Upper mid-range · 2021

Motorola Edge X30

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Google Pixel 7 Pro Camera shares the Motorola Edge 40's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 68W fast charging

Extras Cooling system, Curved display

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

6.7″ AMOLED · 144Hz

8 Gen 1 8 / 128 GB

5000 mAh 68W charging

50 MP 2 rear · 60 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.7″ · OLED · 1080 × 2400 · 144 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.7"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2400 px

Refresh rate

144 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

700 nits

HDR

HDR10+

HDR

Performance

Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.0 GHz · Adreno 730

Everyday capable

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

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

1,057,600

v10

CPU

8-core, 3.0 GHz

GPU

Adreno 730

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x3.0GHz Cortex X2 + 3x2.5GHz Cortex A710 + 4x1.80GHz Cortex A510

Software & updates

Android 12, MYUI 3.0 · 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 12, MYUI 3.0

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP f/1.9 main · OIS · 60 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.9

OIS

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.2

Front camera

60 MP f/2.2

Main sensor

Omnivision OV50A, 1/1.55", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Motorola Edge 40 , Huawei P50 Pro

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

5000 mAh · 68 W wired

Plenty

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

Capacity

5000 mAh

Wired charging

68 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

8/128GB · 8/256GB · 12/256GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

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

A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a)

USB

USB-C

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 works · 5G works No B20 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

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, B17

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28b, n28a, n38, n41, n78

Build & Design

194 g · 8.5 mm

Height

163.6 mm

Width

75.6 mm

Thickness

8.5 mm

Weight

194 g

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

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

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

144 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.7″ vs 6.1″ screen · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2400 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

54% larger battery capacity

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

Lower benchmark score

1.1M vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 50 MP · f/1.9 vs 12 MP · f/1.6 main

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 194 g vs 174 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Higher benchmark score

1.1M vs 899k AnTuTu

25% larger battery capacity

68 W vs 25 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.7″ vs 6.2″ screen

Lower video ceiling

— vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video · 50 MP · f/1.9 vs 12 MP · f/1.8 main

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 194 g vs 169 g

Full comparison

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