Motorola Edge 40 - User opinions and reviews

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Darknoor
7%$
26 May 2023

xcv, 23 May 2023Why is Edge 40 better? Brand new model so it has one yea... moreFusion is more expensive.
This one is a good value for now. Far better than the nothing phone back then, or even now.

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Darknoor
7%$
26 May 2023

Finally, Moto edge that's worth the price upon initial release

(ignore haters in the comments as they'll point out a negative on ANY phone expecting all phones of all ranges to offer top specs)

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Anonymous
XM4
26 May 2023

Anonymous, 26 May 2023Screen protection? Gorilla glass?NEG from Japan's Nippon industries which was used in Nokia 8.1

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Anonymous
7kJ
26 May 2023

Screen protection? Gorilla glass?

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Tito
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26 May 2023

Phones are getting worse. Worst specs than edge 20...

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ezd
S1%
25 May 2023

aksae, 25 May 2023Does it have USB 3.1 or USB 2.0. 3.0 or 3.1 will seal the d... moreUSB 2.0, no USB-C display (MHL, ReadyFor) output.

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aksae
KAr
25 May 2023

Does it have USB 3.1 or USB 2.0. 3.0 or 3.1 will seal the deal for me

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Fa14bi
skG
24 May 2023

xcv, 23 May 2023Why is Edge 40 better? Brand new model so it has one yea... moreThe 30 Fusion imhas around 15% lower Performance than the Edge 40 after long stress, also the Edge 40has F/1.4, it the better all rounder.

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xcv
LHf
23 May 2023

Why is Edge 40 better?

Brand new model so it has one year more support. Edge 30 still has two more years of support.

Edge 40 has 68W charger + wireless charging (if you need or care about it, I don't), but 33W is plenty enough, too.

IP68 vs IP52. If you are careless, it has value, for me, not.

For me only clear advantage is 4.400 mAh battery vs 4.020 mAh.

And there is another model - Edge 30 Fusion.
It depends where you live, but if 8/128GB is enough for you, and on some markets Fusion is much cheaper:
Edge 30 Fusion >>>>> Edge 40.
I'm mean, it's not even funny how much Edge 30 Fusion destroys Edge 40 except no wireless charging, IP52 and older Android, but Android 13 is just 12.1 in reality.
Superior SoC, wired Ready for because it has USB-C 3.1, Micron uMCP 5 storage (UFS 3.1 + LPDDR5), 10-bit display, 3D Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and back.

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xcv
LHf
23 May 2023

Disappointing.
It's not a clear upgrade over Edge 30 at all. It's better in some things, but worse in other.

Edge 30 8/256GB is currently discounted at 370 € in my country at the official Motorola retailer, not to mention you can buy barely used 8/128GB version in local ads for less than 250 € with official Motorola warranty.

Why Edge 30 is better?
Let's see.
Snapdragon 778G+ 5G vs Mediatek Dimensity 8020
Sure, D8020 is somewhat faster in benchmarks, but real world is something else.

Edge 30 has superior Micron uMCP 5 storage which is UFS 3.1 storage + LPDDR5 DRAM.
Edge 40 has UFS 3.1 + LPDDR4x DRAM.

Edge 30 navigation is on par stand alone Garmin professional devices i.e. superb.

Cameras are clearly better - not only it has superior 50 MPx ultrawide/macro combo, but because it has Snapdragon SoC, there are fully functional GCam ports.

Edge 30 has superior 10-bit display compared to just 8-bit on Edge 40.
Sure, Edge 40 has 1.000 nits peak brightness, but 600-700 nits on Edge 30 are enough.
There is simply no way that 8-bit OLED panel which fully covers DCI-P3 doesn't have banding issues.

Edge 30 has GG3 on the front, and Edge 40 has NEG, but I don't think it has some practical difference.

Edge 30 is lighter but it's clearly because of smaller battery.

Edge 30 has flat screen.

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B1
Dk%
23 May 2023

Indian version released today at 29999/₹ = 363$ approximately, half of the price around the the world and we have ₹2000 ban all or going to pay by using ₹2000 notes( highest denominations note in India got banned this week, will be withdrawn September end, all the Indian YouTube channel and ads are related edge 40 now, cheap dirty cheap in India

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Anonymous
CbI
22 May 2023

What kind of display protection does it have?

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Hani Saudi Arabia
7%%
21 May 2023

this MOTO edge 40 is available in Saudi for 1699 SAR = 419 euros
also comes with free MOTO buds 085 black

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Anonymous
3Sw
21 May 2023

A generally nice phone ruined by a really mediocre processor. Something just isn't right about it being part of the vanilla Edge line. It can still be a midranger with a far more capable Dimensity chip. This could easily be Edge Neo.