Motorola’s reborn Razrs have consistently been my favourite flip phones of their respective generations, but the firm’s latest effort might have what it takes to dethrone traditional handsets too. It’s the first clamshell with a LOFIC camera sensor, promising huge gains in dynamic range to give your photos more wow factor. The Razr 70 Ultra is also bringing a bigger battery, more AI smarts and a bunch of new Pantone-approved colours.
The Ultra is the clear highlight of a revised range that also includes the more mainstream Razr 70 and middle child Razr 70 Plus, which is getting a more limited worldwide release. All three land months ahead of Samsung’s widely expected Galaxy Z Flip 8.
The outgoing Razr 60 Ultra was already a looker, so you can’t blame Motorola for sticking to the formula. The firm is keeping things fresh for 2026 with Orient Blue, Cocoa and Mountain View colours. The former slathers the rear of the phone in Alcantara, while Cocoa brings back natural wood. Mountain View has a woven finish.
There’s still a 4in screen on the outside and a 6.96in flexible OLED underneath, except now the outer display is covered in scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic. Both panels have speedy 165Hz refresh rates and can hit a retina-searing 5000nits peak brightness for HDR content.
Naturally Moto has brought the internals up to date, opting for a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset rather than Qualcomm’s top-level Elite silicon. The Razr 70 Ultra can be had with 12 or 16GB of RAM and 256GB, 512GB or 1TB of storage. It has also found room for a sizeable 5000mAh battery, which can refuel at a nippy 68W over USB-C or 30W wirelessly.
The biggest upgrade should be the new camera array, which is headlined by a 50MP LOFIC sensor. That’s tech talk for “has loads more dynamic range than a normal sensor”, letting it expose brighter highlights and deeper shadows. Xiaomi used LOFIC to great effect in the Xiaomi 17 Ultra; while the Razr 70 Ultra’s sensor isn’t nearly as physically big, an f/1.8 aperture and optical image stabilisation should give it the edge over rival flip phones in every sort of light.
It’s paired with a 50MP ultrawide, which can also double as a macro snapper, and there’s also a 50MP inner cam for selfies and video calls.
Moto has upgraded the camera software with a few new tricks including rotate to zoom, which lets you gesture to smoothly zoom in and out while holding the phone in camcorder mode; AI detection then zeroes in on your subject. There’s no word if the image stabilisation will correct for the movement though. Frame Match is also a Razr spin on Google’s Add Me, with more onscreen guidance and a locked-off background to help whoever you pass the phone to line up the snap.
The Razr 70 Ultra is going on sale in the UK and Europe later this month for £1200/€1300. At the time of writing there was no confirmation of US pricing or availability. Motorola usually gives its US Razr models a bespoke name; that’s unlikely to change for 2026.
If the Ultra sounds a little too pricey, the Razer 70 looks set to be a more affordable alternative. It keeps the 3.63in external screen and 6.9in inner OLED of the Razr 60, only this time it comes decked in a Pantone Hermatite woven finish, Violet Ice and Sporting Green in soft-touch texture, or Bright White in acetate.
Power comes courtesy of a MediaTek Dimensity 7450X and battery has dipped to (a still very respectable) 4800mAh, with 30W wired and 15W wireless charging.
There’s no LOFIC camera cleverness here, but it’s still equipped with a 50MP main and 50MP ultrawide rear duo. Inside a 32MP punch-hole camera is on selfie duties.
The Razr 70 goes on sale alongside the Ultra, with prices starting at £800/€900.
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