The Motorola Edge and Edge+ are Android

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s developed by

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, a subsidiary of

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History

Renders of the phone were leaked in March, a month prior to the phone's anticipated launch on the mobile review blog ''Price Baba''. On 13 April, Motorola put out a tweet announcing a virtual launch for its next flagship phone on 22 April. The phone was originally meant to be launched at the Mobile World Congress in February but the event was cancelled due to the

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. On 21 April, a day prior to the scheduled event, a blog post detailing the phone's features appeared on Motorola's blog before it was pulled down. Almost after a month of the global launch, on 19 May 2020, the company also launched the Motorola Edge+ in India.

Specifications

Hardware

The Edge uses the Snapdragon 765G processor with the

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620 GPU, while the Edge+ uses the Snapdragon 865 processor with the Adreno 650 GPU. The Edge has 128 GB of UFS 2.1 storage (256 GB for the U.S. version) paired with 4 or 6 GB (6 GB only for U.S.) of RAM, while the Edge+ has 256 GB of UFS 3.0 storage paired with 12 GB of RAM. The Edge also has a microSDXC card slot for expandable storage. The display is an

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panel with

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support, featuring an optical (under-screen)

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. A 1080p screen is used, with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a 90 Hz

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. The battery capacity is 4500 mAh on the Edge and 5000 mAh on the Edge+; wired fast charging is supported over USB-C at 18W, and wireless charging is supported at 15W on the Edge+. Stereo speakers and a 3.5mm audio jack are also included. The Edge's camera setup consists of a 64 MP wide sensor, a 16 MP ultrawide sensor, an 8 MP telephoto sensor, and a time-of-flight sensor. The Edge+ uses a 108 MP wide sensor but is otherwise identical. The front camera on both uses a 25 MP sensor.

Software

The Edge and Edge+ run on a near-stock version of

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, with custom features in the pre-installed Moto app.

Reception

Chaim Gartenberg of

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gave the Edge+ a score of 7.5/10, praising the camera performance and battery life while criticizing the Verizon exclusivity and lack of waterproofing. He wrote that "In many ways, the new Motorola Edge Plus is a phone that's unlike anything Motorola has made before. But at the same time, it's also a phone that's very much like every other Android flagship on the market". The Edge+ received an overall score of 113 from

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, with a photo score of 119 and video score of 101, tying it with the Samsung Galaxy S10+.

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