Final week, we requested you to vote on the subject of Motorola’s new flip foldables – the Razr 70 sequence or, as they’re identified within the US, the Razr 2026 sequence. Whereas there are three fashions concerned, we are able to come to just one conclusion.
And that conclusion is that the brand new flip foldables are too costly – every of the three (vanilla, plus and Extremely) has its followers, nevertheless, it might take a worth reduce or another deal earlier than most individuals would think about shopping for one. Let’s take a look at them individually.
The Motorola Razr 70 Extremely (aka Razr Extremely 2026) has the most effective shot – 15% of the vote went in its favor and that quantity can develop with favorable evaluations. Nonetheless, amongst those that need a flip foldable, most suppose that the Extremely prices an excessive amount of ($1,500 / €1,400 / £1,200).
The cellphone makes use of older {hardware} (Snapdragon 8 Elite) and has a restricted assist window – Motorola UK and Germany say “as much as 3” OS updates and “as much as 5 years” of safety patches, whereas Motorola US makes no guarantees in any respect. Even with essentially the most beneficiant interpretation of those timelines, the Extremely will develop into out of date sooner than equally priced flagships. Moto already doesn’t have the most effective popularity relating to updates and this isn’t serving to the scenario.
Followers exterior of the US missed out on the Razr+ mannequin final 12 months and, whereas the 2026 Plus is accessible extra extensively, its pricing is not as aggressive. The Razr+ 2025 was mainly a re-release of the 2024 flagship with some enhancements and it price $300 lower than the up to date Extremely.
Now, the Motorola Razr 70+ (aka Razr+ 2026) builds on that 2024 {hardware}, although it doesn’t change a lot. It replaces the 2x/47mm telephoto digicam (which was of restricted use) with a 50MP ultra-wide and provides 500mAh to the battery for a complete of 4,500mAh. It nonetheless makes use of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, which might have been an important choose for chipset if not for the hefty price ticket of $1,100 / €1,150 / £1,000. This a lot cash should buy you a brand new Galaxy S26 Extremely and it’s not far off an iPhone 17 Professional both. We perceive why the $100 worth hike from final 12 months was essential, however not why anybody would pay that for such previous {hardware}.
Lastly, the Motorola Razr 70 (aka Razr 2026) often is the most cost-effective of the three, but it surely’s not low-cost within the grand scheme of issues because it prices $800 / €870 / £800. The pricing is a matter and the mid-range {hardware} has individuals leaning in the direction of different Razr 70 fashions, anyway.
Older fashions could also be a fair greater risk – Motorola US remains to be promoting final 12 months’s Razr Extremely 2025 (with 1TB storage!) for $800. Sure, the very same worth because the vanilla 2026 mannequin (which comes with solely 256GB storage, amongst its different deficiencies). And in Europe, we’ve seen the Razr 60 Extremely as little as €650 (for a 256GB unit).
Why would anybody purchase the brand new vanilla cellphone after they can have the 2025 Extremely, which isn’t all that completely different from the 2026 Extremely? Truly, by no means thoughts the vanilla cellphone, why would anybody purchase the 2026 Extremely after they can have the very comparable 2025 Extremely for lots much less cash?
Motorola is undercutting its personal choices right here, which makes them a tricky promote. And even when it wasn’t for that, individuals suppose that Moto telephones have a restricted shelf life as a result of firm’s below-average software program assist coverage.
