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Motorola Razr vs Samsung Galaxy Fold: Which is better?

Here is Motorola Razr vs Samsung Galaxy Fold, A Comparison of Specifications and price of smartphones to understand which one is best to buy.

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The foldable smartphones will contribute five per cent (totalling to 30 million units) of the total shipments of high-end phones by 2023. And while these currently fall in a niche category and are priced high due to the manufacturing challenges, however, this is set to change during the course of next five years. Samsung and Huawei have already launched their foldable smartphones, and recently Motorola has launched its foldable smartphones --- Razr. Here, in this Motorola Razr vs Samsung Galaxy Fold comparison, we will find out, which one is more refined.

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Motorola Razr vs Samsung Galaxy Fold: Price

The Motorola Razr costs $1,499.99 (approx. Rs 1,07,400) in the US. The smartphone will be available in January and the pre-booking starts from December.

The Galaxy Fold is priced at Rs 1,64,999 in India.

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Motorola Razr vs Samsung Galaxy Fold: Design and features

Early this year, we came to know that Motorola is working to bring back its Razr smartphone, but what’s interesting is that this time it would fold. The Motorola Razr has a signature hinge that is pulled away from the edge of the handset to reveal a different sort of hinge underneath that incorporates a truly foldable screen as seen in the Samsung’s Galaxy Fold. The Motorola Razr features a flexible screen that folds completely in half like a book to give it a traditional Razr look. The secondary screen called as the Quick View external display allows for faster access to notifications, music, Google Assistant, and more.

The Razr comes with pre-installed apps such as Moto Display, Moto Action, Moto Camera. You can use the secondary display as a trackpad to scroll social media apps or web pages on a browser.

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The Galaxy Fold opens smoothly and naturally, like a book, and closes flat and compact with a satisfying click. To make sure, the Galaxy Fold opens seamlessly, Samsung designed a sophisticated hinge with multiple interlocking gears, which is housed in a hidden enclosure. The ultimate multitasking device, the Galaxy Fold can open up to three active apps simultaneously on the main display allowing you to surf, text, work, watch and share without losing a beat.

Motorola Razr vs Samsung Galaxy Fold: Processor and battery

The Raze runs on stock Android 9 Pie and is armed with Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoC coupled with 6GB of RAM.

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Samsung has equipped the Galaxy Fold with a high-powered, next-generation AP chipset and 12GB of RAM. The Galaxy Fold is also capable of charging itself and a second device simultaneously via Wireless PowerShare, while connected to a regular charger so you can leave your second charger at home.

Motorola Razr vs Samsung Galaxy Fold: Camera

The Razr sports a single 16MP f/1.7 primary camera that can also be used as front camera. The company has added a Night Vision mode for low-light photography. There is also an 5MP camera integrated into the front display notch, which can be used to take selfies when you don't want to close the phone.

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For photography, the Galaxy Fold comes with a 10MP selfie camera with an f2.2 aperture at the cover. At the rear, the Galaxy Fold has a triple camera setup consisting of an f2.2 16MP ultra-wide camera, a 12MP wide-angle camera with super-speed dual pixel AF, OIS, f1.5/f2.4 and a 12MP telephoto camera with PDAF, OIS, f2.4, 2X optical zoom. There is a dual-camera at the front dual camera – a 10MP selfie camera with f2.2 and an 8MP RGB depth camera with f1.9 aperture.

Motorola Razr vs Samsung Galaxy Fold: Which one is better

Overall speaking, Samsung was working on a foldable smartphone for almost 10 years, and the end result is just fantastic. Samsung Galaxy Fold, the South Korean giant’s category-defining smartphone offers users a new way to multitask, play games and watch videos.

On the other hand, the Razr is first attempt from Motorola to bring a flexible display in an iconic device. We feel, if you have such huge amount of money to afford an innovative technology, then the Galaxy Fold is your best bet.

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