Motorola Edge 50 Neo review

19 October 2024


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  • Anonymous
  • hGD
  • 21 Oct 2024

anon , 21 Oct 2024Is this satire? Like genuinelyThat guy just goes around random forums and comments sections talking crap about phones that don't have the features he wants.

And the fact he thinks OLED screens are trash compared to IPS LCD is just hilarious.

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    • anon
    • 0xE
    • 21 Oct 2024

    Anonymous, 21 Oct 2024What drugs are you on? This garbage of a phone doesn'... moreIs this satire? Like genuinely

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      • Anonymous
      • hGD
      • 21 Oct 2024

      Anonymous, 21 Oct 2024What drugs are you on? This garbage of a phone doesn'... moreIf you need audio jack, sd card slot, IPS LCD, and IR blaster, just buy a Redmi 13 5G and stop being so mad, bro.

      The Motorola Edge 50 Neo simply isn't the phone for you.

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        • Anonymous
        • MZx
        • 21 Oct 2024

        Been using this phone for about 2 months. I am a heavy business user (Outlook, Office, plenty of video and voice calls). Need a good camera for private purposes as well (mainly for stills, almost no videos). Do not play games at all. Switched from S23. Was looking for reasonably sized device, money wasn't an issue. Tested against S24, Xiaomi 14, 14T Pro, Flip 6, etc. before the final purchase. My decision was based on: 1. By far the best display of the tested phones. 2. Speaker quality (very loud if needed, reasonable sound quality). 3. Battery endurance (totally different universe to S23/24, for example). 4. Camera quality (I like the processing in most of the situations, to compare Samsung processing is too soft and too much noise all around). 5. Clean Android (plus I got already two updates within the 2 months). What I do not like? 1. Camera lag (despite not being big, it can cause issues in some situations, solution is to take multiple shots and choose the right one later). 2. Slower processor (things happen fragments of the seconds slower then on high-end machines, not a big issue in real life though). Other points. 1. Build is really solid (I do not care if it is plastic or titan or so, it just feels perfectly ok). 2. No overheating at all. 3. Fast charging (although you do not really need it).

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          • Anonymous
          • Sr6
          • 21 Oct 2024

          Anonymous, 21 Oct 2024e-waste? you gotta be kindding me... One of the best mot... moreWhat drugs are you on?
          This garbage of a phone doesn't even have audio jack, no sd card slot, no IPS LCD and the list of missing essential features goes on and on. I bet it doesn't even have IR blaster.
          There are many Motorola models that are much better than this trash. Just use the search function here at gsm arena and you will find it. Good luck

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            • Anonymous
            • Fvc
            • 21 Oct 2024

            PaxLucis , 20 Oct 2024Another expensive e-waste from Motorola! Hard pass! Next please!e-waste? you gotta be kindding me...

            One of the best moto releases from 20024. Compact, sturdy (Mil-810H certificate), nice design with flat screen, first to announce 5 OS updates, good camera, wireless charge, great battery life....

            If you want raw perfomance with poor OS you can go with a poco....
            Those after a good compact phone will certanly love this neo Edge 50. I know i do!

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              • The Tech Watchdog
              • 7XH
              • 21 Oct 2024

              motohead, 20 Oct 2024It's UFS 3.1 storage Generaly a good phone for aver... moreActually, the edge 50 neo only has UFS 2.2, with very high random read and write speeds unlike the usual UFS 2.2 speeds that the less powerful phones have like Helio G100 and the like have as per AnTuTu storage test.

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                • CbI
                • 21 Oct 2024

                motohead, 20 Oct 2024It's UFS 3.1 storage Generaly a good phone for aver... moreRealme gt 6t is very close in price, brighter ltpo with much faster soc too. But only 128gb. Though 256 isnt that much more expensive either.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 7sy
                  • 21 Oct 2024

                  PaxLucis , 20 Oct 2024Another expensive e-waste from Motorola! Hard pass! Next please!5 years of support even its its slow security updates are as if not more important than full os updates from 14 to 15. And they have promised the edge 50 neo to get up to android 19.

                    anon, 20 Oct 2024Didn't they rate iPhone 16 pretty high despite 60hz an... moreThey gave it 4.0 stars. Which is definitely lower than ratings they've given to other iPhones for quite a while now. It's still not low enough IMO, because it's wholly uncompetitive with other phones in its price bracket and brings almost nothing to the table that the iPhone 12 didn't already have.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Sr6
                      • 20 Oct 2024

                      FinskCommentorr, 20 Oct 2024I think most Chinese UI interfaces ain't pretty. That&... moreWhy not create your own then? Nowadays even a monkey could create a beautiful user interface.
                      There are plenty of good YouTube tutorials out there that teach u how to do it. Good luck!

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Sr6
                        • 20 Oct 2024

                        PaxLucis , 20 Oct 2024Another expensive e-waste from Motorola! Hard pass! Next please!You are right it's electronic garbage for the dumpster. No sd card slot, no audio jack, crap-o-led.
                        Throw it straight on the landfill!

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                          • motohead
                          • 0xE
                          • 20 Oct 2024

                          It's UFS 3.1 storage

                          Generaly a good phone for average user. I don't think there's better display at this price range as well.

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                            • PaxLucis
                            • GLx
                            • 20 Oct 2024

                            Another expensive e-waste from Motorola! Hard pass! Next please!

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                              • anon
                              • 0xE
                              • 20 Oct 2024

                              magnaroader, 20 Oct 2024If this phone had a fruit logo on the back, Guaranteed GSMa... moreDidn't they rate iPhone 16 pretty high despite 60hz and laggy camera button 😄

                                If this phone had a fruit logo on the back, Guaranteed GSMarena would have slapped on 2 additional stars.

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                                  • dQT
                                  • 20 Oct 2024

                                  I've heard lots of bad reviews about laggy camera app on Edge 50 neo. Can someone write more about this? How annoying is it really? Is it region specific or all devices are affected?

                                    The night photos are very good. the video as expected is rather underwhelming.

                                    i dont understand the point behind benchmark tests anymore. For majority users, they wouldnt even spot a difference between top scorers and lower ones.

                                      White balance on the cameras looks too blueish

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • pKL
                                        • 20 Oct 2024

                                        I'm impressed with those battery scores with such a small capacity. The 7300 is underpowered but match it with the LTPO screen and it is pretty decent.