Motorola is back with what could be the best-looking phone of the year. The Motorola Edge 50 pro is a mid-range smartphone with a design that makes it look and feel premium. While this formula has been used by many brands in the last couple of years, only some have managed to nail it. The Edge 50 Pro adds to it by offering some world-first features, but are they good? I've been using the Edge 50 Pro for a couple of weeks now to find out if there's more to the phone than just design and some validations.
Motorola Edge 50 Pro price in India
I'll start with the price. The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is available in two variants in the country. There's the 8GB + 256GB variant, which is priced at Rs. 31,999, and there's the 12GB + 256GB storage option, which is what I'm testing, priced at Rs. 35,999. You could purchase the phone at a lower cost by availing certain offers, but the above-mentioned prices are what the phone is being sold for without any offers.
The phone is available in three colour options. The Black Beauty and Luxe Lavender variants have a soft vegan leather-finish rear panel, whereas the MoonLight Pearl is a special variant with an acetate finish that is apparently handcrafted in Italy by Mazzucchelli. I'm using the Luxe Lavender variant, and I think it looks great in this colour. All of these colours were curated with the help of Pantone.
The unboxing experience of the Motorola Edge 50 Pro is going to be a unique one. Firstly, Motorola has used zero plastic in the packaging and everything is printed using soy ink. Second, and we confirmed this, Motorola sprays perfume on each box to make it smell good. And it does smell good, for quite a long time actually.
Motorola Edge 50 Pro Review: Design
I'd have given a solid 10 to the Edge 50 Pro in the design department, but that's not the case and here's why. The phone looks and feels great the moment you first take it out of the box. It's got a stunning design, and the colour makes things even better. The rear leather finish panel, curved front and back, rounded corners, and the aluminium frame make this phone a delight to hold as well. However, the rear leather panel doesn't sit flush with the frame, and you can feel the edges when you're holding the phone. And this is why I'm giving this a 9 in design.
Motorola Edge 50 Pro Review: Specifications and software
The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is equipped with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor, which is paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 internal storage. Yes, the storage is on the slower side, but it's not really a dealbreaker. The phone gets dual SIM dual 5G support, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, and a USB Type-C port. For location services, the phone offers support for GPS, AGPS, LTEPP, SUPL, GLONASS, Galileo, and Navic satellites.
