501 Amazon customer reviewsTechRadar Verdict
Motorola ups the ante on the cool Razr Plus with a bigger cover display, a more durable build and … AI?! Ugh, who invited that guy to the Razr party? Even some weird AI features can’t spoil all that Razr cool, though. This year’s phone looks better than ever and performs like a champ. I still wish it had better cameras, and the AI stuff just needs to go, but otherwise the Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
Pros
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Cool colors and a more durable design with vegan leather
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Larger cover display is brighter and more immersive
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Easy interface with useful gestures, not overloaded with features
Cons
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New Moto AI features offer the same bigotry as other AI image generators
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Cameras are better, but still can’t match the best camera phones
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Performance lags behind competitors, especially the new Galaxy
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Motorola Razr Plus 2024: Two-minute review
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Motorola has done it. If you’re sick of the same old smartphone, the Motorola Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
I didn’t think last year’s Motorola Razr Plus needed much improvement, but Motorola has improved it anyway. The best flip-phone cover display, larger and more versatile than the file-folder window on Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 6, is even bigger and brighter this year than before. It fills the phone and gives you a miniature window into all of your apps. Apps become more useful than ever when you use them on this palm-sized marvel.
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Has Motorola avoided the latest smartphone AI fads? Or has it crammed AI onto the new Razrexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
Kind of a bummer, right? I was excited for the new Motorola Razr Plus 2024, with its new colors and bigger cover display, but the offensive AI quelled my excitement. Even worse, Motorola promises that even more intrusive AI features are coming. Right now, the bigotry is confined to the wallpapers, but soon Moto AI will be listening to all of your phone calls and conversations. Ugh.
Frankly, you can ignore these new AI features on the Razr Plus 2024. This phone is still very good without the AI gimmicks. The improved hinge on the Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
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- Available to pre-order for $999.99 / £999.99 / AU $1,699
- 256GB storage in US; 512GB storage in UK and Australia
- Called Motorola Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
To Motorola’s benefit, Samsung raised the price of its flip phone by $100 / AU$150 (the Z Flip’s price is unchanged in the UK), making the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 more expensive than the Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
Will the new Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
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| Row 0 - Cell 1 | |
| Dimensions (open): | 73.99 x 171.42 x 7.09mm |
| Dimensions (closed): | 73.99 x 88.09x 15.32mm |
| Weight: | 189g |
| Internal screen: | 6.9-inch pOLED LTPO |
| External screen: | 4.0-inch pOLED LTPO |
| Resolution (Internal / External): | 2640 x 1080 / 1272 x 1080 pixels |
| Refresh rate (Internal / External): | 165Hz / 165Hz |
| Peak brightness (Internal / External): | 3,000 nits / 2,400 nits |
| CPU: | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
| RAM: | 12GB |
| Storage: | 256GB (US) / 512GB (UK and Australia) |
| OS: | Android 14 |
| External Cameras: | 50MP wide; 50MP 2X zoom |
| Internal Camera: | 32MP |
| Battery: | 4,000 mAh |
| Charging: | 45W |
| Colors: | Midnight Blue, Spring Green, Peach Fuzz, Hot Pink |
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- Bigger cover display than any other flip phone
- Stylish color options available
- Cameras sometimes get in the way
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Everything about the design is thoughtful and slick, from the ‘vegan leather’ back that shows off the Peach Fuzz paint job nicely, to the humongous cover display that the twin camera lenses float in like lily pads in a pixel pond. The foldable inner screen lays so flat you have to concentrate to feel the crease.
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That folding mechanism is improved as well. It snaps open and shut in a much more satisfying way than on the Razr Plus 2023, and flicking the phone open and slamming it shut is a joy that becomes addictive; I may need to start making more phone calls so I can answer and hang up more often. The Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
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- Wow and wow: both the inner and outer displays are excellent
- Interior screen is humongous
- Both displays are super-bright, maybe too bright
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The foldable inner display is flatter than ever – I can’t see the crease unless I hold the phone at an angle to the light. I can hardly feel the crease either, even if I flick my finger back and forth.
- Display score: 5 / 5
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- A light touch on Androi… wait, is that AI? Oh no
- Motorola makes the huge AI mistake we’ve been hoping it would avoid
I’ll get the basic Motorola Android software out of the way first so I can rant about my huge problems with Moto AI. I was hoping that Motorola would stay away from AI – OnePlus has mostly managed to avoid the topic – but unfortunately, Moto ventures into dangerous AI territory, and the results are sadly predictable.
Ignoring Moto AI, the Motorola Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
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Motorola has added useful shortcuts to its phones. I love the camera gesture: you twist your wrist a couple of times to launch it. I found this even more fun and reliable than double-pressing the power button, which is the shortcut on most Android phones. You can also ‘chop’ the phone twice to toggle the flashlight on and off.
Both of these shortcuts also work when the phone is closed, which makes taking selfies on the cover display even easier, with a quick double twist of my wrist. The Razr Plus is also the best flashlight phone I’ve ever used, since it’s so easy to hold when it’s closed.
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Okay, enough compliments – let’s talk about AI. Motorola has added some AI features, with more on the way. I’ll start with AI wallpaper, because it’s emblematic of the larger problem.
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The good news is that the Motorola Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
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I asked the Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
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I asked the Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
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Also, it’s just weird. I asked for “friends having fun at the beach” and I only got groups of young, white people, mostly wearing string bikinis. AI doesn’t do good string bikinis, and the photos were monstrous, like a horror movie. I asked for “a strong person” and I got impossibly muscle-bound men, often only a view of bodies from the bulging neck to below the bulging crotch. I’m not joking.
How did this make it into a final product? This is entirely unacceptable. Moto AI isn’t an AI wallpaper generator. It’s an AI stereotype generator. It needs to be removed.
If Motorola isn’t taking this seriously, maybe it will if one of its execs asks its own AI for an image of “a cool smartphone.” I got pictures of an iPhone Pro, with its characteristic triangle camera layout. I got no pictures of a Motorola Razr.
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Before this review, I took the unusual step of telling Motorola that I had serious concerns about the AI image tool, and asked if they had any response. I shared the results of my queries, and the conclusions I was drawing. At press time, Motorola had no response.
If you do use the Moto AI wallpaper generator, despite all of the above, be warned that there’s a monthly limit to how many images you can create. You can’t buy more images, so you just have to wait until the first of the next month.
- Software score: 1 / 5
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- Image quality is good, but still not great
- Taking photos and video is much more fun with a Razr
Photographers say the best camera is the one you have with you; I carry two or three phones at a time, so I would say that the best camera is the one I like using the most. Whether or not the Motorola Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
Images from the Razr Plusexternal/target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8428&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freviews%2FB0D2JBK6PG%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dtrd-us-5150182412501131170-20" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" role="link" tabindex="0">501 Amazon customer reviews
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