Motorola has just launched the 2026 Razr series, and once again, we’ve just received incremental improvements. The style of the Moto Razr Fold book is exciting in itself as Motorola is finally following Samsung and Google in this area, but that fold is coming later in the year.
But the Razr, Razr+, and Razr Ultra are mostly unchanged from their predecessors, and if anything, the base-level Razr is the one with the most modest upgrades. Since Motorola has not changed much in this generation, attention turns to next year, and that we will get better hardware in the devices of the next generation of Razr – this is what I want to see with Motorola folders of 2027. Obviously, there is no concrete information about what Motorola is planning for its 2027 update, but I will add all the relevant information to this post when it becomes available.
We need 256GB of storage
While the base model Moto Razr has a lot to offer, it now comes in at $799, $100 more than its predecessor. Annoyingly, it gets 128GB of base storage, and that’s not enough for the 2026. I switch between phones every week, and 128GB isn’t enough to accommodate all my apps, much less the hundreds of photos I take every week.
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I get that the cost of memory and storage products have gone up a lot now, but that’s no excuse to reduce storage while increasing the price – last year’s Razr 2025 had a base of 256GB.
Motorola should make a mid-range Razr
Regarding the price issue, Motorola needs to make a mid-range compact. A Razr device in the $500 to $600 range would sell very well, and while older models were sold at around these prices, a mid-ranger would allow Motorola to make more inroads into the foldable segment.
Motorola has a healthy 50% share of the US foldable space, and a lower-priced model would go a long way in building its portfolio. Motorola doesn’t even need to do much; keep the same specs as the Razr 2026 but with only one camera, no MIL-STD 810H rating, and a normal battery (instead of the silicon model), and that should allow it to sell it at a lower initial cost. Whether Motorola actually does that is another matter entirely.
The Razr+ model is in dire need of an upgrade
Motorola has turned its attention this year to the base Razr, and the result is that the Razr+ is almost identical to the 2025 Razr+ – which itself was not seen in the 2024 model. Basically, the 2026 Razr+ is a three-year-old phone when it was launched, and apart from a bigger battery that now uses silicon technology, there’s really not much that’s changed about the device.
With the Razr+ 2027, Motorola needs to bring major improvements to ensure the presence of folding. A bright OLED panel is required, along with modified internals; while the 8s Gen 3 is rocking, the $1,000 foldable requires at least the equivalent of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5.
We also need better cameras; while Motorola added the LOFIC camera to the Ultra, the Razr+ 2026 still has the same cameras as the Razr+ 2024, and while the underlying camera algorithms have been changed, it still badly needs updating.
The Razr Ultra 2027 needs to justify its name
Although the Razr Ultra has a new camera similar to the one on the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, the device misses out on the latest internals. It doesn’t use Qualcomm’s top platform, and that should change in 2027. Motorola doesn’t have a 1TB model this year either, and it needs to come back next year.
Any Ultra device – foldable or otherwise – needs to have the latest technology, and not doing so this year is surprising. The 2026 Razr Ultra costs $200 more than its predecessors, but it doesn’t do enough to justify the price increase. I don’t know why anyone would buy a foldable when last year’s Ultra is available for only $699 on Amazon right now. Motorola is doing a decent job of differentiating itself by releasing different designs, and it needs to do the same with basic hardware in 2027.
We need more software updates
While Google and Samsung guarantee seven years of software updates on their phones, Motorola’s foldable lags behind in this area. 2026 Razr models get just three guaranteed Android OS updates and five years of security updates, and that’s not enough.
Motorola is doing some interesting things with software; the new integration of Google Photos on the 2026 Razr models is different, and makes the cover screen more usable. And while Motorola’s standard software and interface continues to be clean, it needs a visual overhaul and better features.
The Razr Ultra 2025 is still a great choice if you need a new Motorola phone, and the best part is that it costs less than half as much as the 2026 model.