Introduction
A big cowl display and water resistance – would not sound like a lot, but it surely’s simply what the plain Razr was lacking final yr, and now the Razr 50 will get it. Motorola’s vanilla clamshell foldable takes issues a notch up, turning it into one other viable various to the Galaxy Z Flips.
As with different Motorolas, it is price mentioning some nomenclature peculiarities. The Razr 50 is the title for the worldwide mannequin, and it is being bought roughly unchanged underneath the Razr 2024 moniker within the US. Since we’ve got a Razr 50 unit in our arms, that is the title we’ll be utilizing all through the evaluate, however our findings ought to be equally relevant to the motorola razr (2024).
Motorola Razr 50 • Motorola razr 2024
Okay, again to what’s new on the Razr 50. The cellphone will get the Razr 40 Extremely’s cowl show – in dimension and proportions a minimum of, if not in refresh fee. Whereas the Razr 40 solely had a tiny panel on the surface, the 50 will get the entire cowl display expertise – with full-blown apps and correct digital camera viewfinder.
The opposite massive factor is the IPX8 water resistance – increasingly more foldables are actually rated for submersion and so too is the Razr 50. The Galaxies’ main promoting factors are getting fewer.
There are a handful of different modifications, however none is all that main. The principle digital camera is now 50MP as a substitute of 64MP, however the sensor dimension stays the identical, so it isn’t precisely a downgrade. The chipset is one other such aspect step – a Dimensity 7300X instead of the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 would not fairly qualify to be referred to as an improve. Maybe a sure demographic will recognize the sooner wi-fi charging (15W vs. the outdated mannequin’s 5W), however the unboxing part under will reveal one other growth on this normal space that is not essentially for the higher.
Motorola Razr 50 specs at a look:
- Physique: 171.3×74.0x7.3mm, 188g; Glass entrance (Gorilla Glass Victus), silicone polymer again (eco leather-based), aluminum body (6000 sequence), hinge (chrome steel); IPX8 waterproof (as much as 1.5m for 30 min).
- Show: Major: 6.9″ Foldable LTPO AMOLED, 1B colours, 120Hz, HDR10+, 3000 nits (peak), 1080x2640px decision, 22:9 facet ratio, 413ppi; Cowl: 3.6″ AMOLED, 1B colours, 90Hz, HDR10+, 1700 nits (peak), 1056x1066px, 413 ppi, Gorilla Glass Victus.
- Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 7300X (4 nm): Octa-core (4×2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G615 MC2.
- Reminiscence: 256GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM; UFS 2.2.
- OS/Software program: Android 14.
- Rear digital camera: Extensive (most important): 50 MP, f/1.7, 1/1.95″, 0.8µm, twin pixel PDAF, OIS; Extremely huge angle: 13 MP, f/2.2, 120Ëš, 1/3.0″, 1.12µm, AF.
- Entrance digital camera: 32 MP, f/2.4, (huge), 0.7µm.
- Video seize: Rear digital camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS; Entrance digital camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps.
- Battery: 4200mAh; 30W wired, 15W wi-fi.
- Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Twin SIM; Wi-Fi 6e; BT 5.4; NFC.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); stereo audio system.
Motorola Razr 50 unboxing
The Motorola Razr 50 arrives in a black cardboard field that is even longer than the already fairly tall unfolded Razr. Certain sufficient, the packaging inside is scented – typical Motorola.
The notable omission from the contents is a charger – the earlier mannequin had one within the field, and this yr’s 50 Extremely’s bundle additionally contained an adapter. There’s nonetheless a USB-C cable right here, although.
Similar to the Extremely, the Razr 50’s bundle additionally features a protecting case in a shade that matches the cellphone, full with a carrying strap. The case must be hooked up to the cellphone with the adhesive strips – in any other case, it will not keep securely on it.
We’re inclined to suppose that this accent will not be to lots of people’s tastes, and it makes a bit extra sense to be bought individually relatively than being included with each Razr. Significantly as the ability adapter obtained axed – the entire scenario is rubbing us the fallacious means.
