Expert’s Rating
Pros
- Stand-out design
- Easy to use Android overlay
- Solid battery life
- Excellent screen
Cons
- Middling software support
- Moto AI needs work
- Charging speed downgraded
Our Verdict
I wish every smartphone looked like the Motorola Edge 60 Pro. It’s simply gorgeous to look at, and feels very comfortable to use in the hand, and while it makes for a great everyday smartphone I do think it’s held back by Moto AI being somewhat undercooked, alongside a limited four years of support which puts it behind the competition. Still, even with those caveats, this is a great all-rounder.
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Motorola now has a solid track record when it comes to mid-range and budget phones, and that trend only continues with the excellent Motorola Edge 60 Pro.
If you’re looking to upgrade your current handset to a device that doesn’t exceed £600 at the checkout, then you’re spoilt for choice with options from big name brands like the Pixel 9a or the Samsung Galaxy A56. There are also plenty of choices from less widely known manufacturers, including the Honor 400 Pro, but I’d argue that Motorola has just provided a very solid reason for why you should ignore all of them.
Priced at £599.99 (it’s not available in the USA), the Motorola Edge 60 Pro is definitely on the brink of what you can class as mid-range before it moves into full-on flagship territory, but after using the phone for a week, I can easily say that this is one I’ll miss when I have to eventually eject my SIM card from it.
Design & Build
- One of the best designs I’ve seen on a phone
- IP68 and IP69 dust and water protection
- MIL-STD-810H strength rating
It’s fitting to kick things off with the design of the Motorola Edge 60 Pro because it is, by far, my favourite aspect of the entire phone.
There’s been a depressing trend with certain phones (the Honor 400 and Galaxy S25 range come to mind) wherein they’ve adopted the far more mute colours that you see amongst Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro range, and that’s a shame because it just means that much of the competition ends up appearing like a homogenous blob where aesthetics are concerned.
Thankfully, with the help of Pantone, the Edge 60 Pro features three distinct colourways (Dazzling Blue, Sparkling Grape, and Shadow), all of which look incredible and offer different textured finishes. My review unit features the Dazzling Blue backing, and even though there is a case included with the phone, I haven’t been able to bring myself to pair the two.
Every time I see the back of this phone, I catch myself just staring at it in admiration – only Nothing through its CMF line injects a similar degree of vibrancy.
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An additional reason why I didn’t fancy adding a case to the phone is that the device itself is brilliantly slim, and by extension, very lightweight in the hand. Coming in at just 186g and with a thickness of 8.2mm (which is barely more than the USB-C port at the bottom of the device), this is a phone that’s very much keeping up with the push for slimmer phones that Samsung has recently cashed in on with the Galaxy S25 Edge.
It’s also worth mentioning that, much like in the Pixel 9a, Motorola has sought to do away with a substantial camera bump on the Edge 60 Pro. It’s certainly some impressive engineering given that there are three camera sensors on the back of this thing, and it means that for the first time in quite a while, I haven’t had to deal with a phone that fights at every turn to burst through the front pocket on my jeans.
You have the three standard push buttons on the right-hand side, which are wonderfully clicky in use, but there’s also a fourth button on the left that can be used to summon Moto AI. Don’t expect customisation options like Apple’s Action Button, however, it’s just a case of deciding how long the button press needs to be before activation.
Lastly, although over the years Motorola has often opted for a water-resistant coating rather than a proper rating, the Edge 60 Pro is both IP68/IP69 certified which is flagship level protection from dust and water.
Screen & Speakers
- A cascading 6.7-inch pOLED panel
- Very immersive for gaming and streaming
- Dolby Atmos stereo speakers
When it comes to the display, Motorola has opted for the same spill-over design that owners of the Edge 50 Pro will be familiar with, and while there are some folks out there who prefer the flat design that’s been popularized by Apple and Samsung, I actually don’t mind it here.
My first-ever smartphone was the Galaxy S6 Edge (way back when), so I’ve always had a soft spot for these types of curved displays, and it does create a slick cascading effect that helps to minimize the bezels on either side, making the screen feel more immersive as a result. Though Samsung has introduced confusion on ‘Edge’ phones as the S25 Edge does not have a curved screen.
I should also point out that in my entire time testing the phone, I only ever encountered one mistouch with the side of the display, so I think Motorola’s done a good job here in that respect.
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It also helps that the screen itself is drop-dead gorgeous, being a 6.7-inch pOLED panel with a 1220 x 2712 resolution. I’ve been slowly making my way through Invincible’s third season on Amazon Prime Video, but watching the episodes on the Edge 60 Pro’s display has been nothing short of lovely.
Particularly with animation, colors really pop on the phone’s display. Diving into a few scenes in Pixar’s Inside Out, you can see a lot of the finer detail in the character design because the display gives it all room to breathe.
Furthermore, there’s an adaptive refresh rate up to 120Hz, which ensures everything operates smoothly, and there’s a peak brightness of 4500 nits. I will say that, in recently coming off the 5000nits of peak brightness on the Honor 400, I did sometimes have to squint to read text on the Edge 60 Pro against direct sunlight, but it still gets the job done most of the time.
When you don’t fancy bringing a pair of wireless headphones into the fold, you can lean on the Edge 60 Pro’s stereo speakers, which sound pretty great.
The speakers are touted as having Dolby Atmos compatibility, but I always feel that such a concept is a bit redundant when you’re talking about speakers on a phone. They’re never going to carry the same cinematic soundscape that you might find on the best soundbars, but everything still sounds great nonetheless.
You do have a fair bit of customization when it comes to sound profiles, as you can jump between presets designed for film, podcasts, and more, but I found the perpetual sweet spot within the default ‘smart audio’ setting, which independently adapts based on what’s playing.
Thomas Deehan / Foundry
Specs & Performance
- No Snapdragon chip this time around
- An increase to 12GB RAM
- Day to day performance is excellent
If you’ve already read the list of specs for the Motorola Edge 60 Pro then you may have raised an eyebrow at the exclusion of a Snapdragon chipset in favor of the new MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme. While it’s perfectly understandable to have a degree of skepticism over the chipset change, I’m glad to report that the Edge 60 Pro performed beautifully during my time with it.
Helping things along is the increase from 8- to 12GB of RAM, with 512GB storage also being the standard, which is something I always love to see as it means you can store tons of apps, photos, and videos on this thing without ever worrying about reaching full capacity.
When it comes to day-to-day operations, I had no issues whatsoever with the Edge 60 Pro. I could jump from one app to the next quickly, have picture-in-picture running perfectly and never feel any worrying degree of heat coming from the phone itself.
