Upper mid-range · 2021

Motorola Edge (2021)

Name: Motorola Edge (2021)
Brand: Motorola
Price: 150000 NGN
Availability: InStock

Sold for ₦150,000 · 1 sellers·Last checked 1d ago

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Samsung Galaxy A35 Camera shares the Xiaomi 11T's main sensor

Best for

Strength , All-day battery (5000mAh)

Extras Reverse wireless charging, Curved display

Watch out No more updates, Plastic build

6.8″ TFT LCD · 144Hz

778G 5G 8 / 128 GB

5000 mAh 30W charging

108 MP 2 rear · 32 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.8″ · TFT LCD · 1080 × 2460 · 144 Hz · HDR

Smooth scrolling

A standard LCD panel. Fine indoors, watch out for sunlight legibility.

Screen size

6.8"

Panel type

TFT LCD

Resolution

1080 × 2460 px

Refresh rate

144 Hz

Smooth

HDR

HDR10

HDR

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Performance

Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm) · 8-core 2.4 GHz · Adreno 642L

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

Launch class

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

596,000

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.4 GHz

GPU

Adreno 642L

Process

6 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

Storage type

UFS Storage 2.2

CPU layout

1×Cortex A78 2.4GHz + 3×Cortex A78 2.2GHz+ 4xCortex A55 1.9 GHz

Software & updates

Android 11, planned upgrade to Android 13 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 11, planned upgrade to Android 13

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

108 MP f/1.9 main · 32 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

108 MP f/1.9

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Front camera

32 MP f/2.3

Main sensor

Samsung S5KHM2, 1/1.52", 0.7µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Xiaomi 11T , Honor 50

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, manual focus

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

5000 mAh · 30 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5000 mAh

Wired charging

30 W

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Removable

Audio

Speakers

Mono

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

8/128GB · 8/256GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B14, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B29, B30, B71

5G n5, n25, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78

Build & Design

200 g · 9.0 mm

Height

169.0 mm

Width

75.6 mm

Thickness

9.0 mm

Weight

200 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 13

Loses on most 1 win 3 losses

54% larger battery capacity

30 W vs 20 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

596k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 108 MP · f/1.9 vs 12 MP · f/1.6 main

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 200 g vs 174 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

25% larger battery capacity

5,000 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

TFT LCD vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.8″ vs 6.2″ screen

Lower benchmark score

596k vs 899k AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Upper mid-range tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · — vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 200 g vs 169 g

Full comparison

Where to buy

1 seller·Used from ₦150,000

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Jiji Used

₦150,000

Fair for used

CVER COMMS VENTURES

6.8 yrs · 128GB

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