There is even true wooden finish!
Motorola has unveiled another well-rounded premium phone that could very well be the value-for-money champ in its category when it lands stateside. The phone has all the modern flagship specs bells and whistles, save for the trendy and expensive as a component periscope zoom camera, which has helped keep its price under a grand.
The Edge 50 Ultra continues in the great tradition of everyone copying everyone’s grand naming schemes, with only Apple holding the Pro moniker fort. Motorola’s «hello smARTphone» tagline, however, indicates that the beloved phone maker has envisioned the Edge 50 Ultra as an artistic addition to your daily life rather than some piece of modern technology, which it undoubtedly is as well.
Motorola Moto Edge 50 Ultra design and display
With the three phones in its Edge 50 series — the Edge 50 ultra, Edge 50 pro, and Edge 50 fusion — Motorola is gunning for a design steeped in «overall sense of harmony» to be pleasing both for the eye and to the touch.
The touchy feely part is ensured by the use of naterials like wood and suede for the finish, as well as «a special edition pearl polymer finish handcrafted in Italy,» and that should be a sight to behold.
Edge 50 Ultra colors
To celebrate the fact that the Edge 50 series carries the world’s first phones with Pantone Validated camera and screen «developed in conjunction with Pantone color scientists,» the Edge 50 Ultra comes in Pantone’s Color of the Year.
In 2024, that is the jolly Peach Fuzz that you see its vegan leather painted in from the phone images here, in addition to the other Edge 50 Ultra colors like Forest Grey (again in vegan leather), or Nordic Wood with, well, real wood, just as Moto promises in its «hello smARTphone» tagline. A brushed aluminum frame and rounded curves finish the pleasant to see and hold offering.
Display
Motorola has cut some specs corners when it comes to the Edge 50 Ultra display and camera, at least compared to the other «Ultras» out there. The 6.7-inch panel, for instance, comes with 1220p resolution instead of their typical 1440p Quad HD screens.
Motorola calls this Super HD, but the screen comes with its record 144Hz refresh rate, as well as 360Hz touch sampling rate, which is important for reaction when gaming.
