Best Flip Phones

Flip phones have matured from novelty into genuinely practical alternatives to traditional slabs. The best models fold down to pocket-friendly sizes without sacrificing screen quality, processing power, or camera performance.

The Motorola Razr Ultra (2025) takes the top spot overall, pairing a large, bright cover display with strong internals and a refined hinge design. For photography-focused buyers, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 edges ahead with its camera system, delivering versatile shooting modes that benefit from the folding form factor. Those shopping on a tighter budget should look at the Motorola Razr (2025), which keeps much of what makes its pricier sibling appealing while coming in under $800.

Scores here update automatically as new devices launch and benchmarks are added, so the rankings always reflect the latest data. Scroll down for full comparisons and detailed breakdowns of each phone's strengths and weaknesses.

Best Flip Phone Overall

Motorola

Razr Ultra (2025)

Ranked #23 of 44 devices tested

544/ 727Overall

Price (at release): $1,299.99

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Score Overview

Display594/ 845

Performance697/ 948

Camera428/ 606

Battery532/ 799

Charging355/ 700

Speaker540/ 857

Biometrics635/ 945

Microphone683/ 949

Data Transfer101/ 877

Among flip phones we've tested, the Razr Ultra (2025) puts up the most balanced set of numbers in a form factor where trade-offs are usually severe. The 7-inch inner display peaks above 2,850 nits and holds accurate color, and the phone runs nearly 30 hours of continuous video — about six hours more than the standard Razr (2025). The Snapdragon 8 Elite handles sustained workloads more cleanly than the Galaxy Z Flip 7, with meaningfully higher multi-core scores and better graphics stability under load. Charging is practical good too, and 68W wired gets you to 75% in 30 minutes, compared to 55% at the same point on the Flip 7.

Speaker output is poor though — near the bottom of everything we've tested, flip phone or otherwise. Connectivity throughput is similarly low. Camera results fall in the bottom third of our database, so photo quality lags behind what you'd get from a comparable bar-form phone at this price.

Battery and performance land in the middle of the pack overall, not at the top. Against the better non-flip phones, the Honor Magic8 Pro runs longer, charges faster, and scores higher in nearly every category. The Razr Ultra's case rests on delivering the most complete experience in a folding flip design — not on being the best phone outright.

Best Flip Phone For Camera

Samsung

Galaxy Z Flip 7

Ranked #26 of 44 devices tested

525/ 727Overall

Price (at release): $1,099.99

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Score Overview

Display523/ 845

Performance606/ 948

Camera469/ 606

Battery516/ 799

Charging211/ 700

Speaker704/ 857

Biometrics869/ 945

Microphone789/ 949

Data Transfer389/ 877

Among flip phones, the Z Flip 7 produces the sharpest front camera images we've tested in this form factor — detail holds up well even in mixed and lower light. The main camera stabilizes handheld video effectively, keeping footage controlled where the Galaxy Z Fold 7's main lens shows more motion at the same focal lengths. The Fold 7 does resolve more detail in its main lens shots, but its front camera is slightly softer than the Flip 7's.

Color accuracy is a real limitation. The Z Flip 7 carries roughly 25% more color error in the main camera than the Nothing Phone (3), which costs $300 less and handles both color science and dynamic range considerably better. The iPhone 17 Pro, at the same price, delivers a front camera that's dramatically sharper and sits near the top of our overall camera rankings across all phones tested.

The Z Flip 7 is the best camera option among current flip phones, but that's a narrow field. Buyers who prioritize camera performance above the flip form factor will find stronger options at this price.

Best Flip Phone Under $800

Motorola

Razr (2025)

Ranked #41 of 44 devices tested

397/ 727Overall

Price (at release): $599.99

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Score Overview

Display524/ 845

Performance167/ 948

Camera393/ 606

Battery497/ 799

Charging306/ 700

Speaker595/ 857

Biometrics357/ 945

Microphone472/ 949

Data Transfer103/ 877

At $599.99, the Motorola Razr (2025) is the flip phone to get if you don’t want to spend more than $800. The 4,500mAh battery gets through a full day without much anxiety — around 24 hours of continuous video on the inner screen, closer to 26 on the outer. Gaming drain is light. Those are reasonable numbers for the category.

The tradeoffs are that performance is at the low end of the phones we test — the Dimensity 7400X scores around 3,077 in multi-core, compared to 8,917 in the Razr Ultra and 8,162 in the Galaxy Z Flip 7. The cameras are among the weakest in our current flip phone set, biometric unlock is slower than most direct competitors, and the speakers don't stand out. The peak HDR brightness of 3,221 nits is genuinely high, though.

What you're paying for is the flip form factor at a price that doesn't require compromise elsewhere in your budget. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Razr Ultra both outperform it across most categories — they also cost nearly twice as much.