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Motorola Edge+ Review: A Deep Dive into the ‘Endless Edge’ Display
The Motorola Edge+ stands out with its incredibly curved, flexible, and “endless” display. This phone promises a unique flagship experience, combining a stunning design with powerful internals. Let’s unbox it and explore what it has to offer.
What’s Inside the Box?
Upon opening the box, you are greeted with the phone itself. Alongside the device, Motorola provides a complete accessory package, including documentation, a SIM card tool, a protective TPU case, an 18W fast charger, a USB Type-C cable, and a pair of earphones with extra tips.
Design and In-Hand Feel
The Motorola Edge+ features a tall form factor that feels surprisingly compact in hand. Its ergonomic design makes it comfortable to hold for users with both small and large hands. The phone is constructed with a metal and glass sandwich design, featuring curved glass on both the front and the back.
Despite weighing 201 grams, the device feels much lighter, comparable to a phone under 180 grams. This is due to its excellent weight distribution, making it feel balanced and not at all heavy. The included cover also has a neat and premium appearance.
A Tour of the Ports and Buttons
Looking around the device, the bottom edge houses the SIM tray, a microphone, the USB Type-C port, and a speaker grille. The right side features the power button towards the bottom and the volume rocker above it. A welcome and rare feature in modern flagships, a 3.5mm headphone jack, is located on the top edge. The left side of the phone is completely clean. For superior audio recording, the phone is equipped with three microphones: one at the bottom and two on the back. The SIM tray supports a single Nano-SIM.
The Star of the Show: The ‘Endless Edge’ Display
The display is undoubtedly the most striking feature of the Motorola Edge+. It is the most curved display seen on a smartphone to date, with edges that wrap over 90 degrees, creating a true “endless” effect with no side bezels. The top and bottom bezels are also incredibly thin, resulting in a screen-to-body ratio of over 93%.
The screen itself is a 6.7-inch FHD+ panel with support for HDR10+. While watching videos, if you prefer not to have content on the curved edges, you can easily disable this feature to get a normal flat view. The edges also serve a practical purpose, lighting up for notifications, essentially acting as a notification light.
Software: Stock Android with a Moto Twist
The Motorola Edge+ runs on a clean, stock Android interface with no bloatware, ensuring a smooth and fluid user experience. The 90Hz refresh rate further enhances this fluidity. While the experience is stock, Motorola provides deep customizations through its “Moto” app.
Users can change the shape of app icons, set dynamic live wallpapers, and even customize how content appears on the curved edges. The phone also includes helpful Moto Actions, which are gesture-based shortcuts to launch the camera or flashlight. The haptic feedback on this device is also impressively refined.
Connectivity: Ready for the Future
This is a 5G-enabled smartphone. According to Motorola, it is designed to deliver the fastest 5G speeds as it supports a wide range of 5G bands, making it a future-proof device. Other connectivity options are also top-notch, including NFC, Bluetooth 5.1, and support for Wi-Fi 6.
Battery and Charging Capabilities
The Motorola Edge+ is powered by a large 5,000 mAh battery. It supports 18W fast charging and 15W wireless charging. Additionally, it features 5W reverse wireless charging, allowing you to charge other compatible devices.
Flagship Performance and Gaming
Under the hood, the phone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor, paired with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.0 storage. This combination delivers exceptional performance, with AnTuTu benchmark scores exceeding 580,000.
For gaming, the phone can handle all titles at the highest settings. It includes a “Motorola Game Time” feature that allows you to map controls to the curved edges, creating virtual shoulder buttons for a more immersive gaming experience. Major games like Asphalt and Fortnite are fully supported.
Multimedia Experience
The multimedia experience is a major highlight. The phone’s audio is tuned by Waves, a Grammy Award-winning company, ensuring a high-quality sound experience. The inclusion of the 3.5mm headphone jack is a significant plus for audio enthusiasts, a feature almost non-existent in today’s flagship phones.
A Versatile and Practical Camera System
The Motorola Edge+ is equipped with a practical and versatile quad-camera setup.
- Primary Sensor: 108MP with OIS.
- Secondary Sensor: 16MP ultrawide lens that also functions as a macro camera for both photos and videos.
- Telephoto Sensor: 8MP lens with 3x optical zoom and OIS.
- Fourth Sensor: A Time of Flight (ToF) sensor.
All three main lenses (primary, ultrawide, and telephoto) can be used for shooting both photos and videos. The device can record video up to 6K resolution at 30fps. The video stabilization is excellent and stands right up there with the best in the market. Other camera features include video bokeh mode for a professional look. The low-light performance is also quite good for both the rear cameras and the 25MP front-facing selfie camera. Thanks to the fast UFS 3.0 storage, saving high-resolution 108MP photos or 6K videos is instantaneous.
Biometrics and Other Key Features
For security, the phone features a fast and reliable in-display fingerprint sensor with customizable animations. It does not, however, offer face unlock. The phone comes with all the necessary sensors, has its SAR value within limits, and supports Dual 4G VoLTE, Widevine L1 for HD streaming, and the Camera2 API, which allows for the use of Google Camera (GCam) mods.
Price and Comparison
The Motorola Edge+ (12GB/256GB) is priced at ₹75,000. With an available ICICI bank offer, a ₹7,500 cashback brings the effective price down to ₹67,500.
- vs. Samsung S20 Ultra: The S20 Ultra is significantly more expensive. While both have 108MP cameras, the Snapdragon 865 in the Moto Edge+ offers better performance than the S20 Ultra’s Exynos chip. Furthermore, the Edge+ is 5G ready and includes a 3.5mm jack, both of which the S20 Ultra (Indian variant) lacks.
- vs. OnePlus 8 Pro: The OnePlus 8 Pro also lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack. Its primary camera is 48MP compared to the 108MP sensor on the Motorola. While both the S20 Ultra and OnePlus 8 Pro have 2K displays, the FHD+ “Endless Edge” display on the Motorola provides a more visually striking experience that is sure to turn heads.
Final Verdict: Is the Motorola Edge+ Worth It?
The Motorola Edge+ is definitely a compelling flagship phone. While the charging speed could have been faster and the initial price a bit lower, it excels in almost every other department. It offers a complete package with its stunning display, premium in-hand feel, excellent multimedia capabilities, and a very practical camera system. The overall feel of this phone is one of its best attributes, making it a device you will enjoy using every day.
