Motorola Edge 50 review

Display

The Motorola Edge 50 features a 6.7-inch P-OLED screen with 1,220 x 2,712 pixels (446ppi), 10-bit color depth, up to 120Hz refresh rate, and HDR10+ support.

The display has a tiny camera punchhole, thin bezels and Gorilla Glass 5 protection.

Motorola advertises the screen as capable of up to 1,600 nits of peak brightness.

We have completed our display measurements - we captured 552nits of maximum manual and 1,416 nits of maximum automatic brightness. Together with 2.7nits of minimum brightness as white color, we can consider these numbers as a solid performance.

The screen supports up to 120Hz refresh rate. The system options offer three settings - Auto, 60Hz and 120Hz. Both Auto and 120Hz switch to 60Hz for static content and use HRR for most apps. The Auto mode may sometimes choose 90Hz instead of 120Hz for the Android UI and some apps.

The Edge 50 display is HDR10+ certified, and it is recognized as such among some apps (i.e. YouTube), but not in Netflix, unfortunately.

Battery life

The Motorola Edge 50 is powered by a 5,000mAh battery, a beefy cell considering the thin and lightweight design.

Unfortunately, the Edge 50 posted a mediocre Active Use Score on our battery life test - 9 hours and 56 minutes. The phone did well on the video streaming test with 12:18h of battery life, but rather average on the calls, web browsing and gaming scenarios.

Charging speed

The Motorola Edge 50 supports up to 68W fast wired charging via a compatible USB-PD adapter and up to 15W wireless charging. We have completed our battery charging test with a 68W Baseus adapter.

The Edge 50 recognizes compatible USB-PD fast chargers and switches to TurboPower. Charging at maximum power, we clocked 46% in 15 minutes and 77% in 30 minutes. A full charge on a 68W power adapter took exactly 45 minutes.

Motorola offers optimized charging and 80% charging cap options for those who want to prolong the lifespan of the phone's battery.

Speakers

The Motorola Edge 50 has your typical hybrid stereo speakers setup, where the earpiece acts as a speaker. While this double-duty top speaker is quieter and focuses mostly on vocals, the overall balance is great.

The speakers of the Moto Edge 50 scored a Very Good mark on our loudness test. The sound quality is good with great high-frequency presentation, rich vocals but poor bass.

Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal "0db" flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.