The BEST mid-range Phone?! Motorola Edge 50 Pro review

In my Motorola Edge 50 Pro review, I answer the big question: should this mid-range smartphone be on your list? And what separates it from the Edge 50 Fusion and Edge 50 Ultra? Let’s find out!
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Pricing and specs
02:10 - Design
03:39 - Performance
06:18 - Camera
08:47 - Moto Buds+
09:51 - Conclusion

[@MarkEllisReviews]

Are you a mid-range or a flagship kinda smartphone person? And why?

[@DanielEvansMusic]

Software support on par with competitors? They used to be terrible with supporting older devices…

[@Strugglin]

​@@DanielEvansMusicmy edge plus 2023 has been getting regular updates

[@shannonrae9955]

I’m very much midrange, and still use an iPhone SE (2020). I really just need my phone for calls, messaging, emails, and checking weather and traffic.

[@charananekibalijaun8837]

Bought one, using it right now, and i am absolutely loving it, it's a gorgeous phone ❤

[@gefthetalkingmongoose]

I wasn't ready for 8:00

[@MarkEllisReviews]

Neither was I.

[@nltemin2398]

Taking picture of pants and that jhonny sins smile had me ... Burst out😂 Sorry to say but you are awesome

[@shannonrae9955]

I haven’t owned an Android device in nearly a decade. Back then they were still very glitchy and mine was no exception. I’m assuming all those things are in the past, but I’ve also grown so accustomed to the iPhone. Great review!

[@rodneyjust1833]

Sub earned! Love your sentiment, mine exactly - anything in the past couple years works great for everyday tasks! I've been a moto lover for years, but the cameras have been blah. If they've fixed it, GAME ON! LOVE Moto gestures, chop, 144hz, 68+ watt fast charging, etc.....

[@MarkEllisReviews]

Welcome onboard!

[@henriquemagalhaes3062]

great review. you got yourself a new subscriber! I'm exactly the same type of user and I agree with you, mid range phones are very good. as long term motorola user , the only issue and I'm not sure about their support. it was a mess with the edge 30 ultra and 40 pro. Don't know how will they fare this time but don't expect much improvement, they hace huge delays delivering new software updates or fixing issues. If you don't care about any of this you'll be fine.

[@sahilalikhan3416]

I just order it and i can't wait to use it because i have a very old phone so its very good time to change my phone and i like the curve display thanks to you i can finally buy a new one.

[@NeoInTheMatrix680]

I'm on android 8! Waiting for my edge 50 pro to be delivered. 😀

[@jonnymarkbeadle]

If you're talking about Pantone, the colours company, it's pronounced how you see it: Pan (as in frying), Tone (as in musical note). Also, I hadn't noticed you waving phones about, but now I can't unsee it.

[@JGRICH61]

Warwick! Hello from Coventry.

[@murtazachaudhary3339]

Nice video

[@terrym540]

Will you be reviewing the Edge 50 Ultra? I've taken a punt on one from Motorola UK which has it priced at £849.99 with free pair of Moto Buds Plus, and a free one year's screen damage cover. In a recent Motorola UK's spin game I won a 15% discount on any purchase, so Edge 50 Ultra is costing me £722.49.

[@1001nevermore]

I had the original Moto X and I still miss the Motorola Gestures to this day. One of the few things from Android I seriously wish Apple would steal.

[@TheLewisMeister-vh4dl]

It also supports Hi-Res Audio and Hi-Res Audio Wireless.

[@andyfx]

Does it have the desktop mode still?

[@mjdb71]

Other reviewers complain that the camera is sluggish and having shutter lag. Did you experience this as well?

[@MarkEllisReviews]

Nope.

[@randywhorton5301]

yep its true the camera is a joke

[@danielleu.877]

I'm waiting for this us release. I have the edge 2021. (It's not curved) And I love it. But due to wear and tear it's slowly giving up 😂

[@Oldasianguy]

I wonder how many of these phones will be released to the US.

[@vishhalgayakwad]

my phone have slight green tint in the curves when i see from front but from side it looks normal

[@1blackballed]

This is a good phone for sure but I think a better bet is picking up a s23 ultra from last year for about the same money as much better phone and Moto have a sketch record with software updates. So the s23 ultra will get longer updates.

[@greygoat3251]

Usa release date?

[@RJ_Uploads]

The ultra may be different than the US version like last years 40 pro had a 4600mah battery and the edge 2023 plus had a 5100 mah battery...i wanna see whats different in the phones when the other versions are released😊

[@barthez_]

It's most likely youtubes compression, but I like these Photos more than pretty much any of the photos I've seen in reviews of iPhone or something like Huawei Pura 70 Ultra...

[@user-cr8dk2uv5m]

I have a Google pixel 6a and I say phones are really getting better time to time

[@MrWh4327782]

I highly recommend to try the Lenovo's DEX model. The wireless connection to a smart tv in my G84 is far more reliable and faster than my Fold 5. One is cost 380AUD, one is Cost 2500 Aud. Sure, the OS update support isn't as long as Pixel and samsung, but the cost is just right fir Moto.

[@luiztomikawa]

I can definetly understand that sentiment now... I had a Moto G2 for a short time, the charging entrance of the phone broke, and thus i had to switch it because it was impossible to charge the phone. But for the short time i used it, it was slow, laggy, in a few months i could few myself not being able to use it because of how slow it was. So around 2018 or something like that, i switched the Moto G2 for the Moto G5. In the begining it felt great! Had more than double the RAM (Moto G2 had like 512MB RAM and the Moto G5 has 2GB) But now The moto G5 is Unusable... the Keyboard itself is an app, so when you open the Keyboard on another app, it lags everything, because it can't handle both things open at the same time. (Just Android alone takes 800MB of RAM, so everything that uses a keyboard is doomed because there is no RAM to spare) Now i got an Moto G7. Still Old. Still only has 4GB of RAM. But now it can run everything comfortably. It does lag in some ocasions or another... but i can play games on it. I can write messages without needing to wait 3 seconds for each letter i touch to actually register and appear in the message (which is just an average, but not really far from my experience with the moto G5 nowadays) So yeah, i can see how the past few years of "modern smartphones" doesn't feel that different from each other anymore, when they have more than 8GB of RAM and the processors are good, and the Storage system like eMMC or UFS are nowadays better there's really no real bottleneck anymore for most tasks. The only thing now that i'm considering before upgrading my phone is to wait for a new midranger that already starts at Android 15, so it can have a longer longevity with the updates... Android 14 is already coming to the end of it's life cycle, so I'm going to wait for the Android 15 to trickle down to the midrangers before buying a new phone, (Since Motorola is really bad at updating their OS, just like 2 or 3 updates and then you're left behind) I guess anything with more than 50% power than my current phone is good enough for nowadays.

[@IreneuszSikorski]

I bought this moto buds+ from Lenovo Educational Store (student discount). Price paid £ 60.

[@VodaVoda-wt1zp]

How is battry life

[@graceonline320]

Motorola are stuck on curved screens when other phone manufacturers have gone back to flat screens.

[@LindaLooUK]

[Waves phone in front of shorts] You've done that before. 😂

[@MarkEllisReviews]

😬

[@techeye7005]

6:48 it doesn't shoot videos at 4k 60 only 4k 30 . And I know this because I am using a Motorola edge 50 pro

[@user-fd1fy6gn4h]

Skill issue, I've got edge 40 and it's 60fps on rear video

[@theanorakchannel2496]

I’d love this phone, but but but! I want the increased storage but don’t want all the other stuff that goes with it. You didn’t mention which code for Bluetooth it has on it, how do you listen to lossless audio on it? Seriously, I’ve always been an apple guy, and can’t believe I’m seriously thinking of changing. I’m likely to be upgrading my phone before Christmas this year, so I am genuinely thinking of changing to android. I’m totally blind, and Apple used to be miles ahead with speech accessibility on phones but apparently no more. As my new Apple phone is likely to cost somewhere around £1500, I’m seriously looking at an alternative. I have a Motorola android phone and I’m going to play with it intensively over the next few weeks and months. It’s a cheap one, but that shouldn’t detract too much from the overall experience. Lossless audio on my phone, that would be absolutely wonderful. Great Review Mark! Back to your normal standard.

[@GodfreyLisk]

AI wallpaper is hilarious

[@aubinbaldonado]

8:43 The expression😅

[@aromalaj4016]

420 usd aproxx 35000 rs in india.

[@ryanwdavies1]

Weight?

[@arunantony3207]

this phone is epic

[@ASignOfTheThymes]

At the £600 UK release price, no, it shouldn't be on your shortlist - or at least, respectfully, not until Motorola sort out some needed fixes and bring the price in line with how Motorola positioned the phone in other markets, if they ever do - - issues which unfortunately, apparently, haven't been sorted out with the latest firmware/software patch release. For instance, a lot of reviews have picked up on dropped frames when shooting in 4K, especially noticeable when panning, if you want fluidly smooth, look elsewhere for now, along with other issues. I'm a big Motorola fan and new phones come off the production line so quickly, it's hard for companies to keep up with firmware/software patches, just that unfortunately Motorola have a poor reputation for timely patches/fixes, though I note that Motorola they have issued a statement that they intend to improve on that. Is that good enough? I would wait and see. Meantime, if Motorola insist on sticking to the EU/UK release price, there are a lot of phones to consider at this price point, and far less, that give you better bang for your buck, depending on how you cherry pick! For instance, cameras are the important one, for me.

[@NeoInTheMatrix680]

It's priced 28000-32000 rupees here in India. Thats

[@SibTiger33]

Got the buds today. The sound is very imroessive Anc is meh

[@jwinston7636]

Man I need a great camera. Or it's a deal breaker.

[@asan1050]

Intro! OK

[@randywhorton5301]

Purchased it a week ago and sold it today. The phone runs hot and the camera becomes unstable.

[@Appalachian4WD]

I really like the looks of the moto. The problem is they are horrendous about updates, even though Moto says the phones will get updates for years!

[@Gnostic777]

No they're not 😂 are you living in 2015?

[@Appalachian4WD]

@@Gnostic777 🤣 I must be

[@darrensimpson2995]

Just changed from iPhone to this more storage 1tb and lot cheaper

[@NeoInTheMatrix680]

You get this mobile for 40% less price here in india

[@daviotkelly1267]

Flagship in my head but mid-range in my pockets 🤣

[@greengem8901]

Software support on Motorola phones is quite poor in my experience. For that reason alone, I would not buy one.

[@Gnostic777]

This phone gets 3 years of OS updates and 4 years of security updates.

[@KungKokkos]

While I agree the updates are poor, having used a Xiaomi redmi 11g pro for a few years now I'd rather have poor updates excellent OS from Motorola than this piece of shit OS on redmi phones. Can't speak for other brands, more than that I don't like Samsungs looks either

[@Gnostic777]

@@KungKokkos Same. Whilst Motos OS updates aren't that great (security updates are good) I would still rather use a Moto over a Samsung or a phone from a Chinese OEM with a horrible iOS style skin

[@___Amal_]

​@@Gnostic777The moto g52 got android 13 only after 16 months after android 13 was released and it's just a stock android. nowdays android phones with heavy UI's got updates quicker.

[@Gnostic777]

@@___Amal_ And how different is android 13 from Android 12? Not very by the looks of it. If you care that much about OS updates then go buy a Pixel. Not many people care to be fair.

[@therealsprint]

The back feels not leathery because vegan leather is simply another word for plastic

[@davida757]

🤖

[@emekaaustin]

Mark, you alone know where the monkey island is

[@MarkEllisReviews]

That might be right.

[@-Justussamuel-]

599 pounds is crazy i got this exact same variant in india for 38k inr which is roughly 360 pounds

[@NeoInTheMatrix680]

I got for 31k. It was for 28k few weeks back!

[@-Justussamuel-]

@@NeoInTheMatrix680 which spec tho i got the 512-12 variant

[@NeoInTheMatrix680]

@@-Justussamuel-I got 256-8. never saw 512 variant. I have only seen 256-8 (with 68w charger) and 256-12(with 128w charger).

[@-Justussamuel-]

@@NeoInTheMatrix680 oh i see i live in the middle east where i got this variant

[@scottmartin3228]

Isn't Mark a James Bond villain?

[@MarkEllisReviews]

Nope.

[@geekdoh]

@@MarkEllisReviews HA! Gotcha! That is exactly how a James Bond villain would respond... 🤪

[@Chris.W.O.L.F.F.]

Curved screen ?? Never ! 6,7 screen ? too big !! Never ! And the 3 new moto phones are all 6,7 curved screens !!!! 😡😡

[@saifalip334]

Green line issue is there 😢 My moto edge 30 got greenlines PLS STAY AWAY FROM MOTO

[@user-sv3te7sr9y]

You dropped many times that's why green line appears

[@user-qn8wb1uu8d]

Its not a good deal : 3 years major updates and ufs 2.2 IS ridiculous

[@aushafe-rabbi7081]

What's one got to do with the other? And if the ufs 2.2 performs as good as the 3.1 in day to day uses then it becomes the better one instantly.

[@user-qn8wb1uu8d]

@@aushafe-rabbi7081 do yourself a favor and go pick a brain