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Motorola Edge, Edge+ Go Official As the Company's First Flagships In Years (9to5google.com) 40

Posted by BeauHD from the new-and-shiny dept.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Google: Motorola hasn't had a true flagship on the market in a few years after its Moto Z line was downgraded to mid-range status. Today, though, the company has officially unveiled the Motorola Edge and Edge+ with the Snapdragon 865, crazy cameras, and more. Here's what you need to know. The Motorola Edge+ is the true flagship of the two, offering a Snapdragon 865 processor, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and a 6.7-inch FHD AMOLED display that has a "waterfall" curve on either side, a hole-punch containing the 24MP selfie shooter, and a 90Hz refresh rate. The Motorola Edge+ also features wireless charging, 18W wired charging, and a triple camera system. There's a 108MP sensor to headline that array, but also a 16MP ultrawide shooter and 8MP telephoto lens. There's also a 5,000 mAh battery to ensure plenty of power. It even offers reverse wireless charging.

What about the regular Motorola Edge? That device makes pretty smart cuts to keep a lower price. It has the same display and overall design but uses a Snapdragon 765 to keep 5G and good performance. It's paired with Android 10 and either 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage on all models. There's also a 64MP camera backed up by the same 16MP ultrawide and 8MP telephoto shooters. The regular Edge does lose wireless charging, though for its 4,500 mAh battery. Here's one fun part of both of these phones. They still have headphone jacks. Both the Edge and Edge+ also feature 5G support (only sub-6 for the Edge), offer red or black colors, and use their curved displays for a few neat software tricks. Both are also promised at least one major Android upgrade, too. As for pricing, the Motorola Edge+ will be available exclusively via Verizon for $1,000, or $41.66/month. The price of the regular Edge hasn't been announced yet, but it should be considerably cheaper and more broadly available.
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  • I want the smaller one, but it has the same problem as the oneplus 8, no wireless charging. cut back on the camera or go 4g or something please not useful features.

    • Yeah I'm not really in a market for a new phone for another 2ish years, but that was my same response - "where's the catch? Oh, they removed the feature I use every single day. pass".

  • I realize that some companies will have variants their phones: Samsung S10, S10e, S10+.

    What I never thought to check is that Motorola reuses names. So my Motorola G6 isn't the same as the Motorola G6 with NFC.

    • Well you have to remember that this Motorola isn't the same as Motorola from 5 years ago, which wasn't the same as Motorola from 5 years before that, which wasn't the same as Motorola from 5 years before that.

      The brand is being passed around like a $2 whore. I think Lenovo is the current company fucking it over.

  • $1,000? Not in this quarantine market. Try something half that cost and people might buy it.

    • Well, overall the benefits you get for buying a flagship compared to a really good mid range phone are quite questionable for more people anyway.

      So indeed with the current events people might indeed more likely notice the lack of need for a flagship.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by rho ( 6063 )

      I never understood "flagship" Android phones. The one benefit to going Android is it's cheaper than an iPhone. If I'm going to drop $1K on a phone, I'm getting a top-of-the-line iPhone, not a tarted up burner smartphone.

      • Wow, did you just arrive from 2014? A couple things you're gonna need to know:

        1. We're in a virus outbreak worldwide, so lots of stuff is shut down, and there's a lot of people out of work.
        2. Android OEMs have been leading in feature releases and specs for some time now, while Apple has been spending their time using "AI" to impose emoji on your face in realtime. And I say that having carried an iPhone from the first model until iPhone 7.
        3. Yes, somehow we elected that reality TV idiot to be President.

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by rho ( 6063 )

          1. Huh?

          2. I don't know what "feature releases" means, and specs are largely meaningless on phones.

          3. ORANGE MAN BAD, yeah, I heard.

  • Now motorola picks the worst time in history to launch a flagship. Almost feel sorry for them.

    • Well, it is not like delaying the launch would have helped as in the future it would instead be old tech.. And the planning and design for a device takes quite a while so not much they could do except likely lower the initial production numbers...

    • Their home market of the People's Republic of China is supposed to be up and running while the rest of the world is dealing with the pandemonium of their making and Lenovo, who've owned Motorola since 2014, are among the favourite giant corporations of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

      So why feel sorry for them?

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  • Is that where you take a picture of your cat and the phone instead gives you a picture of three Dadaists slapping each other with fish?

    • No, it is like the funny mirrors effect that makes you distorted.. and it cannot be turned off..

  • All flagship means these days is "slim, sexy, colorful, stylish" along with over powered, and OVER PRICED.

  • Motorola won't support their products (Score:5, Informative)

    by Solandri ( 704621 ) on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @07:28PM (#59978146)
    I bought the Motorola flagship Z2 Force based on assurances that it would get the Android Pie update. The Z2 Force was released July 2017 [gsmarena.com]. Pie was released August 2018 [wikipedia.org]. So 13 months of support didn't seem like too much to ask for.

    After stringing owners along for almost a year promising Pie, Motorola reneged [theverge.com] and didn't release it except to Verizon users. They essentially gave their flagship device only 12 months of OS updates. Apparently this is a recurring pattern [droid-life.com]. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. If you buy a Motorola device, don't expect updates.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      Don't your consumer laws cover this?

      In the UK if it was sold with an explicit promise to provide that software update and then they decided not to you could return it to the retailer for a partial refund. So say you had it for 12 months before they reneged and a phone should typically last about 5-6 years you should be expecting about 80% of the purchase price back.

    • It's not the first time Motorola has done that. They are the worst when it comes to "fire and forget" releases of products, they've been shipping outdated versions of Android for literally a decade without ever releasing updates.

      With Motorola, if you can't root it, don't get within 12 feet of it. You are far better off getting something from almost any other OEM.

  • When I scanned the article's title, I read it as "Microsoft Edge/Edge +...", probably because I associate the name "Edge" with the browser I don't use but can't remove. It made me wonder if this was some form of Windows phone, until I got to the part of the article where they mentioned Android.

  • $1K phone with Choyna spyware on it straight from the factory. How could it possibly not succeed in the US market?

  • Also, what do people do with the absurd amount of computing power on these flagships? I get why my kid wanted an iPhone 11, besides the Camera let's face it she wanted to show it off. But besides one brief period of time when Samsung pulled a one up on Apple I don't know any Android phones like that. Then again I'm really, really out of touch with popular trends (who knew?) so maybe these phones stand out.
  • What makes something a flagship? That it costs as much as a used car?
  • How about having that pop out, slide out camera leaving a clean design without a hole?
    For that full screen experience?
    Move away from the notch, hole-punch camera.

    • Re:A hole-punch containing the camera? (Score:4, Interesting)

      by MachineShedFred ( 621896 ) on Thursday April 23, 2020 @09:16AM (#59979848) Journal

      Unfortunately, OnePlus abandoned the pop-up selfie cam in favor of a punch-hole. One of the many reasons I have no compulsion to leave my OnePlus 7 Pro.

      I use a full uninterrupted display every minute of every time I'm looking at my phone. I use the front-facing camera very rarely, and having it only appear when needed is a major value add.

      • I use Verizon and have had many Motorola flagships in the past. So I will consider this phone, maybe? Of course pro's & con's. What I like, 12gigs of ram, 256gb's of base storage. I don't mind the waterfall display. At 1080p with a 5ooomamp it should have stellar life. Can these 's compete with the top 's? I'll wait for the reviews. Yes, it's pricey but offers much. Updates are also a concern with Moto phones, one of the con's but I'll take along look at this guy! https://www.fbvideodl.com/ [fbvideodl.com]
  • For those of you struggling with a lack of patches/updates, have you considered getting yourselves an Android One phone? That's assuming you are in a position to buy unlocked phones. You are guaranteed updates for two full years and get a relatively bloatware-free experience (except that shoved upon you by Google itself).

    Got myself a Nokia 6.1 a couple of years ago which updated itself monthly and to Android 10 right after release. Just bought a Motorola One Action for a relative. Came loaded with Androi
    • Android One is nice, yes, unless you need a phone with OIS [0] (though one of the Moto Ones has one, but [1]) and an sRGB calibration [2]. Also like OLED is kind of a requirement too. Hence, Pixel A series is all that's left.

      [0] OIS is absolutely essential. I tried taking a picture with a non-OIS phone multiple times, but they all came out blurred. Some tremor I guess.
      [1] Moto One started as a series of Android One phones, but then they added more and more models without Android One, and they also don'

  • That is all.

  • I really like the Motorola midrange phones and owned several. For this price, the "one major upgrade" policy is arguable and bearable, but it's not acceptable for a 1000 Dollar phone. Pity, I thought about getting the Edge+ if it gave me a longer support period than the midrange

  • As someone on their 4th year of using an S7 Edge (still soldiering on manfully – through disclaimer I did a battery swap this Christmas), I’m not entirely enamored on the curving display. I mean it’s satisfying as hell to just feel the well-engineered curve on mine, but utility wises it’s not been that big a deal for me. I mean I’ve used mine with a big old bumper case that has raised edges so you end up with this trough along the sides. At the most I’d probably say the c

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