Motorola Edge 50 Pro Review: Balanced As Everything Should Be

Moto Edge 50 Pro Review: Pricing and Availability in India

The Edge 50 Pro is available in two RAM variants, while the built-in storage stays constant at 256GB. The phone can be bought on Flipkart; however, as of writing this review, it seems to be out of stock.

One thing to note is that the lower RAM variant will come with a 68W fast charger in the box, while the higher variant will come with 125W. The phone will support a maximum of 125W fast charging, so if you buy the lower variant and ever need super fast charging, you can buy the brick.

Moto Edge 50 Pro Review: Design and Display

Motorola finds the most unique colour shades and slaps them onto their phones. The Edge 40 Neo came in attractive and punchy colours, and the Edge 50 Pro did not step back. This is also thanks to their partnership with Pantone — which now extends to their display and camera processing. More on that later.

The Lavender Luxe colourway that I have here exudes premium vibes, not just in terms of looks but also in feel. Laced in vegan leather, the phone gives a great grip when using it in one hand. However, it also attracts dirt that will require cleaning. Luckily, the included case should help avoid this. The Moto Edge 50 Pro is also IP68 rated, so you should be safe against accidental drops in water bodies.

The front has a curved display, validated by Pantone for colour accuracy. However, I did not notice any major colour difference in daily usage. Regardless, the display is crisp, vivid, and extremely fast. Motorola remains one of the few brands that still offers a 144Hz refresh rate for its display. While this aids smooth scrolling through the UI, it does raise concerns about battery life. This is what I particularly like about the Moto Edge 50 Pro because it ensures you can drop down the refresh rates to 120Hz to save up on battery.

Watching movies like Venom: Let There Be Carnage was a fun affair, with good viewing angles and deep blacks. While the display supports HDR10+, Netflix does not come with that support out of the box. Despite the curved display, we did not notice any accidental touches in daily usage, which is good. The stereo speaker setup gets loud enough with good clarity, but the output sounds a bit flat when listening to songs, lacking depth.

Moto Edge 50 Pro Review: Performance and Software

The Moto Edge 50 Pro is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3. The same processor can also be found on the OnePlus Nord CE4, which costs about Rs 24,999. The chipset can perform AI trickery, and the Edge 50 Pro implements that in different locations. For example, I particularly enjoyed using Style Sync. It lets you capture a photo of any pattern (can be a funky shirt design) and use it as wallpaper with the help of Generative AI.

The synthetic benchmark scores reflect well on my daily usage. Moreover, while not termed as a performance-centric smartphone, it manages to outshine the Nord CE 4 and the Vivo V30 in AnTuTu tests. The phone manages multitasking and switching between multiple apps with ease, honestly, most of the phones do that with no trouble these days.

The Moto Edge 50 Pro was under fire on X (formerly Twitter) for its choice of storage tech — UFS 2.2. However, I did not find the phone was slow when transferring files from a couple of folders, or even during normal usage. To test it further, I pitted it against the OnePlus 12R in the AnTuTu storage test, and the Moto came out on top despite the former coming with UFS 3.1 storage.

The Moto Edge 50 Pro can run BGMI at “Ultra HDR” and ‘’Ultra’’ framerates, so you should get a maximum of 40fps. For 60fps, you can switch the graphics preset to ‘’HDR’’ and framerates to ‘’Extreme’’. These are the same settings you get with the Nord CE4.

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The Edge 50 Pro is the first phone with HelloUI based on Android 14. It’s a more aesthetically pleasing and minimalistic version of MyUX, which no longer exists on Motorola flagships. The notification bar and a few other settings get a design revamp and look quite good. It’s still a Motorola skin at the core, so you get Moto gestures and some other features. It has no bloatware apps and comes with three years of software upgrades and four years of security patches.

Moto Edge 50 Pro Review: Cameras

Motorola has also focused on the cameras this time, and as mentioned before, the colours from the camera output are also Pantone-validated. This is said to make the image more realistic and natural. However, that isn’t necessarily the case in all conditions. The primary camera comes with OIS, and the secondary camera acts as an ultra-wide angle shooter and a macro camera. It’s also great to see a 3x optical zoom trickle down into the mid-range segment.

Images captured in daylight were crisp, with good control over the dynamic range. The photos had great detail, but the colours were not as natural as advertised. The colour tone leaned towards a warmer shade when it focused on greens and reds, boosting this in some conditions and an uptick in the contrast levels.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro Daylight Camera Samples

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While all these were passable things, the processing of photos took a fair bit of time, which was annoying. The ultra-wide-angle camera takes good photos, with minimal distortion at the edges.

The 3x telephoto camera was great for clicking portraits of human subjects. The edge detection was also excellent. Images captured in low-light conditions were also great, with minimal noise provided ample artificial light was nearby.

Motorola Edge 50 Pro Lowlight and Selfie Camera Samples

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The front camera captures selfies well if a challenging lighting situation does not appear. It takes good photos with details, balanced colours, and close-to-accurate skin tones. However, if you plan on taking a picture against the light, it tends to falter.

Moto Edge 50 Pro Review: Battery and Charging

The Moto Edge 50 Pro had to cut corners somewhere, especially when you opt for such a slim form factor. The phone comes with a 4,500mAh battery — which is not bad at all, but compared to the competition, it falls slightly behind in this regard.

Nevertheless, the phone remained reliable offering about six hours of screen time, which means it should last an entire day without much fuss. The Edge 50 Pro also lasted for 9 hours and 33 minutes in the PCMark 10 battery life test.

My variant came with a 125W fast charger, which takes roughly 22 minutes to charge to full from dead—which is just wild. However, I noticed the phone reaching about 43 degrees Celsius when charging at these speeds.

The phone also supports 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging, which was almost unheard of in this segment. However, Moto does not sell its charging accessories in India at the time of this review.

Moto Edge 50 Pro Review: Verdict

The Moto Edge 50 Pro does many things right for its starting price. The phone is perfect for people who want a clean UI experience, a vibrant and sleek design, and a reliable performer.

The curved AMOLED display also produces good, punchy colours for content consumption, while the faster 144Hz refresh rate will aid gamers. While it’s not the best performer in this segment, due to its processor choice, it can still manage things well.

The triple camera setup also performs well, and the 3x telephoto lens is a much-welcome addition. However, the image processing time could’ve been faster — this is probably a limitation at the SoC end. The new HelloUI functions well and provides an excellent user experience.

The Edge 50 Pro faces competition from the Realme 12 Pro Plus, OnePlus Nord 3, iQOO Neo 7 Pro, the Poco F5, and more. While it may lose out in the eyes of hardcore performance seekers, the Edge 50 Pro stands on its own in other aspects.