At an online event, Motorola has announced its flagship smartphone Motorola Edge+ and also Motorola Edge. Both the phones support 5G connectivity and Motoroa Edge+ is the first smartphone to be packed with 108MP rear camera alongwith two other cameras. Both the phones have in-display fingerprint sensor. Both the phones are packed with 25MP front-facing camera.
On the specifications front, Motorola Edge+ sports a 6.7 inch (2520 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED display with an aspect ratio of 21:9. The display has support for HDR10 + and comes with 90Hz refresh rate. This phone is powered by the latest Snapdragon 865 7nm processor with Adreno 650 GPU and is combined with 12GB LPPDDR5 RAM plus 256GB UFS 3.0 storage. This is Dual SIM supporting phone and is packed with 5000mAh battery with TurboPower wired charging and wireless charging. The battery is claimed to last two days.
On the imaging front, this phone is packed with 108MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, OIS, 16MP ultra wide lens with f/2.4 aperture, 8MP telephoto lens with OIS. The rear main sensor support 6K for high-res videos with OIS and EIS for better low light video quality.
The Motorola Edge+ runs on near-stock Android 10 with My UX introduced for the first time on this phone. It includes all the moto experiences such as turning on the flashlight with a simple chop gesture to launching the camera with the twist of a wrist. In addition, My UX allows users to do custom settings and advanced controls for music, videos and games. Users can even create their own device themes by choosing from unique fonts, colors, icon shapes, and fingerprint sensor animations.
The Motorola Edge+ is also packed with stereo speakers with audio tuning technology from Waves, recipient of a Technical GRAMMY Award.
On the other hand, the Motorola Edge features 6.67 inch (2340 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED display with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9 and supprot for HDR10 + with 90Hz refresh rate. This phone is powered by Snapdragon 765G 7nm processor with Adreno 620 GPU and is combined with4GB / 6GB LPPDDR4X RAM with 128GB UFS 2.1 storage. This is also Dual SIM supproting phone and is packed with 4500mAh battery with 18W fast charging. This phone also runs on near Stock Android 10.
This phone is equipped with 64MP rear camera with f/1.9 aperture, 16MP ultra-wide angle lens with f/2.2 aperture and 8MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture.
On the connectivity front, besides 5G connectivity, both the phones also offer options of Wi-Fi 6 802.11 ax (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, NFC and USB Type-C.
The Motorola edge+ comes in Thunder Grey and Smokey Sangria colours. In the U.S, it will be available exclusively on Verizon, starting May 14 for $41.66 a month for 24 months or at retail price of USD 999.99. It will be available in Europe in the beginning of May.
The Motorola edge comes in Solar Black and Midnight Magenta colours. It is priced Euro 699 and will arrive first in Italy beginning of May and will be available in various European countries in the following weeks. In the U.S., the Edge will be available later this year.
India launch date and pricing will be announced soon.
