Older flagship · 2023

Motorola ThinkPhone

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent high-end phones like the Apple iPhone 14 Camera shares the Motorola Edge 40's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 68W fast charging

Extras Rugged build, Curved display

Watch out No more updates

6.6″ AMOLED · 144Hz

8+ Gen 1 8 / 128 GB

5000 mAh 68W charging

50 MP 2 rear · 32 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Motorola ThinkPhone looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.6″ · AMOLED · 1080 × 2400 · 144 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.6"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2400 px

Refresh rate

144 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1069 nits

HDR

HDR10+

HDR

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Performance

Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.19 GHz · Adreno 730

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,410,735

v11

GeekBench

4,207

Graphics test

GFXBench 90 fps

CPU

8-core, 3.19 GHz

GPU

Adreno 730

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x3.2 GHz Cortex X2 +3x2.8 GHz Cortex A710 + 4x2.0 GHz Cortex A510

Software & updates

Android 13, upgradable to Android 15 · 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 13, upgradable to Android 15

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 32 MP selfie

Stabilised

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

Main camera

50 MP f/1.8

OIS

Ultrawide

13 MP f/2.2

Front camera

32 MP f/2.5

Main sensor

Omnivision OV50A, 1/1.55", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Motorola Edge 40 , Huawei P50 Pro

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Camera extras

8K video, optical zoom, RAW

Video

8K @ 30 fps

Battery

5000 mAh · 68 W wired · 15 W wireless

Plenty

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

Capacity

5000 mAh

Lab endurance

116:00h

Wired charging

68 W

Fast

Wireless charging

15 W

Wireless charging

Removable

Audio

Excellent (-21.6 LUFS) · Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Excellent (-21.6 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

8/128GB · 8/256GB · 12/256GB · 12/512GB

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

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, SUPL, Galileo

USB

USB-C 3.1

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, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a, B32

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78

Build & Design

5 g · 8.3 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

158.8 mm

Width

74.4 mm

Thickness

8.3 mm

Weight

5 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer (North America only)

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

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 15

Wins on most 4 wins

Smoother display

144 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.6″ vs 6.1″ screen · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2400 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution

Better video capture

8K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 32 MP vs 12 MP selfie

49% larger battery capacity

68 W vs 20 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Lighter in hand

5 g vs 171 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

28% larger battery capacity

68 W vs 25 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Lighter in hand

5 g vs 168 g

Weaker display tech

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.6″ vs 6.1″ screen

Lower benchmark score

1.4M vs 1.8M AnTuTu

Weaker camera hardware

— vs Telephoto · OIS

Full comparison

Where to buy

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How each one compares to the Motorola ThinkPhone.

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Older flagship

Motorola ThinkPhone

In the Real World

Full specifications

Display

Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

Apple iPhone 15

Samsung Galaxy S23

Where to buy

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