Samsung might have been first to the modern flip phone race, but in recent years it was Motorola who was setting the tone. The latest Moto Razr phones were first to introduce an edge-to-edge cover screen, first to launch with the latest Snapdragon chips, and with their sleek designs, they are a huge challenge to Samsung’s positions.
However, after years of sleep, Samsung finally awakens with the Flip 7, as this is the first Samsung flip phone with a cover screen that goes edge to edge, just like the Razr.
But the Flip one-ups the Razr with even thinner bezels on the cover screen for a truly futuristic appearance. The Samsung flip phone also improves in a few other areas, including adding support for Samsung DeX. And just price-wise, the Flip 7 undercuts the Razr Ultra by quite a lot. Let’s explore that and a lot more below.
| Motorola Razr Ultra (2026) | Galaxy Z Flip 7 |
|---|---|
| Beautiful design with unique finishes like alcantara | Typical smartphone glass and aluminum design |
| Slightly thicker design | Thinner design |
| Rounded sides, easier to unfold | Flat sides, a bit harder to open |
| 7-inch main screen with 165Hz refresh rate | 6.9-inch screen with 120Hz refresh rate |
| Screen can get slightly brighter | – |
| 16GB of RAM | 12GB of RAM |
| Faster charging at 68W | Slow-ish 25W charging speed |
| Prices from $1,500 for 512GB | $1,100 starting price (lower with discounts) |
| New LOFIC camera sensor for better dynamic range | – |
| Only 3 years of software updates | Much longer software support with 7 years of updates |
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Design and Size
Samsung is going edge-to-edge with the cover screen, finally
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However, I absolutely despise the flat sides of the Galaxy, they make unfolding the Flip 7 so complicated, your finger doesn’t have a comfortable place to open the phone and you have to be extra careful not to drop it.
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The rounded sides of the Razr Ultra are just much more sensible, so in my view, it wins the design round easily.
Display Differences
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On the flip side, though, at night, when you need the brightness to dip as low as possible, the Samsung can go under 1 nit, while the Motorola only reaches around 2 nits, so night birds would prefer the display on the Galaxy.
Performance and Software
An Elite battle
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Samsung decided to skip the high-end processor on its flip phones, so the Motorola definitely has an advantage here. The Razr also has more RAM: 16GB vs 12GB on the Flip 7.
Motorola has an alternative with Smart Connect, but that only works wirelessly, you can connect to a smart TV or a windows laptops, but you don’t get the low latency of a wired connection.
Samsung also scores a big win with software updates with seven years of promised OS updates, while Motorola drops the ball with just 3 years of OS updates, which is just baffling on such an expensive gadget like the Razr Ultra.
CPU Performance Benchmarks:
Geekbench 6: A high single-core score is what makes your phone feel snappy during everyday tasks like opening apps, typing and browsing. The multi-core score matters most when doing heavier work like video editing or gaming.
GPU Performance
Wild Life Extreme is a heavy graphics workload used to measure a device’s sustained GPU performance and thermal throttling. It uses older mobile rendering techniques and is friendly to older or lower-end mobile devices.
If you play super demanding games, this can be an issue.
Storage speed
The Motorola comes with 512GB of native storage, which is probably part of the reason for its sky-high price, while the Flip 7 is offered in a base model with 256GB storage and you can also upgrade to 512GB.
Storage tests measure how quickly your phone can move data. Random read and write show how fast your phone can find and move thousands of tiny, scattered files. This is the most important metric for an average user because it’s what happens when you open an app, check your notifications, or search through your photo gallery. Sequential read and write measure the speed of moving one giant, continuous file. You’ll notice this when you are saving a 4K video you just recorded or downloading a massive game update.
Interestingly, we measured random speeds were faster on the Motorola, while sequential tests showed the Galaxy scoring better.
Camera
Two cameras on both
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Samsung has one advantage when we talk about cameras and it is about AI. Features like the Magic Eraser can remove parts of your images in a very seamless way, while the Motorola is not quite as good with the AI trickery.
Main Camera
What I notice more is just the pure color science difference on these two. Once upon a time Samsung was known to take photos with excessively vibrant, overblown colors, but now Motorola seems to carry that torch. Just look at the bright sky and the green grass on the Motorola compared to the Galaxy.
The Razr Ultra consistently looked brighter and more saturated, and the Galaxy Flip was more toned down.
Portrait Mode
Here are a couple of portrait photos, you can shoot at 2X and 1X magnification, the Motorola consistently takes warmer pictures, but look at the difference in the background blur at 1X, it looks much sharper on the Motorola, which can be an artistic effect, but I prefer the softer blur on the Galaxy.
Zoom Quality
I also tried snapping a few photos at 10X zoom, but both phones fail spectacularly here. It doesn’t even make sense comparing them, they are just not great at zooming. I’d recommend taking photos at 5X zoom level tops. If you go to concerts or film things far away, you will be much better off with a phone that has a telephoto camera.
Ultra-wide
And finally, for the ultrawide camera, the Galaxy sometimes just goes way too dark, while the Motorola is able to light me up as the subject and I typically prefer its photos.
Selfies
I should also say that selfies on the Motorola have MUUCH better dynamic range, look at the window behind me on the Galaxy, it’s just plain white, and on the Motorola you actually get to see the view outside.
Battery Life and Charging
An easy win for Motorola?
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The Razr Ultra has a 5,000mAh battery, 15% bigger than the Galaxy Flip 7, which has 4,300mAh.
PhoneArena Battery and Charging Test Results:
On our second test, YouTube video streaming, though, we saw it outrank the Galaxy.
The Razr relies on Motorola’s proprietary TurboPower, while Samsung uses the USB Power Delivery standard.
Specs Comparison
And here is an overview of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 vs Motorola Rarz Ultra (2026) specs:
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| Motorola Razr Ultra (2026) | Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| 171.48 × 73.99 × 7.19 | 166.7 x 75.2 x 6.5mm (~8.6 mm with camera bump) |
| Weight | |
| 199.0 g | 188.0 g |
| Size | |
|---|---|
| 7.0-inch | 6.9-inch |
| Type | |
| AMOLED, 165Hz | Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz |
| System chip | |
|---|---|
| Snapdragon 8 Elite SM8750-AC (3 nm) | Exynos 2500 S5E9955 (3 nm) |
| Memory | |
| 16GB (LPDDR5X)/512GB (UFS 4.0) | 12GB (LPDDR5X)/256GB (UFS 4.0) 12GB/512GB |
| OS | |
| Android (16) | Android (16) |
| Type | |
|---|---|
| 5000 mAh | 4300 mAh |
| Charge speed | |
| Wired: 68.0W Wireless: 30.0W |
Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 10.0W |
| Main camera | |
|---|---|
| 50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.56″ Pixel size: 1.0 μm |
50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.57″ Pixel size: 1.0 μm |
| Second camera | |
| 50 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/2.93″ Pixel size: 0.6 μm |
12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/3.2″ Pixel size: 1.12 μm |
| Front | |
| 50 MP | 10 MP |
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The one thing that sticks out in the Galaxy specs is the use of the Exynos processor, but also the unchanged (kind of slowish) 25W charging speeds.
Summary
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The Motorola Razr Ultra has not changed much this year, but it’s still an excellent flip phone. Its price, however, has ballooned to $1,500 which is just way out of reach for most people.
Samsung’s Galaxy Flip 7 might be the older phone, but it is commonly found on discount at prices as low as $900.
With such a massive gap between the two, the practical choice is clear, but if price is no issue or if Motorola introduces some big discounts, the Razr wins on battery size, charging and just pure looks and comfort, while the Galaxy gets longer updates and a more feature rich One UI skin.
