screen with black blotches — a panel-reliability concern.
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
A 7-inch 165Hz inner panel and a class-leading 4-inch external screen. The external display is the headline strength; the gap between the 4,500-nit claim and measured brightness is the headline controversy.
It unfolds to a 7-inch foldable LTPO AMOLED at 165Hz with a 4-inch outer display — larger, significantly brighter and smoother than the Galaxy Z Flip 7 on raw specs.
The boosted brightness and filed-down frame produce a 7-inch folding AMOLED that is the best in the clamshell category.
GSMArena lists a 7.00" LTPO AMOLED, 165Hz, 4,500 nits peak inner panel plus a 4" 3,000-nit external LTPO AMOLED under Gorilla Glass Ceramic.
Independent measurement found the inner screen maxing at ~490 nits manual / ~1,490 nits in auto and the cover screen ~500 / ~1,520 — far below Motorola's 4,500-nit headline claim.
Peak brightness measured ~1,835 nits — short of the Razr Plus 2024's record 2,158 nits but still incredibly bright by today's standards.
Cameras
Motorola Razr+ 2024
A dual 50MP system (wide + 2x telephoto, no ultrawide). It's competent and improved over the 2023 model, but the consensus weak point for a $1,000 phone — only 'good', not flagship-class.
Motorola improved camera performance versus the Razr+ 2023 — the first area cited as better in the generation-over-generation comparison.
Motorola dropped the ultrawide in favor of a telephoto — reviewers question whether losing the wide-angle was the right move.
Even fans concede the camera is only 'just good' — the area where it falls short of Pixel/Samsung/Apple.
100+ photo and video samples were captured in New York City comparing it directly to the Pixel 8 Pro — a direct flagship-camera benchmark.
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
A dual 50MP system (wide + ultrawide) that's improved and creator-friendly, but the lack of a telephoto and merely-good processing keep it a step behind slab flagships.
Two 50MP rear cameras — a primary wide with OIS offering up to 2x lossless zoom, plus a 50MP ultrawide with autofocus for panoramas and macro.
Motorola restoring the ultrawide shooter was the right move, since the Razr lets you use its main camera array for selfies.
Because there's no telephoto camera, images are noticeably degraded compared with dedicated-zoom phones from 3x onward and worse the further you push it.
Content creators get a deep mode set including a new Group Shot that blends the best faces from a burst.
The cameras are pretty good, especially the primary shooter — Motorola's reputation for weak cameras no longer really holds here.
Photos could use more vibrance and clarity, but there's clear growth in Motorola's camera processing year over year.
The camcorder mode now works for both landscape and portrait video, a Razr-only flex for content shooters.
Performance
Motorola Razr+ 2024
The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 delivers flip-flagship-level everyday performance, but it's a step down from a true flagship chip — small CPU gains and even a graphics-performance regression versus the prior Razr+.
Performance is absolutely on the level expected from a flip flagship for day-to-day use.
Motorola cut back on the SoC — only small performance gains and even a drop in graphics performance versus last year's Razr+.
It comes with significantly more storage than last year — a meaningful generational upgrade.
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
Snapdragon 8 Elite + 16GB RAM finally gives a Razr true flagship power and a huge jump over the Razr Plus — but Motorola tunes it conservatively and it heats up under sustained graphics or 4K120 capture.
The Razr Ultra runs the Snapdragon 8 Elite with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage; in Geekbench 6 it outperforms last year's Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Razr Plus by a long way.
In a 3DMark Wildlife Extreme stress test the Razr Ultra scored 6,754 (40.45fps avg) versus the base Razr 2025's 1,026 (6.15fps) — the Snapdragon chip is far more graphics-capable.
Some phones with the same chip score higher in testing, suggesting Moto dialled performance down to keep the phone cool.
It doesn't cool especially well — but this isn't a gaming phone and most owners won't push it that hard.
In casual gaming it holds ~90fps with no major temperature increase, dropping the battery to ~60% after 50 minutes of mixed games.
Against the Galaxy Z Flip 7, the Razr Ultra trailed on raw Geekbench points but pushed a higher frame-rate ceiling (44–180fps vs the Flip 7's 69–160fps).
Battery & Charging
Motorola Razr+ 2024
Battery life is very good for a flip foldable and improved over the Razr 40 Ultra (more capacity + a more efficient chipset), with a fast 45W charger included — but it's still weaker than conventional slab phones at the price.
Battery life is very good — helped by ~200mAh more capacity than the Razr 40 Ultra and a more efficient chipset.
Motorola includes a rapid charging brick in the box that refuels at the phone's max 45W (and can supply 68W to other hardware).
Battery life improved, but is still significantly weaker than conventional (non-folding) phones in this price range.
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
The biggest year-over-year win: a 4,700mAh cell that comfortably lasts all day and dominates the Z Flip 7 in rundowns. Charging is fast (68W wired / 30W wireless) but the in-box charger situation is muddled.
Over five days of testing, the 4,700mAh battery got through a full day on a single charge with no problem.
An 18-hour day out in London with heavy camera use, lots of screen-on time and streaming still ended with 15% remaining (~7–8 hours SOT).
In a controlled battery test the Razr Ultra hit nearly 19 hours in efficiency mode — whatever the 4,700mAh cell and Snapdragon 8 Elite are doing together works strongly in Motorola's favour.
Versus the Galaxy Z Flip 7 the Razr Ultra lasted 19h32m of video playback to the Flip 7's 8h16m — a clear battery-life win.
A measured 68W charge took it 0–78% in 30 minutes and a full charge in 45 minutes; another full 0–100% test landed at 49m45s.
To hit the advertised 68W you need Motorola's proprietary power brick and cable — and the charger isn't reliably in the box.
A smart battery-protection feature learns your routine and tops up to 100% just before you wake so it doesn't sit idle full — owners report longer battery longevity using it.
Software & AI
Motorola Razr+ 2024
A light-touch, near-stock Android with handy Moto gestures and an excellent cover-screen Panels UI — and the first phone to ship with Gemini out of the box. The recurring negative is Motorola's slow update cadence.
A light-touch approach to Android — handy gestures and features tucked into a dedicated customization app, with the more dramatic changes off by default.
It's the first phone to ship with Google's AI-powered Gemini out of the box, including a few months of the advanced tier.
Motorola's Panels UI now supports almost any app on the exterior display — turning the cover screen into a genuine secondary device.
Update delivery is slow — Motorola only updated the Razr+ (2024) to Android 15 in late April 2025, and historically caters to the India market first.
Moto-specific touches like double-chop for flashlight and double-twist to open the camera are genuine daily-use wins for switchers.
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
Motorola's light-touch Android is well-liked, but the short 3-year update commitment on a flagship-priced phone is the review's single biggest recurring criticism, and the AI layer feels bolted on.
Motorola's light-touch approach to Android is a plus — handy gestures and a customisation app, with the more dramatic changes switched off out of the box.
Motorola only promises 3 years of OS updates and 4 of security — so a launch Android 15 unit tops out at Android 18.
Three OS upgrades on a $1,300 phone is called unacceptable in 2025 — Samsung offers 7 years and faster updates on the rival Z Flip 7.
Motorola's take on mobile AI could use work — it largely piggybacks on Google Gemini through a skinned Hello UI layer.
At launch some carrier units shipped on a buggy Android 14 with a sluggish, glitchy camera app and external-screen control limitations.
Value vs Competition
Motorola Razr+ 2024
At ~$1,000 it's the premium flip flagship. Reviewers' favorite flip of 2024 and a Forbes foldable standout — but the value argument hinges on prizing the cover screen and design over camera and raw performance.
A reviewer who spent two months with it called it 'my favorite flip foldable phone of the year'.
Named among Forbes' 2024 standout smartphones in the foldable category.
Owners call it 'the best flip phone out there' — though Motorola's slower updates are the main reservation.
The skeptical counterpoint: inferior cameras and software make non-Pixel/Samsung/Apple phones hard to justify unless significantly cheaper.
Android Authority's framing — 'Motorola Razr Plus review: Should you buy it?' — captures that the answer depends on whether the cover screen and design outweigh the compromises.
Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
At its $1,299 MSRP the short update policy and IP48 hurt the value case, but frequent steep discounts to $799–1,099 turn it into the clamshell to buy — and it out-specs the Z Flip 7 on hardware.
At full price it's $1,299.99 (1TB $1,499) — Motorola earns the 'Ultra' moniker, including the price tag.
On sale it has dropped to $799.99 — a $500 saving that makes it the only premium unlocked foldable worth recommending right now.
One reviewer who tests 40 phones a year calls the Razr Ultra the one to buy at $900.
Against the Galaxy Z Flip 7 it wins display quality, performance and battery life, while the Flip 7 takes build quality, design and far longer software support.
Software hiccups and AI quibbles aside, it's the best clamshell foldable out there with upgrades that justify even its increased price.
The external display previews shots crisply and runs full Android apps, but several reviewers find limited day-to-day benefit beyond glances at notifications.
Owners note Motorola pre-installs only a few genuinely useful apps rather than the heavy bloat of some rivals.
The $1,299 price (more for 1TB) will price out a lot of buyers who'd have been happy with a $1,000 upgraded Plus.
