Motorola Edge 70
What you’d gain
- 1.2× faster
- Display score: 7.5 → 8.4
- Battery: 4,400 → 4,800 mAh
- Security updates until around 2030
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
Should You Upgrade From the Motorola Edge 40?
How the Motorola Edge 40 compares with phones you can buy today: how long it still gets updates, what a new phone would add and what you’d give up. Every number comes from official specs and update policies.
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Our take
Time to upgrade
Security updates ended around 2026 Newer phones are about 3.1× faster The best upgrade scores 3.8 points higher on performance and 2.7 on battery
Based on specs and official update policies. It’s your call.
Upgrades we’d look at
We don’t have a US launch price for the Motorola Edge 40, so we compare it with upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset. Choose “Any price” above to see every phone.
Motorola Edge 70 Pro
What you’d gain
- 1.9× faster
- Camera score: 6.6 → 7.8
- Display score: 7.5 → 8.9
- Battery: 4,400 → 6,500 mAh
- Security updates until around 2031
- Telephoto lens (3.5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 171 → 190 g
OPPO Find X9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 3.1× faster
- Camera score: 6.6 → 9.0
- Display score: 7.5 → 8.9
- Battery: 4,400 → 7,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (10× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 171 → 236 g
POCO F9 Ultra
What you’d gain
- 3.1× faster
- Camera score: 6.6 → 8.7
- Display score: 7.5 → 8.7
- Battery: 4,400 → 8,050 mAh
- Security updates until around 2032
- Telephoto lens (5× optical zoom)
What you’d give up
- No charger in the box
- Heavier: 171 → 235 g
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Motorola Edge 40 upgrade FAQ
Is the Motorola Edge 40 still supported?
Motorola promises 3 years of security updates for the Motorola Edge 40, counted from its announcement in May 2023, so they should have ended around 2026. It gets 2 years of OS upgrades, which ended around 2025.
What is the best upgrade from the Motorola Edge 40?
Based on specs, the best upgrade we found is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra, with a PhoneRanked score of 9.4 vs 6.5 for the Motorola Edge 40. The newest model of the same family is the Motorola Edge 70. The best upper mid-range upgrade is the Motorola Edge 70 Pro. We don’t have a US launch price for the Motorola Edge 40, so we looked at upper mid-range phones and flagships, going by US launch price or, without one, by the chipset.
How much faster is the OPPO Find X9 Ultra than the Motorola Edge 40?
Going by the benchmarks of their chips, the OPPO Find X9 Ultra is about 3.1 times as fast as the Motorola Edge 40. In Geekbench 6 multi-core it scores 10,941 vs 3,510.