Motorola Edge 40 review

The Moto Edge 40 retails as low as €500 (in some markets) but that still sounds like a lot for a mid-ranger, and side-by-side comparisons with rivals often end with the Moto losing the price battle. But the Edge 40 offers a feature set and performance quite unlike the rest, and it's possibly worth the premium. Check out our video review to learn ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about the phone's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality.

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00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Design and build quality
01:22 - Display quality test
02:11 - Speaker quality test
02:37 - Fingerprint scanner & Storage options
02:50 - Android 13
03:22 - MediaTek Dimensity 8020
03:40 - Thermals chart
03:48 - Battery life and charging speed test
04:22 - Main cameras
04:31 - Main camera image and video quality
05:57 - Ultrawide camera image and video quality
06:47 - Selfie camera image quality
07:02 - Conclusion
07:43 - Selfie camera video quality

[ggkk]

Curved display sounds and looks nice untill you try to put a tempered glass on it for protection.

[elpibe_DS]

At personal opinion
The design of the edge 40 is more striking than the edge 40 pro :)

[GuantaiN]

Looks great. I used to love the Moto brand. Wish it were still available in more regions.

[billy.]

👍👍 for dumping the useless 3rd camera. 😊

[rahulsashi]

To all those considering buying this phone, here are some facts:

1. The predecessor to this phone (series edge 30) called the edge 30 ultra was also touted as a camera centric phone. It failed miserably. They released an update several months after its release but it still has not rectified the autofocus issues and several other processing issues. The camera is terrible.

2. The pure stock android OS experience is only half true. On the edge 30 ultra, several bugs render the phone quite frustrating to use. Bugs such as the autobrightness being erratic, ready for features not working as expected, and several other issues reported by users. No update has been received as of yet to cater for these issues till date. Read the Motorola forum on this phone to see how users are disappointed with all these issues.

3. The edge 30 ultra released near to the end of 2022 is still believe it or not stuck on android 12. Security patches themselves have been delayed consecutively.

4. The customer care or support is the worst or even non existent department at an organization I have ever seen. They don't have any answers. They cannot help. For whatever issue you have. They may respond, but sorry is all they have to say.

5. No original accessories are available for the edge 30 ultra. A simple thing like a charger is not available even on their website or on e-commerce platforms. The phone claims to have 50 watt charging, but there is no charger to support this. Wireless chargers from other brands do not hit the required speeds of charging even if they are rated 50 watt.

6. Though motorola claimed HDR content is supported on netflix, it is not so. They either were not able to get certified from netflix or were not bothered to.

My advice for someone who wants to invest in a flagship phone, is that you should put your money with a brand that has good customer support. Without it, your flagship will start to feel like a mid budget range device.

Specs and what you see on advertisements do not tell the whole truth. Don't fall for the marketing hype, because that is one thing Motorola is very good at

[muhammadanzif]

Motorola design team on fire, one of the best from Motorola, I'm loving it 😍

[alexwr]

How on earth did we get to the point that a Motorola mid-ranged is beating a Sony mid-ranged when it comes to the video? This looks far better than the 1080p coming out of the 10V

[SibTiger]

Great work moto and with current discounts it's a steal. Let's hope Motorola improve with software updates

[ashishbabu]

You guys really need to tone down the background music. It's quite distracting and dulls down your voice and it's hard to focus on what you are saying.

[GFourGadget]

GSMArena's review has gone up a level with the thermal test 👍 Good job!

[justinojara]

I love to see these classic names still doing something, moto is a phone brand i never want to see die, so sorry htc and blackberry went out of business, nokia still struggling to make any reasonable phones like the lumias, E series and N series

[tzelG_]

I bought the phone blindly from a phone company, without knowing anything about it, and personally, I think that the camera mostly the native camera app is crap, it works super bad, it is limited, it has no adjustment options, it has a lot of noise grain, and it looks blurry, before taking the photo (in the preview), and after taking the photo it improves since it does all its processing, but it looks pasty, without much detail (which I would expect that it did for the 600USD it cost), and with a lot of sharpening effect, not very realistic really. I compared it to the iPhone 6S camera and it was actually much better in my opinion, taking a much more realistic image, true to life in my opinion, with much more balanced lighting and contrast overall compared to what I was seeing with my own eyes. I'm talking in a low light situation (before and after taking the light off and fully lit shot) where the room was turned off and I was pointing the camera at both of my gaming monitors. the iPhone 6S won the test. the Edge 40's native camera in HDR mode off looked noisy and its flaws were glaring. with HDR mode on the change/enhancement was almost non-existent.

I find myself feeling really sad, because I came from an iPhone 4/Galaxy A10/A20S, and I was impressed that the preview was so bad (as in my A20S being the last phone), the camera app, and that it does not let you record to 1080p60 from it. Although I tried the Google Camera it improved but it looks much darker or contrasted and it looks super slow when aiming the camera. it does not convince me. I expected more from the phone.

Well, the phone itself is not bad, it feels good, although I don't like that it is so long, it is less wide than the Galaxy A20S, millimeters or 1cm less tall than the A20S, since its plastic OLED screen is exquisite, the charger It comes included along with its cable with USB-C on both sides, the truth is quite fast, it hasn't stuck, I can open and download whatever I want without problems, and so on. The bad thing is that it is in 4G+ and the 5G network has not yet been activated and I also do not receive text messages for example when I request a code for an app because it is impossible to obtain it.

I liked the phone, it's mostly pure Android, I installed more of the Google app, and what I didn't like and found lousy was the camera. i see the final front video test and confirms it. my 6S looks better.

pd: sorry if something is understandable, i'm latin spanish girl. i used the google translator to write and fix the message i wanted to give. thank you.

[utkarshrajput]

it has OIS too, thus allowing Horizon lock feature
Price is below $400 here in India
It's a steal deal

[mrmagic]

Feeling good in the hand, good screen, sound, charging speed, slim light weight, clean android experience. Great price for quality.

[saiashvith]

144 hertz is not quite as fast as 165 hertz, just goes to show how how spoilt we are with feature in the present day lmao

[noorsmart]

I think edge 40 is better than a54 and 7a.

[jeffreychongsathien]

I've had this phone for a couple of months and I love it. Absolute no brainer buy... except the Edge 40 Neo is better.

[gjtiqqt]

I have motorola edge 40 for eight months, i am very satisfied, i love it

[OmPrakash-jimh]

Sir I have been watching you since you look very smart today just like smile is me and my wife appreciates your work. It seems like age has stopped for you may god give you 200 healthy years....we love you very much

[thegamingnerds]

I have the motorola edge. I think motorola really stepped up their game