Foldable phones are having their genesis at the moment, with the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Z Flip dividing opinion and breaking wallets worldwide. Lenovo-owned Motorola has also got in on the action with its Razr reboot folding phone, a $1,500 device that actually has lower specs than the $1,330 Z Flip.
But according to Input, their Razr has broken after just over a week of normal use with the plastic OLED separating from the top laminated layer, forming a big ugly bubble. It’s hardly what you’d expect after a few days with something you just shelled a hell of a lot of cash out on.
Input purchased the Razr for review, so this is a retail unit and not a pre-production model. After a cold day in New York, the writers noticed the phone’s display coming apart at the hinge.
In the article Raymond Wong said:
“Sometime during my 45-minute train ride from Queens to Manhattan that left at 3:08 p.m. ET, the Razr’s display peeled apart at the fold. I have no idea how it happened, but I can promise you it wasn’t from impact; the phone was closed in my front jeans pocket the entire ride and there’s no visible damage anywhere on the device… The screen was completely warped from hinge-to-hinge with the top layer raised like a poorly applied screen protector.
“I’m too scared to even fold up the phone now because the more I close it the wider the spread gets. There’s a long streak across the top of the bubble and at first glance, you might mistake it for a scratch. It’s not a scratch; there’s no physical damage on the surface of the lamination. It’s literally the pixels splitting from the two layers.”
This is not a great look for the Razr just a week after the Galaxy Z Flip stole its thunder. If the Razr breaks this easily and costs more than Samsung’s flip phone, the Razr could well be DOA.
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Author: Henry Burrell, Phones Editor
Henry is Tech Advisor’s Phones Editor, ensuring he and the team covers and reviews every smartphone worth knowing about for readers and viewers all over the world. He spends a lot of time moving between different handsets and shouting at WhatsApp to support multiple devices at once.