After briefly asserting its new foldable at CES, Motorola is now able to debut its first book-style foldable in full at MWC 2026. There are a number of options we already knew, together with assist for Motorola’s new Pen Extremely stylus and no fewer than 5 cameras. Nevertheless, many specs have been nonetheless unknown. There are some nice surprises.
Motorola determined to make each screens brighter than any of its rivals by fairly a margin. The primary 8.1-inch foldable show of the Razr Fold has a peak brightness of 6200 nits, whereas the exterior display virtually matches it with 6000 nits. For comparability, each screens on the Pixel 10 Fold Professional have a peak brightness of 3000 nits and different foldables’ inside screens usually have considerably decrease brightness ranges. Inside Motorola’s demo room, crammed with home windows and Barcelona solar, I had no bother studying both display.
The primary show is a 2K (2,484 x 2,232) LTPO show that may attain a peak refresh charge of 120Hz, whereas the exterior show has a 2,520 x 1,080 decision and peaks at 165Hz. Each screens additionally assist Dolby Imaginative and prescient.
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With these high-brightness ranges, Motorola has opted for a silicon-carbon 6,000mAh battery, one other main specification amongst foldables on the time of writing. It’ll be fascinating to see how battery life fares, powering these large, shiny screens. The Razr Fold additionally helps quick charging at as much as 80W with the corporate’s personal (bought individually) TurboPower charger and as much as 50W wi-fi charging.
With a silicon-carbon battery that provides larger vitality density, Motorola’s largest foldable but stays surprisingly svelte, regardless of its large battery. The Razr Fold is 4.6mm (0.181 inches) skinny when open and 9.9mm (0.39 inches) when closed. Sure, Samsung’s newest Z Fold is thinner (4.2 mm; 8.9 mm), however it has a considerably smaller 4,400mAh battery.
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The Razr Fold’s {hardware} continues with most of the design touches discovered on current Razr telephones. I spent most of my time with the Blackened Blue iteration of the Razr Fold, with a woven piqué design that felt each simple to carry and didn’t appear to carry onto fingerprints. There will even be a Lily White colour that doesn’t have the piqué design, however a extra satin end.
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