I Took 200 Photos With the Motorola Razr Ultra and Here’s What I Learned

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.

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.

The Razr Ultra lacks a dedicated telephoto lens, but many photos taken zoomed in at 2x or 3x, like this, come out decent.

The Razr Ultra applies a lot of sharpening to images. Notice the fur on the cat’s belly.

The Razr Ultra and its new LOFIC sensor really shine in scenes at golden hour.

Again, the Razr Ultra does a good job balancing the slightly darker interior with the brighter scene outside of the window.

I like the different textures captured in this photo of an old rusty truck.

Night Vision, Motorola’s name for night mode, has really improved with the Razr Ultra 2026.

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.

I dig the way this ultrawide camera distorts scenes. It’s just enough to look dramatic without going full fisheye.

The front of a restaurant and its tattoo art-like sign really pop in this photo.

This image of a pour-over coffee from the main camera was taken under a mix of daylight and warm overhead lighting.

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.

Images from the main camera have oversaturated colors.

That heavy saturation isn’t always bad, like in this image of desserts from Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco.

Love the way the Razr Ultra captured the inside of this bookstore.

This scene was backlit and the Razr Ultra boosted the shadows and the color saturation.

The colors on these sunflowers is really amped up. In real life, they weren’t that yellow.

This was taken at 4x digital zoom.

The new LOFIC sensor kept the sky in this image from blowing out to white.

The building with a black-and-white doodled exterior is the perfect subject for the Razr Ultra’s updated camera.

This image of an atrium is from the Motorola Razr Ultra 2025.

This image of the same atrium is from the Razr Ultra 2026.

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.

A shot of palm trees from the Razr Ultra 2025.

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.

Another image where the tree has a strange “halo” around its top.

Overall, the camera setup on the Razr Ultra 2026 is good. It has a few shortcomings that I hope Motorola can fix with updates.