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

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

A coffee shop

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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.

A car in the street

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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.

Trees, a blue shy and a belltower

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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.

a cat stretching

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Main camera

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

The sunlight setting on a bridge.

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Main camera at 2x

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

The inside of a barbershop

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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.

A pickup truck with a lot of patina

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Main camera

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

The inside of a dark restaurant

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Night Vision mode

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

A man pointing at an old school building

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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.

The underside of an on ramp at a bus station

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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.

A restaurant and the sidewalk out front

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Main camera

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

A tray of coffee

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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.

A man taking a photo with a camera

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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.

A park under a partly cloudy sky

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Main camera

Images from the main camera have oversaturated colors.

An apple donut and a smore

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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.

The interior of a bookshop

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Main camera

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

The Cigarette Depot

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Main camera

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

A pot of giant sunflowers

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Main camera

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

An old ornate building

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Main camera at 4x

This was taken at 4x digital zoom.

Glass buildings right after sunset

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Main camera

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

A white building with black doodles all over it

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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.

An atrium with a cutout in the roof

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Motorola Razr Ultra 2025

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

An atrium with a hole in the roof

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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026

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

The Mission Basilica

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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.

A bunch of palm trees

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Motorola Razr Ultra 2025

A shot of palm trees from the Razr Ultra 2025.

Palm trees

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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.

A park path with trees

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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026

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

An intersection

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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.

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