Motorola Edge 40 is the newest smartphone beneath the value level of Rs. 30,000 in India. The telephone packs some promising {hardware} for the value. The Motorola Edge 40 is the primary smartphone within the new Edge collection and comes with many segment-first options. The gadget takes on the likes of the Samsung Galaxy A34 5G (Review), Nothing Phone (1) (Review) and Poco F5.
On this week’s episode of the Gadgets 360 podcast Orbital, host Siddharth Suvarna received along with resident smartphone skilled Pranav Hegde — that is me — to debate the brand new smartphone from Motorola. We mentioned the telephone’s professionals and cons and in addition beneficial a couple of alternate options.
We begin off with the value and storage configuration choices of the Motorola Edge 40. The firm has launched the gadget in India with a single storage configuration. The Edge 40 with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage is priced at Rs 29,999 in India.
The handset has many spotlight options. Starting off with the design, Hegde talks in regards to the good in-hand really feel that the Nebula Green color choice offers, which sports activities a vegan leather-based rear panel. There can also be a PMMA acrylic variant, which comes within the Lunar Blue choice. It isn’t just in regards to the rear panel’s supplies because the Motorola Edge 40 additionally is sort of skinny and light-weight. The telephone can also be essentially the most reasonably priced smartphone presently in India to function an IP68 score.
We additionally mentioned the telephone’s battery and efficiency unit. Despite having a thickness of solely 7.61mm, the Motorola Edge 40 packs a 4,400mAh battery. The telephone additionally encompasses a MediaTek Dimensity 8020 SoC, which is a rebadged model of the Dimensity 1100 chipset. On paper, the efficiency unit appears spectacular for the value however we are going to maintain our verdict for the complete assessment, the place we are going to share our detailed evaluation of the real-world efficiency.
The Motorola Edge 40 additionally affords a curved pOLED show. While most telephones supply a 120Hz refresh fee show, the Motorola Edge 40 clearly has an edge with its 144Hz refresh fee panel. Another space the place the telephone’s {hardware} appears promising is the digicam system and its options. There is a dual-camera setup on the again with a 50-megapixel primary digicam and a 13-megapixel ultra-wide digicam with assist for autofocus. The Edge 40’s major digicam has an f/1.47 aperture, which ought to assist seize higher lowlight photographs and supply creamy bokeh in portrait photographs. More about this within the full assessment.
We finish the podcast by discussing the clear Android 13-based MyUX software program, which can also be fairly feature-rich and affords many productiveness and security-focused options.
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