The Razer 40 is the same size and weight as the Ultra but has a leather exterior instead of glass. And while the external display is much smaller, measuring 1.5 inches, it can still be used to quickly check notifications and the camera viewfinder.
If you look back, you’ll see the same 6.9-inch Ultra foldable LTPO AMOLED with upscaled 1080p resolution, 1-byte color, up to 144Hz refresh rate, and HDR10+ support. Well, the Ultra’s maximum refresh rate was up to 165Hz, but we barely saw the phone even use that.
The most notable change is the SoC – now a Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip instead of the flagship 8+ Gen 1 on the Ultra. And suppose the superior battery life to be gained from this move is more important to Razer’s target audience than the lost performance.
Moving on to the cameras, we see that the main 64MP sensor on the Razer 40 is actually significantly larger than the 12MP imager on the Ultra. The 13-megapixel ultra-wide camera with AF and macro is the same, as is the 32-megapixel selfie camera built into the fold-out screen.
What is missing in the camera department is the option of 4K@60fps and HDR10 video recording.
Moving on to the battery – the Razer 40 has a 4,200 mAh battery, which is an increase from the Ultra’s 3,800 mAh. Wired charging speed of 30W and wireless charging of 5W are common between two Motorola foldable phones.
The Razer 40 runs clean Android 13 with a few Motorola tweaks and apps, a combination many have loved for years.
Motorola Razr 40 specifications at a glance:
- Body: 171.0×74.0x7.4mm, 189g; Plastic front (open), vegan leather (closed), vegetable leather back, aluminum frame (7000 series), hinge (stainless steel); Waterproof cover (IP52).
- Display: 6.90 inches LTPO AMOLED folding, 1B color, 144 Hz, HDR10+, 1400 nits (peak), resolution 1080×2640 pixels, aspect ratio 22:9, 413ppi; Second external AMOLED, 1000 x 10 pixels, 1000 pixels, 10 pixels, 1000 pixels, 1.1 pixels 282ppi, Gorilla Glass Victus.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM7450-AB Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (4nm): Octa-core (1×2.4 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3×2.36 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A510); Adreno 644.
- Memory: 128 GB 8 GB RAM, 256 GB 8 GB RAM, 256 GB RAM 12 GB; UFS 2.2.
- Operating System/Software: Android 13.
- Rear camera: wide (main): 64 MP, f/1.7, 0.7 µm, PDAF, laser AF, OIS; Ultra Wide Angle: 13MP, f/2.2, 120˚, 1/3″ 1.12µm, AF.
- Front camera: 32 MP, f/2.4, (wide), 0.7 µm.
- Videography: Rear camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS. Front camera: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps.
- Battery: 4200mAh; 30 watts wired, 5 watts wireless.
- Connectivity: 5G; Electronic SIM card with two SIM cards; Wi-Fi 6e; BT 5.3, EDR; NFC.
- Other features: Fingerprint reader (mounted on the side). Stereo speakers
The Motorola Razr 40 is not officially a waterproof smartphone. It has a waterproof coating on its interior, which means it can probably withstand the occasional splash or raindrops, but it shouldn’t get completely wet.
Unboxing Motorola Razr 40
Razor 40 is packed in a regular-sized paper box. Inside is a 30-watt power adapter, a USB-A-to-C cable, a USB cable, and some paperwork.
On top of the phone, in a nearly hidden paper compartment, you’ll find a semi-transparent two-part hard case for the Razr that’s the same lilac color as the phone.
The case provided fits the phone well and looks good. However, it interfered with the USB cable and we often had to fiddle with that one to get a good connection.
Design, build quality, handling
The Motorola Razr 40 is your typical foldable phone of the modern variety – it has a large foldable internal display covered by a thin protective layer of plastic, two back panels made of plant-based leather (aka fancy plastic), an aluminum frame and a drop Stainless steel teardrop hinge in the middle.
The Razer 40 is about the same size and weight as the Razer 40 Ultra, has the same hinge and design, and shares many external similarities – even if the vastly different external display would make you miss them. The Ultra came in two versions – glass leather and vegan, but even there we liked the leather design better. It just offers a better grip, and while everyone has a different opinion on which one looks better, the smudge resistance will be universally appreciated.
The Motorola logo and Razr logo are embossed in vegetable leather, enhancing the premium look. While the 40 Ultra’s edge-to-edge external display is still much cooler, we still like the seamless transition from the cameras to the external display on the regular Razer 40. And the glass protrudes so little that you can’t wobble or unsteady the phone (not that it ever sits on its side).
Not only is the overall design excellent, but the construction of the Razer 40 is simply outstanding – from the choice of materials to the precise execution – allowing for excellent grip, feel, and handling. The only thing we didn’t like is the basic ingress protection – IP52.
Let’s now take a tour around the Razer 40 and check out its notable parts.
The 6.9-inch foldable AMOLED display is the true centerpiece of the Razr, and it’s every bit as beautiful as it looks in the promotional materials. With less than 1mm bezels, the screen is frame-by-frame, with rounded corners and a small punch hole for the selfie camera.
There is a crease in the middle of the display, but it’s not visible when fully unfolded and we can barely feel it. In fact, we had to consciously look for it, so Motorola did a great job here.
The thin plastic display frame is still unavoidable, as well as the plastic screen protector, making sure you don’t scratch the relatively soft folding panel. Motorola has put a fairly large disclaimer on the phone’s packaging so you can remove the protector yourself.
This phone is placed between the aluminum frame and the plastic screen frame. Its output has an angle of about 45 degrees, which works for a great experience for the phone and the speaker. In fact, the Razr 40 has a stereo speaker system with the (quieter) speaker on the side of the phone and the main speaker on the bottom of the phone.
Next to the aforementioned speaker are the USB-C port and the main microphone, surrounded by barely visible logos and numbers.
The top of the Razer 40 has another microphone, while the left side houses the SIM card tray.
The separate volume keys as well as the power/lock button are on the right side. The surface of the power key features an always-on fingerprint scanner that works quickly and reliably.
We’ve already talked about the beautiful back of the Razer 40. The top half has a large black screen that houses two cameras, a single LED flash, a laser transceiver, and a 1.5-inch external display. This black glass may be large, but it barely protrudes and won’t unsteady the razor or scratch your glass table.
The outer OLED can display multiple widgets and serve as a viewfinder for taking selfies with the rear cameras. This is a much more limited functionality than the full Ultra launcher, so you’ll need to unlock the Motorola Razr 40 a lot more.
A steel drop hinge allows the two riser halves to close smoothly without any gaps. It supports arbitrary angles, which allows for some additional uses. One potential criticism is its sturdiness – opening the Razr with one hand is nearly impossible because it requires so much force to operate.
The Razr 40 is 7.4mm thick, or 15.8mm when folded, and weighs 188g. It shares a lot with the Ultra, but comes with an even bigger battery, which is always a good thing to have.
Display
The core of the Motorola Razr 40 is a large 6.9-inch LTPO AMOLED foldable screen with a variety of features such as 10-bit color depth, 144Hz adaptive refresh rate, up to 360Hz touch response, and HDR10+ support. This panel appears to be the same as the Razer 40 Ultra but with a lower 165Hz refresh rate.
The Motorola razr 40 foldable display has a resolution of 1080p (1080 x 2640 pixels), which adds up to a density of 413ppi. It has a small punch hole for the selfie camera and is covered with a plastic screen protector that you should not remove to ensure the screen works properly.
The external display is much smaller than the 40 Ultra – a 1.5-inch AMOLED unit with a resolution of 194 x 368 pixels (268ppi) covered by a piece of Victus Gorilla Glass. As you can imagine, this screen can’t offer the full Android experience like the Ultra, it just displays several widgets and can also act as a camera viewfinder.
The external display is too small for our display tests, as its quality isn’t critical to the Razer 40’s performance. So we jump straight to the big folding panel.
When manually controlling brightness from the slider, we recorded a maximum of 505 nits of brightness at the white point. The display can go much higher in auto mode, though it only goes up to 1064 nits when faced with a bright light source. These measurements match the measurements we got on the Razer 40 Ultra screen.
The minimum white point brightness was just 2.9 nits.
Color accuracy
The Motorola Razr 40 has two color modes – saturated targeting the DCI-P3 color space and natural – targeting sRGB. There is also a color temperature slider for each of these modes.
Saturation color mode is fairly accurate against DCI-P3 targets (average deltaE 3.6). The most noticeable deviations from perfection are slightly bluish whites and grays, and oversaturated greens and blues. Natural color mode with sRGB content provides excellent accuracy.
Renewal rate
Motorola Razr 40 has two refresh rate modes – High (up to 144Hz) and Standard (up to 60Hz). Both of them are adaptable and differ only with the riser carpet roof.
10Hz was the lowest refresh rate we saw on the Motorola Razr 40, and it’s used for the idle screen in the UI, system, and non-native apps. However sometimes the UI uses 90Hz instead of 10Hz.
Motorola Razr 40 comes with 24Hz for various video playback scenarios along with streaming. We also saw 30Hz and 50Hz when playing YouTube content.
Then 60Hz was commonplace when using standard mode, and in HFR-incompatible apps like the camera app and Google Maps.
In High mode, 90Hz and 120Hz are randomly used almost everywhere in HFR-compatible applications and system interfaces.
In fact, we didn’t see 144Hz even once, just like we didn’t see 165 or 144Hz on the Razer 40 Ultra. We could force 144Hz from the game sidebar, but seeing as how games don’t support it, we didn’t see any point in it.
The external display is locked to a 60Hz refresh rate.
Read more: Review of Motorola Edge 40 ; Pure Android in a lovely body
Display options
Stream and HDR
The Motorola Razr 40 supports Widevine L1 DRM and is officially HDR10+ certified. All apps except Netflix recognized the HDR10-capable display and did 1080p HDR10 streaming. Hopefully Netflix and Motorola will fix this issue soon.
battery life
The Motorola Razr 40 has a 4,200 mAh battery, up from the 3,800 mAh battery on the Ultra.
The Razer scored 40 points for a total endurance of 85 hours, which is less than we expected, but there’s more to the story. The phone performed very well in most tests – lasting almost a day in voice calls, over 14 hours in web browsing and over 14 hours in local video playback. What brought the overall score down was the standby performance – just like the Ultra (about 200 hours).
Our battery tests were automated using the viSerDevice app thanks to SmartViser. Endurance rating indicates how long the battery will last if you use the device for an hour a day of phone calls, web browsing, and video playback. More details can be found here.
And here you can compare Motorola Razr 40 with some competitors.
The video test was done in 60 Hz refresh rate mode. The web browsing test is performed with the highest display refresh rate if possible. See the relevant reviews for more details. To adjust the endurance rating formula to match your usage patterns, check out our all-time battery test results chart, where you can find all the phones we’ve tested.
Charging speed
The Motorola Razr 40 supports 30W TurboPower wired charging like the Ultra. The device comes with a 33W power adapter and a USB-C-to-A cable in the box.
Five minutes on that charger gave us 12% charge, 15 minutes – 31%, 30 minutes – 57%. A full charge from 0% to 100% takes 61 minutes – not the best numbers out there, but certainly among the best in the folding game.
The Razr 40 also beat out the Razr 40 Ultra with a smaller battery capacity and the same power adapter. The extra Ultra screen is clearly detrimental to heat dissipation.
The Motorola Razr 40 also supports 5W wireless charging, if you have a Qi-compatible pad in your car or on your desk.
Optimum battery charging option is also available. When enabled, the phone learns your charging habits and charges the last 20% of battery just before you unplug it. This is especially useful if you charge your phone overnight.
It also has overcharge protection, which stops charging if the phone is connected continuously for more than 3 days.
Speakers
The Motorola Razr 40 has two stereo speakers – the headphone as a second speaker next to the main speaker near the USB-C port on the bottom.
Naturally, this represents a hybrid setup, where the bottom speaker is louder with more bass and mids, while the top speaker focuses more on the high frequencies and is quieter overall. The headphones are 45 degrees or so, which provides a decent audio balance, and we had a very good experience with the speakers and multimedia.
Even better, they scored very well in our loudness test, and we heard good vocals, high frequencies, and even some bass.
Use the playback controls to listen to phone recordings (best with headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response graph tells you how far the reproduction of bass, treble and midrange frequencies is from the ideal flat “0db” line. You can add more phones to compare their differences. Scores and ratings are not comparable to our old speaker test. Learn more about how we test here.
Root Android 13 with some Moto tricks
Motorola has always been interested in the uncluttered Android experience and this has been one of the main appeals of its phones. However, in the context of a foldable smartphone, some might think that’s more of a downside. After all, foldable smartphones require a little extra touch to take advantage of the form factor. The good news is that Android hasn’t aged and has evolved enough to accommodate the new foldable form factor, and Motorola has been working closely with developers to improve the user experience. Additionally, the OEM has promised three major firmware updates for the Razer 40 and Razer 40 Ultra.
If you’ve ever used a Motorola smartphone or any other pure Android phone, you’ll feel comfortable. There is nothing out of the ordinary when it comes to the aesthetics, navigation and internal features of Android.
In the regular Motorola model, there are a handful of extra features for the home screen, along with some exclusive features thanks to the new 1.5-inch external display. Almost all of the extra features can be found in the Moto app, along with some helpful tips on how to get the most out of the Razer 40.
Home screen, recent apps, notification shade, settings menu
Let’s start with personalization. Motorola offers a wealth of dynamic wallpapers that can be applied to the home and external screens. There’s no Always-on display, though, at least not in the usual sense. You can’t set the external display to always be on, but Motorola offers the so-called Peek Display, which is second best. You can wake up the external display by tapping on it or just tapping the phone. This software uses the accelerometer to wake up the screen. Shows notifications and customizable clock face.
Engine features and customization
There are a few other Moto gestures too, like launching the flashlight with two hand gestures or rotating the phone to launch the camera.
Motor movements
A relatively new sidebar has been added to Moto Features. You can access your favorite apps from the sidebar and launch them in small windows. Unfortunately, you can only run one app in the background and one in a small window, so multitasking capabilities are somewhat limited.
Sidebar and multitasking
Motorola has also added a double-tap gesture on the back so you can launch an app or perform an action on the fly.
Quick launch with two taps on the back
Now go to external screen. The secondary screen is rather small, unlike the Razer 40 Ultra, it can’t run full Android apps and offers limited functionality. Although this does not make it useless.
Panels • Panels • Camera pose
The widget displays the time/date, there is also one for weather. Swiping from the bottom will reveal your notifications with an option to limit expansion. Swiping from the top brings down your quick toggles.
Notifications
Quick replacement
There are many watch faces. Motorola also offers several other panels such as voice recorder, contacts, media controls, timer, calendar. You can’t accept calls from this screen, but there is a gesture to mute them (pick up to mute).
External screen customization
Finally, you can also use the main cameras for selfies – there’s a special gesture to activate the camera app on the outer screen while the phone is folded. Then you can swipe from the sides to change the camera or camera mode.
Some apps support a half-folded mode, splitting the screen in two, mainly for keyboard or camera purposes.
Introduced in 2021, Motorola’s Ready-For platform allows for multiple cases that put the phone at the center of a big-screen experience. Connecting a TV or monitor allows you to have a Windows desktop-like environment, play a game on your phone, display it on an external display, or even have a video chat on a larger screen.
Moves in ready mode for
And while this feature previously only worked with a proper USB-C to USB-C cable, you can now connect using Miracast, which most modern TVs, monitors, and PCs support. . If you don’t have a handheld mouse and/or keyboard, the phone’s screen can be used as a touchpad and/or keyboard.
You can also use ‘ready for’ on Windows-based PCs – it runs in a window on your desktop. This is useful when you want to run an Android app from your computer or multitask between devices on just one screen.
Ready for a desktop-like experience
Another use of Ready for on a Windows PC is for video calls, where you can use the phone’s camera to take a picture of yourself and an external display to see the other participants.
The latest Ready For Use case is for gaming on a bigger screen – be it a TV or a laptop/monitor. You plug in an external controller and run the game on the phone, which has the obvious advantage of a larger screen for gameplay.
It works exactly like Samsung’s DeX, bringing a desktop-friendly experience to Android and its apps.
Ready for a desktop-like experience
All in all, Motorola’s vision for Android is somewhat different than Google’s, as it offers a few unique features that could improve the foldable experience beyond the confines of vanilla Android. The best part is that the software doesn’t look unfinished at all, quite the opposite in fact. Our experience was flawless and the system worked smoothly without any lag or hiccups.
Performance and metrics
The second notable difference between the Razer 40 and the Razer 40 Ultra is the chipset. While the Ultra relies on the flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, the Razer 40 uses the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. This chipset was almost a year ago but only saw limited use.
It is based on the 4nm manufacturing process and includes Qualcomm’s proprietary AI engine. The CPU includes an octa-core processor with 1x 2.4GHz Cortex-A710, 3x 2.36GHz Cortex-A710 and 4x 1.8GHz Cortex-A510 cores, while the GPU is Adreno 644. The second is supposed to be 20%. Faster than the Snapdragon 778G while AI-related tasks are said to be 30% faster.
Additionally, the Adreno Frame Motion Engine claims to double the frame rate while maintaining the same power consumption as the Snapdragon 778G. However, given that most games will be locked at 60fps for years after mass adoption of HRR screens, that’s not a problem for now.
The base storage configuration is 8GB/128GB, but it’s only available in select markets. There’s also an 8GB/256GB version, like our unit, which is standard in most countries, while some also have a 12/256GB version.
The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 has powerful processing performance, and while it’s not the best in the flexible category, it’s still quite competitive. Although the SD7 Gen 2 processor inside the Poco F5 (here for comparison reasons) was a much better choice.
Unfortunately, the GPU scores are poor, as the Razer 40 lags behind its direct competitors. That’s not to say that GPUs aren’t good, but they’re obviously much more powerful in this price group. The SD7 Gen 2 would have been a much better choice for the Razr 40, but it may have arrived too late in the phone’s development cycle.
Next, we ran the AnTuTu composite, where the Razer scored another 40 times the lowest of the phones we’ve selected.
Finally, we did some stress tests and here is the good news! The CPU achieved a stable performance of 71% for over an hour of 100% load, while the GPU was excellent at 99.6%!
CPU test • GPU test
There’s even better news – the Motorola Razr 40 didn’t heat up, just a little, even after more than an hour of stress testing. It never overheats and doesn’t bite significantly.
Well, the Razer 40 has an upper mid-range chipset and the benchmarks show exactly that. It’s still a powerful enough smartphone for most tasks, but gaming capabilities are a step behind the competition. In day-to-day use we never experienced any performance bottlenecks, but we’re sure heavy users may find the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 somewhat lacking.
A total of three selfie cameras
The Motorola Razr 40 has a 64-megapixel primary camera and a 13-megapixel ultra-wide camera with autofocus, which is also capable of taking close-up photos.
There is another camera inside the punch hole of the foldable display with a 32-megapixel sensor, which will likely be assigned to video calling duties. After all, one of the best things about flip phones is that you can take selfies with far superior primary cameras.
All cameras support 4K video recording.
The main camera on the back has a 64-megapixel 1/2-inch OmniVision OV64B sensor with a Quad-Bayer filter. The sensor has 0.7μm pixels, and after the 4-in-1 placement, you’ll get a 16MP photo with 1.4. Pixels are equivalent to micrometers. The sensor sits behind a 25mm f/1.8 stabilized lens with OIS and supports PDAF. There is a 64-megapixel high-resolution mode, Pro mode as well as night vision for this camera.
The ultra-wide camera uses a 13MP Hynix Hi1336 sensor with 1.12µm pixels. It has a 16mm f/2.2 lens and supports autofocus. Thanks to that, it can act as a macro shooter and even a dedicated macro mode is available in the viewfinder.
The selfie camera uses a 32-megapixel OmniVision OV32B 1/3-inch Quad Bayer (4-cell in OV audio) sensor with 0.7-µm pixels for 8-megapixel images (you can also shoot at 32-megapixel resolution). 2.4 fixed focus lens.
Camera app
The camera app on the Razer 40 is custom, despite the fairly stock software package. When it comes to running it on the unlocked phone, it’s basically identical to what you get on the regular, bar-style Moto.
The basics are the same – the camera modes are arranged in a customizable carousel shape, with the “More” tab at the far right end of the carousel holding rarely used shooting modes.
Pro mode gives you full control over camera settings such as white balance, ISO (up to 3200), focus, shutter speed (up to 32 seconds), and exposure compensation, and works on all cameras. A small live histogram is provided.
Camera app
Additional settings for each camera mode can be found by swiping down in the viewfinder. There’s a small strip at the bottom that shows, but if you miss it, you might wonder where some of the controls are, like the flash and self-timer settings in photo mode and the frame rate in video mode.
The gear icon for the general settings menu holds more settings.
More camera settings
You can also run the camera app on an external display with the Razer 40 folded. There is a special rotating motion that activates the cameras and the small screen lights up. Then you can swipe left or right to switch between photos, videos, and portraits, or you can swipe up or down to switch between cameras.
External screen camera
You can use a cropped view for portrait and landscape orientation, or you can disable cropping when taking landscape selfies. The mirror selfie option is also used for selfies when using the rear cameras.
Day photo quality
The main camera takes very good 16MP photos in broad daylight. They have enough separated detail and do well with hard objects like foliage, noise is kept low and color reproduction is mostly accurate and true to life.
Local contrast is high, but the dynamic range is still adequate.
16-megapixel main camera
What isn’t advertised, or even suggested by the viewfinder, is the Razr 40’s 2x lossless zoom. But you have to activate the zoom slider manually and then turn it to 2x, which is not very convenient.
Anyway, the 2x zoom shots are decent, about as good as regular shots in terms of per-pixel detail and overall representation.
Main camera 2x zoom, 16 megapixels
A 64-megapixel mode is available and takes good photos, even if it’s a bit noisy. The 64MP samples capture more detail overall but obviously perform worse at the pixel level. The good news is that the rendering is in color and the overall processing is not compromised, so if you need the highest possible amount of detail for a particular scene, feel free to use this mode.
Main camera, 64 megapixels
Here we compare how much more detail you get from 64MP photos compared to the default 16MP images.
Portrait mode offers expert subject separation, balanced blur, and excellent exposure, colors, and dynamic range. But for some reason, the details are very poor.
Portrait, 16 megapixels
The ultra-wide camera’s 13-megapixel photos are better than average, but the processing here is a bit too heavy. They have enough detail, little noise, and a very wide dynamic range.
Their colors look a bit desaturated, as the HDR processing goes a bit overboard and gives an unrealistic look.
Ultra-wide camera, 13 megapixels
The ultra-wide camera supports autofocus and can take macro shots from as close as 3cm from the front. They’re on par with regular photos – overall good detail, low noise, good contrast, and good dynamic range, and we see improvements in color saturation.
They’re still a little over-processed, but not as bad as regular shots from an ultra-wide camera.
Macro with ultra-wide camera
There’s a dedicated macro shortcut just below the 0.5x key, but it’s only cropped and upscaled from the regular ultra-wide shot to match the main camera’s field of view. And, quite expectedly, this degrades image quality.
Dedicated macro mode (cropped and enhanced)
Low-light photo quality
Auto Night Vision is available on the Motorola Razr 40 and is enabled by default. When the light goes down, it shoots on both rear cameras almost every time, and it takes about 2 seconds to capture and save a photo. There is also a dedicated night vision mode that takes about 4 seconds and still takes pictures similar to auto shots.
So, the Auto Night Vision samples from the main camera are excellent – they are detailed, well exposed, with wide dynamic range and good contrast. Noise is remarkably low and colors remain true and vivid.
Night vision doesn’t make low-light photos a day, they just look a notch brighter than they really are, and we absolutely love them.
Automatic night vision, main camera
Disabling Auto Night Vision results in less detailed, softer, slightly darker photos with a narrower dynamic range. While they are still usable, we keep ANV always on.
Night vision off, main camera
Auto Night Vision photos from the ultra-wide camera are good – they’re bright, with good dynamic range and contrast, colors preserved, and noise tolerable. Sometimes the details are lacking, but all things considered – these are very usable examples.
Automatic night vision, ultra-wide camera
Turning off automatic night vision for the ultra-wide camera saves low-light and often very noisy photos with limited dynamic range. Once again, it’s best to stay in auto mode.
Night vision off, ultra-wide camera
And here’s how the main camera fares against the competition in our extensive photo comparison database.
Motorola Razr 40 vs Motorola Razr 40 Ultra and Galaxy Z Flip4 in our photo comparison tool
Selfie photos
You can take selfies with all three cameras on the Motorola Razr 40 because you can use the external screen as a selfie viewfinder.
But let’s start with the selfie camera in question, the 32MP imager inside the display’s punch hole. It’s a Quad-Bayer shooter and saves 8MP photos by default. There are shortcuts for large photos, but obviously, there’s only one camera, so the only difference is the crop.
The 8MP selfies we took with the built-in camera are good enough – they offer fine detail and full processing with low noise and no over-sharpening. Subjects are always well exposed, but color balance is somewhat of an issue.
Selfie, 8-megapixel front camera
Using the main camera on the back as a selfie camera gives photos of the same quality as the internal camera, but with a higher level of detail and superior color reproduction.
Selfie, 16-megapixel main camera
If you need group photos and you have enough light, the ultra-wide camera will make a great group selfie. However, it over-processes and faces have a slightly painted appearance when viewed at or close to the pixel level.
Selfie, ultra-wide 13-megapixel camera
Video recording
Motorola Razr 40 supports 4K@30fps video recording with all three cameras. There is also 1080p at both 30 and 60 fps. You can choose between h.264 and h.265 codecs.
Stabilization is optional and available for all cameras – you can turn electronic stabilization on/off, and there’s also an option for horizontal image stabilization when you’ve mounted the phone on a steady surface and are moving around.
EIS works well on all three cameras, but its reach is limited, so the more obvious shakes aren’t handled at all.
But let’s talk about video quality first.
The camera app is incredibly generous with bitrates – 4K video gets 50Mbps using the h.264 codec. The audio bitrate is around 250 kbps, the sound is stereo, and intelligent noise reduction is available if needed.
The 4K videos from the main camera that we shot on a sunny day are exceptional – there is impressively high-resolution detail, no noise, very wide dynamic range, and yet the contrast remains excellent. The colors are vivid and accurate. Overall, this is easily one of the top 10 camera phone movies we’ve seen this year.
The daylight videos of the ultra-wide camera have a clear and accurate center, the wide dynamic range is very wide, and the contrast is good. The colors are slightly muted and cool-toned, and there is a clear corner softness.
Low-light 4K videos from the main camera are serviceable, but that’s about the best we can say about them. They are dim, rather noisy, with a narrow dynamic range. Detail is acceptable and color saturation is acceptable.
Naturally, night videos from the ultra-wide camera are even darker and noisier due to the smaller sensor and slower f/2.2 aperture.
The built-in selfie camera captures great 4K videos with great detail, low noise, high contrast, and lovely colors. The dynamic range is somewhat limited.
As we said, the stabilizer works well on all cameras, as long as you stay within its limited performance range. Otherwise, the video will remain shaky and/or jelly-like.
Here’s how the Motorola Razr 40 compares to other devices in our extensive video comparison database.
Motorola Razr 40 vs Motorola Razr 40 Ultra and Galaxy Z Flip4 in our video comparison tool
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The Motorola Razr 40 was a great little smartphone with a premium design and attractive form factor, flagship-grade display, very capable cameras, loud stereo speakers, and strong battery life. Its external display is useful, even if it’s small, and overall performance is smooth, even if the phone isn’t necessarily a gaming powerhouse.
The Motorola Razr 40 will be available for around 800-850 euros depending on the market, which is the lowest price a flip phone has ever started. However, it can be matched with some of last year’s models that received a price cut during this time.
Of course, if you like the software package, but want a bit more power and a more capable external display, you can consider the Razer 40 Ultra – it’s around €300 more expensive than the Razr 40, but it certainly adds a bit of polish. slow This is why people love flip phones in the first place.
The older Motorola Razr 2022 costs the same as the Razer 40 and also offers a larger external AMOLED, a more powerful Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, and a slightly more capable main camera. However, the Razer 2022 has a much lower battery life and its selfie camera is not good either.
While the Galaxy Z Flip5 hits shelves in two weeks, the older Galaxy Z Flip4 still makes sense as a competitor to the Razer 40. It has a more powerful Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and a better selfie camera. Samsung folding software is also the best software available. However, if you factor in storage and the added cost of getting the charger and case that the Moto Razr comes with for free, Samsung’s pricing advantage disappears.
Motorola Razr 40 Ultra • Motorola Razr 2022 • Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4
If you live in markets where the Huawei P50 Pocket and Oppo Find N2 Flip are available, you should check them out as well.
The Huawei P50 Pocket has faster hardware, better photo quality across the board, and faster charging. Also, its price is about 700 euros cheaper. The problem of not having Google mobile services is still there and you will lose 5G connection. The P50 Pocket has a smaller external display, even if it’s cooler, no intrusion protection, and relatively poor battery life.
On the other hand, the Oppo Find N2 Flip is a really great flagship with a great display and hardware as well as battery life. It also omits the intrusion shield but is closer in price to the Razer 40 Ultra than the Vanilla 40.
Huawei P50 Pocket • Oppo Find N2 Flip
Summary
So all things considered the Motorola Razr 40 can successfully hold its own against most of the competition and the Galaxy Z Flip4 2022 is perhaps the only model that has increased its value for money. However, it’s likely that these two won’t be easy to find in the next few months as Samsung focuses on the Flip5, and if the Razer 40 can shave a few more euros off the price like its predecessor, it’ll find itself in a comfortable position. Found. The cheapest but still excellent is the foldable.
The Motorola Razr 40 is a modern foldable with a great design that is comfortable to hold and operate. Recent bits are surprisingly rare in this segment, as the Galaxy Flip4 and Oppo Find N2 Flip are slick devices.
We found its foldable OLED to be of excellent quality, while its external OLED is useful if it’s a step behind 2023 trends. Loud stereo speakers were also a nice touch, as was camera quality across the board. Battery life is adequate for such a device, and if Motorola addresses the high standby drain with an update, it could be great.
The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 processor might be more than enough for this category, as we don’t see many heavy gamers going for foldable phones. So all things considered, we liked the Motorola Razr 40, and while we don’t feel like the V3 is new, it looks set to become the most popular of the new generation of Razr phones.
Why should we buy the Motorola Razr 40 phone?
- Exquisite Flip design with sticky vegan leather exterior.
- Great main screen with a fairly unobtrusive crease.
- Useful external OLED.
- Sufficient battery life, fast charging.
- Loud stereo speakers, good sound quality.
- Excellent stable performance.
- Great all-round camera experience.
- Polished software with 3 years of major updates.
Why we should avoid buying the Motorola Razr 40 phone
- Basic entry protection
- We never saw the 144Hz refresh rate on the screen unless we had to.
- GPU performance lags behind direct competitors.
- Electronic stabilization needs improvement.
Source: GSMARENA.COM
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