What the reviewers said
TechRadar UK
4.5/5Jul 25, 2025A stylish, flagship-class foldable with excellent performance, strong battery life and a standout cover display, though it is pricey and lacks a zoom lens.
- Excellent performance from Snapdragon 8 Elite
- Strong battery life in lab tests
- Striking materials including wood and Alcantara
- Large, bright 7-inch main display
- Fast, usable 4-inch cover display
- Most expensive Razr ever
- No telephoto zoom lens
- Dedicated AI button cannot be reprogrammed
- AI features occasionally show unfortunate stereotypes
- First review unit had intermittent screen fault
Android Central US
4.5/5Jun 18, 2025A strong flip phone with flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite performance, improved display, camera and battery; held back by pricing, AI maturity and update promise.
- Snapdragon 8 Elite with 16GB RAM delivers smooth performance
- Improved design with IP48 rating and wood/Alcantara finishes
- Sturdier titanium-reinforced hinge
- All-day battery life and fast charging
- Useful cover screen and fun AI features
- Moto AI feels less mature than Samsung and Google
- AI Key seems like a missed opportunity
- Software update promise trails competitors
- Expensive, at $1,299 base price
- No dedicated telephoto camera
Android Police US
7/10May 24, 2025A powerful, well-built flagship clamshell, but at $1,300 it is hard to recommend over the cheaper standard Razr given weak software support and small gains.
- Refined design with fun color options
- Flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite specs for the first time
- Improved camera system
- Brighter, better cover screen
- Reduced crease and solid hinge
- Poor software support: three OS upgrades, four years security
- Very expensive compared with the standard Razr
- Battery life is fine but could be better
- AI features largely unnecessary; key not remappable
- Speakers and haptics underwhelm; charger not included
A gorgeous, compact flip phone with strong cameras and performance, held back by middling battery life, weak update promises, and overhyped AI features.
- Lovely design with many color and material options
- Useful external screen with new widget panels
- Flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite performance
- Bright, high-refresh displays
- Ultra's cameras and Dolby Vision video are a clear step up
- Battery life only lasts about a full day
- Software update policy trails competitors
- AI features feel overhyped and clunky
- Night mode not automatic in camera app
- Opening the phone one-handed is awkward
Tom's Guide US
4/5May 15, 2025Motorola's Razr Ultra 2025 is the most powerful flip-style foldable yet, with strong battery life and Moto AI, but its higher price is a hard sell.
- Very long battery life
- Class-leading chipset performance
- Highly detailed macro photos
- More color and finish options
- Moto AI adds features and depth
- Camera performance stalls in low light
- Only three years of software support
- Higher price than predecessor
- Fewer video-centric camera modes
- Alcantara finish may stain or fade
The Verge US
7/10May 15, 2025A gorgeous, fun flip phone with strong battery life, but the "Ultra" name oversells it against top slab phones and Samsung's longer update promise.
- Among the best-looking phones, with real wood back panel
- Useful 4-inch outer screen for quick app tasks
- Strong battery life for a flip phone
- Snapdragon 8 Elite performance with no slowdowns
- Improved hinge reduces crease visibility
- Dedicated AI button wastes space; can't remap it
- Only four years of security updates, three OS upgrades
- Camera processing sometimes odd, overbrightened or oversaturated
- Long-term durability of flip format uncertain
- Inner screen dim in direct sunlight
Verdicts, pros and cons are short summaries in our words of each publisher's review; scores are as the publisher gave them. Specs are taken from the reviews' spec boxes — where they differ, we show the value most of them give; price is the US launch price of the base model. Read the originals for the full picture.
