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Motorola Edge S: the new high-end with Snapdragon 870 on board and 5,000mAh

Motorola has just made a new mobile for the high-end official, the Motorola Edge S. Despite its name, it is a model that says goodbye to the curved screen, to bet on a flat panel, yes, with IPS technology.

Along with this panel comes a processor Snapdragon 870, a slight evolution of the Snapdragon 865+ with more clock frequency. The terminal comes to keep company Motorola Edge and Motorola Edge +. So let’s review the specifications and technical characteristics of this terminal, which comes to gain a foothold in the high-end of 2021.

Motorola Edge S data sheet

	Motorola Edge S
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT	168.38 x 73.97 x 9.69 mm 215 grams
SCREEN	6.7-inch LCD with FHD + resolution (1,080 x 2,520 pixels) Ratio 21: 9 HDR10 560 nits maximum brightness
PROCESSOR	Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
GPU	Adreno 650
RAM	6/8 GB
INTERNAL STORAGE	128/256 GB SD memory up to 1 TB
REAR CAMERA	Triple camera: 64 megapixel main 16 megapixel ultra wide angle 2 megapixel depth camera
FRONT CAMERA	Double camera: 16 megapixels 8 megapixel wide angle
DRUMS	5,000 mAh 20W fast charge
OS	Android 11
CONNECTIVITY	5G Dual band WiFi WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.1 Dual band GPS NFC USB C
OTHERS	Fingerprint reader on the side IP52 water resistance Headphone jack
PRICE	From 254.47 euros to change

A high-end for very little money to change

The Motorola Edge S has a different design than its “older” brothers with a curved screen, as well as being a different concept. It is a terminal with a powerful processor, the Snapdragon 870, but some points have been cut to adjust the price. The panel is now flat, with IPS technology, 6.7 inches and Full HD + resolution. There are two small holes in its upper left corner, to house two 16 and 8 megapixel front cameras, respectively.

Along with the Snapdragon 870 come configurations of up to 8 + 256 GB of memory, a rather ambitious hardware configuration

The processor is accompanied by 6 or 8 GB of RAM, in addition to an internal memory configuration that ranges from 128 GB to 256 GB. To power this set comes a 5,000mAh battery with 20W fast charge, good figures for this terminal. In terms of connectivity, the terminal is compatible with 5G, dual-band WiFi, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1, among others.

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Regarding the camera, we have a triple rear sensor, which includes a 64-megapixel main camera, a 16-megapixel wide-angle and a third sensor to capture information about the depth of field. The double front camera will allow you to do portrait mode and enjoy wide angle, the entire set being powered by Motorola’s AI.

As for the software, the Motorola Edge S arrives with Android 11 customized by Motorola, a layer of light personalization which quite respects the Android Stock interface.

Motorola Edge S price and availability

The Motorola Edge S arrives first in China, with no news of landing in Europe. It does so starting from a price of just over 250 euros at the exchange rate, although if it arrived in Spain the price would increase considerably after taxes and fees.

Motorola Moto Edge S 6/128 GB: 254.47 euros (1,999 yuan).
Motorola Moto Edge S 8/128 GB: 305.39 euros (2,399 yuan).
Motorola Moto Edge S 8/256 GB: 356.31 euros (2,799 yuan).

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