Display
The Motorola Edge 70 features a 6.7-inch P-OLED screen with 1220 x 2712 pixels (446ppi), 120Hz refresh rate, and 10-bit color depth. The panel supports HDR10+ and is advertised for 4,500nits of peak brightness.
The display is covered by Gorilla Glass 7i.
As we mentioned, Motorola has shared only the peak brightness of the screen – up to 4,500nits – a rather impressive number.
In our own testing, we measured 486nits of max manual brightness and 1,458nits of max automatic brightness with our regular white pattern with 75% APL. Reducing the APL to 10% of the screen area did not increase the brightness much – we got 1,489nits. If the advertised 4,500nits of peak brightness is indeed possible, it would be with specific HDR content and within a tiny part of the screen.
The minimum brightness we captured on a white screen was 2.8nits.
The screen of the Motorola Edge 70 supports up to 120Hz refresh rate. There are three system modes – Smart and Balanced, Hyper Smooth, and Efficiency First.
Both Smart and Smooth options render the UI at 120fps and choose to use high refresh rates for most of the compatible apps. Smart usually opts for 90Hz for most apps, while Smooth – for 120Hz. No matter Smooth or Smart, the refresh rate goes down to 60Hz for static content and video playback.
The ‘Efficiency First’ modes produces 60Hz always.
The Edge 70 supports HDR10 and HDR10+ content, and YouTube and hardware scanning apps recognize it. But at the time of writing, Netflix didn’t have the device on its HDR allowlist, and served 1080p content in standard dynamic range only.
Battery life
The Motorola Edge 70 is powered by a Si/C 4,800mAh battery, an impressive capacity given the slim profile. Just for comparison – the Galaxy S25 Edge comes with a 3,900mAh cell, the iPhone Air – 3,149mAh.
The Edge 70 scored a solid Active Use score of 13:36h.
It did very well on our call test, bested the iPhone Air and the Galaxy S25 Edge on the web browsing one, and did better than the Galaxy on the streaming and game tests.
Charging speed
The Motorola Edge 70 supports up to 68W fast wired charging and up to 15W wireless charging. To make use of the maximum wireless charging speed, you must use a magnetic charger and the bundled magnet-featuring case.
We carried out the charging speed test with Motorola’s own 68W power adapter, which relies on the USB-PD protocol.
The 68W charger got the battery from 0% to 48% in 15 minutes. We captured 85% of the charge on the 30-minute mark, and 100% was reached on the 41-minute mark. Charging is quite fast on this one.
For our charging speed tests, we used the Charge boost option, but you can also turn that off if charging speed is not your priority. You can also set a charging limit on the battery so it never goes to 100%, or smart charging for whenever you charge your phone at night.
Speakers – loudness and quality
The Motorola Edge 70, just like many other recent Moto phones, features two speakers – one at the bottom and the earpiece pulling a double duty. There is support for Dolby Atmos, and it’s on by default.
The Motorola Edge 70 speakers scored a Very Good mark on our loudness test. The sound quality is average though – it’s a bit shallow, with good high range, there is some bass, but the vocals and the mid-tones need a boost.
Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal “0db” flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.