The Motorola Edge 60 Pro is Motorola's latest flagship contender in the upper mid-range segment, and it brings several key upgrades over its predecessor.
The new model comes with a more powerful MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Extreme chip, with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage. It also has some of the best battery life we have tested recently, partially thanks to a large 6,000 mAh battery.
However, while there is much more to love about the Edge 60 Pro, it comes with some caveats. The video performance is rather poor, and the charging speeds have been downgraded. It also still offers only 3 years of software support, which at this price range is rather disappointing.
As of now, the Motorola Edge 60 Pro is not officially available in the U.S. In the U.K. you get a single variant with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB. It can be purchased directly from Motorola's online store for £599.99, which is a little over the OnePlus 13R's £529 and a lot more expensive than the £499 that the Pixel 9a goes for.
So, with such a price, what does the new Edge 60 Pro have to offer?
Motorola Edge 60 Pro
What we like
Outstanding Battery Life
Fast and Powerful Performance
Great Design
What we don't like
Poor Video Stabilization
Short Software Support
Reduced Charging Speeds
6.8
PhoneArena Rating
6.8
Price Class Average
Battery Life
8.6
7.1
Photo Quality
6.8
6.7
Video Quality
5.4
5.3
Charging
8.1
8.2
Performance Heavy
5.2
6.1
Performance Light
6.7
6.9
Display Quality
7
7.5
Design
8
7.9
Wireless Charging
3.9
6.5
Biometrics
7
7.4
Audio
6
6.9
Software
5
5.7
Why the score?
This device scores average for this price class, which includes devices like the Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra, OPPO Find X8 Pro and Xiaomi 14T
Our review score places the Edge 60 Pro right at the average rating for its price class. It is above that average when it comes to battery life, with some small setbacks like the wireless charging, software support, and performance.
Familiar design and experience, albeit with a new button
A classic Motorola design. | Image by PhoneArena
The Edge 60 Pro continues its predecessor's slim form factor, with a vegan leather back panel for extra grip and no fingerprints. It is also very light, at just 186 g, and measures 160.7 x 73.1 x 8.2 mm.
Nice and thin. | Image by PhoneArena
This year, Motorola has added a dedicated AI button on the left side of the phone, which offers the same satisfying clickiness as the volume and power buttons on the right.
In terms of durability, the Edge 60 Pro comes with both IP68 and IP69 ratings—meaning it's not only protected against dust and submersion in water (IP68), but can also withstand high-pressure, high-temperature water jets (IP69).
The display has also been upgraded with Gorilla Glass 7i, a new mid-range glass from Corning that is said to come with improved scratch resistance and drop protection compared to previous glass used in this price segment.
The Motorola Edge 60 Pro in its three color variants. | Image credits — Motorola
The Edge 60 Pro comes in Pantone Shadow, Dazzling Blue, Sparkling Grape. We have the Pantone Sparkling Grape, which is very vibrant and rich, and has a more leathery feel to it.
Some goodies in the box. | Image by PhoneArena
While there's no charger in the box, it's nice to see a color-matching case to help you protect the phone the moment you unbox it. Other than that, you get the usual USB-C cable and SIM tool.
Brightness levels are high enough for most scenarios. | Image by PhoneArena
The curved edge display of the Edge 60 Pro has stellar image quality, although I still prefer a flat one to avoid those pesky reflections. Still, I watching content on this phone. The colors looked vibrant and, since it is an OLED panel, the contrast was great too.
The screen gets bright enough to use outdoors, even though it doesn't really match what some other phones like the Pixel 9a and OnePlus 13R offer.
The CIE 1931 xy color gamut chart represents the set(area)of colors that a display can reproduce,with the sRGB colorspace(the highlighted triangle)serving as reference.The chart also provides a visual representation of a display's color accuracy. The small squares across the boundaries of the triangle are the reference points for the various colors, while the small dots are the actual measurements. Ideally, each dot should be positioned on top of its respective square. The 'x:CIE31' and 'y:CIE31' values in the table below the chart indicate the position of each measurement on the chart. 'Y' shows the luminance (in nits) of each measured color, while 'Target Y' is the desired luminance level for that color. Finally, 'ΔE 2000' is the Delta E value of the measured color. Delta E values of below 2 are ideal.
The Color accuracy chart gives an idea of how close a display's measured colors are to their referential values. The first line holds the measured (actual) colors, while the second line holds the reference (target) colors. The closer the actual colors are to the target ones, the better.
The Grayscale accuracy chart shows whether a display has a correct white balance(balance between red,green and blue)across different levels of grey(from dark to bright).The closer the Actual colors are to the Target ones,the better.
As for biometrics, the fingerprint reader that's embedded in the display feels plenty quick and worked well.
Motorola Edge 60 Pro Camera
New ultra-wide camera
A good camera system for the price. | Image by PhoneArena
Motorola Edge 60 Pro
PhoneArena Camera Score
BEST 158
136
PhoneArena Photo Score
BEST 165
145
Main (wide)
BEST 87
75
Zoom
BEST 29
24
Ultra-wide
BEST 26
20
Selfie
BEST 30
26
PhoneArena Video Score
BEST 155
126
Main (wide)
BEST 83
67
Zoom
BEST 27
18
Ultra-wide
BEST 24
17
Selfie
BEST 28
24
If we are talking about photography, the camera system on the Edge 60 Pro is a solid performer, with good scores in all of our camera tests. Things start to go a little downhill when we take a look at the phones video recording, though, especially when using the secondary cameras.
As for camera hardware, we have a brand new 50 MP ultra-wide snapper (upgraded from 13 MP) that is also capable of Macro Mode and has auto focus. The main 50 MP image sensor has not changed, but its aperture is now f/1.8 vs f/1.4 on the predecessor. The 10 MP 3x telephoto camera can now also digitally zoom up to 50x.
The selfie camera remains at 50 MP.
Photos from the Edge 60 Pro look crisp, and that Pantone validation seems to be more than just a sticker for extra credit, as the colors are true to life, although more so when shooting with the main camera than the other two.
The ultra-wide camera is still a little soft, despite its higher resolution, but I like how the phone handles HDR situations — there is plenty of detail both in the highlights and the shadows without the image looking weird.
The 3x telephoto camera is sharp enough to be perfectly usable, and it preserves the color accuracy better than the ultra-wide camera.
The selfie camera does a stellar job, capturing pretty accurate skin tones and pleasantly sharp images (without oversharpening).
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Video Quality
As long as you stay still, video quality with the main and telephoto cameras is pretty good. The moment you start moving, though, you notice just how poor the video stabilization is on this phone.
The video quality from the ultra-wide camera, on the other hand, is poor no matter how you are using it, so I wouldn't recommend it for video.
Motorola Edge 60 Pro Performance & Benchmarks
A truly powerful chipset
Motorola has also upgraded the memory and storage. | Image by PhoneArena
Motorola decided to go with Mediatek for the new Edge 60 Pro, upgrading to the Dimensity 8350 Extreme from the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 that powered the previous generation.
The phone feels snappy during regular use, and it felt capable for mobile gaming, although it did get a bit hot after prolonged use.
The single core CPU performance has increased by about 21% while the multi-core performance has jumped by a more significant 34% compared to last generation.
In terms of raw graphical performance, the Dimensity 8350 Extreme reached twice as better results in the 3DMark Extreme benchmark. That said, the Edge 60 Pro overheated very easily, which dropped its performance lower than its predecessor due to throttling.
As for memory, you get 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM (really fast memory) and 512 GB UFS 4.0 of storage, both of which are upgrades over the predecessor, which had LPDDR4X RAM and UFS 2.2 storage.
Motorola Edge 60 Pro Software
The phone runs on Hello UI, which is Motorola’s UI skin based on Android 15. It is as clean and near-stock as ever, with some thoughtful enhancements. This year, however, the inclusion of Moto AI, Motorola’s own suite of intelligent features, sets this new generation apart from the previous ones.
Moto AI introduces several tools, all of which we have seen before from other phone manufacturers. You have "Catch Me Up," which summarizes missed notifications, and "Pay Attention" that can transcribe and summarize conversations in real time. "Next Move" provides contextual suggestions based on your habits, and "Remember This" lets you tag important information for future recall using voice prompts.
The Edge 60 Pro also supports Google's "Circle to Search", letting you find information instantly by circling text or images on your screen — a useful addition powered by Google's visual search capabilities.
All of this is accessible via a dedicated AI Key on the left side of the phone, allowing quick access to tools like "Update Me" or "Take Notes" with a single press. You can long-press the key to access Moto AI without unlocking the phone.
The great news here is that—unlike with the Edge 60 Fusion—more of the AI features happen on-device, which makes these AI features work noticeably more quickly in comparison.
I do have to take away some brownie points from Motorola, though, as this AI Key cannot be customized for other functions.
Moto AI currently supports English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with broader language support likely to come.
As for the software support window, it is still 3 years of Android upgrades and 4 years of security patches.
The Motorola Edge 60 Pro comes with an upgraded 6,000 Si/C battery, which has drastically improved the battery life compared to last year's model. In fact, it is in the top 10 phones we have tested in the last couple of years as far as battery life goes.
I didn't even have to charge the Edge 60 Pro at the end of the day, as it still had about 60% of its battery left before I went to bed, even on weekends when I tend to spend a little more time on things like YouTube videos or gaming.
It seems that the sacrifice Motorola decided to make to achieve this great battery life on the Edge 60 Pro was the charging speeds. Last generation had 125W wired and 50W wireless charging, and this year's Edge Pro comes with 90W of wired and 15W of wireless.
In our tests, the difference was twice the time when charging the phone via a cable. Frankly, while this is undoubtedly a downgrade, I think it is well-calculated one — 50 minutes to charge to 100% and 30 minutes to get 75% is more than quick enough, especially with such great battery life.
Some downgrades are okay when you compensate with an appropriate improvement. | Image by PhoneArena
Lastly, the reverse-wireless charging has also dropped down from 10W to 5W, but at least it is still there to help you juice up your other gadgets like a pair of earbuds or a smartwatch.
Motorola Edge 60 Pro Audio Quality and Haptics
The dual speakers sound pretty good — there's some depth to the audio and speech is clear. This changes once you go above 70% of the max volume, though, which is when you start to hear distortion.
If you don't mind the somewhat small distortion, the phone can get very loud, so it's perfect if you are cooking and want to listen to a podcast or a YouTube video, for example.
The speakers are also good enough to enjoy some music on the go, as long as you don't max out the volume.
As for haptics, they feel tight on the Edge 60 Pro, although typing can sound rather annoying while the phone vibrates for each tap, which is why I turned haptic feedback for the keyboard off — something I don't usually do.
Should you buy it?
Make sure you take a look at the competition first. | Image by PhoneArena
The Motorola Edge 60 Pro is a strong choice if you're after a well-rounded Android phone that delivers excellent battery life, fast performance, and a clean software experience—without pushing into $1,000 flagship territory.
That said, it does have its shortcomings. Video recording remains somewhat of a weakness, which could be a deal-breaker if you frequently capture memories with family and friends. Depending on your priorities, you might find better value in alternatives like the Pixel 9a, which offers superior video quality and longer software support at a lower price, or the OnePlus 13R, which boasts faster charging and a better display.
If you're okay with the limited video performance and shorter software support, the Edge 60 Pro still delivers a satisfying user experience. It’s a meaningful upgrade over its predecessor in several key areas and offers solid all-around value for the price.
Aleksandar is a tech enthusiast with a broad range of interests, from smartphones to space exploration. His curiosity extends to hands-on DIY experiments with his gadgets, and he enjoys switching between different brands to experience the latest innovations. Prior to joining PhoneArena, Aleksandar worked on the Google Art Project, digitizing valuable artworks and gaining diverse perspectives on technology. When he's not immersed in tech, Aleksandar is an outdoorsman who enjoys mountain hikes, wildlife photography, and nature conservation. His interests also extend to martial arts, running, and snowboarding, reflecting his dynamic approach to life and technology.
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