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The Motorola Edge Plus is a straightforward Android flagship with no gimmicky features<\/a> or nostalgia to prop it up<\/a>. The result is a good but pricey phone that can\u2019t quite compete with the current class leader.<\/p>\n
The premium Android market in the US is dominated by Samsung, with an honorable mention to Google and its Pixel 6 Pro<\/a>. That\u2019s about it. LG left the party last year<\/a>, taking its high-end Wing with it. OnePlus has been a no-show in early 2022 (though the company has said its 10 Pro may arrive before the end of the month<\/a>), and other Chinese device makers are still steering clear of the US market.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n      <\/p><\/div>\n\n\nGood Stuff<\/h3>\n\nTop-tier processor and excellent performance<\/li>\n
Good battery performance<\/li>\n
Fast charging brick included<\/li>\nExtremely smooth 144Hz screen<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\nBad Stuff<\/h3>\n\nNo IP rating, just water resistant<\/li>\n
Only two OS updates and three years of security patches<\/li>\n
No telephoto camera<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\nWhile there\u2019s plenty of room for more players, the stakes are set high. Samsung has been strengthening its support policy, speeding up its Android update pace, and thanks to strong relationships with carriers, offering some tempting incentives to those willing to upgrade to a pricier unlimited plan. Google has also produced its best high-end phone yet, though it\u2019s been hampered by software problems recently.<\/p>\n
This iteration of the Edge Plus drops its namesake \u201cEdge\u201d screen, which the 2020 Edge Plus offered<\/a>. That\u2019s for the best since it wasn\u2019t very useful anyway. The latest Edge Plus continues to offer the high-end specs you\u2019d expect from a flagship Android phone, including a Snapdragon 8 gen 1 processor, which is Qualcomm\u2019s latest and greatest chipset. <\/p>\n
The $999 MSRP also makes a return, and in many ways, it behaves like a phone worthy of that high price tag. Performance is excellent, tons of storage is included, there\u2019s a high-quality screen, and fast charging comes courtesy of a 30W charger that\u2019s included in the box. Imagine that! <\/p>\n
But in the US, at least, it needs to measure up to the current best-in-class, and that\u2019s the highly capable Galaxy S22 Plus. That\u2019s no easy feat, and the Edge Plus isn\u2019t quite up to it.<\/p>\n
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    The Edge Plus\u2019 OLED panel features a top refresh rate of 144Hz for smooth scrolling.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe Motorola Edge Plus includes 8GB or 12GB of RAM with its top-shelf Snapdragon processor. The version I tested has 12GB, which is plenty for day-to-day tasks and enough to run a graphics-intensive game like Genshin Impact <\/em>smoothly. It does get noticeably warm, even outside of gaming, though I didn\u2019t see any negative effect on speed as a result. <\/p>\n
The phone\u2019s 6.7-inch OLED panel features modest bezels on all sides and, at 1080p resolution, falls just a little short of the 1440p resolution of the Pixel 6 Pro\u2019s screen. In use, though, it\u2019s sharp enough, and I didn\u2019t miss any of the extra pixels that it might have had. It offers a 144Hz refresh rate, and even though I can\u2019t really spot the difference between this and 120Hz, it does make for a very smooth experience. It\u2019s a nice, bright screen, and its tall 20:9 aspect ratio means it can show you just a little more than the S22 Plus\u2019 19.5:9 display. The slightly narrower form factor makes it easier to hold one-handed, but it\u2019s too big to use comfortably with one hand. <\/p>\n\nthe S22 Plus and Pixel 6 Pro offer IP68 waterproofing, but the Edge Plus is merely \u201cwater resistant\u201d <\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\nThe Edge Plus includes Gorilla Glass on both the front and back panel, with no \u201cglasstic\u201d in sight, but the rails are plastic rather than aluminum. I\u2019m not exactly sure, but maybe that\u2019s why this phone feels less \u201cpremium\u201d than a Samsung or a Pixel. It\u2019s also less robust than the competition; the S22 Plus and Pixel 6 Pro offer IP68 waterproofing, but the Edge Plus is merely \u201cwater-resistant.\u201d <\/p>\n
The back panel features an attractive finish that\u2019s sometimes green and sometimes blue, depending on the angle you\u2019re viewing it from. The only accurate way to describe this effect is that it looks like the color of a mermaid\u2019s tail. I defy you to come up with a better description.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also no in-screen fingerprint sensor; Motorola opted for one embedded in the power switch. The optical fingerprint scanner may be a premium feature right now, but it\u2019s one I didn\u2019t actually miss in the Edge Plus. The side-mounted scanner is much faster than even a good in-display sensor, and as a bonus, it doesn\u2019t care if you\u2019re wearing a mask, like most facial unlock systems do.<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/p>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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    Android 12 allows for custom app icon shapes.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nI\u2019m less keen on some of Motorola\u2019s software changes. Moto typically offers one of my favorite Android skins with a lighter touch than Samsung\u2019s more heavy-handed approach. Peek notifications, which expand with a long press on the lock screen to show full notification text, are still a great way to get the right information at a glance while minimizing interruptions. <\/p>\n
But Motorola has done a little rearranging in the app drawer, adding a \u201csuggested links\u201d section that takes up a lot of space and, at least so far in my experience, hasn\u2019t been terribly useful. I also agreed to let a company called \u201cBranch\u201d use my data to personalize my suggestions based on my behavior, and even after a few days, it doesn\u2019t seem to be any better at understanding what I want to do with my phone.<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/p>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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The default app drawer configuration introduces a lot of clutter.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe system also defaults to showing you a keyboard when you open the app drawer so you can search for the thing you want rather than scrolling for it. Useful in theory, but I\u2019d rather just find the right icon on my own, so I disabled this feature, which is easily done. It took very little work to get the app drawer back to the arrangement I liked, but that\u2019s not something I expect to have to do on a Motorola phone. <\/p>\n
Otherwise, there aren\u2019t many surprises in Motorola\u2019s take on Android 12. There are lots of personalization options that you can customize individually or apply through a handful of preset themes. The Edge Plus isn\u2019t quite as customizable as the Pixel 6, but you do have access to plenty of options like different icon shapes and fonts \u2014 enough to make it easy to spend 30 minutes tinkering with your choices. The Verizon version I tested comes with a lot of pre-downloaded apps and Verizon software, some of which can be uninstalled.<\/p>\n
The Edge Plus has a 4,800mAh battery, and stamina is generally good. With most phone settings at default, I can easily get through over a day of moderate use, but it\u2019s not hard to run down the battery much faster than that. With brightness maxed out and 144Hz refresh rate enabled at all times (it\u2019s on auto by default) and on 5G rather than Wi-Fi, I saw the battery drain about 10 percent in 30 minutes of Instagram and TikTok viewing. <\/p>\n
All told, it seems to have a little more stamina than the Galaxy S22 Plus and will last a full day of moderate and some heavy use. Streaming a lot of video or doing more gaming will probably require a recharge during the day, but there\u2019s great news on this front: Motorola includes a wall charger in the box that supports the Edge Plus\u2019 30W top wired charging speed. It can take a completely flat battery to full power in about an hour \u2014 speedy indeed. You won\u2019t find a charger included with either the Galaxy S22 Plus or Pixel 6 Pro, so that\u2019s nothing to sneeze at these days. Wireless charging at up to 15W is also supported.<\/p>\n
\nI can easily get through over a day of moderate use, but it\u2019s not hard to run down the battery much faster<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\nOf course, the Edge Plus offers 5G, including C-band support. That\u2019s definitely good to have if you\u2019re on AT&T or Verizon and less important if you\u2019re on T-Mobile. The unlocked version doesn\u2019t include mmWave, which is the very fast, highly scarce brand of 5G you might encounter in a football stadium and basically nowhere else. The version sold by Verizon does<\/em> include mmWave 5G because Verizon has historically insisted that it be included on all the phones it sells, though Apple apparently gets a pass<\/a> on that. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately, one place where Motorola hasn\u2019t kept up with Samsung and Google is its software update policy. It\u2019s only promising two OS updates and three years of security updates for this high-end device \u2014 well behind Google and Samsung\u2019s five-year security support policy. The Edge Plus\u2019 hardware is capable of keeping up for longer than five years, so that\u2019s a disappointment and something to consider if you\u2019d like to hang onto your phone as long as possible.<\/p>\n
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    Both the standard wide and ultrawide use a 50-megapixel sensor.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nYou\u2019ll find three cameras on the Edge Plus\u2019 rear panel, but only two of them are truly useful: a 50-megapixel f\/1.8 standard wide with optical image stabilization and a 50-megapixel ultrawide. The third camera module houses a 2-megapixel depth sensor that ostensibly helps out with portrait mode. There\u2019s a 60-megapixel f\/2.2 camera on the front panel that produces highly detailed 15-megapixel selfies \u2014 maybe even too<\/em> detailed. Video recording at up to 8K \/ 30p is supported, along with 4K \/ 30p and 1080 at 30 or 60p. An HDR10 Plus setting is available when recording in 4K \/ 30p, which does a nice job of pulling back blown highlights.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s missing from the Edge Plus\u2019 camera hardware configuration is a telephoto lens \u2014 the 2020 model had one, but it wasn\u2019t very good. Both the S22 Plus and Pixel 6 Pro offer a telephoto camera. Otherwise, the Edge Plus\u2019 cameras are just fine without particularly standing out in any way. As is the case with most high-res phone cameras, both the standard and ultrawide use pixel-binning to produce 12-megapixel images. They both take good photos in daylight, though the ultrawide leans toward a slightly warmer white balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n