Motorola's new Razr lineup will be announced Wednesday, and the company's likely going to give a lot of spotlight to its Razr Ultra follow-up and the new Razr Fold. These foldable phones will probably be expensive and, in the US, serve as Motorola's premium flagship option to rival the Pro and Ultra models from Apple, Samsung and Google.

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Yet despite highlights including the Razr Ultra's large unfolding screen and fashion-forward materials including Alcantara fabric, Motorola typically falls behind in key areas, such as the long-term software support that buyers of a $1,300-plus device have come to expect. Current Razr rumors also point to an even higher $1,500 starting price for the Razr Ultra, possibly due to rising electronics costs.

This means that if Motorola's going to sell the Razr Ultra at a price that's even higher than Samsung's $1,300 Galaxy S26 Ultra, it's going to need all the perks in order to match up. My colleague Abrar Al-Heeti has her own Razr Ultra wishlist of perks she hopes will come to the next phone, and I noticed that some of her requests -- including more software updates and an updated design -- might be more attainable than they seem. That's because Motorola already offers some of these features in its international phones, and the Razr Ultra may be well positioned to bring improvements such as a thinner design, faster charging and more software support stateside.

Motorola's Signature is the model that should come to the Razr Ultra

My chief complaint with nearly all of Motorola's US phones has been software support. Last year's Razr lineup came with three years of software updates and four years of security updates. While many people change out their phones every three years, most premium flagship phones on the market since 2024 have upped their software and security update support to six or seven years for those who might instead choose to hold onto their devices for longer.

This is becoming even more critical as we watch all kinds of electronics increase in price, whether due to tariff concerns, the cost of memory components or plain inflation.

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Motorola began improving how long it supports its high-end phones, beginning with the Motorola Signature that was released in international markets earlier this year. This device includes many of the specs that we know are heading to the upcoming Motorola Razr Fold, including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor, a silicon-carbon battery, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

But the Signature's seven years of software support and security updates is the biggest feature that needs to make its way to Motorola's Razr line. If the Razr Ultra is meant to be just as flashy and useful as the Galaxy S26 Ultra, then long-term software support should be table stakes.

Motorola's Edge 70 got a thin design, and it'd be perfect for a Razr

2025 was a year filled with thinner and lighter phones, and Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 was particularly noteworthy for introducing a book-style foldable phone that didn't feel thick when folded. But before the Z Fold 7 dazzled with its thin and light look, Samsung introduced the Galaxy S25 Edge, which was notably thinner than other candybar-style phones.

In reality, Motorola has been making thin phones for some time under its Edge brand, and internationally, the Motorola Edge 70 is one of this year's lightest phones so far. The Edge 70 has a 5.99mm-thick body and weighs 159 grams, making it comparable to the S25 Edge's 5.8mm thickness and 163-gram weight. The Edge 70 even manages to include a 4,800-mAh battery, with substantially more capacity than the S25 Edge's 3,900-mAh battery.

Unfortunately, it feels unlikely that this'll be the year that the Razr adopts a thinner design. Rumors actually point to the opposite, that the new Razr Ultra will get a little thicker to accommodate a bigger battery.

While more battery is always welcome, Motorola has shown it's capable of producing thinner designs for its Edge phones, so we can hope an eventual Razr Ultra gets an even more pocket-friendly design.

Even faster wired charging

Motorola's Razr Ultra already offers one of the fastest wired charging speeds we've seen in phones sold in the US, with support for 68W charging using a compatible adapter. But internationally, Motorola pushes speeds even higher.

The Motorola Signature supports a blazing 90W wired charging speed and 50W wireless charging. And a faster wired speed for the Ultra isn't totally out of the question: Motorola's UK website says the Razr Fold will get 80W wired charging. I'll keep my fingers crossed for something similar in the Razr Ultra.

We'll find out Wednesday what developments make it into the new Razr Ultra, but since Motorola has introduced features like this in other countries, I hope we'll eventually see better software support and thinner Razr phones.