Motorola has revealed its updated foldable flagship for 2025 in the form of the Razr 60 Ultra – but how does it compare to last year’s Razr 50 Ultra?
While the two foldables look very similar, sporting the same overall look and key features like a massive 4-inch cover screen, the new Razr 60 Ultra offers a bevvy of hardware upgrades that could make it the best foldable in 2025.
We’ve thoroughly reviewed the Razr 50 Ultra and we’ve spent some time with the Razr 60 Ultra ahead of its announcement, and here’s how the two compare.
Pricing and availability
The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra comes in at £1099.99 in the UK, a £50 increase on the Razr 50 Ultra at launch last year. It’s available to buy at retailers like Amazon as well as carriers like EE and Vodafone right now.
The Razr 50 Ultra had a slightly cheaper £1049.99 RRP at launch last year, but given that the phone is now a year old, it can be found for considerably cheaper – and that price will likely continue to drop now that the upgraded model is available.
The Razr 60 Ultra is more durable
Though the Razr 60 Ultra looks very similar to last year’s Razr 50 Ultra, the 2025 foldable has had a serious upgrade in the durability department.
Motorola Razr 60 Ultra
Motorola Razr 50 Ultra
That starts with the all-important IP rating; while the 50 Ultra had IPX8, which could protect the phone from water but not dust, the Razr 60 Ultra boosts that to IP48. The improved rating should safeguard the phone from dust and other particulates larger than 1mm, allowing you to take it to the beach or pool and not worry about potential damage.
The 4-inch cover screen also has better protection in the form of Corning’s new Gorilla Glass Ceramic compared to the unbranded protection on the Razr 50 Ultra, and the hinge has also been redesigned, complete with a new titanium alloy, to be sturdier this time around.
This should translate to a phone that, while not necessarily feeling any different in the hand, should survive a drop or dunk a little better than its predecessor.
The Razr 60 Ultra has a truly flagship processor
The Razr 50 Ultra was able to go up against the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 in many regards, but it fell short when it came to processing power. That’s because instead of including the 2024 flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, it went down the slightly less powerful Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 route.
It was fine in day-to-day use, but when it came to particularly intense tasks like high-end gameplay, the limitations of the chipset were clear.
Motorola has rectified that with the new Razr 60 Ultra, however, sporting the top-end flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite that – at the time of writing – makes the 60 Ultra the most powerful flip-style foldable on the market.
While we’re yet to benchmark the foldable, we’ve seen plenty of other Snapdragon 8 Elite devices in 2025, all with exceptional performance, so it’s safe to expect the same here.
The Razr 60 Ultra has a brighter, larger screen
The Razr 50 Ultra and new Razr 60 Ultra share the same 4-inch cover screen, but there’s a difference when you unfold the phones. Slimmer bezels on the interior screen of the Razr 60 Ultra has allowed Motorola to push the screen to 7 inches, up from 6.9 inches on the Razr 50 Ultra.
It’s a small difference, but it should translate to slightly more room to display your apps and games – though it does look particularly tall and narrow as a result.
The screen also has an improved ultra-thin glass layer compared to the Razr 50 Ultra, which Motorola claims translates to a 30% smoother screen and a reduced crease. It’s still visible, of course, but it should be less noticeable in everyday use.
Elsewhere, the Razr 60 Ultra’s screen is 50% brighter at 4500nits compared to the 3000nits of its predecessor.
The Razr 50 Ultra offers a 2x telephoto lens
Motorola broke away from the norm with the Razr 50 Ultra’s camera offering, ditching the popular ultrawide lens for a dedicated 50MP 2x zoom lens – the only flip-style foldable to do so. Paired with a 50MP primary camera, we were impressed with the phone’s performance, though it’s clear that some would lament the loss of that ultra-wide look.
It seems Motorola agrees, and has reverted back to a combination of dual 50MP main and ultrawide cameras for the Razr 60 Ultra, the latter also benefiting from autofocus tech to turn it into a macro camera. It can’t offer the same native 2x zoom as a result, but it’s still available via digital zoom.
There’s also new Pantone Validated Colour and Pantone Validated Skin Tones available on the new Razr 60 Ultra to provide more accurate colours, along with Signature Style and Group Shot, similar to Apple’s Photographic Styles and Google’s Best Take, respectively.
The Razr 60 Ultra has a larger battery and faster charging
The Razr 50 Ultra had a fairly solid 4000mAh battery – when it comes to flip-style foldables anyway – that we found wouldn’t struggle to last all day with average use. That was coupled with 45W TurboCharge support that we found would get you a full charge in just under an hour in testing.
The Razr 60 Ultra, however, offers a boost in both departments. First up is a larger 4700mAh battery that’s not only a sizeable increase on the 50 Ultra but also bigger than the competing Galaxy Z Flip 6. That should hopefully translate to strong battery life, but with a more powerful chipset to power, we’ll have to wait and see for now.
The Razr 60 Ultra also offers boosted 67W TurboCharge support that the company claims can get enough charge for a full day’s use in just 8 minutes – though, again, we’ll put this claim to the test in the coming days and weeks.
Early thoughts
It might be slightly more expensive than its predecessor, but the Razr 60 Ultra looks like a solid upgrade overall. Despite minimal changes to the overall look and feel of the foldable, it’s now more durable with better, brighter screens, a top-end chipset, enhanced AI smarts and a bigger battery.
However, with the similar Razr 50 Ultra now a year old and available at a discount, you could save a pretty penny by going for a slightly older – but still solid – foldable.
We’ll save our final thoughts for once we’ve fully tested and benchmarked the new Razr 60 Ultra, however, so check back soon.
