SpecEagle review · Motorola

Edge 70 review: A 5.99 mm ultra-slim flagship-feel phone with a big silicon-carbon cell.

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2025·$799
Overall
80/100
Class rank
#38 of 38
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The thin-phone alternative to the iPhone Air.

Edge 70 chases the same "impossibly slim" niche as the iPhone Air — 5.99 mm, 159 g — but keeps IP68/IP69, a dual 50 MP camera and wireless charging the Air drops. The cost is the chip: a Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 at a flagship price. For design-first buyers who want a thin Android with no ingress compromise, it is the pick.

01Display

84/100

84/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2025 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypepOLED, 120 Hz, flat, 4,500 nits peak
Size6.7 inches
Resolution2,712 × 1,220 px (1.5K)

02Camera

78/100

78/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2025 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main50 MP, f/1.8 (Sony LYT-700C), OIS
Ultrawide50 MP, autofocus macro
Selfie50 MP

03Performance

74/100

74/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2025 — 19 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetSnapdragon 7 Gen 4 (4 nm)
RAM12 GB
Storage512 GB

04Battery

78/100

78/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2025 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity4,800 mAh (silicon-carbon)
Wired68 W
Wireless15 W

05Build

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.

06Value

76/100

76/100 trails the 81-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.

What works
  • 5.99 mm / 159 g — among the slimmest, lightest phones made.
  • IP68/IP69 + MIL-810H despite the thinness.
  • Dual 50 MP + 50 MP autofocus selfie.
  • 4,500-nit flat pOLED.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 is upper-mid for a $799 price.
  • 4,800 mAh modest (thinness tax).
  • No telephoto.
  • 15 W wireless is slow.
Cross-shop it against
iPhone 18 Pro Max
$1199 · score 94/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 38-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .