The Motorola Edge 40 is the primary smartphone within the new Edge collection to launch in India. It packs premium {hardware} whereas being priced very aggressively within the higher mid-range section. Motorola calls the Edge 40 a ‘flagship killer’ and at Rs. 29,999, it affords many best-in-class options. Is the Edge 40 the true deal? While our assessment is in progress, this is our first impressions of the cellphone.
Motorola’s going the environmentally-friendly route in relation to the retail field. Fortunately, it’s simply restricted to the packaging supplies which include plastic-free wrappers, a recyclable field cowl and soy-ink for the printed textual content. You do get a charger and a USB Type-C cable within the field. The firm has additionally bundled a clear laborious case together with some paperwork and the SIM eject software with the Edge 40.
The Motorola Edge 40 comes with a 68W charger within the field
Moving on to the cellphone itself, the Motorola Edge 40 has been launched in two finishes. The color we now have is known as Nebula Green, which comes with a vegan leather-based again panel. There can be an Eclipse Black variant with a vegan leather-based again, and a Lunar Blue color with a PMMA acrylic end which is basically plastic however with a frosted, glass-like look.
The Motorola Edge 40 is sort of slim at 7.58mm and solely weighs 171g. It’s price noting that the blue variant with the plastic again is a tiny bit slimmer and lighter. The metallic body offers the Edge 40 a premium contact and provides to the nice in-hand really feel. Unlike most telephones on the market, the Motorola Edge 40 has a curved body and rear panel, which helps it relaxation comfortably in your palm.
The cellphone can be IP68 rated and is claimed to be the world’s slimmest 5G smartphone to get the official certification for water and mud resistance. Notably, additionally it is essentially the most reasonably priced smartphone in India at present with an IP68 ranking.
On the entrance, the Motorola Edge 40 has a 6.55-inch pOLED show with a 144Hz refresh price. The curved-edge display screen has a hole-punch cutout on the high for a 32-megapixel entrance digicam. The full-HD+ show will get HDR10+ certification and claims to supply as much as 1,200 nits of peak brightness.
Motorola Edge 40’s curved show has a reasonably skinny chin bezel
The Motorola Edge 40 has a dual-camera setup on the again. It includes a 50-megapixel main digicam with an f/1.47 aperture, which is the widest within the section. Theoretically, it ought to assist seize extra mild whereas sustaining a quick shutter pace. There can be a 13-megapixel ultra-wide digicam with autofocus, which suggests it may be used to shoot macro pictures as properly. In addition to this, the Edge 40’s ultra-wide digicam can shoot portrait mode pictures at 35mm, 50mm and 85mm. We’ll be testing how properly these options truly work within the full assessment.
Under the hood, there’s a MediaTek Dimensity 8020 SoC which is predicated on a 6nm fabrication course of. The machine comes with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage in India. It additionally packs a large 4,400mAh battery with help for 68W TurboPower quick charging out of the field. In addition to this, the Edge 40 additionally helps 15W wi-fi charging.
Motorola Edge 40 doesn’t include any preinstalled bloatware apps
In phrases of software program, Motorola Edge 40 runs on the Android 13-based MyUX pores and skin. It affords a near-stock Android expertise with some customisation and personalisation options added on high. There are additionally some neat productiveness, safety and connectivity options, corresponding to ThinkShield, Ready For, and extra, which we will likely be speaking about within the full assessment, coming quickly on Gadgets 360.