The Motorola Edge line of smartphones debuted last year with the introduction of the Motorola Edge and Edge+ smartphones featuring 90 Hz OLED displays and edge-to-edge designs. Now it looks like Motorola is preparing to refresh the line with a series of new models featuring mid-range specs.
While Motorola hasn’t officially launched the 2nd-gen Motorola Edge family yet, Evan Blass has leaked a spreadsheet that appears to have some (but not all) details for four new models, which are expected to launch at the end of July. We also have some pictures of the new phones, courtesy of Chinese wireless regulatory agency TENAA (1)(2). Update: The phones are official, and the leaks were mostly accurate (some display refresh rates were a bit off).
It looks like Motorola plans to offer different versions of the phone in different markets. While all phones have at least an FHD+ display with a 90 Hz refresh rate, some models will have 120 Hz displays.
They’ll eventually be known as the Motorola Edge 20 Pro, Edge 20, and Edge 20 Lite. But for now, they’re known by codenames.
The most powerful new model, code-named “PSTAR,” doesn’t appear to be coming to North America. That version has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor and support for up to 12GB of RAM. Other versions of the phone top out at 8GB and come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G or MediaTek Dimensity 720 processors.
There are a few details missing from the sheet, so we don’t know, for example what the screen size is for the phone with the code-name “Kyoto” or what color options will be available for the North American/Verizon version of the “Berlin” phone. It’s also possible that some of the “miscellaneous” features will be available on more than just the phones they’re listed for – Kyoto almost certainly has a speaker, for example, but none is listed.
Anyway, here’s what we know so far:
| Berlin North America (Edge 20) | Berlin (Edge 20) | Kyoto (Edge 20 Lite) | PSTAR (Edge 20 Pro) | |
| Regions | North America (Verizon) | Global | Global India | Asia Europe Latin America India |
| Display | 6.78″ 2460 x 1080 120 Hz | 6.67″ 2400 x 1080 120 Hz | 2400 x 1080 90 Hz | 6.7″ 2400 x 1080 120 Hz |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G | Mediatek Dimensity 720 (MT6853) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 |
| RAM | 6GB/8GB | 6GB/8GB | 6GB/8GB | 6GB/8GB/12GB |
| Storage | 128GB/256GB | 128GB/256GB | 128GB/256GB | 128GB/256GB |
| Cameras (rear) | 108MP + 8MP (wide angle w/macro mode) 2MP (depth) | 108MP + 16MP (wide-angle w/macro mode) 8MP (3X telephoto) | 108MP + 8MP (wide angle w/macro mode) 2MP (depth) | 108MP + 16MP (wide-angle w/macro mode) 8MP (3X telephoto) |
| Camera (front) | 32MP | 32MP | 32MP | 16MP (China) 32MP (global) |
| Battery | 5,000 mAh | 4,000 mAh | 5,000 mAh | 4,500 mAh |
| Software | Android 11 | Android 11 | Android 11 | Android 11 |
| Colors | ? | Emerald Stout White | Iron Cosmo | Black White Blue |
| Miscellaneous | Mono speaker | Mono speaker Google Assistant button | Google Assistant button | Mono speaker Google Assistant button Under-display fingerprint sensor Display output |
Details about the various models which will compose the second-gen Motorola Edge family. (I’m told that PStar may be an alternate codename for the device also referred to as Sierra.)
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This article was originally published June 25, 2021 and last updated July 3, 2021.Â
Headphone jack, microSD ?