While Samsung is the leading maker of foldable smartphones, the category is far from exclusive, with more OEMs joining the fray with each passing year; OPPO, Vivo, Huawei, and Honor all have at least one model on the market. Then there's Motorola, which has already released two iterations of the clamshell Razr series, with more on the way. Following that is codename Maven, a flagship-class gadget with top-tier specifications set for a summer release and shown here for the first time.
Motorola had planned to release two versions of the handset: one with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 system-on-chip and another with the yet-to-be-announced Plus variation of that processor (SM8475). However, given the alleged delays in the supply of the later SoC, it's unclear how Moto intends to proceed with the SKUs that have it. There will be several memory options available, including 8GB or 12GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of internal storage.
The next Razr, which will be available in China in late July or early August in two colorways — Quartz Black and Tranquil Blue — before going global, promises to deliver the same significant generation-to-generation changes we've come to expect from other early entrants to the foldable category — along with the premium pricing that usually comes with them.
