Motorola Edge 50 Ultra

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra has a non-folding, non-rugged build measuring 161.1 mm tall, 72.4 mm wide, and 8.6 mm thick, with a total volume of 100.31 cm³ and a weight of 197 g. It carries an IP68 rating, confirming full waterproof protection against dust and sustained water immersion. Repairability is rated at 7.7 out of 10 on the French Repairability Index, indicating a relatively serviceable construction by mainstream smartphone standards.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra features a 6.7″ OLED/AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 1220 x 2712 px and a pixel density of 446 ppi, backed by a peak brightness of 2800 nits for strong visibility in varied lighting conditions. The display runs at a 144Hz refresh rate with a 360Hz touch sampling rate, and is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus. It supports both HDR10 and HDR10+, includes an Always-On Display mode, but does not support Dolby Vision and has no secondary screen.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 system-on-chip, built on a 4nm process with a CPU configuration of 1 x 3 GHz, 4 x 2.8 GHz, and 3 x 2 GHz cores using big.LITTLE multithreading technology and a TDP of 12.5W. It is paired with 16GB of DDR5 RAM running at 4800 MHz, up to 24GB maximum memory support, a maximum memory bandwidth of 64 GB/s, and 1024GB of internal storage. Graphics are handled by the Adreno 735 GPU clocked at 1100 MHz with 3 execution units, supporting DirectX 12, OpenGL 3.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2, and OpenVG 1.2, with integrated LTE also present on the SoC. The chip includes TrustZone security, 64-bit support, 1MB of L2 cache, and 8MB of L3 cache, while benchmark results show an AnTuTu score of 1,523,900, a Geekbench 6 multi-core score of 5,570, a single-core score of 2,019, a PCMark Work 3.0 performance score of 15,287 with a battery endurance result of 729 minutes, and a 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 1,083.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra features a triple rear camera system with sensors of 64MP, 50MP, and 50MP, paired with apertures of f/2.4, f/1.6, and f/2.0 respectively, alongside 3x optical zoom, optical image stabilization, and a CMOS sensor without back-side illumination. Autofocus options include phase-detection, laser, and touch autofocus, with continuous autofocus available during video recording, while a dual-tone two-LED flash provides lighting support. The rear camera supports 4K video recording at 60 fps, slow-motion video, HDR mode, burst mode, panorama, timelapse, and RAW capture, along with a full manual controls suite covering exposure, ISO, focus, white balance, and shutter speed — though HDR10 recording, Dolby Vision recording, and 3D photo or video capture are not supported. On the front, a single-lens 50MP camera with an f/1.9 aperture handles selfies; it is not positioned under the display and does not include a front-facing flash. The overall camera system holds a DxOMark Mobile score of 146.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra runs Android 14, a free and open-source platform that supports multi-user operation, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, widgets, sharing intents, and the ability to play games while they are still downloading. Privacy controls are well-represented, covering clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera and microphone access management, and app tracking blocking, though Mail Privacy Protection and cross-site tracking blocking are not included. On the customization side, the OS offers dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, customizable notifications, and an extra dim mode, while also supporting Live Text, full-page screenshots, a media picker, a child lock, battery health monitoring, on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, and voice commands. Device tracking is available, and OS updates are not delivered directly from the OS vendor. Features such as focus modes, Wi-Fi password sharing, app offloading, Quick Start, and PC mode are not supported.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra houses a 4500 mAh rechargeable battery with a battery level indicator, and the battery is not removable. Wired charging reaches 125W, and a charger is included in the box. Wireless charging is supported at 50W, and the device can also act as a wireless charging source for other devices via reverse wireless charging at 10W.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra includes stereo speakers and a triple-microphone setup, but omits a 3.5mm headphone jack and does not have a built-in radio. For wireless audio, the device supports LDAC for high-quality Bluetooth audio transmission, while aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, and aptX Lossless are not available.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra supports 5G cellular connectivity and accommodates two SIM cards, with download speeds reaching 10,000 Mbits/s and upload speeds of 3,500 Mbits/s. Wi-Fi coverage spans Wi-Fi 4 through Wi-Fi 7 (802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11ax, and 802.11be), while Bluetooth 5.4 and NFC round out the wireless options. The USB Type-C port operates at USB 3.1 speeds, though there is no external memory slot, no HDMI output, and no DLNA certification. Onboard sensors include a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, GPS with Galileo support, and a fingerprint scanner, but the device lacks a barometer, heart rate monitor, infrared sensor, iris scanner, and does not use 3D facial recognition. Crash detection, satellite SOS, ANT+ support, motion tracking, optical tracking, a built-in projector, and a stylus are also absent.

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra features a curved display and includes a video light, while it does not use sapphire glass and has no e-paper display.