New Delhi, June 13 -- NEW YORK - If you want the best flip phone money can buy right now, Motorola has your answer. The problem is what Motorola is asking for it, and the quiet asterisk buried beneath the $1,499.99 price tag.

Motorola still promises only three years of Android operating system updates on a device it is asking consumers to spend more on than last year.

That is the tension that runs beneath every benchmark score and every alcantara finish. Motorola built a better product, then priced it into the territory where flagships with longer lifespans live - and declined to raise its support commitment to match.

The hardware case starts with what did not change. The Ultra's folded footprint is identical to the 2025 model - 88.1 x...