Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Apr 2024
David, 17 Apr 2024Read GSMArena’s own review! “Admittedly, the wooden bac... moreIt's real wood, but just ‘enhanced’ so it won't change colour or lose its looks from stuff like rain or sunlight.
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- CommonSense
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- 17 Apr 2024
David, 17 Apr 2024Read GSMArena’s own review! “Admittedly, the wooden bac... moreIt's like coating iron with zinc to prevent rusting. They ‘added a few enhancements’ so it won't change color or lose its looks. Or would you rather have real wood that is subject to many factors like rain or sunlight?
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- Anonymous
- HXY
- 17 Apr 2024
AI can't do anything on fixing dull color in cloudy situation. Not even the most capable Photoshop / Lightroom expert or professional colorist. It is very obvious when you look at the photos taken by the hot balloon session.
You need optical transmittance with excellent lens design and coating technology. This is where Sony Xperia 1 V, Vivo X100 Pro and Xiaomi 14 Ultra surpassed the others by utilising class leading optical technologies from Zeiss and Leica. Not even any iPhone, Samsung or Pixels can handle that properly.
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- pasza
- 3@X
- 17 Apr 2024
A great, long-awaited move toward Moto X. But €1000 is too much for that. After 18 months, the predecessor 30 Ultra costs €450 officially now.
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- David
- 3H2
- 17 Apr 2024
Fa14bi, 17 Apr 2024The specifications on Motorola Germany website say: Backsid... moreRead GSMArena’s own review!
“Admittedly, the wooden back isn't pure wood. Motorola has used special coating for the surface, which retains the wood-like texture while also protecting it from water and skin oil, so it won't change color or lose its looks. Either way, the imitation is pretty good - it almost feels like real wood.”
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- m6u
- 17 Apr 2024
NeonHD, 16 Apr 2024> The latter is a bold approach, but it will likely appe... moreThe specifications on Motorola Germany website say: Backside is either Plastic vegan leather (veganes kunstleder )or "real wood" (echtes Holz).
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- 17 Apr 2024
David, 17 Apr 2024I was considering a Motorola but this years design is unbel... moreThe specifications say "real wood or vegan plastic leather" on the German website.
So isn't a plastic with wood texture.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Apr 2024
Either the hands are too large, or the phone has a small form factor, looks like holding a toy 😂😂 Please update team GSM, what's going on in there
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- Gaia
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- 17 Apr 2024
Anonymous, 16 Apr 2024"while starting at €999, which is considered affordabl... more...
Are you aware that the Redmi Turbo 3 comes with cameras that you only find in budget phones, lacks a lot of features that this one has, and that low price is only for China? Of course the global version will not be that cheap. The Edge 50 Ultra is indeed overpriced, but not a useless piece of technology.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Apr 2024
Love the wood back.
Great wood-themed photos BTW
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- Pumpino
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- 17 Apr 2024
Anonymous, 17 Apr 202450 Pro has new OV50E that replaces OV50A. 50 Fusion has L... moreThe Edge 30 Fusion had the OV50A.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Apr 2024
Pumpino, 16 Apr 2024The Edge 50 Pro has the older OmniVision sensor, but it... more50 Pro has new OV50E that replaces OV50A.
50 Fusion has LYT700 ( still an exmor RS) that replaces imx890 that replaced imx766.
50 Ultra has OV50H, used by chinese phones like mi 14 pro.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Apr 2024
Darth Caesium, 16 Apr 2024Edit 2: Wouldn't ya know it, Motorola just *HAD* to us... more12-18mm is least important.
Using 1/2" is such waste of space.
1/2.5" is more than enough.
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- David
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- 17 Apr 2024
I was considering a Motorola but this years design is unbelievably ugly, all the colours and finishes are hideous and cheap looking. Literally everyone will think its a $200 phone. What were they thinking! The Edge 40 had a glass back and classy premium finishes, not fake wood and “vegan leather” aka plastic!
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- Pumpino
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- 16 Apr 2024
Darth Caesium, 16 Apr 2024Same. There's definitely some oversharpening going on,... moreThe Edge 50 Pro has the older OmniVision sensor, but it's interesting to look at the processing in the review just published. The colours look very saturated to me. If you look at the snail shot in particular, the grass is too green and there's a yellow tinge to the entire photo. I guess we won't be seeing massive improvements in this generation.
- NeonHD
- 6Fi
- 16 Apr 2024
> The latter is a bold approach, but it will likely appeal to some
Bro, seriously GSMarena? They write this as if it hasn't been done before. This is LITERALLY a tribute to the old but gold Moto X series with its wooden back!
Have some sense of nostalgia and respect for it, will you? The Moto X series was greatly missed, that was the peak of Motorola IMO. I am happy to see Motorola/Lenovo doing a wooden design once more, even if it's not real wood.
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- 16 Apr 2024
Anonymous, 16 Apr 2024"while starting at €999, which is considered affordabl... moreredm turbo 3 and plastic
intermediary cameras
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- jiyen235
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- 16 Apr 2024
beautiful looking phone, reminds me of the Find X5 Pro and feels like it has the Find X6 Pro's camera layout. Regardless, nice phone, 200 dollars too expensive. Maybe even 300 dollars. Should've gotten an 8 Gen 3 at least. Cameras and software sweeten the deal/minimize the blow but still, too expensive. Z60 Ultra is far superior except for the software and we of course have the OP 12.
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Apr 2024
"while starting at €999, which is considered affordable in today's flagship segment."
My brother in Christ, Redmi Turbo 3 uses the same chipset and it costs less than $300.
How is this overpriced piece of garbage, "affordable" ?