With the latest foldable, Motorola upgraded a lot of important features and design elements, so what exactly has changed?
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(Pocket-lint) — Motorola brought back the Razr (again) for 2022, having not released a new model since the 2020 Razr 5G, giving us two years of anticipation to see how the company would step up to the challenge of competing with Samsung’s popular foldables.
There was a lot to address, from the chipset inside the phone, through to the display and — more importantly — the price tag. So exactly what has changed since the Razr 5G? We compare the new model to the old one to answer that exact question. Design and build
Razr 2022: 167.0 x 79.8 x 7.6mm (unfolded) — 86.5 x 79.8 x 17mm (folded) — 200g
Razr 5G: 169.2 x 72.6 x 7.9mm (unfolded) — 91.7 x 72.6 x 16mm (folded) — 197g
Both: Horizontal fold/clamshell design
Both: Water-repellent coating and Gorilla Glass 5
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While the main idea of the design has remained — it’s an angular foldable phone that opens and shuts along a horizontal hinge — a lot of the rest has changed to make the new Razr a more practical device.
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That means — to incorporate the larger display — Motorola has made the phone around 7mm wider, and that’s something you’ll definitely notice when it’s in your hand, whether open or shut. It is a little shorter though and — when open — it’s also slimmer.
There are a couple of other easily visible changes. Again — to make room for the larger screen — Motorola removed the protruding chin from the bottom of the phone, meaning the surface is completely flat when open. What’s more, the hefty notch at the top of the display is gone, replaced with a punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera instead.
Another key improvement was the hinge. It’s been redesigned so that the phone can hold itself open at different angles, and doesn’t just pull itself open or shut.
Otherwise, there are some similarities. Both phones have aluminium frames and are covered in Gorilla Glass on the top and bottom half of the exterior. Both also have a water-repellent coating to ensure they don’t get easily damaged by spray or moisture. They’re not waterproof enough to be submerged, however. Displays
Razr 2022: 6.
