Could this flip phone be the answer to doom-scrolling?

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Could this flip phone be the answer to doom-scrolling?

Motorola’s mid-tier folding phone reduced the risk that a momentary action leads to hour upon hour of inaction – but is this enough to excuse its shortcomings?

John DavidsonColumnist

Aug 19, 2025 – 5.00am

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I’m writing to you today from seat 6B of an interstate bus, whispering into the front screen of the new Motorola Razr 60 folding phone.

Its “Moto AI” artificial intelligence system is doing a pretty decent job of live transcription, but it could be better. More on that in a moment.

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John DavidsonColumnistJohn Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior writer based in Sydney and in the Digital Life Laboratories, from where he writes about personal technology.