Samsung launched its next generation of foldables last week, but they are not without competition. Google will unveil the Pixel 10 Pro Fold (and the rest of the Pixel 10 series) on August 20 to compete with the Z Fold. Meanwhile, the two Z Flip models have to go up against Motorola’s Razrs right now.
The Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 carries a $200 discount, which evens out with the free storage upgrade on the Galaxy Z Flip7, making the 512GB models cost the same – $1,100.
The Razr Ultra is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, while the Galaxy has a Samsung Exynos – yes, even in the US this time. The 7.0” inner display of the Moto stands out with a slightly higher pixel density, higher brightness (4,500 nits vs. 2,600 nits), Dolby Vision support and higher refresh rate (165Hz vs. 120Hz). The cover displays are more evenly matched – 4.0” 165Hz 3,000 nits vs. 4.1” 120Hz 2,600 nits for the Moto and Samsung, respectively.
The main cameras on both phones have 50MP sensors with 1.0µm pixels and f/1.8 lenses with OIS. The Motorola has the better ultra-wide (50MP vs. 12MP) and selfie cameras (50MP vs. 10MP), however. It also has a bigger battery (4,700mAh vs. 4,300mAh) with faster charging (68W wired, 30W wireless vs. 25W/15W).
Both phones have the same IP48 rating, but the Razr Ultra is chunkier – it is 15.7mm folded, 7.2mm unfolded and weighs 199g, while the Z Flip7 is 13.7mm folded, 6.5mm unfolded and weighs 188g. We’ll leave the choice between Hello UI and One UI to you.
Motorola also refreshed the 2024 flagship as the Razr+ 2025. It gets the better ingress protection (IP48) and some new colors, but that’s about it. You are still looking at a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 phone with 6.9” main (165Hz, Dolby Vision, 3,000 nits) and 4.0” cover displays and a 4,000mAh battery with 45W wired and 15W wireless charging. Unfortunately, the current discount is not very favorable – if you’re spending near $1,000, you may as well spend a bit more and get a proper flagship.
Instead, have a look at the Motorola Razr 2025, the actual budget option this year. It’s only $600 and measures up to the Razr+ 2025 pretty well in most categories except for the chipset – the Dimensity 7400X is well behind the Snapdragon in terms of performance.
The 2025 vanilla model is a fairly minor upgrade over the Motorola Razr 2024. The Dimensity 7400X is essentially an overclocked 7300X and the IP4X ingress protection only guards against large particles (1mm), not dust.
So, you may be tempted to save $100 and go for the 2024 model, but be warned – it will only get 3 OS updates and 4 years of security patches. Considering that it launched with Android 14 and the Android 16 update should be coming soon, leaving you with only 1 OS update to go. At least security patches will keep rolling in until 2028.
Both of these phones are competing against the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 FE. Itself a sort of re-release of a 2024 model, this one uses the Exynos 2500 – it’s better than the Dimensity 7300X/7400X, but for this price you may be better off with the Razr+ and the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. The Z Flip7 FE has that weirdly-shaped 3.4” cover display, a smaller 6.7” inner display and a smaller 4,000mAh battery with 25W/15W charging.
At this point you should be well familiar with the Galaxy S25 series, so we’ll go over them quickly. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is $300 off, so the base 12/256GB model starts at $1,000.
The thin and light Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is also $300 off, but note that only the 512GB variant is in stock. With a price of $920, it’s $200 cheaper than the 512GB S25 Ultra. Check out our Galaxy S25 Edge vs. S25 Ultra article if you need help deciding between these two.
The Samsung Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 just don’t have particularly impressive discounts at the moment – the vanilla model especially. If you’re looking at the Plus, make sure to check out our S25+ vs. S25 Edge article for a detailed comparison since they both cost practically the same at the moment.
Leaving the world of Android behind, let’s wrap up with some MacBooks. This year Apple refreshed the MacBook Air 13.6” and 15.3” models with the M4 chip and an improved 12MP Center Stage camera (borrowed from the Pros). There are several RAM and storage configurations to choose from with the base 12/256GB 13.6” model starting at $800 and the 15.3” one starting at $1,000 after a $200 discount for both.
The Apple MacBook Pro 14.2” and 16.2” come with a mix of M4 chips and even more options for RAM and storage. The Pro displays are sharper and have double the brightness (1,000 nits), plus they are ProMotion displays, i.e. they run at 120Hz instead of 60Hz. They are slightly larger too, but the Air laptops are thinner and lighter.
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