Motorola has officially introduced the Edge 50 Ultra, the latest addition to its flagship smartphone lineup, offering powerful performance and a unique design to the global market.
Motorola Edge 50 Ultra: Design and Display.
In terms of design, the phone looks quite similar to the recently introduced Edge 50 Pro with a square camera island containing three lenses. The smartphone will be available in three colors: Forest Grey and Peach Fuzz, which are vegan leather options, and Nordic Wood, which has a natural wood back with a subtle woody scent infused into it. All three variants come with a sandblasted aluminum frame.
Edge 50 Ultra features a 6.7-inch LTPS poly screen with a resolution of 2,712 x 1,220 pixels and a refresh rate of 144 Hz, as well as a peak brightness of 2,500 nits. The screen has a 20:9 aspect ratio, HDR10+ support and a screen-to-body ratio of 93.8%. It covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color space and is Pantone certified. The display also has a built-in fingerprint sensor for security and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 3D anti-fingerprint coating.
Productivity
Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and comes with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB of UFS 4.0 storage. The 4,500 mAh battery supports 125W wired charging, 50W wireless charging, and 10W wireless power sharing. For audio, it has dual stereo speakers tuned with Dolby Atmos and for tactile sensations, it has X-axis vibration motors.
In terms of connectivity, the phone is available with either a single SIM card (SIM or eSIM compatible) or dual SIM card (supporting both SIM and eSIM). In addition, the device also features Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. The phone also has NFC support. In terms of software, the Edge 50 Ultra comes with an Android 14-based operating system with interesting features such as edge lighting that alerts you to incoming calls, notifications, and alarms.
Camera
For photography, the Edge 50 Ultra features a triple camera setup on the back, including a 50-megapixel 1/1.3″ sensor and an f/1.6 lens with omni-directional autofocus and OIS. It also has a 64-megapixel periscope camera with f/2.4 aperture, as well as a 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera with 122° angle of view and autofocus for macro photography. Both cameras use a laser autofocus system and a 3-in-1 sensor for exposure, auto white balance, and flicker detection.
The front camera has a 50-megapixel autofocus sensor and an f/1.9 aperture lens. All cameras support 4K video recording at 60 frames per second, as well as slow motion modes with 1080p resolution (120 frames per second in front, up to 960 frames per second in the rear).
The camera system offers a variety of shooting modes, such as portrait, macro, long exposure, time-lapse, dual capture, Ultra-Res, night vision, tilt-shift, Pro, spot color and scan (based on Adobe Scan), and 360° panorama. The camera also supports artificial intelligence features such as Photo Enhancement Engine, Action Shot, automatic smile capture, gesture capture, Google Lens integration, color optimization, intelligent high resolution, and style synchronization.
Price and availability
The starting price of Motorola Edge 50 Ultra in the Eurozone is 999 euros. Although specific release dates have not yet been announced, the smartphone is expected to be available in select markets in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Oceania in the near future, with a North American launch scheduled for later this year.
