Motorola Razr 60 Ultra Review: Flip Phone Perfection?

Motorola’s Razr 50 Ultra peaked when it comes to design and performance in my evaluate final yr. It fastened quite a lot of points which plagued Razr telephones for the previous few years. However, there have been just a few areas that wanted some consideration. This included the heating situation when utilizing the video recording function, a processor which wasn’t precisely flagship grade (given its ‘Ultra’ branding) and a battery, which solely lasted a day of use.

With its Razr 60 Ultra, Motorola’s engineers weren’t simply laser-focused on the shortcomings of the earlier mannequin, but additionally labored on including new {hardware} and AI options. Do these options work as anticipated and lift the bar for the coveted clamshell foldable? Or do they add new chinks in its shiny armour? I’ve been utilizing this cellphone for a few weeks, and this is what I feel.

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra Design: Same however completely different

• Dimensions (folded) – 88.1 x 74 x 15.7mm

• Dimensions (unfolded) – 171.5 x 74 x 7.2mm

• Weight – 199g

• Durability – IP48

As talked about earlier, the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra’s design is almost an identical to that of the Razr 50 Ultra it replaces. The minor modifications that one can immediately level out are that the aluminium body now has a matte end, in comparison with the shiny end on the earlier mannequin. While I just like the matte look, it additionally makes this foldable very slippery, so it is clever to snap on the included case for some further grip.

Despite the marginally greater essential show, the general dimension of the cellphone stays the identical, despite the fact that it weighs an extra 10 grams due to its larger battery capability

 

This yr, the entire new finishes have Pantone colors. But there are a selection of textured backs to select from. There’s a Pantone Mountain Trail end (Rs. 89,999) with a picket rear panel, which jogs my memory of the outdated Moto X and its bamboo again. Then there’s the extra conventional Rio Red (Rs. 99,999) that has the same old faux-leather (silicon polymer) end. Last is the Pantone Scarab (Rs. 89,999), which is the unit we acquired for evaluate. It has an iridescent darkish inexperienced body accompanied by an alcantara again, and is essentially the most fascinating and premium end obtainable this yr. While it certainly feels prefer it ought to, it additionally doesn’t really feel delicate, and so I didn’t hesitate to position it on barely tough surfaces. Several weeks later, I noticed no indicators of wear and tear and tear, which is nice given its delicate look.

This is not Motorola’s first smartphone with a devoted AI key

 

Something new on the Razr this yr is the AI key, a function that different smartphone manufacturers have additionally began together with. This is Motorola’s method of displaying that it’s critical about AI. Pressing it immediately fires up the floating Moto AI interface, which takes up the underside a part of the tall show. This is not Motorola’s first smartphone with a devoted AI key. That credit score goes to the lately launched Edge 60 Pro, which debuted the brand new Moto AI and is a mid-range smartphone.

Motorola has additionally bumped up the Razr’s IP ranking this yr in order that it will possibly fight each mud and water

 

One of the issues that issues within the case of a clamshell foldable is the hinge. It feels extra inflexible and practically not possible to open with one hand, and the cellphone’s slippery physique makes this hand manoeuvre fairly dangerous. The hinge has a large candy spot, the place it can neither fold shut nor open flat. This holds it up in tent or stand mode, permitting for options like Desk Display or Sleep Display.

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra Display: Best at school

• Cover show – 4.0-inch, 1,272 × 1,080 pixels, 165Hz, 417 PPI
• Main show – 7-inch, 1,224 x 2,912 pixels, 165Hz, 464 PPI
• Display kind – pOLED (LTPO)

Motorola’s cowl show design peaked final yr with the 2 floating cameras (with minimal borders). It threw within the kitchen sink, delivering all the pieces one may probably think about into a canopy show… and a few extra. The consequence was a implausible and fluid software program expertise, which was second to none. With the Razr 60 Ultra, the duvet show stays an identical to the earlier mannequin, and so Motorola determined to mess around with the principle folding show as a substitute.

One annoying element about each shows is that they’re fingerprint and dirt magnets, and so, I needed to hold wiping them clear infrequently

 

This yr, we have now a barely bigger 7.0-inch panel, which is not a giant improve over the earlier 6.9-inch show. However, the marginally bigger panel brings extra pixels, upping its pixel density by a small margin.

During the testing interval, I observed that each shows produce natural-looking colors when set to the Natural color mode. Sharpness can be on level. Motorola claims that its essential show now provides a peak brightness of 4,500 nits, whereas its cowl show now manages 3,000 nits, each of that are enhancements over the Razr 60 Ultra.

Using the principle show underneath direct daylight, I observed a slight haze, which is as a result of non-removable display protector

 

The display protector doesn’t hamper readability an excessive amount of, however the distinction may have been higher outside. By distinction, the duvet show will get actually shiny in all situations and stays completely legible outside. Indoors, I observed no points with each shows, they usually get shiny sufficient to serve up some vibrant HDR10+ and Dolby Vision content material as nicely.

In phrases of sturdiness, the show held up nicely throughout the evaluate interval and intense gaming classes. The display protector did a tremendous job, and I observed no scratches or dents by the top of the evaluate. You can nonetheless spot the melancholy of the folded space when the show is off or when viewing it outside. But I may barely really feel it when interacting with the cellphone.

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra Software: A story of two AIs

• Android model – 15
• Software – Hello UI
• Software dedication – 3-year OS + 4-year SMR

New doesn’t essentially imply good or higher. The addition of the brand new AI key on the left facet of the cellphone creates some added confusion, particularly when you find yourself torn between which AI mannequin you need to use and when.

Moto AI nonetheless wants quite a lot of work to turn into the first AI mannequin of alternative

 

Moto AI, which is accessible by urgent down the particular AI key on the left facet, permits you to use extra deeply built-in options like Update me (reads out a voice abstract of all of your present notifications), Remember this (screenshot, click on or voice notes for recall) and Take notes (voice recordings with transcripts). While these instruments do what is anticipated from them (have examined these out earlier), Moto AI search (the bar on the backside of the pop-up) is a bit too gradual to reply requests and infrequently unreliable. So, for one thing so simple as setting an alarm, I typically reverted to Google’s Gemini, which was not solely quicker but additionally able to engaging in most duties and queries. However, I needed to keep in mind to press the facility button on the suitable facet.

What’s actually annoying about Moto AI is that I’ve to maintain urgent a button to report a request and even to reply to a request. So, the method of asking a question and ready for a response is simply not price it. At occasions, I additionally observed that ‘Update me’ would randomly disappear from the Moto AI instruments listing.

Aside from the AI instruments, I did discover Motorola including Adobe Scan, Facebook, LinkedIn and Amazon Music apps, which is a bit odd to see on a flagship cellphone, however I’ve additionally seen Samsung do the identical, so I’m not stunned. Thankfully, all of those third-party apps could possibly be uninstalled.

The cowl show Hello UI expertise can run apps in full-screen or with the digital camera reduce out

 

While Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 7 presently provides the largest show within the section, Motorola’s nonetheless stays essentially the most helpful one. This is as a result of Samsung’s cowl show, as expansive as it’s (4.1 inches), nonetheless can not run too many apps on it and neither can you use the entire smartphone with out resorting to the principle show. This remains to be attainable on the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra. I may use a majority of apps on the duvet show both in full-screen or with the digital camera reduce out, however confronted no issues, regardless of which display orientation I resorted to.

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra Performance: More efficiency, extra issues

• Processor – Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, 4.3GHz, 3nm
• RAM – 16GB (LPDDR5X)
• Storage – 512GB (UFS 4.0)

The Razr 60 Ultra’s software program efficiency, as anticipated, is kind of fluid and lag-free. You will not discover any stutters anyplace, and this additionally consists of the duvet show, which may additionally operate as the first display. While issues could appear completely in place for a flagship clamshell foldable, Motorola is definitely taking part in catch, on condition that it used a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC final yr, whereas Samsung went with a flagship processor. Fortunately for Motorola, each producers have switched locations this yr as nicely, with Moto providing a top-end processor however Samsung going with its personal Exynos 2500 SoC (within the Galaxy Z Flip 7), which isn’t in the identical league because the Elite.

When it involves artificial benchmarks, the Motorola Razer performs as anticipated, as could be seen within the desk beneath.

As for real-world efficiency, the Razr was in a position to ship in fast-paced video games like Call of Duty Mobile. The cellphone did heat up a bit, however didn’t get scorching, each when utilizing the default graphics settings (Very High + Max) and the one favouring framerate (Medium + Ultra) after half-hour of steady gameplay. Accompanying the quick body charges was the equally spectacular contact sampling fee, which saved up with all of the loopy finger swipes.

Based on previous opinions, we’re conscious that the Snapdragon 8 Elite does are inclined to warmth up and requires a cooling mechanism to carry out optimally. Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge one way or the other did not handle it nicely even with a VC cooler in place. In the case of the Razr 60 Ultra, issues have been a bit completely different. While heating was not a problem with regular app utilization and whereas taking part in video games (due to throttling), I observed a heating drawback when utilizing the digital camera app, significantly when capturing 4K video, a job which requires sustained efficiency.

The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra nonetheless provides the very best cowl show software program expertise in 2025

 

It’s unclear whether or not the Razr has a cooling mechanism in place (graphite sheets or vapour chamber cooling), but when it does, it is undoubtedly not doing its job. Unlike the Galaxy S25 Edge, which received too scorching to the touch, the Razr appeared higher at masking warmth, as a result of it was concentrated in sure spots (primarily the duvet show). Recording a number of 4K movies in fast succession and getting the cellphone fairly scorching, I then rapidly minimised the digital camera app. I observed Hello UI chugging alongside simply tremendous, and the cellphone didn’t show any notifications about overheating both. Mind you, that is nonetheless a clamshell foldable, with a fairly small footprint, so I wasn’t stunned.

At the identical time, our PCMark Wild Life Extreme Stress take a look at was the one app that confirmed a system warning about overheating (in about 4 minutes out of 20), after which the take a look at stopped. While this does point out heating points underneath steady stress, it’s a artificial take a look at meant to take the system to its limits, which isn’t a typical use case situation. However, this means that this cellphone is just not suited to video games that demand sustained efficiency.

Even Samsung has copied Motorola’s floating cameras on a canopy show structure this yr

 

The audio by the stereo audio system is kind of loud and likewise very clear. Motorola will get Dolby Atmos assist as nicely, and so it sounds very immersive. But I dislike the location of the bottom-firing speaker, which may be very simple to dam when taking part in video games or watching motion pictures. The placement of the ambient mild sensor additionally will get in the best way whereas taking part in video games, and so, it’s advisable to show off the adaptive brightness setting when doing so.

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra Cameras: As good because it will get

• Primary digital camera – 50-megapixel, f/1.8, OIS
• Ultrawide digital camera – 50-megapixel, f/2.0, AF
• Selfie digital camera – 50-megapixel, f/2.0, FF

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra main digital camera samples (faucet photos to increase)

 

For a clamshell foldable, the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra certainly holds its personal relating to digital camera efficiency. Its main digital camera delivers spectacular photos, that are a tad bit saturated, even after deciding on the Natural type. Colours apart, noise is underneath management and sharpness is on level. Even in low mild, pictures pack in good dynamic vary and are low on noise.

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra 2x digital camera samples (faucet photos to increase)

 

What blew me away are Motorola’s 2X digital lossless captures. In daylight, the first digital camera produces some tack-sharp 2X close-ups. There’s loads of element whenever you go pixel peeping as nicely. The similar magic applies to low-light captures, offered there’s a supply of sunshine within the neighborhood. Dim settings are the place picture high quality begins to deteriorate.

Low-light portrait selfie captured utilizing the first digital camera utilizing the duvet show (faucet picture to increase)

 

Portrait selfies utilizing the first digital camera and the duvet show (proven above) present spectacular element with good edge detection even in low mild. The 50-megapixel selfie digital camera additionally produces equally good selfies in daylight, however pictures seem a bit flat in low mild because the digital camera lacks autofocus.

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra, ultrawide digital camera samples (faucet photos to increase)

 

The 50-megapixel ultrawide angle digital camera is not precisely flagship grade, however nonetheless will get the job finished properly, capturing loads of element and near-accurate colors in daylight. In low mild, picture high quality will get a bit too delicate, however due to the aggressive noise management and no optical picture stabilisation.

4K video recordings pack loads of element with correct colors and good stabilisation in daylight. Dolby Vision can be an choice, however is greatest saved off as a result of it makes the general high quality fairly delicate. In low mild, video recordings seem a bit contrasted, there’s some noticeable noise, nevertheless it will get the job finished simply tremendous for a foldable system. While the first digital camera shoots good-quality video, there’s noticeable softness within the footage captured by the ultrawide digital camera in low mild.

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra Battery: Impressive

• Battery capability – 4,700mAh
• Wired charging – 68W
• Wireless charging – 30W (5W reverse)
• Charger within the field – Yes

Motorola has undoubtedly upped its sport relating to battery life. The clamshell foldable stunned us, each with every day utilization and in our battery life assessments. With heavy utilization of regularly being related to 5G networks and steady app utilization, calls and extra, the cellphone simply managed a day with 20 % left earlier than plugging it in. If you aren’t a heavy person, you may rise up to a day and a half of utilization with no issues.

This slim and compact foldable design surprisingly manages to pack a 4,700mAh battery and assist 68W charging

 

In our video loop battery take a look at, which performs a video in a loop until the battery runs out, the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra managed a stable 22 hours and 50 minutes, in comparison with the 20 hours and 28 minutes of the Galaxy S25 Edge, which managed simply 16 hours and 25 minutes. We additionally ran PCMark’s Battery Life take a look at, which runs a lot of duties in a loop until the cellphone’s cost drops to twenty %. In this take a look at, the Razr fared nicely, managing a stable 15 hours and three minutes in comparison with the Galaxy S25 Edge’s 12 hours and 17 minutes.

Motorola Razr 60 Ultra Verdict

No! The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra is not the proper foldable, nevertheless it does come very near that declare. The cellphone’s solely shortcoming is that it heats up for those who spend quite a lot of time capturing video outside. At the identical time, I do not see players buying a Razr 60 Ultra as common bar-shaped units are better-suited for this objective.

For the clamshell foldable target market, that is certainly pretty much as good because it will get, as Motorola has shoved in a top-end processor and managed to ship a really succesful set of cameras together with above-average battery life, which can be the rationale to improve to this new mannequin.

Heating points apart, the Razr one way or the other makes a stable case for itself relating to competing with skinny and premium smartphones like Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge. It’s smaller, comes with sufficient mud and water resistance this yr and has cameras that one way or the other handle higher picture high quality than the bar-shaped slim cellphone.