Motorola Edge 70 vs Motorola Edge 40

The Motorola Edge 70 scores 7.2 in our rating, and the Motorola Edge 40 scores 6.5. The Motorola Edge 70 leads in display, performance, battery, design and software support. The Motorola Edge 70 is the newer phone, announced in October 2025.

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Motorola Motorola Edge 70

7.2 Price TBA

Top score

Motorola Motorola Edge 40

6.5 Price TBA

Discontinued

Key differences

Why choose the Motorola Edge 70

Bigger battery 4,800 mAh vs 4,400 mAh
Silicon-carbon battery
Bigger screen 6.67 inches vs 6.55 inches
Brighter screen 4,500 nits vs 1,200 nits
Better water resistance IP68 + IP69 vs IP68
Longer OS update support 4 years vs 2 years

Why choose the Motorola Edge 40

Higher refresh rate 144 Hz vs 120 Hz
Charger in the box

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Calculated from specs, relative to phones from the same year and price range. How we rate phones

Value for money marked “est.” is an estimate: that phone has no official US launch price, so it is not highlighted against the others.

Spec Motorola Edge 70Motorola Edge 40

Overall 7.2 6.5

Display 8.4 7.5

Performance 5.8 5.2

Camera 6.4 6.6

Battery 5.8 5.5

Design 9.2 8.6

Software support 6.9 4.3

Value for money 6.0 est. 6.0 est.

Display

Spec Motorola Edge 70Motorola Edge 40

Size 6.67 inches 6.55 inches

Type OLED, pOLED OLED, pOLED

Resolution 1220 × 2712 px 1080 × 2400 px

Pixel density 446 ppi 402 ppi

Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz

Adaptive refresh ✕ No —

Peak brightness 4,500 nits 1,200 nits

HDR HDR10+ HDR10+

Protection Gorilla Glass 7i —

Performance

Spec Motorola Edge 70Motorola Edge 40

Chipset Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Dimensity 8020

Process 4 nm —

Max CPU clock 2.8 GHz 2.6 GHz

GPU Adreno 722 Mali-G77 MC9

Geekbench 6 single-core — 1,110

Geekbench 6 multi-core — 3,510

RAM 8 GB / 12 GB 8 GB

Storage 256 GB / 512 GB 256 GB

Storage type — UFS 3.1

microSD slot ✕ No ✕ No

Cameras

Spec Motorola Edge 70Motorola Edge 40

Main camera 50 MP, f/1.8 50 MP, f/1.4, 1/1.5"

Optical stabilization ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

Ultrawide 50 MP 13 MP

Rear cameras 2 2

Rear video — 4K@30

Front camera 50 MP 32 MP

Front video 4K@30 4K@30

Battery and charging

Spec Motorola Edge 70Motorola Edge 40

Capacity 4,800 mAh 4,400 mAh

Battery type Silicon-carbon Li-Po

Wired charging 68 W 68 W

Wireless charging 15 W 15 W

Reverse wireless ✕ No ✕ No

Charger in box ✕ No ✓ Yes

Design and build

Spec Motorola Edge 70Motorola Edge 40

Dimensions 159 × 74 × 5.99 mm 158.43 × 71.99 × 7.58 mm

Thickness 5.99 mm 7.58 mm

Weight 159 g 171 g

Form factor Bar Bar

Frame Aluminum Aluminum

Back — Vegan leather

Water resistance IP68 + IP69 IP68

3D face unlock ✕ No ✕ No

SIM Nano-SIM + eSIM Nano-SIM + eSIM

Colors PANTONE Gadget Grey, PANTONE Bronze Green, PANTONE Lily Pad, PANTONE Cloud Dancer Eclipse Black, Nebula Green, Lunar Blue, Viva Magenta

Connectivity and features

Spec Motorola Edge 70Motorola Edge 40

5G ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi 6

Bluetooth 5.4 5.2

USB USB-C 2.0 USB-C 2.0

NFC ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

3.5 mm jack ✕ No ✕ No

Stereo speakers ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

Satellite ✕ No ✕ No

IR blaster ✕ No ✕ No

Software

Spec Motorola Edge 70Motorola Edge 40

OS at launch Android 16 Android 13

Interface — My UX

OS updates 4 years 2 years

Security updates 5 years 3 years

Launch and price

Spec Motorola Edge 70Motorola Edge 40

Announced Oct 2025 May 4, 2023

Released Oct 31, 2025 —

Status Released Discontinued

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