The Motorola Razr 50 Ultra is well deserving of the Razr moniker with a big, fully functional cover display and a tall nearly crease-less inner display.
Motorola had the feature phone that everyone wanted back in the day, the Razr. In the last few years Motorola has reintroduced it in the form of a flip smartphone and boy has it impressed.
The Motorola Razr 40 Ultra was thought by many to be the best flip phone of the year so this year when they released the next iteration, the Razr 50 Ultra we were expecting great things — and Motorola has delivered.
The Motorola Razr 50 Ultra flip smartphone looks good, behaves how a flip/foldable phone should and is really well built with some incredibly useful software.
Design is mostly the same
The Razr 50 Ultra looks extremely similar to the Razr 40 Ultra from last year but compare them side by side and you will see some significant differences. The cover display is bigger with much smaller bezels and it is even more useful.
The Razr 50 Ultra cover display is a 4.0-inch pOLED display, 0.4 inches bigger than last year with it extending to cover the entire outer surface of the phone. It is so big that you can run any app on it that you want and interact with it just as you would a full sized display.
The hinge is improved with a smaller crease will hold the phone open anywhere from 0 degrees to the full 135 degrees. This opens up many possibilities for uses such as acting as a tripod while you record a video or are on a video call.
The hinge is designed this year to be easier to open one handed but I’ve never ever wanted to open it with a single flick of the hand and to be honest I’d be worried of having it fly out of my hand to do that too often.
I’m not a fan of this added functionality of the hinge and I’m sure some may use it but it would only be sparingly and likely only to show off but I’d prefer it not to flip and close slightly when I’m trying to twist my wrist/phone to open the camera. Not a deal breaker and maybe I just have to learn to hold the phone better, that way we can all have what we want!
Motorola once again is pushing the use of the phone while holding as if it were an old school camcorder. I used it, and the functional start, stop etc of the videos was easy to use and very functional but by now we are all used to using a smartphone to take video, using it as a “camcorder” is no longer “natural.”
Other uses of the flip phone is having it sitting as a stand on the table etc, instead of having to use a tripod to take a selfie, record a video etc.
Should you buy the Motorola Razr 50 Ultra?
If you want a premium flip phone there are really only two viable options in Australia, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 and the Motorola Razr 50 Ultra (the OPPO is not up to their level due to its tiny external display unfortunately). The Razr 50 Ultra has a bigger outer display and comes with one of the best Android skins on the market.
The camera is improved on last year with really good images being captured under all conditions — although I would have preferred them to include a camera with ultrawide functionality.
If you want a flip phone and buy the Motorola Razr 50 Ultra you will not be disappointed. Last year the Razr 40 Ultra was my phone of the year, such that I spent my own hard earned money on one for my personal use. This year’s iteration may well compel me to do the same, I am that impressed with it.
The Motorola Razr 50 Ultra is available now in Midnight Blue, Spring Green and Pantone Colour of the Year 2024, Peach Fuzz:
- RRP $1,699 at JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman, OfficeWorks, The Good Guys, Mobileciti, Amazon, and motorola.com.au