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Motorola Razr Fold review: Fits neatly in your pocket but not your budget

May 14, 2026 Development Source: Ars Technica

Motorola Razr Fold review: Fits neatly in your pocket but not your budget

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The external 6.6-inch display is tall but usable thanks to the slim bezels. The soft-touch plastic back has a grippy texture, which is also appreciated on a device you have to torque to open and close. The current Samsung and Google foldables are too smooth to feel totally stable in your hand. The Razr Fold comes with Motorola’s customary build of Android 16. The interface hasn’t diverged too much from a stock Android experience, but it’s not as low-clutter as it once was. For starters, there’s a bit more pre-loaded bloatware. There’s LinkedIn, a duplicative note-taking app, Facebook, Instagram, and more. You can uninstall or disable all that stuff, but you’re stuck with the AI. Benchmarks don’t always tell the whole story, but they can be helpful for comparing devices. Despite having market-leading specs, the Razr doesn’t benchmark very well, running behind similarly equipped devices (it’s closer to last year’s Snapdragon chip). The processor may be tuned for greater efficiency, or it may just not crank up the speed when benchmark apps run (a common tactic to increase scores), but these are the numbers.