Motorola Razr 70 Ultra/Razr Ultra 2026 review

Android 16 and Hello UI

The Razr 70 Ultra boots Android 16 out of the box with Motorola's Hello UI overlay on top. Motorola promises 3 major OS updates and 4 years of security patches in the US and 5 years of security patches for the EU. That's a bit on the short end, given that most manufacturers offer more than 3 OS updates. Samsung, for example, pledges 7 updates for its Galaxy Z Flip7 phone.

Anyway, Motorola's new iteration of Hello UI doesn't seem to be all that different from before. It looks a lot like AOSP with some added in-house features and finishing touches, and that remains mostly true.

Home screen • Quick toggles • Settings menu

We've covered most of the features in the software section of our Moto Edge 70 review, so go check that one out.

In addition to the already familiar AI and connectivity features, the Razr 70 Ultra also has some unique functionalities that derive from its foldable form factor. Like Desk Display, for example.

Cover screen features

You can basically turn the phone into a desk clock with a cool wallpaper.

Cover display's home screen and quick toggles

Also, the external display is fully functional - you can get directions with Google Maps, control your music player, check the weather app or even use the browser. Although it's a bit fiddly, as the screen is tiny.

Benchmark performance

Just like its predecessor, the Motorola Razr 70 Ultra runs on the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The SoC is based on the 3nm manufacturing process and features third-generation Oryon CPU cores, promising a 20% performance and a 30% efficiency boost. The octa-core CPU configuration is 2+6 with 2x high-performance Oryon V3 Phoenix L cores ticking at 4.6 GHz and 6x Oryon V3 Phoenix M cores running at 3.62 GHz.

The GPU on board is Adreno 840 and also promises 23% improvement in performance and 20% in power efficiency. It should also be 25% better at ray-tracing than its predecessor.

Other notable features include Unreal Engine 5 support for console-level gaming and a Hexagon NPU with Qualcomm Sensing Hub, enabling 37% faster AI number crunching and agentic AI assistants.

The available memory configurations are 12GB/256GB,16GB/512GB and 16GB/1TB. In either case, you get UFS 4.1 storage. However, the 12GB/256GB configuration is hard to come by, so in most markets, the base iteration is 12GB/512GB.

Let's check out the benchmarks.

Unfortunately, cramming such a powerful chipset in a small, foldable phone like the Razr 70 Ultra comes at a cost. The handset struggles to utilize the Snapdragon 8 Elite's full potential, so it scores slightly lower than most SD 8 Elite-powered devices.

On the other hand, this year's Razr Ultra seems to be doing much better than its predecessor in this regard.

Sustained performance

Sadly, there are no changes in how the device handles heavy loads. Just like last year, the phone wasn't able to finish the full GPU stress test and overheated.

CPU and GPU stress tests

The CPU stress test was also bad, showing heavy throttling throughout.