Motorola Razr 50 Assessment: Largely Wonderful

The Motorola Razr sequence has been some of the recognisable telephones in human historical past. It additionally offered nicely and made a lot cash for the now Lenovo-owned Motorola. The flip telephones took the foldable flip route in late 2020 and are at the moment of their fifth technology. We bought two telephones this yr, the Razr 50 Extremely and Razr 50. Whereas the latter appears just like final yr’s mannequin, the brand new Razr 50 is an enormous improve when it comes to design when in comparison with the Razr 40.

Motorola’s Razr 50 is just like the Razr 40 Extremely in some ways, however cheaper. The cellphone is priced at Rs. 64,999 in India and is barely obtainable with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Is that this a cellphone you need to think about as a substitute of the costlier Extremely or one thing from Samsung? Must you improve from the Razr 40? I reply all that and extra within the overview.

Motorola Razr 50 Design: Actually good and useful

• Dimensions (Closed) – 73.99 x 88.08 x 15.85mm
• Dimensions (Open) – 73.99 x 171.30 x 7.25mm
• Weight – 189g
• Colors – Seaside Sand, Koala Gray, Spritz Orange

The brand new Motorola Razr 50 appears very totally different in comparison with the Razr 40 from the entrance. You continue to get the rounded corners, curved sides, the flat hinge design on the again, and the vegan leather-based end on the decrease a part of the cellphone. There is a vegan leather-based end on the decrease half of the again panel and a skinny strip of vegan leather-based on the highest half. The vegan leather-based end affords a great grip. We obtained the Spritz Orange unit for overview, and it’s a distinctive color possibility that may seize consideration.

The underside half of the cellphone appears just like final yr’s Razr 40

Button placements are just like final yr’s mannequin. The best fringe of the highest half homes the quantity and the ability keys. The ability button additionally doubles as a fingerprint scanner and works nicely. You may discover the SIM tray software on the left aspect of the highest half. The highest edge homes a microphone. Lastly, the USB Kind-C port, speaker, and microphone are positioned on the underside fringe of the decrease half.

Some of the necessary features of the Razr 50 design is clearly the hinge and its mechanism. Motorola claims that it has redesigned the hinge to be extra sturdy, all whereas lowering its quantity by about 30 % in comparison with the earlier mannequin. The hinge can also be stated to supply higher mud safety with an IPX8 score, and I discovered it very efficient. Nevertheless, you additionally must be cautious to not go away any mud on the interior panel when closing it shut, as it might harm the show. The hinge cowl is constituted of chrome steel, whereas the cellphone’s body is made utilizing 6000 sequence aluminium. All surfaces get a easy satin end that makes the cellphone really feel premium.

The vegan leather-based end and the curved body make the cellphone simple to carry

The hinge additionally has a brief vary, which suggests which you could maintain the show open solely at sure angles. Cross this angle, and the cellphone will mechanically shut or open, which is great because the hinge makes it simpler to open the cellphone with one hand. Nevertheless, opening the cellphone in a single hand remains to be a process. The hinge permits for sure use circumstances, akin to a tent, camcorder, and desk stand modes.

A brand new floating plate within the hinge is claimed to be much less disturbing on the folding panel and helps scale back the crease. Though Motorola advertises the Razr 50 as practically creaseless, it isn’t the case. There is a seen crease, however you do not actually discover it when viewing movies of scrolling by way of Instagram. You may solely really feel its presence when sliding your finger over the interior show or when trying on the display at sure angles.

Motorola Razr 50 Show: Large improve

• Outer display – 3.63-inch OLED, 1056 x 1066 pixels, 90Hz
• Inner flex display – 6.9-inch pOLED LTPO, full-HD+, 120Hz, HDR10+
• Safety – Gorilla Glass Victus (Outer)

The Motorola Razr 50 will get an enormous improve within the show division, however solely on the surface. As an alternative of the smaller, not very helpful show that was current within the Razr 40, you now get a 3.63-inch 10-bit OLED panel that provides a 90 Hz refresh charge, as much as 1,700 nits of peak brightness, and HDR 10 assist. The panel options cutouts for the cameras and the LED flash. You’ll be able to watch movies on this display, however I might not advocate it. It is appropriate for taking part in a few of the pre-installed cowl display video games, although. The display additionally will get loads of shiny outdoor and is straightforward to learn.

The Razr 50’s outer show is tremendous helpful

Opening the cellphone reveals a taller-than-usual versatile plastic 10-bit OLED show that provides a 120Hz refresh charge, as much as 3,000 nits of peak brightness, and HDR 10+ assist. You get three color modes on the panel – Pure, Radiant, and Vivid. Sticking to the Pure possibility is greatest, as the opposite modes have a tendency to spice up the colors a bit an excessive amount of. The interior show affords a 22:9 side ratio, which is great for watching motion pictures however is not the most effective when watching 16:9 content material on YouTube. The panel is straightforward to learn underneath direct daylight however is a little more.

Each shows supply Widevine L1 assist, so you possibly can take pleasure in viewing content material in full HD throughout Netflix and different streaming apps.

Motorola Razr 50 Software program: There’s loads to maintain you flipping

• OS – Android 14
• UI – Hey UI
• Newest safety patch – August 1st

Software program is one other essential a part of foldable telephones, and Motorola has executed an amazing job with its Hey UI. Whereas it nonetheless appears near inventory Android, some design parts and added Moto options set it aside. You get a few preinstalled apps, however these should not actually bloatware and could be uninstalled. There are additionally a number of Moto apps and options, akin to Moto Safe, Household House, Moto Unplugged, Good Join, and some others.

There isn’t any bloatware on the cellphone

Motorola has additionally included a few AI instruments that will help you create wallpapers. There’s Model Sync and Magic Canvas, however the latter requires you to have a Moto account. Model sync allows you to create wallpapers from captured photographs, whereas Magic Canvas allows you to create photographs utilizing textual content prompts.

You’ll be able to run just about any app on the outer display. There are a number of pre-installed video games that run nice on the duvet show and could be enjoyable to make use of. Other than utilizing apps and enjoying video games, Motorola additionally helps using Google Gemini on the duvet show, and also you get three months of free Gemini Superior whenever you buy the Razr 50 telephones. The interface has been optimised for the outer display, and it is easy to have conversations with Gemini.

The quilt show affords numerous modes and helps most apps

As for software program assist, Motorola has promised 3 years of Android OS and 4 years of safety updates for the Razr 50.

Motorola Razr 50 Efficiency: Might’ve been higher

• Processor – MediaTek Dimensity 7300X
• RAM – 8GB LPDDR4X
• Storage – 256GB UFS 2.2

I really feel like the one draw back of the Motorola Razr 50 is the chipset and, consequently, the efficiency it affords. It’s totally unusual that the corporate determined to go together with a MediaTek chipset for the Razr 50, whereas the Extremely possibility will get a Snapdragon SoC. The Dimensity 7300X on the cellphone is coupled with 8GB LPDDR4X RAM. I ran a few artificial benchmarks on the cellphone, and it delivered okayish outcomes. Older telephones, such because the Tecno Phantom V Flip, scored higher within the assessments.

The efficiency supplied by the Dimensity 7300X, an octa-core 4nm processor, is sufficient for every day duties like messaging, calls, utilizing the browser, watching movies, and so forth, however you’ll discover some leg when launching apps or multitasking on each the outer in addition to the interior display. App transitions from cowl to major to most important and vice versa had been additionally primarily easy. You’ll be able to play video games on the cellphone. I attempted titles akin to BGMI and Asphalt 9, and each labored nicely. There are many video games obtainable for the entrance show as nicely, they usually work fairly nicely with none lag. The cellphone did not run extremely popular whereas gaming, both.

The show is readable underneath direct daylight

The cellphone did lag at occasions when utilizing the Digital camera app to take photographs and even switching between the cameras. In some circumstances, the digicam viewfinder would go clean for a number of seconds.

Motorola has supplied a hybrid twin speaker setup with Dolby Atmos on the Razr 50, they usually work nicely. There’s some bass right here, and the audio system can get loud. They’re good for indoor use, but it surely’s greatest to hold a pair of earphones for out of doors use. Name high quality and connectivity on the cellphone are fairly good and I did not encounter any dropped calls. I did, nevertheless, discover some WiFi connectivity points whereas enjoying video games, but it surely solely occurred as soon as to name it an issue.

Motorola Razr 50 Cameras: Adequate

• Important – 50-megapixel, f/1.7, OIS
• Secondary Ultrawide – 13-megapixel, f/2.2, 120 diploma FoV
• Internal selfie – 32-megapixel, f/2.4

The primary digicam is shared with the Extremely, together with the interior 32-megapixel unit. Nevertheless, not like the Extremely’s telephoto, the usual Razr 50 will get a 13-megapixel ultrawide with autofocus. The quilt display allows you to use the first and ultrawide to take selfies, and there is additionally a break up display interface that permits you to shoot with ease. As if the nostalgia of the flip kind issue wasn’t sufficient, Motorola has gone forward and included a camcorder mode that is extra kind than operate.

Pictures from the primary digicam are fairly good

Pictures popping out of the primary digicam in daylight circumstances have good element and dynamic vary with little or no to no noise, however there’s loads of sharpening and over-saturation. The greens look greener, and the sky appears bluer.

Samples from the first 50-megapixel digicam [Tap to expand]

Switching to the ultrawide digicam, the outcomes look very totally different, with much less element, darker shadows, and color inconsistency. The ultrawide additionally would not do dynamic vary and white stability nicely. Pictures are usable, however nothing nice.

Samples from the Ultrawide digicam [Tap to Expand]

There’s additionally a 2x digital zoom possibility and a Macro mode obtainable. The 2x zoom produces good photographs in daylight, however you will see loads of noise should you zoom in. In the meantime, the macro photograph can produce good outcomes.

Macro photographs come out good when there’s loads of gentle [Tap to Expand]

In low gentle circumstances, the primary digicam nonetheless does a great job of preserving particulars and shadows, however the white stability could be off. Saturation and exposures are dealt with nicely, although. The ultrawide would not actually do nicely in low gentle circumstances until you give it plenty of gentle. A Night time mode is obtainable, however that works higher with the primary digicam.

Lowlight samples: Prime – Important digicam; Backside – Ultrawide [Tap to Expand]

The selfie digicam on the interior show produces good leads to daylight circumstances with fairly life like pores and skin tones, good colors, and a large dynamic vary. There is a good quantity of element as nicely. Nevertheless, it is simply higher to make use of the primary exterior digicam for selfies, which produces higher particulars.

Coming to video efficiency, the Razr 50 can shoot 4k 30fps on all cameras with stabilisation. The first digicam takes good daylight movies with numerous element and barely saturated colors. Stabilisation is respectable, however you will discover the shakes should you’re strolling or working. Motorola claims it makes use of AI to scale back the shakiness, but it surely would not actually work that nicely more often than not. The ultrawide digicam would not do this nicely in movies.

Motorola Razr 50 Battery: You’ll be able to flip all of it day

• Capability – 4,200mAh
• Charging – 30W
• Charger – 33W included in-box

The Motorola Razr 50 affords spectacular battery life for a flip cellphone despite the fact that it receives the identical battery capability as final yr. I continuously bought over 7 hours of display time on the cellphone, and that is in all probability as a result of I did a lot of the messaging on the outer show. Because of this, the cellphone simply lasted over a day of utilization. I might flip open the display just for utilizing the digicam, some gaming, checking emails, watching movies, and scrolling Instagram. Gaming constantly drains the battery so much, although.

The battery life on the cellphone is spectacular

In our battery take a look at, the cellphone lasted over 25 hours on a single cost. Speaking about charging, the Razr 50 helps 30W quick charging and takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes to go from 10 % to full. There’s additionally assist for wi-fi charging at 15W.

Motorola Razr 50 Verdict

At Rs. 64,999, there should not plenty of different choices available in the market. You’ll be able to take a look at the Oppo Discover N3 Flip (Assessment), which affords a lot better efficiency and a greater pair of cameras. Sadly, it does have a much less usable outer display. You even have the Tecno Phantom V Flip (Assessment) from final yr, however that is not likely higher in any approach. It is also a superb various to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 if efficiency is not your most important concern.

The Motorola Razr 50 is a great-looking cellphone with plenty of nostalgia and options which are considerably let down by its processor. The outer show is nice, you get a pleasant digicam setup, glorious battery life for a cellphone with two screens, quick charging, an IPX8 score, an excellent compact kind issue, AI options, good software program, and 9,999 fashion factors. Should you do not need to spend a lot cash however desire a flip-style foldable, the Motorola Razr 50 is usually glorious. It is also a worthy improve from the Razr 40.