Motorola Edge 20 release date, price, specs, 5G and more

Motorola Edge xx release appointment, price, specs, 5G and more

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Motorola'due south new Edge 20 series of premium phones has merely debuted in Europe. While this range is coming to the U.K. this August, one of these well-specced devices, or at least a version of one, volition be arriving in the U.S. later in the year too.

The range is made of three phones spanning the upper mid-range Edge twenty Lite to the entry-level flagship Edge 20 Pro. All share common features like a main 108MP camera, a 6.7-inch OLED display and 5G connectivity, but there are still reasons why you'd trounce out the extra £350 ($489) for the top model rather than simply the basic Lite model.

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Below you lot can see the breakdown of the official specs for these three phones.

Motorola Edge 20: specs

	Motorola Edge 20 Lite	Motorola Edge twenty Lite	Motorola Edge twenty Pro
Starting price	£299	£429	£649
Display	6.7-inch FHD OLED, 90Hz	six.7-inch FHD OLED, 144Hz	6.7-inch FHD OLED, 144Hz
Rear cameras	108MP primary, 16MP ultrawide/macro, 8MP telephoto with 3x optical zoom	108MP main, 8MP ultrawide/macro, 2MP depth sensor	108MP master, 16MP ultrawide/macro, 8MP telephoto with 5x optical zoom
Front photographic camera	32MP	32MP	32MP
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G	MediaTek Dimensity 720	Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
RAM	six/8GB	6GB	8GB
Storage	128GB	128GB	128GB
Battery	4,000 mAh	five,000 mAh	iv,500 mAh
Charging speed	30W wired	30W wired	30W wired
Colors	Lagoon Greenish, Electric Graphite	Frosted Black, Frosted Emerald, Irised White	Midnight Heaven, White, Blue vegan leather

Motorola Edge xx: toll and availability

All models are going on sale on Baronial nineteen in the U.Yard., with U.South. availability apparently coming simply at an unknown time. Nosotros also don't know which of the three models volition come to the American market, or if it volition exist a modified version. Motorola's European and U.South. product portfolios have very niggling crossover, so nosotros could see a version more than tailored for American preferences rather than one of the currently known models.

The cheapest model in the range, the Edge twenty Low-cal, costs £299 ($417), around the price of a OnePlus Nord N10 and a touch less than the Google Pixel 4a. The vanilla Edge xx is £429 ($599), brushing against the price of the OnePlus Nord ii and the Google Pixel 4a 5G. Finally, the Edge 20 Pro costs £649 ($906), a significant toll increase that put it in range of the base of operations OnePlus 9, but beneath the iPhone 12 and Samsung Galaxy S21.

Motorola Edge 20: design and display

Beyond one or two unique colour options for each model and differing numbers of rear cameras, all the Edge 20s look very like. Motorola's gone for a slim, boxy design, with a central punch-hole in the display for the front photographic camera.

Motorola Edge 20 Pro — The Motorola Edge xx Pro. (Epitome credit: Motorola)

Motorola's added its habitual Google Assistant key alongside the volume and power buttons on the sides of the Border 20. At that place's also a fingerprint sensor hidden in the power button on all models. While mayhap not as impressive as an under-brandish sensor, this remains a applied and fast way to unlock your phone.

On all 3 models, the screen is the aforementioned 6.7-inch, FHD OLED panel. The only difference is the refresh charge per unit. The Border 20 Lite has a maximum of 90Hz, while the Border 20 and Edge 20 Pro go upwardly to 144Hz. That's higher than the typical 120Hz of Android flagship phones, matching the refresh rate of phones similar the Asus ROG Phone 5 or the ZTE Axon 30 Ultra.

Motorola Edge 20: cameras

The most basic camera set-upwardly of the range can exist institute on the Edge 20 Low-cal. Information technology consists of a 108MP primary sensor, an 8MP ultrawide sensor that doubles up equally a macro camera, and a depth sensor for improved portrait mode and other special result shots.

The Border twenty likewise uses a 108MP main camera, but gets a college resolution 16MP ultrawide/macro camera and an 8MP 3x optical zoom telephoto camera instead. The Edge twenty Pro swaps out this telephoto camera for an 8MP periscope module with 5x optical zoom, but uses the aforementioned 108MP/16MP sensors for chief and ultrawide duties.

All models use the same 32MP camera on the front end. This can be used every bit office of "dual capture" mode, i of the Edge 20's new camera features that allows simultaneous recording or photos from the front and rear cameras. Other software features include a spot color mode for adding splashes of color to black and white shots, and Pro style, which allows greater control over your shots and the ability to salvage images as RAW files, assuasive for more detailed editing.

Motorola Edge 20: performance and 5G

None of the Edge xx models await to be operation powerhouses, simply all pack a decent corporeality of processing power based on the specs. More than chiefly, all of them are 5G compatible, although just sub-6GHz, not the faster mmWave version used by some U.S. carriers.

In the Edge xx Lite, you'll find a Dimensity 720, a low-powered chip as you would expect for a telephone of its cost, combined with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. The Border 20 gets a Snapdragon 778G chip and either 6GB or 8GB RAM paired with 128GB storage. The Edge twenty Pro uses a Snapdragon 870, 8GB RAM and 128GB storage.

Moto Edge 20 battery and charging

All three phones take slightly differing battery capacities. The Edge twenty Lite has the smallest battery with iv,000 mAh. The Border 20 has the largest at 5,000 mAh, while the Edge 20 Pro sits in the eye with 4,500 mAh of battery capacity.

All three use the same 30W wired fast charger, with no option for wireless charging. That charger is included with the phones also, something that is becoming increasingly rare now both Apple and Samsung no longer transport chargers with their leading phone models.

Motorola Edge 20: software

Motorola is shipping the Edge 20 series with Android 11, and promises two total OS upgrades and two years of security updates. This is comparable to the two years of total updates offered by Samsung, simply doesn't match upwardly to the three years by OnePlus, or the five-year-plus aureate standard laid down by Apple with iOS.

Motorola Edge 20 Lite — The Motorola Edge 20 Calorie-free. (Image credit: Motorola)

Aside from Android, Motorola is likewise introducing the newest editions of its ReadyFor system, which allows you to use your phone with larger displays to access fuller versions of streaming apps, mobile games and video chat apps, or even a total-diddled desktop mode.

All Edge 20 models can employ the new ReadyFor PC fashion, which lets you create a miniature telephone desktop on your Windows 10 device. This will let yous use Windows 10'southward fully featured apps but be able to transfer information between devices more conveniently than using deject storage or the file browser.

The Border xx and Edge xx Pro get access to ReadyFor Wireless on top of this, which ditches the cables to let you pair your phone with a brandish via QR code. You can and then operate ReadyFor from your phone by using it as a trackpad.

Motorola Edge 20: outlook

Our full judgment of these new phones will be reserved until we get our easily on for a total review and testing session. But from the look of what's been announced, Motorola has the opportunity to crack open three different areas of the smartphone marketplace in 1 fell swoop.

The generous camera, battery and charging and brandish specs are all areas where the Border 20 series stands out compared to its competitors. It could brand these phones excellent for users interested in getting the best photos, viewing experience or twenty-four hours-to-day longevity from their phones.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, sound and whatever else people need advice on. He'due south also written for WIRED U.K., The Register and Artistic Bloq. When non at piece of work, he's likely thinking about how to mash the perfect cup of specialty java.