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Motorola’s $1,499 Razr Ultra charges a full day of power in 8 minutes

Three new flip phones, all with silicon-carbon batteries that finally fix the format's biggest weakness. The Ultra promises eight minutes of charging is a full day on the screen, and the cheapest Razr just got the closest thing to a glow-up the lineup has ever seen.
Susan Hill

Motorola has launched the Razr 2026 trio — a $799 base Razr, a $1,099 Razr+, and a $1,499 Razr Ultra — all built around silicon-carbon battery technology that the company says puts its foldables among the longest-lasting on the market. The Razr Ultra is the headline number: 68W TurboPower wired charging delivers what Motorola calls “a full day’s power in eight minutes,” paired with a 5,000mAh battery and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. For a flip phone, that is a deliberate move away from the format’s most-cited weakness — the mid-afternoon moment when the battery cracks before the day does.

The base Razr 2026 is the surprise of the lineup. It moves to a 4,800mAh battery, with Motorola claiming over 36 hours of mixed use, drops in a dual 50MP rear camera setup that finally matches what the Razr+ used to own exclusively, and runs on a MediaTek Dimensity 7450X. The 6.9-inch inner Extreme AMOLED and 3.6-inch external display are the same sizes the mid-tier Razr used to charge a premium for. The gap between the cheap Razr and the rest of the family just got smaller in a way it has not been in years.

The Razr+ holds the middle. It keeps last year’s Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip but adds a 4,500mAh silicon-carbon battery, 45W TurboPower wired charging, 15W wireless charging, and the same dual 50MP rear setup. Its 4-inch external display and 6.9-inch Extreme AMOLED inner panel with Dolby Vision keep it as the design-forward middle option, but the chip carryover means anyone tracking pure performance will look upward.

The Razr Ultra is where Motorola pushes hardest. The 7-inch inner display is the largest on any flip phone currently on sale, the camera system steps up to triple 50MP, and Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 protects the external display — a Razr-line first. With the Snapdragon 8 Elite and the 68W charging speed, the Ultra is positioned as the answer to anyone asking why a flip phone should cost $1,499 instead of a slab flagship.

Software adds three new camera features across the lineup — Group Shot, Signature Style, and Frame Match — plus a Daily Drops feature that pulls Google Photos memories into the cover screen and a digital Wardrobe tool that reads the photo library to help pick outfits. Moto AI continues from last year, with Google Gemini built into all three phones.

Three caveats deserve flagging. The price jumps are real: the base model is up $100 from its 2025 equivalent, the Razr+ is up $100, and the Razr Ultra is up $200. The Razr+ keeping the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 means a $1,099 buyer is paying flagship money for last year’s silicon. And the “full day in eight minutes” charging figure is Motorola’s own marketing — independent battery testing will arrive only after units ship to reviewers.

Pre-orders open May 14 at Best Buy, Amazon, and Motorola.com, with on-sale on May 21 unlocked across all three models. AT&T joins the same day, T-Mobile is expected in the months after, and Verizon is not carrying the Razr+ directly — though unlocked units will work on its network.

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