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Last month\u2019s announcement of the Motorola Razr Ultra<\/a> took me by surprise, mostly in a good way. As the highest-end Razr foldable we\u2019ve ever seen, the Ultra has quite a lot going for it \u2014 including the latest flagship Snapdragon chip, significantly faster charging, a promising camera system, and some ridiculous new colors\/finishes<\/a> (including a wood version that looks incredible).<\/p>\n There is a cost for those high-end specs, however. The Razr Ultra is priced at $1,300, making it not only the most capable Razr phone to date, but also the most expensive.<\/p>\n Is $1,300 too much money for what the Razr Ultra brings to the table? We won\u2019t know for sure until we fully review the phone, but I do know one thing is certain. If Motorola is going to charge this much for a phone, it has to fix its bad update policy. And if Motorola hasn\u2019t done it with the Razr Ultra, I\u2019m worried it may never.<\/p>\n Are 3 years of Android updates enough for the Razr Ultra?<\/p>\n 50 votes<\/p>\n No, that’s not nearly enough support for a $1,300 phone.<\/p>\n 82%<\/p>\n I wish it was better, but it’s not that big of a deal.<\/p>\n 12%<\/p>\n 3 years is fine!<\/p>\n 6%<\/p>\n Motorola has gotten better \u2026 or has it?<\/p>\n Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n Ranting about Motorola\u2019s lacking Android updates is not a new talking point in 2025. It\u2019s something the company has long struggled with, and, if anything, its policies have only gotten more confusing as time has gone on.<\/p>\n As it stands today, budget Motorola phones typically receive two major Android OS updates and three years of security updates. This includes phones like the Moto G Power (2025)<\/a> and Moto G Stylus (2025)<\/a>. When you step up to a more expensive phone \u2014 such as a Motorola Edge or Razr device \u2014 you get boosted to three years of OS upgrades and four years of security updates. It\u2019s better, though still significantly behind what other manufacturers offer.<\/p>\n Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n Late last year, Motorola launched the mid-range Edge 50 Neo in Europe and India. Earlier this year, the company launched the Moto G75 and ThinkPhone 25. While there\u2019s nothing particularly special about the phones\u2019 hardware or specs, they stand out as the first handsets from Motorola with its best update policy yet: five years of Android OS and security updates<\/a>. It\u2019s the longest update guarantee we\u2019ve ever seen from the company, and it gave me hope that Motorola had finally listened to our repeated complaints.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, that wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n The new Motorola Razr (2025) and Razr Plus (2025)<\/a> \u2014 just like their predecessors \u2014 both have the same update guarantee of three years for Android OS upgrades with four years of security updates. That\u2019s frustrating enough for phones that cost $700 and $1,000, respectively, but it\u2019s all the more infuriating that the $1,300 Razr Ultra is slapped with the same paltry update policy.<\/p>\n Foldable or not, this isn\u2019t good enough<\/p>\n Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n It shouldn\u2019t be a hot take to say that a $1,300 smartphone deserves to be updated for more than three years. That should also be true of $1,000 and $700 phones, but especially so when we\u2019re talking about one of the most expensive Android phones on the market today.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve heard some arguments that, because the Razr Ultra is a folding phone, three years is enough. Given the lifespan of folding phones and how often people who buy foldables tend to upgrade, there\u2019s an argument that three years is fine.<\/p>\n A device of the Razr Ultra’s caliber and price demands software support to match its flagship nature.<\/p>\n However, I don\u2019t buy that argument \u2014 not for a minute. Whether we\u2019re talking about a folding or non-folding phone, a device of the Razr Ultra\u2019s caliber and price demands software support to match its flagship nature.<\/p>\n Google and Samsung have offered seven years of Android OS updates for a while now, for both their folding and non-folding phones alike. Why? Because that\u2019s what you should expect when you spend this much money on a high-end smartphone. Can you imagine if Samsung only provided three years of updates for the Galaxy Z Flip 6<\/a>? If Google promised just three years of updates for the Pixel 9 Pro Fold<\/a>? Each company would be dragged through the coals until they fixed it, and rightfully so.<\/p>\n Will this ever change?<\/p>\n Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n Motorola\u2019s lackadaisical approach to software updates doesn\u2019t surprise me these days. It\u2019s a point of contention we\u2019ve all had to deal with for years, and at least once a year, I find myself writing something lamenting the situation. But the years keep passing, Motorola keeps releasing expensive flagship smartphones, and nothing really changes.<\/p>\n At this point, I find myself wondering if this will ever change. Motorola has had ample opportunities to improve its Android updates, and if the company doesn\u2019t deem a $1,300 smartphone worthy of more than three years of support, I\u2019m not sure what will finally push Motorola over the edge. A $1,300 slab phone? A $2,000 book-style folding phone? Maybe, nothing at all.<\/p>\n I\u2019m usually not a glass-half-empty type of guy, but I can\u2019t help but feel pessimistic about this whole thing. If the Razr Ultra isn\u2019t the phone that gets Motorola to fix its poor Android updates, I\u2019m worried nothing will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority Last month\u2019s announcement of the Motorola Razr Ultra took me by surprise, mostly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[13620,547,3302,37674,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-76493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-foldable-phones","9":"tag-mobile","10":"tag-motorola","11":"tag-motorola-razr","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114455343568730528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Motorola](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Motorola-Moto-G-5G-2025-rear-hero.jpg\"\/ "\\"Motorola")
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