TechPhonesAndroid PhonesMotorola’s Razr 3 is its best foldable phone – but Samsung’s going to stomp itThe Razr 3 launch date is just days away, but Motorola’s leaving most of the market to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesMotorola’s Razr 3 is its best foldable phone – but Samsung’s going to stomp itThe Razr 3 launch date is just days away, but Motorola’s leaving most of the market to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The Razr 3 launch date is just days away, but Motorola’s leaving most of the market to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4
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(Image credit: Motorola)
(Image credit: Motorola)
One of thebest folding phonesof 2022 launches in less than a fortnight, and you’re not going to buy it. That’s because while Motorola is updating its iconic Razr, the latest in a long line of beautiful Razr clamshells and a significant upgrade over the existing model, it’s only launching inChina– and justdays later,Samsungwill launch itsGalaxy Z Fold 4andGalaxy Z Flip 4. Unlike Motorola, it’ll be making those phones available globally.
China’s a big market, I know. But the world’s even bigger. And in the battle to make the best folding phone, it seems that Motorola has decided not to fight beyond its home market. And that’s a shame.
Motorola Razr 3 specifications and price
As far as I can ascertain, Motorola doesn’t have any plans to sell the Motorola Razr 3 outside China; if it does, it’s not doing a brilliant job of raising awareness of the device. And that’s a shame because the spec is impressive. Current and previous versions have used mid-range hardware inside, but the Razr 3 is expected to have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, a 120Hz AMOLED plus a three-inch display on the lid, a 50MP camera and up to 512GB of internal storage. That’s pretty tasty, and the only thing that would make it tastier is the camera from Motorola’s other new launch, the Moto X30 Pro; that’s expected to be the first phone to ship with a 200MP camera.
That said, it’s not quite up there with the specs we’re expecting to see in theSamsung GalaxyFold 4, and the rumoured pricing is steeper than what we think the Z Flip 4 will sell for: if that sticks with the current prices of theZ Flip 3 5Git’ll be $999 / £949 / AU$1,499, while the Razr 3 is expected to be roughly $1,200 / £980 / AU$1,725. That means if Motorola does launch it in the US, Europe and Australia it’ll fall awkwardly between the two Samsungs: not as powerful as the Fold, and not as affordable as the Flip.
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