Motorola Razr 40: Last-gen mid-range Qualcomm chipset headed to new foldable

The Razr 40 has passed through Geekbench, the presumed cheaper alternative to the Razr 40 Ultra. To recap, the Razr 40 Ultra will arrive as the successor to last year's Razr 2022, but with an unchanged Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset. In comparison, the Razr 40 will be a new product line for Motorola, albeit one that is not expected to reduce the entry point for clamshell foldables. Instead, the Razr 40 is rumoured to retail for €899 with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, roughly €300 less than the Razr 40 Ultra.

It appears that the Razr 40 could rely on a last-generation Qualcomm chipset too. While the powerful Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has now arrived, Motorola has opted for the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, identifiable on Geekbench as ARM implementer 65 architecture 8 variant 2 part 3399 revision 0, as well as its CPU core arrangement and lynkco motherboard. Additionally, Motorola has paired the mid-range chipset with up to 12 GB of RAM; it remains to be seen whether there will be a 512 GB variant of the Razr 40, though.

Motorola's decision to use a last-generation chipset may make the Razr 40 seem relatively underpowered compared to Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2-powered handsets like the POCO F5. As the screenshot below shows, the Razr 40 scored 1,019 in Geekbench 6 single-core and 2,545 in the multi-core benchmark, essentially with Snapdragon 778G performance levels. By contrast, the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 has been seen consistently hitting 1,400 points in Geekbench's single-core benchmark and exceeding 4,200 points in the corresponding multi-core benchmark. Motorola will announce the Razr 40 on June 1 alongside the Razr 40 Ultra. Many other Razr 40 specifications are unknown at this stage, although the 3C recently confirmed that the handset will also support 33 W wired charging.

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