Motorola Edge 40 (Borderless 6.55" pOLED 144 Hz display, 50MP camera, 68W TurboPower charging, Dolby Atmos® audio, Android 13, 8/128 or 8/256GB, MediaTek Dimensity 8020, dual SIM), Jet Black

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I find vegan leather rears are a bit like marmite – you’ll either love them or hate them – but I quite like the tactile feel on offer, especially compared to the slippery Motorola Edge 40 Pro. The Motorola Edge 40 runs Motorola's MYUX software, powered by Android 13. It's a very Pixel-like OS that's clean and unobtrusive. There’s also ReadyFor, Motorola’s relatively unsung hero. It not only allows you to use your smartphone in a desktop mode resembling Windows 10 when plugged into an external monitor, but it boasts impressive support for Windows. You can run Android apps on your PC or laptop, along with interact with incoming notifications and even use the phone’s cameras as a webcam. The Motorola Edge 40 is a powerful mid-range smartphone with a bright 144 Hz display, good performance and long battery life.

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The 4400mAh cell of the Edge 40 may not be quite as large as the 5000mAh on offer from rivals like the Poco F5 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G, but I can’t say noticed a huge difference in real-world performance. The Edge 40 is an all-day device, even with fairly intense use, with less use easily reaching the end of a second day. The Motorola Edge 40 stands out in the mid-range market not only due to its thin, lightweight design and unique vegan leather rear that completely covers the camera housing, but the experience it delivers. The Edge 40 doesn't really make a good impression in regard to the updates, because you shouldn't expect more than two OS upgrades. If that doesn't bother you any more than the USB-C port that runs at USB 2.0 speed, or the missing microSD slot, you'll get a very solid midrange smartphone in the Edge 40. Android 13 on the Motorola Edge 40 looks a lot like Google's. (Image credit: Michael Allison / Future) Motorola's issue with software remains the timeliness of updates, with the Edge 30 series being among the last Android phones to get Android 13. In contrast, the likes of Samsung and Oppo release updates rapidly after Google rolls them out to its Pixels. If rapid software updates are something you care about, you should look elsewhere. On the other hand, considering the dwindling excitement around Android updates – as evidenced by the Google IO 2023– it may not be much of an issue.

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At the heart of the Motorola Edge 40 you’ll find MediaTek’s new 6nm Dimensity 8020 combined with a healthy 8GB of RAM and ample 256GB of storage. Though it’s not quite fast enough to compete with 2023 flagships – something that isn’t surprising considering the affordable price tag – it can handle its own in the mid-range market. Bands : FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N20 / N28, TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N66 / N77 / N78, 4G Bands : TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43), FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26), 3G Bands : UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz, 2G Bands : GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz, GPRS : Available, EDGE : Available

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According to Motorola, the Edge 40's HDR10+ compatible OLED display with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels is supposed to have a peak brightness of up to 1200 nits. The smartphone even surpasses this mark in our tests, achieving up to 1345 cd/m² in the APL18 test. The Edge 40's 144 Hz display ensures that content is displayed smoothly. The responsivity is also good, as the touchscreen is scanned 360 times per second and reacts very precisely to inputs. The display glass is curved on the long sides, which makes the edges particularly narrow. One could be forgiven for assuming that this might result in increased input errors, but we did not encounter any during the course of our tests.It’s just frustrating that the phone’s auto-refresh rate setting doesn’t ever crank it up to the full 144Hz, instead capping out at 120Hz. If you want the smoothest refresh rate possible, it does come at the cost of overall battery life. Overall, the Motorola’s Edge 40 design is aesthetically pleasing and well balanced, but you might want to give some thought to your choice of material, which in turn will dictate your choice of colors. You can enjoy speed and lots of storage space as the phone comes with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage so that you can store all your songs, videos, games, and other stuff with the utmost convenience. In addition to this, you can play games, listen to music, multitask, and stream content smoothly as the phone is powered with Octa core (2.6 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A78 + 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55) MediaTek Dimensity 8020 processor. It’s only when running truly demanding games, however, with no such overheating when playing simpler games like Stardew Valley and Survivor.io for over half an hour. Rear Camera: Main Camera (4K UHD ( at 30 fps), FHD (at 60 fps/30 fps), HD (at 240 fps/120 fps)), Ultrawide Camera (4K UHD (at 30 fps), FHD (at 30 fps)) | Front Camera: 4K UHD (at 30 fps), FHD (at 30 fps)

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GFXBench: on screen Car Chase Onscreen | 1920x1080 Car Chase Offscreen | on screen Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen | 2560x1440 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen | on screen Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen | 1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen | 3840x2160 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen 3DMark / Wild Life Extreme Unlimited Combined with great battery efficiency when watching video the Motorola Edge 40 is a great option for Netflix bingers and TikTok scrollers. Cameras Video performance is rather solid with OIS smoothing out jittery hand movements – at least when using the main rear sensor – with fun video modes like Portrait Video and a unique stabilisation mode that’ll work when rotated a full 360 degrees further improving the experience. It caps out at 4K@30fps both on the front and rear, with the former being fairly unique in the mid-range market. PerformanceThe Edge 40 has the same design language as the Edge 40 Pro.The slim smartphone's corners and edges are just as rounded as the screen's long sides and converge into a thin aluminum frame. Overall, the Edge 40 is excellently manufactured and makes a valuable and robust impression. At a height of 7.49 millimeters and a maximum weight of 171 grams, it is very light and thin for a smartphone of its size.