Motorola Edge 40 First Impressions: Flagship Specs, Killer Pricing

The Motorola Edge 40 is the primary smartphone within the new Edge sequence to launch in India. It packs premium {hardware} whereas being priced very aggressively within the higher mid-range phase. Motorola calls the Edge 40 a ‘flagship killer’ and at Rs. 29,999, it provides many best-in-class options. Is the Edge 40 the true deal? Whereas our assessment is in progress, here is our first impressions of the telephone.

Motorola’s going the environmentally-friendly route with regards to the retail field. Happily, it’s simply restricted to the packaging supplies which encompass plastic-free wrappers, a recyclable field cowl and soy-ink for the printed textual content. You do get a charger and a USB Sort-C cable within the field. The corporate has additionally bundled a clear arduous case together with some paperwork and the SIM eject instrument with the Edge 40.

The Motorola Edge 40 comes with a 68W charger within the field

Shifting on to the telephone itself, the Motorola Edge 40 has been launched in two finishes. The color we’ve is named Nebula Inexperienced, which comes with a vegan leather-based again panel. There’s additionally 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 is value noting that the blue variant with the plastic again is a tiny bit slimmer and lighter. The steel body provides the Edge 40 a premium contact and provides to the great in-hand really feel. Not like 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 telephone can also 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 probably the most reasonably priced smartphone in India at the moment with an IP68 score.

On the entrance, the Motorola Edge 40 has a 6.55-inch pOLED show with a 144Hz refresh fee. The curved-edge display screen has a hole-punch cutout on the prime for a 32-megapixel entrance digicam. The complete-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 incorporates a 50-megapixel major digicam with an f/1.47 aperture, which is the widest within the phase. Theoretically, it ought to assist seize extra mild whereas sustaining a quick shutter pace. There’s additionally a 13-megapixel ultra-wide digicam with autofocus, which suggests it may be used to shoot macro photographs as properly. Along with this, the Edge 40’s ultra-wide digicam can shoot portrait mode photographs at 35mm, 50mm and 85mm. We’ll be testing how properly these options really work within the full assessment.

Underneath the hood, there’s a MediaTek Dimensity 8020 SoC which is predicated on a 6nm fabrication course of. The system comes with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage in India. It additionally packs a large 4,400mAh battery with assist for 68W TurboPower quick charging out of the field. Along with this, the Edge 40 additionally helps 15W wi-fi charging.

Motorola Edge 40 doesn’t include any preinstalled bloatware apps

By way of software program, Motorola Edge 40 runs on the Android 13-based MyUX pores and skin. It provides a near-stock Android expertise with some customisation and personalisation options added on prime. There are additionally some neat productiveness, safety and connectivity options, reminiscent of ThinkShield, Prepared For, and extra, which we might be speaking about within the full assessment, coming quickly on Devices 360.