What are the Motorola Razr specifications?
The new, foldable display is a 6.2-inch plastic OLED panel with a 21:9 aspect ratio that Motorola has dubbed CinemaVision. It has a 2,142 x 876 resolution, but there’s a notch to house a 5MP front-facing camera and earpiece as well. The top and bottom of the display are also curved, cutting out a small portion of the visuals.The main display isn’t the only one onboard. With the Razr is folded shut, a second Quick View display on the outside offers a place for notifications and other interactive capabilities. It’s just a 2.7-inch OLED display with a modest 600 x 800 resolution, but it also supports touch.Next to the exterior display is the main camera, which is a 16MP shooter with an f/1.7 aperture and electronic image stabilization. The main camera can actually double as a selfie camera, with the QuickView display serving as the viewfinder when the phone is folded shut.
Inside, the Razr is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 that has almost definitely helped Motorola keep the price down. That chipset is paired with 6GB of RAM, and there’s 128GB of storage on board. It will come running a clean version of Android 9 Pie.
The Motorola Razr measures 72 x 94 x 14mm folded and 72 x 172 x 6.9mm unfolded. That makes the display portion of the Razer thinner than an iPhone 11 when it’s open, though the chin of the Razr remains thick, giving a place to grip the phone and housing the fingerprint scanner. One downside to the design and thinness is that the Razer only fits in a 2,510mAh battery, though it has 15W TurboPower charging over the USB 3.0 Type-C port.
Motorola Razr Detailed Spec list:
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 Octa-core chipset
- 6GB of RAM
- 128GB of storage
- Splash-proof with water resistant nanocoating
- Fingerprint reader
- 2,510 mAh battery with 15W TurboPower
- 6.2-inch pOLED main display (21:9, 2,142 x 876)
- 2.7-inch gOLED Quick View display (4:3, 600x800)
- Folded size: 72 x 94 x 14mm; Open size: 72 x 172 x 6.9mm
- 205 grams
- Bottom speaker
- 16MP rear camera, f/1.7 with EIS
- 5MP front-facing camera, f/2.0
- 802.11ac Wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC
- eSIM
- Android 9 Pie
- Supports Moto Actions
How much will the new Motorola Razr cost?
The Motorola Razr will cost $1,499, which is considerably cheaper than the other foldable handhelds. The Samsung Galaxy Fold costs $1,979, and the Huawei Mate X is about $2,600.When does the Motorola Razr come out?
The Motorola Razr will be available for pre-order on December 26 with a launch date in January 2020. The phone is exclusive to Verizon.How does the Motorola Razr hinge work?
After Samsung stumbled through the launch of its Galaxy Fold, it’s reasonable to be concerned about the potential failures of a foldable smartphone, especially when it costs more than any of the best Android phones, or iPhones for that matter.So far, it appears Motorola may have a little more going for it in the hinge department than Samsung did. Lenovo helped on the hinge, and we’ve seen some awesome designs from the company in the past (just look at the Yoga series).
In the case of the Motorola Razr, the hinge moves into two different positions depending on whether the display is folded open or closed. When it’s open, the hinge has movable support plates to give the display extra structural support. This can also help reduce the crease by better flattening out the display. Those plates move out of the way when the phone is closed, so the screen has room to curve without bending at too tight of an angle.This hinge also allows the Razr to have a gapless design. When the phone is folded shut, there’s no opening between the two halves of the display. This should help keep debris out, which is especially important for a display covered in plastic instead of the harder glass found on most smartphones.
Finally, Motorola has made the device just a little bit hardier by using a variant of its ShatterShield plastic on the display, CNET reports. Motorola has used this in previous phones to make durable plastic displays, and it could help the new Razr hold up better than the fraught Galaxy Fold.
Should I get it?
Motorola has slotted the Razr into a curious spot. It’s incredibly expensive for a smartphone, especially one coming from one of the champs of budget smartphones. But, in many ways it’s not offering a premium experience.The display is somewhat low resolution. There’s no wireless charging. The battery is small. The camera lacks optical image stabilization. And, it’s going to launch with a mid-range Snapdragon 710 chipset at a time when even the currently top-seated Snapdragon 855 will be about to be superseded.That’s a lot to have going against a $1,499 phone. But, the Razr is not a phone for just anyone, and some of the concessions make a lot of sense.
The foldable design isn’t just to be cool. It minimizes the phone. In that sense, Motorola may be targeting customers who want a phone that’s not trying to be the center of their life. A Snapdragon 710 chipset should do just fine for most general users, so many won’t notice its shortcomings against a Snapdragon 855 but will benefit from the financial savings.
The QuickView display also has potential to make up for the small battery. Users won’t have to turn on the main display to check a notification, and that could add up to considerable battery savings over the course of a day.
The price is still going to limit who can get it, as is the Verizon exclusivity. But that may not matter. Motorola isn’t likely planning to sell this Razr like Apple sells iPhones. This is just a first taste, a premium product for the nostalgia seekers and the Razr lovers who have set aside $100 each year since the original Razr launched. We’re at the start of a new wave of foldable smartphones, and Motorola is just showing us that it’s ready for the race to start.