Motorola Razr 50 Assessment: Principally Glorious

The Motorola Razr collection has been some of the recognisable telephones in human historical past. It additionally bought nicely and made a lot cash for the now Lenovo-owned Motorola. The flip telephones took the foldable flip route in late 2020 and are at present of their fifth era. We acquired two telephones this 12 months, the Razr 50 Extremely and Razr 50. Whereas the latter appears just like final 12 months’s mannequin, the brand new Razr 50 is a giant improve when it comes to design when in comparison with the Razr 40.

Motorola’s Razr 50 is just like the Razr 40 Extremely in some ways, however cheaper. The telephone is priced at Rs. 64,999 in India and is just out there with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Is that this a telephone it is best to think about as a substitute of the costlier Extremely or one thing from Samsung? Do you have to improve from the Razr 40? I reply all that and extra within the assessment.

Motorola Razr 50 Design: Actually good and practical

• Dimensions (Closed) – 73.99 x 88.08 x 15.85mm
• Dimensions (Open) – 73.99 x 171.30 x 7.25mm
• Weight – 189g
• Colors – Seaside Sand, Koala Gray, Spritz Orange

The brand new Motorola Razr 50 appears very totally different in comparison with the Razr 40 from the entrance. You continue to get the rounded corners, curved sides, the flat hinge design on the again, and the vegan leather-based end on the decrease a part of the telephone. There is a vegan leather-based end on the decrease half of the again panel and a skinny strip of vegan leather-based on the highest half. The vegan leather-based end affords a very good grip. We obtained the Spritz Orange unit for assessment, and it’s a distinctive color possibility that may seize consideration.

The underside half of the telephone appears just like final 12 months’s Razr 40

Button placements are just like final 12 months’s mannequin. The appropriate fringe of the highest half homes the amount and the ability keys. The ability button additionally doubles as a fingerprint scanner and works nicely. You will discover the SIM tray device on the left facet of the highest half. The highest edge homes a microphone. Lastly, the USB Kind-C port, speaker, and microphone are positioned on the underside fringe of the decrease half.

One of the essential points of the Razr 50 design is clearly the hinge and its mechanism. Motorola claims that it has redesigned the hinge to be extra sturdy, all whereas decreasing its quantity by about 30 p.c in comparison with the earlier mannequin. The hinge can be mentioned to supply higher mud safety with an IPX8 score, and I discovered it very efficient. Nonetheless, you additionally should be cautious to not go away any mud on the internal panel when closing it shut, as it could injury the show. The hinge cowl is produced from chrome steel, whereas the telephone’s body is made utilizing 6000 collection aluminium. All surfaces get a clean satin end that makes the telephone really feel premium.

The vegan leather-based end and the curved body make the telephone simple to carry

The hinge additionally has a brief vary, which implies you can preserve the show open solely at sure angles. Cross this angle, and the telephone will mechanically shut or open, which is great because the hinge makes it simpler to open the telephone with one hand. Nonetheless, opening the telephone in a single hand continues to be a job. The hinge permits for sure use instances, akin to a tent, camcorder, and desk stand modes.

A brand new floating plate within the hinge is claimed to be much less worrying on the folding panel and helps cut back the crease. Though Motorola advertises the Razr 50 as almost creaseless, it is not the case. There is a seen crease, however you do not actually discover it when viewing movies of scrolling via Instagram. You will solely really feel its presence when sliding your finger over the internal show or when trying on the display at sure angles.

Motorola Razr 50 Show: Massive improve

• Outer display – 3.63-inch OLED, 1056 x 1066 pixels, 90Hz
• Inside flex display – 6.9-inch pOLED LTPO, full-HD+, 120Hz, HDR10+
• Safety – Gorilla Glass Victus (Outer)

The Motorola Razr 50 will get a large improve within the show division, however solely on the surface. As a substitute of the smaller, not very helpful show that was current within the Razr 40, you now get a 3.63-inch 10-bit OLED panel that provides a 90 Hz refresh charge, as much as 1,700 nits of peak brightness, and HDR 10 assist. The panel options cutouts for the cameras and the LED flash. You’ll be able to watch movies on this display, however I might not advocate it. It is appropriate for enjoying a few of the pre-installed cowl display video games, although. The display additionally will get loads of vibrant outdoor and is straightforward to learn.

The Razr 50’s outer show is tremendous helpful

Opening the telephone reveals a taller-than-usual versatile plastic 10-bit OLED show that provides a 120Hz refresh charge, as much as 3,000 nits of peak brightness, and HDR 10+ assist. You get three color modes on the panel – Pure, Radiant, and Vivid. Sticking to the Pure possibility is greatest, as the opposite modes have a tendency to spice up the colors a bit an excessive amount of. The internal show affords a 22:9 side ratio, which is great for watching motion pictures however is not the perfect when watching 16:9 content material on YouTube. The panel is straightforward to learn underneath direct daylight however is a little more.

Each shows provide Widevine L1 assist, so you possibly can get pleasure from viewing content material in full HD throughout Netflix and different streaming apps.

Motorola Razr 50 Software program: There’s lots to maintain you flipping

• OS – Android 14
• UI – Good day UI
• Newest safety patch – August 1st

Software program is one other essential a part of foldable telephones, and Motorola has executed an important job with its Good day UI. Whereas it nonetheless appears near inventory Android, some design components and added Moto options set it aside. You get a few preinstalled apps, however these will not be actually bloatware and may be uninstalled. There are additionally a number of Moto apps and options, akin to Moto Safe, Household House, Moto Unplugged, Sensible Join, and some others.

There is not any bloatware on the telephone

Motorola has additionally included a few AI instruments that will help you create wallpapers. There’s Type Sync and Magic Canvas, however the latter requires you to have a Moto account. Type sync enables you to create wallpapers from captured photographs, whereas Magic Canvas enables you to create pictures utilizing textual content prompts.

You’ll be able to run just about any app on the outer display. There are a number of pre-installed video games that run nice on the quilt show and may be enjoyable to make use of. Aside from utilizing apps and enjoying video games, Motorola additionally helps the usage of Google Gemini on the quilt show, and also you get three months of free Gemini Superior whenever you buy the Razr 50 telephones. The interface has been optimised for the outer display, and it is easy to have conversations with Gemini.

The duvet show affords numerous modes and helps most apps

As for software program assist, Motorola has promised Three years of Android OS and Four years of safety updates for the Razr 50.

Motorola Razr 50 Efficiency: May’ve been higher

• Processor – MediaTek Dimensity 7300X
• RAM – 8GB LPDDR4X
• Storage – 256GB UFS 2.2

I really feel like the one draw back of the Motorola Razr 50 is the chipset and, consequently, the efficiency it affords. It is very unusual that the corporate determined to go along with a MediaTek chipset for the Razr 50, whereas the Extremely possibility will get a Snapdragon SoC. The Dimensity 7300X on the telephone is coupled with 8GB LPDDR4X RAM. I ran a few artificial benchmarks on the telephone, and it delivered okayish outcomes. Older telephones, such because the Tecno Phantom V Flip, scored higher within the assessments.

The efficiency supplied by the Dimensity 7300X, an octa-core 4nm processor, is sufficient for every day duties like messaging, calls, utilizing the browser, watching movies, and so forth, however you’ll discover some leg when launching apps or multitasking on each the outer in addition to the internal display. App transitions from cowl to major to fundamental and vice versa had been additionally primarily clean. You’ll be able to play video games on the telephone. I attempted titles akin to BGMI and Asphalt 9, and each labored nicely. There are many video games out there for the entrance show as nicely, and so they work fairly nicely with none lag. The telephone did not run very popular whereas gaming, both.

The show is readable underneath direct daylight

The telephone did lag at occasions when utilizing the Digital camera app to take photographs and even switching between the cameras. In some instances, the digicam viewfinder would go clean for a number of seconds.

Motorola has supplied a hybrid twin speaker setup with Dolby Atmos on the Razr 50, and so they work nicely. There’s some bass right here, and the audio system can get loud. They’re good for indoor use, however it’s greatest to hold a pair of earphones for outside use. Name high quality and connectivity on the telephone are fairly good and I did not encounter any dropped calls. I did, nonetheless, discover some WiFi connectivity points whereas enjoying video games, however it solely occurred as soon as to name it an issue.

Motorola Razr 50 Cameras: Adequate

• Essential – 50-megapixel, f/1.7, OIS
• Secondary Ultrawide – 13-megapixel, f/2.2, 120 diploma FoV
• Internal selfie – 32-megapixel, f/2.4

The principle digicam is shared with the Extremely, together with the internal 32-megapixel unit. Nonetheless, in contrast to the Extremely’s telephoto, the usual Razr 50 will get a 13-megapixel ultrawide with autofocus. The duvet display enables you to use the first and ultrawide to take selfies, and there is additionally a break up display interface that permits you to shoot with ease. As if the nostalgia of the flip type issue wasn’t sufficient, Motorola has gone forward and included a camcorder mode that is extra type than operate.

Pictures from the primary digicam are fairly good

Pictures popping out of the primary digicam in daylight situations have good element and dynamic vary with little or no to no noise, however there’s loads of sharpening and over-saturation. The greens look greener, and the sky appears bluer.

Samples from the first 50-megapixel digicam [Tap to expand]

Switching to the ultrawide digicam, the outcomes look very totally different, with much less element, darker shadows, and color inconsistency. The ultrawide additionally does not do dynamic vary and white steadiness nicely. Pictures are usable, however nothing nice.

Samples from the Ultrawide digicam [Tap to Expand]

There’s additionally a 2x digital zoom possibility and a Macro mode out there. The 2x zoom produces good photographs in daylight, however you will see loads of noise if you happen to zoom in. In the meantime, the macro photograph can produce good outcomes.

Macro photographs come out good when there’s loads of mild [Tap to Expand]

In low mild situations, the primary digicam nonetheless does a very good job of preserving particulars and shadows, however the white steadiness may be off. Saturation and exposures are dealt with nicely, although. The ultrawide does not actually do nicely in low mild situations until you give it quite a lot of mild. A Evening mode is out there, however that works higher with the primary digicam.

Lowlight samples: High – Essential digicam; Backside – Ultrawide [Tap to Expand]

The selfie digicam on the internal show produces good leads to daylight situations with fairly practical pores and skin tones, good colors, and a large dynamic vary. There is a good quantity of element as nicely. Nonetheless, it is simply higher to make use of the primary exterior digicam for selfies, which produces higher particulars.

Coming to video efficiency, the Razr 50 can shoot 4k 30fps on all cameras with stabilisation. The first digicam takes good daylight movies with a number of element and barely saturated colors. Stabilisation is respectable, however you will discover the shakes if you happen to’re strolling or working. Motorola claims it makes use of AI to scale back the shakiness, however it does not actually work that nicely more often than not. The ultrawide digicam does not try this nicely in movies.

Motorola Razr 50 Battery: You’ll be able to flip all of it day

• Capability – 4,200mAh
• Charging – 30W
• Charger – 33W included in-box

The Motorola Razr 50 affords spectacular battery life for a flip telephone despite the fact that it receives the identical battery capability as final 12 months. I always acquired over 7 hours of display time on the telephone, and that is most likely as a result of I did many of the messaging on the outer show. Because of this, the telephone simply lasted over a day of utilization. I might flip open the display just for utilizing the digicam, some gaming, checking emails, watching movies, and scrolling Instagram. Gaming constantly drains the battery quite a bit, although.

The battery life on the telephone is spectacular

In our battery take a look at, the telephone lasted over 25 hours on a single cost. Speaking about charging, the Razr 50 helps 30W quick charging and takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes to go from 10 p.c to full. There’s additionally assist for wi-fi charging at 15W.

Motorola Razr 50 Verdict

At Rs. 64,999, there will not be quite a lot of different choices out there. You’ll be able to take a look at the Oppo Discover N3 Flip (Assessment), which affords significantly better efficiency and a greater pair of cameras. Sadly, it does have a much less usable outer display. You even have the Tecno Phantom V Flip (Assessment) from final 12 months, however that is probably not higher in any approach. It is also a wonderful different to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 if efficiency is not your fundamental concern.

The Motorola Razr 50 is a great-looking telephone with quite a lot of nostalgia and options which can be considerably let down by its processor. The outer show is nice, you get a pleasant digicam setup, glorious battery life for a telephone with two screens, quick charging, an IPX8 score, an excellent compact type issue, AI options, good software program, and 9,999 type factors. If you happen to do not need to spend a lot cash however need a flip-style foldable, the Motorola Razr 50 is usually glorious. It is also a worthy improve from the Razr 40.