The
Motorola One Hyper just went official and it claimed many “firsts” for a Moto
phone. This is the first
time Motorola has built a phone with a pop-up camera. The 32MP sensor (0.8µm
pixels, 1.6µm with pixel binning) also makes this the highest resolution selfie
cam on a Moto phone.
Similarly,
the 64MP sensor inside the main camera on the back tops any that came before
it. It’s a large 1/1.7” sensor with 0.8µm pixels and an f/1.9 aperture. It’s
backed by a Laser autofocus system. The
Quad Bayer filters on both the rear and the selfie cameras enable Motorola’s
Night Vision feature for low-light shots.
The
secondary camera on the back is a 118° ultra wide shooter with an 8MP sensor
(and not a depth sensor like rumors claimed). As for video recording, the main
camera can do 2160p/30 fps (there's a 60fps mode at 1080p). The Motorola One Hyper features a 6.5”
Total Vision display with 1080p+ resolution and a 19:9 aspect ratio. It’s an
IPS LCD, which pushes the fingerprint reader on the back (which doubles as a
notification light).
This
is the first device with “Hyper Charging” - Motorola’s take on 45W wired
charging (the fastest by the company yet by a large margin). In 10 minutes it
can load in 12 hours worth of battery life. Unfortunately, the charger is sold
separately - you get a standard 15W charger in the box. Anyway, the battery has
a 4,000mAh capacity.
The
phone is powered by the Snapdragon 675 chipset, which was used in other recent
models including the Moto Z4 and Zoom. It’s paired with a modest 4GB of RAM and
128GB built-in storage (114GB of which are user available). The phone runs
Android 10 out of the box and sports the well-liked Moto Actions. You can expand that with a microSD card up
to 1TB if you’re not planning to use the second SIM slot on the phone.
The
Motorola One Hyper is available in the US and Brazil starting today at a price
of for US$ 400 and BRL 2,200, respectively. If you get tone right now, your only
option is the Blue Ocean color. If you’re willing to wait a bit, Amber Red and
Fresh Orchid will be available. The
Hyper will be available in the UK soon too, but the price is still unknown.
Also, the charging is listed only as 27W.
