Working full-time on a foldable phone sounds crazy, but the Motorola Razr Fold proved me wrong

Published Jul 26, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT Bertel is a lifelong tech enthusiast with over a decade of experience writing thousands of articles about Android devices, Linux, and more. Before joining the How-To Geek team, Bertel wrote for the likes of MakeUseOf, MakeTechEasier, and Android Police—at the latter he wrote over 3,500 articles. He delights in helping others decide which tech to bring into their lives... and which tech to do without. Bertel graduated from the College of William and Mary in 2012 with degrees in History and Government. He has spent his entire career as a tech journalist covering Android, Linux, wearables, smart home devices, and more. I recently built my first desktop PC, but after using it for a few months, that type of computer just isn't for me. There was nothing wrong with it—I just prefer to work from my phone instead. This came as no surprise, as I previously had spent two years using various phones as my primary PC. Now, I landed on the Razr Fold, and it's my favorite yet. I do all of my work on this device, but it does require changing how I approach getting things done. My phone is a book-style foldable I do most of my work directly on the inner screen Credit: Bertel King / How-To Geek I recently flew to Austin, Texas, to cover a tech conference, and I was the one member of the press there who wasn't taking notes on a laptop. I sat there in the front row, working directly on the inner screen of my brand new Razr Fold. Motorola Razr Fold Motorola's Razr Fold (2026) is its first book-style foldable Android phone, offering high-end performance and cameras. My Razr Fold is slightly thinner and lighter than my previous book-style foldable, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6. Motorola's multitasking features are a big part of why I wanted to make the switch. The company has delivered an excellent way to have three apps visible at once. I can open three phone apps side by side and pan between them, or I can switch to a carousel-like view that lets me enlarge apps to occupy most of the screen. The combination of an 8-inch screen with a built-in taskbar and multitasking features makes a foldable more akin to a tablet than a traditional phone. Yet I find book-shaped devices to be much easier to work on than a tablet, due in part to squarish aspect ratios that are better suited for documents and easier to hold for hours at a time. I rely heavily on a stylus My digital pen is so important that I keep a backup Credit: Bertel King / How-To Geek Even though I do all of my work on my phone, I don't type much with my thumbs. Poking on a virtual keyboard is fine for text messages and for making short corrections to a draft, but I find it a tiring way to bang out a thousand words. When I need to sit down and write, I pull out my pen. What I do with this pen varies. I write longhand in apps like Saber or Notewise when taking notes. If I need to write something lengthy as quickly as possible, then I switch to gesture swiping, but instead of dragging my thumb over a keyboard, I use my Moto Pen Ultra instead. Since buying the Razr Fold, I've started to make heavy use of the handwriting features that Google has baked directly into Gboard. I can type by writing words longhand and having my phone transcribe my writing on the fly. This allows me to see more of the screen as I work than a conventional virtual keyboard does. I find my stylus to be even more important for navigating my phone than it is for writing. Some desktop websites are still not well-suited for thumbs, and a stylus offers the precision of a mouse. I write most of my words using voice dictation I'm speaking the words you're reading right now Credit: Bertel King / How-To Geek I've grown tired of sitting hunched over a keyboard, and that's a big part of the reason I'm happy to leave laptops and desktops behind. On my phone, I've started to use voice dictation in order to not only write my first drafts quickly but to be able to write while I go for a walk. My body feels better now that I don't have to spend hours at a desk in order to get anything done. While the microphone built directly into my keyboard is sufficient if I'm paying close attention to catching mistakes, I prefer to use Wispr Flow. It better formats text with correct capitalization and proper punctuation, reducing how long it takes me to make edits. I have external displays for when I need a larger screen My phone must come with a desktop mode The Moto Edge+ 2023 was the first phone I used as my PC. That was a traditional slab phone, and there was only so much I could get done without a separate accessory, so I purchased a wireless lapdock that I still keep around. I also bought multiple wired portable monitors. I did most of my work via Motorola's desktop mode, then known as Motorola Ready For. That feature is now known as Motorola Smart Connect. Android-based desktop modes run a Windows-like desktop and open mobile apps in resizable floating windows. Samsung DeX is the most mature, but now that a desktop mode is baked directly into Android, you can open one directly from a newer Google Pixel—though Google's desktop leaves much to be desired. XR glasses are actually my preferred external display when I want to sit down and get work done with a little bit more space. I have the XREAL One Pro. These glasses can anchor a virtual display in place and have crisp text that does not get blurry near the edges, fixing both of my main issues with the XREAL Air 2 Pro. These glasses also have an ultrawide option that I'm surprised to see works with Motorola Smart Connect. I tend to wear them at a desk while using a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but I generally save this as a backup for tasks that I don't do that often, such as working with large spreadsheets. XREAL One AR Glasses 8/10 Speakers Yes, 3.0 Spatial Sound Field Display Sony 0.68-inch microOLED The XREAL One AR Glasses provide a 147-inch virtual screen, high refresh rate, spatial sound, and three degrees of freedom. Not everyone can replace their phone with their PC Blogging is one of the tasks best suited for foldable phones. I can write in just about any app, and all I need is a web browser to publish my work. The fact that a camera is built-in means I don't need to carry a separate one. Win. This workflow is not well suited for people whose work requires the extra horsepower you can get from a PC. It's also a complete non-starter for anyone whose job absolutely requires using a specific piece of software that's only available for Windows, Mac, or Linux. Yet this form factor works perfectly for me. It has not only changed my concept of what work looks like, but what a computer can be.