Motorola Edge (2021) review: A 144 Hz mid-flagship for the US with a big battery and clean Android.
The 144 Hz value flagship for the US.
Motorola Edge (2021) gave US buyers a 144 Hz screen, 108 MP camera and big battery with clean software at $700 (often discounted hard). The LCD and short update window were the costs, but the feature-per-dollar was strong.
01Display
78/10078/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2021 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
70/10070/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2021 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
72/10072/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2021 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
05Build
72/10072/100 is one of the weaker build results among flagship phones of 2021 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
70/10070/100 trails the 74-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2021.
- 144 Hz display at the price.
- 108 MP camera and big battery.
- Stereo speakers + jack + microSD.
- Clean near-stock Android.
- LCD, not OLED.
- Snapdragon 778G is mid-tier.
- Only one OS update.
- IP52 splash only.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 206-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .