Flip Telephone Face-off: Phantom V Flip 5G vs. Motorola Razr vs. Galaxy Z Flip 5

You could not have heard the title Tecno earlier than. However the Chinese language telephone maker seems decided to construct a reputation for itself globally. After launching a putting foldable telephone early this 12 months, it is again with a $600 flip telephone, which makes the Phantom V Flip 5G essentially the most inexpensive flip telephone at the moment available on the market. 

One of many standout options of the V Flip 5G is its round cowl show, which is visually putting and could be changed into an always-on show. Tecno calls it the planet cowl display screen, and it appears to have a constant design language from the Phantom V Fold, the corporate’s book-style foldable launched in February. As well as, the V Flip has a 4,000 mAh battery and ships with a 45-watt charger and protecting case.

Nonetheless, Tecno’s inaugural flip telephone comes amid rising competitors within the flip telephone subcategory. Motorola introduced its Razr 2023 this 12 months — which could have a less expensive value than the $1,000 Razr Plus — simply earlier than Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Flip 5.  

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The Phatom V Flip affords some flagship options for that lowered value, however you might also should compromise on some options that you simply get in its pricier opponents. The most important variations, at the very least on paper, are the the processor, cameras, cowl display screen design (and presumably usability too) and IP ranking. The Razr 2023 and the Galaxy Z Flip 5 have bigger squarish cowl screens, whereas Tecno has that distinctive spherical one. Tecno says the duvet display screen can be utilized to indicate widgets. By comparability, the Motorola Razr can run total apps, and the Z Flip 5 takes a extra curated method by permitting solely apps and widgets which are tailor-made to be used on its smaller display screen. 

You additionally get one much less digital camera. The V Flip 5G has a 64-megapixel major digital camera, however does not have a second ultrawide digital camera, which could be discovered on every of the choices from its rivals. On the entrance, there is a 32-megapixel selfie digital camera. The Phantom V Flip additionally has a Mediatek 8050 processor, which is a step beneath the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 used within the Razr 2023. The Galaxy Z Flip 5 in the meantime runs on Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. There’s additionally no official IP ranking for water and mud resistance on the Phantom V Flip.

For extra particulars on how the Phantom V Flip 5G stacks up in opposition to the Motorola Razr and Galaxy Z Flip 5, take a look at CNET’s specs chart beneath.