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Motorola edge 5g11/4/2023 The iPhone photo is not only sharp, but also colorful, as you can make out the different shades of color for each apple - a detail lacking in the Motorola Edge picture. Here, we see the advantage of Apple increasing the size of the iPhone 13's sensor to let in more light. But the apples look a little fuzzy around the edges, which can happen when there's not a lot of light to go around. The coolness continues at night, where the Motorola Edge's Night Vision mode captures the apples on a table lit only by an overhead light. The iPhone's colors are accurate, too - an issue that came up again and again when testing the Motorola Edge 5G UW's cameras. The shot is OK, but it lacks the warmth and definition of the iPhone 13's photo, where the orange chicken glistens, and you can make out char marks on the strips of onion. Moving inside to a not terribly well lit plate of Chinese takeout, the Motorola Edge bathes its photo in cool tones. There's too much of a glare off the jar in the Motorola Edge's photo, and it detracts from the overall shot. That said, the iPhone 13's image-processing smarts bring out more of the colors and handle that glass jar in the background with greater aplomb. Sticking with those decorations for a moment, the Motorola Edge's shot in its default mode compares well to the iPhone 13's effort. ![]() But the side-by-side shots do give you a sense of how far the Edge's photo capabilities have come since the disappointment of last year - and the work that still needs to be done. Perhaps that's not the fairest of fights - Apple's $799 device is one of the best camera phones around. I shot some other photos using the iPhone 13 as a comparison. You wouldn't want to shoot at full resolution all the time - the pictures take up quite a lot of space - but it can really bring out the colors of a scene. While this also gives the photo a darker cast, the shot still looks more vibrant, with greater depth. You can see the difference in these images of Halloween decorations - one shot with the Edge's default settings and the other in Ultra Res mode the colors of the Ultra Res photo are richer, particularly around the flower petals. The Edge's other rear cameras are comparatively ordinary - an 8MP ultrawide angle lens with a 119-degree field of view and a dedicated 2MP depth sensor.īy default, the main camera captures 12MP photos, but you can tap into settings to switch to Ultra Res mode for photos at full resolution. While last year's Motorola Edge featured a 64MP sensor, the Motorola Edge 5G UW offers a 108MP wide angle camera - the kind of spec you normally see on a much more expensive phone like the Galaxy S21 Ultra. Motorola makes a big change with the main lens on its new phone. Nevertheless, this is a welcome addition that adds to the Motorola Edge's value. You could argue that this is overkill - to the naked eye, screens scroll as smoothly at 120Hz as they do at 144Hz. But while a lot of phones top out at 120Hz, the Motorola Edge is capable of reaching 144Hz - a refresh rate more common among the best gaming phones. The true highlight of the Motorola Edge 5G UW is the phone's adaptive refresh rate, an increasingly common feature among phones in this price range. ![]() That's slightly brighter than the Pixel 5a (501 nits), but well behind the Galaxy A52 (708 nits) and iPhone 13 mini (788 nits). ![]() You're not getting a very bright panel with the Motorola Edge 5G UW, which we measured at 507 nits with adaptive brightness turned on. (Numbers closer to zero are more accurate.) ![]() The Edge has a Delta-E rating of 0.21 to the Galaxy A52's 0.22 result. The screen on the Galaxy A52 5G is more colorful - in vibrant mode, it shows off 201.35% - but the colors are slightly more accurate on the Motorola panel. That compares to 119.3% on the Google Pixel 5a. The LCD panel of the Motorola Edge captured 123% of the sRGB color spectrum in saturated mode and 104.2% of that same spectrum in natural mode. Still, that doens't stop the Motorola Edge from picking up the vibrant colors of the Encanto trailer when I streamed it on YouTube or from handling the multicolored battle between Ultron and the Guardians of the Multiverse when I streamed the season finale of What If…? on Disney Plus. Motorola Edge 5G UW review: DisplayĪs noted above, the Motorola Edge features an LCD panel - an odd choice given the number of similarly priced phones that feature an OLED screen. The end result is that the Motorola Edge 5G UW doesn't lay flat on its back - the pronounced camera array means it will always wobble. On the back of the phone, the three rear lenses on the Motorola Edge jut out, with multiple layers on the camera array itself.
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