Motorola just announced its edge s smartphone in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.7-inch 21:9 aspect ratito Full HD+ LCD screen with 90Hz refresh rate and 16-megapixel + 8-megapixel 100° ultra-wide front cameras inside the punch hole. The front camera also has a feature that can take a selfie for 15 seconds to measure the heart rate. It is powered by the latest Snapdragon 870 SoC with up to 8GB of RAM, 5G SA/NSA support with Snapdragon X55 Modem and runs Android 11. The company says that it has scored 680,000 points on AnTuTu offering 12% improved CPU performance and 10% GPU improvements.
It comes with a 64-megapixel main camera, 16-megapixel 121° ultra-wide-angle lens that is also capable of capturing 2.8cm macro images, 2-megapixel depth sensor and a ToF sensor, features side-mounted fingerprint scanner that is embedded into the power button, and pack a 5000mAh battery with 20W turbo charging.
motorola edge s specifications
- 6.7-inch (2520× 1080 pixels) Full HD+ LCD screen with 21:9 aspect ratio, 90Hz refresh rate, 560 nits brightness, HDR10, DCI-P3 Color Gamut
- Octa Core (1 x 3.2GHz + 3 x 2.42GHz + 4 x 1.8GHz Hexa) Snapdragon 870 7nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 650 GPU
- 6GB / 8GB LPPDDR5 RAM with 128GB (UFS 3.1) storage / 8GB LPPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.1) storage
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- Android 11
- 64MP rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, PDAF, LED flash, 16MP 121° ultra-wide angle lens with PDAF, 2.8cm macro, 2MP depth sensor, ToF sensor, audio zoom
- 16MP front-facing camera, 8MP 100° ultra-wide camera
- Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Splash resistant (IP52)
- Dimensions: 168.38×73.97×9.63mm; Weight: 215g
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6 802.11 ax, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS (L1 + L5), NFC, USB Type-C
- 5000mAh (Typical) battery with 20W turbo charging
The Motorola edge s comes in white and emerald blue colours, is priced at 1999 yuan (US$ 309 / Rs. 22,535 approx.) for the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version, 2399 yuan (US$ 370 / Rs. 27,045 approx.) for the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version and the top-end 8GB RAM with 256GB storage version costs 2799 yuan (US$ 432 / Rs. 31,552 approx.). It will be available to order starting today in China.