Our Experts CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Motorola Razr Plus (2024) I've been using the new Motorola Razr Plus for two weeks and there's something transformational about it that's made me rethink my relationship with phones for the better -- and brought me back to my childhood. I'm a kid of the '80s and grew up loving the Transformers.
It was the Transformers' duality that fascinated a 10-year-old Patrick: I loved the fact that an 18-wheeler truck could transform into a giant talking robot who was a heroic leader. The new Motorola Razr Plus doesn't transform into a robot or a truck, but it does morph from a 4-inch handset (picture the iPhone 5 or the original Samsung Galaxy S) into a full-fledged 6.9-inch Android phone .
What makes the 2024 Razr Plus more adept at doing so than previous foldable Razrs, or even last year's excellent Razr Plus , is that the cover screen is better in every way. The outer display is larger with a new 4-inch panel, but still integrates its exterior camera lenses in the same way as last year's model. I dig the way the dual cameras protrude out like a vampire bite.
The cover screen's software lets me run my regular array of Android apps and has more widgets and panel customizations this time around. It also has an always-on display that's great for quickly checking the time. Over the course of my time testing the Razr, I found myself using.
