I Took 200 Photos With The Motorola Razr Ultra And Here’s What I Learned

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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026
Razr Ultra 2026 has three 50 megapixel cameras: wide-angle, ultrawide and selfie. This photo was taken with ultrawide. All of the cameras are the same as those 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 that helps retain details and colors in the bright parts of the image such as the bright sunlight in this photo.

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The main camera is 3x
The Razr Ultra doesn’t have a dedicated telephoto lens, but most photos taken at 2x or 3x zoom, like this, come out decent.

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The Razr Ultra uses a lot of sharpening for photos. Note the fur on the cat’s belly.

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The main camera is 2x
The Razr Ultra and its new LOFIC sensor really shine in the scenes during the golden hour.

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Also, the Razr Ultra does a good job of balancing the slightly dark interior with the bright scene outside the window.

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Main camera
I love the different textures captured in this picture 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 it can act as its own tripod. I can use the cover screen as a preview and trigger the self-timer by holding my palm on the camera.

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A very wide camera
I dig how this wide angle camera distorts scenes. It’s just enough to look amazing without looking fishy.

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Main camera
The front of the restaurant and the tattoo art-like logo appear in this photo.

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Main camera
This shot of pouring coffee from a macro camera was taken under a mix of daylight and warm light.

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Here’s another variable scope scene nailed by the Razr Ultra. It kept the photographer, Celso Bulgatti of CNET, in plain sight while filming the scene outside the windows.

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Images from the main camera have oversaturated colors.

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That big filling isn’t always a bad thing, like in this photo of a dessert from Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco.

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Love how the Razr Ultra captured the interior of this bookstore.

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The scene was backlit and the Razr Ultra maximized the shadows and color saturation.

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The colors in these sunflowers are really enhanced. In life, they didn’t drink that much.

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The main camera is 4x
This was taken at 4x digital zoom.

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

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The black-and-white exterior doodle design is the perfect theme for the updated Razr Ultra camera.

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

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Motorola Razr Ultra 2026
This image of the same atrium appears on the Razr Ultra 2026.

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A strange halo around the trees
In this image of the Mission Basilica, the trees have a “halo” around the edges that may be the result of misalignment between the layers of the HDR image.

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Image of palm trees from the Razr Ultra 2025.

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This is a Razr Ultra 2026 image of the same palm trees. Note that the edges of the trees have a strange “halo” around them.

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Another picture where the tree has a strange “halo” on 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.



