The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion embodies when someone introduces advancements to their next-gen product in the right amount. When Motorola unveiled the Fusion lineup in its Edge series last year with the Edge 50 Fusion, it was an instant hit among value-conscious customers. It featured design and build quality typically found in phones worth Rs 40,000 – 50,000. Besides, its camera module was adequately stacked without gimmicks like a monochrome sensor. As it aged, people began highlighting the Edge 50 Fusion’s inadequacies, like its declining performance, which troubled them daily.
Motorola Edge 60 Fusion
Rs 22,999
What Is Good?
- Immersive viewing experience
- Reliable battery life
- Clean, feature-rich user experience
- Dependable cameras in almost all lighting conditions
- Attractive design with a robust body
What Is Bad?
- Performance is underwhelming compared to its counterparts
- The app opening animation isn’t smooth
With the all-new Edge 60 Fusion, the brand aims to resolve such issues, providing users with a satisfying experience. But is this “refining” strategy enough to compete with emerging champions like the Nothing Phone (3a) and Vivo T3 Pro? Or will it necessitate going back to the drawing board? Read my review to find out.
Pricing and Availability in India
The Edge 60 Fusion is available in two storage variants on Flipkart and major retail chains. Here’s a look at pricing:
| Variant | Price |
| 8GB+256GB | Rs 22,999 |
| 12GB+256GB | Rs 24,999 |
Design and Build Quality
If anyone ever considers crowning a champion in this category, Motorola will be a force to reckon with. I say this because its Edge 60 Fusion knocked my socks off with its sleek yet premium styling. The curvature from front to back tapers in the middle, giving the phone a slim appearance while making it comfortable to hold. The more surprising part of the phone is its slim form factor, making it easy to carry around.
| Design | Specifications |
| Colour Options | Zephyr (reviewed), Amazonite, and Slipstream |
| Weight | 180g |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm |
| IP Rating | IP68 + IP69 |
| Port and Button Placements | Bottom: Primary microphone, USB port, speaker grille, and SIM card tray
Top: Secondary microphone Right Side: Power button and volume button |
While the slim body lends the handset a premium aesthetic, the vegan leather back elevates it further. It is soft to the touch, and Pantone-validated colours like Zephyr appear beautifully. However, it demands extra care, as one curry-soaked finger is all you need to tarnish its beauty.
Motorola has also created the Edge 60 Fusion light, enhancing the exceptional in-hand feel. While using plastic as the building material may have lightened the phone’s weight, you shouldn’t think that the phone is fragile. It is MIL-STD 810H certified, which is fortunately yet to be tested.
But using it for days convinced me it can endure accidental drops without ruffling your wallet’s feathers. Given its IP68 and IP69 rating against dust and water, videotaping your sea adventure is possible. The only thing I need to say is to read the fine print before jumping into action.
Display and Audio
While the quad-curved displays are trendy in the sub-Rs 30,000 segment, Motorola discreetly gave the Edge 60 Fusion a legitimate all-curved screen. Besides the usual curved left and right sides, the remaining ones are just slightly bent.
| Display | Specifications |
| Size | 6.7-inch |
| Type | pOLED |
| Resolution | 1.5K resolution |
| Refresh Rate | 120Hz |
| Display Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Peak Brightness | Claimed: 4500 nits, Tested: 2090 nits |
| Minimum brightness | 02 nits |
Blending this approach and thin bezels resulted in one of the most immersive viewing experiences I’ve ever had. Keeping the immersive part aside, I enjoyed watching the new action-packed To Be Hero X series. While vibrant colours made their presence felt, each scene appeared detailed.
During my series watching, I struck off going above 40 per cent brightness in my book. Moving a notch above meant I would stun myself with the phone’s bright screen—it was that glaring. Why not? Our test revealed that it can reach around 2090 nits of brightness.
The phone lacks support for HDR content on Netflix, but compensates with loud stereo speakers. Increasing the volume to max somewhat distorts the audio quality, but it sounds balanced at lower levels.
Performance and Software
The Mediatek Dimensity 7400 SoC debuts with the Edge 60 Fusion, but its true potential should be measured on a different smartphone. That’s because Motorola isn’t looking to make a performance-heavy smartphone but rather an all-rounder.
The chipset’s benchmark performance was below that of its iteration (MediaTek Dimensity 7300) used in the Vivo T4x, a phone priced under Rs 15,000. Compared to similarly priced contenders, the Nothing Phone (3a) was considerably ahead, just like last year’s Vivo T3 Pro. When you pit it against the Edge 50 Fusion, the performance has been improved.
Beyond benchmarks, I had a decent experience with the phone in my daily usage. Whether I watched a series on Crunchyroll or scrolled the YouTube Shorts feed, every task occurred swiftly without a noticeable dip in performance. Peculiarly enough, while watching CDawg’s video at 4K quality, I observed that it started stuttering when I long-pressed to forward it by 2x speed. So I tried replicating the same scenario with the Nothing Phone (3a) and Realme P3 5G. Both stuttered relatively less than the Edge 60 Fusion, which is surprising, as the Realme P3 5G costs way less in pricing. The video is in 4K quality, so it is taxing on the phone’s chipset to play it at 2x speed. This is likely the cause of the issue..
| Hardware | Specifications |
| Processor | MediaTek Dimensity 7400 |
| RAM | Up to 12GB LPDDR4X |
| Storage | 256GB UFS 2.2 |
| Storage Test | 64335 |
| CPU Throttling Test | 92 per cent of its max performance |
| Software Version | Hello UI based on Android 15 |
| Connectivity Details | Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Number of Software Updates | Three years of OS updates and four years of security updates |
Playing BGMI on the Edge 60 Fusion surprisingly left me satisfied. The maximum frame per second it outputs is 60 at the lowest graphical setting, which I mostly got throughout my entire playthrough. The frame per second meter hardly dipped below 55, and I didn’t encounter any jitter intermittently.
The same can be said about my experience in Call of Duty: Mobile. Barring the game could run at 90fps at the lowest setting, I observed brief frame drops at random points. Nonetheless, their appearance lasted only a moment, I had fun afterwards.
The software experience has always been a strong suit for Motorola; the Edge 60 Fusion somewhat preserves this tradition. Opening the app drawer instantly lit my face, comprising zero bloatware. Moreover, it has handy AI features like Take Notes, which transcribes voice notes. Motorola promises three years of software updates for the Edge 60 Fusion, but the brand has had trouble fulfilling these in the past. Moreover, Samsung offers longer software support for its devices in the same price segment. We spoke to Shivam Ranjan, Motorola’s Head of Marketing, who had to say this regarding software support.
Generally, the app opening animation happens smoothly. But once you fire up apps like Camera, it starts acting up. Erratic stutters would make their way and stay considerably longer. Thankfully, this issue isn’t worrying because a simple update can eradicate it.
Camera
The Edge 60 Fusion features camera specifications similar to those of the Edge 50 Fusion. The only difference is an additional 3-in-1 light sensor.
Whether it’s the new addition, a change in the chipset’s ISP, or improved tuning, I must say Motorola has refined the imaging quality in this latest iteration, but to an extent.
| Cameras | Specifications |
| Primary camera | 50-megapixel, Sony-Lytia 700C, f/1.8 (OIS) |
| Secondary camera | 13-megapixel Ultra-wide, f/2.2 |
| Selfie camera | 32-megapixel, f/2.2 |
| Video capabilities | 4k at 30fps for the rear and front cameras |
With its primary camera, the Edge 60 Fusion captures subtle yet natural colours in daylight. Even the human skin tone remains the same in the photo. It also has a significant track record in HDR processing, which applies to its ultra-wide counterpart. If the sky or any bright portion of the image gets overblown in some scenarios, it successfully keeps it under control while maintaining details in the shaded section. While preserving information in the darker areas, it tends to make some images hazy. However, this trait emerges occasionally.
Amazingly, the same observation applies to its ultra-wide brethren. While colour accuracy is exceptional, it beautifully retains details of the scene.
In the low-light scenario, the Edge 60 Fusion excels in HDR processing again. The brightened street lights remain under control, while the objects in the dark, like the pedestrians or the ice cream cart, are well illuminated.
Also, it captures almost true-to-natural colours. When the background lacks lights, the camera ramps up its noise-reduction algorithm to remove noise, but at the expense of smoothing out the details. By the way, this was the only thing I didn’t vibe with; otherwise, I was pretty impressed by its performance.
Portrait photography is done correctly, as the human skin tone is well-preserved, while the edge detection is mostly on point.
The front camera captures the human face brilliantly in ample lighting, with all minute details like stubble preserved. But it instantly smooths out these details once the lighting is reduced in intensity.
Battery
The Edge 60 Fusion features a 5,500mAh battery. We pitted it alongside phones like the iQOO Neo 10R and POCO X7 Pro in our extreme battery test a few days back. Unbelievably, it outperformed the POCO X7 Pro by 10 minutes, even though the latter packs 1050mAh more. To see it yourself, you can head to this video.
| Battery | Specifications |
| Capacity | 5,500mAh |
| PCMark Battery Test | N/A |
| Charger Support | 68W (in the box) |
| Charging Speed | 49 minutes |
I squeezed a similar performance in my moderate usage as well. The phone lasted more than a day. To give you a brief, I scrolled the Instagram Reel feed for several hours, watched a few hour-long episodes of my favourite series, and ended my day with casual gaming. I couldn’t complete the PCMark test before press time, but this will be updated shortly.
The 68W charger-in-the-box takes 49 minutes to charge the phone completely. Moreover, I love that it is a PD charger, therefore, you can charge smartphones like the iPhone 16 Plus at maximum capacity.
Verdict
With the Edge 60 Fusion, Motorola has done an excellent job of improving the basics. It has created a no-nonsense, well-rounded smartphone without adding unnecessary bells and whistles. It excels at multimedia experience thanks to its immersive display and loud stereo speakers. Its 5,500mAh battery ensures your binge-watching sessions last long. The cameras are dependable in almost all scenarios, with flawless HDR processing and terrific colour reproduction. The software experience is fairly clean with zero bloatware and comprises handy AI features. You get all of these features in an attractive outer shell.
However, it is not immune to compromises, so you should note this: While the Hello UI is clean and feature-rich, it doesn’t execute its app opening well. The performance appears decent for daily usage but is lacklustre compared to its similarly priced competitors.
If you require a similar all-rounder smartphone but with a focus on performance, you should consider the Nothing Phone (3a).
