Motorola Edge 50 comes sandwiched between the Edge 50 Fusion and the Edge 50 Pro, which start at Rs 22,999 and Rs 31,999 in India, respectively. It takes on the goodness of the two smartphones: it comes with the Edge 50 Fusion's 5,000mAh battery and the Edge 50 Pro's triple 50MP rear cameras with a telephoto lens. At its core is the powerful Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 AE chipset with an accelerated version over its regular edition. At the price of Rs 27,999, should you be considering the Motorola Edge 50? Let's find out in the review.
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Final Recommendation
The Motorola Edge 50 remains a capable phone despite its short software support, so-so battery life, and uninspiring chipset. Anyway, this won't let down the smartphone from impressing those with a stylish but solid design, versatile cameras, lovely display, quick charging speeds, and reliable performance for day-to-day use.
Design and Display
The design of the Motorola Edge 50 is the same as that of the Edge 50 Fusion and Edge 50 Pro, but it is more robust. It has an IP68 water and dust resistance rating and MIL-STD 810H certification, making it the first device in this price class with military-grade robustness. For comparison, this certification means that the Edge 50 should be able to withstand shocks, vibrations, accidental drops, extreme temperatures, high humidity, low altitude pressures, and much more. Impressively, this smartphone manages this level of strength without feeling like a brick in your hand. It measures just 7.79mm in thickness and tips the scales at around 180g, ensuring it is easy to hold without feeling like it'll snap your wrist in half.
MOTOROLA EDGE 50 NOTHING PHONE (2A) PLUSREALME 13
ProThickness7.79mm8.5mm8.23mmWeight180g190g188gIP rating
Another strong suit of the Motorola Edge 50 is its flagship-class design. The back panel of the smartphone comes dressed in vegan leather, giving it a pleasant feel when it ensconces in one's hand. We had the Jungle Green colour variant for review, and it looked pretty classy with a matching frame, curving gently. The back is clean, with no sudden interruption from the camera module. Although there is a slight bulge where the rear cameras are placed, it is levelled pretty nicely against the rest of the body and doesn't rub off strangely with your fingers. For I/O, the Motorola Edge 50 would house a USB Type-C port at the lower edge for charging and data transfer. The handset boasts an in-display fingerprint scanner for security and Dolby Atmos-powered stereo speakers, which nicely complements its display.
The Edge 50 brings with it a 6.7-inch Super HD, 1220p, 10-bit pOLED, curved display with a peak refresh rate of 144Hz, a peak brightness of 1,600 nits, HDR10+ support, and a DCI-P3 colour gamut.
This is a huge screen and it looks great for multimedia; it punches out peppy colors, thanks to a default vivid color profile that can also be tweaked in the Settings app of the phone. The viewing angles are appreciable as well, but I just wish outdoor visibility was slightly better. The display is fairly legible under direct sunlight, but comes nowhere close to some of its competitors in terms of brightness.
Streaming is restricted to Full HD only, even though the screen supports a much superior HDR quality. And, on the brighter side, the phone takes care of those accidental touches, which is a standard user complaint with curved displays. It has protection of Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for durability.
Motorola Edge 50Nothing Phone (2a) PlusRealme 13 ProDisplay size6.67-inch pOLED6.7-inch AMOLED6.67-inch OLEDPeak brightness1,600 nits1,300 nits2,000 nitsCameras
The Motorola Edge 50 is one of the most affordable phones that pack a telephoto lens.
It packs a triple rear camera setup of a 50MP OIS Sony LYT 700C primary sensor, 13MP ultrawide lens and a 3x 10MP telephoto lens. It's also the exact same camera setup as on the more expensive Motorola Edge 50 Pro—except for the selfie camera on the regular Edge 50, which uses a 32MP snapper instead of a 50MP. In practice, the camera performance is not too far off from its Pro counterpart, presenting slightly oversaturated but detailed photos, especially in daylight. The sensors are also fast to focus and snap shots. The 13MP ultrawide lens also serves as a macro shooter to click clear images up close. The primary and telephoto lens is equipped with OIS, and AI further lends it a hand for clicking stable images and videos.
Daylight
The Motorola Edge 50 clicks pictures in cooler tones from its 50MP primary camera in daylight.
Its competitors, the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus and the Realme 13 Pro, are just slightly warmer in color temperature, thus a little more luminous and somewhat sharper. However, the Motorola Edge 50 does often underexpose darker scenes. Among the three, the Realme 13 Pro has the best dynamic range, but the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus certainly has more appealing shots due to its better color science. Ultrawide
All three smartphones preserve color science across their primary and ultrawide cameras, but the Motorola Edge 50 and Nothing Phone 2a Plus perform better in terms of image quality using an ultrawide camera. The Motorola Edge 50 produces more natural colors, while the Nothing Phone 2a Plus has better detail levels.
Portrait
Portrait shots are done much better by the Realme 13 Pro.
It might not be as crisp with all the facial details like in the Motorola Edge 50, which has a dedicated telephoto lens that lets you shoot in 3x magnification, but the edge detection on the Realme is really something. There is just slight warping around the edges on your subjects. Be warned, however, there is still a slight warping effect around your sujet, although noticeably less than the Motorola. The Nothing Phone (2a) Plus is quite good at edge detection, but its algorithm always overcorrects for skin tones' slight darkening and blurs out the fine details on the face. Selfie
The Nothing Phone and the Motorola Edge 50 equally tie in selfie performance. That is despite the latter packing a superior 50MP sensor compared to the Motorola's 32MP camera. While the facial details are almost at par in both, the selfies from the Nothing Phone come with a reddish tint, which makes them more dramatic. If the accurate skin tones are what you desire, then consider the Motorola Edge 50.
Low Light (Night Mode)
In low-light scenarios, night mode again overexposes shots a lot with the 2a Plus—making things look quite artificial, with a terrible dynamic range and over-saturated colors. The Motorola Edge 50 and Realme 13 Pro manage the camera performance in low light a bit better, though detail isn't anything to write home about—the Motorola shows more natural and true-to-life colors.
Performance and software
On the performance aspect, the Motorola Edge 50 runs on Qualcomm's mid-end Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 AE processor unisoned with 8GB of RAM and 256GB non-extendable storage.
Fast forward to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, which comes with a SoC clocked at a higher 2.5GHz, as compared to 2.4GHz on the standard variant. This should give better processing performance, which, to our advantage, transpires in the benchmark tests. The handset gets higher marks in terms of AnTuTu and Geekbench compared to the phones with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC in the segment. Furthermore, the phone throttles by 77% from its peak performance in the Burnout CPU throttling test. Despite this, the device is not the most powerful for this pricing. Optimally, for an average user this will be an excellent solution; however, if you are more of a gamer, then the POCO F6 or the Nothing Phone 2a Plus seem to be better choices. Both these smartphones provide better thermal management in terms of frame rates experienced on the Motorola Edge 50 under the same testing conditions for games like BGMI, Call of Duty, and Real Racing 3 for 30 minutes.
The Motorola Edge 50 covers for performance deficiencies in the software department, where it launches with Android 14-based Hello UI straight out of the box.
Though not as close to stock as the Nothing Phone (2a) Plus, which bore just 26 pre-installed apps against the Edge 50's 42, it is nonetheless intuitive and easy to navigate. The app drawer is similarly in order, with just two pre-installed third-party apps. These features, in addition to many others, present in the Edge 50 Ultra, are also found in the Edge 50: Style Sync that could be used to generate personalized wallpapers from gallery photos, Magic Canvas for creating images, and Magic Editor for editing photos. Motorola Edge 50 (SD 7 Gen1 AE) Samsung Galaxy F55 (SD 7 Gen1) POCO F6 (SD 8s Gen 3) AnTuTu 7,144,295 5,22
As such, the Edge 50 comes with most of the customization features and options that have adorned recent Moto phones by the manufacturer, such as Moto Unplugged, Ready For, gestures, Smart Connect, and Family Space. The software update policy by the manufacturer is however less interesting by comparison. Whereas some competitors give three years of major OS updates, and some even pledge four years, the update policy on the subject Motorola Edge 50 is two years of major software updates and another year of receiving security updates.
In-box apps OS updates Motorola Edge 50 422 years major, 3 years security Nothing Phone (2a) Plus 263 years major, 4 years security Realme 13 Pro 602 years major, 3 years security Battery and charging
The Motorola Edge 50 gets a pretty standard 5,000mAh battery with up to 68W fast wired charging and 15W wireless charging.
This, however, is with the corresponding wired charger available inside the box thanks to which the smartphone can juice from 20 to 100 percent in about 40 minutes. On the other hand, the full charge must last a day at least between charges unless you're in for some heavy use. It managed 10 hours 59 minutes in the PCMark battery test, which runs a series of tasks until the battery life hits 20 percent. In our lab test, which involved streaming a 30-minute video and playing games for 90 minutes, the handset battery dropped by 31%. This is slightly on the higher side when compared with the competitors, which provide better battery management in similar tests. The battery in the Motorola Edge 50 is for users with moderate usage.
Phone Charge time (20-100 percent) Motorola Edge 50 40 minutes Nothing Phone (2a) Plus51 minutesRealme 13 Pro52 minutesFinal verdict
Where the Motorola Edge 50 feels like a quite feature-rich smartphone, it doesn't cater to everyone's needs.
It leaves out the power-hungry users who love to game day in and out on their smartphones. The Motorola Edge 50 is overall satisfying, meeting the needs of typical users whose usage pattern consists of streaming shows and movies, browsing, scrolling through social media, clicking good photos in daylight conditions, and occasional gaming. All of these, along with some catchy design, military-grade durability, quick wired charging, as well as wireless charging, do single out the Moto Edge 50 for buying by those who eye an all-rounder device with a competitive price tag. Editor's rating: 7.5 / 10Reasons to buy Sleek and modern design with military-grade durability.
Review
Display is bright and has excellent viewing angles.
The Phone features a flexible camera setup that does a pretty good job in daylight
Reasons not to buy
Battery is decent for everyday usage, but not demanding.
Software support is on the shorter side when compared to most of its arch-rivals.
Tested by: Ujjwal Sharma
Motorola Edge 50 Competitors
Motorola Edge 50 Sale Starts I Check Features, Price
Motorola, one of the global leaders for mobile tech and innovation, has recently announced their latest release, the Motorola Edge 50. The motorola edge 50, as the name suggests, belongs to the premium category of edge smartphones from Motorola with a host of disruptive features such as MIL-810H military-grade durability and IP68 underwater cover, thereby making it the world's slimmed IP68 MIL-810H military-graded certified durable smartphone.
The Motorola Edge 50 shall come with the segment's best Moto AI-enabled camera powered by the Sony Sensor LYTIA 700C. The device shall be available in an 8GB+256GB single variant and go on sale at an effective price of just 25,999* on Flipkart, Motorola.in, and leading retail stores across India, starting today.
The motorola edge 50 provides an in-hand feel with symmetrical curves in every part of its design.
The design of the motorola edge 50 is both robust and beautiful. It sets a standard of toughness that has never been seen before.
The motorola edge 50, will be available at an introductory sale price of INR 27,999 for its single 8GB + 256GB RAM and Storage variant, in three PantoneTMcolour variants – Jungle Green, Peach Fuzz (colour of the year 2002) in Premium Vegan leather finish and Koala Grey colour in vegan suede finish. This smartphone will be up for sale on Flipkart, Motorola.in and at leading retail stores including Reliance Digital.
Instant Price: 8+256: INR 27,999
Affordability Offers~:
INR 2,000Instant discount on Axis Bank and IDFC First Bank credit cards and credit card EMI transactions
No Cost EMI upto 9 Months starting at 2,889/ per month from leading banks
Effective Price with offer: INR 25,999 (including Rs. 2000 offer)
To know more about the offer: https://www.jio.com/en-in/jio-motorola-edge-50-pro-2024
