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Announced at this year’s IFA conference in Berlin, the Motorola Edge 70 Plus offers just a little more than its namesake.
On the front, there’s a 6.78-inch OLED screen with 1.5K resolution, a 144Hz Refresh rate, a 32MP selfie camera, and 5200 nits of peak brightness. That’s a step up on the standard Edge 70, which comes with a slightly smaller 6.7-inch OLED screen with a lower peak brightness and a slower refresh rate. Other bells and whistles here include stereo speakers with Hi-Res and Dolby Atmos sound, vapour chamber cooling, and IP64 water resistance.
Then, on the back, the handset features a high-end 200MP main camera sensor with OIS and 10x Super Zoom. This primary sensor comes accompanied by a 2MP macro lens, but the pitch here is that it has the extra muscle to make up the difference between it and the triple-lens rear cameras found in its competition.
Under the hood, the Motorola Edge 70 Plus is powered by a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 processor and 8GB of memory. The baseline model comes with 128GB of storage, but a variant with 256GB of storage is also available.
The Motorola Edge 70 Plus is kitted out with a 6,800mAh battery. It doesn’t offer wireless charging, but Motorola is talking a big game when it comes to battery life — promising as much as 68 hours on a single charge. When the device does run out of battery, it supports 45W fast charging when paired with a compatible charger.
In addition, the Edge 70 Plus supports bypass charging — which is novel to see in a smartphone. When enabled, this feature allows the device to draw power directly from the wall outlet when charging, reducing heat buildup and increasing battery longevity.
If all that sounds good to you, then I’ve got bad news. At the time of writing, Motorola’s Australian PR have told us there’s no firm local pricing or availability for the Motorola Edge 70 Plus. Even if this device doesn’t make its way down under, it’ll be interesting to see if Bypass Charging eventually does make its way in another model, because it sounds like the most interesting part of the package.
Disclosure: The author of this piece travelled to IFA 2026 as a guest of Lenovo, the owner of Motorola.
Fergus Halliday
Digital Content Editor
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