Sporting one of the best batteries in any smartphone, the Motorola Edge 60 Pro just keeps on going.
For years now, Motorola’s Edge series of phones has neatly occupied the mid-range Android space. With various models at differing price points, like the $699 Edge 60 Fusion, these phones run well and provide a competitive set of features at an equally competitive price.
Now that the Edge 60 Pro has cracked the $1,000 mark – $1,199, to be precise – the dynamic shifts. Instead of competing with fellow sub-$1,000 Android handsets, it teeters close to the premium end of the market.
In many ways, the Motorola Edge 60 Pro stands up strongly alongside its four-digit price tag peers. In some other ways, it leaves a bit on the table.
I haven’t yet had a full week with Motorola’s new phone, so I’m designating this a ‘review-in-progress’ for now. While I’m confident in my findings so far, I want to spend more time using the camera and software features before I deliver my final verdict.
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Playing at the high-stakes table
$200 more expensive than last year’s model, the Motorola Edge 60 Pro joins the high rollers. It’s still cheaper than the standard iPhone 16 and Samsung Galaxy S25 models, but comparisons are inevitable.
To be fair to Motorola, the Edge 60 Pro has plenty going for it. It has a better battery and a 3x optical zoom lens, for starters. However, one immediate area for improvement is its post-launch support.
Similarly priced and cheaper phones provide as many as seven years of operating system and security updates. Motorola, on the other hand, offers three major OS updates and four years of regular security patches. For a phone above $1,000, that’s noticeably shorter than its contemporaries.
Software updates aren’t the be-all and end-all – data from various phone companies suggests that people rarely hang onto devices for seven years – but it’s nice to have peace of mind that you’re guaranteed software updates for a long time to come.
It’s also frustrating to contend with a not-insignificant amount of bloatware on a premium device. As part of the setup, I declined various optional apps, but was still left with the following:
- Adobe Scan
- Perplexity
- Microsoft Copilot
- TikTok
- Booking.com
Although not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, I’d rather just cut out the middleman and start with a clean install.
Motorola Edge 60 Pro specifications and price
| Display | 6.7-inch 1220p pOLED display 120Hz refresh rate |
| Dimensions | 160.69 x 73.06 x 8.24mm 186 grams |
| Processor | MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme |
| Storage and memory | 512GB storage 12GB memory |
| Cameras | 50MP rear wide Sony LYTIA 700C camera: f/1.8 50MP rear ultra-wide camera with macro: f/2.2 10MP telephoto camera: f/2.2, 3x optical zoom 50MP selfie camera: f/2.0 |
| Battery and charging | 6,000mAh 90W TurboPower wired charging 15W wireless charging |
| Connectivity | USB-C 2.0 Wi-Fi 6E Bluetooth 5.4 Nano SIM eSIM NFC |
| Network bands | 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G (sub-6) |
| Software | Android 15 Three years of OS updates Four years of security updates |
| Durability | Tested to IP68 and IP69 |
| Price (RRP) | $1,199 |
| Warranty | Two years |
| Official website | Motorola Australia |
Design
Motorola loves its vegan leather, with the soft-touch material returning on the Edge 60 Pro’s back. I don’t mind it, but it is an acquired taste, particularly if you’re used to the glass backs favoured by most premium phones.
A plastic case comes included, which doesn’t offer much in the way of protection, but it changes the feel if vegan leather isn’t your thing. It’s colour-matched too – mine was “Pantone Shadow”, a pale shade of green. It’s a bit drab for my tastes, while the other colour, Pantone Sparkling Grape, is right up my alley.
Another returning design element is Motorola’s edge-to-edge display. Bezels are at a minimum here, with the left and right screen edges curving over the sides.
I’ve used the curved edge screen a couple of times before, initially with the Edge 50 Fusion, and then with the Moto G85. Both times, I’ve found it incredibly easy to accidentally touch the screen while holding the phone.
That hasn’t changed with the Edge 60 Pro, despite my best efforts to adapt to the form factor. You can adjust the sensitivity of the left and right edges when using gesture-based navigation, but it doesn’t entirely prevent accidental presses.
It’s a nice-looking screen, though. Big and bright, apps and videos take up plenty of space. The only downside is that full-screen content warps a little around the edges, creating a slight shadowy effect. I suspect it’s because of the way light refracts through the curved glass. Admittedly, you have to look super closely to notice.
Otherwise, the Motorola Edge 60 Pro follows many traditional smartphone conventions. Its power and volume buttons sit roughly two-thirds of the way up the right-hand side. On the left is an “AI Key”, mapped to open the Moto AI app (which I’ll get to later) by default.
You can only map it to a small handful of functions, all based on Moto AI. A double-tap opens takes you either to the AI transcription feature or the notification summary feature. Long pressing the button can only open Moto AI or do nothing – there’s nothing in between. At least you can map the power button to quickly open the camera app.
Performance
For everyday use, the Motorola Edge 60 Pro runs fairly smoothly. Most people just need a phone that takes nice photos, has a good-looking screen for reading and watching videos, and can scroll between social media apps quickly.
Armed with the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme chipset, the Edge 60 Pro isn’t the most powerful phone going around. In terms of benchmarking software, it sits roughly in the middle of the pack, above the Google Pixel 9 range, and below the cheaper iPhone 16e.
It’s only a rough indicator of overall performance, though. Benchmarking tools like Geekbench provide a broad snapshot of overall processing speeds and how well phones handle a range of tasks.
| Phone | CPU single-core | CPU multi-core | GPU |
| Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max | 3,350 | 8,021 | 32,719 |
| Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra | 2,360 | 8,911 | 14,671 |
| Apple iPhone 16e | 2,679 | 6,144 | 23,732 |
| Xiaomi Poco F6 | 1,899 | 4,734 | 8,762 |
| Motorola Edge 60 Pro | 1,432 | 4,695 | 9,107 |
| Google Pixel 9a | 1,716 | 3,895 | 8,011 |
| Samsung Galaxy A56 | 1,364 | 3,898 | 6,539 |
| Motorola Edge 60 Fusion | 1,050 | 3,014 | 2,581 |
One area the Motorola Edge 60 Pro does reasonably well in is graphical performance. While it’s not quite at the same level as some other flagship devices, its GPU outpaces the Tensor G4 found in the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL.
Too powerful for 3DMark’s standard Wild Life mobile gaming benchmark, the Edge 60 Pro held up reasonably well in the Extreme version. For the most part, it performed consistently. When run through the 20-minute stress test version of the benchmark, Motorola’s handset throttled a bit around the 16-minute mark, before rebounding by the 19th minute.
| Device | Wild Life Extreme benchmark |
| Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge | 5,459 |
| iPhone 16 Pro Max | 4,748 |
| Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra | 4,531 |
| Samsung Galaxy S24 FE | 4,014 |
| Motorola Edge 60 Pro | 3,066 |
| Google Pixel 9 Pro XL | 2,572 |
In real-world terms, the Motorola Edge 60 Pro handles multitasking, swiping through various apps, and everyday use without stress. Gaming is also on the table; you may need to dial down some in-game settings, but you can certainly whittle away some time playing games.
Battery life
Simply put, the battery in the Motorola Edge 60 Pro is the best I’ve tested, hands down. If you can’t get through a day using this device, it might be time to put the phone down.
There are a few ways I test battery life. One is to measure how much the battery drains after playing a YouTube video at 50% volume and 50% screen brightness for an hour. Another is to run a stress test specifically designed to push a device to its limits, then measure the difference in battery percentage before and after. Last but not least is to see how much battery life remains after a day of general use.
Across all tests, formal and informal, the Edge 60 Pro just kept on going. After the YouTube test, the battery was still at 100%. 20 minutes of 3DMark’s Wild Life Extreme stress test only drained 10% of the battery.
As for general daily use, I never had battery anxiety. I could easily get through two days of moderate use before even thinking about looking for a charger.
Motorola’s engineers must be battery wizards – the previous phone that wowed me with its longevity happened to be last year’s Edge 50 Fusion.
Camera
Photography is the main area I want more time to test the Motorola Edge 60 Pro. I haven’t yet had the chance to take its camera array out into the world, which is the best way to test any phone.
That being said, I took a few test shots around the house, starting with my cat, Billie. In mixed lighting conditions, the 3x optical zoom lens took a pretty nice photo, capturing good levels of detail and colours. Being only a 10MP lens, distortion kicks in quickly if you crop the photo afterwards, so the aim is to frame the photo right the first time.
I was equally impressed by a couple of tests using the macro mode, which uses the 50MP ultra-wide lens. By using it, you lose that nice shallow depth of field effect, but the colours and lighting don’t change much when compared to the other camera sensors.
If anything, judging by the Lego flower photos below, the standard lens was a touch too warm, while the macro sensor seemed more true to life. Even though I couldn’t get it to focus on the front flower!
Again, I’ll spend more time snapping photos in various conditions. For now, the Edge 60 Pro’s camera makes a good first impression.
Moto AI
Would it be a new phone in 2025 if there weren’t a generous heaping of AI features? Like the rest of the consumer tech industry, Motorola has its own set of AI tools, all congregated under the Moto AI banner.
The first hurdle to overcome is signing in. To use any Moto AI features, you need to log in with a Motorola account. It’s a tough up-front sell when you’ve already signed into an Android phone with a Google account, only to be asked to use a different account to use a set of experimental features.
The phone already natively supports Google’s generative AI Gemini assistant and Circle to Search, while Perplexity and Copilot are pre-installed, so there’s an overwhelm of AI features. What Motorola offers is a range of device-specific features similar to what’s already on the market.
Via the Moto AI app, you can make generative AI images, create music playlists, and transcribe recordings. All pretty standard stuff.
I like some of the features more than others. “Remember this” is Motorola’s attempt at Google’s “Pixel Screenshots”, which functions as a searchable library of photos and notes. It’s a neat way to file away scattered thoughts and screenshots that you want to refer to later.
Meanwhile, “Update me” is the notification summary feature, but I’ve been burned by summarisation features before. I’m keen to spend a bit more time with Moto AI to see if any of it sticks as part of my everyday use.
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