Render of new Razr+ for Verizon surfaces; device could be released in first half of 2024

The Motorola Razr+, also known as the Razr 40 Ultra, is the current high-end foldable clamshell offered by the manufacturer. Motorola has extended the external Quick View display to cover the entire folded back panel and the feature is so good that some may stick to using the Quick View display for most of their tasks instead of open the 6.9-inch pOLED display (which features a 165Hz refresh rate).

Motorola is working on the next Razr premium foldable and MSPower User shares what it calls an exclusive render of the upcoming model. The Razr premium 2024 looks a lot like last year's Razr+ and is codenamed “Glory.” The rumored model number is XT-2453-3 and it will be offered in the US by Verizon Wireless under the Razr+ brand. The new model is expected to be released in the first half of this year.

The current Razr+ is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset and the new Razr+ model will sport a newer Snapdragon application processor. As a result, the new Razr+ will have better performance than the currently available model, and battery life should also be improved. The battery on last year's Razr+ weighs 3,800mAh and we should see a larger battery capacity in the next iteration of the clamshell.

Motorola stopped designing the new Razr flip foldable phones to resemble the original Razr V3 flip phone launched by Motorola in 2004. The Razr series has become one of the best-selling feature phones of all time with sales over of 130 million units. . In 2016, Motorola released a video taking viewers back to a typical high school hallway in 2005, back when anyone had to own the Razr. The best part of the video shows how selfies were taken in those days.

Motorola first launched the smartphone version of the Razr in 2019 and has since added flagship specs and moved away from nostalgia to take on the world's most popular flip foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Flip line from Samsung.