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Motorola Edge 50 Ultra goes official with SD 8s Gen 3 and a wooden pack panel

April 17, 2024

With every smartphone going in big with its flagship offerings, Motorola has also thrown the hat in the ring. It’s the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC and a curved 144Hz P-OLED panel. Interestingly, Moto has brought back the wooden back panel on this guy. In this article, we’ll walk through the specs, features, and expected price of the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra in Nepal.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Overview:

Camera

Let’s address the optics side first. The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra rocks a triple camera setup. It is headlined by a 50MP primary sensor (OIS) with Laser Autofocus and f/1.6 aperture. Likewise, you get a 64MP 72mm periscope telephoto shooter with OIS and 3X optical zooming capability. Last but not least is a 50MP ultrawide unit with Autofocus.

In terms of videography, this Ultra can do up to 4K 60fps videos with 10-bit colors and gyro-EIS stabilization. You can’t shoot 8K videos here but the 50MP selfie snapper is also capable of shooting up to 4K 60fps videos. However, Moto has also slapped some AI features on this phone including Google’s Magic Editor in Photos, but do note only the first 10 edits are free. Yeah, you need a Google One subscription to do more.

Design and Display

The design side of things also gets pretty interesting with this guy. First up, the Nordic Wood variant of this phone uses real wood. Giving us the reminisce of the Moto X, the 2013 iconic Bamboo back phone. If that doesn’t excite you enough, you can also opt for a vegan leather back Forest Grey option and a Peach Fuzz shade too. In terms of ingress protection, this phone bags an IP68 rating against dust and water drips.

Talking of the display, the Edge 50 Ultra sports a 6.7-inch P-OLED panel with a 144HZ refresh rate, HDR 10+ certification, and 2500nits of peak brightness. This curved screen gets Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection and Pantone validation. ‘

Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Under the hood, this smartphone packs a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC, which is a toned-down version of the 8 Gen 3. This 4nm fabbed chip doesn’t sacrifice much in terms of performance as compared to the latter while offering a similar yield to the last-gen Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. You get one prime Cortex-X4 core clocked at 3.0GHz, four Cortex-A720 cores at 2.8GHz and there Cortex-A520 cores running at 2.0GHz here.

Motorola has paired the chip with up to 16 gigs of RAM and 1TB of UFS 4.0 storage. Meanwhile, the Edge 50 Ultra boots on Android 14 out of the box.

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Battery, Charging, and Others

Fueling the phone is a 4,500mAh battery with 125W wired TurboPower fast charging, 50W wireless charging, and 5W reverse charging support. As for connectivity, you get 5G, WiFi7, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, NFC, UWB, and a USB Type-C port. Moreover, the phone uses an indisplay fingerprint scanner for biometrics security.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Specifications

Display: 6.7″ FHD+ pOLED panel, 144Hz refresh rate, 100% DCI-P3, 10-bit color depth, HDR10+, DC Dimming, Pantone Validation
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (4nm)
Memory: 12/16GB LPDDR5X, 512GB/ 1TB UFS 4.0 storage
Software & UI: Android 14
Rear Camera: Triple
– 50MP 1/1.3” Primary sensor, OIS, Laser AF
– 64MP Periscope Telephoto, OIS, 3X Optical Zoom
– 50MP Ultrawide, 122° FoV, AF
Front Camera: 50MP sensor (punch-hole cutout), AF
Audio: Stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos
Security: In-display fingerprint sensor, 2D Face unlock
Battery: 4500mAh, 125W wired charging, 50W wireless charging, 5W reverse wireless
Color options: Forest Grey, Peach Fuzz, Nordic Wood

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Price in Nepal and Availability

The Edge 50 Ultra will bear a price tag of EUR 999 for the base 12/512GB trim. If it ever makes its way here, we expect the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra price in Nepal to begin from NPR 149,999.