Motorola Edge X30 sports a 6.7-inch OLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. The regular version has a tiny punch hole cutout below the earpiece for the 60MP selfie cam with a 1/2.8-inch sensor and 0.61µm pixels. The Special Edition uses the same module but hides it under the display, it will be interesting to see how the two stack up against each other. The displays on both X30 phones output 10bit color and HDR+ content natively.
Based on Motorola’s testing, X30 should
offer a 20% leap in CPU performance, 30% better GPU scores and a staggering
400% improvement in AI tasks compared to the Snapdragon 888+ chip. These
numbers match what Qualcomm quoted during its 8 Gen 1 announcement. Motorola
shared X30 managed an AnTuTu score of 1,061,361 points which is the highest
score on the platform to date. The phone also uses speedy LPDDR5 RAM and UFS
3.1 storage.
Around the back, we have a 50MP main cam
with OmniVision’s OV50A 1/1.55-inch sensor with OIS. It has 2.0μm sized pixels
when 4in1 pixel binning is applied. There’s a second 50MP ISOCELL S5KGM1
ultrawide shooter while the third sensor is 2MP depth of field module. You can
record up to 4K video natively. Edge X30 has a 5,000 mAh battery with 68W wired
charging support while the software front is covered by Android 12.
Motorola Edge X30 starts at CNY 3,199
(US$ 501) in its 8/128GB trim. There’s also an 8/256GB version for CNY 3,399
(US$ 532) and a 12/256GB one for CNY 3,599 (US$ 564). The X30 Special Edition with its
UD camera is priced at CNY 3,999 (US$ 627). First sales in China tip-off on
December 15.
