Lenovo, Motorola’s mother or father firm, held a giant occasion at the moment in China, the place it launched the brand new Razr 50 foldable sequence alongside a bunch of different tech.
This yr’s Razr lineup consists of two telephones – the flagship Razr 50 Extremely with its 4″ cowl display screen and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, and the inexpensive however nonetheless pretty succesful Razr 50 with Dimensity 7300X.
Motorola Razr 50 Extremely
The important thing function of the Extremely is the larger cowl display screen with even thinner bezels than final yr’s Razr 40 Extremely. It’s the largest show of such form on a foldable we now have seen to this point, and it’s a pOLED with 1080p decision, 100% DCI-P3 coloration gamut and assist for HDR10+. It even helps a variable refresh price of 1-165 Hz refresh price.
The massive cowl show affords loads of options we now have already seen in different Razr gadgets – watch movies, get navigation particulars, see your self when taking a selfie.
The foldable panel on the within is a well known 6.9″ FHD+ pOLED with an excellent higher coloration gamut – 120% DCI-P3. The refresh price is once more a variable 1-165 Hz, the contact pattern price is 360 Hz in choose modes, and the height brightness is 3000 nits. There’s a selfie digital camera behind a cutout with a 32 MP sensor and a f/2.4 lens in entrance of it.
Talking of cameras, one main enchancment Motorola made is within the twin digital camera division – the entire setup has modified, and now there’s a 50 MP f/1.7 primary shooter and a 50 MP f/2.0 telephoto shooter with 2x optical zoom.
The presenter on stage talked rather a lot concerning the AI prowess of the Razr 50 Extremely, identical to another firm has been doing this yr.
The battery is 4,000 mAh and brings 45W quick charging, in addition to 15W wi-fi charging – each of that are upgrades from final yr. The cellphone comes with Android 14 and Moto MyUX on prime. The system is IPX8 water resistant, a primary for Razr gadgets, although the small print limits the 1.5m depth submersion time to solely 10sec.
The Razr 50 Extremely is already on sale in China in three Pantone choices – Dill, Navy Blazer, and Peach Fuzz.
Costs are CNY5,699 ($785/€730) for 12/256 GB and CNY6,199 ($850/€800) for 12/512GB.
Motorola Razr 50
The vanilla model of the Razr 50 was additionally introduced with a giant 3.6″ pOLED cover display, moving away from the small 1.5″ rectangular display screen within the Razr 40. The within panel hs the identical specs because the Extremely’s – 6.9″ with Full HD+ decision and 3000 nits peak brightness.
This mannequin additionally inherits from its higher-grade sibling the 6000-series aluminum body, the 32 MP selfie shooter, and the 50 MP primary cam with OIS. Sadly, the second digital camera on the again is a 13 MP f/2.2 ultra-wide snapper with a 120-degree discipline of view – the identical because the one present in final yr’s Razr 40.
The brand new chip Dimensity 7300X was launched final month as a devoted platform for foldable gadgets with two screens, and identical to everybody anticipated, the Razr 50 is the primary to make use of it. It comes with a 4×2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 and 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 CPU and Mali-G615 GPU with in-house HyperEngine for highly effective graphics and flawless gaming, in line with Mediatek.
The battery right here is 4,200 mAh with 30W wired charging and 15W wi-fi charging. The Razr 50 additionally comes with Android 14 and Motorola’s person interface.
The Razr 50 is available in three Pantone colours – Metal Wool, Pumice Stone, and Arabesque – and all three are vegan leather-based panels.
Costs are CNY3,699 ($510/€475) for 8/256 GB and CNY3,999 ($550/€515) for 12/512 GB. Similar to its Extremely sibling, this cellphone is already on sale in China.
There was no point out of an world launch, however all Motorola’s social channels internationally have been teasing the reveal of those fashions at the moment so we count on to be taught extra about it very quickly.