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Motorola just revealed the Razr Fold’s price and hoo boy

2026-04-29T18:07:26-04:00

Gotta hand it to Motorola: it’s a good-looking phone.

2026 is shaping up to be a tough year to launch a high-end phone. The memory crisis has phone prices rising across the board, so an already expensive phone risks becoming a much too expensive phone. That might be what happened to the Razr Fold, which will cost $1,900 when it goes on sale in the US on May 14th. That doesn't include the Moto Pen Ultra stylus, which costs an additional $100.

Motorola has dripped out some of the Fold's specs since it was first previewed at CES, and those early signs indicated that this device wouldn't be the more affordable folding phone the market so desperately needs. Today's announcement confirms that: it'll …

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The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there

2026-04-29T18:08:39-04:00

I mean, c’mon.

Look, you're not going to find much new on the 2026 version of the Motorola Razr Ultra. There's a new main camera sensor, a slightly bigger battery, and a higher price: $1,499, up from $1,299. But one thing hasn't changed: this is a darn good looking phone.

The wood-finish back panel returns, and is joined by a new suede-like Alcantara option in orient blue. To everyone who has complained to me over the past year that "phones are boring now," which is many-a Verge reader, please look at these phones. They are definitely not boring. They feel nice, they look nice, and they are eminently photographable.

That's the good ne …

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The Moto Razr and Razr Plus are victims of shrinkflation

2026-04-29T11:56:07-04:00

The Razr Plus only comes in one color, but it’s a good one.

The memory crisis claims another couple of victims. Motorola's midtier and entry-level flip phones cost $100 more than their predecessors, and have few upgrades to show for it.

The 2026 Razr Plus costs $1,099, up from $999. It still comes with a Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 chipset - two years old at this point - with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Its silicon-carbon battery offers a 4,500mAh capacity compared to the 4,000mAh capacity on last year's model, which is a significant boost.

But that's its biggest improvement. The main camera hardware is unchanged, but Motorola swapped the previous generation's 50-megapixel 2x telephoto for a 50-megap …

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Is this Samsung’s upcoming wide foldable?

2026-04-27T08:02:38-04:00

The supposed “Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide” dummy unit can be seen in the middle. | Image by Sonny Dickson

The wide foldable phone that Samsung is reportedly developing is expected to arrive later this year, and now we may have some idea of what it will look like. Leaker and journalist Sonny Dickson has shared images online of what he says are dummy units of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy foldables, including the "Z Fold 8 Wide" - showing a passport-like design that's primed to take on Huawei's Pura X Max and Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone.

The leaked dummy unit suggests that Samsung's wide foldable will feature a dual-camera setup on the rear, down from three cameras on Samsung's other Z Fold phones. All three of the dummy units feature promin …

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Huawei beats Samsung and Apple to market with the first wide foldable

2026-04-20T09:06:16-04:00

Huawei’s Pura X Max (pictured) is the first wide-style foldable over the finish line. | Image: Huawei / The Verge

Huawei has launched its passport-style foldable in China, ahead of similar devices said to be coming from Apple and Samsung. That makes the Pura X Max the first wide foldable phone that's actually available to buy, with today's launch now giving us the full specifications and price after its design was unveiled by Huawei last week.

There are two versions of the Pura X Max, both of which are available to preorder starting today. The standard version starts at 10999 yuan (about $1,613) for 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage, or 11,999 yuan (about $1,800) for 512GB of storage. The Pura X Max Collector's Edition starts at 12,999 yuan (about $ …

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Huawei beats Apple and Samsung with new wide foldable

2026-04-13T04:17:44-04:00

The Pura X Max’s wide aspect ratio should make it a better option for watching horizontal video. | Image: Huawei

Apple and Samsung have both been strongly linked with plans for foldable phones in a boxy, wide aspect ratio, but it looks like another company will get there first. Huawei has just revealed the design of the Pura X Max, a new foldable it's launching in China next week, and its passport-esque form factor is a dead ringer for early leaks of the iPhone Fold.

We don't know too much about the Pura X Max yet, which will get a full release on April 20th alongside the colorful Pura 90 series, but early images shared by Huawei show blue, white, orange, and black versions of the phone, all featuring a triple rear camera. The rear design, with gridde …

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A wide foldable iPhone dummy emerges amid rumors of a delay

2026-04-07T08:01:35-04:00

The two iPhone 18 Pro dummies look much like last year’s 17 Pro models. | Image: Sonny Dickson

We might have our first good look at the shape of the oddly wide iPhone Fold, after leaker and journalist Sonny Dickson shared photos of what he says is a dummy unit of the foldable, alongside similar models of the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max. The apparent design leak comes as it's reported that early engineering tests of the foldable have suffered from production problems which may cause it to ship months later than other iPhones this year.

Dickson, who has a good track record for sourcing accurate dummy models of Apple and Samsung phones used by case makers to test and design their products, shared images of the foldable unit on Bluesky …

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Oppo made the best foldable phone, again

2026-04-08T06:09:50-04:00

Closed, the Find N6 is about as thin as any regular phone. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge

There are always a few reasons people give for not buying a foldable phone. Some - price, battery life, camera quality - are mostly a matter of manufacturers balancing spec sheets to offset the added cost of the folding hardware. Others - durability, size - were practical design problems that have mostly been solved. But the crease always felt different, fundamental: something that foldables would be stuck with no matter what.

Oppo disagrees.

It claims that the Find N6 is the first foldable with a "zero-feel" crease, one so subtle that you can hardly tell it's there. And while there's just a hint of marketing exaggeration there, Oppo isn't …

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Oppo’s nearly creaseless foldable isn’t launching in Europe after all

2026-03-17T09:15:09-04:00

The Find N6 has what Oppo calls a “zero-feel crease.”

Oppo has launched its "zero-feel crease" foldable, the Find N6, but while we knew it was unlikely to launch in the US, it's a shame to discover that the promised "global" launch is also leaving Europe out in the cold. Instead, the Find N6 will go on sale from March 20th across what the company called its "key markets" in Asia, along with Australia and New Zealand.

It's a shame, because like the Find N5 before it, the N6 looks to be one of the best foldable phones yet. The standout feature is of course its crease, which I looked at in detail last week. Helped by a liquid 3D-printed hinge column, it's the shallowest crease I've seen on any fo …

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Samsung discontinues its Galaxy Z TriFold after just three months

2026-03-17T07:49:11-04:00

It’s your last chance to grab the Galaxy Z TriFold before Samsung’s inventory runs out for good. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Samsung is preparing to axe its first three-panel foldable phone less than three months after launching the device in the US. Sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold will first be wound down in Korea and then discontinued in the US once remaining inventory has been cleared, an unnamed Samsung spokesperson told Bloomberg.

This follows a report from Korean media outlet Dong-A Ilbo on Monday that says the TriFold will be getting a final domestic restock today, March 17th. Samsung's website stopped providing future restock updates for the foldable earlier this month, with the TriFold currently listed as "sold out" in the US.

It was only availabl …

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