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The Edge 20 Pro does a good job in low light despite the lack of OIS - at least in steady hands. The increased light sensitivity of the Ultra ... Notebookcheck   ReviewsNewsBenchmarks/TechBuyersGuideLibrarySearchJobsContact... X Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Nederlands Polski Português Русский Türkçe Svenska Chinese Magyar 4Reviews,News,CPU,GPU,Articles,Columns,Other"or"searchrelation.3DPrinting,5G,Accessory,AI,AlderLake,AMD,Android,Apple,ARM,Audio,Biotech,Business,Camera,CannonLake,Cezanne(Zen3),Charts,ChineseTech,Chromebook,CoffeeLake,CometLake,Console,Convertible/2-in-1,Cryptocurrency,Cyberlaw,Deal,Desktop,E-Mobility,Education,Exclusive,Fail,Foldable,Gadget,GalaxyNote,GalaxyS,Gamecheck,Gaming,Geforce,GooglePixel,GPU,HowTo,IceLake,IntelEvo,InternetofThings(IoT),iOS,iPad,iPadPro,iPhone,JasperLake,Lakefield,Laptop,Launch,Leaks/Rumors,Linux/Unix,List,Lucienne(Zen2),MacBook,MiniPC,Monitor,MSI,OnePlus,Opinion,Phablet,Radeon,RaptorLake,Renoir,ReviewSnippet,RocketLake,Ryzen(Zen),Science,Security,Single-BoardComputer(SBC),SmartHome,Smartphone,Smartwatch,Software,Storage,Tablet,ThinkPad,Thunderbolt,TigerLake,Touchscreen,Ultrabook,VirtualReality(VR)/AugmentedReality(AR),Wearable,Windows,Workstation,XPS,Zen3(Vermeer),Zen4Ticker          MotorolaEdge20Proreview:Budgetflagshipsmartphonewitha144Hzdisplayand12GBofRAMThesomewhatdifferentflagship.TheEdge20ProistheflagshipfromMotorolathatsupportstheReadyForplatform.Thankstothelatter'sdesktopmode,theMotophonealsowantstoactasaPCreplacement.However,therelativelylowflagshippricealsocomeswithcompromises.Readontofindoutwhatthoseareandwhetherit'sworthbuying.MarcusHerbrich,👁FlorianSchmitt(translatedbyStephanieChamberlain),10/29/2021🇩🇪🇳🇱... 🇨🇳🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹🇵🇹🇸🇪🇷🇺🇭🇺5GSmartphone Motorolaisfocusingonthecameraanddisplayqualityinparticularforits2021flagshipseries.It'sthereforehardlysurprisingthattheEdge20Proisthemanufacturer'sfirstsmartphonewithaperiscopetelephotolensandapanelwitharefreshrateof144Hz.The6.7-inchOLEDdisplayalsofeatures10-bitcolorreproductionandHDR10+support.A Snapdragon870alongwith12GBofLPDDR5RAMandUFS3.1storagepowertheMotorolaphonerunningAndroid11. However,theEdge20Pro,whichisequippedwith5GandWi-Fi6,hastodealwithsomecompromisescomparedwiththehigh-endcompetitionforanMSRPofjustunder700Euros(~$812).Readmoreabouttheseinourcomprehensivereview. good(87%) MotorolaEdge20Pro QualcommSnapdragon8705GQualcommAdreno650 Smartphone-10/21/2021-v7 TestdevicecourtesyofMotorolaDeutschland DownloadyourlicensedratingimageasPNG/SVG WorkingForNotebookcheckAreyouatechiewhoknowshowtowrite?ThenjoinourTeam!Englishnativespeakerswelcome! German-English-Translator - Detailshere (Englishnativespeakerspreferred) Motorola Edge20Pro(EdgeSeries)ProcessorQualcommSnapdragon8705G8x2.4-3.2 GHz,Cortex-A77/A55(Kryo585)GraphicsadapterQualcommAdreno650Memory12288 MB ,6GB/8GB/12GBDisplay6.70inch19.5:9,2400x1080pixel393PPI,capacitivetouchscreen,OLED,glossy: yes,HDR,144 HzStorage256GBUFS3.1Flash,256 GB ,223 GBfreeConnections1USB3.0/3.1Gen1,USB-CPowerDelivery(PD),1FingerprintReader,NFC,BrightnessSensor,Sensors:accelerometer,gyro,proximity,compass,OTG,MiracastNetworking802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax(a/b/g/n=Wi-Fi 4/ac=Wi-Fi 5/ax=Wi-Fi 6),Bluetooth5.1,2G(850/​900/​1800/​1900),3G(B1/​B2/​B4/​B5/​B8),4G(B1/​B2/​B3/​B4/​B5/​B7/​B8/​B12/​B13/​B17/​B20/​B26/​B28/​B32/​B34/​B38/​B39/​B40/​B41/​B42/​B43/​B66),5G(n1/​n3/​n5/​n7/​n8/​n28/​n38/​n41/​n66/​n77/​n78),DualSIM,LTE,5G,GPSSizeheightxwidthxdepth(inmm):8x163x76(=0.31x6.42x2.99in)Battery4500 mAhLithium-PolymerChargingfastcharging/QuickchargeOperatingSystemAndroid11CameraPrimaryCamera:108MPix108MP(f/1.9,0.7µm);16MP(f/2.2,13mm,1.0µm);8MP(5xopticalzoom,f/3.4,126mm,1.0µm)SecondaryCamera:32MPix32MP(f/2.3)AdditionalfeaturesSpeakers:mono,Keyboard:virtual,30-wattcharger,USBcable,ReadyForcable,MyUX,24MonthsWarranty,WidevineL1,IP52,SAR:Head:0.93W/kg.Body:1.25W/kg.,fanlessWeight185 g(= 6.53 oz/0.41 pounds),PowerSupply:93 g(= 3.28 oz/0.21 pounds) Price699 EuroLinksMotorolahomepageNote:Themanufacturermayusecomponentsfromdifferentsuppliersincludingdisplaypanels,drivesormemorystickswithsimilarspecifications.seeallspecifications [+]Addtocomparison»Comparedevices 4Reviews,News,CPU,GPU,Articles,Columns,Other"or"searchrelation.3DPrinting,5G,Accessory,AI,AlderLake,AMD,Android,Apple,ARM,Audio,Biotech,Business,Camera,CannonLake,Cezanne(Zen3),Charts,ChineseTech,Chromebook,CoffeeLake,CometLake,Console,Convertible/2-in-1,Cryptocurrency,Cyberlaw,Deal,Desktop,E-Mobility,Education,Exclusive,Fail,Foldable,Gadget,GalaxyNote,GalaxyS,Gamecheck,Gaming,Geforce,GooglePixel,GPU,HowTo,IceLake,IntelEvo,InternetofThings(IoT),iOS,iPad,iPadPro,iPhone,JasperLake,Lakefield,Laptop,Launch,Leaks/Rumors,Linux/Unix,List,Lucienne(Zen2),MacBook,MiniPC,Monitor,MSI,OnePlus,Opinion,Phablet,Radeon,RaptorLake,Renoir,ReviewSnippet,RocketLake,Ryzen(Zen),Science,Security,Single-BoardComputer(SBC),SmartHome,Smartphone,Smartwatch,Software,Storage,Tablet,ThinkPad,Thunderbolt,TigerLake,Touchscreen,Ultrabook,VirtualReality(VR)/AugmentedReality(AR),Wearable,Windows,Workstation,XPS,Zen3(Vermeer),Zen4Ticker  Possiblecontendersincomparison RatingDateModelWeightDriveSizeResolutionBestPrice86.7 %10/2021MotorolaEdge20ProSD870,Adreno650185 g256GBUFS3.1Flash6.70"2400x108086.4 %08/2021XiaomiMi11iSD8885G,Adreno660196 g256GBUFS3.1Flash6.67"2400x108087.1 %04/2021OnePlus9SD8885G,Adreno660192 g256GBUFS3.1Flash6.55"2400x108083.2 %10/2021NubiaRedMagic6SProSD888+5G,Adreno660220 g128GBUFS3.1Flash6.80"2400x108089.4 %02/2021SamsungGalaxyS21+Exynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14200 g128GBUFS3.1Flash6.70"2400x1080 Case-Edge20ProwithGorillaGlass5 Edge20ProinBlueVeganLeather Edge20ProinIridescentWhiteThesplash-proofandIP52-certifiedglasscaseoftheEdge20Proisavailableinthreedifferentcolors.Despitetheplasticframe,theMotorolaphoneleavesahigh-qualityimpression,andthebuildqualityisverygoodaswell.Itlookslessbulkycomparedtoothersmartphonesinthispricerange,especiallyduetoitsrelativelylowweightofwellunder200grams. TheflatOLEDpanelissurroundedbyquitewidebezelsonallfoursidesconsideringthatit'sahigh-endphone.Asaresult,thescreen-to-bodyratiooftheEdge20Proisonly89%-incomparison,theXiaomiMi11iachievesavalueofover91%.The6.7-inchdisplayis"only"protectedby5thgenerationGorillaGlass.Forjustunder700Euros(~$700),though,itcouldhavefeaturedthelatestprotectionstandard,"Victus". Thepronouncedcamerahumponthebackclearlyprotrudesfromthecase,sothatitwobblesalotwhenyouusethedeviceonatable.Unlikelastyear'sEdgegeneration,thebackoftheMotorolaEdge20Prodoesn'tlookhollow,anditsstabilityissatisfactory.ThecardslotintheframecanbeequippedwithonenanoSIMcardoneachside,andit'sflushwiththeframe. Similartothemanufacturer'sMotoseries,youcanuseadedicatedbuttonontheleftsideoftheEdge20ProtolaunchGoogleAssistantforvoicecontrol. Top10LaptopsMultimedia,BudgetMultimedia,Gaming,BudgetGaming,LightweightGaming,Business,BudgetOffice,Workstation,Subnotebooks,Ultrabooks,Chromebooks under300USD/Euros,under500USD/Euros,1,000USD/Euros,forUniversityStudents, BestDisplays Top10SmartphonesSmartphones,Phablets,≤6-inch, CameraSmartphones Edge20ProinMidnightBluefullresolutionMotorolaEdge20ProreviewfullresolutionMotorolaEdge20ProreviewfullresolutionMotorolaEdge20ProreviewfullresolutionMotorolaEdge20ProreviewfullresolutionMotorolaEdge20ProreviewfullresolutionMotorolaEdge20ProreviewfullresolutionMotorolaEdge20Proreviewfullresolution Sizecomparison       NubiaRedMagic6SPro      XiaomiMi11i      MotorolaEdge20Pro      SamsungGalaxyS21+      OnePlus9❌169.86mm/6.69inch 77.19mm/3.04inch 9.8mm/0.3858inch 220g0.485lbs163.7mm/6.44inch 76.4mm/3.01inch 7.8mm/0.3071inch 196g0.4321lbs163mm/6.42inch 76mm/2.99inch 8mm/0.315inch 185g0.4079lbs161.5mm/6.36inch 75.6mm/2.98inch 7.8mm/0.3071inch 200g0.4409lbs160mm/6.3inch 74.2mm/2.92inch 8.7mm/0.3425inch 192g0.4233lbs 4Reviews,News,CPU,GPU,Articles,Columns,Other"or"searchrelation.3DPrinting,5G,Accessory,AI,AlderLake,AMD,Android,Apple,ARM,Audio,Biotech,Business,Camera,CannonLake,Cezanne(Zen3),Charts,ChineseTech,Chromebook,CoffeeLake,CometLake,Console,Convertible/2-in-1,Cryptocurrency,Cyberlaw,Deal,Desktop,E-Mobility,Education,Exclusive,Fail,Foldable,Gadget,GalaxyNote,GalaxyS,Gamecheck,Gaming,Geforce,GooglePixel,GPU,HowTo,IceLake,IntelEvo,InternetofThings(IoT),iOS,iPad,iPadPro,iPhone,JasperLake,Lakefield,Laptop,Launch,Leaks/Rumors,Linux/Unix,List,Lucienne(Zen2),MacBook,MiniPC,Monitor,MSI,OnePlus,Opinion,Phablet,Radeon,RaptorLake,Renoir,ReviewSnippet,RocketLake,Ryzen(Zen),Science,Security,Single-BoardComputer(SBC),SmartHome,Smartphone,Smartwatch,Software,Storage,Tablet,ThinkPad,Thunderbolt,TigerLake,Touchscreen,Ultrabook,VirtualReality(VR)/AugmentedReality(AR),Wearable,Windows,Workstation,XPS,Zen3(Vermeer),Zen4Ticker  Connectivity-MotorolaphonewithUFS3.1TheMotorolaphone'sconnectivityfeaturesincludeUSBOTGforconnectingexternalaccessoriesquicklyaswellasforwirelessimagetransmissionofthescreencontent.The4,500mAhbatteryisalsochargedviatheUSB-Cportatthebottomofthecaseusing30-wattTurboPowertechnology.Inaddition,theportsupportstheUSB3.1Gen1standardaswellasDisplayPort1.4forwireddatatransfers.Fortunately,themanufacturerincludesthecorrespondingDisplayPort-capableUSB-C-to-HDMIcablewithitsflagshipsmartphone. TheUFS3.1storagehasacapacityof256GB,butonly223GBisavailabletotheuseroutofthebox.TheinternalstorageoftheEdge20Proisnotexpandable.BesidestheSDcardslot,userswillalsohavetodowithoutanIRblaster,aradioreceiver,andanaudiojack.Furthermore,there'sneitheranotificationLEDnoraproperalways-ondisplayfeature-MotorolaremainstruetoitspreviewdisplayfeatureintheEdgeseriesaswell.Rightside(buttons) Bottom(speaker,microphone,USBport,cardslot) Leftside(specialbutton) Top(microphone) Software-MotorolasmartphonewithAndroid11MotorolahaspreinstalledaminimalistmanufacturerinterfacebasedonAndroid11onitsflagshipsmartphone,withsecuritypatchesatthelevelofSeptember2021atthetimeoftesting.MotorolapromisesatleasttwoAndroidoperatingsystemupdatesandtwoyearsofbi-monthlysecurityupdatesforitsEdge20lineup. Asbefore,theMyUXuserinterfacefeaturesthefamiliarMotoExperiences,includinggesturestoactivatetheflashlightorindividualdesigncustomizations.WiththeexceptionofFacebook,third-partyappsarenotpresent-weonlyfindGoogleappsandin-houseappsafterbootingthesystem.TheCamera2APIisavailablewithLevel3,andthankstoDRMWidevineL1,it'spossibletostreamcontentinHDquality. Besidestheminimalisticuserinterface,MotorolaequipsitsEdge20ProwithhardwareandsoftwaresecurityfeaturescalledThinkShieldforMobile.ThisisaplatformbasedonLenovo'sThinkShieldbrand,meaningthatthere'ssupposedtobespecialprotectionagainstmalware,phishing,andnetworkattacks. The"ReadyFor"functionscannowalsobeusedwirelesslyonanexternalTVorcomputerscreen.Thismakesiteasytousethisspecialdesktopmodefromthecomfortofyourcouch.Inaddition,theEdge20Procanserveasaremotecontrolorcameraforvideocalls. CommunicationandGNSS-Edge20ProwithWi-Fi6Intermsofcommunication,theMotorolaphoneoffersBluetooth5.1,dual-SIMfunctionality,and5GbutwithoutmmWavesupport,aswellasanNFCchipfornear-fieldcommunication.Inadditiontothe5Gstandard,thepremiumsmartphonehasaccesstoatotalof25LTEbands-allrelevantLTEfrequenciesforGerman-speakingcountries,includingband28,arecovered.TheEdge20Proisalsoideallyequippedfortraveling,suchastotheUSA,forexample. WithinthehomeWi-Finetwork,theEdge20ProsupportsthefastaxstandardwithWi-Fi6,whichresultsinhightransferratesinourmeasurements.However,theXiaomiMi11iismuchfasterwhensendingdata.IncombinationwithourNetgearNighthawkAX12referencerouter,theMotorolaphonecouldalsobeabitmoreconsistentwhenreceivingdata. Networkingiperf3Client(transmit)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12XiaomiMi11iAdreno660,SD8885G,256GBUFS3.1Flash 1165(735min-1229max)MBit/s∼100%+78%NubiaRedMagic6SProAdreno660,SD888+5G,128GBUFS3.1Flash 1129(1030min-1155max)MBit/s∼97%+72%SamsungGalaxyS21+Mali-G78MP14,Exynos21005G,128GBUFS3.1Flash 747(650min-862max)MBit/s∼64%+14%SamsungGalaxyS21+Mali-G78MP14,Exynos21005G,128GBUFS3.1Flash 600(305min-657max)MBit/s∼52%-8%OnePlus9Adreno660,SD8885G,256GBUFS3.1Flash 685(654min-709max)MBit/s∼59%+5%MotorolaEdge20ProAdreno650,SD870,256GBUFS3.1Flash 655(597min-675max)MBit/s∼56%AverageofclassSmartphone (5.59-1599,n=273,last2years) 479MBit/s∼41%-27%iperf3Client(receive)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12NubiaRedMagic6SProAdreno660,SD888+5G,128GBUFS3.1Flash 953(717min-1469max)MBit/s∼100%+30%SamsungGalaxyS21+Mali-G78MP14,Exynos21005G,128GBUFS3.1Flash 855(827min-886max)MBit/s∼90%+17%SamsungGalaxyS21+Mali-G78MP14,Exynos21005G,128GBUFS3.1Flash 854(804min-879max)MBit/s∼90%+17%XiaomiMi11iAdreno660,SD8885G,256GBUFS3.1Flash 792(676min-856max)MBit/s∼83%+8%OnePlus9Adreno660,SD8885G,256GBUFS3.1Flash 777(623min-829max)MBit/s∼82%+6%MotorolaEdge20ProAdreno650,SD870,256GBUFS3.1Flash 731(565min-819max)MBit/s∼77%AverageofclassSmartphone (15.5-1414,n=273,last2years) 468MBit/s∼49%-36% 065130195260325390455520585650715780845910975104011051170TooltipMotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,QualcommAdreno650;iperf3Client(receive)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12;iperf3.1.3:Ø730(565-819)XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,QualcommAdreno660;iperf3Client(receive)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12;iperf3.1.3:Ø791(676-856)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,QualcommAdreno650;iperf3Client(transmit)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12;iperf3.1.3:Ø655(597-675)XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,QualcommAdreno660;iperf3Client(transmit)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12;iperf3.1.3:Ø1165(735-1229) GPStestoutdoors GPStestindoorsInordertobeabletoassessthetrackingaccuracyinpractice,wetaketheEdge20ProonashorttripandsimultaneouslylogtheroutewithaGarminEdge520forcomparisonpurposes.Only90metersliebetweenthesmartphone'sGPSmoduleandthenavigationdeviceattheendofthenearlyfour-kilometerlongtestcourse. TheMotorolaphone'spositioningcapabilitiesaren'talwaysperfect,butthedeviationsinthedetailedviewoftheGPSlogaresmall,sothattherearehardlyanynoteworthyinaccuraciesintheEdge20Pro'sroute.Todeterminetheposition,theGPSmoduleusestheGPS(L1+L5),GLONASS,QZSS,andGalileomainsatellitesystems,aswellastheSBASsatellite-basedsupplementarysystem.GarminEdge520positioning GarminEdge520positioning GarminEdge520positioning MotorolaEdge20Propositioning MotorolaEdge20Propositioning MotorolaEdge20PropositioningTelephoneandcallquality-MotosmartphonewithVoLTE TheEdge20ProcanmanageuptotwoSIMprofilessimultaneously.Motoroladoesn'tofferaneSIMoption,butVoLTEandWi-Ficallingareonboardinreturn.Callqualityisgood,andevenloudambientnoiseissuppressedwell.However,themaximumvolumeoftheearpieceisrelativelylow.VideocallsusingtheSkypeappandthespeakerworksmoothlyandpleasantlyonthepremiumphonethankstothethreebuilt-inmicrophones. Cameras-Edge20Prowith108MPPortraitmodeontheMotorolaEdge20Pro PortraitmodeontheMotorolaEdge20ProThe108MPmaincameraoftheEdge20Proprovidesagoodoverallimagequalityinoursamplephotos,whereninepixelsarecombinedintoonelargeUltraPixelbydefault.Withanopticalformatof1/1.52",it'sthelargestcamerasensorthatMotorolahasinstalledinasmartphonesofar.PicturestakenwiththeSamsungISOCELLHM2remainrelativelynaturalandsoft.Motorolaalmostdoesn'toversharpensubjectsinpostprocessing,unlikesomerivalsthatperformaheavyamountofartificialsharpeninginpostprocessing-likethe AppleiPhone13inourphotocomparison,forexample.Nonetheless,theEdge20Pro'soverallsharpnesslevelcouldbeabitbetter,althoughthe OnePlus9Proproducesmuchblurrierresultsattheedgesinparticular. Motorolashould,however,improvecoloraccuracyviasoftware.WeusetheColorCheckerPassporttoanalyzecolorreproductionundercontrolledlightingconditionsincomparisontotheactualreferencecolors.Measurementsaretakenonceunderfullstudiolightingandonceatalightintensityof1lux. TheanalysisperformedwiththeColorCheckerPassportrevealshighdeviationscomparedtotheactualreferencecolors,especiallyconsideringthatthePromodelistheflagshipdeviceoftheEdgeseries.Blueandgreenishshadesaresignificantlybrightenedanddisplayedtoogarishlyusingthe108MPcamera.Thewhitebalancehasalsobeencalibratedabittoowarm. TheEdge20ProdoesagoodjobinlowlightdespitethelackofOIS-atleastinsteadyhands.TheincreasedlightsensitivityoftheUltraPixelresultsindecentlyilluminatedpictureseveninlow-lightconditions.Thesharpnessanddynamicrangearesatisfactoryforthepricerange.Thesameistruefortheultrawide-anglephotoswitharesolutionof16MP,butthedetailandsharpnesslevelisnotquiteonparwiththeOnePlus9. ThezoomcapabilitiesoftheEdge20Proareverygood.Theopticallystabilized8MPperiscopecamera,whichredirectsthelightcapturedata90-degreeangle,resultsinadecentsharpnessat5x.Eventhe50xsuperzoomworksoutdetailsquitenicely. Thephotostakenwiththefront-facingcameraarealsoimpressive.Motorolafindsanappealingbalancebetweenoversharpeningandsofteninghere.Thedetailsandimagedynamicsareatagoodlevelindaylight.Switchingtoportraitmode,though,leadstoblown-outandoverexposedpictureareasinbrightbackgrounds. Intermsofvideos,theMotorolaEdge20Proiscapableofrecordingat8K;italsooffersanaudiozoomtobettercapturethesoundcomingfromasubjectwhilefilteringoutambientnoiseandvoices.SwitchinglensesduringvideorecordingsisonlypossibleintheFullHDsetting-whenshootinginUHDquality(24,30,60fps),usersarelimitedtothe108MPcamera.Selfieenthusiastsalsogeta4Koptionwiththe32MPlensonthefront.Ultra-wideangleUltra-wideanglefullresolutionMaincamerafullresolution5xzoomfullresolution10xzoomfullresolution50xzoom(max)fullresolutionMacromodefullresolution ImageComparisonChooseasceneandnavigatewithinthefirstimage.Oneclickchangesthepositionontouchscreens.Oneclickonthezoomed-inimageopenstheoriginalinanewwindow.Thefirstimageshowsthescaledphotographofthetestdevice.MaincameraMaincameraLowlightUltra-wideangleclicktoloadimagesMotorolaEdge20ProOnePlus9ProAppleiPhone13CanonEOS600D0.2x2MPixel4Mpixel1xclicktoloadimagesMotorolaEdge20ProOnePlus9ProAppleiPhone13CanonEOS600D0.2x2MPixel4Mpixel1xclicktoloadimagesMotorolaEdge20ProOnePlus9ProAppleiPhone13CanonEOS600D0.2x2MPixel4Mpixel1xclicktoloadimagesMotorolaEdge20ProOnePlus9ProAppleiPhone13CanonEOS600D0.2x2MPixel4Mpixel1x 25.7∆E15.6∆E23.5∆E24.9∆E20.6∆E14.9∆E18∆E28.6∆E17.4∆E18.6∆E14.1∆E14.3∆E26.8∆E19.5∆E21.1∆E7.2∆E20.4∆E23.2∆E5.6∆E6.1∆E8.6∆E17.8∆E18.2∆E2∆EColorCheckerMotorolaEdge20Pro:17.19 ∆Emin:2.02-max:28.56 ∆E28.1∆E51.6∆E37.8∆E36.9∆E42.3∆E60.2∆E51∆E32.6∆E38.7∆E25.4∆E61.7∆E61.9∆E29.3∆E46.3∆E33.8∆E70.6∆E39.7∆E43.3∆E74.9∆E67.8∆E50∆E35.7∆E23.1∆E13∆EColorCheckerMotorolaEdge20Pro:43.99 ∆Emin:12.97-max:74.93 ∆E MotorolaEdge20ProMotorolaEdge20Pro Accessoriesandwarranty-Edge20Prowith30-wattchargerEdge20Prowith30-wattchargerThepackagecontainsamodularpoweradapterwitharatedoutputof30watts,aUSBchargingcable,andaReady-ForHDMIcable.Ourtestdevicedoesn'tcomewithaprotectivefilmoutofthebox,andtheprotectivecaseadvertisedbythemanufacturerwasn'tincludedwithoursample,either. EveryMotorolaEdgesmartphonecomeswithatwo-yearstandardlimitedwarranty.AnoptionalextendedcoveragecaninsuretheEdge20Proagainstmechanicalfailuresforanother12months.TheoptionalAccidentalDamageProtectionContract(94.99Euros(~$111)fortwoyears)providesadditionalcoverageforphysicaldamageordamagecausedbyliquids.Inputdevicesandhandling-Edge20ProwithFaceUnlockThecapacitivetouchscreendetectsinputsveryreliably,andtheglidingpropertiesoftheCorningGorillaGlassareoutstanding.Usingthedevicealsobenefitsfromthedisplay'shighrefreshrateof144Hz,whichmakesimagetransitionsandscrollingbuttery-smooth.Inaddition,thecapacitivetouchscreenhasaverylowtouchlatency.TheEdge20Proscansforpossibleuserinputupto576timespersecondincertainapplications(suchasgames). Afingerprintscannerhasbeenintegratedintothepowerbuttonforbiometricsecurity,anditimpresseswithahighrecognitionrate.However,itsplacementtakesalotofgettingusedto.Thesensorisplacedmuchtoohigh,evenforuserswithlargehands,sothatthefingersalwaysneedtoberepositioned. TheMotorolaphonecanalsobeunlockedviafacialdatausingfacerecognition,butthisisperformedusingthe2Dmethod,whichisn'tverysecure. Display-MotophonewithOLEDpanelSubpixelgrid PWMinDC-dimmingmodeTheMotorolaEdge20Pro's6.7-inchMaxVisionOLEDdisplayoffers10-bitcolorswhilemeetingHDR10+standards.The20:9panelhasa1080presolutionandfeaturesanadaptiverefreshratecontrol.Theflagshipsmartphonecanautomaticallymatchthisratetothecontentdisplayedandadjustitbetween48and144Hz.Othersmartphones,suchastheSamsungGalaxyS21Ultra,forexample,haveaminoradvantageintermsofpowerconsumptionhere,asthedisplay'srefreshratecanbereducedtoaslowas10Hz. Inourmeasurements,theOLEDpanelachievesahighluminanceof666cd/m²usingahomogeneousillumination.TheXiaomiMi11i,however,ismuchbrighter.Wealsotestthebrightnesswithanevenlydistributedratioofdarktobrightareas(APL50).Inthiscase,wealsomeasureagoodbrightnesslevelof686cd/m²,butthisissignificantlysurpassedbytheMi11iwith1,201cd/m².AlthoughtheAPL10(theoretically)leavessomeheadroom,theEdge20Pro'sbrightnessstillisn'toptimalforHDRcontent. TheMotorolasmartphoneusespulsewidthmodulation(PWM)atahighfrequencyof472Hzforbrightnesscontrol.Wemeasuredamuchlowerfrequencyof120HzinDC-dimmingmode,butthefluctuationsinamplitudearealsosignificantlylowerhere. 623cd/m²637cd/m²659cd/m²643cd/m²666cd/m²650cd/m²621cd/m²640cd/m²653cd/m² DistributionofbrightnessX-Ritei1Pro2Maximum:666 cd/m²(Nits)Average:643.6 cd/m²Minimum:4.86 cd/m²BrightnessDistribution: 93%CenteronBattery:666 cd/m²Contrast:∞:1(Black:0 cd/m²)ΔEColor1.4|0.59-29.43Ø5.4ΔEGreyscale1.9|0.64-98Ø5.7150.8%sRGB(Calman2D)Gamma:2.209 MotorolaEdge20ProOLED,2400x1080,6.70XiaomiMi11iAMOLED,2400x1080,6.67OnePlus9AMOLED,2400x1080,6.55NubiaRedMagic6SProAMOLED,2400x1080,6.80SamsungGalaxyS21+DynamicAMOLED2X,2400x1080,6.70Screen-19%32%-131%-0%Brightnessmiddle66687531%73110%7147%81422%Brightness64487936%73915%7059%81426%BrightnessDistribution93963%963%963%974%BlackLevel*ColorcheckerdE2000*1.41.8-29%0.5958%5.9-321%2-43%ColorcheckerdE2000max.*2.654.7-77%1.351%8.7-228%3.6-36%GreyscaledE2000*1.93.4-79%0.953%6.8-258%1.426%Gamma2.209100%2.19100%2.24398%2.2598%2.12104%CCT664698%6220105%657399%777484%656899%*...smallerisbetter ScreenFlickering/PWM(Pulse-WidthModulation)ℹTodimthescreen,somenotebookswillsimplycyclethebacklightonandoffinrapidsuccession-amethodcalledPulseWidthModulation(PWM).Thiscyclingfrequencyshouldideallybeundetectabletothehumaneye.Ifsaidfrequencyistoolow,userswithsensitiveeyesmayexperiencestrainorheadachesorevennoticetheflickeringaltogether.Screenflickering/PWMdetected471.7HzThedisplaybacklightflickersat471.7 Hz(LikelyutilizingPWM).Thefrequencyof471.7 Hzisrelativelyhigh,somostuserssensitivetoPWMshouldnotnoticeanyflickering.However,therearereportsthatsomeusersarestillsensitivetoPWMat500 Hzandabove,sobeaware.Incomparison:52 %ofalltesteddevicesdonotusePWMtodimthedisplay.IfPWMwasdetected,anaverageof22320(minimum:5-maximum:3846000)Hzwasmeasured. WecheckthedisplayqualitywithaspectrophotometerandtheCalMANanalysissoftware.TheaverageDeltaEdeviationsfromthesRGBcolorspaceareslightlyhigherinthedefaultprofile"Natural"thanintheprofile"Saturated".ThelargerDCI-P3aswellasthesRGBcolorspacearenearlyfullycoveredinthelatter.WithDeltaEvalueslowerthan2,theEdge20Proiswithintheidealrange,whichincludesdeviationvaluesbelow3.Coloraccuracy(targetcolorspace:sRGB,profile:Saturated) Coloraccuracy(targetcolorspace:sRGB,profile:Natural) Colorspace(targetcolorspace:AdobeRGB,profile:Saturated) Colorspace(targetcolorspace:P3,profile:Saturated) Colorspace(targetcolorspace:sRGB,profile:Saturated) Grayscales(targetcolorspace:sRGB,profile:Saturated) Grayscales(targetcolorspace:sRGB,profile:Natural) Colorsaturation(targetcolorspace:sRGB,profile:Saturated) DisplayResponseTimesℹDisplayresponsetimesshowhowfastthescreenisabletochangefromonecolortothenext.Slowresponsetimescanleadtoafterimagesandcancausemovingobjectstoappearblurry(ghosting).Gamersoffast-paced3Dtitlesshouldpayspecialattentiontofastresponsetimes.   ↔   ResponseTimeBlacktoWhite22ms...rise↗andfall↘combined↗19msrise↘3msfallThescreenshowsgoodresponseratesinourtests,butmaybetooslowforcompetitivegamers.Incomparison,alltesteddevicesrangefrom0.8(minimum)to240(maximum)ms.»32 %ofalldevicesarebetter.Thismeansthatthemeasuredresponsetimeissimilartotheaverageofalltesteddevices(23.7ms).   ↔   ResponseTime50%Greyto80%Grey8ms...rise↗andfall↘combined↗3msrise↘5msfallThescreenshowsfastresponseratesinourtestsandshouldbesuitedforgaming.Incomparison,alltesteddevicesrangefrom0.711(minimum)to636(maximum)ms.»9 %ofalldevicesarebetter.Thismeansthatthemeasuredresponsetimeisbetterthantheaverageofalltesteddevices(37.4ms). TheMotorolaphoneleavesagoodimpressionoutdoors.ThankstotheOLEDpanel'sstrongcontrasts,theEdge20Proremainslegibleevenindirectsunlight,butitsdisplaybrightnessisn'talwaysfullysatisfactorywhentherearereflections. Theviewing-anglestabilityisverygoodduetotheOLEDtechnologyused.Therearebarelyanyimageshiftsatflatviewingangles,butthereisadecreaseinbrightness. ViewinganglesoftheMotorolaEdge20ProPerformance-MotoEdge20ProwithSnapdragonSoCWiththeSnapdragon870,Motorolahasinstalledapowerful7nmSoCthatintegratesafast"PrimeCore"runningatupto3.2GHzandthreeadditionalperformancecoresbasedontheCortex-A77architecturewithaclockrateofupto2.42GHz.Tosavepower,fouradditionalARMCortex-A55coreshavealsobeenintegrated(1.8GHz).Apowerful Adreno650graphicsunitisalsobuiltintotheQualcommSoC. Ineverydayuse,lastyear'shigh-endprocessorarchitectureincombinationwiththebuilt-in12GBofLPDDR5RAMprovidesaverygoodsystemperformance.Animationsandapplicationloadingtimesarepleasinglyfastthankstotheveryfast144HzdisplayandtheUFS3.1storage,respectively. Asexpected,theCPUbenchmarksofthe Snapdragon870intheEdge20ProareweakerthanthoseoftheSnapdragon888,whichistypicallyfoundinthispricerange.Nevertheless,theMotorolaphoneisverycompetitiveduetoitslowerheatdevelopmentandtheabsenceofSoCthrottling,especiallyinlongerGPUtestslikeGFXBench. Geekbench5.3|PCMarkforAndroid|3DMark|GFXBench(DX/GLBenchmark)2.7|GFXBench3.0|GFXBench3.1|GFXBench|Antutuv9|BaseMarkOSII|ULProcyonAIInferenceGeekbench5.364BitSingle-CoreScore(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 974Points∼83%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 1134Points∼97%+16%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 1124Points∼96%+15%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 1170Points∼100%+20%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 1100Points∼94%+13%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (967-1046,n=10) 997Points∼85%+2%AverageofclassSmartphone (58-1755,n=268,last2years) 613Points∼52%-37%64BitMulti-CoreScore(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 2986Points∼81%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 3687Points∼100%+23%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 3653Points∼99%+22%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 3644Points∼99%+22%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 3364Points∼91%+13%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (2870-4455,n=10) 3315Points∼90%+11%AverageofclassSmartphone (248-4914,n=268,last2years) 2075Points∼56%-31%VulkanScore5.3(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 3159Points∼50%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 4273Points∼68%+35%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 3894Points∼62%+23%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 3646Points∼58%+15%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 6259Points∼100%+98%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (3159-4324,n=9) 3570Points∼57%+13%AverageofclassSmartphone (72-7701,n=182,last2years) 2250Points∼36%-29%OpenCLScore5.3(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 3482Points∼46%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 4403Points∼59%+26%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 4566Points∼61%+31%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 4158Points∼55%+19%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 7514Points∼100%+116%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (3482-3724,n=10) 3599Points∼48%+3%AverageofclassSmartphone (255-7514,n=182,last2years) 2295Points∼31%-34%PCMarkforAndroid-Work3.0(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 11986Points∼80%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 15024Points∼100%+25%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 13127Points∼87%+10%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (10829-16054,n=9) 12771Points∼85%+7%AverageofclassSmartphone (4436-18567,n=104,last2years) 9989Points∼66%-17%3DMarkWildLifeScore(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 4274Points∼73%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 5692Points∼97%+33%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 5786Points∼98%+35%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 5895Points∼100%+38%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 5668Points∼96%+33%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (4166-4351,n=10) 4256Points∼72%0%AverageofclassSmartphone (153-9927,n=146,last2years) 2975Points∼50%-30%WildLifeUnlimitedScore(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 4233Points∼70%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 5712Points∼95%+35%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 5751Points∼96%+36%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 5875Points∼98%+39%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 6010Points∼100%+42%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (4152-4352,n=10) 4244Points∼71%0%AverageofclassSmartphone (174-11700,n=143,last2years) 3073Points∼51%-27%WildLifeExtreme(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 1243Points∼81%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 1503Points∼97%+21%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 1543Points∼100%+24%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (1203-1243,n=9) 1230Points∼80%-1%AverageofclassSmartphone (102-3080,n=95,last2years) 914Points∼59%-26%WildLifeExtremeUnlimited(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 1223Points∼78%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 1427Points∼92%+17%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 1509Points∼97%+23%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (1195-4236,n=9) 1559Points∼100%+27%AverageofclassSmartphone (101-4236,n=94,last2years) 922Points∼59%-25%GFXBench(DX/GLBenchmark)2.7T-RexOnscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 142fps∼100%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 121fps∼85%-15%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 61fps∼43%-57%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 91fps∼64%-36%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 119fps∼84%-16%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (60-142,n=9) 105fps∼74%-26%AverageofclassSmartphone (9.5-143,n=207,last2years) 65.5fps∼46%-54%1920x1080T-RexOffscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 223fps∼81%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 266fps∼97%+19%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 275fps∼100%+23%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 194fps∼71%-13%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 242fps∼88%+9%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (171-231,n=9) 218fps∼79%-2%AverageofclassSmartphone (6-425,n=207,last2years) 123fps∼45%-45%GFXBench3.0onscreenManhattanOnscreenOGL(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 116fps∼97%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 120fps∼100%+3%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 60fps∼50%-48%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 89fps∼74%-23%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 119fps∼99%+3%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (60-116,n=9) 93.3fps∼78%-20%AverageofclassSmartphone (4.5-121,n=206,last2years) 52.6fps∼44%-55%1920x10801080pManhattanOffscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 132fps∼82%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 151fps∼94%+14%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 101fps∼63%-23%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 129fps∼80%-2%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 161fps∼100%+22%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (104-140,n=9) 129fps∼80%-2%AverageofclassSmartphone (1-251,n=208,last2years) 71.1fps∼44%-46%GFXBench3.1onscreenManhattanES3.1Onscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 80fps∼78%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 96fps∼93%+20%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 57fps∼55%-29%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 75fps∼73%-6%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 103fps∼100%+29%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (50-95,n=9) 73.2fps∼71%-8%AverageofclassSmartphone (3.1-106,n=205,last2years) 40.5fps∼39%-49%1920x1080ManhattanES3.1Offscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 91fps∼83%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 110fps∼100%+21%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 96fps∼87%+5%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 88fps∼80%-3%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 107fps∼97%+18%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (72-99,n=9) 88.7fps∼81%-3%AverageofclassSmartphone (1.4-169,n=206,last2years) 49fps∼45%-46%GFXBenchonscreenCarChaseOnscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 50fps∼83%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 60fps∼100%+20%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 48fps∼80%-4%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 42fps∼70%-16%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 56fps∼93%+12%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (31-51,n=9) 45fps∼75%-10%AverageofclassSmartphone (3.3-61,n=205,last2years) 25.2fps∼42%-50%1920x1080CarChaseOffscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 58fps∼91%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 64fps∼100%+10%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 42fps∼66%-28%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 51fps∼80%-12%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 62fps∼97%+7%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (43-59,n=9) 55fps∼86%-5%AverageofclassSmartphone (1.8-96.6,n=205,last2years) 29.4fps∼46%-49%onscreenAztecRuinsNormalTierOnscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 49fps∼77%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 60fps∼94%+22%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 58fps∼91%+18%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 51fps∼80%+4%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 64fps∼100%+31%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (33-54,n=10) 47.6fps∼74%-3%AverageofclassSmartphone (1.5-73,n=266,last2years) 25.9fps∼40%-47%1920x1080AztecRuinsNormalTierOffscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 57fps∼84%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 68fps∼100%+19%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 57fps∼84%0%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 61fps∼90%+7%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 64fps∼94%+12%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (46-62,n=10) 57.9fps∼85%+2%AverageofclassSmartphone (2-257,n=266,last2years) 30.5fps∼45%-46%onscreenAztecRuinsHighTierOnscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 31fps∼70%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 42fps∼95%+35%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 41fps∼93%+32%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 31fps∼70%0%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 44fps∼100%+42%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (21-34,n=10) 30.3fps∼69%-2%AverageofclassSmartphone (2.1-60,n=267,last2years) 17.4fps∼40%-44%2560x1440AztecRuinsHighTierOffscreen(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 22fps∼79%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 27fps∼96%+23%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 28fps∼100%+27%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 22fps∼79%0%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 27fps∼96%+23%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (16-23,n=10) 21.7fps∼78%-1%AverageofclassSmartphone (0.7-101,n=267,last2years) 11.7fps∼42%-47%Antutuv9-TotalScore(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 692521Points∼87%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 791672Points∼100%+14%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (676505-716502,n=8) 693149Points∼88%0%AverageofclassSmartphone (117053-962824,n=80,last2years) 512777Points∼65%-26%BaseMarkOSIIOverall(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 6031Points∼85%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 6852Points∼96%+14%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 6537Points∼92%+8%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 7123Points∼100%+18%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 6144Points∼86%+2%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (5551-6369,n=8) 6096Points∼86%+1%AverageofclassSmartphone (615-8124,n=191,last2years) 3974Points∼56%-34%System(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 8976Points∼77%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 10610Points∼91%+18%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 11627Points∼100%+30%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 11096Points∼95%+24%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 10492Points∼90%+17%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (8852-10489,n=8) 9706Points∼83%+8%AverageofclassSmartphone (1160-19657,n=191,last2years) 7165Points∼62%-20%Memory(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 7457Points∼94%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 7677Points∼97%+3%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 7526Points∼95%+1%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 7941Points∼100%+6%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 6246Points∼79%-16%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (6683-8167,n=8) 7473Points∼94%0%AverageofclassSmartphone (522-9044,n=191,last2years) 4691Points∼59%-37%Graphics(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 12245Points∼79%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 14427Points∼93%+18%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 12938Points∼83%+6%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 15524Points∼100%+27%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 14636Points∼94%+20%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (10386-12801,n=8) 11931Points∼77%-3%AverageofclassSmartphone (349-25642,n=191,last2years) 6368Points∼41%-48%Web(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 1654Points∼88%XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,8192 1876Points∼100%+13%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 1627Points∼86%-2%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 1882Points∼100%+14%SamsungGalaxyS21+SamsungExynos21005G,Mali-G78MP14,8192 1486Points∼79%-10%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (1411-1791,n=8) 1606Points∼85%-3%AverageofclassSmartphone (10-2392,n=191,last2years) 1339Points∼71%-19%ULProcyonAIInference-OverallScore(sortbyvalue)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G,Adreno650,12288 17835Points∼64%OnePlus9QualcommSnapdragon8885G,Adreno660,12288 9372Points∼34%-47%NubiaRedMagic6SProQualcommSnapdragon888Plus5G,Adreno660,12288 27949Points∼100%+57%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G (12855-17835,n=4) 15283Points∼55%-14%AverageofclassSmartphone (1555-63613,n=45,last2years) 11878Points∼42%-33% Jetstream2|JetStream1.1|Speedometer2.0|WebXPRT3|OctaneV2|MozillaKraken1.1Jetstream2-TotalScoreXiaomiMi11i(Chrome92.0.4515.115) 115.735Points∼100%+23%MotorolaEdge20Pro(Chrome94) 93.729Points∼81%NubiaRedMagic6SPro(Chrome92) 91.979Points∼79%-2%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G(60.7-94,n=6) 82.4Points∼71%-12%SamsungGalaxyS21+(Chrome88.0.4324.152) 66.27Points∼57%-29%OnePlus9(MSEdge) 61.34Points∼53%-35%AverageofclassSmartphone(12.4-182,n=181,last2years) 55.6Points∼48%-41%JetStream1.1-TotalScoreXiaomiMi11i(Chrome92.0.4515.115) 209.12Points∼100%+23%MotorolaEdge20Pro(Chrome94) 170.632Points∼82%NubiaRedMagic6SPro(Chrome92) 152.78Points∼73%-10%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G(105-171,n=7) 141Points∼67%-17%OnePlus9(MSEdge) 119.23Points∼57%-30%SamsungGalaxyS21+(Chrome88.0.4324.152) 117.78Points∼56%-31%AverageofclassSmartphone(10.8-414,n=191,last2years) 102Points∼49%-40%Speedometer2.0-ResultXiaomiMi11i(Chrome92.0.4515.115) 113.1runs/min∼100%+57%SamsungGalaxyS21+(Chrome88.0.4324.152) 85.8runs/min∼76%+19%NubiaRedMagic6SPro(Chrome92) 80.6runs/min∼71%+12%MotorolaEdge20Pro(Chrome94) 71.88runs/min∼64%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G(51.4-74.8,n=6) 69.1runs/min∼61%-4%OnePlus9(MSEdge) 54.65runs/min∼48%-24%AverageofclassSmartphone(9-244,n=166,last2years) 54.2runs/min∼48%-25%WebXPRT3----XiaomiMi11i(Chrome92.0.4515.115) 166Points∼100%+31%MotorolaEdge20Pro(Chrome94) 127Points∼77%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G(99-147,n=7) 124Points∼75%-2%NubiaRedMagic6SPro(Chrome92) 120Points∼72%-6%OnePlus9(MSEdge) 119Points∼72%-6%SamsungGalaxyS21+(Chrome88.0.4324.152) 102Points∼61%-20%AverageofclassSmartphone(20-252,n=196,last2years) 84.7Points∼51%-33%OctaneV2-TotalScoreXiaomiMi11i(Chrome92.0.4515.115) 45398Points∼100%+14%MotorolaEdge20Pro(Chrome94) 39985Points∼88%NubiaRedMagic6SPro(Chrome92) 37762Points∼83%-6%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G(20543-39985,n=7) 30538Points∼67%-24%SamsungGalaxyS21+(Chrome88.0.4324.152) 28247Points∼62%-29%OnePlus9(Chrome89) 23843Points∼53%-40%AverageofclassSmartphone(1986-64222,n=202,last2years) 20179Points∼44%-50%MozillaKraken1.1-TotalScoreAverageofclassSmartphone(414-29635,n=204,last2years) 3555ms*∼100%-202%SamsungGalaxyS21+(Chrome88.0.4324.152) 1743.6ms*∼49%-48%OnePlus9(Chrome89) 1692.34ms*∼48%-44%AverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G(1158-1744,n=7) 1476ms*∼42%-25%NubiaRedMagic6SPro(Chrome92) 1443.2ms*∼41%-23%MotorolaEdge20Pro(Chrome94) 1176.4ms*∼33%XiaomiMi11i(Chrome92.0.4515.115) 923.6ms*∼26%+21%*...smallerisbetter MotorolaEdge20ProXiaomiMi11iOnePlus9NubiaRedMagic6SProSamsungGalaxyS21+Average256GBUFS3.1FlashAverageofclassSmartphoneAndroBench3-5-10%7%15%31%18%-39%SequentialRead256KB1698.51627.84-4%1872.310%1606.78-5%1623.02-4%1765?(1330-2037,n=28)4%854?(45.6-2037,n=269,last2years)-50%SequentialWrite256KB723.09552.4-24%739.392%765.266%1037.1443%844?(552-1559,n=28)17%396?(11.9-1465,n=269,last2years)-45%RandomRead4KB245.72181.01-26%225.38-8%285.7916%309.6126%256?(181-325,n=28)4%151?(13.5-325,n=269,last2years)-39%RandomWrite4KB179.64205.8915%221.4523%254.9442%283.3158%266?(180-449,n=28)48%143?(5.5-449,n=269,last2years)-20% Games-Motosmartphoneonlywith60fpsItstechnicalspecificationsmaketheMotorolaflagshipidealforgaming:AfastSoC,alarge144HzOLEDdisplaywithasamplingrateof576Hz,andgoodcooling.Nonetheless,wearen'tcompletelysatisfiedwiththegamingperformance,whichwe checkedwithGameBench. AlthoughtheArmajetarenashooterisrenderedconsistently,theEdge20Prostopsat60fps,eventhoughthegamesupports144fps.Wewouldhavelikedtoseeatleast120fpshere.Aconstant60fpsisalsopossibleinPUBGMobilewiththeHDsetting,andevenatthehighestdetaillevel(UHD),there'snostutteringontheMotorolaphone. 051015202530354045505560Tooltip;Armajet:Ø58.3(28-61);PUBGMobile;Smooth:Ø59.8(58-61);PUBGMobile;Balanced:Ø59.8(58-61);PUBGMobile;HD:Ø59.6(54-61);PUBGMobile;UltraHD:Ø39.9(37-41) Emissions-MotophonewithmoderateheatdevelopmentTemperature Evenunderload,thesurfacesoftheEdge20Proonlyreachharmlesstemperaturesofamaximumof40°C(~104°F).Weweren'tabletodetectanyperformancethrottlingasaresultofthelowtemperatures.TheGFXBenchbatterytest(OpenGLES3.1),aswellasthenewer3DMarkstresstests(Vulkan1.0),don'tshowanyperformancelosses. Max.LoadIdle  38.9°C102F38.4°C101F36.1°C97F  40°C104F38.6°C101F36.5°C98F  40.4°C105F38.8°C102F36.3°C97F  Maximum:40.4°C=105FAverage:38.2°C=101F 35.5°C96F38.8°C102F36.8°C98F36.3°C97F39.7°C103F38.1°C101F35.5°C96F39.7°C103F38.8°C102F Maximum:39.7°C=103FAverage:37.7°C=100FPowerSupply(max.) 39.6°C=103F|RoomTemperature 21.4°C=71F|Fluket3000FC(calibrated),VoltcraftIR-260Max.LoadIdle  24.6°C76F25.2°C77F25.8°C78F  25.2°C77F25.2°C77F25.6°C78F  25.3°C78F25.3°C78F25.5°C78F  Maximum:25.8°C=78FAverage:25.3°C=78F 25.3°C78F25.6°C78F25.4°C78F25.3°C78F25.2°C77F25.7°C78F25.4°C78F25.9°C79F25.7°C78F Maximum:25.9°C=79FAverage:25.5°C=78FPowerSupply(max.) 40.1°C=104F|RoomTemperature 21.6°C=71F|Fluket3000FC(calibrated),VoltcraftIR-260(-)Theaveragetemperaturefortheuppersideundermaximalloadis38.2°C/101F,comparedtotheaverageof32.8°C/91FforthedevicesintheclassSmartphone.(±)Themaximumtemperatureontheuppersideis40.4°C/105F,comparedtotheaverageof35.1°C/95F,rangingfrom22to52.9°CfortheclassSmartphone.(+)Thebottomheatsuptoamaximumof39.7°C/103F,comparedtotheaverageof33.8°C/93F(+)Inidleusage,theaveragetemperaturefortheuppersideis25.3°C/78F,comparedtothedeviceaverageof32.8°C/91F. 3DMarkWildLifeStressTest 3DMarkWildLifeStressTestStabilityMotorolaEdge20ProAdreno650,SD870,256GBUFS3.1Flash 99.4(25.7min)%∼100%NubiaRedMagic6SProAdreno660,SD888+5G,128GBUFS3.1Flash 86.8(30.3min)%∼87%-13%SamsungGalaxyS21+Mali-G78MP14,Exynos21005G,128GBUFS3.1Flash 65.8(3805min)%∼66%-34%OnePlus9Adreno660,SD8885G,256GBUFS3.1Flash 56.2(3203min)%∼57%-43%WildLifeExtremeStressTestMotorolaEdge20ProAdreno650,SD870,256GBUFS3.1Flash 99.8(7.49min)%∼100%NubiaRedMagic6SProAdreno660,SD888+5G,128GBUFS3.1Flash 88.4(8.24min)%∼89%-11% 051015202530TooltipMotorolaEdge20ProAdreno650,SD870,256GBUFS3.1Flash;WildLifeExtremeStressTest;1.0.5.1:Ø7.5(7.49-7.5)NubiaRedMagic6SProAdreno660,SD888+5G,128GBUFS3.1Flash;WildLifeExtremeStressTest:Ø8.74(8.24-9.31)MotorolaEdge20ProAdreno650,SD870,256GBUFS3.1Flash;WildLifeStressTestStability;0.0.0.0:Ø25.8(25.7-25.9)NubiaRedMagic6SProAdreno660,SD888+5G,128GBUFS3.1Flash;WildLifeStressTestStability:Ø32.2(30.3-34.9) SpeakerAlthoughtheEdge20Proisahigh-enddevice,itonlyfeaturesamonospeaker.Wemeasuredamaximumvolumeof82dB,whichissufficientforeverydayuse,butnotparticularlyloud.Thebottomspeakerhasalinearfrequencyresponseformidsandhighs.Bassisnotpresentinthesoundpattern. WiredheadphonescanbeconnectedtothesmartphoneviatheUSB-Cport.Alternatively,thiscanalsobedonewirelesslyviaBluetooth5.1.BesidestheSBC,AAC,andLDACaudiocodecs,aptX,aptXHD,andaptXAdaptiveareavailableaswell. dB(A) 0102030405060708090DeepBassMiddleBassHighBassLowerRangeMidsHigherMidsLowerHighsMidHighsUpperHighsSuperHighs2029.5362533.138.43127.4294031.331.65030.3306329.625.88024.121.510020.718.712517.629.516014.843.520012.348.925012.850.331510.455.1400958.450011.361.963014.465.180017.171.310001474.1125010.472.616009.471.4200010.663.4250011.466.2315013.668.4400013.766.7500015.371.1630015.473.4800016.675.81000017.669.11250017.368.91600017.661.1SPL26.382.8N0.755.1median14median66.2Delta2.810.14346.236.838.436.82830.630.23435.52931.725.523.129.322.423.927.114.237.411.344.511.752.29.755.49.357.511.860.413.760.717.364.716.271.411.172.410.373.210.470.611.672.812.674.713.973.515.265.115.663.716.369.716.571.116.460.717.15368.865.971.426.48322.219.226.50.853.5median13.9median63.72.410.6hearingrangehidemedianshowmedianPinkNoiseMotorolaEdge20ProOnePlus9Frequencydiagram(checkboxescanbecheckedanduncheckedtocomparedevices)MotorolaEdge20Proaudioanalysis(+)|speakerscanplayrelativelyloud(82.8dB)Bass100-315Hz(-)|nearlynobass-onaverage25.2%lowerthanmedian(±)|linearityofbassisaverage(12.5%deltatoprev.frequency)Mids400-2000Hz(±)|highermids-onaverage5.1%higherthanmedian(±)|linearityofmidsisaverage(7.1%deltatoprev.frequency)Highs2-16kHz(+)|balancedhighs-only3.9%awayfrommedian(+)|highsarelinear(6.1%deltatoprev.frequency)Overall100-16.000Hz(±)|linearityofoverallsoundisaverage(18.9%differencetomedian)Comparedtosameclass»14%ofalltesteddevicesinthisclasswerebetter,9%similar,77%worse»Thebesthadadeltaof12%,averagewas23%,worstwas65%Comparedtoalldevicestested»41%ofalltesteddeviceswerebetter,8%similar,52%worse»Thebesthadadeltaof3%,averagewas20%,worstwas65%OnePlus9audioanalysis(+)|speakerscanplayrelativelyloud(83dB)Bass100-315Hz(-)|nearlynobass-onaverage23.9%lowerthanmedian(±)|linearityofbassisaverage(11.2%deltatoprev.frequency)Mids400-2000Hz(±)|highermids-onaverage5.8%higherthanmedian(+)|midsarelinear(5.1%deltatoprev.frequency)Highs2-16kHz(±)|higherhighs-onaverage6.3%higherthanmedian(+)|highsarelinear(6.4%deltatoprev.frequency)Overall100-16.000Hz(±)|linearityofoverallsoundisaverage(21.6%differencetomedian)Comparedtosameclass»35%ofalltesteddevicesinthisclasswerebetter,12%similar,54%worse»Thebesthadadeltaof12%,averagewas23%,worstwas65%Comparedtoalldevicestested»59%ofalltesteddeviceswerebetter,8%similar,33%worse»Thebesthadadeltaof3%,averagewas20%,worstwas65% Batterylife-Edge20ProwithlowpowerconsumptionEnergyconsumptionTheEdge20ProexhibitsaconsistentlylowerpowerconsumptionthantheSnapdragon888competition,especiallyinloadscenarios.ThiscanbeseenveryclearlyintheGFXBenchmeasurementswithanadjusteddisplaybrightness(150cd/m²). Thebatteryhasacapacityof4,500mAhandsupportsfastwiredchargingatupto30watts.Wirelesschargingisnotsupported.TheEdge20Proisfullyrechargedinabout75minuteswitha30-wattcharger. PowerConsumption Off/Standby0/0.1 WattIdle0.7/0.9/1.2 Watt Load 4.6/5.5Watt   Key: min:, med:, max:        MetrahitEnergyCurrentlyweusetheMetrahitEnergy,aprofessionalsinglephasepowerqualityandenergymeasurementdigitalmultimeter,forourmeasurements.Findoutmoreaboutithere.Allofourtestmethodscanbefoundhere. MotorolaEdge20Pro4500 mAhXiaomiMi11i4520 mAhOnePlus94500 mAhNubiaRedMagic6SPro5050 mAhSamsungGalaxyS21+4800 mAhAverageQualcommSnapdragon8705G AverageofclassSmartphone PowerConsumption-46%-72%-39%-34%-82%-46%IdleMinimum*0.70.98-40%0.9-29%1.05-50%0.74-6%1.27?(0.7-3,n=9)-81%0.943?(0.12-2.5,n=219,last2years)-35%IdleAverage*0.91.4-56%1.7-89%1.75-94%1.27-41%2.07?(0.9-4.3,n=9)-130%1.77?(0.65-3.94,n=219,last2years)-97%IdleMaximum*1.21.46-22%2.7-125%1.78-48%1.33-11%2.34?(1.2-4.31,n=9)-95%2?(0.69-4.01,n=219,last2years)-67%LoadAverage*4.66.21-35%5.4-17%3.3128%6.32-37%6.16?(4.6-9.9,n=9)-34%4.46?(2.1-7.4,n=219,last2years)3%LoadMaximum*5.59.62-75%11.1-102%7.18-31%9.61-75%9.32?(5.5-13.8,n=9)-69%7.34?(3.56-12.3,n=219,last2years)-33%*...smallerisbetter Energyconsumption:Geekbench(150cd/m²) 0123456789TooltipMotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G:Ø4.07(0.792-7.39)XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G:Ø5.49(1.196-9.84) Energyconsumption:GFXBench(150cd/m²) 01234567TooltipMotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G;1920x1080AztecRuinsNormalOffscreen:Ø5.55(5.15-5.88)XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G;1920x1080AztecRuinsNormalOffscreen:Ø7.69(6.13-7.93)MotorolaEdge20ProQualcommSnapdragon8705G;Idle1min:Ø0.875(0.743-1.098)XiaomiMi11iQualcommSnapdragon8885G;Idle1min:Ø1.065(0.969-1.912) BatterylifeThebatteryruntimesoftheMotorolaflagshipweredeterminedwithafixed144Hzrefreshrateenabled.Inourreal-worldWi-Fitest,theEdge20Proachievesverygoodrateswith13hoursand21:30hoursofcontinuousvideoplayback.Theonlysurpriseistherelativelypoorenduranceunderfullloadconsideringthelowpowerconsumption. BatteryRuntime Idle(withoutWLAN,minbrightness) 28h 9min WiFiWebsurfing 12h 54min BigBuckBunnyH.2641080p 21h 29min Load(maximumbrightness) 3h 15min MotorolaEdge20Pro4500 mAhXiaomiMi11i4520 mAhOnePlus94500 mAhNubiaRedMagic6SPro5050 mAhSamsungGalaxyS21+4800 mAhBatteryRuntime4%-9%7%6%Reader/Idle16891658-2%1623-4%17805%H.26412891017-21%928-28%1174-9%WiFiv1.3774690-11%85410%8297%651-16%Load19529049%168-14%28245% Pros+beautiful144HzOLED +Wi-Fi6 +lowpowerconsumption +USB3.1/DisplayPort1.4 +niceperiscopelensCons-nowirelesscharging -monosoundonly -noOIS(maincamera) -plasticframe VerdictontheMotorolaEdge20ProInreview:MotorolaEdge20Pro.TestdeviceprovidedbyMotorolaGermanyTheEdge20Proisanelegantandwell-builtpremiumsmartphonethatdoesmanythingsright,butitalsohassomeminorweaknesses.Forinstance,theflagshipoftheEdge20seriesdoesn'tfeaturewirelesscharging,OISforthe108MPcamera,orawater-resistantIPcertification.Themonospeakerandthechoiceofthe Snapdragon870don'treallyfitintotheoverallpictureofa700-Euro(~$818)phone,either.EspeciallysincetheSnapdragon888competition,suchastheXiaomiMi11i,achievesmuchbetterratesinourbrightnessmeasurements-wewouldhavelikedtheEdge20Protohaveabitmoreheadroomforoutdooruse.Withitsflagship,Motorolafindsagoodmixofavailableperformance/featuresandcompromisesassociatedwiththefairlylowpricing.Ontheotherhand,theMotorolaflagshipalsooffersalotofpositiveaspects.ThelightweightMyUXsoftwareincludingtheReadyForfunctionality,theverygoodbatteryruntimeswitharefreshrateof144Hz,aswellastheappealingoverallcamerapackageshouldbementionedhere.Inaddition,theperformanceleveloftheEdge20ProisevensuperiorinsomerespectscomparedwiththeOnePlus9orNubiaRedMagic6SProwiththeSnapdragon888duetoitslowheatdevelopment.PriceandavailabilityAtthetimeofwriting,theMotorolaEdge20Proisn'tofficiallyavailableintheUnitedStatesyet.Nevertheless,youcanalreadyfinditonneweggforaround$729. 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Pricecompare Readall1comments/answerstaticversionloaddynamicLoadingComments Commentonthisarticle Editoroftheoriginalarticle:MarcusHerbrich-SeniorTechWriter-287articlespublishedonNotebookchecksince2016Ihavealwaysbeenverypassionatelyinterestedinmobiletechnologies,especiallysmartphones.Beingatechenthusiastmeansthehalf-lifeofmydevicesisn’texactlylong,andbeingthelatesthardwareisnotenoughtosufficeasthemanufacturerandoperatingsystemplayaminorrole–themostimportantaspectformeisthatthedeviceisstate-of-the-art.AfterpostingforMobiTestIjoinedNotebookcheckin2016,whereIhavebeenpursuingmyenthusiasmfortechnologybyreviewingthelatestsmartphone,tablet,andaccessorytrends.contactmevia: @Marcus_HerbrichTranslator:StephanieChamberlain-Translator-506articlespublishedonNotebookchecksince2020I'vebeenfascinatedwithtechnologyeversinceIgotmyveryfirstAndroidsmartphone,whichwasquiteawhileago.Thepowerpackedintosuchasmallfootprintstillamazesme.Learningtoprogrammademyunderstandingoftechnologydeeper,andatthesametime,itexpandedmyinteresttotheareaofdesktopcomputersandlaptops.Allthisledmetoenjoyreadingandwatchingreviewsofnewdevices,andthat'showIstumbleduponNotebookcheck.Iimmediatelyfoundtheirreviewstobeverycomprehensive,andluckily,I'veevenhadthechanceoftranslatingthemsince2019.Whenitcomestothehugefieldoftechnology,I'mcurrentlyalsointerestedinspecializinginJavaprogramming.contactmevia:LinkedIn Pleaseshareourarticle,everylinkcounts! >Notebook/LaptopReviewsandNews>Reviews>MotorolaEdge20Proreview:Budgetflagshipsmartphonewitha144Hzdisplayand12GBofRAMMarcusHerbrich, 2021-10-29 (Update: 2021-10-29)   Deutsch| English| Español| Français| Italiano| Nederlands| Polski| Português| Русский| Türkçe| Svenska|Donotsharemypersonalinformation| 14:3803.03