High-end · 2025

Motorola Edge 70

Name: Motorola Edge 70
Brand: Motorola

Our Take CPU benches near recent high-end phones like the Apple iPhone 16e

A strong high-end phone with 68W fast charging and an AMOLED screen.

Best for Gaming · streaming · camera work

Strength 68W fast charging, AMOLED screen

6.7″ AMOLED · 120Hz

Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 8 / 256 GB

4800 mAh 68W charging

50 MP 2 rear · 50 MP selfie

5G NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Motorola Edge 70 looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

What stands out

MIL-STD durability with IP68 water resistance

Dolby Atmos for higher-quality listening

Pro camera extras: optical zoom, Night mode, manual focus

Display

6.7″ · AMOLED · 1220 × 2712 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.7"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1220 × 2712 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

4500 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Mohs level 4

Performance

Qualcomm SM7750-AB Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 (4 nm) · 8-core 2.8 GHz · Adreno 722

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM7750-AB Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,390,960

GeekBench

4,185

CPU

8-core, 2.8 GHz

GPU

Adreno 722

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x2.8 GHz Cortex A720 +4x2.4 GHz Cortex A720 + 3x1.84 GHz Cortex A520

Camera

50 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 50 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/1.8

OIS

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.0

Front camera

50 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Samsung GNJ, 1/1.56", 1µm

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, Night mode, manual focus

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4800 mAh · 68 W wired · 15 W wireless

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4800 mAh

Lab active use

13:36h

Lab endurance

50:14h

EU cycle rating

1,000 cycles

Wired charging

68 W

Fast

Wireless charging

15 W

Wireless charging

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Removable

Audio

Very good (-24.2 LUFS) · Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Very good (-24.2 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6E

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6E

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS systems

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

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

159 g · 6.0 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

159.9 mm

Width

74.0 mm

Thickness

6.0 mm

Weight

159 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

Specifications sourced from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 17

Trades blows 1 win 2 losses

Lighter in hand

159 g vs 177 g

Weaker display tech

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.7″ vs 6.3″ screen

Lower benchmark score

1.4M vs 2.2M AnTuTu · High-end vs Flagship tier

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S25

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

20% larger battery capacity

68 W vs 25 W charging · 4,800 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

1.4M vs 3.1M AnTuTu · High-end vs Flagship tier

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

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