A huge thing about flip phones for me are the ability the use the outside screen to the extent the RAZR does. If Samsung adds that to the Flip5 I'm immediately hooked forever.
@@TheMrMobile I wrote this comment mid-watch. Having now finished it.. wow the difference between the 19/20 and 2022 is jarring. Seems like a regression in design
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I bought a Flip 3 but stopped using it mainly because of the useless outer screen and constant flipping
Totally agree with all of your points, it's such a shame to see Moto drop their bold distinct design in favor of boring simplicity. I still love my 2019 Razr and I hope to get many more years out of it
i really dont see anything bad about the new one. to me it fixes everything the previous one needed. and if the previous one was good then this is better. i think the reviewer just wanted to complain about nothing. only bad thing i can think off is that it is a bit to wide. thats it. i would like for the next version for them to make the screen bigger by reducing the bezels.
@@dnegel9546 That's cuz you only see functionality & little else, while to a good number of us, Mr. Mobile himself especially, the concept of foldable touchscreen phones itself represents something more, & definitely something that the previous Razr added to. The Razr name itself, especially when added on a foldable, is a symbol of breaking the mold, standing out, & all around just being unique, at least in form if not in function. Now, it's just yet another faceless one-of-the-many.
They missed the mark on this one. They should've kept the original form factor and improved upon it. I digged its uniqueness with its chin and it's such a huge disappointment Motorola took it off!
I have owned the RAZR 5G since last year and anxiously waited for the newest RAZR. I can't tell you how disappointed I was to see the "new design." The original RAZR design with the chin was so iconic, unmatched by any other phone. I feel like Motorola shot themselves in the foot with this one. As always I appreciate your review.
I liked it too, but the designs of the RAZR 5G and the previous RAZR were criticized by almost every reviewer except Mr. Mobile. I'm sure Motorola was intentionally hoping to trade "quirky" for "sales" with this redesign, and I can't say I blame them. (Even though it's not my preference.)
@@Johnny_Socko Shame that so many no longer has the capacity to appreciate unique designs these days. The way i see it, Moto should've just dropped the Razr branding altogether if they wanted to make their new entry look so boring.
Unless the next iteration of the RAZR gets back to actual RAZR design roots, I'm holding onto my 5G for a long, long time. There's literally nothing about the 2022 design I like.
@@Johnny_Socko people simultaneously complain that phones have become similarly shaped glass bricks, while also criticising different form factors as not being a bezeless screen.
You really have the best tech reviews on this whole youtube thingy. You are so eloquent and poetic with your descriptions. I always put MKBHD at the top of my list of fav reviewers, but recently I've felt like I get better information from your reviews. Stay awesome, Mr. Mobile.
MKBHD review is good but kinda feel "mass-produced" (the view count literally explains it) while Mr Mobile tastefully crafted videos is something special and feels personal. My 2 cents ..
@@obidean3964 Yeah totally agree. He really cares about the majority opinion and how the phone fares for most people, while michael reviews the device based on how well it fits with his own lifestyle. It's because of the big "populist" reviewers like MKBHD that OEMs have started moving away from curved displays (at least that's what I assume, could be wrong).
Yeah I'm with you. The first RAZR was iconic, I was using one for almost 4 years (I still have it and it STILL works!) I've always been a huge fan of the design. The previous RAZR foldable was cool, this might be a better phone but it's not a very good RAZR
The only review I’ve been waiting on. I’ve ordered mine here in the UK and with a 10% discount got it for £855 so a fantastic price. I know it has some down points like no wireless charging, not so great wide camera and no waterproofing but I think it has some great clawbacks with an outer display that you can actually use for most (unlike the flip series), a far less noticeable crease and a very good main camera. I also like the idea of the wider screen as I have quite large hands so feel this will be comfortable to use. Time will tell but really looking forward to using it and seeing how it goes.
Another thing that would sway me: Instead of ultra-thin glass as on the Samsung Flip series, the RAZR 5G used a plastic screen, which means no cracking ever. Does the RAZR 2022 continue with the plastic screen?
Mr. Mobile I have been waiting for this video from you! Other reviewers all praise the new specs but you're the only one who gets the subjective *feel* of the phone and how important it is to be slim, sleek, and flippable. After losing my RAZR 5G earlier this year I anxiously awaited news of the 2022 model; and when I finally saw it, I decided to buy a new RAZR 5G because this is a massive disappointment in my book. Sad that Motorola decided to copy Samsung, but not surprised. I just hope this isn't the end for the Razr.
Anytime your looking for tech information I highly recommend watching Flossy Carter on here. He is my first go to when it comes to phones watches tablets etc.
@@Blessed_444 I do watch him and his videos are great, but they are very long, so I can't afford to watch his videos for every single product that I am interested in....
Your videos are amazing to begin with but greatly enhanced by your amazing & witty command of English. Your writing is fantastic. A 10 minute video feels like it took 2 minutes because I don't keep looking at the progress bar on between "um"s and "so"s. Thank you, and keep it up! P.S. thank you for using UA-cam Chapters unlike the muppets on the other channels.
Hopefully in a few years we'll start to see flips and folds from companies like Google, Apple, OnePlus, Asus. I really want to see more designs and ideas available to us in the U.S. than just Samsung's versions of foldables
@@Raja995mh33 Typical. There was a time they said Apple will never make large display phones cos they look stupid, and Apple will never make wireless charging cos it's stupid. And oh! Apple will never make high refresh rate or always on display cos they are all stupid. Yet another one is Apple will never implement fast charging cos it'll kill your battery and it's stupid. We just gonna wait till they make fold phones and it'll be touted as the best things since slice bread
Oppo, Vivo, Huawei, Xiaomi's foldables are already in the Chinese market and Google's R&D is going on. Asus already marketed the "foldable" laptop, so phone is not far away. You can definitely expect some competition in the coming years.
Honestly it is disappointing to see them drop the iconic design even if in some ways, it’s to the phone’s benefit. Hell I just found out someone at work uses one of the older modern RAZR as their daily and it looks amazing just as the original did. So to see this… reinterpretation of what Samsung is doing, it just makes you wonder why they couldn’t find a way to make that sleek look work. Fantastic review as always Michael.
Because alas, people hate charging their phones, and the first two Razrs just do not last as long as the Z Flip, it's physically impossible without fattening it, which if they did but kept the chin, I think would be a worthy sacrifice for the masses. Honestly the 2022 "Razr" shouldn't have the name, it's obviously more akin to a Moto Edge than the icons of the ages.
Your videos are always the premier example of great reviews and day in the life usage. Even if I'm not in the market for a device I look forward to new vids
Last month I traded my flip 1 with Razr 1, I just love the design of Razr first gen..and with Android 11 update the cover screen is fully usable, so much fun ..
I have a Z4 and do like the Moto. I like the outer screen and a wider main screen (it does give the feel of more normal sized screen). The fold is also a lot less noticeable then the Z4. As for the software, we haven't seen what the European version has to offer, so the verdict is out. Having said this, I don't know if foldable phones are the future or are just a gimmick.
I think the" wideness" is welcome. Keeps the phone's aspect ratio in check (20:9). A less wide phone probably would've yielded (in my opinion) a needlessly tall aspect ratio. While I don't mind larger phones; taller phones have been the bane of my existence ever since manufactures decided to artificially claim bigger screen sizes within the same relative foot print
I absolutely agree... I dislike the Flip 4 for having that weird tall and skinny look and feel. I love the wide normal width of the RAZR. And I've gotten compliments to the contrary: People constantly tell me how they are surprised when I fold it.. because it looks like a regular size smart phone that folds to half the size and doesn't look like a makeup case.
Aspect ratio debates will never end, just because it's such a subjective area. For me, tall and narrow is where it's at. Silver lining: now there's more choice in the clamshell space (in some markets, anyway).
I have a friend who has the 2020 Razr and when they sent me a screenshot of something I realized that the LG V60 was taller in the aspect ratio side of things
Agree with every single work of yours @mrmobile. So sad to see Razor moving towards Zflip design... It's not a razor anymore no matter how good the specs are.
I completely agree with all of your comments and I find it sad that they completely abandoned their indivuality in favor of fitting in. I absolutely do not like the new razr at all aestheticcally compared to the 2019 and 2020 5g models. This switch to fit it more and look like a Samsung is exactly why I will never buy the new razr cause honestly if I wanted a Samsung I would just buy a Samsung cause of the better cameras, operating systems and availability. Motorola completely dropped the ball here with this new model and hopefully the sales aren't bad enough that they discontinue the model because I would love to see them go back to the older models with better operating systems, cameras and sleek original design
I upgraded from the v60 to the moto razr2022. I do see your points about what this phone isn't compared to previous models. I knew I wanted a foldable phone as an upgrade and the outer display was a huge selling point compared to Samsung's flip4. I use the outer display for quick calculator access for my job and messages when I need to quick message someone if I don't want to ruin movie experience for others. My biggest worry was it's an overseas phone. And I was told at&t and Verizon wouldn't be compatible. But I just popped in the sim card and thank God it worked. Your absolutely right about the software. It is buggy, and just like you said in video, the personalization app won't open for me either 😭. Personally, I use a different home launcher than the stock it comes with so it helps with my own personal customization.
@Bas Hartman sadly enough, I had to trade it in about a week ago. 😫 everything about that phone was perfect. The display, the power behind the phone, the 120hrz display everything. What killed it, unfortunately, was a simple bug. Group text messaging. Forwhatever reason, I noticed that I was missing out on conversations or I wasn't receiving the full messages in group messages. I thought It was just the app I was using but I used every messaging app known on the app store and each had a group messaging problem. I called Verizon and they knew it was an overseas phone and couldn't really do much except keep telling me to try another app. But in the end it just got frustrating. Who knew just a basic task as group messaging would kill the experience for me. Traded it in for Fold4 (cuz I wasn't gonna go back to a Candy bar Phone). About 2 weeks ago. Haven't looked back sense
Two things I really liked about the RAZR 5g that Samsung did not have.. 1) the bottom "chin" 2) the ability to do most things from the cover screen. My RAZR 5g died this year... I've moved over to the Samsung flip 4 because it's Easter proof. If the RAZR had the chin, I'd have gotten that .. But now the RAZR looks like the flip 4, I went for the flip. So the cover screen, natively, the flip 4 is very limited but with third party apps I can now use it for most things except writing text. The RAZR 2022 is no longer line the old RAZR , now it is just a Samsung with less pros than the Samsung
It was heartwarming to see the QM2 in the vid. I used to work on it, been to New York quite a few times actually. I just wish I could've met you when I was there.
Just from an engineering standpoint to get better battery life, internal cooling and performance it has to be a bit fatter. I think i certainly prefer that form factor to the flip. Not getting a full tablet like the fold but mitigating the main downside of chunky phablets by keeping it small in the pocket. Heavily considering one because moto lets you load whatever OS you want for long term use.
After receiving delivery of my razr 22 I can easily say I love it. To be able to reply to messages (with whatever text I want) from the cover screen is a win in any book. The phone feels solid, screen is great and camera is great (not excellent). I’m more than happy to use this day to day.
It's a shame to see the RAZR-esque design gone and just following the Z Flip trend now. Still, an interesting foldable, while it's not for me, I'm glad to see continuation of more foldable.
For comparison, Samsung 256gb flip4 is £1000. I've been using the China release RAZR for over 2 months. Overall a better phone than the flip4. Aesthetically it could do with a little refinement and the minor software bugs need ironing out. Main camera has potentioal. with a few updates it'll be running as smoothly as a flip. The one major feature that the RAZR needs, is to allow regular widgets on the outer display. That'd be a game changer. For example you could have sports scores or a fitness tracker displayed.
I own the Razr 5G and while I hate Android with a passion, I just can't get enough of the beautiful design. I couldn't be more disappointed with this new Razr. The design of the Razr 2019 and Razr 5G is what convinced me to switch from iPhone. The new Razr looks like a normal candybar phone folded in half, just like the all the others, the quirkiness is totally gone.
Great review as always! Disappointed that the design is no longer RAZR like, It does look like the older Z Flip.. strange they omit wireless charging.. but the larger external screen and larger MP camera are pluses.. not enough to make me swap out my Z Flip 4
"until Apple came along no one mattered more in mobile than the company that built the first cell phone" yeah maybe in the states but for the rest of the world it was Nokia. Motorola wasn't that important globally. The Razor was popular and iconic though.
I saw this video in my feed and got really excited for an updated RAZR, then I saw the updated "RAZR." Motorola got rid of the one thing the RAZR had over the Samsung, the unique and for old people like me (36) nostalgic look!
I nearly had a heart attack for you at 7:46 when you're holding it over the ocean with one hand and recording yourself holding it over the ocean with the other.
Totally agree with you. When I bought my Razr 5G, I knew that it was a technically inferior phone compared to the Flip, but the flip felt like a generic phone that happens to fold in half. I liked the Razr's distinctive retro-future design.
Having used this as my daily driver for a month now, I will say that it is maybe my favorite phone I have ever owned. Yes, I don't like the design as much as my Razr 5G, and yes, the fact that I was impatient and ordered the Chinese version does create some problems (Android Auto will not work for example), I still like this way more than the ZFlip3. I have the 5G, which I loved, but unfortunately it's not a particularly good phone (no service in my office on Verizon when all my other phones had no troubles) and switched to the Samsung. I never could enjoy the Z3 - the gutter is distracting, I hate the aspect ratio of it, and I don't really love the Samsung interface. The Razr 2022 has pretty much solved all of those issues. A total winner in my book. By the way, a decent looking cover makes the giant outside "picture frame" look go away.
Thanks for the review Cap'n 2 Phones ! I seriously believe that Sammy needs competition in north America. Or else we're just gonna be stuck with iterative upgrades from them. Hope other players enter the chat soon !
In terms of the form factor, I think there's probably only so much Motorola can do with the technology involved. That's the only reason I can think of they would make it so much like the Flip.
Mr mobile makes the best reviews even though sometimes the product doesn’t interested me his reviews I still watch them because he makes it sound so interesting. He should be a salesman for tech companies.
I will give Motorola credit, at least they're trying to make the new Razr work, could've at least tried to keep more of the original asthetic while updating, but hopefully with their next model they'll have ironed out the issues with this one.
Even without reading the comments, i'm sure many here would share my sentiment, & agree with your subjective views on the phone. While i do laud the improved functionalities of the new iteration (i really REALLY don't wanna call it a Razr), i sure as hell lament its loss of individuality. As great as this new Moto foldable is in terms of function, it sure as hell has no business carrying the Razr branding.
Michael, you must have seen the "cover launcher" app by now? It adds full app functionality to the Z Flip series, at least in some capacity. I've watched UA-cam, and even played full on 3D games on the Z flip 3's cover screen. Definitely stuff I wish I coulda done from the start!
Glad to see the improvements, but I'm pretty disappointed with the design of the phone itself. Maybe it's just my nostalgia talking, but I vastly prefer the look of the RAZR 5G.
I just got it.. It's huge. Great when closed but huge open. The crease is really noticeable and you can feel it. Great phone tho!! I'm keeping it. Giztop $1,100... Delivered in 5 days. It's the Chinese version... You can switch to English and it works great on Verizon. The Bluetooth indoor isn't as solid as my s21 ultra.
this is why I chose this for my second phone over the flip and the newer razr 40. I already have a z fold 4 but am curios about the motorolla desktop mode. The only thing this is not packing is the stylus pen but I have enough things that can manage.
Great honest review as always Michael, I am a big fan of Motorola.. have always been , but I agree this design didn't sit with me well! They should have kept the same design element from the previous Razr's so that the new one didn't look somewhat similar to Samsung
While I understand and share the frustration a fellow Razr aficionado would feel, it is a move in the right direction as the last design wouldn't have been capable of handling a larger battery or a deeper, better camera. The fact that the older design worked in old days is because we didn't have such camera or battery burdens on our devices.
There are ways of making a fatter phone not look so fat & vice versa. That's why design itself is something worth studying in the first place. Motorola could have kept design cues from the last Razr & at least still make it look sleek & stylish to a certain extent, despite still having to use fatter dimensions. Now with just boring squares & muted designs, it's just a fat phone EMPHASIZING the fact that it's fat.
The chin design was way better in the RAZR 2020, the silver RAZR 2020 paired with the curved edges made it my favorite looking modern flip phone apart from the flip 3. They should've kept the curves and chin.
I wish people would stop bashing on wide phones... Yes, a wider phone will make one-handed usage more difficult some of the time but a slimmer phone will make double-handed usage difficult all of the time, especially when typing as you have to intermesh your fingers behind the phone and painfully curve your thumbs to use the ever-smaller keyboard even when set at max-height.
The phone just needed a better industrial design team to execute a good successor to the razr from years before, a team who cared what the nomenclature stood for.
While I agree with everything here, I'm still very glad this exists for two very important reasons: 1. The outside screen makes it infinitely more useful than the Samsung Flip 2. Competition in the west, to a very stagnant and comfortable Samsung P.S. Launchers only change the launcher, not the system. Changing the system requires a custom ROM, which is somewhat cumbersome and risky (and definitely voids your warranty) but historically speaking Motorola phones have seen very active development from launch until up to a decade after the phone's release date. This (or the next model) will be a compelling upgrade from my Pixel 5 now that the Pixel family has gone in a direction I'm not too excited about (under the screen fingerprint sensor).
what a great video.. 10/10 for keeping up with the foldable content michael.. Lets hope these companies give you something to be really excited about next year lol
Mr Mobile: Moto sells the Razr's soul to fit for fight Samsung The entirety of Windows Phone: first time? I mean, even at this day, nothing beats the Metro design, Joe B. did sold the soul to become Android-like, cue the setting screen between pre-Mango and W10M =[ and back to the razr, the wide proportion is weird but understandable as a ex- razr 5G owner, the narrowness is a pratical down side when use it day by day
The comical wideness makes this a very easy to use and see phone. Loving it. Coming from the very narrow Z3 Flip. Wish Moto would offer wide and narrow options for their phones.
Yay, Mr Mobile teaching people about the importance of Motorola in the cellphone world ! (not that everyone shouldn't know that by now, it's mandatory). Cool to hear they run a luxurious processor in there now. Love the notifications unfolding to a bigger preview in the half-bent state of phone. Respect for knowing Shakespeare's quotes right out of the bat ;) 5:50 nice ability to deal with direct sunlight and not messing up darker areas in the picture. 8:31 - foood ! Fooooooooooooood ! 11:23 - sorry to hear they thinned its individuality so far.
I don't blame them for confirming to the market. Look at what happened to Nokia and Blackberry when they decided to do their own thing. Companies need money to survive, and they need to do something that people would buy to earn that cash
Thanks for all the commitment Mr Fisher from your long time subscriber all the way from Nigeria. However, I would like to suggest that you be making review on some awesome Samsung Galaxy A series like A73 & A53. They're actually amazing in low cost; especially that your reviews are not strictly limited on the Flagship phones only. Thank you and stay blessed always.
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A huge thing about flip phones for me are the ability the use the outside screen to the extent the RAZR does. If Samsung adds that to the Flip5 I'm immediately hooked forever.
No question, Moto continues to outperform here. Just wish the software implementation was as smooth as it was on the RAZR '19/'20.
@@TheMrMobile weird decision from Motorola devs, as the newer seems getting nerfed 🤔
@@TheMrMobile I wrote this comment mid-watch. Having now finished it.. wow the difference between the 19/20 and 2022 is jarring. Seems like a regression in design
I bought a Flip 3 but stopped using it mainly because of the useless outer screen and constant flipping
@ what do you mean by constant flipping ? 🤔
Totally agree with all of your points, it's such a shame to see Moto drop their bold distinct design in favor of boring simplicity. I still love my 2019 Razr and I hope to get many more years out of it
Even though security updates just ended on it in September?
Nostalgia can only sell so many phones.
@@americanparser my 2020 RAZR (the previous one) has now Android 12 which is really efficient for it's battery and performance 👍
i really dont see anything bad about the new one. to me it fixes everything the previous one needed. and if the previous one was good then this is better.
i think the reviewer just wanted to complain about nothing.
only bad thing i can think off is that it is a bit to wide. thats it.
i would like for the next version for them to make the screen bigger by reducing the bezels.
@@dnegel9546 That's cuz you only see functionality & little else, while to a good number of us, Mr. Mobile himself especially, the concept of foldable touchscreen phones itself represents something more, & definitely something that the previous Razr added to. The Razr name itself, especially when added on a foldable, is a symbol of breaking the mold, standing out, & all around just being unique, at least in form if not in function. Now, it's just yet another faceless one-of-the-many.
They missed the mark on this one. They should've kept the original form factor and improved upon it. I digged its uniqueness with its chin and it's such a huge disappointment Motorola took it off!
it was ugly
@@bunnypoop4508 so does the new one
@@ReHsA no
@@NowKissMyChucks yes
@@NowKissMyChucks it's subjective
I have owned the RAZR 5G since last year and anxiously waited for the newest RAZR. I can't tell you how disappointed I was to see the "new design." The original RAZR design with the chin was so iconic, unmatched by any other phone. I feel like Motorola shot themselves in the foot with this one. As always I appreciate your review.
I liked it too, but the designs of the RAZR 5G and the previous RAZR were criticized by almost every reviewer except Mr. Mobile. I'm sure Motorola was intentionally hoping to trade "quirky" for "sales" with this redesign, and I can't say I blame them. (Even though it's not my preference.)
@@Johnny_Socko Shame that so many no longer has the capacity to appreciate unique designs these days. The way i see it, Moto should've just dropped the Razr branding altogether if they wanted to make their new entry look so boring.
Unless the next iteration of the RAZR gets back to actual RAZR design roots, I'm holding onto my 5G for a long, long time. There's literally nothing about the 2022 design I like.
@@Johnny_Socko people simultaneously complain that phones have become similarly shaped glass bricks, while also criticising different form factors as not being a bezeless screen.
@@ryan.crosby The chin begs to include a headphone jack (in my dreams atleast)
Not bad, but agree. I prefer the older look with the chin. It's what made the Razr a Razr.
You really have the best tech reviews on this whole youtube thingy. You are so eloquent and poetic with your descriptions. I always put MKBHD at the top of my list of fav reviewers, but recently I've felt like I get better information from your reviews. Stay awesome, Mr. Mobile.
Much appreciated!
I sometimes find MKBHD's reviews to be a bit boring and dry, but Michael's reviews always have me entertained from start to finish.
MKBHD review is good but kinda feel "mass-produced" (the view count literally explains it) while Mr Mobile tastefully crafted videos is something special and feels personal. My 2 cents ..
@@obidean3964 Yeah totally agree. He really cares about the majority opinion and how the phone fares for most people, while michael reviews the device based on how well it fits with his own lifestyle.
It's because of the big "populist" reviewers like MKBHD that OEMs have started moving away from curved displays (at least that's what I assume, could be wrong).
Yeah I'm with you. The first RAZR was iconic, I was using one for almost 4 years (I still have it and it STILL works!) I've always been a huge fan of the design. The previous RAZR foldable was cool, this might be a better phone but it's not a very good RAZR
Exactly, it just isn’t a RAZR, it’s chinese clone of a Galaxy Flip
The only review I’ve been waiting on. I’ve ordered mine here in the UK and with a 10% discount got it for £855 so a fantastic price. I know it has some down points like no wireless charging, not so great wide camera and no waterproofing but I think it has some great clawbacks with an outer display that you can actually use for most (unlike the flip series), a far less noticeable crease and a very good main camera. I also like the idea of the wider screen as I have quite large hands so feel this will be comfortable to use. Time will tell but really looking forward to using it and seeing how it goes.
Another thing that would sway me: Instead of ultra-thin glass as on the Samsung Flip series, the RAZR 5G used a plastic screen, which means no cracking ever. Does the RAZR 2022 continue with the plastic screen?
@@Johnny_Socko glass this time
Great price may I ask where you purchased it from 🙂
@@deborahdavies3123 direct from Motorola
Mr. Mobile I have been waiting for this video from you! Other reviewers all praise the new specs but you're the only one who gets the subjective *feel* of the phone and how important it is to be slim, sleek, and flippable. After losing my RAZR 5G earlier this year I anxiously awaited news of the 2022 model; and when I finally saw it, I decided to buy a new RAZR 5G because this is a massive disappointment in my book.
Sad that Motorola decided to copy Samsung, but not surprised. I just hope this isn't the end for the Razr.
totally agree with what you said and I might as well replace my razr 5g with another razr 5g
Awesome review as always! Ex Motorola guy here. Really appreciate your insights on both pros and cons.
Ever since I heard that the 2022 RAZR was out, I was waiting for this video...Was definitely worth the wait
Anytime your looking for tech information I highly recommend watching Flossy Carter on here. He is my first go to when it comes to phones watches tablets etc.
@@Blessed_444 I do watch him and his videos are great, but they are very long, so I can't afford to watch his videos for every single product that I am interested in....
I too was waiting for this video for forever. I was very interested in this device, but now, I am a little less interested.
I could never give up my iPhone for one of these gimmicks.
@@davidjacobs6244 I could never give up the convenience and options that I have on Android phones for an iPhone too
Your videos are amazing to begin with but greatly enhanced by your amazing & witty command of English. Your writing is fantastic. A 10 minute video feels like it took 2 minutes because I don't keep looking at the progress bar on between "um"s and "so"s.
Thank you, and keep it up!
P.S. thank you for using UA-cam Chapters unlike the muppets on the other channels.
Hopefully in a few years we'll start to see flips and folds from companies like Google, Apple, OnePlus, Asus. I really want to see more designs and ideas available to us in the U.S. than just Samsung's versions of foldables
Apple will never make a Flip because the design is just stupid...
@@Raja995mh33 Typical. There was a time they said Apple will never make large display phones cos they look stupid, and Apple will never make wireless charging cos it's stupid. And oh! Apple will never make high refresh rate or always on display cos they are all stupid. Yet another one is Apple will never implement fast charging cos it'll kill your battery and it's stupid. We just gonna wait till they make fold phones and it'll be touted as the best things since slice bread
Oppo, Vivo, Huawei, Xiaomi's foldables are already in the Chinese market and Google's R&D is going on. Asus already marketed the "foldable" laptop, so phone is not far away. You can definitely expect some competition in the coming years.
@@Raja995mh33 Then why are you even here?
@@tams805 because he has the right to an opinion.
Honestly it is disappointing to see them drop the iconic design even if in some ways, it’s to the phone’s benefit. Hell I just found out someone at work uses one of the older modern RAZR as their daily and it looks amazing just as the original did. So to see this… reinterpretation of what Samsung is doing, it just makes you wonder why they couldn’t find a way to make that sleek look work. Fantastic review as always Michael.
Because alas, people hate charging their phones, and the first two Razrs just do not last as long as the Z Flip, it's physically impossible without fattening it, which if they did but kept the chin, I think would be a worthy sacrifice for the masses.
Honestly the 2022 "Razr" shouldn't have the name, it's obviously more akin to a Moto Edge than the icons of the ages.
Your videos are always the premier example of great reviews and day in the life usage. Even if I'm not in the market for a device I look forward to new vids
Last month I traded my flip 1 with Razr 1, I just love the design of Razr first gen..and with Android 11 update the cover screen is fully usable, so much fun ..
This was the phone I was waiting for because I loved the throwback to old-school flip phones in the first gen
You might want to look for something else.
@@DenienN yes I know
I have a Z4 and do like the Moto. I like the outer screen and a wider main screen (it does give the feel of more normal sized screen). The fold is also a lot less noticeable then the Z4. As for the software, we haven't seen what the European version has to offer, so the verdict is out. Having said this, I don't know if foldable phones are the future or are just a gimmick.
I hate to say it but when I replace my Razr 5G, I'll pick up a Z Flip. This new Razr design is disappointing.
@@ivanarellano1207 exactly
I think the" wideness" is welcome. Keeps the phone's aspect ratio in check (20:9). A less wide phone probably would've yielded (in my opinion) a needlessly tall aspect ratio. While I don't mind larger phones; taller phones have been the bane of my existence ever since manufactures decided to artificially claim bigger screen sizes within the same relative foot print
totally agree. the ratio of the z flip 3 was ridiculous. the 4 is slightly better.
I absolutely agree... I dislike the Flip 4 for having that weird tall and skinny look and feel. I love the wide normal width of the RAZR. And I've gotten compliments to the contrary: People constantly tell me how they are surprised when I fold it.. because it looks like a regular size smart phone that folds to half the size and doesn't look like a makeup case.
Aspect ratio debates will never end, just because it's such a subjective area. For me, tall and narrow is where it's at. Silver lining: now there's more choice in the clamshell space (in some markets, anyway).
I have a friend who has the 2020 Razr and when they sent me a screenshot of something I realized that the LG V60 was taller in the aspect ratio side of things
Still miss the old design of the first two Motorolas.
Agree with every single work of yours @mrmobile. So sad to see Razor moving towards Zflip design... It's not a razor anymore no matter how good the specs are.
I completely agree with all of your comments and I find it sad that they completely abandoned their indivuality in favor of fitting in. I absolutely do not like the new razr at all aestheticcally compared to the 2019 and 2020 5g models. This switch to fit it more and look like a Samsung is exactly why I will never buy the new razr cause honestly if I wanted a Samsung I would just buy a Samsung cause of the better cameras, operating systems and availability. Motorola completely dropped the ball here with this new model and hopefully the sales aren't bad enough that they discontinue the model because I would love to see them go back to the older models with better operating systems, cameras and sleek original design
Motorola dipped the Razr into an unhealthy dose of Blandness Sauce. Wow. Great review as always, Michael! Cheers, //Rick
I upgraded from the v60 to the moto razr2022. I do see your points about what this phone isn't compared to previous models. I knew I wanted a foldable phone as an upgrade and the outer display was a huge selling point compared to Samsung's flip4.
I use the outer display for quick calculator access for my job and messages when I need to quick message someone if I don't want to ruin movie experience for others.
My biggest worry was it's an overseas phone. And I was told at&t and Verizon wouldn't be compatible. But I just popped in the sim card and thank God it worked.
Your absolutely right about the software. It is buggy, and just like you said in video, the personalization app won't open for me either 😭. Personally, I use a different home launcher than the stock it comes with so it helps with my own personal customization.
How is it holding up after a couple of months? I'm interested in the 2022 RAZR
@Bas Hartman sadly enough, I had to trade it in about a week ago. 😫 everything about that phone was perfect. The display, the power behind the phone, the 120hrz display everything. What killed it, unfortunately, was a simple bug. Group text messaging. Forwhatever reason, I noticed that I was missing out on conversations or I wasn't receiving the full messages in group messages. I thought It was just the app I was using but I used every messaging app known on the app store and each had a group messaging problem. I called Verizon and they knew it was an overseas phone and couldn't really do much except keep telling me to try another app. But in the end it just got frustrating. Who knew just a basic task as group messaging would kill the experience for me. Traded it in for Fold4 (cuz I wasn't gonna go back to a Candy bar Phone). About 2 weeks ago. Haven't looked back sense
Kinda wish they'd keep the legacy design of the 19' RAZR and just kinda improve on it's weakest points
Two things I really liked about the RAZR 5g that Samsung did not have.. 1) the bottom "chin" 2) the ability to do most things from the cover screen.
My RAZR 5g died this year... I've moved over to the Samsung flip 4 because it's Easter proof. If the RAZR had the chin, I'd have gotten that .. But now the RAZR looks like the flip 4, I went for the flip.
So the cover screen, natively, the flip 4 is very limited but with third party apps I can now use it for most things except writing text.
The RAZR 2022 is no longer line the old RAZR , now it is just a Samsung with less pros than the Samsung
I've been waiting for this!
Been waiting for the only review that matters! Señor Mobile!
I miss the Razr 2020's design so badly, especially in silver :(
It was heartwarming to see the QM2 in the vid. I used to work on it, been to New York quite a few times actually. I just wish I could've met you when I was there.
Just from an engineering standpoint to get better battery life, internal cooling and performance it has to be a bit fatter. I think i certainly prefer that form factor to the flip. Not getting a full tablet like the fold but mitigating the main downside of chunky phablets by keeping it small in the pocket. Heavily considering one because moto lets you load whatever OS you want for long term use.
After receiving delivery of my razr 22 I can easily say I love it. To be able to reply to messages (with whatever text I want) from the cover screen is a win in any book. The phone feels solid, screen is great and camera is great (not excellent). I’m more than happy to use this day to day.
It's a shame to see the RAZR-esque design gone and just following the Z Flip trend now. Still, an interesting foldable, while it's not for me, I'm glad to see continuation of more foldable.
as of the 27th Oct, the 256gb model can be had for £855 in the UK directly from motorola's website.
£950 list price - 10% newsletter sign up promo
For comparison, Samsung 256gb flip4 is £1000.
I've been using the China release RAZR for over 2 months. Overall a better phone than the flip4. Aesthetically it could do with a little refinement and the minor software bugs need ironing out. Main camera has potentioal. with a few updates it'll be running as smoothly as a flip. The one major feature that the RAZR needs, is to allow regular widgets on the outer display. That'd be a game changer. For example you could have sports scores or a fitness tracker displayed.
I own the Razr 5G and while I hate Android with a passion, I just can't get enough of the beautiful design. I couldn't be more disappointed with this new Razr. The design of the Razr 2019 and Razr 5G is what convinced me to switch from iPhone. The new Razr looks like a normal candybar phone folded in half, just like the all the others, the quirkiness is totally gone.
It'd be an absolute masterpiece indeed, If these specs were in Razr 5G form :/
Hands down the best hands on reviews - as a UK resident I love the New York walkabouts as well.
There's an art to the way you produce your videos that I've always admired (e.x. 4:25 - it's very creative and takes proper planning)
9:56 Legitimately thought this was a giant Razr monument 😂😂
Great shot !
So any word, when this phone is coming to the great old USA ??
Great review as always! Disappointed that the design is no longer RAZR like, It does look like the older Z Flip.. strange they omit wireless charging.. but the larger external screen and larger MP camera are pluses.. not enough to make me swap out my Z Flip 4
Yeah this is the Motorola Flip 4
"until Apple came along no one mattered more in mobile than the company that built the first cell phone" yeah maybe in the states but for the rest of the world it was Nokia. Motorola wasn't that important globally. The Razor was popular and iconic though.
I saw this video in my feed and got really excited for an updated RAZR, then I saw the updated "RAZR." Motorola got rid of the one thing the RAZR had over the Samsung, the unique and for old people like me (36) nostalgic look!
Nostalgia can drive sales only so far!
@@sexyscientist They should have named it anything else then.
@@EricBWI262 I vote for moto rokr.
YEAH BAYBEEEE LET'S GOOOOOO more folding phones. The fun phone will rise yet again!
I feel like the USP for me was the classic razr shape… cannot believe they dropped it with this new model
I will admit, I was a bit scared of durability after getting a Flip 4, but mine's been perfect so far.
I nearly had a heart attack for you at 7:46 when you're holding it over the ocean with one hand and recording yourself holding it over the ocean with the other.
Totally agree with you. When I bought my Razr 5G, I knew that it was a technically inferior phone compared to the Flip, but the flip felt like a generic phone that happens to fold in half. I liked the Razr's distinctive retro-future design.
Having used this as my daily driver for a month now, I will say that it is maybe my favorite phone I have ever owned. Yes, I don't like the design as much as my Razr 5G, and yes, the fact that I was impatient and ordered the Chinese version does create some problems (Android Auto will not work for example), I still like this way more than the ZFlip3. I have the 5G, which I loved, but unfortunately it's not a particularly good phone (no service in my office on Verizon when all my other phones had no troubles) and switched to the Samsung. I never could enjoy the Z3 - the gutter is distracting, I hate the aspect ratio of it, and I don't really love the Samsung interface. The Razr 2022 has pretty much solved all of those issues. A total winner in my book.
By the way, a decent looking cover makes the giant outside "picture frame" look go away.
Thanks for the review Cap'n 2 Phones !
I seriously believe that Sammy needs competition in north America. Or else we're just gonna be stuck with iterative upgrades from them. Hope other players enter the chat soon !
In terms of the form factor, I think there's probably only so much Motorola can do with the technology involved. That's the only reason I can think of they would make it so much like the Flip.
Company: Improves their product
MrMobile: Yeah nah bro they copying Samsung.
Honestly not the best opener, could've thought about that a bit more
Wait, no wireless charging at that price? That seems like an odd thing to omit.
classic Motorola
11:13 Motorola Mobility was acquired by Lenovo in 2014, so its not an American icon anymore.
Mr mobile makes the best reviews even though sometimes the product doesn’t
interested me his reviews I still watch them because he makes it sound so interesting. He should be a salesman for tech companies.
great work... as always!!! Flip on!
Been waiting for your review on this one
Knew that it'll come but I thought you would be one of the first ones
Anyway thanks
That design reminds me more of the Blade than the Razr.
Mr. Mobile is the Tony Stark of the tech review community. Been watching his reviews for the past 5+ years. Even got the wife watching as well 😂
Thank you for another thorough and honest review. Keep up the great work!
I prefer the 2021 look!.
I will give Motorola credit, at least they're trying to make the new Razr work, could've at least tried to keep more of the original asthetic while updating, but hopefully with their next model they'll have ironed out the issues with this one.
I was looking for the lighter, sleeker, sexier razr, but they focused on the spec sheet. I guess they can't make everyone happy.
Even without reading the comments, i'm sure many here would share my sentiment, & agree with your subjective views on the phone. While i do laud the improved functionalities of the new iteration (i really REALLY don't wanna call it a Razr), i sure as hell lament its loss of individuality. As great as this new Moto foldable is in terms of function, it sure as hell has no business carrying the Razr branding.
If they stripped out the design of the razr, why would I ever get this over a galaxy z flip 4?
I think I'll just stick with my RAZR 2020 version. I like the chin.
Michael, you must have seen the "cover launcher" app by now? It adds full app functionality to the Z Flip series, at least in some capacity. I've watched UA-cam, and even played full on 3D games on the Z flip 3's cover screen. Definitely stuff I wish I coulda done from the start!
Glad to see the improvements, but I'm pretty disappointed with the design of the phone itself. Maybe it's just my nostalgia talking, but I vastly prefer the look of the RAZR 5G.
0:30 But, what about the first but *messy* Galaxy Fold ?? It came before and was mass marketed too, right ?
Great video as always !
flip phones, weirdo, flip phones
@@baoquoc3710 0:32 "foldable", weirdo, "foldable"
@@games2507 well, neither of those are mainstream ready, anyway.
I just got it.. It's huge. Great when closed but huge open. The crease is really noticeable and you can feel it. Great phone tho!! I'm keeping it. Giztop $1,100... Delivered in 5 days. It's the Chinese version... You can switch to English and it works great on Verizon. The Bluetooth indoor isn't as solid as my s21 ultra.
The fact that this Razr has USB-C 3.1 with wired video output and Ready For Desktop Mode is already enough for me to take this over Samsung's Z Flip.
this is why I chose this for my second phone over the flip and the newer razr 40. I already have a z fold 4 but am curios about the motorolla desktop mode. The only thing this is not packing is the stylus pen but I have enough things that can manage.
Great honest review as always Michael, I am a big fan of Motorola.. have always been , but I agree this design didn't sit with me well! They should have kept the same design element from the previous Razr's so that the new one didn't look somewhat similar to Samsung
While I understand and share the frustration a fellow Razr aficionado would feel, it is a move in the right direction as the last design wouldn't have been capable of handling a larger battery or a deeper, better camera. The fact that the older design worked in old days is because we didn't have such camera or battery burdens on our devices.
There are ways of making a fatter phone not look so fat & vice versa. That's why design itself is something worth studying in the first place. Motorola could have kept design cues from the last Razr & at least still make it look sleek & stylish to a certain extent, despite still having to use fatter dimensions. Now with just boring squares & muted designs, it's just a fat phone EMPHASIZING the fact that it's fat.
Welcome back, Captain! 🫡
The chin design was way better in the RAZR 2020, the silver RAZR 2020 paired with the curved edges made it my favorite looking modern flip phone apart from the flip 3. They should've kept the curves and chin.
I appreciate your work. You are the best at what you do.
I wish people would stop bashing on wide phones...
Yes, a wider phone will make one-handed usage more difficult some of the time but a slimmer phone will make double-handed usage difficult all of the time, especially when typing as you have to intermesh your fingers behind the phone and painfully curve your thumbs to use the ever-smaller keyboard even when set at max-height.
The wrestling clip was a superior "da fuq?" addition to the review. Kudos!
@MrMobile have you reviewed this again with the european software from this reviewed version? would you still reccomend this or wait for the Ultra 40?
The phone just needed a better industrial design team to execute a good successor to the razr from years before, a team who cared what the nomenclature stood for.
The most motorola phone was re-raise,but i love to wait when just motorola ROKR born for the third time
I like mr.mobile's reviews because it has so much depth and emotion with good story telling
While I agree with everything here, I'm still very glad this exists for two very important reasons:
1. The outside screen makes it infinitely more useful than the Samsung Flip
2. Competition in the west, to a very stagnant and comfortable Samsung
P.S. Launchers only change the launcher, not the system. Changing the system requires a custom ROM, which is somewhat cumbersome and risky (and definitely voids your warranty) but historically speaking Motorola phones have seen very active development from launch until up to a decade after the phone's release date. This (or the next model) will be a compelling upgrade from my Pixel 5 now that the Pixel family has gone in a direction I'm not too excited about (under the screen fingerprint sensor).
Hmmm, they definitely went in the wrong direction and didn't really listen to feedback. The previous Razr was a fantastic dose of nostalgia.
"an American icon that's not in America"
That hits hard
what a great video.. 10/10 for keeping up with the foldable content michael.. Lets hope these companies give you something to be really excited about next year lol
Does the Razr 2022 work with new verizon LTE? Im digging this phone.
Along with Morgan Freeman and the Narrator of Stanley Parable, Michael Fisher would be a great narrator of someone's life on a day-to-day basis
Hahaha, I've always thought of that. Very alike. Brilliant observation ☝
Mr Mobile: Moto sells the Razr's soul to fit for fight Samsung
The entirety of Windows Phone: first time?
I mean, even at this day, nothing beats the Metro design, Joe B. did sold the soul to become Android-like, cue the setting screen between pre-Mango and W10M =[
and back to the razr, the wide proportion is weird but understandable
as a ex- razr 5G owner, the narrowness is a pratical down side when use it day by day
where are you getting those colorful wallpapers?
What is that leather desk pad with a cable? 2:07
The comical wideness makes this a very easy to use and see phone. Loving it. Coming from the very narrow Z3 Flip. Wish Moto would offer wide and narrow options for their phones.
Yay, Mr Mobile teaching people about the importance of Motorola in the cellphone world ! (not that everyone shouldn't know that by now, it's mandatory). Cool to hear they run a luxurious processor in there now. Love the notifications unfolding to a bigger preview in the half-bent state of phone. Respect for knowing Shakespeare's quotes right out of the bat ;)
5:50 nice ability to deal with direct sunlight and not messing up darker areas in the picture. 8:31 - foood ! Fooooooooooooood ! 11:23 - sorry to hear they thinned its individuality so far.
The Motorola Chunky Boi.
Your reviews are philosophical 👍🏼
Nice Timing, Just Opened My New 4K TV n Nothing Better Than MrMobile Content for the First Watch !!
2:06 is that green supposed to be there?
I don't blame them for confirming to the market. Look at what happened to Nokia and Blackberry when they decided to do their own thing. Companies need money to survive, and they need to do something that people would buy to earn that cash
What about releasing 2 flip phones, moto razr and moto rokr?
1:41 which phone is that? The one with the cream/biege color?
I completely agree with your review.
The worst part about the phone is the software,they just can't compete with the best.
Watching on my z flip 3
Thanks for all the commitment Mr Fisher from your long time subscriber all the way from Nigeria. However, I would like to suggest that you be making review on some awesome Samsung Galaxy A series like A73 & A53. They're actually amazing in low cost; especially that your reviews are not strictly limited on the Flagship phones only. Thank you and stay blessed always.
Your vids are the absolute best!