Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 launch live blog: review, camera comparisons, deals, and more
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It wouldn’t be a new phone launch in 2025 if AI weren’t involved in some form, and that remains true with the Razr Ultra. Motorola introduced quite a few improvements to its own Moto AI, such as “Look & Talk.” This allows you to simply start interacting with Moto AI whenever the Ultra is in “Tent or Stand mode,” as you just have to “look at it, and begin listening to you.”
Unlike what we’ve seen from the most recent crop of Galaxy phones, AI implementation on the Razr Ultra takes a different approach. While we have Moto AI and Google Gemini, Motorola is also making other AI services available, such as Meta AI, Copilot, and even Perplexity. Of those three, Motorola is putting Perplexity first, as you’ll get a free Perplexity Pro trial with every purchase.
Something else that came as a surprise when reading Derrek’s review was that Motorola has included “Flicker prevention for users with PWM sensitivity.” This is something that our colleague Nick Sutrich has to contend with when using different phones, with some being better than others. I’d really be interested to see how Nick would fare with using the Razr Ultra, but I also know he’s more than happy with the OnePlus 13.
By all accounts, the pOLED displays that Motorola is using for the Razr Ultra look beautiful, and I was even surprised to see that the main screen offers a 165Hz refresh rate. It really seems like Motorola is taking the fight to Samsung, as we suspect the Galaxy Z Flip 7 will be hitting the market sometime in the next few months.
Android Central Managing Editor, Derrek Lee, has been using the Razr Ultra for the past week, and so far, they seem to be enjoying it quite a bit. Starting off with the design, Derrek points out that Motorola has been able to retain its “unique styling with vegan leather, Alcantara, and wood finishes.”
Those finishes paired with the brushed metal frame look simply stunning, and are frankly, sorely needed in a sea of phones plagued by a lack of imagination. It’s very reminiscent of the old Moto Maker days, I just kind of wish we could mix and match or have some type of control over the combinations.
Motorola’s latest foldable phones have arrived, headlined by the Moto Razr Ultra. This is a true flagship in every sense of the word, as we have the Snapdragon 8 Elite at the helm, paired with 16GB of RAM and either 512GB or 1TB of storage.
Of course, the star of the show is the 7-inch foldable pOLED display, with its 165Hz refresh rate and ability to reach up to 4,500 nits of peak brightness. But that’s not all, as the 4.5-inch pOLED cover screen gets even better with the ability to add app shortcuts, along with panels for different apps and widgets.
