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Motorola Razr Ultra Is Our Favorite Flip Phone of 2025, and It’s Now $300 Off on Amazon

This Prime Day deal puts the latest Motorola Razr Ultra smartphone in your pocket for less.

Flip phones are weirdly nostalgic — all the cool kids had them. Smartphones have evolved way past the early 2000s days, and today’s flip phones are both smarter and sleeker. If you’ve been thinking of treating yourself to one, this Prime Day is the perfect time to make the upgrade.

The latest Motorola Razr Ultra — our favorite flip phone of the year — is now $300 off on Amazon, going for $1,000. This is the lowest price we have seen this unlocked version ever go for, and the discount applies to red and green options. Other colors are also on sale, but they’re priced a bit higher. The retailer is also offering up to $650 in gift card credit when you trade in an eligible device, which is a great way to save even more.

This smartphone earned a CNET review score of 8.3/10, after being inspected in detail by our expert phone reviewer, Patrick Holland. According to him, it’s a big step up from older Razr models, especially those that are a few generations old. His only real complaint was the $1,300 price, which this deal takes care of.

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The 7-inch main display delivers stunning Super HD resolution (2992 x 1224), paired with a 165Hz refresh rate that keeps everything running smooth. But the main highlight is the bright 4-inch cover screen that can be used for anything, including apps and even games. The overall design is quite sturdy, and the phone features an IP48 rating for water and dust resistance.

There’s a trio of lenses with 50-megapixel sensors for crisp pictures. You also get a whopping 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage in this model, so storing all those high-definition photos and videos won’t be an issue. Add over 36 hours of battery life, and you’ve got yourself a reliable companion that won’t tap out halfway through your day.

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Why this deal matters

The Motorola Razr Ultra is one of the best flip phones out there, but at its regular price of $1,300, it’s not exactly cheap. This deal brings it down to $1,000, which is the lowest price we’ve seen. It probably won’t stick around for long, so we recommend acting fast to grab one.

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Apple’s New Smart Home Display Delayed Until Fall Over Siri Issues

It has been nearly a year and a half since the company announced the AI-powered product.

Your home could get smarter with Apple’s Siri, but it will have to wait a few more months. Bloomberg reported the iPad-shaped AI home hub won’t be ready until September, several months after the company was hoping to launch it this spring. Apple engineers first need to complete work on a new and improved Siri assistant for the home device, code-named J490, according to Bloomberg.

Apple was hoping to release J490 this month, along with a slew of other new devices, including the iPhone 17e, MacBook Neo, MacBook Air M5, new Pro models, and iPad Air M4. Apple first teased the smart home display in November 2024.

A representative for Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Siri is Apple’s virtual assistant that uses voice recognition and AI to fulfill a variety of tasks and commands, along with intriguing uses. You might use Siri to find your iPhone — «Hey Siri, where are you?» — or to hear the weather forecast — «Siri, what will the weather be today?» Siri is available on iPhones, MacBooks and iPads. It was launched in 2011 as a feature of the iPhone 4S.

As CNET reported last month, Apple engineers have struggled to push the upgraded Siri assistant out the door. It isn’t fast enough, gets confused by complex commands and doesn’t interact well with other Apple AI models. The company is also wrestling with how much personal data to access to inform the AI, and the new Siri is not yet able to complete in-app tasks, such as finding a photo and posting it to socials, all with one command.

It has been nearly two years since Apple announced that it would give Siri a major upgrade. In the meantime, competitors like Alexa Plus and Gemini for Home have entered the marketplace.

Tech tester Jon Rettinger, whose YouTube channel has 1.66 million subscribers, says the repeated delays in upgrading Siri can «erode» confidence in Apple’s ability to keep up in the AI race.

«Apple as a whole is still one of the strongest companies on the planet. But their AI play is clearly the weakest link in an otherwise very strong chain,» Rettinger told CNET.

Rettinger said he has had issues getting Siri to complete basic commands, such as setting two alarms at the same time, and that it’s a bit of «a mess» right now.

«Having said that, the iPhone has such massive market penetration that I’m not sure it will actually matter in the end. Which is kind of wild when you think about it,» Rettinger said.

Facial recognition for residents

The hardware for the forthcoming smart home display has already been finished. It resembles an iPad and can be either attached to a wall or rest on a half-domed-shaped base, the Bloomberg report said.

The device will be equipped with facial recognition, so when residents walk up to it, they will be shown personalized data such as music preferences, news headlines, appointments, reminders, tasks and so on.

The screen interface will include a bunch of circular app icons, similar to the display on an Apple Watch. The Bloomberg report said the smart home display will be the first of several home devices by Apple. Future products include a tabletop robotic limb with a 9-inch screen, a smart security camera and a Face ID-enabled smart doorbell.