Moto Edge 30 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 debuts in India; Full Review

Motorola Edge 30 Pro 5G is the latest flagship phone from the Lenovo owned smartphone brand in the country. It comes as one of the most affordable Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 powered smartphone which is price under Rs 50000. The all-new Motorola Edge series smartphone succeeds the aging Moto Edge 20 Pro. To recall, the Motorola Edge 20 Pro was launched last year in the month of October with a price tag of Rs 36999 in India. This smartphone offered great performance at an excellent price point.

With the launch of Moto Edge 30 Pro 5G, Motorola is targeting to share the sub-Rs 50K segment with other competitors which offers high-end features. These features may include the addition of latest flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, a 50-megapixel or a 60-megapixel selfie camera, support for both wired and wireless charging. Let’s check out if this Motorola Edge 30 Pro 5G can really stand out against these competitors.

Motorola Edge 30 Pro 5G mobile phones goes official in India

Motorola Edge 30 Pro 5G: Price in India and Availability

The all-new Motorola Edge 30 Pro price in India starts at Rs 49999 for the sole variant of 8GB RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. This Motorola smartphone comes in Cosmos Blue and Stardust White colour options. Regarding its availability, the Motorola Edge 30 Pro is available for purchase via Flipkart. During the launch event, the Lenovo-owned smartphone brand confirms about its availability in leading stores starting March 4.

Moto Edge 30 Pro 5G: Discount and Launch offers

The smartphone brand is also providing some launch offers on the Motorola Edge 30 Pro. These offers include a flat Rs 5000 discount on Motorola Edge 30 Pro 5G and a Rs 5000 cashback via retail stores. This discount offer is available on Motorola Edge 30 Pro on Flipkart. Keep in mind, this offer is applicable for customers using SBI credit cards. There will also be Rs 10000 worth of benefit for the Jio users. Additionally, the smartphone will also be available with no-cost EMI options for up to nine months for Axis, HDFC, ICICI and SBI cardholders.

Motorola Edge 30 Pro 5G packing 8GB RAM comes with a price tag of Rs 49999 in India

Motorola Edge 30 Pro in the US market:

To recall, this Motorola Edge 30 Pro is already available in the US market with a different name. In the US, it comes with the name of Motorola Edge+. This Motorola Edge+ comes with a price tag of USD 999 which is approximately Rs 75500.

Moto Edge 20 Pro 5G: Price in India

Similarly, the Moto Edge 20 Pro was launched last year in India. This Motorola Edge 20 Pro comes with a price tag of Rs 36999 for the sole variant of 8GB RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. Some of the key highlights of Motorola Edge 20 Pro includes a 144Hz AMOLED display, 108-megapixel triple rear camera setup. This aging Motorola smartphone also gets a 4500mAh battery with 30W fat charging and much more.

Motorola Edge 30 Pro 5G: Specifications

Motorola Edge 30 Pro is a dual Nano SIM smartphone which runs on Android 12 OS out of the box. Moto Edge 30 Pro features a 6.7-inch Full-HD+ pOLED display along with 20:9 aspect ratio. This display gets a screen resolution of 1080×2400 pixels. Furthermore, this display also gets 144Hz screen refresh rate and DCI-P3 colour gamut. For screen protection, this Motorola display is protected by a 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass 3 along with an anti-fingerprint coating.

Moto Edge 30 Pro sports 6.7-inch Full-HD+ pOLED display, comes in these two colour options — Moto Edge 30 Pro sports 6.7-inch Full-HD+ pOLED display, comes in these two-colour options

Hardware:

Under the hood, the Motorola smartphone packs in a flagship-level Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. This chipset comes in pair with 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 onboard storage. Furthermore, Motorola is offering dual stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support on the Edge 30 Pro. Additionally, this Moto smartphone also includes three microphones. It gets an IP52-rated water repellent build.

Camera:

For the camera configuration, the Motorola Edge 30 Pro comes with a triple rear camera setup. This camera unit is headlined by a 50-megapixel primary sensor along with an f/1.8 lens and an omni-directional phase detection autofocus (PDAF). This primary sensor also gets optical image stabilisation (OIS). The secondary camera is a 50-megapixel ultra-wide shooter and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.

Moto Edge 30 Pro 5G mobile phone gets triple rear camera setup

This triple camera setup also gets a dual-tone LED flash. The smartphone also supports up to 8K video recording at 24fps. Furthermore, it also offers sport for slow-motion Full-HD (1080p) video recording at up to 960fps frame rate. Similarly for selfies and video calls, the Motorola Edge 30 Pro gets a 60-megapixel selfie camera sensor with an f/2.2 lens.

Connectivity:

The internal storage on Motorola Edge 30 Pro is not expandable. For connectivity options, the Motorola phone includes 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth v5.2, GPS/ A-GPS, NFC, and a USB Type-C port. Similarly for sensors, the Motorola Edge 30 Pro includes accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, magnetometer, and a proximity sensor. A side-mounted fingerprint sensor allows device authentication.

Motorola Edge 30 Pro Key features and Specifications in details

Battery:

The complete hardware on Motorola Edge 30 Pro gets its backup from a 4800mAh battery along with 68W TurboPower fast wired charging. Motorola claims that with this proprietary charger, the phone can charge from zero to 50 percent in just 15 minutes. Beside this, Motorola Edge 30 Pro also includes 15W wireless charging and 5W wireless power sharing feature. The smartphone measures 163.06×75.95×8.79mm and weighs 196 grams. Let’s check out complete review for this Moto Edge 30 Pro 5G smartphone. Read the full review of this Motorola smartphone on next page.