Motorola Edge 40 Neo review

20 September 2023


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After many people liked this phone a lot since it was released (including me), now reviews say this phone is average but not bad.

    GSMarena should do more research especially the camera system. The Edge 40 has an ambient light sensor at the back (right beside the LED flash) which helps in determining the exposure and contrast while the Edge 40 Pro and 40 Neo do not have.

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      • Anonymous
      • 7k9
      • 21 Sep 2023

      How is this thing compact?

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        • Anonymous
        • 0Pn
        • 21 Sep 2023

        still no good software update support... no way. Motorola and others must wake up

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          • wersy2
          • 8XA
          • 21 Sep 2023

          Shouldn't you re-make the battery best on "auto" instead of the overkill of constant 144Hz?

            Overall pretty decent. Other than the HRR, the atrocious battery life is, on the face of it, tricky to explain. Scope for software optimisations, or just reflects an inefficient chipset?

            Thanks as always for the thorough review @GSMARENA.

              80 hours on the battery test? That's pretty bad actually. MediaCrap is far worse than Snap 695, Moto G84 is much better than this Neo

                PanRT, 20 Sep 2023Why? pixel 7a better battery life 14:56h 18:12hTotal ratings still lower.

                Pixel did the other things with 90hz, moto on 144hz so there is that.

                Still really bad on both though.

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                  • PanRT
                  • 6sP
                  • 20 Sep 2023

                  Fa14bi, 20 Sep 2023Still better than Pixel 7a... somehow Why? pixel 7a better battery life
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                    Terrible colour accuracy on the display, absolutely terrible battery life, a poor camera, and Motorola's poor history with updates. Why would anyone buy this phone?

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 0p}
                      • 20 Sep 2023

                      ashrobb, 20 Sep 2023These kind of phones are always short of being great! The b... moreAmong devices with D1080:

                      Damsung and realme had above 130h, while xiaomi had below 100h too.

                        ashrobb, 20 Sep 2023These kind of phones are always short of being great! The b... moreD1xxx are old series and most of them use lot of power, while on paper this or D13xx seems better in real life they will throttle and perform worse.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 20 Sep 2023

                          LoneOwl, 20 Sep 2023''Only two OS updates promised, and Moto hasn... moreBecause ppl that can afford xperia can buy brand new every year if they want too.
                          No difference in the end.

                          Should complain why s23u review has zero cons when phone has many downsides.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • SYG
                            • 20 Sep 2023

                            How can you call it compact? It's not compact at all!

                              These kind of phones are always short of being great! The battery life is the main offender here, though I've exposed my concerns about how dated the battery tests on this site might be now, since Android has been more and more dependent on background optimizations for the first few days, even weeks. The Dimensity 7030 is decent though, the GPU hits harder than the 1080/7050 (another proof of the weird naming scheme Mediatek and Qualcomm have these days).

                                Great device for the money, but that 80hr battery is drawback. Soc is great and its 5000 mah, so it can been cause of bad optimization.

                                  ''Only two OS updates promised, and Moto hasn't been the fastest to deliver these in the past.''

                                  Isnt this the same for all the Redmi/Poco phones as well?
                                  Why is this not in the Cons on the way more expensive Poco F5 and F5 pro?

                                  Hell why is this not mentioned even in the flagship Xperia 1/5 phones??

                                    Funmap, 20 Sep 20234.3 ratibg with such BAD battery life! What is going on GSMarena?Still better than Pixel 7a... somehow

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                                      • Vibe
                                      • 84G
                                      • 20 Sep 2023

                                      Woooooow, i waited ages and checked this site regularly for this review

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                                        • PanRT
                                        • 6sP
                                        • 20 Sep 2023

                                        Rly bad battery life, why.. CPU Is good..