Oh hell yeah, another phone 2% better than the last one with the same storage capacity as the last one for more money, probably no micro SD support still, lousy stock os, and waive your warranty for the right to install alternate os.
Probably. I didn’t verify any of that but it’s likely since nothing ever changes for the better anymore.
Games, apps, music, media and all that need storage. I can make do with 256gb if it’s expandable. Otherwise, I need high internal storage space to make it work.
Looks like it’s a lot cheaper than the previous one but it’s a regional release right now (India only)
Being wrong comes with the territory of being a bitter old man longing for the old days of rapid and huge improvements I guess…
Not even better, it’s actually a downgrade from its predecessor in terms of refresh rate and SoC, going from 165 Hz to 144 Hz, and from a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 to a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (which also means it drops AV1 hardware decoding, which its predecessor had).
Tbf it is cheaper than the Edge 40 Pro, they messed up their naming. This phone is the successor to the Edge 40 not the Pro. Mind you there are still some downgrades as they downgraded the storage to UFS 2.2.
This phone is the successor to the Edge 40 not the Pro
Not really, it’s closer to the Edge 40 Pro than to the Edge 40 in price. And the Edge 50 Ultra looks like it’s gonna be way more expensive than the 40 Pro, whle also having a lower refresh-rate screen.
Yeah, 6.7 inches is just a little bit too big, primarily just because it’s too wide. I have found phones wider than ~75mm (2.9inches) are just too wide to be comfortable.
Yeah, I would say my hands are decently small. I generally find that I shy away from phones that are 6.4 inches or larger and try to stay between 6 and 6.3.
There can’t be that many phones with 6 inch screens these days. What did you get?
I want my monster nexus 6 back. I had that phone for almost 6 years because of the beefy ass screen.
Give me a palm sized ultrawide!
At some point, you’ll increase the width so much, you’ll just end up with a tablet in landscape.
This phone is 72.4 mm wide according to GSMarena. Height might still be an issue for you since it’s 161.2 mm
I’m not particularly concerned about the height because I hold the foam with my left hand. My thumb rests on the top left and my pointer finger rests on the top right about an inch or so down from the top of the screen.I only interact with the device with my other hand, which is not holding the phone. So height does not matter very much, but width really does, at least for me.
Sounds great…but no SD card slot.
Motorola was one of the last still putting them in every phone up till a few years ago. That plus the unlockable bootloaders kept me coming back. No SD card slot, no sale.
Check out the oneplus n30 - it’s the closest to perfect that I’ve seen in a long time. SD card slot, headphone jack, screen with no pwm, huge amount of RAM, and lots more. It’s the best phone out there.
https://www.oneplus.com/us/n30-5g
8GB or RAM isn’t ‘huge’. And you didn’t mention whether it had custom ROM support, if it doesn’t, it’s no better than the Moto G73, which also has those other features. https://www.motorola.co.uk/smartphones-moto-g-73-5g/p?skuId=628
Can it run Lineage OS? Probably not. I also need the headphone jack.
Motorola generally supports unlocking bootloaders, unless you buy a specifically locked one from vendors (like AT&T, Verizon, Amazon Prime + Ads versions). Given it hasn’t even launched yet, its probably not support yet though?
Unfortunately it comes with the curved screen from the Edge line, garbage.
Sent from my Motorola edge plus.
