Motorola Razr 2025 launch live — three new foldables just announced

Price drops on older Razr phones — save up to $200 off!

Now that Motorola has officially dropped its Razr 2025 lineup, it means price discounts on last year's model. I was checking out Motorola's site to see what's available, and from the looks of it, there's a $200 off discount for the Razr Plus 2024. That's an incentive to save money if you desperately want a folding phone, but I might suggest going with the newer model for all the obvious reasons.

For starters, it's still unknown if Moto AI will ever be officially released for the Razr Plus 2024 — and that's despite how Moto teased them at the devices announcement last year. Secondly, the new Razr Plus 2025 should benefit from having the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which will undoubtedly deliver better processing performance and battery life.

Meet the new (and still) affordable Motorola Razr 2025

Image 1 of 5

As much as the Razr Ultra 2025's high end specs make me gravitate towards it more than the rest, I still can't neglect the standard — the Razr 2025.

It certainly looks no different from last year's model with its 6.9-inch main and 3.6-inch outer displays. However, it's still a charming flip-style phone thanks its new color choices, upgraded specs, and same $699.99 cost as before. I also still like its camera setup, a 50MP main shooter paired with a 13MP ultrawide, which is much more suitable in my opinion over the telephoto camera in the Razr Plus 2025.

Other changes include a slightly larger 4,500 mAh battery and a newer MediaTek Dimensity 7400X chip.

Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 colors — here's how they look

@tomsguide

♬ Routine Vlog Day - Drew

Like I mentioned earlier, the Razr Ultra 2025 comes in four new colors and finishes. They consist of Pantone Rio Red, Pantone Scarab, Pantone Mountain Trail, and Pantone Cabaret.

Both the Rio Red and Cabaret are very similar to last year's soft vegan leather finishes, which I found to be more susceptible to fading if you wireless charge all the time. In contrast, the Mountain Trail has a wooden finish that feels smoother and I think is the most resilient of the four finishes.

And lastly, there's Pantone Scarab that employs Italian-made Alcantara with this neat stitching that outlines the edges. It's definitely on the premium side, but I'm afraid that it could wear just as fast as the soft touch finishes.

Smart Connect — most underrated Razr Ultra 2025 feature?

I got to spend a good amount of time with the all-new Motorola Razr Ultra 2025. Even though I'm stoked about trying out its Moto AI features more, there's another that gets more of my attention — I'm referring to Smart Connect.

I actually go into greater detail about what it does in my YouTube video here. In my opinion, it's the greatest threat to Samsung DeX, which I've covered countless times in helping me to ditch my laptop at work because of its PC desktop-like experience.

Smart Connect works similarly in the sense that I can access the Razr Ultra 2025 on a separate display. And with Moto AI, you can also say voice commands like stream my phone to the TV. It's tough to say if it will actually boost my productivity, but I really the seamless connectivity you could get with other devices connected to it.

Move over Samsung and Apple! There's titanium in the new Razr phones

Overall, the designs of the new Razr phones don't deviate from last year's models. In fact, I'd argue how they're recycled designs. But just like Apple and Samsung, Motorola is also leveraging titanium with its designs.

There's now a new titanium-reinforced hinge plate with the hinge design, which Motorola claims is 4x stronger than stainless steel and can withstand up to 35% more folds than the previous generation. I kept on opening and closing the Razr Ultra and it obviously delivers that satisfying snap.

A closer look at the Swarovski encrusted Moto Buds Loop

@tomsguide

♬ Vlog - Soft boy

Motorola's definitely trying to match the stylish design of its Razr phones with its new pair of open-ear style wireless earbuds. Not only do the Moto Buds Loop has a unique look, but it features Sound by Bose thanks to its 12mm drivers and spatial audio support.

My colleague Kate Kozuch tells you everything about them in the TikTok video above, which also highlights the Swarovski crystals that outline a special version of the earbuds. However, Motorola has yet to share details about its price and release date.

Razr Plus 2025 — here's all the biggest changes

Let me start off by saying that I like that Motorola is keeping the price of the Razr Plus 2025 at $999. That's the same cost as last year's model, but it does come with a few improvements.

For starters, it features similar displays: a 6.9-inch inner display and a 4-inch outer display, with both panels featuring adaptive 165Hz refresh rates. Motorola is still touting a peak brightness of 3,000 nits with the main display, but I hope our testing shows an improvement.

The cameras are also similar as last year, as it keeps the the telephoto camera with 2x optical zoom. I though this was a controversial move given how I prefer an ultrawide camera for vlogging, so if you crave that kind of functionality, you'll have to go with the Razr Ultra instead.

The battery and charging speeds also remain unchanged, but the biggest boost going for the Razr Plus 2025 is the Snapdragon 8 Elite. This should deliver substantial performance improvements and battery life.

Phone mirroring coming to Meta Quest headset

At its Make It Iconic event, Ash Jhaveri, VP of Meta's Reality Labs, talked about how the new the Meta Quest headset could act as a multi-screen setup with the Razr 2025 series — complete with a phone mirroring feature that would essentially create a virtual version of the phone in the mixed reality space.

This would basically allow you to access everything on the foldable phone, like accessing phone calls, sending out text replies, and even running apps. This is all in part to the new enhancements made with Smart Connect.

Gemini Advanced and Perplexity are available for a limited timed

One of the striking announcements from Motorola's press event for the Razr 2025 series is the partnerships the company's making with its AI ambitions. While Moto AI will be native, they'll be supplemented by Google's Gemini Advanced and Perplexity.

However, they'll only be available for a limited time as both AI services will have 3-month free trial periods. After that, you'll have to pay for their subscriptions in order to access their advanced models. While this is better than the 1-month free trial on Gemini Advanced for the Pixel 9a, I wish it could match the 1-year of free service that the the Pixel 9 Pro models received.

50MP triple cameras on the Razr Ultra 2025

I want to shift to the cameras on all three Razr phones. Both the Razr 2025 and Razr Plus 2025 have similar setups as their predecessors: a 50MP main paired with a 13MP ultrawide for the Razr 2025, then a 50MP main and 50MP telephoto with 2x optical zoom with the Razr Plus 2025.

With the Razr Ultra 2025, however, it features a 50MP main, 50MP ultrawide, and 50MP selfie. I'm just happy that Motorola decided to keep the ultrawide, especially given how the 50MP camera is touted to offer 2x zoom with 'optical-like' quality. Of course, I would hope that the Ultra delivers the best camera results — more so when they all share a similar 50MP main camera.

New colors and finishes for the Razr 2025 series

I really have to hand it to Motorola for giving people a bit of variety. That's because the entire Razr 2025 lineup is available in an assortment of finishes and colors. This level of options is nice over the usual black and white options that most phones offer, but they also have unique details that give make for a fashionable statement.

With the Razr 2025, it's available in Pantone Spring Bud, Pantone Gibraltar Sea, Pantone Parfait Pink, and Pantone Lightest Sky. Meanwhile, the Razr Plus 2025 has three options: Pantone Mocha Mousse, Midnight Blue, and Hot Pink. And finally, the Razr Ultra 2025 has four options: Pantone Rio Red, Pantone Scarab, Pantone Mountain Trail, and Pantone Cabaret.

Out of the bunch, I really like the smoother wooden finish of the Pantone Mountain Trail with the Razr Ultra. I think it'll hold up much better than the Italian-made Alcantara backing of the Pantone Scarab version of the Ultra.

Motorola's new smartwatch looks awfully familiar

If a crystal encrusted pair of earbuds isn't enough, Motorola also dropped a new smartwatch at its press event. Although, it looks awfully similar to another popular smartwatch! I told everyone that the Moto Watch Fit is seriously giving major Apple Watch vibes.

Details are still limited, like when it'll launch and for how much, but it features a sizable 1.9-inch OLED touchscreen protected by Gorilla Glass 3. Since it's a fitness tracker, it does all the same things you'd expect in some of the best fitness trackers, like GPS for location tracking, optical heart rate sensor, accelerometer, and a gyroscope.

Moto Buds Loop is one of the unexpected surprises

One of the bigger surprises that Motorola showed during its press event was the company's collaborations with its new Moto Buds Loop. They're a pair of open-ear style earbuds made in collaboration with Bose, which are uniquely designed.

However, the bigger surprise includes a special version of the earbuds that are decked out in Swarovski crystals. My colleague Kate Kozuch got the chance to check them out and I can definitely see the appeal.

Motorola Razr Ultra 2020 hands-on video — meet the foldable to beat

Motorola Razr Ultra HANDS ON! The 2025 Foldable to Beat - YouTube

Watch On

I spent some hands-on time with the all-new Motorola Razr Ultra 2025, which you can watch in my video above. Not only do I dial into what makes it different over the other two models, but I also demo some of the Moto AI features that I think make a bigger difference with the experience.

If that's not enough, there's also Smart Connect which I think boosts its productivity over most phones because of how it works with a laptop.

Moto AI makes a proper debut with Razr 2025 series

Last year, Motorola teased its Moto AI features with the Razr Plus 2024. However, it remained locked down as a beta program and never materialized to become native features. Thankfully Moto AI is available right from the start and I cannot be more happy because it catapults Motorola into the AI conversation as Apple Intelligence, Galaxy AI, and Google AI.

Motorola made the announcement during its press event, which I got to see first hand all the new changes and additions to Moto AI. On top of what Moto has shown previously with Catch Me Up, Pay Attention, and Remember This, there's actually a button on the side of the Ultra that lets you instantly access Moto AI — a hub that also houses other AI features, like its image generator.

Motorola Razr vs Razr Plus vs Razr Ultra specs breakdown

With three new Razr flip phones for 2025, I want to break down their specs so you know their main differences. What's noticeably different is their outer screen sizes, with the Razr 2025 remaining at a smaller 3.6-inch display, while the Razr Plus 2025 and Razr Ultra 2025 have the same 4-inch one.

There's also the processors in them, as the Plus and Ultra gain the Snapdragon 8 Elite. This puts them into the same conversation as the best phones, given how last year's Plus had a slightly less powerful chip. I also want to point out how they're all relatively similar in size and weight.

Three new Razr flip phones for 2025

Now this is probably the biggest surprise given how Motorola has traditionally offered two flip-style phones the last couple of years. In addition to the Razr 2025 and Razr Plus 2025, which are successors to last year’s models, there is also the brand-new Razr Ultra 2025.

It’s the most premium of all three models with a price of $1,299, which is the most we’ve seen with any Motorola flip phones to date. But with that, it has a larger 7-inch outer screen, larger 4,700 mAh battery, Snapdragon 8 Gen Elite, double the storage capacity of the Razr Plus 2025, and more.

You get all of this in an iconic design that’s still thin and light. Checkout my Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 hands-on review to know more about it.