Motorola’s Razr Fold Is a Solid Phone Arriving at the Worst Time

The $1,900 Razr Fold, the latest folding phone from Lenovo Group Ltd.’s Motorola, ticks all the right boxes, with a stylish design, bright screens and long battery life. But with a May 21 release date in the US, it’s arriving at perhaps the worst possible time: just before a wave of new foldables from Samsung Electronics Co., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc.

The price doesn’t help either. The Razr Fold, the company’s first book-style folding handset, looks expensive next to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is currently discounted to $1,600. Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold, meanwhile, can frequently be found for $100 less than that.