The Design
The first thing you’ll notice about the Edge 50 Pro is its design, and in my opinion (for whatever it might be worth), it looks good—simple yet attractive.
The back panel is mostly flat, with gentle curves at the edges to meet the aluminum frame and a shiny Motorola “M” in a circle at the center. The upper left corner is exciting because the panel curves sharply (in one piece) into the rounded square that holds the camera module. There are two identical-sized cameras vertically stacked, and then to the right, two identical but smaller cutouts for another camera and the flash.
The phone comes in Black and Lavender, with a finely textured, vegan leather-type finish. Mazzucchelli 1849 designed a limited edition colorway called Moonlight Pearl, with a white and silvery pearl finish. The phone is also IP68 rated.
The Screen
The screen takes up the entire front of the phone, save for the slim bezels and the selfie camera cutout. It curves slightly over the edges at the left and right sides. This is a 6.7-inch pOLED display with 1220 x 2712 resolution, 2,000-nit peak brightness, and an impressive 144Hz refresh.
Plus, Motorola has been doing quite a few things with Pantone, so it is pleasant to know this is the first phone with Pantone-validated colors. This means you’re getting proper color accuracy—that’s perfect if you do color correction for videos and photos on your smartphone. There’s also an optical fingerprint scanner under the screen.
The Hardware
The Edge 50 Pro is solid, but does the internal hardware disappoint? For the most part, no. However, there are some things we’d have liked to see amped up a bit.
The device is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chip. I was initially going to say I wish there was more power, but the other specs in the phone make it easy to forget that this is just meant to be a mid-ranger and not a flagship, so the chipset choice is fine. You can get it with 256GB of storage paired with either 8GB or 12GB of RAM.
On the power side, the phone is kept alive by a 4,500 mAh battery. I would have liked to see it get a bit beefier — 5,000 mAh would be the sweet spot — especially considering its predecessor was marginally bigger at 4,600 mAh. Anyway, you can charge this up with a blazing-fast 125W when wired and 50W wirelessly. You also get 5W reverse charging, whether wired or wireless.
The Cameras
The Edge 50 Pro’s triple-camera setup is pretty impressive. The main sensor is a 50MP unit with OIS and laser autofocus. There’s a 10MP 3x telephoto that also comes with OIS and a 13MP ultrawide with a 120° field of view.
On the front, there’s a solid 50MP selfie snapper. Both sets of cameras can record up to 4K and 30fps.
The Software
You’ll be running on Android 14 and Motorola’s Hello UX software, which is as close to stock as you can get without it being stock Android. We’re promised that it will get three major upgrades, though we would have liked a bigger number than that. Having said that, for Motorola this is good.
The USB Type-C port has DisplayPort Out functionality, so you can plug it into an external display and use it like Samsung DeX.
The Pricing
This phone comes in two variants, with the 8GB version coming in at about $380 and the 12GB version bumping the price up to about $430. A $50 difference is big for 50% more RAM, but you only get a fast-charging brick in the box with the higher-priced model, so it’s a fair trade.
