Motorola just rolled out the 2026 Razr series, and once again, we’re just getting incremental upgrades. The book-style Moto Razr Fold is exciting in its own right as Motorola is finally going after Samsung and Google in this area, but that foldable is coming a little later in the year.
But the Razr, Razr+, and Razr Ultra are mostly unchanged from their predecessors, and if anything, the base-level Razr is the one that has modest upgrades. With Motorola not changing much this generation, the attention turns to next year, and whether we’ll get better hardware on next-gen Razr devices — this is what I want to see with Motorola’s 2027 foldables. Obviously, there’s no tangible information on what Motorola is planning with its 2027 refresh, but I will add all relevant details to this post once they’re available.
We need 256GB of storage
While the base-model Moto Razr has a lot to offer, it comes in at $799 now, $100 costlier than its predecessor. Annoyingly, it gets just 128GB of base storage, and that’s just not enough in 2026. I switch between phones on a weekly basis, and 128GB is no longer enough to accommodate all my apps, much less the hundreds of photos I take on a weekly basis.
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I get that the cost of memory and storage products is heavily inflated now, but that’s no excuse to halve the storage while increasing the price — last year’s Razr 2025 had 256GB base storage.
Motorola should make a mid-range Razr
On the subject of pricing, Motorola needs to make a mid-range foldable. A Razr device in the $500 to $600 category would sell really well, and while older models inevitably go on sale around these prices, a mid-ranger would allow Motorola to make even greater inroads into the foldable category.
Motorola has a healthy 50% share of the U.S. foldable space, and a lower-priced model would go a long way in building out its portfolio. Motorola doesn’t even need to do much; retain similar specs as the Razr 2026 but with just one camera, no MIL-STD 810H rating, and a regular battery (instead of the silicon model), and that should allow it to sell it it a lower upfront cost. Whether Motorola actually does that is another matter entirely.
The Razr+ model sorely needs upgrades
Motorola lavished most of its attention this year on the base Razr, and the result is that the Razr+ is virtually identical to the 2025 Razr+ — which in itself was indistinguishable to the 2024 model. Basically, the 2026 Razr+ is a three-year old phone at launch, and other than a bigger battery that now uses silicon tech, there really is no change with the device.
With the Razr+ 2027, Motorola needs to deliver sizeable upgrades to justify the foldable’s existence. A brighter OLED panel is a must, along with overhauled internals; while the 8s Gen 3 is chugging along, a $1,000 foldable needs at least the equivalent of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5.
We also need better cameras; while Motorola added a LOFIC camera to the Ultra, the Razr+ 2026 still has the same cameras as the Razr+ 2024, and while the underlying camera algorithms have been tweaked, it’s still badly in need of a refresh.
Razr Ultra 2027 needs to justify its name
While the Razr Ultra has a new camera that’s similar to the one in the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, the device misses out on the latest internals. It isn’t using Qualcomm’s highest-end platform, and that needs to change in 2027. Motorola doesn’t have a 1TB model either this year, and that needs to return next year.
Any Ultra device — foldable or otherwise — needs to have the latest tech, and to not do so this year is egregious. The 2026 Razr Ultra is $200 costlier than its predecessors, but it doesn’t do enough to justify the price hike. I don’t know why anyone would buy the foldable when last year’s Ultra is available for just $699 on Amazon right now. Motorola is doing a decent job with differentiating by rolling out unique designs, and it needs to do the same with the underlying hardware as well in 2027.
We need more software updates
With Google and Samsung guaranteeing seven years of software updates on their phones, Motorola’s foldables are lagging behind in this area. The 2026 Razr models get just three guaranteed Android OS updates alongside five years of security updates, and that just isn’t enough.
Motorola is doing interesting things with the software; the new Google Photos integration on the 2026 Razr models is unique, and makes the cover screen that much more usable. And while Motorola’s general software and interface continues to be clean, it is in need of a visual overhaul and better features.
The Razr Ultra 2025 is still a great choice if you need a new Motorola phone, and the best part is that it costs less than half as much as the 2026 model.
