Sleek, thin and expensive: Motorola Edge 70's price-performance ratio doesn't add up

Motorola has become quite successful with its Edge series in recent years. After all, the higher-end models span from the mid-range to the sub-flagship segment and offer solid hardware at reasonable prices. The refreshing and sometimes more colorful designs as well as new materials also attract attention.

With the Motorola Edge 70, Motorola wants to take another step forward and offer an even slimmer chassis that is intended to compete with the Apple iPhone Air and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. In fact, the Motorola is also somewhat cheaper at roughly €800 on Amazon Germany, but it still sports a pretty big battery. So has the smartphone maker pulled off a major upset here?

Problematic price-performance ratio

The slim chassis is just under 0.24 inches thick, which is impressive. It also feels very light, is sturdy and is well-made. Years ago, the Moto Z series offered similarly slim devices, but those suffered from significant stability issues.

The materials are also good, and users don’t have to give up fast charging or wireless charging either. But at this price point, Motorola would need to offer significantly more performance than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 can provide. That chipset is positioned in the mid-range and cannot keep up with high-end phones.

Only mid-range hardware

A USB 2.0 port without DisplayPort functionality is also unacceptable in this price range, as is the display without LTPO or the lack of optical zoom on the Motorola Edge 70 camera.

There are positive aspects

All of this is unfortunate, because Motorola has finally committed to a long software update promise through 2031 and offers fast WiFi as well as accurate GPS. Nevertheless, the smartphone has to become significantly cheaper before we can give a purchase recommendation.

Check out our full-fledged review to find out what we liked and disliked about the Motorola Edge 70.