I’m so glad Motorola ditched its biggest change from last year’s Razr Plus

I spent at least two or three years begging Motorola to bring a telephoto sensor to its revamped Razr series. I felt like I spent long enough complaining about the zoom capabilities (or lack thereof) on flip phones that a dedicated sensor was the only way forward. Then, Motorola listened. It loaded the Razr Plus (2024) with a 2x optical sensor for Super Zoom up to 30x. For a second, I had everything I wanted. Then, I realized that the grass wasn’t greener.

Although the image quality from the telephoto sensor was fine, I wasn’t using it nearly enough to justify its presence over an ultrawide camera. After all, a capable primary sensor can handle zoom well enough for most use cases, and the Razr Plus already had that. So, now that the brand-new Razr Ultra is returning to the tried and true wide and ultrawide pairing, I know that it’s the right call — here’s why.