Foldable season is back, and Motorola is leading the way with updated versions of its Razr Plus and Razr flip phones. They’re coming next month in some poolside-worthy colors, with upgraded screens — a Big 2024 Razr – and upgrade to IPX8 ratings for full resistance against water submersion. You know what else is super hot? Prices are not rising.
The Motorola Razr Plus 2024 still starts at $999 and comes with a Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 chipset and 12GB of RAM. The cover screen now measures four inches, a significant upgrade from the previous generation’s 3.6-inch panel. It’s an LTPO display with a 165Hz refresh rate; The internal screen is still a 6.9-inch 1080p OLED. The main rear camera has an updated 50-megapixel sensor, and the ultrawide lens on the previous model has been swapped to a 2x telephoto.
Honestly, though, the standard 2024 Razr might be the most compelling device at the moment. It’s still $699 with the 6.9-inch internal screen, but its new 3.6-inch cover screen now matches last year’s Razr Plus in size. The previous generation Razr offered a small 1.5-inch screen that seriously limited its functionality. It’s the cheapest flip-style foldable sold in the US, but that didn’t mean much when the cover screen was so low. This time with a bigger cover screen – and a beefier water resistance rating – it’s starting to be a good deal. And that Sprites orange color option? Very sweet.
The Razr offers a few perks – a MediaTek Dimensity 7300X chipset and 8GB of RAM. Wired charging tops out at 30W compared to the Razr Plus’ 45W, though both models get a welcome upgrade to 15W wireless charging, up from 5W on last year’s models. The Razr gets a new 50-megapixel main camera, but has a 13-megapixel ultrawide, which isn’t much better than last year’s model.
Both models use a new hinge, which is said to offer better dust resistance. Motorola has also made some changes to the Cover Screen software. There’s a new widget panel, which looks like a handy addition, and now you can zoom in to see all your panels at once. There’s a clever new Desk Display mode, so you can set your phone in flex mode and play a photo slideshow on the cover screen, which sounds StandBy-ish.
There is now support for the always-on display, which is Rules. More great news for me personally: You can now download Google’s Gemini Assistant and run it on the cover screen, which is useful if you want to make the Razr a humanoid-style wearable (not). to do this). If you are Do Make this foldable wearable and the hot pink and spring green color options are sure to make a statement.
Continuing the trend for 2024, Motorola is also announcing a suite of new AI tools that will be useful but haven’t shipped yet. It’s a thing. You can say “hold me” to get an AI-generated summary of high-priority notifications – sounds familiar. Or you’ll say “Remember this” to have the phone capture something on the screen that you’ll want to refer to later.
There’s also a “focus” command to automatically record the conversation, transcribe it, and provide a summary. The company aims to make all of this context-aware, so it gives you answers based on where you are and what you’re doing. Sounds good, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
The 2024 Motorola Razr and Razr Plus will be available for pre-order on July 10th and will go on sale on July 24th.
