New leaked images of the Motorola Razr 2022 suggest that the release to western markets is imminent

After announcing a new Motorola Razr 2022 last month, we wondered if the new flip fold would be made available outside of China. Now, thanks to some new renders leaked courtesy of @evleakswe have some evidence that a global release outside of China may be imminent.

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– Evan Blass (@evleaks) September 20, 2022

The Motorola Razr promotional materials that accompanied its launch last month only showed display content in Chinese. These renders show a lot of English text, which may appear on Motorola’s global site.

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– Evan Blass (@evleaks) September 20, 2022

Although some outlets have speculated that a US release may be possible, these images do not indicate exactly as such. We don’t see any mention of a US carrier in any of the images, and one of the images shows a screen with WhatsApp open, which is more popular in markets outside the US. However, if you zoom in on the WhatsApp chat closely, the conversation mentions Portland and “the state” which probably refers to Oregon, in the United States.

Interestingly, the time and date on all screenshots is 11:35 am on Tuesday, April 3. Though coincidentally it falls on my birthday (yes, really), April 3 doesn’t fall on a Tuesday until 2029. After further investigation, however, Tuesday April 3, 1973, it was the day a Motorola engineer made his first phone call using a DynaTAC, prototype of the first portable mobile phone.

Last month, Motorola announced the Razr 2022, boasting some noteworthy upgrades over its predecessor. It has a new improved hinged OLED panel that closes completely and supports HDR10 + and 144Hz refresh rate. Plus, there’s now a perforated selfie camera instead of a notch.

There’s a 50MP main camera sensor with OIS and a 13MP ultrawide, but the real upgrade here is the addition of a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset (Motorola used Snapdragon 7XX series chips on previous models) . The Razr 2022 is already available for sale in China starting at 5,999 CNY (~ $ 856). No other market price or availability has yet been confirmed by Motorola.