Motorola Edge 70 review: The slim phone that finally feels complete

There are phones that try hard to look premium, and then there’s the Motorola Edge 70 that doesn’t really need to try. At just 5.99mm thin, this is one of the slimmest phones you can buy in India right now, yet it manages to pack military-grade durability, IP69 water resistance and wireless charging. That combination is almost unheard of in this segment. The Edge 70 is Motorola saying that sleek phones don’t need to be fragile anymore. For that matter it was also our best mid-range smartphone of the year.

Price and availability

The Motorola Edge 70 is priced at Rs. 29,999 for the single 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant.

Design & Display

This is the Edge 70’s biggest flex. You’re getting a 5.99mm ultra-slim aluminium body that weighs just 159 grams, but still comes with MIL-810H certification and IP68 + IP69 protection. That means dust, high-pressure water jets and accidental drops are all part of its comfort zone.

The display is a 6.7-inch flat AMOLED panel with 1.5K resolution and a 120Hz variable refresh rate. Peak brightness hits a ridiculous 4500 nits, so outdoor visibility is excellent. Colours look punchy thanks to 100% DCI-P3 support and Pantone colour validation.

Flat display lovers will appreciate this it’s cleaner than the curved screen on the Edge 60 and easier to use in daily life.

Software and performance

Out of the box, the Edge 70 runs Android 16 with Motorola’s clean Hello UI. It’s one of the first phones in India to ship with Android 16, and Motorola promises 3 OS updates and 4 years of security patches.
Performance is handled by the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, paired with 8GB LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. Day-to-day usage is smooth, and games like BGMI and COD run comfortably at high settings, though not at absolute max graphics.What stands out is Motorola’s AI push. The dedicated AI key can launch Moto AI, Copilot, Gemini or Perplexity. Features like AI Notification Summaries, Magic Canvas, Style Sync, and on-device processing using the phone’s NPU actually feel useful, not gimmicky.

The Motorola Edge 70 weighs 159 grams

Battery life comes from a 5000mAh cell. Despite being thinner than most phones, it still manages over 5 hours of screen-on time with mixed usage. Charging is fast at 68W wired and there’s 15W wireless charging too, which the Edge 60 completely missed.

Camera

Motorola has gone all-in on 50MP this time.

• 50MP main camera with OIS
• 50MP ultra-wide with autofocus and macro
• 50MP front camera
• Daylight photos look sharp with good dynamic range, and HDR is noticeably improved. Low-light performance is solid, especially with Night Mode. The ultra-wide doubling up as a macro camera works well and keeps things flexible.
• There’s no telephoto lens anymore, which means zoom is digital only up to 20x. It’s usable till around 5x, after which quality drops.
• Video tops out at 4K 60fps on all cameras, and while it’s decent, it doesn’t quite match the best in class.

Verdict

The Motorola Edge 70 is one of the rare phones that genuinely feels thoughtfully engineered.
You get a phone that’s ridiculously slim yet tough, looks premium without screaming for attention, runs clean software with smart AI features, and finally adds wireless charging to the mix. Yes, the speakers are average and losing the telephoto camera stings a bit, but those feel like small compromises.

If you want a phone that feels different from the sea of chunky glass slabs out there, the Edge 70 is easily one of the most refreshing mid-range launches right now.

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