Motorola Edge 60 Pro – it is almost a flagship contender (review)

The Motorola Edge 60 Pro verges on flagship territory. It offers better value and features, posing as a serious contender against the entry-level Samsung S25.

Well, Motorola have done it again, taking the Motorola Edge 50 Pro – an excellent upper-mid-range smartphone (and our 2024 phone of the year), leaving most of the good bits, adding a new processor, a bigger battery, and more Moto AI to make a superb entry-level flagship, albeit $200 more than the Edge 50 Pro.

But in doing that, it is now out of contention for the 2025 Phone of the year because the new processor, a MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme, brings with it USB-2.0 (Edge 50 Pro was USB-C 3.1 Alt DP) and a modem that is only suitable for city and suburbs use (Edge 50 Pro added regional and rural use).

So, provided you are not a ‘bushie’, this presents as a serious contender to phones in the same price bracket.

Australian Review: Motorola Edge 60 Pro, 12/512GB, SIM and eSIM, Model XT-2507-1 as of 6/7/25

Brand	Motorola
Model	Motorola Edge 60 Pro
Model Number	XT2507-1
RAM/Storage Base	12/512
Price base	1199
Price 4	Firmware VB2VV3558-78-7 June 2025
Warranty months	24-months ACL
Tier	Entry-level flagship
Website	Product Page
From	JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman, Officeworks, The Good Guys, Amazon and motorola.com.au.
Country of Origin	China
Company	Owned by Lenovo (Est 1984) – a multinational technology company with its primary operational headquarters in Beijing and Morrisville, North Carolina. It is the world’s largest PC maker. It purchased Motorola Mobility from Google in 2014. Most of Lenovo’s smartphone business is now under the Motorola brand, with grand plans to become a ‘top five’ smartphone maker.
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Test date	July 2025
Ambient temp	10-15°
Release	July 10
Other models not for Australia (Don’t buy)	Motorola manufactures models for various markets that are not compatible with Australian Telco networks and do not carry an Australian warranty.

Ratings

We use the following ratings for many of the items below. CyberShack regards 70/100 as a pass mark. You can click on most images to enlarge them.

• Fail (below expectations), and we will let you know if this affects its use.
• Pass(able) rating that is not as good as it should be.
• Pass (meets expectations).
• Pass ‘+’ rating to show it is good, but does not quite make it to Exceed
• Exceed (surpasses expectations or is the class leader).

How to make the best use of this deep dive review

We tested over 70 different aspects and uncovered nearly 300 key data points about the device. Overall reviews can reach a few thousand words. So, if you are keen, this is the world’s most comprehensive review!

If you want to see our impressions only, they are listed at the beginning of each table. At the end, you will find CyberShack’s view, competitor analysis, and ratings. Ratings are based on the price bracket and expectations, so a $200 phone may score as well as a $2000 phone—we compare like with like.

First Impression – Grape is interesting

I am always a little critical (in a nice way) of smartphone makers who send me basic black glass slabs for review. Well, Pantone Sparkling Grape is different, and the faux vegan silicone leather back is grippy and a delight to hold.

Moto nailed the Edge series design with a quad-curved front glass, thin edges and a lovely flowing lava design camera hump. This year, a dedicated Moto AI button is available on the left side, which I can see Moto fans loving, while everyone else will likely try to remap it to something else.

It is beauty and brains as well.

Screen – Exceed

Motorola learned a few years ago that 8-bit OLED screens may be battery savers, but they use Pulse Width Modulation Dimming (similar to a strobe light) that can cause severe headaches and even illness. Read PWM – Is your phone making you sick?

Samsung, Apple, and Google Pixel persist (they all use Samsung AMOLED panels) with 8-bit and deep PWM modulation, so they are not suitable for PWM-sensitive people. Read 8-bit versus 10-bit screen colours. What is the big deal?

To put it in non-technical terms, the big deal is that this screen is fabulous. Accurate photo colour preview (can’t get that with 8-bit), 1.07 billion colours and tones (16.7 million with 8-bit) and a delight to the eye.

There is one caveat from someone who uses the Edge 50 Pro. The quad-curved edges can cause false touches if you hold the phone a little too tightly. A decent case is the solution.

A note on Pantone Validation – it is more about bragging rights

Pantone or PMS (Pantone Matching System) is a method of specifying approximately 3000 CMYK  (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black) colours for an offset printer. It is not a wide gamut and far less than sRGB (standard RGB), a 16.7 million colour space, for use on monitors, printers, and the World Wide Web. In reality, any phone with even half-decent sRGB coverage could be considered Pantone-accurate but not certified.  

Pantone Skin Tone refers to 110 identified skin colours or tones, and the AI attempts to match a subject’s colour to one of them.

Size	6.7″
Type	pOLED
Flat, Curve, 2D, 3D	Borderless, quad curved edges with centre o-hole
Resolution	2712 x 1220
PPI	446
Ratio	20:9
Screen to Body%	96.47%
Colours bits	10-bit 1.07 billion colours
Refresh Hz, adaptive	Fixed 60, 90, or 120 Hz or Smart Auto adaptive Mode
Response 120Hz	Touch rate 360Hz gaming mode
Nits typical, test	Test: 100% screen Full screen: typical 575 nits Adaptive brightness:1400 nits (momentary)
Nits max, test	Claim: 4500 nits Peak Test: We tried in a 2% and 10% window with HDR10+ content (it does not decode Dolby Vision), but could not get more than 2200 nits. This is not a definitive test, but the result is more than enough for HDR10+.
Contrast	Infinite
sRGB	Pantone Validated colour Pantone Skin Tone Validated
DCI-P3	Claim 100% Test: 97.5%
Rec 2020 or other	N/A
Delta E (<4 is excellent)	1.8 – very good
HDR Level	Capable of HDR10+ playback scaled to screen capability. Dolby Vision scaled to HDR10.
SDR Upscale	No
Borderless, quad-curved edges with centre o-hole	Yes
PWM if known	720Hz. Uses DC Dimming for dark environments. It should not affect PWM susceptible users.
Daylight readable	Yes
Always on Display	Peek Display
Edge display	Edge Lights alert you to calls and notifications when the screen faces down.
Accessibility	All Android 15 features
DRM	L1 for FHD SDR playback. Some streaming services (not Netflix) may allow HDR streaming.
Gaming	<1m GTG Up to 300Hz touch
Screen protection	Gorilla Glass 7i Mohs hardness: 7 Drop resistance: 1m
Comment	720Hz. Uses DC Dimming for dark environments. It should not affect PWM-susceptible users.

Screen Tests

Apart from the wide colour gamut, it tests very well. It indicates that the screen does not support wide-gamut colours, but the device does. We re-tested with other diagnostic software, and it reports that both the screen and device should support it. I suspect that this is a firmware issue. See the Edge 50 Pro comparison below.

Processor – Pass

I am increasingly a fan of MediaTek Dimensity 8 and 9 series as they provide better value than similar Qualcomm SD 7 and 8 SoCs. BUT, and there is always one, only Qualcomm modems are suitable for city, suburbs, regional and rural use. There are some exceptions to that generalisation, where the antenna system is not sensitive enough (like the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge – Thin equals a few compromises where the thinness affects the antenna sensitivity).

This SoC (system on a Chip) offers similar performance to a Samsung Exynos 2200 or Qualcomm SD7 Gen 2.

Type	MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme
nm	4nm TSMP N4P
Cores	1 x 3.35 GHz + 3 x 3.2 GHz + 4 x 2.2 GHz
Modem	MediaTek
GPU	ARM Mali-G615 MP6

AI – Pass

We are beginning to understand what is required of a phone for on-device generative AI.

Is it a flagship processor like the Qualcomm SD8 Elite (as in the Samsung S25-series), or the Google Tensor G4 (basically a Samsung Exynos 2400), or a MediaTek Dimensity 9XXX series?

Or can the next level down, such as this SoC or an SD 7, perform generative AI on-device?

Then you have the RAM issue. 12GB was enough (barely) for the 2025 second-gen AI. Google stated that 16GB was really needed (and its Pixel 9 Pro XL has 16GB, with 4GB reserved purely for AI). We should really consider 16GB as a minimum for Gen 3 AI, and phones are already being released with 24GB.

The final issue is that the number of ‘TOPs’ (trillion operations per second) only affects the speed of on-device AI (where it is processed locally), and frankly, much is processed off-device in the cloud.

The results speak for themselves. It performs limited on-device AI processing, although it may take some time. It is a Google Gemini Nano-capable device that supports circle to search. All photo editing is done in Google Photos’ cloud.

Here are the test results. We have included the S25 Ultra results in brackets for comparison.

AI	NPU 780 Geekbench AI (S25 Ultra – last number comparison) CPU: 1435/1434/2298 (3008) NPU: 858/1254/1002 (1362) NNAPI: 1056/4264/4296 (1010) AiTuTu: 205,420 (1,481,101, but we doubt this is correct) AI Benchmark: 2537 (8355) GFLOPS: 12.29 (18.43) GINOPS: 16.90 (28.18)
AnTuTu	1,381,786 (2,143,922)
Geekbench 6 Single-core	1408 (2813)
Geekbench 6 multi-core	4396 (8854)
Like	Between a Samsung Exynos 2200 and an SD7+ Gen 2 Benchmarks
GPU Test
Open CL	8891 (20170)
Like	Similar to SD8 Gen 1
Vulcan	8841 (24883)

RAM and storage tests – Pass

The Edge 50 Pro featured a full implementation of USB-C 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps full-duplex) with Alt DP 1.4 and supports mountable external SSD storage.

The Edge 60 Pro is back to USB-C 2.0 at 480Mbps (30+30Mbps half-duplex) and does not support cabled external screen mirroring. This, along with the MediaTek modem, are the two main reasons it cannot win the 2025 Phone of the Year award.

On the bright side, the storage is UFS 4.0 and very fast. The RAM is LPDDR5X (the fastest), supporting up to 12GB of extra virtual RAM, which may enable some support for Gen 3 AI.

RAM, type	12GB LPDDR5X plus RAM boost
Storage, free, type	512GB UFS 4.0 (400GB free)
micro-SD	No
CPDT internal seq. Read MBps sustained/peak	1540 Maximum 1940
CPDT internal seq. write MBps sustained/peak	898.82 Maximum 990Mbps
CPDT microSD read, write MBps	N/A
CPDT external (mountable?) MBps	25.49/19.58 Mbps mountable
Comment	Very fast UFS 4.0 internal storage, but slow USB-C 2.0 external storage. Not for videographers.

Throttle Test – Pass

AI now ‘games’ the throttle test by reducing the GIPs to show limited throttling. Several recent smartphones do this. We now use two tests to ‘fool’ it. One with the test app renamed and one with its proper name.

Essentially, it self-throttles approximately 30% to show that it hardly throttles. Gamers and power users will notice this.

Throttle test	Test 1 – out of the box using a renamed test. Test 2 – after three back-to-back tests
Max GIPS	307,815/221,205
Average GIPS	242,558/214,126
Minimum GIPS	211,161/203,951
% Throttle	29%/5%
CPU Temp	50/50/Outer 45°
Comment	AI now ‘games’ the throttle test by reducing the GIPs to show limited throttling. Several recent smartphones do this. We now use two tests to ‘fool’ it. Essentially, it self-throttles approximately 30% to show that it hardly throttles. Gamers and power users will notice this.

Comms – Pass+

This supports Wi-Fi 6E on 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz, featuring 2×2 MIMO for a theoretical full duplex speed of 2400 Mbps.

On the whole, it delivers that, but there is an unusually large 35% Rx and Tx speed variation, which tends to indicate that it cannot sustain peak data transfer rates. This is of little importance to 99% of users.

Wi-Fi Type, model	Wi-Fi 6E AXE 2.4/5/6GHz 2 x 2 MIMO
Test 2m -dBm, Rx/Tx Mbps	-44/1745-2401/1889 to 2402
Test 5m	-50/1761 to 2161/1921 to 2402
Test 10m	-56/1345 to 2001/1441 to 2241
BT Type	5.4
GPS single, dual	Dual 1m accuracy GPS, Glonass, Galileo, AGPS, LTEPP, SUPL, Beidou, Navic
USB type	USB-C 2.0 480Mbps – no DisplayPort audio/video data stream support
ALT DP, DeX, Ready For	Only over Miracast
NFC	Yes
Ultra-wideband	No
Sensors
Accelerometer	Yes combo
Gyro	Yes combo
e-Compass	Yes
Barometer
Gravity
Pedometer
Ambient light	Yes
Hall sensor
Proximity	Yes
Other	SAR sensor and under-glass fingerprint reader
Comment	It reaches the 2 x 2 maximum of 2402/2402Mbps. But there is variation in the Rx and TX continuous tests, showing that it cannot sustain maximum rates. We have previously commented on the limitations of USB-C 2.0.

4/5G – Pass for city and suburbs

The phone has reasonably strong outdoor 4G signals (Bands 3 and 28) for city and suburban use, but does not support more towers for regional and rural areas. Its indoor signals are weak, and you will rely on Wi-Fi calling indoors.

There was no perceptible 5G signal (in our test zone) where other phones see a signal.

It has a SIM and eSIM (dual standby – only one active at a time), as well as dual ring tones, which is great for travellers.

SIM	Single SIM and eSIM
Active	DSDS (Dual SIM, dual standby) – one at a time.
Ringtone	Dual ring tones – excellent
VoLTE	Yes
Wi-Fi calling	Yes
4G Bands	B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/11/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/32/34/38/39/40/41/42/43/66/71
Comment	All Australian and most world bands
5G sub-6Ghz	n1/2/3/5/7/8/20/26/28/38/40/41/66/71/75/77/78
Comment	All Australian 5G sub-6 and low bands
mmWave	No
Test Boost Mobile, Telstra
DL/UL, ms	33/41.2/31ms – above average
Tower 1 -dBm, fW or pW	Band 28 from -91 to -80 and 794.3 fW to 10 pW
Tower 2	Band 3 -83 5pW
Tower 3	No
Tower 4	No
Comment	As we have come to expect with later-generation MediaTek modems, it can now find two 4G towers (outside test) at a reasonable strength. But it struggles with 4G indoor reception, barely finding a signal, let alone a usable one. 5G was not detected in either outdoor or indoor tests (although it was found on the Edge 50 Pro).

Battery – Pass, but it could present a conundrum

It is a new Si/C anode (10% silicon and 90% carbon in the form of graphite), Lithium-Ion battery that crams 6000mAh/24Wh into the same space as a 5000mAh battery. You are going to see more of this in the next 12 months.

The Si/C anode enables the battery to operate at higher voltages (typically 4.33V instead of 3.6V) and charge more quickly. It is no safer than standard carbon anode Lithium-ion batteries, and there is not enough data yet on how many recharge cycles Si/C has. It may be telling that Samsung (which makes batteries) is not investing in Si/C yet.

At this stage, we will assume the upside is greater capacity for the same size.

The video loop at 27 hours 31 minutes is impressive, but it’s a new trick that AI phones play by shutting down the rest of the phone to extend video playback time. It is no longer a reliable indicator of screen-on time – just for bragging rights!

We also got wildly different screen-on results from PC Mark Battery Life, Accubattery and a physical 100% load discharge. At this time, we can only estimate that typical users will get 24 hours and power users will get 5-10 hours of screen time.

mAh	6000mAh/24Wh New Silicone/Carbon Si/C anode Model RE60 Actual capacity 4.33V/5.82A/25W Made in India No details are provided on charge cycles or expected lifespan, but we expect at least 500 full cycles.
Charger, type, supplied	90W (not supplied) Fastest charge test 9V/4A/36W
PD, QC level	PD 3.0 and PPS
Qi, wattage	15W Qi
Reverse Qi or cable	5W
Test (60Hz or adaptive screen)	Adaptive
Charge 0-100%	47 minutes
Charge Qi, W	We could only get 10W from the 15W Belkin Boost Charge, so we assume about 5 hours at 15W.
Charge 5V, 2A	About 5 hours
Video loop 50%, aeroplane mode	27 hours 31 minutes (AI)
PC Mark 3 battery	8 hours 28 minutes at 120Hz 9 hours 48 minutes at 60Hz Accubattery 17 hours 38 minutes
GFX Bench Manhattan battery	Did not run
GFX Bench T-Rex	327.1 minutes (5.45 hours) 6715 frames
Drain 100-0% full load screen on	4 hours 39 minutes Accubattery 4 hours 54 minutes
mA Full load screen on	1350-1400
mA Watt idle Screen on	350-400mA
Estimate loss at max refresh	Tested on adaptive
Estimate typical use	This utilises the new Si/C Lithium-Ion battery, offering more capacity in the same space. The video loop at 27 hours 31 minutes is impressive, but it’s a new trick that AI phones play by shutting down the rest of the phone to extend video playback time. It is no longer a reliable indicator of screen-on time. There is also a huge disparity between the PC Mark at 9 hours and 48 minutes and Accubattery at 17 hours and 38 minutes, as these are usually fairly close. AI battery management is affecting the results, and we need to investigate
Comment	It’s a tough call, as we can usually accurately predict battery life. Given that 100% load discharge is 4 to 5 hours, this means the maximum screen-on time under load is 5-10 hours. Typical users should see at least 24 hours of use.

Sound hardware – Pass

Sound hardware is not related to sound quality (next segment).

In summary, it’s pretty loud, features a decent set of Bluetooth codecs, and is suitable for hands-free use.

Sound	DA Smart Audio and Spatial Sound enabled
Speakers	Top forward, up-firing and bottom down-firing stereo.
Tuning	N/A
AMP	2 x TFA98 5.6W, THD 1%
Dolby Atmos decode	Yes
Hi-Res	24-bit/48000Hz
3.5mm	No, but a USB-C FSA 4480 DAC is for direct connection.
BT Codecs	SBC, AAC, royalty-free aptX and aptX HD, LDAC, LHDC V3/5
Multipoint	Yes
Dolby Atmos (DA)	Decode to 2.0 and earphones
EQ	DA EQ includes Spatial Audio. The remainder a 2.0 only – Smart Audio, Music, Movie, Game, Podcast and Custom.
Mics	2 – one for noise cancelling
Test dB – all on EQ flat, DA off
Volume max	85.3
Media (music)	78.5
Ring	79.5
Alarm	74.6
Notifications	79.4
Earpiece	61
Hands-free	Decent noise reduction and volume levels were quite good and clear.
BT headphones	Excellent left-right separation and DA make a significant difference in DA content.

Sound quality – Pass for clear voice

We use a white noise generator to ascertain the capabilities of the micro-speakers. The test is not affected by DA or EQs, etc.

Most phones have a mid-signature. This means bass and treble are recessed, and mid (from 1-4kHz) is increased. This is no different. It is not really for music.

Deep Bass 20-40Hz	Nil
Middle Bass 40-100Hz	Starting at 90Hz and building linearly to 300Hz
High Bass 100-200Hz	Building
Low Mid 200-400Hz	Flattening from 300Hz
Mid 400-1000Hz	Flat
High-Mid 1-2kHz	Flat
Low Treble 2-4kHz	Flat
Mid Treble 4-6kHz	Lineal decline to 12 kHz
High Treble 6-10kHz	Lineal decline to 12 kHz
Dog Whistle 10-20kHz	12 kHz off the cliff, then flat to 20 kHz
Sound Signature type	This is a mid-signature (bass recessed, mid boosted, treble recessed) – for clear voice. It is not for easy listening, as it lacks bass (low notes are muddy or absent), and the high treble is almost non-existent.
Soundstage	Bias to the bottom-firing speaker. DA content (you must select the Spatial Audio preset) widens the soundstage by about 10cm and adds some 3D height, allowing you to hear sound object movement.
Comment	The sound signature is average for a phone.

Build – Exceed

Motorola makes high-quality gear, and this model is even better, thanks to its IP68/69 and MIL-STD-810H construction.

Size (H X W x D)	160.69 x 73.06 x 8.24mm
Weight grams	186
Front glass	Curved Edge Gorilla Glass 7i Mohs hardness 6 Drop resistant, approx. 1m.
Rear material	3D Silicon Vegan Leather
Frame	Plastic metallic appearance and colour matched.
IP rating	IP68 IP69 1.5m for 30 minutes underwater protection MIL-STD 810H Liquid damage is not covered under warranty.
Colours	Pantone Shadow Pantone Sparkling Grape
Pen, Stylus support	No
Teardown	See below
In the box
Charger	No
USB cable	USB-A to USB-C 3W cable
Buds	No
Bumper cover	Colour-matched bumper case.

Teardown: Repairability score 5.5/10

Durability

OS – Pass+

You now have three parts to an OS: Android, the user interface and the AI overlay.

Motorola uses pure Android, with a light touch Hello Moto user interface that adds significant value. More importantly, it does not require a Moto account, and that is a huge plus (unlike Samsung, which wants you to sign away your life in 40,000 words of policies).

The third part is Moto AI. It is not the place in this ‘speed and feed’ review except to make a passing mention. This requires a Moto account.

Moto AI 2.0 introduces a suite of features accessible via a dedicated AI key known as the Moto AI button.

• Catch me up: Summarise notifications
• Pay attention: Record, transcribe and summarise
• Remember this: Create a note inside a journal
• Magic Canvas: Create generative AI wallpaper
• Image studio
• Playlist studio

Then you have Google AI, which is the whole Google Nano experience, some of which is free (usually on-device) and some of which may incur a cost (usually for Nano cloud).

Finally, Perplexity AI web search engine is preloaded. It is an AI-powered answer engine that provides real-time answers to any question. It requires an account login.

Android	Android 15
Security patch date	5 June 2025 (current)
UI	Hello UX and Moto AI (Moto account and internet required)
OS upgrade policy	3 years
Security patch policy	4 years quarterly
Bloatware	If you accept suggested apps during setup, you will end up with numerous bloatware applications (see image). Pure Android – all Google Apps. You can uninstall Facebook. Don’t underestimate the value of using pure Android and not being locked into a manufacturer’s ecosystem.
Other	Circle to Search and Gemini Dedicated AI key. Google Photos is now the default, which means you can access AI tools like Magic Editor (with 10 free uses per month), Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, and more.
Comment	Hello UI is a light touch over Android, adding incredible value and features. Moto Apps now manages most Moto features and enables a simple update. Family Space, Games, Moto Connect, Moto Secure, Moto Unplugged, Moto Ready For. Display: Peek Display, Attentive Display Gestures: Quick capture, Fast flashlight, Three-finger screenshot, Lift to unlock, Flip For DND, Pick up to silence, Swipe to split
Security
Fingerprint sensor location, type	Optical under glass
Face ID	Yes, 2D only
Other	Lenovo ThinkShield is more for enterprise use.
Comment	Manage network security, control app permissions, and even create a secret folder for your most sensitive data. Moto Secure

Motorola Edge 60 Pro rear camera

This is the biggest upgrade to the Motorola Edge 50 Pro. The 50MP wide sensor is now a Sony Lytia 700C (was 50MP Omnivision), and the ultrawide is 50MP (was 13MP). The 10MP telephoto is the same. It loses the Laser dToF autofocus but gains the Lytia multi-directional PDAF.

The bottom line is that both phones are binned anyway to 12.5MP, so the results are similar. OIS is fine, but keep Zoom in check.

We found that the wide primary sensor captured excellent day and office light shots with excellent colours (and screen preview matched), good foreground and background focus, and much dynamic range. It over-sharpened a little.

In lower light, the results were good, but the opposite was under-sharpening. Subtle details were lost in order to brighten an image.

The Ultrawide is now autofocus and doubles as a macro lens. It is good in daylight, but it does not colour-match the wide sensor and lacks OIS. Macros are excellent.

The 3X telephoto is the same as the Edge 50 Pro, but there is more AI processing.

The video is 4K@30, but 1080p@30fps with OIS was a better option.

Test Photos

Motorola Edge 60 Pro rear camera specs

Camera
Rear Primary	Primary
MP	50MP
Sensor	Sony Lytia 700C (IMX 896)
Focus	Quad PDAF
f-stop	1.8
um	1 bins to 2
FOV° (stated, actual)	72.8 (H) x 85.3 (D)
Stabilisation	OIS
Zoom	Up to 20x digital crop factor 4.2
Rear 2	Ultra-wide and Macro
MP	50MP
Sensor	Samsung SK5JNS
Focus	PDAF Autofocus
f-stop	2
um	.64 bins to 1.28
FOV (stated, actual)	120°
Stabilisation	No
Zoom	No
Rear 3	Telephoto
MP	10MP
Sensor	Samsung S5K3K1
Focus	AF
f-stop	2
um	1
FOV (stated, actual)	??
Stabilisation	OIS
Zoom	3X Optical and 30X hybrid 3-in-1 Sensor (exposure, auto white balance, flicker)
Special	Photo Enhancement Engine Ultra HDR (10-bit format) Signature style (coming soon via software update) Pantone Validated colour Pantone Skintone Validated Action Shot Super Zoom (up to 50x) Portrait mode (24mm/35mm/50mm/85mm) Macro Long Exposure Panorama (360°) Burst Shot Scan (powered by Adobe Scan) Group Photo Auto Smile Capture11 Auto Night Vision AI group shot Tilt-shift Photo booth Live Filters Ultra-Res Pro mode Google Lens integration
Video max	4K@30fps
Flash	Yes
Auto-HDR	Yes
	Editing Features (with Google Photos): Magic Editor Magic Eraser Photo Unblur HDR Effect Sky Portrait Blur and Portrait Light Colour Pop and Cinematic photos Video Software features     Adaptive Stabilisation     Digital Zoom (up to 20x)     Timelapse (w/ Hyperlapse)     Dual Capture     HDR     Audio Zoom19     Horizon Lock     Live Filters
QR code reader	Google Lens
Night mode	AI

Motorola Edge 60 Pro selfie

The 50 MP selfie is great in good lighting. It features autofocus and utilises the Pantone Skin Tone system, and overall, selfies are of good quality.

Front	Selfie
MP	50MP bins to 12.5 MP
Sensor	Samsung S5KJNS
Focus	PDAF Autofocus
f-stop	2
um	.64 bins to 1.28
FOV (stated, actual)	78 (H) x 90.7 (D)
Stabilisation	No
Flash	Yes
Zoom	No
Video max	4K@30fps
Features	Shooting modes: Portrait (w/ Group Selfie & Smart Adjustments) Photo Booth Pro Dual Capture Spot Colour Artificial intelligence: Photo Enhancement Engine Auto Smile Capture Gesture Capture Google Photos Auto Enhance Other features: Burst Shot Timer Assistive Grid Leveller Metering Mode Watermark Live Filters Selfie Photo Mirror Selfie Stick Support RAW Photo Output HDR Quick Capture (twist-twist)

CyberShack’s view: The Motorola Edge 60 Pro is a superb choice for an entry-level flagship

First, let me explain our phone of the year selection criteria. It comprises 15 aspects of a phone that our readers consider more important. Some of those are:

• Phone antenna reception strength for the city, suburbs, black spots, regional and rural areas where you can expect some 4G coverage on Bands 3 or 28. We won’t penalise for the lack of 5G reception yet because its availability is strictly limited.
• USB-C 3.1 or 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, 5 or 10 Gbps full implementation, covering Alt DP 1.4 (audio, video out), data, and support for mountable external SSD drives. Power users require mountable storage, and the ability to screen mirror to a TV or monitor via USB-C to HDMI is essential.
• A screen that does not cause PWM-sensitive people headaches and more discomfort.

We won’t go into the other criteria except to say that they need to be class-leading in their price bracket. The $999 2024 Edge 50 Pro exceeded the criteria – no other phone came close.

This year, the Edge 60 Pro won’t get the gong. It is an excellent phone with a couple of compromises that won’t affect city dwellers.

Competition

At $1199, it is up against stiff competition from the Google Pixel 9, Samsung S25 Edge, Samsung S25, Nothing Phone (2) and OPPO Reno 13 Pro.

If city and suburb phone reception suits you, then it’s probably the best.

If phone reception is a priority, then the 2024 Motorola Edge 50 Pro is a superb choice; the 2024 Nothing Phone (2) or the Samsung S25 (Standard, not Edge) are the best alternatives.

Motorola Edge 60 Pro rating

Ratings	70+ is a Pass Mark
Features	80
	It has every feature you need: good SoC performance and a great build. However, the 2024 Edge 50 Pro offers a better user experience in some ways.
Value	80
	At $1,199, it faces stiff competition from the Google Pixel 9, Samsung S25 Edge, Samsung S25, Nothing Phone (2), and OPPO Reno 13 Pro.
Performance	85
	The MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme is a powerful processor similar to a Qualcomm SD7 Gen 2. There are more powerful processors in this price bracket.
Ease of Use	85
	2+3+4 warranty, OS, and patches are fine. Samsung’s overkill, anyway. And I really like Motorola’s use of a value-added Hello Moto UX over pure Android.
Design	85
	Curved-edge screens have lost popularity and can lead to edge press errors. The solution is to use a case that prevents errant side presses.
Rating out of 10	83
Final comment	Motorola took the Edge 50 Pro, our 2024 phone of the year, and switched from a Qualcomm SoC to a MediaTek one. They upgraded build quality to IP69/MIL-STD-810H, lost Laser AF, downgraded the USB-C from full 3.1 DP 1.4 to USB-C 2.0 OTG, and reduced phone reception to city and suburban areas only. Now it won’t be in the running for the 2025 phone of the year, but it is still a great entry-level flagship.