200Mp First of all that's a lot of pixels and the motorola's flagship smartphone is providing with some unique features and yes , that mind boggling 200Mp camera also
On paper, it’s a winning combination. We got the chance to try it out ahead of Motorola’s official European launch to find out if it holds up in practice.
Design and Build Quality-:
Beyond the headline specs, the Edge 30 Ultra is essentially an iterative update on last year’s Edge 30 Pro. It’s also known as the X30 Pro in China, where it launched earlier this year.
A blend of frosted glass and sand-blasted aluminium gives the Edge 30 Ultra a premium appearance, enhanced by a curved screen that melts into the metal.
It feels every bit as expensive as it looks, with the etched Moto logo adding some much-needed grip to the back surface. At 199g it’s reassingly weighty, and the rounded sides sit comfortably in your hand.
The visual changes from last year’s model are concentrated around the rear camera bump, which gives the 200MP sensor pride of place; the two secondary snappers sit underneath, inside a metal island in the top left corner. You could call it a little business-like, but we reckon it’s more purposeful than the curvy cutout seen on the Edge 30 Pro.
Other upgrades include an in-display fingerprint sensor, as opposed to having the power button perform double duty. We weren’t able to test how quickly it recognises your digits at Moto’s hands on event.
There’s no 3.5mm headphone port, but that’s pretty much expected from a 2022 flagship.
Display-:
144Hz screens used to be the exclusive domain of gaming phones, but Motorola has been the exception to the rule. The Edge 30 Ultra continues that trend, and is as retina-soothingly smooth as you’d expect.
The display is generally a treat for the eyes, it’s pOLED panel stretched over 6.67in and delivering punchy, vibrant colours. We only got to play a few short video clips, but contrast was superb, and viewing angles were spot on as well.
You’re getting better-than-1080p resolution, which is enough to keep text looking crisp even with your nose practically pressed against the glass (which is Gorilla Glass 5, so shouldn’t be too susceptible to scrapes and scratches, even if it’s not the newer Victus).
It also plays nicely with HDR10+ content, although Motorola didn’t state peak brightness, so we don’t yet know how it’ll stack up to rivals for anyone in search of a phone with a truly bingeworthy display. What little footage we tried certainly had impact, even in a brightly-lit demo area.
That wasn’t enough to get a sense of how potent the stereo speakers are, either. They’re Dolby Atmos-certified, though, so we’re expecting good things once we get a phone in for a full review.
Performance and Camera-:
Motorola Edge 30 uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset coupled with 8GB of RAM. The company also promises 3 assured Android updates and 4 years of security patches. The smartphone runs on Android 12 out of the box. So on paper, the Motorola Edge 30 UItra does look like the device that has all it takes to be the flagship killer. Although I used the device for close to two days, I did not come across anything particularly exasperating about the Edge 30 Ultra.
The display, albeit curved, supports 144Hz, so the app loads faster than you can imagine, the touch response is buttery smooth and the battery so far has not proved to be a bummer either. However, in order to determine the true potential of the device, I will have to put the phone through rigorous tests. Only then would it be fair for me to comment on how good or bad the performance of the Edge 30 Ultra.
As far as the camera is concerned, I had extremely high hopes when Motorola announced the world’s first camera with a 200-megapixel sensor.
Although the megapixels count on your phone holds very little importance, your interests are piqued when a smartphone company attempts something nobody has thought of before. Currently, most of the OEMs in India have launched smartphones with 108-megapixel camera sensors.
I have yet to test how the camera performs under different lighting conditions. So far, I have only been able to test the camera in daylight and the pictures have turned out vibrant, color reproduction is also punchy.
I would be in a better place to comment on the cameras only after testing them in different situations. To find out more about the camera performance of the device, you will have to watch out for the complete review.
Battery and Charging-:
Battery life remains to be seen. The Edge 30 Ultra has a smaller 4610mAh cell than last year’s Edge 30 Pro, although it also has a more efficient CPU, so things might balance out.
Motorola reckons with typical use you’ll last into a second day away from the mains with each charge. The rapid 125W wired charging can give “all day” power in seven minutes, or probably less time than you spend in the shower each morning. It’ll also do 50W wireless charging if you’ve got a particularly high-power pad, and can reverse charge your smaller gadgets too.
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