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How Motorola tested the durability of the Razr’s foldable screen

The new Motorola Razr joins a wave of second-generation foldable phones. The new Razr has a better build, refined design and a host of software improvements to take advantage of its unique design. At the core of the phone is a 6.2-inch foldable screen that Motorola claims can be folded open and closed 200,000 times.…

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The new Motorola Razr joins a wave of second-generation foldable phones. The new Razr has a better build, refined design and a host of software improvements to take advantage of its unique design. At the core of the phone is a 6.2-inch foldable screen that Motorola claims can be folded open and closed 200,000 times. To back that claim, Motorola invited us to its lab to see how it tests the screen, as well as show us some of the improvements to the phone’s build and hinge mechanism.

33 Comments

  1. qwerty49392000

    September 14, 2020 at 11:31 am

    Hi

  2. Win Longhorn

    September 14, 2020 at 11:31 am

    A

  3. Marc Talks Tech

    September 14, 2020 at 11:38 am

    F

  4. Tetete Tetete

    September 14, 2020 at 11:38 am

    But you have considerably cut your weight. I am impressed. Some times you need peo ppl le like me who critique people like you. Your head is still big though.

  5. Moto Trooper

    September 14, 2020 at 11:46 am

    Hopefully this gets perfected in the future

    • Leon Trotsky

      September 14, 2020 at 6:18 pm

      I mean doing 54 folds a day you would hit 200,000 in ten years. I’d be questionable whether or not the battery could hold up for ten years or if 5G will be the current standard. Most people get a new phone at least every four years, you would have to open and close it 136 times a day.

  6. Pablo Vidal

    September 14, 2020 at 11:46 am

    And this is me, watching another review of a phone I will never buy.

  7. thumbtak

    September 14, 2020 at 11:50 am

    A string is not our hands. Is that a valid test?

    • Dr. Vlu

      September 14, 2020 at 1:25 pm

      The machine isn’t our hand too

  8. MrXenoOfficial

    September 14, 2020 at 12:03 pm

    Well at least Motorolas way of testing is better then the BS Cnet did. The way Cnet did it was by pure force. Which will break the phone like someone smashing the phone in to the floor…. The trust in Cnet is at the lowest….. At least the company itself behind the phone know how to test there own phone.

    • HJL1130

      September 14, 2020 at 12:52 pm

      While I agree the CNET’s test was a bit to harsh, the Galaxy Fold fared a lot better. Which basically goes to show that yes, the machine at CNET was harsh, but there are manufacturers like Samsung that went above and beyond for durability.

    • Chelle

      September 14, 2020 at 1:31 pm

      HJL1130 the testing machine was designed for that phone in mind. They just used it for the Motorola.

  9. Bindi Patel

    September 14, 2020 at 12:03 pm

    355 microns is not 3.5mm. It is 0.355mm….

    • Chelle

      September 14, 2020 at 1:32 pm

      Lol. Right. Imagine a 3.5 mm thickness for the screen 🤣😂

    • harish kumar thinkal

      September 14, 2020 at 2:37 pm

      Thank you, I was about to type the same 😅

  10. Sophie Colon

    September 14, 2020 at 12:35 pm

    Hi Guys 😍💋 💝💖

  11. Peter B

    September 14, 2020 at 12:45 pm

    I love this…but I’m so attached to my iPhone.

  12. MC s

    September 14, 2020 at 12:56 pm

    The testing is like opening the phone in both hand very gently. Whereas in reality, most people will do that with one hand and with one finger inserts in between and flips that open. The will create a lot more pressure to the hinge…

  13. Justis Borred

    September 14, 2020 at 1:01 pm

    I really like the idea of bringing back flip phones while improving the smartphone software. No need for a bunch of phone cases if the phones close off the screen and is durable enough for daily use. I’m just waiting on an iOS flip of some sort.

    • Ithor Bricks

      September 14, 2020 at 2:51 pm

      Why?

  14. Pranav Mukesh

    September 14, 2020 at 1:12 pm

    The phone’s design sucks you motorola idiots

  15. Sijith Sen

    September 14, 2020 at 1:18 pm

    Would like to know whether the test phones survived AFTER open and closing 200,000 times?
    Did Motorola tried to fold and unfold beyond 200,000 times?
    At which point did the phones fail/start showing issues?

  16. dkahmedkhalaf

    September 14, 2020 at 1:53 pm

    I dont get it why the folding phone its better with normal phones

  17. S Kumar

    September 14, 2020 at 2:17 pm

    Motorola is a Chinese company now. So durability and quality would be poor. Will never trust a Chinese company with my data. Wish Motorola was never sold to the Chinese

    • Ithor Bricks

      September 14, 2020 at 2:52 pm

      Lolllll

  18. kamarul hisham

    September 14, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    if this thing have a hand band like a watch… it’s will be a cool if can wearing it like a watches 🤪

  19. mrpmj00

    September 14, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    Buy no brainer bullet proof cash rich companies:
    I bought Amazon, Apple, Nvidia, Zoom, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Wells Fargo, Netflix
    TRUST THE PROCESS.
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  20. Stephen B

    September 14, 2020 at 4:14 pm

    This is just an ad for the Razr. I still don’t understand why cnet’s test was 25k+ and razr is 200k+…are they testing it properly?

    • J V

      September 14, 2020 at 6:29 pm

      The cnet test was for the past generation, the new one may last longer. Nevertheless, motorola did say the last one would last longer, I think 100k flips, so perhaps the cnet tests was harsher/more realistic. They need to do it again with the new generation to really know

  21. INDIANS DRINK COW URINE

    September 14, 2020 at 5:47 pm

    lol you guys will never attempt your own tests again after you idiots got so much hate for them

  22. miguel perez

    September 14, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    I bought a Motorola Phone last year.
    I have a love for Motorola since I grew up near Sunrise FL.
    The Phone Sucked!! Took it back because of the issues, got another of the same and the same problem.
    The phone will all of the sudden have a mind of its own.
    It seem to happen when I came from my Air conditioned house to the hot outside weather.
    Too bad..

    • George Tsonev

      September 14, 2020 at 10:54 pm

      And Motorola are really really bad at keeping their phones with up to date Android versions 😡

  23. RM

    September 15, 2020 at 12:48 am

    355 microns is 3.5mm, that’s what I heard ???

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