Samsung Galaxy Fold2 and Motorola Razr 5G foldable phones: improved for the second generation, but can they stand up to everyday use?
- The flaws of the first generation of folding phones have been fixed and the latest models are a big improvement
- The Fold2 and Razr 5G both look great, but they have lower specs than non-foldable phones and cost more
Big display, small size: a new generation of folding smartphones is living up to this promise in a different ways.
On the one hand there’s the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, which can be folded out into a small tablet. On the other, there’s the Motorola Razr 5G, which is much more compact and can fold up to fit in the smallest of trouser pockets. It then folds out into an elongated smartphone.
As always with the first generations of new tech, the phones with folding displays last year struggled with a number of growing pains that may have scared you away from even thinking of buying one.
Samsung now wants to put this false start behind it. “We listened to the feedback from our customers, improved the hardware and worked closely with Google and Microsoft at the software level,” says Samsung manager Mario Winter.
