As far as phone names go these days, you’d think the Motorola Razr 50 would be a big step down from the Razr 50 Ultra. It definitely has to be at least a Pro to be anything close to the Ultra. But you’d be wrong. We’ll get to that right after this unboxing.
Motorola ships the Razr 50 in a scented box, with a vegan leather case with metal strap hooks, a matching vegan leather strap, and a USB-C cable. You’ll need to bring your own charger, though.
Unboxing the Razr 50
The Razr 50 is much closer to the Razr 50 Ultra than you might think. It uses a less powerful but equally efficient 4nm Dimensity 7300X chipset, has the same 6.9-inch internal display, but it runs at a slower 120Hz (not 165Hz), while its cover screen is a 3.6-inch 90Hz unit, rather than the Ultra’s 4.0-inch 165Hz one. You get the same main camera, but a 13MP ultrawide with autofocus instead of the Ultra’s 50MP 2x zoom camera.
Finally, wired charging only tops out at 30W (down 15W), but you get to keep 15W wireless charging, and the 4,200mAh battery is actually 5% larger (200mAh).
You could argue that these concessions aren’t small, but the counterargument is that for this type of device, it’s more important to maintain the display aspect ratio, which the Razr 50 mostly does. It’s also obviously significantly cheaper than the Ultra.
The Razr 50 seen from the front and back
But here’s where the conversion gets tricky. As of this writing, the Razr 50 (aka the Razr 2024 in the US) is $700 and €950 in Europe. While they’re very different, those prices are steep. But let’s not get into buying advice just yet. Wait for our review first.
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