Motorola Edge 30 Ultra Review: the Astounding Sleeper

By: Rohit Yadav

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Updated on: 21-Sep-2022

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While the rear panel can look pretty mundane under most circumstances, especially so on Interstellar Black colour variant, if you were to take it out in the sun, It shines like it is covered with glitter. This is an effect we've seen recently on many other phones we like.

Display

The Edge 30 Ultra outdoes the competition in at least one aspect of its display capabilities and its refresh rate - as is common with fancier Motos, It supports refresh rates up to 144Hz, while non-gaming alternatives are limited to 120Hz almost everywhere. The curved OLED panel, known as the "Endless Edge Display," is 6.67 inches diagonal and has a resolution of 1,080. x 2,400 pixels (20:9 aspect ratio, 394 ppi density). Motorola mentions a peak brightness of 1250 nits for small patches of white in HDR applications.

Camera

One large figure, in particular, stands out in the Motorola Edge 30 Ultra's specification sheet: the 200 MP primary camera. However, the phone is not a one-trick pony; it has a genuine tri-set on the back with an autofocusing 50 MP ultrawide and a 12 MP 2x telephoto lens (albeit a short one). The 60MP front-facing camera completes the set of four cameras, bringing the total resolution to around 322MP.

Motorola defaults the camera output to 12.5 MP. While the images with full 200 MP resolutions were pretty good, it did take an extra second or two to process the image. In Bright daylight all three cameras performed admirably, though they weren’t the best, there were more than enough details to like the camera system.

In dark, the images from the primary camera were clear with an abundance of image quality. The ultrawide and telephoto camera performance left much to be desired.

Like the 200 MP primary camera, the 60 MP selfie camera also uses pixel binning to output 15 MP images. The full 60 MP images from the selfie camera maintained good amount of information in good light but felt short in low light. We recommend keeping it in 15 MP mode for the best results.

The video quality from the Motorola Edge 30 Ultra is excellent. The primary 200 MP camera can shoot 8K videos at 30 frames per second. And we do not recommend it. If you are looking for the best experience while recording videos, we recommend using the primary camera at 4K resolution. There is a great amount of detail just like the images.

Performance

The Edge 30 Ultra runs Android 12 with some of the closest looks and feel to 'stock' that you can get. There are some software tweaks, but they don't really affect the overall Pixel-like feel. just reinforce it.

The Edge 30 Ultra relies on the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 for its computing tasks, and it's the best available chip in the Android world, the silicon of choice for the late 2022 releases. The efficiency of the SoC is slightly improved, and it has been found to perform slightly better than the non-plus version.

TLDR for MOTOs performance is that it is all in all a complete flagship smartphone with more performance than what is required by the most intensive apps currently available.

Battery and Charging

The Edge 30 Ultra's battery capacity is 4,610 mAh, which differs from the OnePlus 10 Pro's 5,000 mAh, but slightly exceeds the Galaxy S22+'s 4,500 mAh capacity. The 125W charger that Motorola ships with the Edge 30 Ultra weighs a hefty 166g, but considering it's a 125W USB PowerDelivery charger, its size is pretty reasonable. It's also pretty compact - again perspective.

Verdict

The Edge 30 Ultra is a competent all-arounder that excels where it counts and falls short slightly in some less important aspects. The lack of 4K video recording on the ultrawide and telephoto cameras, which seems like an arbitrary restriction and might be resolved with an update, is perhaps our biggest complaint with it. The build, which has inadequate grip, waterproofing for submersion, and occasionally misunderstood touch input, won't be improved. We hope these issues will be resolved with the next iteration.

Motorola Edge 30 Ultra Competitors

Motorola directly competes with several high end smartphones from various manufacturers. Here are some of the best ones,

Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus

The Samsung logo does have greater weight, and the Galaxy is generally a more refined option. Its proper IP68 water resistance rating, brighter and more accurate display, and camera performance—even though there isn't a huge difference between them—all work in its favour. We'd also be inclined to recommend it.

The Moto does have nicer speakers, a faster charger, and a more potent chipset. All things considered, though, unless you have a special beef with Samsung phones, we'd recommend the Galaxy.

OnePlus 10T

Similar to the Samsung, the OnePlus 10T provides a more polished experience compared to the Motorola. The key advantages of the Edge 30 Ultra are the significantly better camera and the better display.

Motorola Edge 30 Ultra Price and Availability in India

The Motorola Edge 30 Ultra price in India starts from Rs 54999 for the only model with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage. The Motorola smartphone is available in two colours, Interstellar Black and Starlight White.