Most years the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip line doesn’t have a lot competitors, however in 2022 that each one modified, because the Motorola Razr 2022 turned a severe rival to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4.

This wasn’t Motorola’s first clamshell foldable, but it surely was the corporate’s first genuinely nice one, and it’s left us with excessive hopes for the Motorola Razr 2023.

We’re already listening to somewhat about this upcoming telephone too, so beneath you’ll discover all of the leaks and rumors we’ve heard thus far, and we’ll add to this text as soon as we hear extra.

Beneath that, you’ll additionally discover a record of the issues we wish from the Motorola Razr 2023, to make it a good higher foldable telephone than the Razr 2022.

Reduce to the chase

• What’s it? Motorola’s subsequent foldable telephone
• When is it out? In all probability round August 2023
• How a lot will price? Presumably round £949.99 / AU$1,599 (roughly $1,155)

Motorola Razr 2023: launch date and worth

We’ll in all probability be ready some time for the Motorola Razr 2023, because the Razr 2022 solely landed in August 2022, so August 2023 is the most certainly launch month for the subsequent mannequin.

Motorola hasn’t caught with August yearly, however these telephones are at all times no less than introduced in direction of the top of the 12 months, so if something, August might be the earliest we’ll see it.

There’s additionally the query of which international locations it should truly be made obtainable in too, as a result of whereas the 2022 mannequin is out there within the UK and Australia, you possibly can’t at the moment purchase it within the US – although earlier fashions did launch there.

There aren’t any worth rumors but, however the Motorola Razr 2022 begins at £949.99 / AU$1,599 (round $1,155), so the same worth for the subsequent mannequin is fully doable.

The Razr 2022 marked the most effective price-performance steadiness Motorola’s foldable sequence had struck thus far, and eventually rendered them price aggressive towards Samsung’s equal Galaxy Flip. It might be nice for pricing to proceed to fall, in fact, however that seems like a step too far.

Motorola Razr 2023: information and leaks

There aren’t many Motorola Razr 2023 leaks thus far, however we now have heard a few issues, together with one declare that comes from Evan Blass (opens in new tab) – a good leaker – who tweeted that there might be two new Razr fashions in 2023. These will apparently be codenamed Juno and Venus, however no further particulars have been provided.

Of these, it’s possible that Juno is a successor to the Razr 2022, as a result of an earlier leak on 91Mobiles (opens in new tab) mentioned the Motorola Razr 2022’s successor was codenamed Juno and would have a 144Hz display screen once more.

So what about Venus? There’s no information on that. The supply above truly additionally talked about one other telephone codenamed Felix, which is outwardly the corporate’s first rollable telephone, however that’s in all probability additional out.

Venus then may be a telephone extra within the mould of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, however that’s simply hypothesis for now.

What we wish to see

There are a selection of issues we’d wish to see Motorola work on with the subsequent Razr mannequin, with the next 5 topping our record.

1. Higher cameras

The Motorola Razr 2022 has considerably higher cameras than the earlier fashions, however there’s nonetheless room for enchancment on the Razr 2023.

We wish to see enhancements to the post-processing, a greater ultra-wide digicam – because the Razr 2022’s disappoints – and ideally even the addition of a telephoto lens; although that final bit may be an excessive amount of to hope for.

2. Lengthy-term replace help

Motorola is simply promising two years of Android model updates and three years of safety patches with the Razr 2022, which simply isn’t sufficient, particularly for such an costly telephone, and all of the extra so on condition that Samsung and OnePlus are providing 4 years of Android updates and 5 years of safety patches with choose telephones.

So we wish to see Motorola decide to for much longer software program help with the Razr 2023, in any other case it could possibly be onerous to suggest.

3. Water resistance

It looks as if it might be onerous to make a foldable telephone waterproof, however someway Samsung has managed it with current handsets, so we’d wish to see Motorola do the identical with the subsequent Razr.

Technically, you do get some on the Razr 2022, however its IP52 ranking falls far in need of what Samsung gives.

First rate water resistance is a normal function on premium telephones and with good purpose – since the very last thing you need is somewhat rain turning your buy into an costly paperweight.

4. Wi-fi charging

Whereas the Motorola Razr 2022 has affordable battery life and prices fairly shortly, it solely helps wired charging, which is a disgrace in such an expensive handset, particularly as its major rival – the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 – does provide wi-fi charging. So we’d just like the Motorola Razr 2023 to supply it too.

5. Smoother efficiency

There’s no scarcity of energy within the Motorola Razr 2022, but in our evaluation we discovered that the precise efficiency wasn’t at all times nice, with some noticeable jumps and stutters at instances.

Given the {hardware} and the worth, that’s not likely acceptable, so we’d wish to see the Razr 2023 optimized to supply clean efficiency, as that may assist it rank among the many greatest foldable telephones.