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  "description": "Motorola's Edge 60 Pro is a perfectly decent phone with great battery life, but lacks impact against similarly priced devices.",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-08-27T02:09:33.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Quick Verdict\n\nThe Edge 60 Pro has a standout battery — two days of general use is realistic — and the camera is a solid step up over last year's model. At $999 it would be easy to recommend. At $1,199, the performance gap over similarly priced phones is hard to ignore, and dropping the charger from the box while raising the price by $200 is frustrating. A good phone that would be a great phone at a lower price.\n\nPros\n\n  * 6,000mAh battery delivers two days of comfortable use between charges\n  * 4,000 nit display is readable in direct sunlight\n  * Camera improvements over the Edge 50 Pro — better detail and colour from the Sony LYTIA sensor\n  * 512GB storage and IP68/IP69 dual water resistance rating\n\n\n\nCons\n\n  * No charger in the box despite a $200 price increase over last year\n  * MediaTek Dimensity 8350 benchmark scores trail competitors at this price point\n  * Dedicated AI button cannot be reprogrammed to a different function\n  * Fast charging dropped from 125W to 90W year-on-year\n\n\n\nRRP $1,199\n\n* * *\n\nMotorola likes to launch a lot of phones. Sometimes, there’s not really much differentiating them from each other aside from a few specs here or there and a hundred dollars or so in price.\n\nThat was how I felt testing out the Moto Edge 50 family of devices last year. While the Edge 50 Neo was my clear favourite, a big part of that was because it was different to the others.\n\nThe Edge 50 Pro wasn’t a bad device by any stretch, but it lacked any standout features to really warrant its place as the “Pro”-grade model of the family.\n\nThis year’s Edge 60 Pro has been in my hands for the past several weeks, and while there has been a significant price increase, I’m not convinced the features and specs have made enough of a step-up to warrant the higher price tag.\n\nIt’s still a fine phone, with a stylish design and some noteworthy features. But at $1,199 RRP, I think there are better options currently on the market.\n\n> @bttr_reviews\n>\n> Well look what I’ve just unboxed! Got my hands on the new moto edge 60 Pro from @Motorola Australia! It’s a really nice handset, with a huge 6,000 mah battery and 90W fast charging. Can’t wait to review it! #techunboxings #unboxing #techreviews #reviews #tech #review #mobilephones #motorola\n>\n> ♬ Get Ready - SUPER-Hi & NEEKA\n\n## What is the Edge 60 Pro offering?\n\nThe Edge 60 Pro is all about style. With its 6.7-inch 120 Hz pOLED screen with rounded edges, the Edge 60 Pro looks fantastic from the second you take it out of the perfumed box.\n\nThe phone feels a bit narrower than most Android phones I’ve tested, which makes it both easier to type on and harder to reach up in the top section of the device.\n\nThe phone is backed by Motorola’s Vegan leather finish, which I still really like the feel of. It’s a bit softer than actual leather, but has the same textured look.\n\nThe phone comes in either a “Pantone Shadow” or “Pantone Sparkling Grape” colour options. While I got to test out the Shadow version, I would pick the Sparkling Grape option every day of the week if I were spending my own money.\n\nWhile the dimensions are similar, there are a few significant internal changes over the Edge 50 Pro from last year. The processor has shifted from the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 to a MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme.\n\nYou get 512 GB of storage – up from 256 GB – and the body’s water resistance has been increased. The Edge 60 Pro is both IP68 and IP69 rated for water and dust resistance, and is certified to Military Standard MIL-STD-810H.\n\nThere are some significant changes to the battery as well. The capacity has had a massive increase to 6,000 mAh, and let me tell you, the phone goes on for ages.\n\nThe cost of that battery capacity boost was a decline in the maximum fast charging speed. You still get 90W fast charging (plus 15W wireless charging), but that’s a drop from last year’s 125W fast charge support.\n\nDisappointingly, you no longer get a charger in the box, though, so if you want to actually _get_ 90W charging speeds, you’ll need to cough up some extra cash for the pleasure.\n\n> _Though I should note that one of my criticisms of the Edge 50 Pro last year was the fact the 125W fast charger made the phone uncomfortably hot to touch, and I only used it once for fear it would cause the battery to explode. So dropping to 90W is probably a good thing…_\n\nWhile there’s no charger, you do get a very basic case in the box. I really didn’t like it as it makes the phone look cheap, but if you’re desperate for protection, it’s there.\n\nThe camera array has also had a bit of a boost this year. The main 50MP lens has a Sony LYTIA 700C sensor with an f/1.8 aperture and quad pixel technology. The Ultra-wide lens is now 50MP as well, with a 120º field of view and a macro shooting mode. The third lens is a 10MP telephoto, offering 3X optical zoom.\n\nAnother new addition is a dedicated button for AI mode. I long for the day smartphone brands stop trying to force this down on users, but until then, the button can be ignored, I guess?\n\n## What does the Edge 60 Pro do well?\n\nAdmission time: After I did my initial unboxing of the Edge 60 Pro, I put the phone to the side and forgot about it for a few days. I’m a busy person!\n\nSo imagine my surprise when I picked it up and the battery was still chugging away happily. Now I’ll admit there was no SIM card inside, so it wasn’t talking to the mobile towers every second or two and draining away that way, but I was still massively impressed by how long the battery lasted.\n\nOnce I started testing the phone properly, the battery still impressed. I pushed through two days comfortably of general use, though I am always inclined to charge the device nightly.\n\nThe screen on the Edge 60 Pro looks fantastic. The display supports 120Hz, which is actually a step-down from 144 Hz from last year (though I don’t know who would ever _really_ be able to tell the difference on an Android device). The screen is brighter this year, too, at 4000 nits, making it easier to see in full sun.\n\nI think Motorola has given its camera a solid boost this year. The inclusion of Sony’s LYTIA sensor helps, as does the improved ultra-wide lens.\n\nThere’s been an improvement in detail and colour reproduction over last year’s model, which was also a perfectly fine camera. So that’s a win!\n\n## What could the Edge 60 Pro improve?\n\nPerformance is perfectly acceptable, but it doesn’t want to blow anyone away.\n\nComparing the benchmark scores against other phones priced between $1,000 and $1,500 highlights where the Edge 60 Pro’s MediaTek chipset stands.\n\nObviously, there are other factors involved with price – the fact that you get 512 GB with the Edge 60 Pro and only 128 GB for the iPhone 16 in this pricing bracket can’t be ignored.\n\nWhen you look at the Edge 60 Pro against last year’s Edge 50 Pro, there are notable increases in the GPU and multi-core performance, but arguably not enough to warrant the $200 price increase.\n\nOne thing Motorola did extend in this year’s model is its AI capabilities. There’s even a dedicated AI button on the side, which launches the moto AI mode. The AI is “contextually aware” of what’s on the screen at the time.\n\nWhen you press the AI button, you’ll be prompted to “Explore with Perplexity” (which is pre-installed on the device), “Remember this” or “Pay Attention”, which lets you record and transcribe meetings.\n\nAnd after a few seconds, the AI will give you some contextually aware prompts. When looking at the BTTR.reviews homepage in Chrome, for example, I was prompted to “Save BTTR Reviews Memory”, “Generate BTTR Review Image” and “Create Tech News Playlist”.\n\nHere’s what the “BTTR Review Image” looks like, in case you’re wondering:\n\nI know I’ve been critical of AI in the past, but I fail to see how any of this, aside from recording and transcribing meetings, is in any way worth a dedicated hardware button that you can’t change.\n\nPerhaps I’m in the minority here, but I’d happily sacrifice all the AI on this phone for $200 off the price tag.\n\n## Verdict\n\nI feel that maybe this review has been a bit too critical of the Edge 60 Pro, which is honestly a pretty good device. Motorola has created a phone that looks and feels good in the hand. It’s robust and versatile, and is a capable device both as a camera and as a smartphone.\n\nIts battery life is easily its standout feature, lasting for days if you need it to. While Motorola has slowed down the fast charging to 90W this year, I doubt that’s a deal-breaker for anyone.\n\nBut this year, the Pro-grade Edge model crossed the $1,000 mark at launch. Where the Edge 50 Pro launched at $999, this phone costs $1,199. And that’s a big psychological barrier to overcome.\n\nSuddenly, this isn’t priced like a mid-range phone. Once you cross that $1,000 barrier, in my mind, it becomes a _premium_ device. And that changes what you might expect to get out of the phone.\n\nIf this phone cost $999, I’d argue it offered exceptional value. But at $1,199, it’s much harder to recommend.\n\n### Latest smartphone deals\n\n💡\n\nMotorola supplied the Edge 60 Pro for this review.\n\n## Behind the scenes\n\n### Specs comparison\n\n### Tips and tricks\n\n  * Motorola has a bunch of useful shortcuts built into its phones. My personal favourite is being able to twist the phone a couple of times to launch the camera app.\n  * While you can’t repurpose the AI key to not do AI, you can adjust how long you need to hold it for to activate. Head to Settings —> Gestures —> AI Key and slide the slider. You can also set an action to activate with a double press of the button.\n\n\n\nYou can also set a shortcut with a double tap of the back of the phone. Again, head to Settings —> Gestures —> Quick Launch, then hit the settings icon in the bottom-left corner to set what the double tap will actually do.\n\n### One more thing\n\nMotorola’s Edge family of devices typically include a Pro model, a standard model, a Fusion model and a Neo model.\n\nSo far, only the $1,199 Edge 60 Pro and $699 Edge 60 Fusion have been announced for Australia. So that means we still have a couple of Edge devices set to launch this year.\n\nLast year, I tested all four models, and the Neo was my clear favourite as it did something _different_.\n\nI think this is the biggest problem with the Edge lineup – there are four variants, yet for the most part, there’s nothing that really sets them apart. Some minor specs adjustments to processor, memory, battery and camera, but largely devices that look and feel the same.\n\nIf you compare that to Apple’s lineup, there are two models in two sizes. The only significant difference between the iPhone 16 and the 16 Plus is screen size, and the 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max are the same.\n\nI’d love to see Motorola push the Edge Pro range to be more “Pro”. This model in particular should be competing with the likes of the Nothing Phone 3 and the Pixel 10 Pro, both in terms of specs and in terms of price.",
  "title": "Motorola Moto Edge 60 Pro review: What makes a phone Pro-tier?",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-10T23:42:47.124Z"
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