Introduction and specs
As we are expecting the Motorola Edge 70 Ultra, the top-end instrumentality from the Edge 70 family, the institution dropped a brand-new Max model. The Motorola Edge 70 Max is the archetypal of its kind, arsenic erstwhile Edge generations stopped astatine Pro. However, the Max isn't expected to beryllium the flagship exemplary from the series. It volition apt slot successful betwixt the Pro and the still-unannounced Ultra.
It has a flagship-grade 6.82-inch LTPO OLED show with a 144Hz refresh rate, portion the remainder of the Edge 70 phones settee for regular LTPS displays. The Max is besides powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, making it the astir almighty instrumentality successful the series.
Motorola Edge 70 Max specs astatine a glance:
- Body: 164.0x77.0x8.3mm, 221g; Glass beforehand (Gorilla Glass 7i), aluminum frame, solid backmost (Gorilla Glass 7i); IP68/IP69 particulate choky and h2o resistant (high unit h2o jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min), MIL-STD-810H compliant.
- Display: 6.82" LTPO AMOLED, 1B colors, 144Hz, PWM, HDR10+, 7000 nits (peak), 1440x3168px resolution, 19.8:9 facet ratio, 510ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8845 Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (3 nm).
- Memory: 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM; UFS 4.1.
- OS/Software: Android 16, up to 3 large OS updates.
- Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, 1/1.56", 1.0µm, dual-pixel PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f/2.2, 119˚, 1/4.0", 1.12µm, AF; Depth: Auxiliary lens.
- Front camera: 32 MP, f/2.2, 22mm (wide), 0.7µm.
- Video capture: Rear camera: 4K@30/60fps HDR10+, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS; Front camera: Yes.
- Battery: 7100mAh; 90W wired, 50% successful 21 min, 100% successful 51 min, 25W wireless (magnetic), Qi2.2, 50% successful 39 min, 100% successful 85 min, 5W reverse wired.
- Connectivity: 5G; eSIM; Wi-Fi 7; BT 6.0; NFC.
- Misc: Fingerprint scholar (under display, optical); stereo speakers (with Dolby Atmos).
The handset besides boasts a immense 7,100 mAh battery, which volition apt outlast the remainder of the Edge 70 phones with smaller batteries. Interestingly, it's the lone 1 from the lineup supporting magnetic wireless charging implicit Qi2.2.
When it comes to the cameras, the Edge 70 Max offers the bare minimum - 50MP main shooter flanked by an 8MP ultrawide camera. So successful a way, Motorola decided to marque a almighty telephone without the "fluff", successful lawsuit your camera usage boils down to conscionable taking a fewer pictures of documents oregon your feline astatine home. Engineers utilized the other abstraction to cram successful the 7,100 mAh cell, astir likely.
So the question is whether the almighty chipset and the large artillery volition beryllium capable to person imaginable buyers, oregon whether the lower-tier Motorola Edge 70 phones with nicer cameras and slower chipsets marque much sense? Let's find out.
Unboxing the Motorola Edge 70 Max
The Motorola Edge 70 Max came with conscionable a USB-C to USB-C cablegram wrong alongside the accustomed idiosyncratic manuals. This is simply a European unit, caput you, truthful different regions mightiness beryllium luckier and get a compatible charger.
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