Motorola releases new 5G mid-range smartphone with 125 W charging and 144 Hz OLED display
Motorola releases new 5G mid-range smartphone with 125 W charging and 144 Hz OLED display
Motorola has officially presented the Edge 50 Pro as the first entry in the Edge 50 series. Equipped with a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset and a 144 Hz pOLED display that outputs at 1220p, the Motorola Edge 50 Pro also has a 50 MP f/1.4 primary camera supported by OIS and a 4,500 mAh battery that suppor...
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Oh hell yeah, another phone 2% better than the last one with the same storage capacity as the last one for more money, probably no micro SD support still, lousy stock os, and waive your warranty for the right to install alternate os.
Probably. I didn't verify any of that but it's likely since nothing ever changes for the better anymore.
Their OS is actually not bad, it's pretty much stock and the stuff that they add is desirable, like Moto Gestures
Not even better, it's actually a downgrade from its predecessor in terms of refresh rate and SoC, going from 165 Hz to 144 Hz, and from a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 to a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (which also means it drops AV1 hardware decoding, which its predecessor had).
Tbf it is cheaper than the Edge 40 Pro, they messed up their naming. This phone is the successor to the Edge 40 not the Pro. Mind you there are still some downgrades as they downgraded the storage to UFS 2.2.
This phone is the successor to the Edge 40 not the Pro
Not really, it's closer to the Edge 40 Pro than to the Edge 40 in price. And the Edge 50 Ultra looks like it's gonna be way more expensive than the 40 Pro, whle also having a lower refresh-rate screen.
It was comparable in price to the Edge 40 in India which was the only market it was launched in at the time of the comment. The European price is over the top but it should probably get price cuts soon.
Looks like it’s a lot cheaper than the previous one but it’s a regional release right now (India only)
Being wrong comes with the territory of being a bitter old man longing for the old days of rapid and huge improvements I guess...
Happens with every new tech rly. I think there’s only so much you can add to a phone before people don’t care anymore. I’m typing this on a 2018 model iPhone, even
The slower UFS 2.2 or different chargers in the box, would've been forgivable if it did not come with 256GB of non-expandable storage. That alone makes it a deal breaker. Either provide higher internal storage capacity or expandable storage slot.
The fuck you need with a micro SD card in 2024.
Games, apps, music, media and all that need storage. I can make do with 256gb if it's expandable. Otherwise, I need high internal storage space to make it work.
It's also just cheaper to use an SD card for some of that stuff rather than paying for more internal storage on the device itself.
How else will I consume all of my ... Linux ISOs ... that I torrented?
Check out Jellyfin in case you were serious
Jellyfin is legit. I do hesitate to forward/open the port to let it be accessible from the internet.
Check out tailscale, no open port necessary
Why would you put that on your phone?
Why would I use my phone to watch videos and listen to music that I'm not streaming from the internet? That's not a real question.
Audio and video files are rarely capable of causing the execution of malicious code. Don't worry, its safe. If it wasn't safe, the riaa and the film industry would have hacked the planet by now.
But why would you want to watch videos on your phone?
Music is small. 256GB is plenty to store well over 1000 hours of music. No need for dealing with annoying SD card setups.
I mean, I rarely actually watch videos on my phone, but I have done it several times when I'm on flights.
Mostly, I just like the flexibility that I get from having an SD card slot. Why do you think its annoying?
I also want a headphone jack and a removable battery. I'd be willing to have a slightly larger, slightly less water resistant phone if it had these features.
Last time I used an SD card in a phone (actually used it: not just having one in there) was with a phone that have like 16-32GBs. Given you couldn't install apps on it, that mean doing annoying file management to just try to get enough space to install something. Granted, if your use case is just bulk storage and the base phone has plenty of space for apps, I imagine its perfectly fine.
These days you can merge the SD card with your internal storage which will allow you to install apps on it albeit they will run more slowly off the sd card instead of off the phones flash storage but better than when it could only be used for files
Don't waste your time on these people. The same people complaining about an affordable phone are the same people who can't afford a phone with high internal storage and cloud options. The irony is palpable.
I'm mostly just joking because I hate using phones instead of laptops/desktops and have bad experiences with SD cards in phones over a decade ago. Should have probably included some /j or /s to make that more clear, but /shrug.
I'd actually rather have the option than not and I don't actually judge people for watching things on their phones.
Indeed...
It might be fine as an upgrade for people on older devices.