Motorola Edge 70 Fusion Review: Feature-rich, stylish phone with long battery life

Motorola's Android-powered Edge 70 Fusion is not just a pretty-looking phone, but a reliable performer, houses a nice camera hardware and delivers good on long battery life.

Motorola earlier this month launched the Android-powered Edge 70 Fusion in India.

It comes in three variants-- 8GB RAM + 128GB storage, 8GB RAM + 256GB storage and 12GB RAM + 256GB storage-- with prices starting at Rs 26,999.

Design, build quality and display

The new Edge 70 Fusion comes with a premium eye-pleasing design. It boasts of a high-quality nylon linen-inspired fabric-like finish, which not only looks pretty, but also offers good grip for the fingers to hold on to the device firmly.

The display is super smooth with a quad-curved design and measures just 7.99mm in thickness and weighs 193g. It is very hard to believe how Motorola managed to put in a massive 7,000mAh capacity cell in such a slim phone.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion.

It comes in Pantone-certified colours-- country air (grey), silhouette (black) and blue surf. Our review unit is the latter and the best looking of the lot.

It flaunts an edge-to-edge screen, with glass display cascades on the right and the left side up to the mid-rail. The frame is made of top-grade material and can survive accidental falls from waist height on a hard surface.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion.

Speaking of durability, the device is designed to serve the customer for several years. It comes with IP68+IP69, meaning it can survive a dip in the swimming pool for close to 1.5 metres (around five feet) for close to 30 minutes.

The screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i shield, which ensures the display is protected from getting scratched when put in close confines of the pant pockets with objects such as keys, coins and a pen.

Also, it comes with MIL-STD-810H certification and is tested to work in extreme conditions-- from minus 20 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celsius.

It sports a 6.78-inch 1.5K (2772 x 1272p) OLED quad curved display, HDR10+, 10-bit DCI-P3 support, supports 144Hz refresh rate, pixel density of 450 ppi (pixels per inch), and offers up to 5,200 nits peak brightness.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion.

It has super slim uniform bezels around all sides, and a vibrant display is great for multimedia consumption. Also, browsing and scrolling on the display is buttery smooth.

The display can register inputs with wet fingers. It comes in handy outdoors when caught in the rain and want to book a cab urgently.

Also, it supports SGS-certified Blue Light Reduction and Motion Blur Reduction features.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion.

It also comes with dual-SIM slots, a Type-C USB port, stereo speakers tuned with the Dolby Atmos system and an in-display fingerprint sensor. The latter works nicely without any glaring issues of false rejection.

Performance

Motorola phone is powered by a 4nm class 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 octa-core processor, Adreno 720 GPU, 8GB / 12GB RAM, and 128GB / 256GB / 512GB storage.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion.

The device performs smoothly and can handle most heavy-duty workloads, such as running generative Artificial Intelligence apps, supporting graphics-heavy gaming titles and high-resolution video recording.

It supports native moto AI, Google Gemini AI, Perplexity AI and Microsoft Copilot. With the Gemini AI app, you can edit photos and videos with less effort.

The device runs Android 16-based Hello UI. It is very clean and easy to navigate through the settings.

Also, it is guaranteed to get three years of Android OS updates and four years of security patches, for protection against emerging cyber threats.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion.

As noted earlier, the Edge 70 Fusion houses a massive 7,000mAh battery. It can easily last a full day under extreme usage. It supports a 68W charger, and by the way, comes free of charge with the retail box. It can go from zero to 50 per cent in around 30 minutes and hit the 100 per cent mark in an hour.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

Photography

The device also boasts dual-camera module-- a main 50MP (with Sony LYTIA 710 sensor, OIS: Optical Image Stabilisation, f/1.8 aperture, 1.0μm pixel size, Ultra Pixel Technology for 2.0μm) with a 120-degree 13MP (f/2.2 ultra-wide camera, PDAF: Phase Detection Auto Focus, macro option) and a dedicated 3-in-1 light sensor with LED flash on the back.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

It takes brilliant photos in all light conditions. It gets all the details neatly, and also the colours appear more vibrant, worthy of being shared on social media platforms.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

It supports Portrait mode and does a fine job with sharp focus on the subject and blurring the background to deliver a perfect bokeh effect.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

Even at night, the images appear neatly captured with nice details and less noise.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

It can also take pretty nice ultra-wide angle photos.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

In low-light conditions indoors, as you can see from the photo samples, the Motorola phone has done a wonderful job with crisp and clean photos.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

At close range, too, the Edge 70 Fusion excels at getting minute details neatly.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

It also supports gen AI-powered photography tools to remove unwanted objects and reflections, and they do a nice job of removing them without any trace.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

On the front, it houses a 32MP (f/2.2, 0.7μm pixel size, Quad Pixel Technology for 1.4μm) camera for selfies and video calling. It takes nice photos in bright sunlight conditions.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

Both the front and the back cameras can record 4K video. The video quality is decent, on par with rival brands in its class.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion's camera sample.

Final thoughts

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion flaunts a stylish quad curved display with premium build quality and eye-pleasing colour options. It is not just a pretty-looking phone, but a reliable performer, nice camera hardware and delivers good on long battery life.

Motorola Edge 70 Fusion.

It is available in three variants-- 8GB RAM + 128GB storage, 8GB RAM + 256GB storage and 12GB RAM + 256GB storage-- for Rs 26,999, Rs 29,999 and Rs 32,999, respectively

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