**The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Review: A Head-to-Head Challenge with the Motorola RAZR**

I was playing a game on my Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, and as I started to press the gas pedal on this side of the racing game, I felt like my finger went through the plastic. The experience is quite different from what I had expected. On the other hand, the Moto RAZR took what it learned from the Galaxy Fold and applied it to the flip. The updated hinge is called the "hideaway hinge" and uses a dual cam mechanism, which allows the flip to not only fold and unfold but also stay put at a 90-degree angle inside.

The hinge mechanism is quite impressive, with rotating or sliding pieces in mechanical linkages that allow for smooth movement. There are also bristles that brush away dust or lint that might get trapped, making it perfect for users who tend to be messy. I put the Moto RAZR in my pocket and took it out, and along the edge of the screen, I found a geyser of dust and dirt that was filthy. The new addition on the Galaxy Z Flip is similar to what we first saw on the revised Fold, with a visible crease when the flip is open.

One of my biggest complaints about the display on the Galaxy Z Flip is the way Samsung stretches the screen. It's the same issue I had with the Moto RAZR, where it feels stretched out and doesn't have the same tension as other phones. This gives me some peace of mind regarding the structural integrity of the device, but I still feel like there might be some issues down the line.

Samsung promises 200,000 folds, which is about 82 times a day for three years. While that sounds like more than enough, I'm not sure if it's enough to make me comfortable with using this type of phone. The Moto RAZR has its own set of limitations, however, including specs that don't rival the best 20/20 phones on offer.

The Galaxy Z Flip is still quite powerful, with last year's top-of-the-line processor from Qualcomm, which makes it a formidable gaming device. On the other hand, the Moto RAZR only runs a mid-range processor from Qualcomm and has less RAM and storage than its competitor. The battery life of both phones was also put to the test, with my Galaxy Z Flip draining 70% after seven hours of use, while the Moto RAZR managed to drain about 40% in five hours.

The final verdict is that the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is the winner of this head-to-head challenge. I would only recommend the Moto RAZR to those who are looking for a retro experience and want to satisfy their cravings for an old Motorola RAZR. If you're looking for bang for buck, however, a foldable phone is not for you.

In conclusion, if you're in the market for a high-end phone, you may want to consider other options that rival the best 20/20 phones on offer. However, if you're looking for the novelty or the cool factor that only a foldable phone can give, then the Galaxy Z Flip is your gadget match.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhile the best most feature-rich smartphones of 2020 look like this this or this the most exciting more talked about ones are those that fold and in the realm of foldable phones these two are the newest ones but which one is better I'm sure you've seen many spec comparisons on YouTube but what are they like in the real world hey guys happy weekend it's a surprisingly warm and pleasant day here in New York and because it's the weekend Michael Joshua 2020 says take some time off but I have a galaxy Z flip vs. moto razor video to finish and I'm flying to New Europe tomorrow so I need to get it done today Michael Josh in 2020 however also knows that it's important to spend time with his friends and my friends actually doing a pizza crawl today so I figured why not join them they're all tech journalists some of them at the phone so why not join them have some pizza but also do the video at the same time so phones are in my pocket I have some lactaid pills and my friends right there let's do this fasten your seatbelts folks this is moto razor vs. at the galaxy Z flip before we begin a tale of the tape this is the Moto razor a reimagined version of the iconic Motorola RAZR flip phone from many many years ago announced November 2019 went on sale January 2020 price just a penny under $1500 this is the galaxy Z flip samsung's second foldable phone but the first one to fold vertically announced February 2020 went on sale February 2020 and price thirteen hundred and eighty our crawl begins at scars pizza near Little Italy I arrived late so everybody else was already eating when I got there thankfully someone else was late this is near algun dia editorial director for mobile nations near EV is the first person in the world to own the motor racer he pre-ordered it and Motorola accidentally shipped it to him nine days early so you could say of everyone in the world he's also used it the longest and here's what he thinks a so much promise this had lots of nostalgia I own the original RAZR loved it this thing is not very good new Ram is not alone and that's a recurring theme in this video so spoiler alert the galaxy Z flip unanimously comes out on top at the end of this video but keep watching one thing that Motorola has going for it though is its much larger external display apart from showing the time you can view notifications and preview messages just tap and hold the icon to see the entire notification of course one of the most practical uses is being able to take selfies with the main camera so I tested it out with my friend Brenda on the razor all you have to do is flick the phone with your wrist to launch the camera and then use the volume down button to trigger the shredder with it's big external screen it's easy to take selfies the galaxy Z flip also has an external display but it's tiny basically it's therefore telling the time and seeing if you've got any notifications although full text messages will scroll if you tap them but yes you can use it for selfies too although how do I say this it takes commitment so which one do you like better I'm gonna go with the flip because I think we look a lot warmer I'm cuter it looks ready to be uploaded I'd say like I wouldn't do any processing on that yet while on the topic of design we should also talk about good looks motorola intentionally designed the moto razor to look like the original its shape this chin and even the curves on its top are inspired by the original right now it only comes in black but a gold model is coming soon the galaxy z flip on the other hand comes in black purple and in some markets gold it's shaped more or less resembles a galaxy s 20 so much so that when it's open it looks just like one same rounded corners and an aluminum frame I'll be it much narrower I love this iridescent mirror fan and overall I think the Z flip is the much prettier choice of the tube samsung has a long-standing reputation of excellence in smartphone cameras and the flip carries on that legacy it's got 2 12 megapixel cameras a wide-angle and an ultra wide-angle the motor razor only has one camera a 16 megapixel wide-angle camera that extra ultra wide-angle lens on the flip comes in handy in various situations but even without it the Z flip takes better photos versus the razor and you can see for yourself in these side-by-side photos I took during our pizza crawl video performance is better on the flip - now that I've watched it back video stabilization on the flip is much more superior time to test out via video quality and the stabilization it's not as bad using the main camera but the difference is still obvious so the lines very long and I'm here with my bodyguards all of them have held both the flip and the razor and I want to talk about durability can a phone with a foldable display survive the wear and tear of everyday use that is the question and the biggest difference between the Z flip and the razor is the material used in their displays on the razor like every other foldable phone we've seen thus far it's plastic the flip is made of ultra thin glass although Zack of jerry-rigged everything disagrees it probably has glass fibers in there and that's enough to say it's glass or it's glass up to a certain point but it feels slippery like glass it just the durability is not there am I the only one super concerned about this like yeah this is this is ultra thin glass this is a material science masterpiece at least as far as I've been able to tell the fact it feels like a film is kind of everything I can kind of give a because if you drop it like this you're probably gonna break most smartphone screens I agree with both Matt Chris whatever the case the display on the flip definitely feels much sturdier but which display is more durable perhaps only time will tell would you also need to talk about the candidate design to your right the razor when you closed it the entire panel would lift up off the body alone yes that's a possible battery of ingres for pockets mods for debris right I don't have that good Chris is right and as impressive as foldable displays are probably more impressive and not to mention more important is the hinge mechanism each company has a different approach motorola calls there is a zero gap hinge so when closed there's hardly any space sandwiched between the folded display when the phone is closed the display forms a teardrop shape and it's tucked inside the hinge thanks to this hinge design when opened the raiser doesn't have a crease in the middle it also allows the phone to be thinner overall there's a certain peculiarities about the design it's almost like the hinges are exposed you can even see parts of the display lift up as the phone is being shut and parts of it tucking away into the lip and while the crease isn't as visible or as pronounced as on the flip the entire display feels like a sheet of plastic covers on top of the phone so much so that when you swipe up and down you can feel pockets of air or hollow spaces underneath you can hear it too even with gentle swipes or when you tap on it what's more disturbing is the creaking sound from the hinge and it's pretty loud motorola actually released a statement saying they stand by the durability of the phone and that the sounds do not affect the quality of the product maybe just the experience I think the more important thing is is the feel and I was playing a game on the razor and you start to press the gas pedal on this side this racing game and all of a sudden I felt my finger go through the plastic Samsung on the other hand took what it learned from the Galaxy fold and applied it to the flip this updated hinge is called the hideaway hinge and it uses a dual cam mechanism I had to look this up but Kem's are rotating or sliding pieces in mechanical linkages this allows the flip to not only fold and unfolds but also stay put at a 90 degree angle inside there are bristles that brush away dust or lint that might get trapped perfect especially if you're a messy fellow I put the razor in my pocket took it out and along the edge of the screen that geyser was filthy and instead of an exposed hinge like on the razor there's a cap here the new addition we first saw on the revised fold just like on the fold when the flip is open the crease is visible and it was visible out of the box speaking of which you can watch the rest of our unboxing by clicking here you can feel that crease too and it's very pronounced my biggest complaint about the display on the flip actually there's something however about the way Samsung stretches the display it's the same way on the fold too it's got more tension so much so that this part feels stretched out all the way and doesn't suffer from that same feeling you get on the razor that Matt complained about where it feels like a loose sheet of plastic on top of something to me at least this gives my subconscious peace of mind and me a little more confidence in these structural integrity of the device even if possibly both hinge mechanisms and displays are equally as durable samson promises 200,000 folds that's about a hundred eighty two times a day for three years which sounds like more than enough oh and i didn't forget the most important thing on instagram John Proctor asks can you end calls by sassily flipping it shut opening it easy on the razor faraway snapping it close it's an effort either way you two hands I look forward to hanging up on somebody in a video call mm and then just like swallows their face like haha now I'm only putting this part in because I know many of you will still ask but I'm of the belief that if you're in the market for a high-end phone foldables are not for you neither of these two phones have specs that will rival the best 20/20 has on offer that said the galaxy Z flip is still very powerful with last year's top-of-the-line processor from Qualcomm and if you don't know what that means it's basically the most powerful processor from last year on steroids chosen to run high-end gaming phones like the asus rog phone - the razor on the other hand only runs a mid-range processor from Qualcomm it also has less RAM and less storage and a smaller battery ok so we're at our last spot let's do a battery check after seven hours of using my Z flip my battery drained 70% Chris's phone did a bit better draining about 40% in five hours meanwhile my motor razor went from 50 to 25% during the three hour Pizza crawl which is disappointing to say the least no one expected greatness from this right I'll expect it just a little bigger of course as we always say price is as important as a factor in specs and features and this category is where we see Samsung deliver Motorola the final blow because it was announced later it was wisely priced at thirteen hundred and eighty dollars that's $120 less than the razor and as you heard earlier it also offers more on paper getting to flip the edge on this tiebreaker not that we really needed one okay I'm home from the call and I'm really full so it's time to wrap up at the end of the day the galaxy Z flip is the winner of this head-to-head challenge I'd only recommend the Moto razor to those wanting to satisfy their retro cravings maybe they really love their old Motorola RAZR and want a reincarnated ver that can do everything you expect from a phone in 2020 should you be spending this money on a foldable phone well if you're looking for bang for buck foldable phone is not for you but if you're looking for the novelty or the cool factor that only a foldable phone can give then the galaxy Z flip is your gadget match well that's the end of this video folks you know the drill subscribe to our YouTube channel hit that Bell icon so that you get notified every time we post a new video follow us on social media for all the behind the scenes fun stuff and as always make gadget mess calm your daily habit until the next video I'm Michael josh thanks for dropping by youwhile the best most feature-rich smartphones of 2020 look like this this or this the most exciting more talked about ones are those that fold and in the realm of foldable phones these two are the newest ones but which one is better I'm sure you've seen many spec comparisons on YouTube but what are they like in the real world hey guys happy weekend it's a surprisingly warm and pleasant day here in New York and because it's the weekend Michael Joshua 2020 says take some time off but I have a galaxy Z flip vs. moto razor video to finish and I'm flying to New Europe tomorrow so I need to get it done today Michael Josh in 2020 however also knows that it's important to spend time with his friends and my friends actually doing a pizza crawl today so I figured why not join them they're all tech journalists some of them at the phone so why not join them have some pizza but also do the video at the same time so phones are in my pocket I have some lactaid pills and my friends right there let's do this fasten your seatbelts folks this is moto razor vs. at the galaxy Z flip before we begin a tale of the tape this is the Moto razor a reimagined version of the iconic Motorola RAZR flip phone from many many years ago announced November 2019 went on sale January 2020 price just a penny under $1500 this is the galaxy Z flip samsung's second foldable phone but the first one to fold vertically announced February 2020 went on sale February 2020 and price thirteen hundred and eighty our crawl begins at scars pizza near Little Italy I arrived late so everybody else was already eating when I got there thankfully someone else was late this is near algun dia editorial director for mobile nations near EV is the first person in the world to own the motor racer he pre-ordered it and Motorola accidentally shipped it to him nine days early so you could say of everyone in the world he's also used it the longest and here's what he thinks a so much promise this had lots of nostalgia I own the original RAZR loved it this thing is not very good new Ram is not alone and that's a recurring theme in this video so spoiler alert the galaxy Z flip unanimously comes out on top at the end of this video but keep watching one thing that Motorola has going for it though is its much larger external display apart from showing the time you can view notifications and preview messages just tap and hold the icon to see the entire notification of course one of the most practical uses is being able to take selfies with the main camera so I tested it out with my friend Brenda on the razor all you have to do is flick the phone with your wrist to launch the camera and then use the volume down button to trigger the shredder with it's big external screen it's easy to take selfies the galaxy Z flip also has an external display but it's tiny basically it's therefore telling the time and seeing if you've got any notifications although full text messages will scroll if you tap them but yes you can use it for selfies too although how do I say this it takes commitment so which one do you like better I'm gonna go with the flip because I think we look a lot warmer I'm cuter it looks ready to be uploaded I'd say like I wouldn't do any processing on that yet while on the topic of design we should also talk about good looks motorola intentionally designed the moto razor to look like the original its shape this chin and even the curves on its top are inspired by the original right now it only comes in black but a gold model is coming soon the galaxy z flip on the other hand comes in black purple and in some markets gold it's shaped more or less resembles a galaxy s 20 so much so that when it's open it looks just like one same rounded corners and an aluminum frame I'll be it much narrower I love this iridescent mirror fan and overall I think the Z flip is the much prettier choice of the tube samsung has a long-standing reputation of excellence in smartphone cameras and the flip carries on that legacy it's got 2 12 megapixel cameras a wide-angle and an ultra wide-angle the motor razor only has one camera a 16 megapixel wide-angle camera that extra ultra wide-angle lens on the flip comes in handy in various situations but even without it the Z flip takes better photos versus the razor and you can see for yourself in these side-by-side photos I took during our pizza crawl video performance is better on the flip - now that I've watched it back video stabilization on the flip is much more superior time to test out via video quality and the stabilization it's not as bad using the main camera but the difference is still obvious so the lines very long and I'm here with my bodyguards all of them have held both the flip and the razor and I want to talk about durability can a phone with a foldable display survive the wear and tear of everyday use that is the question and the biggest difference between the Z flip and the razor is the material used in their displays on the razor like every other foldable phone we've seen thus far it's plastic the flip is made of ultra thin glass although Zack of jerry-rigged everything disagrees it probably has glass fibers in there and that's enough to say it's glass or it's glass up to a certain point but it feels slippery like glass it just the durability is not there am I the only one super concerned about this like yeah this is this is ultra thin glass this is a material science masterpiece at least as far as I've been able to tell the fact it feels like a film is kind of everything I can kind of give a because if you drop it like this you're probably gonna break most smartphone screens I agree with both Matt Chris whatever the case the display on the flip definitely feels much sturdier but which display is more durable perhaps only time will tell would you also need to talk about the candidate design to your right the razor when you closed it the entire panel would lift up off the body alone yes that's a possible battery of ingres for pockets mods for debris right I don't have that good Chris is right and as impressive as foldable displays are probably more impressive and not to mention more important is the hinge mechanism each company has a different approach motorola calls there is a zero gap hinge so when closed there's hardly any space sandwiched between the folded display when the phone is closed the display forms a teardrop shape and it's tucked inside the hinge thanks to this hinge design when opened the raiser doesn't have a crease in the middle it also allows the phone to be thinner overall there's a certain peculiarities about the design it's almost like the hinges are exposed you can even see parts of the display lift up as the phone is being shut and parts of it tucking away into the lip and while the crease isn't as visible or as pronounced as on the flip the entire display feels like a sheet of plastic covers on top of the phone so much so that when you swipe up and down you can feel pockets of air or hollow spaces underneath you can hear it too even with gentle swipes or when you tap on it what's more disturbing is the creaking sound from the hinge and it's pretty loud motorola actually released a statement saying they stand by the durability of the phone and that the sounds do not affect the quality of the product maybe just the experience I think the more important thing is is the feel and I was playing a game on the razor and you start to press the gas pedal on this side this racing game and all of a sudden I felt my finger go through the plastic Samsung on the other hand took what it learned from the Galaxy fold and applied it to the flip this updated hinge is called the hideaway hinge and it uses a dual cam mechanism I had to look this up but Kem's are rotating or sliding pieces in mechanical linkages this allows the flip to not only fold and unfolds but also stay put at a 90 degree angle inside there are bristles that brush away dust or lint that might get trapped perfect especially if you're a messy fellow I put the razor in my pocket took it out and along the edge of the screen that geyser was filthy and instead of an exposed hinge like on the razor there's a cap here the new addition we first saw on the revised fold just like on the fold when the flip is open the crease is visible and it was visible out of the box speaking of which you can watch the rest of our unboxing by clicking here you can feel that crease too and it's very pronounced my biggest complaint about the display on the flip actually there's something however about the way Samsung stretches the display it's the same way on the fold too it's got more tension so much so that this part feels stretched out all the way and doesn't suffer from that same feeling you get on the razor that Matt complained about where it feels like a loose sheet of plastic on top of something to me at least this gives my subconscious peace of mind and me a little more confidence in these structural integrity of the device even if possibly both hinge mechanisms and displays are equally as durable samson promises 200,000 folds that's about a hundred eighty two times a day for three years which sounds like more than enough oh and i didn't forget the most important thing on instagram John Proctor asks can you end calls by sassily flipping it shut opening it easy on the razor faraway snapping it close it's an effort either way you two hands I look forward to hanging up on somebody in a video call mm and then just like swallows their face like haha now I'm only putting this part in because I know many of you will still ask but I'm of the belief that if you're in the market for a high-end phone foldables are not for you neither of these two phones have specs that will rival the best 20/20 has on offer that said the galaxy Z flip is still very powerful with last year's top-of-the-line processor from Qualcomm and if you don't know what that means it's basically the most powerful processor from last year on steroids chosen to run high-end gaming phones like the asus rog phone - the razor on the other hand only runs a mid-range processor from Qualcomm it also has less RAM and less storage and a smaller battery ok so we're at our last spot let's do a battery check after seven hours of using my Z flip my battery drained 70% Chris's phone did a bit better draining about 40% in five hours meanwhile my motor razor went from 50 to 25% during the three hour Pizza crawl which is disappointing to say the least no one expected greatness from this right I'll expect it just a little bigger of course as we always say price is as important as a factor in specs and features and this category is where we see Samsung deliver Motorola the final blow because it was announced later it was wisely priced at thirteen hundred and eighty dollars that's $120 less than the razor and as you heard earlier it also offers more on paper getting to flip the edge on this tiebreaker not that we really needed one okay I'm home from the call and I'm really full so it's time to wrap up at the end of the day the galaxy Z flip is the winner of this head-to-head challenge I'd only recommend the Moto razor to those wanting to satisfy their retro cravings maybe they really love their old Motorola RAZR and want a reincarnated ver that can do everything you expect from a phone in 2020 should you be spending this money on a foldable phone well if you're looking for bang for buck foldable phone is not for you but if you're looking for the novelty or the cool factor that only a foldable phone can give then the galaxy Z flip is your gadget match well that's the end of this video folks you know the drill subscribe to our YouTube channel hit that Bell icon so that you get notified every time we post a new video follow us on social media for all the behind the scenes fun stuff and as always make gadget mess calm your daily habit until the next video I'm Michael josh thanks for dropping by you\n"