I’ve used the new Razr 60 Ultra, and Samsung should be worried

Introduction

Motorola has revealed its 2025 device lineup, and it will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following recent leaks that two new Razr devices are included in that lineup. 

The first is the Razr 60, which will simply be called the Motorola Razr in the US, while the flagship offering comes in the form of the Razr 60 Ultra, called the Razr Ultra if you’re the other side of the pond. 

The latter is naturally the more exciting of the two devices, as the Motorola Razr 50 Ultra was last year, but it’s always worth sparing a little thought for a reasonably priced flip phone. For reference, the top-end Razr 60 Ultra costs £1099.99, while the Razr 60 comes in at £799.99. 

The designs are similar to their predecessors on the surface but there are plenty of changes to take note of – beauty is only skin deep, after all. The question is, are these going to be the 2025 flip phones to beat?

I’m not quite at the full review stage just yet, but I did get to spend some time with both the Razr 60 Ultra and the Razr 60 at Motorola’s launch event on 24 April, and here’s what I learned. 

Design and Screen

• Similar design to the Razr 50 Ultra
• Brighter displays
• IP48 water and dust resistance

The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra and Razr 60 will look familiar if you’ve ever taken one look at the 2024 models, but that’s not a criticism. It’s a great design that worked well last year and will no doubt continue to impress this year too.

Motorola has a long-standing collaboration with Pantone and that always results in some funky colours, with the 2025 models no exception.

Both the Razr 60 Ultra and the Razr 60 have four finishes; the former comes in Pantone Rio Red, Pantone Scarab, Pantone Mountain Trail, and Pantone Cabaret, while the latter comes in Pantone Spring Bud, Pantone Gibraltar Sea, Pantone Parfait Pink, and Pantone Lightest Sky. 

It’s the Pantone Scarab of the Razr 60 Ultra that you’ll want to pay the most attention to though – the one pictured in this hands-on – as this deep green finish is gorgeous in the flesh. The collaboration with Italian brand Alcantara means there’s a soft, suede-like finish on the rear that’s tactile in the hand and lovely to hold.

Colours aside, both the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra and Razr 60 feature rounded edges, with the volume rocker and power button on the right edge and the Moto AI button on the left edge. There are two camera sensors that sit on the outside of the devices, just like last year’s models, while a punch hole camera is positioned centrally at the top of the internal display. 

You’d be forgiven for thinking nothing had changed since last year’s models at first glance (if you ignore the colours), but you would be mistaken. The hinges have been redesigned and are now reinforced with titanium for better durability, while dust resistance has also been introduced with both models offering an official IP48 rating, meaning you can take either model to the beach and they should survive to tell the tale.

For the Razr 60 Ultra, the 4-inch external display now features Gorilla Glass Ceramic too, which is a first. Of course, that’s not something you would know if I didn’t tell you, though it is supposed to offer 10 times better drop performance, which may reassure those of you who are more prone to dropping your phone.

Both the internal and external displays on the Razr 60 Ultra have seen some other improvements too, with the ultra thin glass layer on the internal display said to offer a 30 percent smoother display and reduced creasing. The crease is still there, but it certainly doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb like they did in foldable phones when they first launched.

The Razr 60 Ultra’s displays are impressive too, with both the internal and external screens offering punchy and vibrant colours, great details and excellent brightness. The 4-inch external display makes full use of the space available – more so than the 3.6-inch external display on the Razr 60 – and its brightness has improved to 3,500 nits. 

The 7-inch internal display on the Razr 60 Ultra meanwhile, has a 4,500 nits brightness, which is a 50 percent increase from the 2024 model, and the eagle-eyed among you will also notice it’s ever so slightly larger too.

Cameras

• New ultrawide secondary sensor
• Some AI features, like Group Shot
• 50-megapixel front camera and main sensor

Similar to its design, the camera setup offered on the Razr 60 Ultra might look like nothing changed, but that’s not the case. There’s actually been quite a big shift in the camera offering for the 2025 model, with Motorola ditching the telephoto lens introduced on the Razr 50 Ultra and reverting to an accompanying ultrawide like the Razr 40 Ultra.  

There’s a 50-megapixel main sensor with an f/1.8 aperture, along with optical image stabilisation and Pantone Validated Colour and Pantone Validated Skin Tones. The secondary sensor on the outside of the device is a 50-megapixel “Ultrawide + Macro Vision camera” with an f/2.0 aperture and 122-degree field of view. In a trio of 50-megapixel sensors, the internal selfie camera also offers this resolution, with an f/2.0 aperture. 

For comparison sake, the standard Razr sports a 50-megapixel main sensor that has a f/1.7 aperture, though it retains the Pantone Validated Colour and Skin Tones features. The Ultrawide + Macro Vision camera drops to a 13-megapixel resolution with an f/2.2 aperture, while the front camera is also a lower resolution at 32-megapixels with an f/2.4 aperture.

I couldn’t test the camera performance of either of these devices during my brief time with them, but there are a couple of new camera features I’ll mention before I move on.

Learning from both iPhone and Pixel, Motorola has introduced something called Signature Style – similar to Apple’s Styles – and Group Shot – which is like Google’s Best Take. Signature Style allows you to adapt your images to your preferred colour and tone, and it will learn what you like for similar photos, while Group Shot takes multiple frames to make sure any group photos have everyone in the shot smiling with their eyes open. 

There’s also an Advanced Long Exposure Mode and Action Shot Mode, all of which I will test in full when I come to review the Razr 60 Ultra.

Performance and software

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
• Upgraded battery and charging
• Moto AI smarts

The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, and the company is keen to point out that the inclusion of this flagship chip makes this device the most powerful flip phone available. The processor is supported by 12GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage, and my general experience with it has been great so far.

Everything I tried was smooth and consistent, with apps loading quickly and switching between tasks nicely and fluidly. This is an area that will need to wait for my full review to pass a final verdict, but I am pleased to see Qualcomm’s top-of-the-range mobile platform under the Razr 60 Ultra’s hood, rather than a sub-flagship alternative as we saw in the Razr 50 Ultra.

It’s worth mentioning that the standard Razr 60 runs on the MediaTek Dimensity 7400X chipset with up to 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage. 

It’s not just the processor that’s seen a step up however. The Razr 60 Ultra has also upped its game on the battery front with a 4,700mAh battery powering this device. That’s considerably larger than the 4,000mAh battery in the Razr 50 Ultra, and there’s faster charging too.

The Razr 60 Ultra also supports 67W fast charging, which Motorola says will give you a day of power in 8 minutes. This feature will need to be tested in full when I review this device, but it’s certainly an improvement on the previous model’s 45W.

The Razr 60, in case you’re curious, has a 4,500mAh battery and supports 30W charging. Both the Razr devices have support for wireless charging too.

On the software front, the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra and Razr 60 both run on Android and are fairly bloat-free apart from a few pre-loaded Moto apps.

Motorola is pushing AI heavily this time around however, with not only Moto AI on board as previously, but collaborations with Microsoft’s Co-Pilot, Google’s Gemini, Meta’s Llama 3 and Perplexity all there too. 

I’ll test the AI features properly during my full review, but it’s fair to say it seems to be here in full force for Moto’s 2025 devices. I just hope the features that have been claimed to offer more contextual awareness and ease of use actually materialise in doing that.