The Motorola Razr Fold is now the top foldable smartphone, overtaking Samsung in this ranking.

Motorola is proving that you can fit a genuinely strong camera system into a foldable phone. According to DXOMark’s rankings, the Motorola Razr Fold sits among the best smartphones on the market for both photography and video.

Motorola remains one of the key names in foldables, behind Samsung and Huawei. Until now, the company has largely focused on compact clamshell-style foldables, but it has now moved into the larger book-style category with a model designed to compete head-on with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7 (and rivals such as the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold). For a first attempt in this format, Motorola has made an immediate impact.

Unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the new handset has gone straight to the top of DXOMark’s foldable camera table, a widely cited benchmark in the industry. In the overall DXOMark camera ranking, the Motorola Razr Fold takes 8th place, matching the score achieved by the Motorola Signature and the Oppo Find X9 Pro. DXOMark also describes it as the best foldable smartphone currently available for taking photos and recording video.

It even ranks ahead of the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL, a device already known for excellent camera performance. More strikingly, it comfortably outpaces its main competitor, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7, which sits in 44th place with the same score as the iPhone 15. Leonard Gao, Motorola’s executive director responsible for software and cameras, said: “This exceptional camera system is the result of true collaboration and close listening to consumers.” He added that Motorola collected input from international research teams and R&D centres in the United States, Brazil, China and India, as well as from DXOMARK’s expert engineers, to identify the camera qualities users value most.

Motorola Razr Fold: a serious rival to Samsung and the future Apple iPhone foldable

With Apple expected to launch an iPhone foldable this year, brands already selling foldable devices are pushing for meaningful upgrades-such as Honor, which has just revealed the Magic V6. Against that backdrop, the Motorola Razr Fold’s DXOMark lead positions it as a direct threat not only to Samsung, but also to any new entrant hoping to set the benchmark for imaging in a folding design.

Beyond the camera results, the Motorola Razr Fold is also the first smartphone to make use of Corning’s new Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 on its outer display. Corning says this is its toughest Gorilla Glass yet, and the choice is particularly relevant for foldables, where the external screen tends to take the brunt of daily knocks, drops and abrasion.

It’s also worth noting what a high DXOMark position typically signals in real-world use: balanced performance across photo and video, including exposure, colour, detail, noise control and consistency across lenses. Rankings are not a guarantee that everyone will prefer the same “look”, but placing 8th overall strongly suggests Motorola has avoided the common compromises that often affect foldable camera systems.

Specifications: sensors, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and display brightness

On paper, the Motorola Razr Fold has the specification sheet to impress. The rear camera setup combines: - A 50-megapixel Sony LYTIA 828 main sensor
- A 50-megapixel Sony LYTIA 600 telephoto camera with 3x zoom
- A 50-megapixel ultra-wide camera with a 122-degree field of view

Powering the device is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset paired with 16GB of RAM. The battery capacity is 6,000mAh.

The internal display measures 8.1 inches (about 20.6 cm) and is rated up to 6,200 nits of peak brightness. The external display measures 6.6 inches (about 16.8 cm).

Thickness and availability in Europe

When unfolded, the Motorola Razr Fold is 4.6 mm thick. Folded shut, it measures 9.9 mm.

Motorola is not yet selling the phone, but says it will arrive in Europe in the coming months with a price of €1,999 (roughly £1,700, depending on exchange rates). For UK buyers, the final local pricing and launch details will matter just as much as the headline DXOMark result-particularly given how competitive the foldable market has become at this end of the price spectrum.