Motorola Razr 60 Ultra VS Samsung Galaxy S25

The most fundamental design difference here is form factor: the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra is a foldable device, while the Samsung Galaxy S25 is a traditional candy-bar smartphone. This single distinction drives most of the other divergences in this group. Unfolded, the Razr is significantly larger — 171.5 mm tall versus 146.9 mm for the S25 — and its overall volume is roughly 23% greater (91.4 cm³ vs 74.6 cm³). In practice, the Razr offers a larger screen experience when open, but folds down to a much more pocketable footprint — a trade-off the S25 simply does not offer.

Weight is another meaningful real-world differentiator. At 199 g, the Razr 60 Ultra is noticeably heavier than the S25's 162 g — a 37 g gap that becomes perceptible during prolonged one-handed use or when carried in a shirt pocket. The S25 wins on lightness and compactness in its unfolded state. Interestingly, both phones share an identical 7.2 mm thickness (measured when the Razr is open), which is a testament to how slim modern foldable engineering has become.

On water resistance, both are rated Waterproof, but the certifications differ subtly: the S25 carries a full IP68 rating, meaning it is tested against both dust ingress and water submersion, while the Razr holds IPX8, which covers water submersion but carries no official dust-resistance rating. For most users this distinction is minor, but in dusty or sandy environments the S25 has a slight technical edge. Overall, the Samsung Galaxy S25 has the advantage in portability and all-round protection, while the Razr 60 Ultra's foldable design appeals to users who prioritize versatility of form over raw lightness.

Both phones use OLED/AMOLED panels and match almost identically on pixel density — 417 ppi for the Razr 60 Ultra versus 416 ppi for the Galaxy S25 — meaning neither has a perceptible sharpness advantage. Where they diverge meaningfully is in raw screen real estate and resolution. The Razr's main display measures 7 inches at 1224 x 2912 px, while the S25 offers a more compact 6.2 inches at 1080 x 2340 px. In practice, the Razr delivers a significantly more immersive canvas for video, multitasking, and reading — a direct benefit of its foldable design.

Responsiveness is another area where the Razr pulls ahead. Its 165Hz refresh rate and 300Hz touch sampling rate outpace the S25's 120Hz and 240Hz respectively. The higher refresh rate translates to noticeably smoother scrolling and animations, while the faster touch sampling makes the display feel more instantaneous — an edge that gamers and power users will appreciate. The Razr also adds Dolby Vision support on top of the HDR10 and HDR10+ that both phones share, unlocking richer tone-mapping for compatible streaming content.

A final — and uniquely practical — distinction is the Razr's secondary screen, which allows glanceable notifications, widgets, and quick interactions without ever unfolding the device. The S25 has no equivalent. Taken together, the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra holds a clear display advantage across size, refresh rate, HDR support, and overall versatility, though the S25 remains a capable, sharp panel for users who prefer a more traditional and compact form.

On paper, both phones share the same foundation: a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip built on a 3 nm process, paired with an Adreno 830 GPU, identical memory bandwidth, and the same thermal envelope. Yet the benchmark results tell a strikingly different story. The Galaxy S25 posts an AnTuTu score of 3,050,000 against the Razr 60 Ultra's 1,831,212, and the gap is just as wide in Geekbench 6 — 3,175 single-core and 10,050 multi-core for the S25, versus 1,753 and 6,796 for the Razr. Even in GPU-focused testing, the S25 edges ahead with a 3DMark Wild Life Extreme score of 6,755 compared to 5,938. These differences align with the S25's slightly higher peak CPU clock (4.47 GHz vs 4.32 GHz) and higher GPU clock (1200 MHz vs 1100 MHz), suggesting Samsung has tuned its implementation of the same silicon more aggressively.

Where the Razr 60 Ultra counters is in memory and storage configuration. It ships with 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of internal storage, compared to the S25's 12 GB RAM and 512 GB maximum. More RAM provides headroom for heavier multitasking and keeping more apps alive in the background — a genuine day-to-day advantage for power users who switch frequently between demanding applications.

Weighing the data as a whole, the Samsung Galaxy S25 holds a clear performance edge in raw compute and graphics throughput based on the benchmark figures, despite sharing the same core chip. The Razr 60 Ultra's larger RAM pool is a meaningful offset for multitasking, but it does not close the gap in processing power that the scores reveal.

The rear camera philosophies here diverge sharply. The Razr 60 Ultra relies on a dual 50 MP setup — two high-resolution lenses with no optical zoom — while the Galaxy S25 deploys a triple-camera system (50 + 12 + 10 MP) that covers wide, ultrawide, and a dedicated 3x optical telephoto lens. The practical consequence is significant: the S25 can reach an equivalent of 67 mm on the long end versus the Razr's maximum of 24 mm, meaning the S25 is a far more versatile tool for portraits, distant subjects, and compression-heavy compositions. The Razr simply has no optical zoom equivalent, which is a hard limitation no software processing can fully overcome.

For enthusiast photographers, the S25 also adds RAW capture and manual shutter speed control — features absent on the Razr — giving users the building blocks for serious post-processing and long-exposure work. The S25 further benefits from a BSI sensor on at least one lens, a design that improves light-gathering efficiency. On the video side, both phones record at 4320p at 30 fps, but the Razr counters with Dolby Vision recording support, which the S25 lacks — an advantage for users invested in that HDR ecosystem.

The one area where the Razr meaningfully pulls ahead is the selfie camera: its 50 MP front shooter dwarfs the S25's 12 MP equivalent, offering substantially more detail and cropping flexibility for self-portraits. Still, on the whole, the Samsung Galaxy S25 holds the camera advantage — its triple-lens versatility, optical zoom reach, RAW support, and additional manual controls give it a broader and more capable imaging toolkit than the Razr's dual-camera arrangement.

Rarely does a spec group paint such a uniform picture: across the entire OS feature set provided, the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra and the Samsung Galaxy S25 are virtually identical. Both run Android 15, both offer the same privacy controls, dynamic theming, split-screen multitasking, on-device machine learning, and the full suite of modern Android conveniences. Neither receives direct OS updates from Google, and neither supports Quick Start or cross-site tracking blocking. For a user trying to differentiate the two on software alone, there is almost nothing to separate them.

The single distinction in this entire group is that the Galaxy S25 supports desktop/PC mode — the ability to connect the phone to an external display and use it as a basic computer — while the Razr does not. For users who value that occasional convergence use case, whether for travel productivity or simply reducing the need for a separate device, it is a genuine functional advantage exclusive to the S25.

That one feature aside, this group is effectively a tie. The software experience these two phones offer is, based strictly on the provided data, equivalent. The Samsung Galaxy S25 earns a narrow edge solely by virtue of its PC mode capability, but users who have no interest in that feature will find no software-driven reason to choose one over the other here.

Capacity is the Razr 60 Ultra's most immediate battery advantage: its 4700 mAh cell outpaces the Galaxy S25's 4000 mAh by a meaningful 17.5%. All else being equal, a larger battery directly translates to more screen-on time between charges — a significant consideration given the Razr's larger, high-refresh display drawing more power. The charging story reinforces this lead: the Razr supports 68W wired fast charging versus the S25's 25W, meaning the Razr can refill its bigger battery substantially faster in absolute terms. Its wireless charging also runs at 30W, double the S25's 15W, making cable-free top-ups a much quicker affair.

The Galaxy S25 does claim one exclusive in this group: reverse wireless charging, which allows it to act as a wireless pad to charge accessories like earbuds or a smartwatch. The Razr lacks this feature entirely. At 4.5W the S25's reverse charging speed is modest — better suited for topping up small accessories than powering another phone — but it is a convenience the Razr simply cannot match.

On balance, the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra holds a clear battery advantage. Its larger capacity and significantly faster wired and wireless charging speeds will matter far more to most users on a daily basis than the S25's reverse wireless charging capability. Neither phone ships with a charger in the box, so that parity point does not affect the overall verdict.

Wireless audio codec support is where these two phones take subtly different paths. Both carry aptX Adaptive and aptX Lossless — the most capable codecs in the Qualcomm family, capable of delivering high-resolution, low-latency audio to compatible headphones. The divergence lies in their secondary high-res codecs: the Razr 60 Ultra adds aptX HD, while the Galaxy S25 instead includes LDAC. LDAC, developed by Sony, is the more widely adopted high-res Bluetooth codec across premium headphones and earbuds from a broad range of manufacturers, giving the S25 greater compatibility with the existing high-end wireless audio ecosystem. The Razr's aptX HD, by contrast, is more narrowly supported. That said, since both phones share aptX Adaptive — which dynamically adjusts bitrate up to 96 kHz/24-bit — the practical gap for users with compatible gear is minimal.

Away from wireless, the Razr 60 Ultra carries a 3-microphone array versus the S25's 2 microphones. An additional mic enables more sophisticated beamforming and noise cancellation algorithms, which typically means cleaner voice capture during calls, video recording, and voice commands in noisy environments. For anyone who frequently records audio or takes calls in challenging conditions, this is a tangible everyday advantage.

With no headphone jack on either device and stereo speakers on both, this group is closely contested. The Samsung Galaxy S25 has a slight edge for wireless audio versatility thanks to LDAC's broader ecosystem support, while the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra counters with a superior microphone configuration — making the overall verdict a near tie that tilts based on whether the user prioritizes listening quality or voice capture.

At the headline level, these two phones are remarkably well-matched on connectivity: both support 5G, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, GPS, and an identical set of onboard sensors including gyroscope, accelerometer, barometer, and compass. Download and upload speeds are identical on paper. For the vast majority of users, day-to-day wireless connectivity will feel indistinguishable between the two devices.

Dig into the details, however, and two meaningful gaps emerge. The Galaxy S25 supports dual physical SIM plus dual eSIM, compared to the Razr's single physical SIM and single eSIM. For frequent travelers or users who juggle personal and work lines, that extra SIM slot is a genuine practical advantage. More impactful for wired use is the S25's USB 3.2 interface versus the Razr's USB 2.0 — a substantial difference in data transfer speeds when connecting to a computer or external storage. USB 3.2 can transfer files many times faster than USB 2.0, which matters for anyone who regularly moves large video files or performs device backups via cable. The S25 also adds ANT+ support, a protocol used to communicate with fitness equipment and sports sensors, giving it a niche but real edge for health and fitness-oriented users.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 earns a clear advantage in this group. Its superior USB standard, dual-SIM flexibility, and ANT+ support each address specific but tangible real-world use cases that the Razr 60 Ultra cannot accommodate — and together they add up to a more versatile connectivity profile despite the two phones sharing nearly identical wireless specifications.

The Miscellaneous group offers no differentiating data between these two devices. Every spec listed — the presence of a video light, the absence of sapphire glass, a flat (non-curved) display, and no e-paper screen — is identical across the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra and the Samsung Galaxy S25. Based strictly on the provided data, this group is a complete tie, with neither phone holding any advantage over the other.