Motorola Edge 60 Review: Stuck in The Middle

The Motorola Edge household has an issue: the Edge 60 Fusion, Edge 60 and Edge 60 Professional all supply a really comparable proposition. 

These three gadgets all look the identical and share lots of the similar specs, but can be found at three distinct worth factors. Whereas the Edge 60 Fusion prices £299.99, the Edge 60 is £379.99, and the Edge 60 Professional is £599.99.

The main target of this evaluate is the center telephone within the lineup. In comparison with the Fusion, the additional £80 solely actually will get you a greater digital camera.

Is that this a mid-range telephone that’s price shopping for, or are there higher choices on the market? Right here’s my full evaluate.

Design & Construct

• Fake canvas or leather-based finishes
• Plastic body
• IP68/IP69 safety

Throughout quite a lot of generations, Motorola has been pushing its partnership with Pantone, leading to a number of the most fascinating colors round. 

Whereas most manufacturers supply a secure collection of black and silver hues, Motorola has chosen Pantone Gibraltar Sea (pictured right here, your solely color choice) for the Edge 60. That is paired with a canvas end, so there’s a soft-touch impact. 

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A lot of Motorola’s telephones have used fake leather-based on the again, however the canvas really feel is one thing new, with a barely coarser texture that gives loads of grip. It’s a transfer which may make you suppose twice about placing a canopy in your telephone, as a result of the Edge 60 seems to be and feels nice with out displaying fingerprint smudges.

The Moto 60 Edge comes with IP68 water and dirt resistance, which is fairly commonplace on flagship telephones however much less frequent at this worth level. It ensures there’s full safety in opposition to mud and submersion in contemporary water of as much as 1.5m for as much as half-hour. A separate IP69 certification means the telephone has further safety in opposition to water jets, which is one thing which stays uncommon.

In the meantime, the telephone provides MIL-STD 810H safety, which is a set of military-grade protections in opposition to numerous environmental circumstances past simply water and dirt, together with temperature, humidity, vibration, the shock from drops and extra. 

The telephone has Gorilla Glass 7i, which is designed for mid-range gadgets, however having used the Edge 60 Fusion (with the identical safety) and unintentionally scratched the display screen, you continue to must watch out with these telephones. 

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Each the entrance glass and rear canvas curve on the sides, making the telephone really feel narrower than it truly is. In comparison with common square-edged telephones, it provides the telephone a slimmer aspect profile.

At 7.9mm and 179g, it’s an impressively slender gadget, albeit not fairly on the identical degree because the Galaxy S25 Edge.

Display screen & Audio system

• 6.67-inch pOLED show
• 120Hz refresh price
• Stereo audio system with Dolby Atmos

There’s a 6.67-inch show on the entrance of the Edge 60, and so far as I can inform, it’s the very same display screen as you’ve gotten within the Edge 60 Fusion. 

That’s no unhealthy factor, because it’s a terrific show. It packs in a 2712 x 1200-pixel decision, which ends up in 446 pixels per inch. That’s good and detailed. 

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It’s a 120Hz show, designed to maintain your scrolling good and easy, whereas it’s additionally outfitted with a 4500 nits peak brightness. That’s extremely brilliant, however this isn’t about retina-searing brightness on a regular basis; it’s about making HDR highlights look nice. 

There appears to be a slight challenge right here, nevertheless, as I didn’t discover any assist for HDR in frequent streaming companies, and Google Photographs doesn’t present the HDR pop that you just get from different telephones. I in contrast photographs I’d taken on the Edge 60 with these pictures on the Pixel 9 Professional XL in Google Photographs, and the Pixel had brighter highlights on each picture. 

That appears to be as a result of it’s not displaying Extremely HDR pictures on the Moto telephone, so in comparison with the Pixel, the photographs look just a little flat when seen.

There’s loads of vibrancy and color on this show, with ‘Pure’, ‘Radiant’ and ‘Vivid’ choices to vary the tonality. I used to be proud of ‘Vivid’, however in the event you discover that it’s too saturated, it’s simple sufficient to vary.

In my view, the curved show is one other draw back. Curved edges may look good from an aesthetic viewpoint, nevertheless it signifies that the edges of the show aren’t as touch-responsive because the centre. The borderless visuals look nice till you need to faucet on an icon in a recreation that’s not on the flat a part of the display screen, and it doesn’t reply as shortly. 

If you happen to’re not a hardcore gamer, that received’t matter, however in the event you’re enjoying a variety of titles equivalent to Name of Obligation: Cellular or PUBG Cellular, you may discover the design to be problematic. 

The stereo audio system, nevertheless, supply spectacular efficiency. They’ve loads of quantity with first rate bass. They assist Dolby Atmos, however don’t anticipate the sort of immersive sound you’d get with a house cinema setup. For advert hoc movies at excessive quantity, nevertheless, these audio system are fairly good.

There’s a fingerprint sensor within the show, which I discovered the be fast to register fingers and fast to unlock the telephone, too. There’s additionally the choice to make use of face unlock to get into the gadget, which is de facto handy (and quick), though it isn’t as safe as fingerprint or PIN entry.

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Specs & Efficiency

• MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset
• 12GB of RAM
• 512GB of storage

The Edge 60 and Edge 60 Fusion share the identical core {hardware}. Each run on the Dimensity 7300 from MediaTek, a mid-range chipset that’s designed for precisely any such gadget.

However earlier than you baulk at that, in day-to-day use, the Edge 60 is completely easy. One benefit in comparison with the Fusion is the additional 4GB of RAM (now 12GB), whereas the storage is boosted from 256- to 512GB. The latter may be expanded as much as 1TB by way of a Micro-SD card.

Nonetheless, I discovered the Edge 60’s Wi-Fi wasn’t as stable as rival gadgets I’ve examined, generally dropping out on my house community, particularly when additional away from the router. This resulted in some timeouts in video games and error messages, which I’d typically bypass by switching off Wi-Fi and simply utilizing 5G. 

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In any other case, I discovered the efficiency to be typically robust, however the gaming efficiency can’t compete with extra highly effective {hardware}. If you happen to’re the type of person who lives on social media, streams just a little, takes photographs and crunches emails, you’ll be completely fantastic.

For nice mid-range gaming efficiency, I’d suggest the Poco X7 Professional as an alternative.

Motorola Edge 60 benchmarks

Cameras

• 50Mp f/1.8 predominant 
• 50Mp f/2.0 122° ultrawide 
• 10Mp f/2.0 3x telephoto 
• 50Mp f/2.0 selfie 

The cameras are one of many areas the place the Edge 60 performs properly for the worth.

It has a 50Mp Sony Lytia 700C predominant digital camera with an f/1.8 aperture. This has massive 2.0µm pixels, designed to extend the sunshine absorption to spice up efficiency.

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Gone is the “3-in-1” mild sensor that the cheaper Edge 60 Fusion provides, changed by two correct supporting cameras as an alternative. There’s a 50Mp ultrawide which, due to that prime decision, doubles as a macro digital camera. Then there’s a 10Mp telephoto digital camera, providing 3x optical zoom and 30x digital zoom. 

These cameras are mainly the identical because the dearer Edge 60 Professional, though that mannequin extends the digital zoom out to 50x, for higher or worse. 

It’s no shock that the digital camera efficiency on the Edge 60 is similar to the Edge 60 Fusion. In different phrases, it’s typically good. 

Some pictures battle with publicity, popping out brighter than I’d anticipate them to be, and that may make HDR look just a little pressured. For instance, with skies brighter than you’d anticipate and a few inconsistencies across the edges.

That’s actually obvious within the picture I took of some spectacular Big Sequoia timber proven beneath, the place the sky seen by means of the pines is unnaturally purple. That is the digital camera attempting to course of the sky space and usually not making job of it. 

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There’s some color distinction between the lenses: the telephoto is cooler than the principle and ultrawide cameras, however not as drastic as you see in another cameras. 

Don’t get too excited in regards to the telephoto, although, as a result of element drops off quickly as you zoom in nearer. The 3x optical outcomes are fairly good, however out at 10x or 30x, I don’t suppose the outcomes are price it. Nonetheless, when dearer telephones such because the Pixel 9a nonetheless don’t have a telephoto lens, it’s good to see it right here. 

The addition of macro can provide you some good photographs. There’s an auto-macro function that I finally turned off, as a result of in the event you get too near one thing, it can change to macro, with a slight change within the color stability, which may be inconsistent. 

I tended simply to make use of the 2x zoom choice from the principle digital camera as an alternative. Nonetheless, the devoted macro mode provides good element and is a helpful addition.

There’s a full vary of digital camera options current, with the portrait mode working typically properly.

In low mild circumstances, the principle digital camera works fairly properly, with a devoted ‘Evening Imaginative and prescient’ mode available to present longer exposures in darker circumstances.

One weak spot in low mild is that it may possibly carry shadows just a little too vigorously, leading to noise creeping in. Nonetheless, these atmospheric evening pictures, are nonetheless very attainable.

The 50Mp selfie digital camera provides good outcomes, though the high-resolution sensor appears to supply few benefits in comparison with lower-megapixel opponents.

In the case of video, the Edge 60 provides as much as 4K decision, however that is restricted to 30fps.

If you would like 60fps, to easy out fast-moving topics, you’re restricted to FHD (1080p). You get entry to all of the lenses on this mode, however when you flip to 4K video, you’re additionally restricted to 10x zoom. Not that that ought to be a priority – whereas captured video is usually good, when you begin zooming, the standard shortly drops.

Nonetheless, OIS (optical picture stabilisation) on the principle lens means footage stays comparatively easy while you’re transferring round.

Battery Life & Charging

• 5200mAh battery
• 68W wired charging
• No wi-fi charging

There’s a 5200mAh battery within the Edge 60, which is fairly beneficiant contemplating how slim this telephone is. It’s supported by 68W charging, which is without doubt one of the quickest at this worth level, beating the likes of the Pixel 9a and Galaxy A36.

There’s no charger within the field, so that you’ll have to produce that your self. With a suitable charger, you’ll get a notification on the show that you just’re utilizing 68W TurboPower and see the proportion ticking up in actual time.

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I used a 125W Motorola charger that I already needed to take a look at this, with nice outcomes. In simply half-hour, the telephone went from empty to 61%.

Due to that charging pace, you’ll fear much less about charging in a single day as a result of it’s so quick to high up within the morning. That meant I’d typically depart it longer between costs. 

Battery life itself is usually good. I discovered that I’d typically attain the tip of the day with cost left within the telephone and get by means of a lot of the subsequent day, solely pausing to cost if I used to be heading out within the night or planning on gaming.

Naturally, quick charging on a regular basis isn’t nice for battery well being, so it’s price benefiting from the optimised charging choices in Settings.

There’s no wi-fi charging, however that isn’t sudden on a mid-range telephone.

Software program & Apps

• Android 15
• Moto AI options
• Three OS updates, 4 years of safety updates

For a very long time, Motorola has provided the expertise closest to inventory Android. If you happen to have been on the lookout for a less expensive different to the Pixel, then it was the most secure wager. 

However that’s modified in 2025 with the launch of the Edge 60 and Razr 60 gadgets, with the ushering in of Moto AI and several other modifications all through the person interface consequently. 

The place to begin for the Moto Edge 60 is Android 15. There’s the promise of three OS updates (so it can end on Android 18, which is prone to arrive in 2027). Then there are 4 years of safety updates, operating to March 2029. Nonetheless, that’s nonetheless a way behind the most effective at this worth level, with the Galaxy A36 providing six years of each.

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Sticking to that core expertise, there’s some bloatware on gadgets, largely pre-installed apps. A few of these are Moto apps, offering entry to some Moto companies, however they’re joined by the likes of Opera, Adobe Scan, Temu and a few video games. You’ll be able to’t keep away from these, however you may a minimum of uninstall them. 

Throughout setup, you’re additionally provided a complete vary of different apps which you’ll be able to choose out of. There’s no duplication of companies (which you’ll discover on many cheaper telephones), so a minimum of Google companies are the default in most circumstances.

Then you definitely come to Moto AI. That is Motorola’s huge push for 2025, sitting within the telephone alongside Google Gemini, and powered by Perplexity AI. Moto AI requires sign-in utilizing a Motorola account, so identical to Galaxy AI on Samsung telephones, it’s a approach for Motorola to personal a number of the expertise outdoors of Google. 

There are some insertions I’m not a fan of, equivalent to including a newsfeed to the apps tray. It’s powered by Taboola, a service that lurks on the underside of many web sites, providing almost-related tales to click on by means of to and offering a path to the insertion of extra adverts. There’s already Google Uncover in your telephone (tailor-made by your Google search behaviour), so Moto’s newsfeed doesn’t actually add something good. No less than you may flip it off. 

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The opposite addition is the choice to look within the apps tray utilizing pure language. That is once more AI-powered and appears to be attempting to do an excessive amount of. Trying to find apps is okay, however shoe-horning in an AI chatbot is just a little complicated. 

This seems like a transfer to supply a substitute for the Google Search bar, acquainted as a house display screen choice, however while you’re fascinated with apps, you anticipate apps to be returned, to not go down a rabbit gap with a chatbot.

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Moto AI provides up alternatives to replace you in your notifications, keep in mind particulars, generate pictures and so forth. All of it feels just a little further and doesn’t actually match seamlessly into the telephone’s different software program. A case of AI overload, maybe.

Worth & Availability

The Motorola Edge 60 launched at £379.99 and solely seems to be accessible within the UK within the 12/512GB storage choice. It’s accessible instantly from Motorola and thru Amazon.

If you happen to’re based mostly within the US, you may be capable to import one, however we wouldn’t suggest it.

A pure rival for the Edge 60 can be the Nothing Telephone (3a),  which is just a little cheaper at £329, whereas the Galaxy A36 5G is dearer at £399. Nonetheless, there are many different nice mid-range telephones which are price contemplating.

Do you have to purchase the Motorola Edge 60?

Most likely not. The common Edge 60 is a powerful telephone in a number of areas, nevertheless it occupies an ungainly center floor between the finances Edge 60 Fusion and the extra premium Edge 60 Professional.

Finally, there are extra thrilling telephones on this worth bracket – if you wish to recreation, I’d go together with Poco X7 Professional, in the event you’re extra focused on design, the Nothing Telephone (3a) is a superb choice. For higher longevity and assist, Samsung’s Galaxy A36 is your greatest wager.

The Edge 60 will get rather a lot proper, however I can’t suggest anybody purchase it over these superior rivals.

Specs

• Android 15 with 4 years of updates  
• 6.67-inch FHD+ 120Hz P-OLED  
• Optical in-display fingerprint scanner  
• Face Unlock
• MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset
• 12GB RAM  
• 256GB storage (expandable as much as 1TB) 
• 5200mAh battery  
• 68W wired charging  
• 50Mp f/1.7 predominant digital camera
• 10Mp f/2.0 3x telephoto digital camera
• 50Mp f/2.0 ultrawide digital camera  
• 50Mp f/2.0 entrance digital camera  
• Stereo audio system  
• USB-C
• 5G  
• NanoSIM +eSIM  
• Wi-Fi 6
• Bluetooth (model unknown)  
• IP68/IP69 water and dirt resistance  
• Corning Gorilla Glass 7i 
• 161.2 x 73.1 x 7.9mm
• 179g