Motorola launched a number of entry-level telephones for the US market, at the moment 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.
Motorola Edge (2024)
The Motorola Edge (2024) is much 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 yr, it has a brand new chipset and an even bigger battery.
Motorola calls it an “endless 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 fee and has 360Hz contact sampling fee. It’s protected by Gorilla Glass 3.
The cellphone 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 facet, it provides quick charging at 68W – it could actually fill the 5,000mAh battery to 50% in quarter-hour. Moreover, there’s 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 principle 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 primary may 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 cellphone does include stereo audio system with Dolby Atmos. Native connectivity contains 5G sub-6GHz, Wi-Fi 6E (ax), Bluetooth 5.2 and NFC. This can be a dual-SIM cellphone with one bodily slot (nano) and one eSIM.
Like final yr, the cellphone is rated IP68, which means that it could actually survive 1.5m (5ft) underneath water for half an hour.
The Motorola Edge (2024) will probably be out there within the US from June 20 at a worth of $550. You’ll find it on Motorola’s personal web site, in addition to retailers Amazon and Greatest Purchase, plus a number of carriers like T-Cellular and MVNOs on Verizon and AT&T.
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