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8.3 / 10
SCORE Motorola Razr Ultra $1,000 at Amazon $1,000 at Best Buy $1,100 at Lenovo Pros Robust design
Bright high resolution inner screen
Battery life should last you a day or more
It's so damn fun to use Cons Cameras take decent photos but suffer from motion blur
Only three years of major OS updates
Gets warm playing games and using the camera frequently
Editor's note: For $1,300, the Motorola Razr Ultra has a lot to live up to. And in large part, it does. The Razr Ultra is fun to use, well-built, looks sharp and offers a contemporary experience that's rooted in nostalgia. It handles all the usual phone tasks with ease, and its cover screen makes it truly unique. The Motorola Razr Ultra is one of the best flip phones available, which is why it earned a CNET Editors' Choice award. The original review follows.
When I first started testing the Motorola Razr Ultra, I had flashbacks to my original Motorola Razr review. No, not the OG 2004 indestructible flip phone that Paris Hilton made fashionable. I'm talking about the first Motorola foldable phone, which came out in the early days of the pandemic. It had a $1,500 price tag, a screen that folded in half and plenty of nostalgia. But it lacked the He-Man-like specs of its competitor, the original Galaxy Z Flip. Some reviewers and Razr stans were bummed because the Moto foldable didn't have the high-end specs and features that you'd normally expect for such a high price.
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