Motorola is again with what could possibly be the best-looking cellphone of the yr. The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is a mid-range smartphone with a design that makes it appear and feel premium. Whereas this formulation has been utilized by many manufacturers within the final couple of years, just some have managed to nail it. The Edge 50 Professional provides to it by providing some world-first options, however are they good? I have been utilizing the Edge 50 Professional for a few weeks now to seek out out if there’s extra to the cellphone than simply design and a few validations.

Motorola Edge 50 Professional worth in India

I am going to begin with the worth. The Motorola Edge 50 Professional is offered in two variants within the nation. There’s the 8GB + 256GB variant, which is priced at Rs. 31,999, and there is the 12GB + 256GB storage choice, which is what I am testing, priced at Rs. 35,999. You would buy the cellphone at a decrease value by availing sure provides, however the above-mentioned costs are what the cellphone is being bought for with none provides.

The cellphone provides rounded corners and curved edges

The cellphone is offered in three color choices. The Black Magnificence and Luxe Lavender variants have a tender vegan leather-finish rear panel, whereas the MoonLight Pearl is a particular variant with an acetate end that’s apparently handcrafted in Italy by Mazzucchelli. I am utilizing the Luxe Lavender variant, and I feel it seems nice on this color. All of those colors had been curated with the assistance of Pantone.

The unboxing expertise of the Motorola Edge 50 Professional goes to be a singular one. Firstly, Motorola has used zero plastic within the packaging and every little thing is printed utilizing soy ink. Second, and we confirmed this, Motorola sprays fragrance on every field to make it odor good. And it does odor good, for fairly a very long time truly.

The Edge 50 Professional field will be recycled

Contained in the field, you get a case, some paperwork, a SIM ejector software, a USB Kind-C to Kind-C cable, and a 125W Turbo charger. In our case, the 8GB RAM variant comes with a 68W charger.

Motorola Edge 50 Professional Assessment: Design

I would have given a strong 10 to the Edge 50 Professional within the design division, however that is not the case and here is why. The cellphone seems and feels nice the second you first take it out of the field. It is received a shocking design, and the color makes issues even higher. The rear leather-based end panel, curved back and front, rounded corners, and the aluminium body make this cellphone a delight to carry as properly. Nonetheless, the rear leather-based panel does not sit flush with the body, and you may really feel the sides whenever you’re holding the cellphone. And that is why I am giving this a 9 in design.

The rear vegan leather-based end panel is straightforward to scrub

The leather-based end additionally means no fingerprints to scrub. The squarish digicam module does protrude, but additionally blends with the rear panel in a slope. Whereas it does make the cellphone wobble when laid on its again, it seems nice. The Edge 50 Professional weighs 186 grams and is 8.19mm thick, however the weight is properly distributed, and the curved entrance and rear panels make the cellphone appear thinner and smaller than it’s. People with large palms can simply use this with one hand.

On the entrance, you get a curved show with symmetric bezels. The facet bezels are skinny and are barely seen as a result of curve, whereas the highest and backside ones are additionally slim and uniform. The quantity and energy buttons are on the left edge and are clicky. You may additionally discover a microphone on the left edge and one on the high. On the backside, you may discover the USB Kind-C port, SIM tray, microphone, and loudspeaker. The cellphone does have a twin speaker setup, however it’s of the hybrid sort, with the ear speaker working because the second speaker.

Motorola has supplied 3 microphones on the Edge 50 Professional

Motorola has additionally given an IP68 ranking for the Edge 50 Professional, and I discovered the rubber seal within the SIM ejector tray to be of fine high quality. You must be capable to dunk this within the swimming pool with out a lot fear, however do not shoot an entire Reel underwater.

Motorola Edge 50 Professional Assessment: Specs and software program

The Motorola Edge 50 Professional is provided with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor, which is paired with as much as 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 inside storage. Sure, the storage is on the slower facet, however it’s not likely a dealbreaker. The cellphone will get twin SIM twin 5G help, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, and a USB Kind-C port. For location providers, the cellphone provides help for GPS, AGPS, LTEPP, SUPL, GLONASS, Galileo, and Navic satellites.

The Edge 50 Professional runs on the brand new Whats up UI

The cellphone has an in-display fingerprint scanner, which works quick. I did not face any points with it throughout my use. Motorola has packed a 4,500mAh battery within the Edge 50 Professional, which is smaller than what most different telephones provide on this worth phase. Nonetheless, you do stand up to 125W quick charging help together with 50W wi-fi charging.

When it comes to software program, Motorola has modified issues round a bit. The Edge 50 Professional comes with Android 14-based Whats up UI, which is totally different to the My UX that we had been used to. It is rather a lot lighter with hardly any further apps other than Google apps. There isn’t any bloatware, the interface is generally inventory with some Motorola design parts, and also you get some further options resembling Moto Unplugged, Prepared For, gestures, Good join, customized fonts, colors, icons, and Household Area. There’s additionally an AI theming characteristic known as Model Sync that makes use of AI to create customized wallpapers from images taken utilizing the digicam or within the gallery. The AI characteristic works properly however is not nearly as good as comparable options discovered on dearer telephones.

There isn’t any bloatware on the cellphone

Motorola guarantees three years of Android OS updates and 4 years of safety patches.

Motorola Edge 50 Professional Assessment: Efficiency

Transferring to efficiency, the Motorola Edge 50 Professional is nice at working each day duties, gaming, and extra. The Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is a reasonably current chipset and has sufficient oomph to run every kind of duties easily in most circumstances. I ran some benchmarks to see the way it carried out, and on AnTuTu, it managed a rating of 8,18,387 factors. That is barely greater than the not too long ago launched OnePlus Nord CE 4 (Review), which additionally runs the identical chipset.

The efficiency on the cellphone is nice, however what’s even higher is the show. Motorola has included a 6.7-inch pOLED curved show on the Edge 50 Professional with 1.5K decision and 144Hz refresh charge. The panel additionally provides as much as 2,000 nits peak brightness, HDR10+ help, 10-bit color, and DCI-P3 color gamut, and is claimed to be the world’s first Pantone-validated true color show.

The Edge 50 Professional has protecting glass and a display screen protector on the show

I discovered the colors to be a bit oversaturated in Vivid color mode, however you’ll be able to select the Pure color choice to get probably the most pure and practical colors. There’s additionally a Radiant mode that makes the colors seem extra vibrant and brighter. The show is nice total, provides glorious viewing angles, and is straightforward to learn even underneath direct daylight. It is an incredible cellphone for content material consumption.

What’s additionally good is the stereo speaker sound that comes with Dolby Atmos help. Whereas there’s not numerous bass within the audio, I discovered the audio system to be loud and clear, with no crackling even at full quantity. The microphone high quality can be good.

The curved show may cause ghost touches when enjoying video games

The Motorola Edge 50 Professional is fairly good as a gaming cellphone as properly. I did not discover any drop in body charge, contact sensitivity points, or lag when gaming on the cellphone. I performed BGMI for about 45 minutes, and it labored nice in Extremely HDR graphics and Extremely body charge. The one challenge I confronted needed to do with the show. Because the cellphone has a curved panel, there have been loads of ghost touches when enjoying video games. In any other case, the Edge 50 Professional carried out fairly properly in video games and did not warmth rather a lot, both.

Typically, I didn’t face any lag or stutter whereas performing common duties. The 144Hz show makes certain to cover any lag within the person interface. The one time I confronted a lag was when viewing a photograph within the digicam app, which took a few second or two to load. Sure, there have been a few cases of some lag when opening apps within the background, however it does not occur sufficient to name it an issue.

Lastly, let’s get to the battery efficiency. Whereas the 4,500mAh battery is smaller than most different telephones within the worth phase, I used to be capable of get greater than a day’s battery life out of the Edge 50 Professional. In our HD video loop take a look at, the cellphone lasted solely about 15 hours, although, which is not that nice. Once I used the cellphone for fundamental duties resembling making calls, messaging, some YouTube, looking, and utilizing the digicam, it lasted greater than a day. With heavy utilization, I used to be getting nearly a day’s price of battery life. Nonetheless, what’s wonderful is that the cellphone will be charged from 0 to 100% in nearly 25 minutes and 0 to 50 % in round 10 minutes. That is with the 125W charger, in fact, and utilizing it did warmth up the cellphone fairly a bit.

Motorola Edge 50 Professional Assessment: Cameras

The cellphone is provided with a triple rear digicam setup that features a 50-megapixel main sensor with f/1.4 aperture and OIS help, a 13-megapixel ultrawide unit with 120-degree subject of view and a macro mode, and a 10-megapixel telephoto sensor with OIS and 3x optical zoom. There’s additionally a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor, an LED flash, and autofocus on the sq. rear digicam module. For selfies, the cellphone provides a 50-megapixel sensor with autofocus.

The Edge 50 Professional contains a 50-megapixel entrance digicam

Motorola claims that that is the world’s first and solely cellphone to have a Pantone colour-validated digicam system. Each images and movies shot from the cellphone are stated to supply practical and true colors with correct pores and skin tones, however that wasn’t totally the case. The digicam interface is easy to make use of and provides a number of modes. There’s additionally a Tilt-shift mode, a Professional mode, a Night time mode, twin seize, lengthy publicity, a 50-megapixel mode, and extra.

Pictures shot with the primary 50-megapixel rear digicam provide excellent particulars and colors with good HDR. Nonetheless, should you zoom in on the picture, you may see that the small print are misplaced within the shadows. I additionally discovered that the photographs had been nonetheless barely saturated even after turning off AI enhancements, selecting a pure picture model, and utilizing a Pure color mode for the show. Or maybe the oldsters over at Pantone know the colors higher, and my renditions are simply incorrect. The first digicam takes good photographs even in low gentle, however once more, they’re oversaturated.

Transferring on, whereas the telephoto digicam does shoot good 3x zoomed photographs in each daylight and lowlight circumstances, the small print generally is a little muddy. Colors are as soon as once more barely oversaturated. The ultra-wide digicam produces good images in daylight however is not that good in lowlight circumstances. Selfies are good with ample particulars in good lighting circumstances and pores and skin tones are additionally very near actuality. Pictures from the cellphone are usually brighter as properly. There’s additionally a Macro mode that produces respectable photographs. Let’s check out some samples.

Prime to backside: Ultrawide (2 samples) Important 50-megapixel sensor (3 samples) 3x Telephoto (2 samples) [Tap to expand]

Coming to video efficiency, the primary digicam can shoot at 4K decision at 30fps. The movies come out good, even in 3x zoom, and have a superb dynamic vary with hardly any noise. Colors are barely boosted, however nothing unrealistic. In low gentle, the video efficiency drops, however movies are nonetheless usable if there’s ample lighting. The stabilisation can be fairly good and is aided by AI, in keeping with Motorola.

Total, the digicam system on the Motorola Edge 50 Professional is nice and usable.

Motorola Edge 50 Professional Assessment: Verdict

The Motorola Edge 50 Professional is a good cellphone that is competitively priced. Nonetheless, in some areas, you might be higher off buying different telephones. For instance, if you would like higher efficiency, you could possibly go for the Oppo Reno 11 Pro (Review). Nonetheless, it lacks an IP ranking and wi-fi charging and provides comparable digicam efficiency.

Then there’s the Vivo V30, which provides barely higher digicam efficiency and the identical chipset. Nonetheless, it lacks wi-fi charging and some different options.

Motorola Edge 50 Professional provides much more options than a few of its opponents. I truthfully assume that that is most likely among the finest smartphones within the worth phase. The cameras aren’t wonderful, however they don’t seem to be dangerous, and also you get usable sensors. The show is superb, you get a standout design, wi-fi charging, an IP68 ranking, and much more. The Motorola Edge 50 Professional is on the sting of greatness and is unquestionably among the finest mid-range telephones you should buy in the present day.