While Samsung started the modern flip phone era, Motorola took things up a notch a couple of years ago with the remake of the iconic Razr series.
And now, it launches the Motorola Razr Ultra (2025), its most ambitious flip phone to date.
It adds the now mandatory AI features, but most importantly, it polishes a winning formula, improving fundamental areas like the processor, battery life and charging speeds. All of this comes with some insane specs too including 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. Motorola engineers took the Ultra name dead serious, but that is also reflected in the price of the phone: at $1,300, this is the most expensive flip phone in the last few years.
But back to the subject at hand... is the Razr Ultra the flip phone of 2025?
Motorola Razr Ultra (2025)
What we like
Gorgeous design
Fast charging
Great audio quality
What we don't like
Questionable use of new button
Iffy software update situation
7.4
PhoneArena Rating
7.8
Price Class Average
Battery Life
7.3
8.2
Photo Quality
6.7
7.2
Video Quality
5.4
6.4
Charging
8.4
7.2
Performance Heavy
8.4
7.9
Performance Light
8.5
8.2
Display Quality
8.5
8.4
Design
8
8.3
Wireless Charging
6
7.3
Biometrics
7
7.7
Audio
8
8.2
Software
6
7.3
Why the score?
This device scores 5.1% worse than the average for this price class, which includes devices like the Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro, Honor Magic6 RSR Porsche Design and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
The Razr Ultra aces our battery life and charging scores, which elevates its total score above the average for the flip phone category.
Disclaimer: This phone launches as the "Motorola Razr Ultra" in the United States, but in other markets, the same phone will be sold under the "Motorola Razr 60 Ultra" moniker. There might be slight differences in the storage you get in different markets, but these are essentially the same phone.
Let's start with an overview of the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra specs:
Motorola Razr Ultra (2025)
Size and Weight Open: 73.99 x 171.48 x 7.19mm Closed: 73.99 x 88.12 x 15.69mm 199g
Display Main: 7" Foldable AMOLED up 4,500 nits brightness
External: 4" pOLED up to 3,000 nits brightness
Processor Snapdragon 8 Elite
Software Android 15
Cameras 50MP main, f/1.8 50MP ultra, f/2.0
50MP front
Battery Size 4,700 mAh
Charging Speeds 68W wired 30W wireless
Prices $1,300 for 16/512GB model
Motorola Razr Ultra (2025) Design and Display
Multiple colors and materials, but all look stylish
(Image by PhoneArena)
If there is one thing Motorola is known for that has got to be the thin design and sleek esthetics. The Razr Ultra does not disappoint here.
We have the "Scarab" black version with a leather back and velvet middle, which feels incredible nice and soft to the touch.
The size is just a tiny bit bigger than the Galaxy Z Flip 6, but barely.
The most notable new addition is a physical button on the left side that Motorola calls the AI Key. You cannot remap it, so unfortunately, it's not quite like the Action Button on Apple iPhones, but while not as versatile, it's still a nice addition.
The Razr Ultra is available in the following colors:
PANTONE Scarab (black, with a leather/velvet back)
PANTONE Rio Red
PANTONE Mountain Trail (wooden back)
PANTONE Cabaret
You get a case in the box (Image by PhoneArena)
There is something special about unboxing a Motorola phone. A few years back, the company started infusing its packaging with a scent, so it's those little touches that make the unboxing experience special.
It's also nice that you get a case included in the box, but a charging brick is missing, so you have to purchase that separately.
Main screen (Image by PhoneArena)
With a big 7-inch OLED screen, the Razr Ultra offers a more spacious experience than the Galaxy Flip 6.
The aspect ratio is 22 by 9, so taller than the usual (non flip phones typically have a 19.5 by 9 aspect ratio).
While that has its benefits (I love the extra space in the Calendar app), it also comes with downsides such as black bars when viewing stories on social media (reels look perfectly fine though).
The CIE 1931 xy color gamut chart represents the set(area)of colors that a display can reproduce,with the sRGB colorspace(the highlighted triangle)serving as reference.The chart also provides a visual representation of a display's color accuracy. The small squares across the boundaries of the triangle are the reference points for the various colors, while the small dots are the actual measurements. Ideally, each dot should be positioned on top of its respective square. The 'x:CIE31' and 'y:CIE31' values in the table below the chart indicate the position of each measurement on the chart. 'Y' shows the luminance (in nits) of each measured color, while 'Target Y' is the desired luminance level for that color. Finally, 'ΔE 2000' is the Delta E value of the measured color. Delta E values of below 2 are ideal.
The Color accuracy chart gives an idea of how close a display's measured colors are to their referential values. The first line holds the measured (actual) colors, while the second line holds the reference (target) colors. The closer the actual colors are to the target ones, the better.
The Grayscale accuracy chart shows whether a display has a correct white balance(balance between red,green and blue)across different levels of grey(from dark to bright).The closer the Actual colors are to the Target ones,the better.
The display also now gets much brighter, so it's easier to use outdoors, but I do wish it would drop a bit lower for more comfortable use at night.
Outer screen (Image by PhoneArena)
The biggest advantage of the Razr is its edge-to-edge 4-inch cover screen. You can choose whether the screen expands to the full size or cuts at the cameras, and if you expand it fully it is just a much nicer experience than the cramped and tiny screen on the Galaxy Flip.
The other advantage of the Razr is just how easy it is to add all your apps and games to that cover screen. Samsung for some reason requires users to download GoodLock with the MultiStar module, so it's a bit of a hassle.
The fingerprint scanner on the Razr Ultra is built in the power button on the side, and it's super fast, we've had no issues with it.
Motorola Razr Ultra (2025) Camera
Ultra-wide is in, telephoto is out
(Image by PhoneArena)
Motorola Razr Ultra (2025)
PhoneArena Camera Score
BEST 158
134
PhoneArena Photo Score
BEST 165
144
Main (wide)
BEST 87
76
Zoom
BEST 29
21
Ultra-wide
BEST 26
20
Selfie
BEST 30
26
PhoneArena Video Score
BEST 155
125
Main (wide)
BEST 83
65
Zoom
BEST 27
15
Ultra-wide
BEST 24
19
Selfie
BEST 28
27
Two cameras do most of the heavy lifting on the Razr Ultra, and then you have a selfie camera on the main screen.
New this year is the secondary camera — Motorola switches to an ultra-wide one from a 2X telephoto lens that it had on the previous model.
In our camera score, the Razr performed quite well, but since it lacks a dedicated zoom camera, the total score is lower than that of traditional flagships.
Main Camera
< Razr Ultra (2025)Galaxy Flip 6 >
As you can see above, the main camera on the Razr Ultra tends to lift the shadows a bit more than the Galaxy Flip, but the colors are nice and vibrant on both phones, maybe slightly warmer on the Motorola.
You now also get two color styles — the default Natural one (with true-to-life colors, most samples here are shot using that mode) and the Signature one (with "unique" Moto colors).
< Natural colorsSignature colors >
As you can see above, the difference is small when you just use the default settings. The real value of the "Signature" style with AI, however, is that you can upload five of your favorite images for food, portrait and landscape shots, and the AI will analyze the style of each of those categories and then apply it to your images. This actually sounds useful, but we'll have to test it over a longer period of time to see how useful it really is.
Recommended Stories
Ultra-wide Camera
< Razr Ultra (2025)Galaxy Flip 6 >
The ultra-wide camera on the Razr also occasionally goes for brighter exposures, and in the case above we prefer the more balanced look from the Galaxy Flip, but at other times the two are very close.
Here are a few more Razr Ultra camera samples:
Video Quality
With good video stabilization and overall pleasing colors, video quality from the Razr Ultra is above average.
The lack of a zoom camera is the only limitation, but that is common for most flip phones.
You also have the option to record 8K30 videos, as well as 4K120, which are all great additions for the enthusiast videographers.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite inside the Razr Ultra is a familiar chip, but while we have already seen it on traditional phones, the Razr beats the Galaxy Flip to it.
So when compared to the last year's Flip 6, the Razr Ultra smokes that device:
Even after throttling, the Razr scores around 3,800 points on the 3D Mark test, which is nearly DOUBLE the score of the Flip 6. That is a huge increase and means graphics-intense games like Genshin Impact or Zenless Zone Zero will run with smooth frame rates on this phone.
The base model is extremely generous with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage (some markets also get a 1TB storage option).
Motorola Razr Ultra (2025) Software
The Razr Ultra ships with Android 15 with all the usual Motorola gestures like the twist to open the camera or the chop-chop for the flashlight.
It's a lightweight skin that runs super fast, and I love this.
Motorola AI is here
What's new this year is the addition of AI into the whole thing:
A long press on the new AI key, gives you four options:
Catch me up, which gives you a summary of your notifications (unless you have tons of missed notifications, I found it useless)
Pay attention (starts a voice note recording with an AI summary)
Remember this (captures a screenshot with an AI summary)
Magic Canvas (generates an image in one of 10 different styles like Cartoon, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Realistic and more)
These AI-annotated screenshots and voice notes are saved in the new Journal app, which is a mix between the Screenshots app on Pixel phones and the Essential space on Nothing Phones. We are not sure we are going to use that Journal app a lot, since taking these AI screenshots takes a bit more time and a couple of extra taps, so we actually used the regular screenshot features more. But we don't completely discount the idea.
Among these features, we found the Magic Canvas the most impressive just because of the sheer speed of image generation (much faster than others), but that might be because it's a brand new platform and as more users join in, the speed could drop.
Unfortunately, you cannot feed the Magic Canvas your own images to create AI variations of them, and of course it is not as powerful as the leading image generators, so you don't have total creative freedom. In other words, you cannot tell it to just generate you an image in the Studio Ghibli style, which is quite popular.
On our in-house battery tests, the Razr scored above the average for flip phones on our web browsing test, but strangely, on our video streaming test the Razr got a lower score than typical.
But long battery is not the only highlight here — you also get super fast 68 watt charging speeds, which results in a full top-up in just about 40 minutes. It takes an hour and a half to achieve the same on the Galaxy Z Flip 6, so the Razr wins the charging battle easily.
The phone also supports wireless charging at double the speeds of the Flip 6: 30 watts vs 15 watts. There are no magnets on board, though, in case you were wondering.
Motorola Razr Ultra (2025) Audio Quality and Haptics
But the biggest surprise the Razr Ultra served us was the incredible sound quality via the loudspeakers.
We are used to flip phones sounding average, but this one really takes things up a notch with loud, boomy sound with a lot of depth.
This makes watching videos or playing music from your phone a much better experience.
Haptics are also nice and sharp, just as you'd expect from a flagship phone.
Should you buy it?
A great alternative to the Galaxy Flip (Image by PhoneArena)
By now, you can probably tell: we love the new Razr Ultra. It makes some meaningful upgrades in all the right places and while it lacks some of the AI magic of the Samsung's Galaxies, it is not too far behind.
But compared to Samsung's flip phone, this one offers a much superior cover screen experience, which is crucial. The battery boost, fast charging speeds and zippy performance are all nice quality of life upgrades too. We don't think the camera is phenomenal, but it's better than before.
The only downside of the Razr Ultra is its "ultra" price tag. The phone costs $1,300 for the base model with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, and we think that's a bit steep, but if you shop carefully and find a good deal, you will love this modern flip phone experience.
Did you enjoy reading this article?
There's more to explore with a FREE members account.
Victor, a seasoned mobile technology expert, has spent over a decade at PhoneArena, exploring the depths of mobile photography and reviewing hundreds of smartphones across Android and iOS ecosystems. His passion for technology, coupled with his extensive knowledge of smartphone cameras and battery life, has positioned him as a leading voice in the mobile tech industry.
A discussion is a place, where people can voice their opinion, no matter if it
is positive, neutral or negative. However, when posting, one must stay true to the topic, and not just share some
random thoughts, which are not directly related to the matter.
Things that are NOT allowed:
Off-topic talk - you must stick to the subject of discussion
Offensive, hate speech - if you want to say something, say it politely
Spam/Advertisements - these posts are deleted
Multiple accounts - one person can have only one account
Impersonations and offensive nicknames - these accounts get banned
Moderation is done by humans. We try to be as objective as possible and moderate with zero bias. If you think a
post should be moderated - please, report it.
Have a question about the rules or why you have been moderated/limited/banned? Please,
contact us.
FCC OKs Cingular\'s purchase of AT&T Wireless
Things that are NOT allowed: