Motorola Razr 50 Overview: Principally Wonderful

The Motorola Razr sequence has been one 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 the moment of their fifth era. We received two telephones this 12 months, the Razr 50 Extremely and Razr 50. Whereas the latter seems much like final 12 months’s mannequin, the brand new Razr 50 is a giant improve by way of 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 barely accessible with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Is that this a telephone it is best to contemplate 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 overview.

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 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 presents grip. We acquired the Spritz Orange unit for overview, and it’s a distinctive color choice that may seize consideration.

The underside half of the telephone seems much like final 12 months’s Razr 40

Button placements are much like final 12 months’s mannequin. The proper fringe of the highest half homes the amount and the facility keys. The facility button additionally doubles as a fingerprint scanner and works nicely. You may discover the SIM tray software 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 vital 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 ranking, and I discovered it very efficient. Nevertheless, you additionally must be cautious to not depart any mud on the inside panel when closing it shut, as it could harm the show. The hinge cowl is constituted of stainless-steel, whereas the telephone’s body is made utilizing 6000 sequence 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 suggests you could 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. Nevertheless, opening the telephone in a single hand remains to be a job. The hinge permits for sure use instances, resembling a tent, camcorder, and desk stand modes.

A brand new floating plate within the hinge is claimed to be much less annoying on the folding panel and helps cut back the crease. Though Motorola advertises the Razr 50 as practically creaseless, it isn’t the case. There is a seen crease, however you do not actually discover it when viewing movies of scrolling by way of Instagram. You may solely really feel its presence when sliding your finger over the inside show or when wanting on the display screen at sure angles.

Motorola Razr 50 Show: Huge improve

• Outer display screen – 3.63-inch OLED, 1056 x 1066 pixels, 90Hz
• Inside flex display screen – 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 help. The panel options cutouts for the cameras and the LED flash. You’ll be able to watch movies on this display screen, however I might not suggest it. It is appropriate for enjoying a few of the pre-installed cowl display screen video games, although. The display screen additionally will get loads of vibrant open air 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+ help. You get three color modes on the panel – Pure, Radiant, and Vivid. Sticking to the Pure choice is greatest, as the opposite modes have a tendency to spice up the colors a bit an excessive amount of. The inside show presents a 22:9 facet ratio, which is great for watching films however is not the perfect when watching 16:9 content material on YouTube. The panel is simple to learn underneath direct daylight however is a little more.

Each shows provide Widevine L1 help, 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 – Hey UI
• Newest safety patch – August 1st

Software program is one other essential a part of foldable telephones, and Motorola has completed an incredible job with its Hey UI. Whereas it nonetheless seems near inventory Android, some design parts and added Moto options set it aside. You get a few preinstalled apps, however these should not actually bloatware and may be uninstalled. There are additionally a number of Moto apps and options, resembling Moto Safe, Household Area, Moto Unplugged, Good Join, and some others.

There isn’t any 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 allows you to create wallpapers from captured images, whereas Magic Canvas allows you to create photographs utilizing textual content prompts.

You’ll be able to run just about any app on the outer display screen. There are a number of pre-installed video games that run nice on the duvet show and may be enjoyable to make use of. Other than utilizing apps and taking part in video games, Motorola additionally helps using Google Gemini on the duvet show, and also you get three months of free Gemini Superior while you buy the Razr 50 telephones. The interface has been optimised for the outer display screen, and it is simple to have conversations with Gemini.

The duvet show presents varied modes and helps most apps

As for software program help, 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 presents. It’s extremely unusual that the corporate determined to go together 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 day by 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 screen. App transitions from cowl to major to primary and vice versa had been additionally primarily easy. You’ll be able to play video games on the telephone. I attempted titles resembling BGMI and Asphalt 9, and each labored nicely. There are many video games accessible for the entrance show as nicely, they usually 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 Digicam app to take images 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, they usually work nicely. There’s some bass right here, and the audio system can get loud. They’re good for indoor use, but it surely’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, nevertheless, discover some WiFi connectivity points whereas taking part in video games, but it surely solely occurred as soon as to name it an issue.

Motorola Razr 50 Cameras: Adequate

• Principal – 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 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 duvet display screen allows you to use the first and ultrawide to take selfies, and there is additionally a break up display screen interface that permits 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.

Photographs from the principle digicam are fairly good

Photographs 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 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 stability nicely. Photographs 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 accessible. The 2x zoom produces good images in daylight, however you’ll discover loads of noise in the event you zoom in. In the meantime, the macro picture 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 job of preserving particulars and shadows, however the white stability 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 principle digicam.

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

The selfie digicam on the inside 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. 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 plenty of element and barely saturated colors. Stabilisation is respectable, however you will discover the shakes in the event you’re strolling or working. Motorola claims it makes use of AI to cut back the shakiness, but it surely 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 presents spectacular battery life for a flip telephone regardless that it receives the identical battery capability as final 12 months. I continuously received over 7 hours of display screen time on the telephone, and that is in all probability as a result of I did a lot 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 screen just for utilizing the digicam, some gaming, checking emails, watching movies, and scrolling Instagram. Gaming constantly drains the battery loads, 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 help for wi-fi charging at 15W.

Motorola Razr 50 Verdict

At Rs. 64,999, there should not quite a lot of different choices available in the market. You’ll be able to try the Oppo Discover N3 Flip (Overview), which presents a lot better efficiency and a greater pair of cameras. Sadly, it does have a much less usable outer display screen. You even have the Tecno Phantom V Flip (Overview) from final 12 months, however that is probably not higher in any method. It is also a wonderful different to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 if efficiency is not your primary 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, wonderful battery life for a telephone with two screens, quick charging, an IPX8 ranking, a brilliant compact kind issue, AI options, good software program, and 9,999 type factors. When you do not wish to spend a lot cash however desire a flip-style foldable, the Motorola Razr 50 is usually wonderful. It is also a worthy improve from the Razr 40.