Motorola edge 20 pro review: Motorola edge 20 pro price: Motorola edge 20 pro release date 

The Pro is here! The Motorola Edge 20 & Edge 20 Fusion are very good offerings in their price range. And the Motorola Edge 20 Pro, the eldest sibling, promises to be the same! We’re going to unbox it & I’ll give you my first impressions. I’ll tell you everything about the Edge 20 Pro so let’s not wait anymore! If you’re enjoying our unboxing, then do hit LIKE & SUBSCRIBE, we keep bringing such unboxings. Let’s open the box! I’m so excited about it! Unboxing - Right up front, there’s a Motorola logo & the case is already on the phone. Ok, the fun of taking out the plastic is absent here due to the case. But it’s important! There’s a 30W fast charger, a USB Type C cable & a sim card tool. That’s about it & there’s nothing else in the box. Let’s keep it aside. Let’s remove the case first. 

Let’s take off the plastic as well. In-Hand Feel - I didn’t get it when the case was on, but this phone is slim & light! I didn’t expect it! That it’d be so slim & light! It’s a beautiful in-hand feel. How much is the battery in here? Ok, it has a 4500mAh battery & still, wow! Build Quality - There’s glass on the back & it’s Gorilla Glass 5. This is actually a metal-glass sandwiched design. The frame is metal. And it feels so light in the hand! This means, generally these flagship/budget flagships are around 200g, but this is like it’s around 180g(I think). Or the weight distribution is so good that despite being heavy it feels light in the hand. Alright, 186g! It doesn’t feel like 186g, it feels like 175-180g! So it’s very light & slim, very good to hold along with a good in-hand feel. Now let’s put on the case & see. And also drop it down! That’s very important. It’s a good case & fits well. 

Nothing’s happened to the phone, that’s a great in-hand feel. And it looks premium if you look at it. It’s an understated design like all Motorola phones but I like it! Ports & Buttons - Below, there’s a speaker grille, a microphone, a USB Type C port & a sim card tray. On the left, there’s an extra button for Virtual Assistant. Above, there’s a noise-canceling microphone. On the right, there’s a small volume rocker & a power on/off button below that doubles up as a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. The positioning of the power button is a little above & should’ve been down but the buttons are quite clicky. Let’s look at the sim card tray & it’s a dual nano sim card slot. Time to start the phone & look at it from the inside. 

There’s a camera bump so it’ll be bumpy on the backside if you don’t put on the case. Display - Wow! Look at this display! The chin below is really very small. The side & upper bezels are thin but the chin is small too. So it’s a big & huge 6.7” FHD+ display with a 144Hz fast refresh rate. It has a 91% screen-to-body ratio, HDR10+ support, meaning you can watch a billion colors & it shows colors very vibrant & the blacks look black too! It’s an absolutely beautiful super AMOLED display. 

I seriously like the display on this one! It has a 576Hz touch sampling rate & you can definitely feel that! The display stands up to the Pro name! Let’s see about the specifications & how’s its performance. Specifications - This comes on Qualcomm SD870 5G SoC, which I’ll say is a flagship processor even with SD888 out. The SD870 is nearly at the same level! This has 8GB RAM & 128GB storage with LPDDR5 RAM & UFS 3.1 storage. So that combination of LPDDR5 RAM & UFS 3.1 is excellent when clubbed with SD870 SoC! There’s a RAM boost mode, but it's only 2GB.

 It’s a light phone, but it’s packed with a 4500mAh battery which is really good with 30W fast charging. Even in heavy usage, it’ll easily last you through the day! OS UI - That’s a big plus point of Motorola phones if you look at Edge 20 & Edge 20 Fusion. The experience you get is Stock Android. This is MyUX but it’s completely stock Android, you won’t see any notifications/bloatware.

 There might be 1 or 2 by Google Apps & there’s nothing else on here, which is a big thumbs up! There’s Android 11 with September’s security patch. So in terms of OS, I think Motorola is right up there! OS Features - Having Stock Android there are a lot of features that are very useful & they save your time. Eg) Double tapping on the power button will open shortcuts to apps that you can keep as most frequently used. 

There’s also a shake to turn on the LED flash shortcuts etc that are all useful & are present here. There’s ThinkShield for security, which is good as it’s a combination of software & hardware for extra security! There’s another good thing, which wasn’t present in the Edge 20 & Edge 20 Fusion. It’s the ReadyFor feature that was wired in those phones, but it’s wireless in this one. You can directly cast your phone’s small screen to a TV/monitor. And you can mimic your smartphone screen. You can use the phone’s camera for video calling & video conference on the TV screen. You can even start the game on your phone & watch it on the big screen while playing. It’s wireless! And it works quite well. Many people will like this Wireless ReadyFor feature.

 And I just mentioned 1-2 use cases, but there can be more too! Performance - SD870 with UFS 3.1 & LPDDR5 RAM gives you a score of more than 7L! The AnTuTu scores are above 7L! And the gaming performance is good & can be played on the highest settings. And remember, it’s a 144Hz fast refresh rate with a 576Hz touch sampling rate so the gaming experience is on the next level. Multimedia - Stereo speakers would’ve been great on this phone, but you just get mono speakers. But that display is absolutely beautiful, the viewing angles are very good! Even the multimedia experience is very good as the audio quality is good but stereo speakers would’ve made it better. 

The display & performance are Pro, but what about the camera? These are the 3 main pillars of a smartphone. And I’d say, Yes! At least on paper, you get a 108MP primary sensor, a 16MP ultrawide sensor that also works as a macro sensor. And there’s also a periscope lens/telephoto that’s 8MP, it gives a 5x optical zoom. And hybrid zoom can help you click photos or shoot videos with 50x zoom. So that’s nice. It’s very functional & there are no 2MP cameras here. And on the front, there’s a 32MP selfie sensor so in terms of camera the specifications on paper are absolutely great. I’m showing you some photos, do check them out. 

Under normal conditions, they’re very nice. I’ll say my first impressions of this phone’s cameras are very good. Camera Features - You can shoot 8K@24FPS & 4K@60FPS so that’s also a big thumbs up. There’s slow-motion available at 960FPS & 240FPS if you want. An important thing, there’s a mic at the back as well. So if you want to shoot videos, you have a mic here. And due to this zoom, if you want to capture audio from far away, you can increase that audio capture as well, with audio zoom. And there are all other features, dual video on the front & back to using both lenses, spot color, night mode, etc are available. 

Connectivity - It’s Pro here too, It has DS+DS(5G on both sim cards), 11 5G bands support, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi calling, etc is there. Another thing, there’s USB Type C 3.1, whereas you get USB 2.1 on some flagships. So if you want to mirror the screen, as an extra monitor, you can do that too. Sensors - You get all the sensors, but the side-mounted fingerprint sensor should’ve been in-display, that would’ve been great. There’s NFC as well! Features - You get Widevine L1 support & Camera2Api support to use GCam. There’s no FM Radio, no notification light & no 3.5mm jack as well. They should’ve at least given a 3.5mm jack adapter in the box, but it’s not there. There’s 1 good thing, it comes with IP52 certification. So there are 3 big highlights of this phone, remember, it’s going to come around Rs 36-37K which might get below Rs 35K with offers. But for that price, you’re getting a great camera setup. 

It’s functional & good! I liked it with our minimum use. The performance & display is top-notch! These 3 main things are very important & it makes the phone right up there. The Motorola Edge 20 Pro in its price range is going to give tough competition to the others. Because I think it's more value for money than the others in this price range. The Motorola phones have a clean UI experience so that’s a big plus! Any questions related to the phone are welcomed in the COMMENTS. If you have any feedback, let us know!

Motorola edge 20 pro price: $ 727.18

Motorola edge 20 pro release date:: 16, August 2021