- It's open, flipped closed.
(phone slaps shut)
This is the Moto Razr haptic sounds.
(phone slaps shut)
(phone rings)
I've been here now for about three hours
trying to make a musical review with flip phone sounds
because the sound is awesome, and it brings me back
to my younger years, and now, here in 2020,
the flip is back.
The new $1,500 Moto Razr,
and the $1,380 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip have classic
clamshell designs, so I hired a music producer,
Ben Walding, to see if we could do a musical review
with just the sounds of flip phones.
Can we do it?
- Absolutely.
- He says so.
You hear that creak?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Get just one more.
- Neither phone is as easy to open with one hand
as the original Razr.
(phone hits floor)
It takes a little skill and muscle.
Put your finger under there.
The Razr is definitely easier than the Flip Z to open
with one hand though.
The Samsung Z Flip.
But the Razr feels much flimsier to flip
because of its hinge.
You can hear this as it opens and closes,
plus, you can see the screen rise up right there, and bend.
Don't you worry about this, says Motorola.
The sound is intrinsic to the mechanical movement
of the phone.
Razr has undergone rigorous durability testing,
and the reported sounds in no way affect
the quality of the product.
One sound you won't mind...
(phone slaps shut)
Boom, it's very satisfying,
even more than the Z Flip.
The Z Flip's hideaway hinge, as Samsung calls it
feels more solid.
Hear anything?
- No, I can't even hear that.
- [Joanna] Can't hear it, no.
- Even I can't hear it.
- So rigid, and so sturdy.
Now, for the foldable screens themselves.
This is the Moto Razr screen tapping.
(Joanna taps screen)
The Moto Razr has a 6.2-inch foldable polymer
that is plastic screen.
It feels very thin, so you can actually hear,
in some areas, the screen hitting the surface behind it.
You can also see outlines of what's under there.
Because it's plastic, the screen can also be easily
dented, or scratched.
The Samsung Z Flip, on the other hand, has a 6.7-inch
foldable screen, with a layer of plastic,
and a layer of glass.
How Samsung's folding glass, it won't say.
Regardless, the screen feels a lot firmer
than the Razr.
That said, it still comes with a whole bunch
of warnings about how easily the screen can be damaged.
There is this crease here, but Samsung's playing that up,
creating software that splits the screen in half.
Look, a mini laptop.
The Razr's outside screen is great, though.
I love keeping it closed,
and just glancing at notifications.
The Z Flip's outside screen is just too tiny.
All right, let's hear it.
- Here it comes.
- The Flip is back.
You can hear this creak.
You hear it?
And crinkle.
Nice, I love it.
Okay, we're gonna move on to the second section
of the song, which I want to be about the why.
Why would you get a flip phone today?
One word, compact.
Both phones are so much smaller than a regular smartphone
when you fold them up, and there's another reason.
Remember when flip phones were actual phones?
This feels more like a phone, phone,
and the call quality's been good, too.
Why does nobody pick up the phone anymore?
- [Woman] Hello.
- And boom, you can just hang up with a flip.
Big points for Motorola here.
It also has this retro Razr keypad with sounds
of the original Razr.
(phone rings)
- [Announcer] Hello Moto.
(phone rings)
- What you got so far?
- Check it out.
(phone rings)
- Why does nobody pick up the phone anymore?
(phone slaps shut)
- Hello?
(phone slaps shut)
- Why do you need a flip anyway?
(phone slaps shut)
Phones are now too big.
I love section two.
Now, section three needs to have everything else
that people wanna know about this phone,
like the camera.
The Razr camera is bad.
Not only does it take bad pictures, but the shutter's
so slow, you often miss your shot.
The battery life, not good either.
It often runs out before the end of the day.
Samsung does that all better.
It's got two better rear cameras that snap photos
instantly, and it has bigger batteries, one in each
segment of the phone.
Samsung only lent me this phone for 24 hours, though,
which is not really enough time for battery testing.
Is there any way to get in my conclusion?
- All right, let me just edit this down.
Hang on one second.
- All right, let's hear it.
(phone slaps shut)
(phone rings)
(phone slaps shut)
Cameras.
(phone slaps shut)
(phone rings)
So yes, the Z Flip is the better choice
of the two, but neither is
as good as your regular smartphone.
The technology's getting better and better though.
You could say the phone makers are just starting
to play the flip phone tune.
This is my new radio station powered by
ringtones by Samsung.
Here's to all those lovers out there tonight.