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The motorola edge 70 max is Motorola's 2026 edge phone with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, a 6.82-inch QHD+ 144 Hz display and a 7,100 mAh battery, suited to people who want a fast phone with a large, sharp screen and long battery life.
- Screen
- 6.82″
- Display
- OLED, 144 Hz
- Chip
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 256 GB
- Main camera
- 50 MP
- Zoom
- –
- Battery
- 7,100 mAh
- Weight
- 221 g
What reviewers say
Reviewers praise the bright, sharp 144 Hz display, fast performance, long battery life and magnetic wireless charging. The common criticism is the camera, with no telephoto and a basic ultra-wide; GSMArena also found it somewhat heavy and too expensive at launch, and Fone Arena noted the shorter software update commitment than rivals.
From gsmarena.com and fonearena.com
Specifications
Report a wrong or missing specDisplay
- Screen size
- 6.82″
- Resolution
- 3168 × 1440
- Sharpness
- 510 pixels per inch
- Panel
- OLED
- Refresh rate
- 144 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 7,000 nits
- Display type
- Extreme AMOLED, Quad HD+ (2K), 19.8:9, 10-bit (over one billion colours)
- Pixel density
- 510 ppi
- Brightness detail
- 7,000 nits peak in specific scenarios (Motorola lab data)
- Always-on display
- Yes
- Screen protection
- Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
- Display features
- Refresh rate up to 144 Hz; touch sampling up to 360 Hz; HDR10+; 100% DCI-P3; Pantone Validated colour and SkinTone; SGS Blue Light Reduction and Motion Blur Reduction; Water Touch; 89.43% screen-to-body ratio
Performance
- Chip
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 256 GB
- CPU
- 8 cores; 2 Prime cores up to 3.8 GHz and 6 Performance cores up to 3.3 GHz
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno GPU with hardware-accelerated ray tracing
- AI engine
- Qualcomm AI Engine (Motorola quotes 46% better NPU performance than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3)
- Storage type
- UFS 4.1 storage, LPDDR5X memory (RAM Boost adds virtual memory); no memory card slot
- Cooling
- Vapour chamber cooling with liquid metal
Cameras
- Main camera
- 50 MP
- Ultra wide camera
- 8 MP
- Telephoto camera
- None
- Optical zoom
- None
- Front camera
- 32 MP
- Main camera
- 50 MP Sony LYTIA 710, ƒ/1.8, 2.0 μm Quad Pixel, all-pixel focus, OIS
- Ultra wide camera
- 8 MP, 13 mm, ƒ/2.2, 119° field of view, 1.12 μm, autofocus; macro
- Front camera
- 32 MP, ƒ/2.2, 1.4 μm
- Video recording
- 4K HDR10+ at 60 or 30 fps; Full HD at 60 or 30 fps; slow motion in Full HD at 240 or 120 fps; Adaptive Stabilisation, Horizon Lock, Audio Zoom, Dual Capture, Video HDR, Timelapse
- Front video
- 4K
- Camera features
- Dedicated 2-in-1 light sensor; LED flash; Pantone Validated colour and SkinTone; Photo Enhancement Engine; Signature Style; Portrait mode at 24, 35 and 50 mm; Pro mode; Ultra Resolution; Night Vision; Macro; Scan (powered by Adobe Scan)
Battery and charging
- Battery
- 7,100 mAh
- Video playback (maker's claim)
- Up to 42 hours
- Wired charging
- Up to 90 W
- Wireless charging
- Up to 25 W
- Battery life detail
- Silicon-carbon battery, 7,100 mAh typical, 6,890 mAh rated; up to 73 hours per charge (EU energy label method), 25 hours of gaming, 10 hours of video recording, 27 hours of social media and 88 hours of music streaming; EU energy label class A, 74 h 38 min per charge, 1,200 charge cycles
- Wired charging
- 90 W TurboPower; power for the day in 6 minutes with Motorola's 90 W charger, sold separately
- Wireless charging
- 25 W Qi2 magnetic wireless charging; charger sold separately
- Charges other devices
- 5 W wired reverse charging
Connectivity
- Satellite messaging
- No
- Mobile network
- 5G sub-6 (n1/n3/n5/n7/n8/n20/n28/n38/n40/n41/n66/n71/n75/n77/n78); 4G LTE; 3G WCDMA; 2G GSM
- SIM
- Dual SIM (two nano-SIMs)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be), 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0; Snapdragon Sound
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- USB-C (USB 2.0)
- Positioning
- GPS, A-GPS, LTEPP, SUPL, GLONASS, Galileo, NavIC, BeiDou, QZSS
Design
- Type
- Standard
- Weight
- 221 g
- Thickness
- 8.29 mm
- Height × width
- 163 × 77 mm
- Water and dust resistance
- IP68
- Stylus
- No
- Materials
- Aircraft-grade aluminium frame; Corning Gorilla Glass 7i on the front and on the matte glass back
- Colours
- PANTONE Dark Shadow in the UK; PANTONE Aqua Gray and PANTONE Ice Melt elsewhere
- Water resistance detail
- IP68 and IP69 under IEC 60529; submersion in 1.5 m of still fresh water for 30 minutes and high-temperature water jets for 30 seconds; tested to 16 categories and 14 procedures of MIL-STD-810H; drops from up to 1.8 m
- Biometrics
- In-display fingerprint reader; face unlock
- Speakers
- Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos; Hi-Res Audio and Hi-Res Audio Wireless
- Microphones
- 2 microphones
Software
- Operating system
- Android
- Software at launch
- Android 16
- Software updates
- Up to 3 years of OS updates and 5 years of security updates, until July 2031 (Motorola UK); EU listing promises at least 7 years of updates after the model leaves the market
- AI features
- Motorola Qira (Chat Mode, Next Move, Creator Zone, Pay Attention, Catch Me Up; 8 GB models get it in a later update); Google Gemini
- In the box
- USB-C to USB-C cable, protective case, guides, SIM tool; no charger
Storage options
| Storage |
|---|
| 256 GB |
Pros and cons
Pros
- 6.82-inch QHD+ display at up to 144 Hz and 7,000 nits peak
- 7,100 mAh battery with 90 W wired and 25 W Qi2 magnetic wireless charging
- Rated IP68 and IP69, and tested to MIL-STD-810H
Cons
- 8 MP ultra-wide camera and no telephoto
- Sold in the UK only with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, with no memory card slot
- Up to 3 years of OS updates
Closest rivals
Model | Screen | Display | Chip | Memory | Storage | Main camera | Zoom | Battery | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.83″ | OLED, 120 Hz | Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 | 6 GB – 8 GB | 256 GB – 512 GB | 50 MP | – | 8,340 mAh | 223 g | Aug 2026 | |
| 6.79″ | OLED, 120 Hz | Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 | 8 GB | 512 GB | 108 MP | – | 7,500 mAh | 189 g | Jan 2026 | |
| 6.78″ | OLED, 144 Hz | Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 | 8 GB | 128 GB – 256 GB | 50 MP | – | 7,500 mAh | 208 g | May 2026 |
Sources
- motorola.com/gb/en/p/phones/motorola-edge/motorola-edge-70-max/pmipmjt45mc
- motorola.com/gb/en/family/moto-edge
- motorolanews.com/performance-that-wows-and-power-that-lasts-meet-the-new-motoro…
- eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/product/smartphonestablets20231669/2725834
- gsmarena.com/motorola_edge_70_max_5g-14789.php
- gsmarena.com/motorola_edge_70_max_is_official_with_a_7100mah_battery_and_68inch…
- gsmarena.com/weekly_poll_will_you_buy_the_motorola_edge_70_max-news-73755.php
Photo: motorolanews.com
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