Motorola launched a number of entry-level telephones for the US market, immediately it brings out a mid-ranger – and it’s one we haven’t seen earlier than. Lengthy story quick, a curved 144Hz OLED show, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and a $550 price ticket.
The Motorola Edge (2024) is just like the worldwide Edge 50 Fusion. Nonetheless, it has higher show and wi-fi charging above what the Fusion provides. In comparison with the Edge (2023) from final 12 months, it has a brand new chipset and an even bigger battery.
Motorola calls it an “limitless edge” show – a 6.6” P-OLED panel that’s curved on two sides. It has FHD+ decision (20:9) and a peak brightness of 1,300 nits with DC dimming and 720Hz PWM. The show renders 10-bit colours at 144Hz refresh charge and has 360Hz contact sampling charge. It’s protected by Gorilla Glass 3.
The telephone is powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 with 8GB of RAM (LPDDR4X) and 256GB storage. It runs Android 14 out of the field. The USB-C port is USB 3.1/DisplayPort 1.4, however there’s no point out of Prepared For assist.
On the plus aspect, it provides quick charging at 68W – it could possibly fill the 5,000mAh battery to 50% in quarter-hour. Moreover, there may be 15W wi-fi charging, which is lacking from the Edge50 Fusion (that one additionally has a USB 2.0 port).
The 2024 mannequin is thicker and heavier than its predecessor – 8.1mm and 174g vs. 7.6mm and 168g. Nonetheless, the Edge (2023) had a smaller 4,300mAh battery. As soon as once more, Motorola selected fake leather-based for the again.
The primary digicam is constructed round a Sony Lytia 700C, a 50MP sensor with 1.0µm pixels (2.0µm with binning), quad PDAF and OIS. It’s joined by a 13MP extremely wide-angle digicam (120°), which additionally doubles as a macro digicam. Each can document 4K video at 30fps, the principle also can do 1080p at 60fps. The selfie digicam has a 32MP sensor with 0.7µm pixels (1.4µm with binning). This one tops out at 1080p @ 60fps video.
There isn’t a headphone jack on board, however the telephone does include stereo audio system with Dolby Atmos. Native connectivity consists of 5G sub-6GHz, Wi-Fi 6E (ax), Bluetooth 5.2 and NFC. It is a dual-SIM telephone with one bodily slot (nano) and one eSIM.
Like final 12 months, the telephone is rated IP68, which means that it could possibly survive 1.5m (5ft) beneath water for half an hour.
The Motorola Edge (2024) will probably be accessible within the US from June 20 at a value of $550. You can see it on Motorola’s personal web site, in addition to retailers Amazon and Finest Purchase, plus a number of carriers like T-Cellular and MVNOs on Verizon and AT&T.
