Motorola Razr 50 Evaluation: Principally Glorious

The Motorola Razr collection has been some of the recognisable telephones in human historical past. It additionally bought properly 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 bought two telephones this yr, the Razr 50 Extremely and Razr 50. Whereas the latter seems to be much like final yr’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 simply obtainable with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Is that this a telephone it is best to contemplate as an alternative 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 seems to be very completely 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 provides a great grip. We obtained the Spritz Orange unit for assessment, and it’s a distinctive color choice that can seize consideration.

The underside half of the telephone seems to be much like final yr’s Razr 40

Button placements are much like final yr’s mannequin. The best fringe of the highest half homes the amount and the facility keys. The facility button additionally doubles as a fingerprint scanner and works properly. You will discover the SIM tray instrument on the left aspect 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 crucial necessary facets 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 lowering its quantity by about 30 % 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. Nevertheless, you additionally have to be cautious to not go away any mud on the inside panel when closing it shut, as it might injury the show. The hinge cowl is created from stainless-steel, whereas the telephone’s body is made utilizing 6000 collection aluminium. All surfaces get a easy satin end that makes the telephone really feel premium.

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

The hinge additionally has a brief vary, which implies which you can maintain 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. Nevertheless, opening the telephone in a single hand continues to be a process. The hinge permits for sure use circumstances, similar to a tent, camcorder, and desk stand modes.

A brand new floating plate within the hinge is claimed to be much less disturbing on the folding panel and helps scale 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 by Instagram. You will solely really feel its presence when sliding your finger over the inside show or when wanting on the display at sure angles.

Motorola Razr 50 Show: Large 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 skin. As an alternative 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 gives a 90 Hz refresh price, 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 possibly can watch movies on this display, however I might not advocate it. It is appropriate for taking part in a few of the pre-installed cowl display video games, although. The display additionally will get loads of shiny outside and is simple 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 gives a 120Hz refresh price, 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 choice is finest, as the opposite modes have a tendency to spice up the colors a bit an excessive amount of. The inside show provides a 22:9 side ratio, which is great for watching films however is not the very best when watching 16:9 content material on YouTube. The panel is simple to learn underneath direct daylight however is a little more.

Each shows supply Widevine L1 assist, so you may take pleasure in 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 – Hiya UI
• Newest safety patch – August 1st

Software program is one other essential a part of foldable telephones, and Motorola has achieved an awesome job with its Hiya UI. Whereas it nonetheless seems to be near inventory Android, some design components and added Moto options set it aside. You get a few preinstalled apps, however these aren’t actually bloatware and may be uninstalled. There are additionally a number of Moto apps and options, similar to Moto Safe, Household House, Moto Unplugged, Good Join, and some others.

There is no bloatware on the telephone

Motorola has additionally included a few AI instruments that can assist you create wallpapers. There’s Model Sync and Magic Canvas, however the latter requires you to have a Moto account. Model sync helps you to create wallpapers from captured images, whereas Magic Canvas helps you to create pictures utilizing textual content prompts.

You possibly can 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. Other than 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 simple to have conversations with Gemini.

The quilt show provides varied modes and helps most apps

As for software program assist, Motorola has promised 3 years of Android OS and 4 years of safety updates for the Razr 50.

Motorola Razr 50 Efficiency: Might’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 provides. It’s totally unusual that the corporate determined to go along with a MediaTek chipset for the Razr 50, whereas the Extremely choice 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 each 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 inside display. App transitions from cowl to major to predominant and vice versa have been additionally primarily easy. You possibly can play video games on the telephone. I attempted titles similar to BGMI and Asphalt 9, and each labored properly. There are many video games obtainable for the entrance show as properly, they usually work fairly properly with none lag. The telephone did not run highly regarded whereas gaming, both.

The show is readable underneath direct daylight

The telephone did lag at occasions when utilizing the Digital camera app to take images and even switching between the cameras. In some circumstances, 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, they usually work properly. There’s some bass right here, and the audio system can get loud. They’re good for indoor use, however it’s finest 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: Ok

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

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

Images from the principle digicam are fairly good

Images popping out of the principle 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 seems to be bluer.

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

Switching to the ultrawide digicam, the outcomes look very completely different, with much less element, darker shadows, and color inconsistency. The ultrawide additionally would not do dynamic vary and white stability properly. Images are usable, however nothing nice.

Samples from the Ultrawide digicam [Tap to Expand]

There’s additionally a 2x digital zoom choice and a Macro mode obtainable. The 2x zoom produces good images in daylight, however you can find loads of noise in case you zoom in. In the meantime, the macro photograph can produce good outcomes.

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

In low mild situations, the principle digicam nonetheless does a great job of preserving particulars and shadows, however the white stability may be off. Saturation and exposures are dealt with properly, although. The ultrawide would not actually do properly in low mild situations except you give it lots of mild. A Evening mode is on the market, however that works higher with the principle digicam.

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

The selfie digicam on the inside show produces good leads to daylight situations with fairly sensible pores and skin tones, good colors, and a large dynamic vary. There is a good quantity of element as properly. Nevertheless, it is simply higher to make use of the principle 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 lot of element and barely saturated colors. Stabilisation is first rate, however you will discover the shakes in case you’re strolling or working. Motorola claims it makes use of AI to cut back the shakiness, however it would not actually work that properly more often than not. The ultrawide digicam would not do this properly in movies.

Motorola Razr 50 Battery: You possibly can flip all of it day

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

The Motorola Razr 50 provides spectacular battery life for a flip telephone although it receives the identical battery capability as final yr. I continually bought 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. Due to 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 so much, although.

The battery life on the telephone is spectacular

In our battery check, 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 % to full. There’s additionally assist for wi-fi charging at 15W.

Motorola Razr 50 Verdict

At Rs. 64,999, there aren’t lots of different choices available in the market. You possibly can take a look at the Oppo Discover N3 Flip (Evaluation), which provides a lot 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 (Evaluation) from final yr, however that is probably not higher in any method. It is also a superb different to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 if efficiency is not your predominant concern.

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