Motorola Edge 20 Pro review

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arena this is the Motorola edge 20 pro

the headliner of this year's edge series

unlike other moto's this one comes at a

premium price so does it have the

premium features to match let's find out

in our full review.

the moto edge 20 pro brings a curved

the tapered back design is pretty

typical for a smartphone these days this

is opposed to the regular moto edge 20

which is flat and angular

while there is a version available with

an eco-leather back our midnight blue

the variant has a gorilla glass 5 back panel

the finish is matte yet reflective when

it catches the light.

the frame is made of resin coated

aluminum and overall the phone is rather

grippy and comfortable to wield

like most moto phones there's water

the resistant coating on the internals but

this isn't IP rated so you should still

be careful.

the edge 20 pro's display is flat not

curved like last year's model and it

brings some impressive specs just like

In the non-pro version, you get a 6.7 inch

OLED panel with a 1080p resolution

gorilla glass 5 protection and a super

fast.

144hz refresh rate this is faster than

most competitors and means that swiping

and scrolling on this screen looks extra

fluid the refresh rate isn't adaptive in

this 144hz mode though it's locked in

and won't dial down to save energy

if you want to do that there's an

adaptive option in settings but the rate

goes up only to a maximum of 120 hertz

this way that's still pretty fast though

also, 120 hertz is the limit on the edge

20 pro for high frame rate gaming with

supported games.

the quality of this screen is quite nice

you get deep OLED blacks as well as

support for 10-bit color and hdr 10 plus

color accuracy can be quite good

depending on the color mode you choose

and while we've seen higher max

brightness from competitors it's still

good enough here for comfortable outdoor

use we measured a maximum of 480 nits

with a slider and up to 670 nits in auto

mode when in bright conditions

one aspect in which the moto edge 20 pro

seems to fall behind the competition is

the audio you don't get stereo speakers here

just a single bottom-firing one it

earned just an average score on our

loudness charts and quality is about

average as well.

and there's also no headphone jack so

you need to use an adapter to the plugin

regular headphones.

for biometrics, the edge 20 pro has a

side-mounted fingerprint reader which

doubles as the power button are quite

responsive though we feel is placed a

a little bit too high.

speaking of buttons that are hard to

reach there's one on the other side and

is dedicated to summoning the google

assistant, it's a big stretch but unless

you are a fan you probably wouldn't need

it that much anyway.

and for storage, you can get 128 or 256

gigs on board but that's it it isn't

expandable.

the interface of the edge 20 pros is a

pretty stock android 11 with some

proprietary moto functions on top

these are for the most part all

showcased in the moto app they include

things like personalizations and gesture

shortcuts.

one useful feature is peak display it

shows you the time and notifications if

you touch or lift the phone

and there's ready four motos launched the

platform this year and it allows you to

connect the phone to a tv monitor or

even a pc.

if you're familiar with Samsung's decks

is similar to that and is handy for

casting media playing games on a big

screen video chatting or multitasking

behind all these features is a high

performance chipset a snapdragon 870

built on a seven-nanometer process we've

seen this one quite a bit recently in

so-called flagship killer phones and

it's a heavy hitter providing

performance just shy of the highest tier

flagships both in everyday tasks and

gaming.

we did notice some thermal throttling

from the edge 20 pros through which you

might need to keep in mind if you're a

hardcore gamer.

on to battery life the moto edge 20 pro

has a 4500 milliamp-hour battery and

earned an endurance rating of 112 hours

in our proprietary battery tests, that's

a great result for this capacity and a

clear upgrade over the non-pro model

there's support for 30 watts fast

charging and the adapter comes in the

box with it we charge the phone from

zero to 53 in half an hour which is

quite decent but nothing too exciting

these days.

now let's talk about the cameras which

are largely the same as on the non-pro

version except that here the telephoto

the camera is a periscope one with a higher

zoom level.

there are three cameras in total a 108

megapixel nine and one main cam a 16

megapixel ultra-wide camera with

autofocus and that eight-megapixel

periscope telephoto cam with five times

optical zoom and is.

Motorola Edge 20 Pro review

during the day 12 megapixel photos from

the main cam is generally good but

we've seen better at this price you get

a good amount of detail with natural

rendition but there are some local areas

of softness visible from time to time

the colors are lively and dynamic range

is good but not as wide as we've come to

expect.

portraits are taken with the main camera

and they're pretty great there's

excellent edge detection in most

scenarios and the defocus backgrounds

look quite nice.

five times zoom photos from the

telephoto cam also comes out at 12

megapixels which mean that they're

upscaled from eight there doesn't seem

to be much loss in quality from the

upscaling though they have good fine

detail and are nice in quality overall

but the colors don't quite match the

main cams.

continuing with the quirkiness of moto's

camera app photos from the ultra-wide

cam are downscaled from 16 megapixels to

12. they have a good level of detail for

this sort of cam high contrast and ok

dynamic range and the color rendition

does match the main cams here

since the ultra-wide has autofocus it

supports the shooting of macro close-ups

these aren't bad with lively colors and

good dynamic range the dtl level is

decent but not what you'd expect at 16

megapixels because there's cropping and

upscaling involved here.

at night the main camera produces

well-exposed images with good dynamic

range.

it is good overall and so is the noise

performance.

we did notice that in several scenes

auto hdr was indecisive sometimes

engaging and sometimes not we prefer the

hdr ones so it may be a good idea to

force hdr on for low light photos

there is a night mode called night

vision and it boosts shadows and rains

in the highlights, the downside is that

you get heavy sharpening and some loss

in fine detail.

the zoom lens has a hard time at night

as expected the shots are soft and

underexposed and dynamic range leaves

more to be desired.

and there's no night mode support here

you also don't get a night mode on the

ultra-wide cam these photos are soft

with the limited dynamic range, we noticed

focus hunting with this camera after

dark.

selfies are captured in 8 megapixels by

default and they are great there's good

detail appealing colors and wide dynamic

range.

unlike the vanilla moto h20 the pro

the version can record video in 8k with its

the main camera these clips come out

significantly cropped but the quality is

good and you get lively colors and

excellent dynamic range.

4k video is decent too there's still

plenty of detail and little noise and

dynamic range is still good though you

may see a clipped highlight from time to

time and the colors are a bit cooler

then those in the 8k clips.

videos from the telephoto cam come out

in 1080p and the quality is solid here

with good detail and pleasing colors

pretty much the same can be said for the

ultra-wide cam and dynamic range is

pretty wide for an ultrawide

electronic stabilization works on all

three cameras and up to 4k resolution it

does a great job in smoothing out your

walking or pants.

so that's the Motorola edge 20 pro

there's a sleek and premium design and

an excellent high refresh rate OLED

display.

battery life is great and you get a

powerful chipset and good performance

from the cameras too at least during the

day.

there are some drawbacks to consider

though you get just a single bottom

firing speaker and it's nothing great

and we wish there was night mode support

for the zoom and the wide cameras

if these things don't bother you though

the moto edge 20 pro is solid.

recommendation while it doesn't come

cheap it offers performance display and

camera chops that can hold up against

even more expensive phones.