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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026
The Razr Ultra 2026 has a trio of 50-megapixel cameras: wide-angle, ultrawide and selfie. This shot was taken with the ultrawide. All of the cameras are identical to the ones on last year’s Razr Ultra, but the main camera has a new type of sensor.
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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026
The main camera has a LOFIC sensor which helps perserve the detail and colors in the brighter parts of a photo like in the bright sunlight in this shot.
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Main camera at 3x
The Razr Ultra lacks a dedicated telephoto lens, but many photos taken zoomed in at 2x or 3x, like this, come out decent.
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Main camera
The Razr Ultra applies a lot of sharpening to images. Notice the fur on the cat’s belly.
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Main camera at 2x
The Razr Ultra and its new LOFIC sensor really shine in scenes at golden hour.
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Main camera
Again, the Razr Ultra does a good job balancing the slightly darker interior with the brighter scene outside of the window.
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Main camera
I like the different textures captured in this photo of an old rusty truck.
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Night Vision mode
Night Vision, Motorola’s name for night mode, has really improved with the Razr Ultra 2026.
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Main camera
One of the best parts of any Razr clamshell phone is that is can act as its own tripod. I can use the cover screen as a preview and trigger a selfie countdown timer by holding my palm to the camera.
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Ultrawide camera
I dig the way this ultrawide camera distorts scenes. It’s just enough to look dramatic without going full fisheye.
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Main camera
The front of a restaurant and its tattoo art-like sign really pop in this photo.
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Main camera
This image of a pour-over coffee from the main camera was taken under a mix of daylight and warm overhead lighting.
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Main camera
Here’s another wide dynamic range scene that the Razr Ultra nailed. It kept the photographer, CNET’s Celso Bulgatti, well-exposed while capturing the scene outside the windows.
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Main camera
Images from the main camera have oversaturated colors.
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Main camera
That heavy saturation isn’t always bad, like in this image of desserts from Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco.
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Main camera
Love the way the Razr Ultra captured the inside of this bookstore.
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Main camera
This scene was backlit and the Razr Ultra boosted the shadows and the color saturation.
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Main camera
The colors on these sunflowers is really amped up. In real life, they weren’t that yellow.
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Main camera at 4x
This was taken at 4x digital zoom.
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Main camera
The new LOFIC sensor kept the sky in this image from blowing out to white.
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Main camera
The building with a black-and-white doodled exterior is the perfect subject for the Razr Ultra’s updated camera.
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Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
This image of an atrium is from the Motorola Razr Ultra 2025.
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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026
This image of the same atrium is from the Razr Ultra 2026.
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The odd halo around trees
In this photo of the Mission Basilica, the trees have a “halo” around the edges that might be the result of poor alignment between HDR image layers.
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Motorola Razr Ultra 2025
A shot of palm trees from the Razr Ultra 2025.
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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026
This is a photo of the Razr Ultra 2026 of the same palm trees. Notice the edges of the trees have a strange “halo” around them.
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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026
Another image where the tree has a strange “halo” around its top.
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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026
Overall, the camera setup on the Razr Ultra 2026 is good. It has a few shortcomings that I hope Motorola can fix with updates.
