Motorola quietly slipped a new kind of Razr onto the CES floor: not a nostalgic flip but a book-style foldable meant to sit alongside Samsung’s and Google’s large foldables. It’s called the Razr Fold, and while the company left plenty of blanks on the spec sheet, what it did show hints at a serious attempt to compete in the upper tier of the foldable market.
A book-style Razr at last
Closed, the Razr Fold looks like a conventional phone with a 6.6-inch external display; open it and you get an 8.1-inch, 2K LTPO inner panel that stretches into tablet territory. Motorola confirmed the two screens and a triple 50MP rear camera array; other outlets who inspected the hardware reported a Sony LYTIA main sensor alongside a 3x telephoto and a 50MP ultrawide. The company also confirmed separate selfie cameras for the inside and outside faces—PCMag noted a 32MP front shooter on at least one of the displays.
Hands-on impressions from Motorola’s CES booth leaned positive: both panels looked bright and sharp, the hinge felt smooth and solid, and the overall heft was described as large but manageable. As with most foldables, a vertical crease is visible when the screen is off but fades once content is displayed. Sizing puts the Razr Fold nearer the Galaxy Z Fold 7 than the slightly chunkier Pixel Fold alternatives; exact dimensions and weight are still TBD.
A pen for the big screen
Motorola is not just courting people who want a pocket tablet—it’s courting creators and multitaskers. The Razr Fold will support an active stylus (referred to in some coverage as the Moto Pen Ultra), and Motorola demonstrated a separate Bluetooth-enabled stylus accessory that ships in a charging case.
Details shared so far are explicit: the accessory offers 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity, an IP55 dust/water rating for the pen itself, and quoted latency in the low single-digit milliseconds. PCMag’s brief tests found the charging case convenient and the pen responsive, although full third-party app support and deeper software integration remain unknown.
Software and the AI angle
Motorola is pitching the Razr Fold as more than hardware: it will arrive with the company’s evolving moto ai and a new cross-device AI layer called Qira. The company demoed features that aim to surface context-aware reminders and suggested actions—features given names like Catch Me Up and Next Move—and said Qira will sync context across Motorola and Lenovo devices.
There’s a bit of vendor juggling in how Motorola describes its AI stack. The company pointed to partnerships and tooling from outside players, and PCMag noted access to Google Gemini on the device, while reporting from others discussed integrations with Microsoft- and Perplexity-backed tech. The practical upshot for users: expect on-device features that try to reduce app-hopping and make the larger canvas more useful for multitasking, plus access to broader generative-AI assistants. If you follow Google’s work on Gemini and document-grounding, this kind of on-device integration is part of a wider trend in phone AI Gemini’s Deep Research May Soon Search Your Gmail and Drive — Google Docs Gains ‘Document Links’ Grounding.
Cameras, durability and the rest
Motorola has leaned on camera specs to boost credibility: triple 50MP sensors are unusual, and Motorola claims Dolby Vision video and strong stabilization. The camera module does add visual bulk to the back of the phone, according to early photos and writeups. Official details on IP ratings, battery size, exact chipset, and memory/storage tiers are still scarce; Motorola hinted the Razr Fold could share elements with its Signature line but refused to pin down exact silicon or a price.
Meanwhile, Motorola also used this moment to roll out a separate limited-edition Razr tied to the FIFA World Cup 2026—the flip-style razr FIFA World Cup 26 Edition—showing the company is juggling both nostalgia-driven flip devices and a new, productivity-focused foldable.
When can you buy one?
Motorola said the Razr Fold will ship in a mid-year to summer window. That leaves months for the company to finalize software, refine the hinge, and set a price. Given the current market, most large book-style foldables still land in the high-end price bracket, but Motorola has kept quiet on exact MSRP. If you’re tracking how Motorola is expanding its phone lineup—from svelte devices like the Motorola Edge 70 to this larger Fold—you can see the company trying to cover both ends of the market.
Motorola is late to the big-fold party—Samsung is on its seventh generation and Google has iterated several times—but the Razr Fold earns attention for adding pen support and for the company’s clear push to fold AI and cross-device context into everyday use. It’s a crowded field (Samsung’s tri-fold prototype shows competitors are still experimenting with form), and Motorola will have to prove the Razr Fold’s software, durability, and camera chops in the months ahead Samsung’s Tri‑Fold Prototype: A Bold Step — With Compromises — Into Next‑Gen Foldables.
Expect more measured demos and spec drops as summer approaches. For now, Motorola has handed the Razr name a new brief: pocketable phone by habit, small tablet by demand, and a canvas that wants a pen and a bit of smarts to feel truly useful.