Next year is just around the corner, and with it comes CES – the world’s biggest annual tech show – which is where many major brands will unveil what they believe will be the next big thing. Sometimes they can’t help but spoil their own announcements. Case in point, Motorola’s elaborate CES invite suggesting it’ll be launching a Motorola Fold phone.
Motorola already makes foldables – the flip-style Motorola Razr line – but it hasn’t given us a book-like foldable yet. That seems set to change, given two key clues from its invite (via Android Central).
The first is a note that says, “We’re getting ready to unfold new perspectives.” This suggests some kind of new foldable style is in the works from Motorola.
A book-like foldable would make a lot of sense, given it’s the other common foldable phone design we’ve seen from Motorola’s rivals, but to add to the speculation is a lamp included with the invite that opens up like a book, with it fanning out glowing pages to hammer the design home.
As with all teasers, we should take speculation with a pinch of salt – it’s very easy to misconstrue Motorola’s hints – but a new foldable phone to rival the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 makes too much sense for the tech brand for us not to get a little excited that it’s a very real possibility.
Especially because Motorola specializes in more budget-friendly foldables compared to its rivals, though it also makes some premium foldables.
Fold phones have always been quite pricey – the Z Fold 7 costs $1,999.99 / £1,799 / AU$2,899 – but Motorola could offer a solid option at a lower cost. We still expect a Motorola Fold to cost over $1,000 / £1,000 / AU$2,000, but hopefully it lands somewhere between that and the Z Fold 7 – perfect for folks who don’t want to demolish their bank account but would like the tablet-sized screen that can fold up into your pocket.
I love foldables like the Z Fold 7, but I admit that they are very expensive.
We’ll be attending CES to cover all the latest news on the ground as it happens, so be sure to keep checking back at the start of January to follow along with the big tech news as we kick off 2026.
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