Motorola may finally take on Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 with a notebook-style foldable in 2026: here's what we know

Motorola has released a number of clamshell style foldable devices so far but if a new leak is believed, 2026 could be the year when the company goes on to compete with Samsung to bring out its first ever notebook style foldable device.

Tipter Evan Blass on X (formerly Twitter), has shared the image of what seems like the promotional material for the foldable. The teaser image highlights three points, first of which highlights the name of the phone, ‘the razr fold’

It also highlights that the device would be launching later this year. Second, the teaser reads that “razr fold will offer brilliant displays, intelligent Al, and an advanced, boundary-breaking camera system, setting a new standard for what's possible in a foldable device.”

Third, it says that the company would be revealing more details in the ‘coming months’.

Though we don't have any tenative date for the launch, Motorola will be launching its new Signature series on 7 January which is when the company could also showcase its plans for the new device.

The company has been teasing its folding phone recently and it is also a strong possibility that it could soon preview the book style foldable device during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where it is gearing for a "Smarter AI for all" event

Other details about the foldable device are scant at the moment. One thing, however, is clear that whenever the razr Fold debuts it would take on the Galaxy Z Fold 7. Motorola began launching its clamshell style foldables since 2019, just a year after Samsung, but this will be the first time it would take on Korean tech giant in the notebook style fold department.

The tipster had also recent given us a peek at the specifications for the Motorola Signature which could be a rebranded version of the Motorola Edge 70 Ultra.

Motorola Signature expected specifications:

Motorola Signature is said to feature a 6.8-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2780 x 1264 pixels and 165Hz refresh rate. It could also come with support for Dolby Vision and HDR10+, and feature up to 6,500 nits of peak brightness.

The Motorola Signature could come running on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor with support for 12GB or 16GB of LPDDR5x RAM and up to 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. The leaker suggests that the Motorola Signature may run on an Android 16-based UI, with support for seven years of OS updates and security patches.

For optics, the smartphone could sport a triple 50MP rear camera setup, including a Sony LYTIA 828 primary sensor with OIS, an ultra-wide lens with a 122-degree field of view, and a Sony LYTIA 600 periscope telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. On the front, it could feature a 50MP Sony LYTIA 500 shooter for selfies and video calls.