Wakefit Zense With Temperature-Control Mattress Regul8, AI Sleep Tracker Track8 Unveiled

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June 13, 2024

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Wakefit unveiled its AI-powered sleep solution suite dubbed Wakefit Zense on Wednesday. The Zense range features Regul8, a temperature-adjustable mattress, and Track8, an artificial intelligence (AI) contactless sleep-tracking device. With these, the company said it aims to integrate technology into the sleep environment to help users optimise sleep quality and improve sleep health. Both devices come with dual-zone sensors to create a custom sleep environment on each side of the bed. The Wakefit Zense range of sleep solutions is currently available for pre-booking.

Wakefit Zense Regul8, Track8 price and availability

Regul8, under the Wakefit Zense range, can be purchased at the price of Rs. 44,999. The mattress is available in Queen (78×60 inch) and King (78×72 inch) sizes. Track8, the sleep tracking sheet, is priced at Rs. 10,499. Both devices can currently be pre-booked on the official website for Rs. 499 each, or Rs. 899 combined.

Wakefit Zense Regul8 features

According to the company, the Regul8 mattress features a water-based system to control the temperature of the mattress surface. The mattress’ temperature can be set between 15-degree and 40-degree Celsius using the companion app. Regul8 has a dual-zone temperature controller, which allows the user to set different temperatures for each side of the bed.

Regul8 also comes with integrated temperature sensors that can monitor the temperature of the mattress surface and make real-time adjustments to keep it consistent throughout the night. It also features five different presets — Neutral, Cold, Warm, Ice, and Fire — to easily set the desired temperature. Wakefit claims that the Regul8 mattress consumes 60 percent less energy than a 1.5-ton AC.

Wakefit Zense Tack8 features

Track8 is a sleep solution under the Wakefit Zense range, which can track users’ sleeping patterns and other metrics without any contact. The device, which is a thin rectangular sheet of fabric with two sheet sensors, is placed under the mattress. It has dual-zone sensors, one for each side of the bed, and can track two users at the same time. The device directly sends the collected data to the companion app, which then processes the information to present a detailed sleep report.

The company claims the device uses AI and machine learning algorithms to capture data around sleep stages, respiratory rate, movement, sleep and wake up time, on and off bed time, and snoring. Once analysed, it also offers an aggregated sleep score.

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Xiaomi 14 Civi First Impressions

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June 12, 2024

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Xiaomi 14 Cinematic Vision (long for Civi) is the company’s first smartphone, co-engineered with a Leica tagline at a price point that was tough to imagine at this price earlier. Gadgets 360 was the first publication that reported about the launch of Civi in India last month. But before diving into 14 Civi, let’s talk about Xiaomi’s tryst in the premium smartphone segment. The first attempt to crack the premium segment in India was led by the Xiaomi 12 Pro in 2022, followed by the Xiaomi 13 Pro, the first in the company’s line-up to come with the Leica collaboration. But both these smartphones were priced above Rs. 60,000 in India. If you look at the company’s current line-up, there’s a huge gap between the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ and Xiaomi 14. And that’s where the Xiaomi 14 Civi launch makes all the more sense.

Before diving into our first impressions, let’s talk about the prices. Xiaomi 14 Civi price in India is set at Rs. 47,999 for the 12GB RAM and 512GB storage. The 8GB RAM + 256GB storage is priced at Rs 42,999. The smartphone goes on sale in India starting June 20, 2024, at 12:00 PM IST and will be available across Mi.com, Flipkart and select offline retailers across India.

Xiaomi 14 Civi: The package

Looking at Xiaomi’s 14 Civi spec sheet hints that the company tried its best to put in everything a smartphone enthusiast can think of at this price point. Right from the top-of-the-line chipset, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor and the Leica Vario Summilux camera setup feature a 50-megapixel primary camera accompanied by a 50-megapixel telephoto camera and 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera. Of course, thanks to being co-engineered with Leica, the 14 Civi gets all the bells and whistles one expects in the camera division, including two photographic styles – Leica Authentic and Leica Vibrant looks and much more. The Xiaomi 14 Civi is also the only smartphone currently in the Indian market to offer dual selfie cameras – a dual 32-megapixel setup at the front.

Xiaomi 14 Civi features a 6.55-inch quad-curved AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate

At 7.4mm thickness and 177 grams weight, the Xiaomi 14 Civi is among the slimmest and most lightweight smartphones at this price point. To add some context, the Pixel 8a is 8.9mm thick and weighs 188 grams. On the other hand, iQOO 12 is 8.1mm thick and weighs 198.5 grams. The OnePlus 12R, priced under Rs. 50,000, is 8.8mm thick and weighs 207 grams. Coming to the display, the 14 Civi at 6.55-inch sits perfectly between Xiaomi 14’s 6.36-inch and 14 Ultra’s 6.73-inch displays. It gets a 120Hz refresh rate, 3000nits peak brightness, Dolby Vision, and HDR10+. The 14 Civi packs a 4700mAh battery with a 67W fast charging adapter in the box.

Xiaomi 14 Civi (on the left) and Xiaomi 14 (on the right) size comparison

Xiaomi 14 Civi: Initial thoughts

While the Xiaomi 14 Civi appears to tick many right boxes on paper, the real test is yet to come. We will thoroughly test this device and provide you with a review in the coming days. Stay tuned for our verdict, where we’ll delve deeper into the performance, camera capabilities, battery life, and more.

With metal frames, the 14 Civi feels solid in the hands, and thanks to its dimensions, it is comfortable to use with just one hand. It comes in Cruise Blue, Matcha Green and Classic Matte Edition, which we got for our review. It’s worth mentioning that Xiaomi’s attention to detail for each colourway is fantastic.

Xiaomi 14 Civi sports a triple camera setup at the back

The curve design is perfect for one-handed usage, and much like the 14 Ultra, the Civi gets the company’s quad-curve display with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2. For camera housing placement, the Civi is more identical to the bigger sibling, 14 Ultra.

Shot using Xiaomi 14 Civi main lens

Thanks to the Leica collaboration, the 14 Civi gets tons of camera modes, including Portrait mode with Leica’s true styles. We will dive deep into cameras in our review.

Xiaomi 14 Civi supports 3000nits of peak brightness and comes with Dolby Vision and HDR10+

It runs on HyperOS based on Android 14, which Xiaomi’s most new phones are launching with. In the limited time we have spent with Xiaomi 14 Civi, it looks snappy when it comes to everyday tasks and multitasking. Gaming is handled smoothly as we tried some sessions of BGMI and Call of Duty: Mobile. The display is bright and good for all your multimedia needs. The cameras are the main attraction, and we will reserve our verdict for the review. Initial impressions of the camera put it right next to its other siblings – Xiaomi 14 and 14 Ultra in terms of overall quality. The dual selfie cameras on the Xiaomi 14 Civi will likely bring back the days when phones had dual cameras at the front. The 4700mAh battery with 67W fast charging support seems a good addition. However, does it offer the best battery life in this segment? Well, we will have to test that, so we will reserve the verdict on the battery.

Xiaomi 14 Civi sports a circular camera housing the back identical to the bigger sibling, Xiaomi 14 Ultra

Overall, the Xiaomi 14 Civi is a solid contender in the sub-Rs. 50,000 segment. With the kind of spec sheet and features list, we believe Civi should be able to outshine the competition comfortably. It’s always good to see new entrants challenging the best smartphones in the segment because we can expect fireworks, which benefit consumers, too. Now, time will tell how hot the sub-Rs. 50,000 smartphone segment will be in the coming days. Till then, stay tuned for our Xiaomi 14 Civi review.

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Moto G64 First Impressions: No Big Improvements

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April 16, 2024

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Motorola now has a new big G series phone. The Moto G64 5G, the latest budget smartphone from the company offers some big features at a small price. The Moto G lineup has been around for several years now and is one of the most profitable for the manufacturer. With the new Moto G64, you get some world-first features as well, which is something Motorola also did with the recently launched Moto Edge 50 Pro.

The Moto G64 5G will succeed the Moto G54 from last year and comes with some new hardware. Here are my first impressions of the new G series phone after using it for a couple of days.

At first glance, the phone looks similar in design to the Moto G54 5G. You get a familiar rectangular rear camera module with dual sensors and an LED flash, a glossy acrylic glass rear panel, and thick plastic frame. The phone is also similar in thickness to last year’s model thanks to the large battery inside. From the outside, you would think that nothing much is new, and that appears to be the case.

The phone features Gorilla Glass protection on the display

On the front, you get a 6.5-inch IPS LCD display that offers full-HD+ resolution and 30-120Hz refresh rate, same as the Moto G54. What’s new, thanks to Motorola’s partnership with Corning, is a Gorilla Glass protection for the display. However, Motorola did not specify the version used. The display has a hole-punch cutout for the front camera, and thick bezels with a thicker chin just like its predecessor. The button placements are also the same. Like I said, on the outside, there’s nothing really new apart from the Gorilla Glass protection.

The phone is available in three colour options, and we’re testing out the Mint Green variant. The Moto G64 5G is also available in Pearl Blue and Ice Lilac colours. This time around, there’s no Black colour variant of the phone. The Moto G54 5G is also available in Pearl Blue and Mint Green colours, and they look exactly the same as the new phone.

The Moto G64 isn’t available in Black colour options

Coming to the cameras, the Moto G64 5G offers a 50-megapixel primary rear sensor with optical image stabilisation support. There’s also an 8-megapixel ultrawide sensor at the back that also offers Macro support. In the short time I had with the phone, I found the main rear camera to take good photos in daylight conditions. You also get a 16-megapixel selfie camera up front. It’s nice that Motorola is providing two usable cameras on the phone instead of adding a third macro/depth sensor. Once again, the camera specifications are also similar to the predecessor.

On the connectivity front, Motorola has offered support for 14 5G bands, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.3, and an FM radio. The phone also comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack at the bottom. You get a dual speaker setup with Dolby Atmos support and a side mounted fingerprint scanner. The Moto G64 5G also gets a USB Type-C port, a hybrid SIM card tray with support for microSD card storage expansion, and dual microphones. It comes with an IP52 water-repellent rating as well.

The phone has a 16-megapixel camera

Now, so far, everything on the new G series phone appears to be the same as the older model, but there are some changes internally. The Moto G64 5G is the first phone to come equipped with the new MediaTek Dimensity 7025 SoC. The chipset is said to be faster than the older 7020 variant, but I’ll be checking that out in the full review. You also get up to 12GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage. In the few days with the phone, I did not face any lag or stutter in the UI or animations as such, but I’ll have to test it further to find out how much better the new chipset is.

In terms of software, the Moto G64 5G runs Android 14-based My UX software. Unfortunately, the phone will receive only 1 major Android OS update. Motorola will provide 3 years of security updates. The software is mostly clean with some Motorola features and bloatware.

You get some bloatware on the phone

The Moto G64 5G comes with a large 6,000mAh battery that supports 33W fast charging. The TurboPower charger is provided in the box. During my time using the phone I found the battery to be long lasting, but we’ll run more tests in the coming days to see how it holds up.

Motorola’s G series phones have always been good value for money, and the new Moto G64 5G appears to be doing the same. There’s not a lot of new features compared to the Moto G54 5G, but you do get better display protection and a slightly more powerful chipset. The phone starts at Rs. 14,999 for the base variant, which I think is a great deal. Should you purchase this phone? Stay tuned for the full review to find out.

The Motorola Edge 40 recently made its debut in the country as the successor to the Edge 30 that was launched last year. Should you buy this phone instead of the Nothing Phone 1 or the Realme Pro+? We discuss this and more on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Moto G64 First Impressions: No Big Improvements

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Motorola now has a new big G series phone. The Moto G64 5G, the latest budget smartphone from the company offers some big features at a small price. The Moto G lineup has been around for several years now and is one of the most profitable for the manufacturer. With the new Moto G64, you get some world-first features as well, which is something Motorola also did with the recently launched Moto Edge 50 Pro.

The Moto G64 5G will succeed the Moto G54 from last year and comes with some new hardware. Here are my first impressions of the new G series phone after using it for a couple of days.

At first glance, the phone looks similar in design to the Moto G54 5G. You get a familiar rectangular rear camera module with dual sensors and an LED flash, a glossy acrylic glass rear panel, and thick plastic frame. The phone is also similar in thickness to last year’s model thanks to the large battery inside. From the outside, you would think that nothing much is new, and that appears to be the case.

The phone features Gorilla Glass protection on the display

On the front, you get a 6.5-inch IPS LCD display that offers full-HD+ resolution and 30-120Hz refresh rate, same as the Moto G54. What’s new, thanks to Motorola’s partnership with Corning, is a Gorilla Glass protection for the display. However, Motorola did not specify the version used. The display has a hole-punch cutout for the front camera, and thick bezels with a thicker chin just like its predecessor. The button placements are also the same. Like I said, on the outside, there’s nothing really new apart from the Gorilla Glass protection.

The phone is available in three colour options, and we’re testing out the Mint Green variant. The Moto G64 5G is also available in Pearl Blue and Ice Lilac colours. This time around, there’s no Black colour variant of the phone. The Moto G54 5G is also available in Pearl Blue and Mint Green colours, and they look exactly the same as the new phone.

The Moto G64 isn’t available in Black colour options

Coming to the cameras, the Moto G64 5G offers a 50-megapixel primary rear sensor with optical image stabilisation support. There’s also an 8-megapixel ultrawide sensor at the back that also offers Macro support. In the short time I had with the phone, I found the main rear camera to take good photos in daylight conditions. You also get a 16-megapixel selfie camera up front. It’s nice that Motorola is providing two usable cameras on the phone instead of adding a third macro/depth sensor. Once again, the camera specifications are also similar to the predecessor.

On the connectivity front, Motorola has offered support for 14 5G bands, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.3, and an FM radio. The phone also comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack at the bottom. You get a dual speaker setup with Dolby Atmos support and a side mounted fingerprint scanner. The Moto G64 5G also gets a USB Type-C port, a hybrid SIM card tray with support for microSD card storage expansion, and dual microphones. It comes with an IP52 water-repellent rating as well.

The phone has a 16-megapixel camera

Now, so far, everything on the new G series phone appears to be the same as the older model, but there are some changes internally. The Moto G64 5G is the first phone to come equipped with the new MediaTek Dimensity 7025 SoC. The chipset is said to be faster than the older 7020 variant, but I’ll be checking that out in the full review. You also get up to 12GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage. In the few days with the phone, I did not face any lag or stutter in the UI or animations as such, but I’ll have to test it further to find out how much better the new chipset is.

In terms of software, the Moto G64 5G runs Android 14-based My UX software. Unfortunately, the phone will receive only 1 major Android OS update. Motorola will provide 3 years of security updates. The software is mostly clean with some Motorola features and bloatware.

You get some bloatware on the phone

The Moto G64 5G comes with a large 6,000mAh battery that supports 33W fast charging. The TurboPower charger is provided in the box. During my time using the phone I found the battery to be long lasting, but we’ll run more tests in the coming days to see how it holds up.

Motorola’s G series phones have always been good value for money, and the new Moto G64 5G appears to be doing the same. There’s not a lot of new features compared to the Moto G54 5G, but you do get better display protection and a slightly more powerful chipset. The phone starts at Rs. 14,999 for the base variant, which I think is a great deal. Should you purchase this phone? Stay tuned for the full review to find out.

The Motorola Edge 40 recently made its debut in the country as the successor to the Edge 30 that was launched last year. Should you buy this phone instead of the Nothing Phone 1 or the Realme Pro+? We discuss this and more on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Spotify, Gaana, JioSaavn, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Motorola Edge 50 Pro Review: Best Mid-Range Phone You Can Buy?

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April 14, 2024

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Motorola is back with what could be the best-looking phone of the year. The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is a mid-range smartphone with a design that makes it look and feel premium. While this formula has been used by many brands in the last couple of years, only some have managed to nail it. The Edge 50 Pro adds to it by offering some world-first features, but are they good? I’ve been using the Edge 50 Pro for a couple of weeks now to find out if there’s more to the phone than just design and some validations.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro price in India

I’ll start with the price. The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is available in two variants in the country. There’s the 8GB + 256GB variant, which is priced at Rs. 31,999, and there’s the 12GB + 256GB storage option, which is what I’m testing, priced at Rs. 35,999. You could purchase the phone at a lower cost by availing certain offers, but the above-mentioned prices are what the phone is being sold for without any offers.

The phone offers rounded corners and curved edges

The phone is available in three colour options. The Black Beauty and Luxe Lavender variants have a soft vegan leather-finish rear panel, whereas the MoonLight Pearl is a special variant with an acetate finish that is apparently handcrafted in Italy by Mazzucchelli. I’m using the Luxe Lavender variant, and I think it looks great in this colour. All of these colours were curated with the help of Pantone.

The unboxing experience of the Motorola Edge 50 Pro is going to be a unique one. Firstly, Motorola has used zero plastic in the packaging and everything is printed using soy ink. Second, and we confirmed this, Motorola sprays perfume on each box to make it smell good. And it does smell good, for quite a long time actually.

The Edge 50 Pro box can be recycled

Inside the box, you get a case, some paperwork, a SIM ejector tool, a USB Type-C to Type-C cable, and a 125W Turbo charger. In our case, the 8GB RAM variant comes with a 68W charger.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro Review: Design

I’d have given a solid 10 to the Edge 50 Pro in the design department, but that’s not the case and here’s why. The phone looks and feels great the moment you first take it out of the box. It’s got a stunning design, and the colour makes things even better. The rear leather finish panel, curved front and back, rounded corners, and the aluminium frame make this phone a delight to hold as well. However, the rear leather panel doesn’t sit flush with the frame, and you can feel the edges when you’re holding the phone. And this is why I’m giving this a 9 in design.

The rear vegan leather finish panel is easy to clean

The leather finish also means no fingerprints to clean. The squarish camera module does protrude, but also blends with the rear panel in a slope. While it does make the phone wobble when laid on its back, it looks great. The Edge 50 Pro weighs 186 grams and is 8.19mm thick, but the weight is well distributed, and the curved front and rear panels make the phone seem thinner and smaller than it is. Folks with big hands can easily use this with one hand.

On the front, you get a curved display with symmetric bezels. The side bezels are thin and are barely visible due to the curve, whereas the top and bottom ones are also slim and uniform. The volume and power buttons are on the left edge and are clicky. You’ll also find a microphone on the left edge and one at the top. At the bottom, you’ll find the USB Type-C port, SIM tray, microphone, and loudspeaker. The phone does have a dual speaker setup, but it’s of the hybrid type, with the ear speaker working as the second speaker.

Motorola has offered 3 microphones on the Edge 50 Pro

Motorola has also given an IP68 rating for the Edge 50 Pro, and I found the rubber seal in the SIM ejector tray to be of good quality. You should be able to dunk this in the swimming pool without much worry, but don’t shoot a whole Reel underwater.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro Review: Specifications and software

The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is equipped with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor, which is paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 internal storage. Yes, the storage is on the slower side, but it’s not really a dealbreaker. The phone gets dual SIM dual 5G support, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, and a USB Type-C port. For location services, the phone offers support for GPS, AGPS, LTEPP, SUPL, GLONASS, Galileo, and Navic satellites.

The Edge 50 Pro runs on the new Hello UI

The phone has an in-display fingerprint scanner, which works fast. I didn’t face any issues with it during my use. Motorola has packed a 4,500mAh battery in the Edge 50 Pro, which is smaller than what most other phones offer in this price segment. However, you do get up to 125W fast charging support along with 50W wireless charging.

In terms of software, Motorola has changed things around a bit. The Edge 50 Pro comes with Android 14-based Hello UI, which is different to the My UX that we were used to. It’s a lot lighter with hardly any additional apps apart from Google apps. There’s no bloatware, the interface is mostly stock with some Motorola design elements, and you get some additional features such as Moto Unplugged, Ready For, gestures, Smart connect, custom fonts, colours, icons, and Family Space. There’s also an AI theming feature called Style Sync that uses AI to create custom wallpapers from photos taken using the camera or in the gallery. The AI feature works well but isn’t as good as similar features found on more expensive phones.

There’s no bloatware on the phone

Motorola promises three years of Android OS updates and four years of security patches.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro Review: Performance

Moving to performance, the Motorola Edge 50 Pro is great at running daily tasks, gaming, and more. The Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is a fairly recent chipset and has enough oomph to run all kinds of tasks smoothly in most conditions. I ran some benchmarks to see how it performed, and on AnTuTu, it managed a score of 8,18,387 points. That’s slightly higher than the recently launched OnePlus Nord CE 4 (Review), which also runs the same chipset.

The performance on the phone is good, but what’s even better is the display. Motorola has included a 6.7-inch pOLED curved display on the Edge 50 Pro with 1.5K resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. The panel also offers up to 2,000 nits peak brightness, HDR10+ support, 10-bit colour, and DCI-P3 colour gamut, and is claimed to be the world’s first Pantone-validated true colour display.

The Edge 50 Pro has protective glass and a screen protector on the display

I found the colours to be a bit oversaturated in Vivid colour mode, but you can choose the Natural colour option to get the most natural and realistic colours. There’s also a Radiant mode that makes the colours appear more vibrant and brighter. The display is great overall, offers excellent viewing angles, and is easy to read even under direct sunlight. It’s a great phone for content consumption.

What’s also good is the stereo speaker sound that comes with Dolby Atmos support. While there’s not a lot of bass in the audio, I found the speakers to be loud and clear, with no crackling even at full volume. The microphone quality is also good.

The curved display can cause ghost touches when playing games

The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is pretty good as a gaming phone as well. I didn’t notice any drop in frame rate, touch sensitivity issues, or lag when gaming on the phone. I played BGMI for about 45 minutes, and it worked great in Ultra HDR graphics and Ultra frame rate. The only issue I faced had to do with the display. Since the phone has a curved panel, there were plenty of ghost touches when playing games. Otherwise, the Edge 50 Pro performed quite well in games and didn’t heat a lot, either.

Generally, I did not face any lag or stutter while performing regular tasks. The 144Hz display makes sure to hide any lag in the user interface. The only time I faced a lag was when viewing a photo in the camera app, which took about a second or two to load. Yes, there were a couple of instances of some lag when opening apps in the background, but it doesn’t happen enough to call it a problem.

Finally, let’s get to the battery performance. While the 4,500mAh battery is smaller than most other phones in the price segment, I was able to get more than a day’s battery life out of the Edge 50 Pro. In our HD video loop test, the phone lasted only about 15 hours, though, which isn’t that great. When I used the phone for basic tasks such as making calls, messaging, some YouTube, browsing, and using the camera, it lasted more than a day. With heavy usage, I was getting almost a day’s worth of battery life. However, what’s amazing is that the phone can be charged from 0 to 100 percent in just about 25 minutes and 0 to 50 percent in around 10 minutes. This is with the 125W charger, of course, and using it did heat up the phone quite a bit.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro Review: Cameras

The phone is equipped with a triple rear camera setup that includes a 50-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.4 aperture and OIS support, a 13-megapixel ultrawide unit with 120-degree field of view and a macro mode, and a 10-megapixel telephoto sensor with OIS and 3x optical zoom. There’s also a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor, an LED flash, and autofocus on the square rear camera module. For selfies, the phone offers a 50-megapixel sensor with autofocus.

The Edge 50 Pro features a 50-megapixel front camera

Motorola claims that this is the world’s first and only phone to have a Pantone colour-validated camera system. Both photos and videos shot from the phone are said to offer realistic and true colours with accurate skin tones, but that wasn’t entirely the case. The camera interface is simple to use and offers several modes. There’s also a Tilt-shift mode, a Pro mode, a Night mode, dual capture, long exposure, a 50-megapixel mode, and more.

Images shot with the main 50-megapixel rear camera offer very good details and colours with good HDR. However, if you zoom in on the image, you’ll see that the details are lost in the shadows. I also found that the images were still slightly saturated even after turning off AI enhancements, choosing a natural image style, and using a Natural colour mode for the display. Or perhaps the folks over at Pantone know the colours better, and my renditions are just wrong. The primary camera takes good shots even in low light, but again, they are oversaturated.

Moving on, while the telephoto camera does shoot good 3x zoomed shots in both daylight and lowlight conditions, the details can be a little muddy. Colours are once again slightly oversaturated. The ultra-wide camera produces good photos in daylight but isn’t that good in lowlight conditions. Selfies are good with ample details in good lighting conditions and skin tones are also very close to reality. Images from the phone are generally brighter as well. There’s also a Macro mode that produces decent shots. Let’s take a look at some samples.

Top to bottom: Ultrawide (2 samples) Main 50-megapixel sensor (3 samples) 3x Telephoto (2 samples) [Tap to expand]

Coming to video performance, the main camera can shoot at 4K resolution at 30fps. The videos come out good, even in 3x zoom, and have a good dynamic range with hardly any noise. Colours are slightly boosted, but nothing unrealistic. In low light, the video performance drops, but videos are still usable if there’s ample lighting. The stabilisation is also pretty good and is aided by AI, according to Motorola.

Overall, the camera system on the Motorola Edge 50 Pro is good and usable.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro Review: Verdict

The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is a great phone that’s competitively priced. However, in some areas, you may be better off purchasing other phones. For example, if you want better performance, you could opt for the Oppo Reno 11 Pro (Review). However, it lacks an IP rating and wireless charging and offers similar camera performance.

Then there’s the Vivo V30, which offers slightly better camera performance and the same chipset. However, it lacks wireless charging and a few other features.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro offers a lot more features than some of its competitors. I honestly think that this is probably one of the best smartphones in the price segment. The cameras aren’t amazing, but they’re not bad, and you get usable sensors. The display is excellent, you get a standout design, wireless charging, an IP68 rating, and a lot more. The Motorola Edge 50 Pro is on the edge of greatness and is definitely one of the best mid-range phones you can buy today.