--- title: "Leak: Motorola’s Folding Phone Looks Like an Old-School Flip Phone" description: "New images appeared in a since-deleted post on Chinese social media network Weibo of Motorola's upcoming folding RAZR smartphone." date: "2019-04-29" modified: "2019-04-29" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/leak-motorola-razr-folding-phone" categories: - "Robots and Machines" tags: - "consumer electronics" - "folding" - "Samsung" - "the digest" --- # Leak: Motorola’s Folding Phone Looks Like an Old-School Flip Phone ![New images appeared in a since-deleted post on Chinese social media network Weibo of Motorola's upcoming folding RAZR smartphone.]() *\Image: World Intellectual Property Organization\* ## Flip Out *The Verge* [reports that]() new images have leaked on Chinese social media of Motorola's folding phone, the RAZR V4. We don't know much about the hotly anticipated device yet. But we do know that the RAZR V4 will likely fold vertically like a traditional flip phone rather than horizontally like Samsung's delayed Galaxy Fold — a smartphone that uses folding to become even smaller, in other words, rather than a tablet that can fit in your pocket. ![]() ## Nostalgia Sells But is this really the revival of the popular RAZR flip phones that were first introduced in 2004? [Patents filed back in January]() seem to support the idea that the leaked images could in fact be Motorola's upcoming design. The [*Wall Street Journal* previously suggested]() it will go on sale for $1,500. It's arguably not the best time to release a folding device meant for everyday consumers. Review units of Samsung's folding tablet broke earlier this month after only a single dNotificationsay of testing, thanks to a fragile hinge design and a [mysterious protective layer]() covering the device's screen. Samsung has since delayed the launch of the device, [admitting]() that it "needs further improvements." **READ MORE:** [Motorola’s vertically folding RAZR shown in leaked renders]() \[*The Verge*\] **More on folding phones:** *[Samsung Admits Its Folding Smartphone “Needs Further Improvements"]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()