Motorola has revealed the upgraded Razr 60 Ultra – but how does it compare to one of the most popular foldables around, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6?
While the two foldables share the same form factor, the similarities end there. The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra has larger screens, a bigger battery, faster processor and faster charging than Samsung’s alternative – however, Samsung has a trick or two up its sleeve to level out the playing field.
Here’s how the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra stacks up to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 on paper, with our deep dive to come once we’ve thoroughly reviewed Motorola’s new flagship.
Pricing and availability
The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra costs £1099 and is available now from retailers like Amazon and carriers like EE and O2 in the UK.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 has a slightly lower £1049 RRP, but as it has been on the market since last summer, the price has started to tumble, easily making it the more affordable of the two foldables.
The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra has larger screens
The Motorola Razr has, for the past few years, offered a larger cover screen than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip, and that trend continues with the Razr 60 Ultra.
To be fair, at 4 inches, it’s the same size as the Razr 50 Ultra, but it’s still larger than the Z Flip 6’s 3.4-inch alternative. It’s also more feature-rich than Samsung’s cover screen, offering not only a variety of widgets but access to any Android app you’ve got installed. Samsung’s alternative also offers curated widgets, but access to apps is rather limited.
Motorola Razr 60 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6
That continues when you unfold the two phones, with the Razr 60 Ultra’s 7-inch screen besting the 6.7-inch alternative from the Z Flip 6. It’s also brighter, capping out at 4500nits compared to Samsung’s 2600nits, and faster at 165Hz compared to 120Hz, making for a bigger, more well-rounded screen experience overall.
The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra has a faster processor
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 bested last year’s Razr 50 Ultra with its custom Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy chipset, offering faster performance than the Razr’s slightly less powerful Snapdragon 8s Gen 3.
That has been rectified with the Razr 60 Ultra, however, sporting the same top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite as flagships like the OnePlus 13. While we’ve not had the chance to benchmark the Razr 60 Ultra yet, results from other Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered flagships point towards a significant boost in performance compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 within the Z Flip 6.
Of course, we’ll confirm this once we have thoroughly reviewed the Razr 60 Ultra in the coming days. That’s paired with up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage if you opt for the Razr 60 Ultra, while the Galaxy Z Flip 6 caps out at 12GB and 512GB respectively.
The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra has a bigger battery and faster charging
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6’s 4000mAh battery is a fairly typical capacity for a flip-style foldable, matching that of last year’s Razr 50 Ultra. It shouldn’t struggle to get you through the average day, but the battery drain becomes more apparent when gaming.
The Razr 60 Ultra should combat this somewhat, packing a larger 4700mAh battery, though with the more powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite onboard, we’ll save our judgment until we’ve thoroughly reviewed the phone.
Regardless of battery life, the Razr 60 Ultra should go from flat to full much faster than the Galaxy Z Flip 6 with boosted 67W TurboCharge support. The Galaxy Z Flip’s 25W wired charging seems particularly slow in comparison, translating to a full charge in 75 minutes when we reviewed it at launch.
In fact, the Razr 60 Ultra’s wireless charging is faster than the Z Flip 6’s wired charging at 30W, double the 15W wireless charging from Samsung’s alternative.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 has a longer software promise
If there’s one area where the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 stands head and shoulders above Motorola’s alternative, it’s in the software department – and more specifically, long-term software support.
Samsung matches the market-leading seven years of OS upgrades promised by the likes of Google and Honor, meaning the Galaxy Z Flip 6 will eventually see the Android 21 update in 2031. This is great news, considering the lack of long-term support on Android just a few years ago.
It seems that Motorola didn’t get the memo, however, and has committed to the same paltry three OS upgrades as the Razr 50 Ultra. That means that, despite launching with the newer Android 15 out of the box, the Razr 60 Ultra will only get Android 16, 17 and 18.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 has Galaxy AI smarts
Samsung’s Galaxy AI was one of the main focuses of the Galaxy Z Flip at launch, offering a swathe of AI-powered features ranging from writing tools to image editing features and even the ability to generate images based on text prompts. It’s a wide-ranging toolkit that extends to practically every area of Samsung’s OneUI experience.
Motorola’s Moto AI has a narrower focus, instead focusing on elements like Catch Me Up and Pay Attention, essentially listening to conversations and noting down important information to remind you of at a later date. There are also photo editing tools like Group Shot, an alternative to Google’s Best Take tech, alongside the standard image removal tools we’ve seen from most flagship alternatives.
Interestingly, the Razr 60 Ultra is said to also work well with the likes of Microsoft’s Co-Pilot, Google’s Gemini, Meta’s Llama 3 and Perplexity, though the exact benefits are yet to be outlined.
Early thoughts
The Motorola Razr 60 Ultra looks like it has the upper hand in the hardware department, with larger screens, a faster processor, bigger battery and faster charging, all of which make it a tempting choice for those on the hunt for a flagship foldable.
However, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6’s long-term software promise, its Galaxy AI smarts and the fact it’s now available for much less than its RRP, could make it a tempting alternative.
We’ll save our final thoughts until we’ve thoroughly reviewed the new Razr 60 Ultra, however, so check back soon.
