Motorola Edge 30 Pro price in India
Motorola Edge 30 Pro The price in India is Rs 49,999 and it comes only in 8GB RAM and 128GB storage model. The option to increase the storage is also not given. The company has introduced it in Cosmos Blue and Stardust White color options.
Motorola Edge 30 Pro design
The design of Motorola Edge 30 Pro is approx. Edge 20 Pro Same as. I got the Cosmos Blue option for review which I found quite premium. The phone has a large 6.7 inch display and a small camera hole is provided at the top. Thin bezels are found on the edges of the display. The back panel is made of glass with curved sides, making the phone comfortable to hold. The phone is quite big and weighs 196 grams, which is also felt when held in the hand. The frame of the phone is plastic which does not suit a flagship phone.
The power and volume buttons of the smartphone are placed on the right side and in my opinion, they are set a little high. The left frame of the phone is kept blank. Since the fingerprint scanner is embedded in the power button, I had to frequently pull my thumb upwards to unlock the phone. The company could have placed the power button at the bottom and the volume buttons could have been given on the left side. Only the secondary microphone is provided in the top frame of the phone, while the SIM tray, primary microphone, USB Type-C port and loudspeaker are provided in the bottom.
The camera module in the rear panel is given in the top left corner. It doesn’t protrude much, but looks beautifully integrated into the rear panel. The phone does not appear raised even when kept on a flat surface. To protect the primary camera from scratches, Motorola has given a metal ring around it. The phone gets IP52 rating, so it is dust proof and can avoid getting damaged even in light splashes of water.
Motorola Edge 30 Pro specifications and software
Motorola Edge 30 Pro has a 6.7-inch FullHD Plus AMOLED display, which comes with HDR10+ certification and a maximum refresh rate of 144Hz. The viewing angles of the panel are good, and its brightness was adequate when taken outdoors. The company has given DC dimming option in it, which helps in saving power by reducing the brightness. The front of the phone has the protection of Corning Gorilla Glass 3, which is a bit surprising, because the protection of Gorilla Glass 5 is provided in the back panel. Stereo speakers in Edge 30 Pro come with support for Dolby Atmos.
The most special feature of the phone is its Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. Currently, this is the most powerful processor available in any Android phone. iQoo 9 Pro And Samsung Galaxy S22 The same processor is given in the series also, but the price of these smartphones is quite high.
Motorola Edge 30 Pro has support for Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6, 13 5G bands, NFC and six satellite navigation systems. Motorola claims that more 5G bands can also be activated through a software update. Motorola Edge 30 Pro supports two Nano SIMs and supports dual 5G and dual 4G VoLTE.
Edge 30 Pro has a 4,800mAh battery with 68W fast charging. Charger is included in the box. With 15W capacity, it also supports wireless charging. Apart from this, with 5W wireless power sharing capability, it can also charge other Qi supporting devices and accessories.
The phone runs on the company’s My UX skin based on Android 12. The January 2022 Android security patch was installed on my unit. The company says that apart from Android 13, the phone will also get update to Android 14. Besides, Android security updates will also be available for three years. Motorola’s customizations don’t seem intrusive in the interface. The UI with stock Android 12 comes with large toggle buttons and an indicator when the camera or microphone is in use. The shape, color and font style of the icons can be customized. But, you cannot change the accent color of the UI based wallpaper. I would have liked this feature. This feature is available in Realme 9 Pro+ and Google Pixel running on Android 12.
The user interface of the phone is very easy to use. There is also support for Moto Gestures, through which you can perform many types of actions. These include some of Moto’s traditional gestures like double chop to toggle the flashlight and double crank to launch the camera. Many more actions can also be activated with the help of Moto app. I really liked its power-touch gesture. In this, on double tapping the power button, a panel appears in which shortcuts to preset contacts and apps are available. Apart from some Google apps, I found only Facebook preloaded in it and it can also be removed.
Motorola Edge 30 Pro performance and battery life
The Motorola Edge 30 Pro is the first smartphone I used with the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The processor is very fast and whenever I tried to do something on it, the activity loaded instantly. Scrolling was very smooth thanks to its 144Hz display. The AMOLED panel of the phone shows attractive colors and the contrast is also quite good. The experience of watching videos with the help of stereo speakers was also good. One thing I noticed is that the speakers are not well balanced. The side-mounted fingerprint scanner felt a little out of reach, but was easily able to unlock the phone accurately.
The phone scored quite well on benchmark apps. Its score on AnTuTu was 9,41,189. The phone scored 1,194 in the single-core test of Geekbench 5 and 3,542 in the multi-core test. It managed to maintain 81 frames per second in GFXBench’s Car Chase test. Here I noticed that the phone was getting hot due to the load on the processor. Due to this the battery was also draining quickly.
No lag was observed while playing Call Of Duty: Mobile. The fun in the game doubled due to stereo speakers. However, after 20 minutes I found that the phone had become hot and the battery was also quite drained. Looking at its benchmark test and gaming experience, I can say that the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is a very powerful processor. But when there is load, its efficiency starts decreasing slightly.
As for battery, the phone lasted 13 hours and 38 minutes in our HD video loop test, which is a pretty average performance considering its battery capacity. With full charge, I was able to use it throughout the day under normal use. But when using the camera and gaming, I soon felt the need to charge it. With 68W fast charging, the phone got 78 percent charged in 30 minutes and was fully charged within an hour.
Motorola Edge 30 Pro cameras
The phone has three high resolution cameras, of which the highest resolution is a 60 megapixel selfie camera. There is a 50-megapixel primary camera in the rear, which comes with optical image stabilization. Its aperture is f/1.8. The secondary camera is a 50-megapixel ultrawide lens, whose field of view is 114 degrees. The third sensor is a 2 megapixel depth lens.
No changes have been made to the camera app. It has the same camera features which are also seen in Edge 20 Pro. With the help of dual capture, you can record video using two cameras. It also has an audio zoom feature, which focuses more on the sound of the subject when zoomed in on it.
Details are good in photos taken during day time and this phone is quite fast in terms of focus. The dynamic range of the photo is quite good. The primary camera and wide angle camera capture good colors, but details were lacking and barrel distortion was also visible.
Close shots taken with the phone’s camera were quite good and textures were also maintained well. The phone would prompt to switch to macro mode when the subject came too close. Since it uses a 50-megapixel camera for macro shots, the results were captured with great detail. Edge detection in portrait shots was also good.
Low-light photos weren’t impressive and the phone was unable to capture details in dark areas of the frame. With Night mode on, it was taking 3 seconds to capture a photo but the highlights would be missed. I thought it better to take a regular shot instead of night mode, because there was not much difference in details with night mode.
The photo taken from the selfie camera was quite good. Photos came out better even during the day and in low light. The phone was also able to capture selfie portraits better. The results were better when shooting in low light with extra light source.
With the primary rear camera, Motorola Edge 30 Pro can shoot videos up to 8K. But videos with selfie camera can be shot only up to 4K. In daylight, footage shot at 1080p had a bit of sharpness, but 4K footage was better. Video stabilization was good. Low-light footage was also fine, but there was more grain when shooting in 4K.
Verdict
Motorola Edge 30 Pro smartphone has come as a big upgrade of Edge 20 Pro. It can compete even in the price segment above its price. The highlight of the phone is its processor. If we leave aside the need for improvement in low-light conditions, the camera performance will also be said to be good. Motorola has increased the competition by bringing this device at a price of Rs 49,999.
However, the Edge 30 Pro falls a little short of the title of perfect smartphone. It is powerful, so it gets hot quickly. There was no problem in normal use, but the phone gets hot while playing 3D games. If you don’t have much problem with this, then you will like this phone very much. But if you like to play a lot of games on your phone, then Asus ROG Phone 5s In this case, a slightly lower price becomes a better option.