Motorola Razr Ultra (2025)

GSMTechTok analysis

Who it's for

The Razr Ultra is for a buyer who wants the fastest flip phone on the market and a cover-screen experience that beats Samsung's, and doesn't mind paying a genuine flagship price for a clamshell. PhoneArena's review is direct that it makes some meaningful upgrades in all the right places, and while it lacks some of Samsung's AI polish, it isn't too far behind. It's a strong fit for anyone who specifically vlogs or shoots video with the phone closed, since PhoneArena found the Razr Ultra can record at up to 4K60 using the cover screen as a viewfinder, a real advantage over the Galaxy Z Flip6's 1080p-only closed-screen recording limit. It's a weaker fit for anyone chasing the deepest ingress protection in the segment, since HotHardware's own comparison notes the newer Razr Fold actually edges it out on IP rating.

Standout features

The cover screen experience is the phone's clearest advantage over Samsung's rival flip phones — PhoneArena's testing found it a much superior experience overall, a genuinely more usable secondary display rather than a notification-glancing afterthought. Battery, charging speed, and performance are all real, disclosed quality-of-life upgrades PhoneArena calls out by name, backed by genuine Snapdragon 8 Elite flagship silicon rather than a scaled-down chip. Charging held up to testing too: 68W wired delivers a full charge in around 40 minutes, and the inner display's 165Hz refresh rate paired with Dolby Vision support on both panels is a genuinely rare combination in a foldable this compact. The unique finish options — wood and Alcantara alongside standard colors — are a real, tactile differentiator most rival flip phones don't offer at all.

Trade-offs

Camera quality, while genuinely improved over the previous generation, still isn't the phone's strongest suit — PhoneArena's own assessment is candid that it isn't phenomenal, just better than before, a real, honest ceiling on what buyers should expect. Price is the single most repeated criticism across reviews — PhoneArena's review title-level summary calls the Ultra price tag the phone's only real downside, and at $1,299 it sits well above both the standard Razr and Razr+ in Motorola's own lineup. Ingress protection, while a genuine step up from earlier Razr generations at IP48, still falls short of full IP68 water-and-dust sealing found on some rivals, and even within Motorola's own newer lineup the Razr Fold edges it out with IP49. And there's no dedicated selfie camera — photos and video with the phone closed rely on the rear cameras and cover display as a viewfinder, a real design trade-off rather than a limitation unique to this model.