I"ve always liked Motorola"s premium smartphones; it"s just been a while since we"ve seen one. The Moto Z2 Force is coming up on three years old, and it"s been even longer since the company introduced a flagship that wasn"t made to be used with modular accessories. But the Edge+ is here, and the Lenovo-owned company didn"t pull any punches.
Motorola is promising the world"s largest 5G smartphone battery, the highest-resolution camera, and the fastest connectivity. Of course, a 5,000mAh battery and a 108MP camera aren"t exclusive to the Edge+, but there"s another reason that the firm is making these claims. It"s to show that it"s not cutting corners on its reentry into flagship territory.
This smartphone has a Snapdragon 865 chipset, 5G support for sub6 and mmWave, 12GB RAM, 256GB of storage, a 90Hz OLED display, and more. All of that comes in at $999, which as strange as it sounds, is a pretty competitive price in 2020.
The only problem is that it"s exclusive to Verizon, the one major drawback to the Edge+. For me personally, it means that I won"t be able to use my own phone number while I review this device. In fact, it"s been so long since we"ve seen real carrier exclusives, it"s not even something I think about. No one does it anymore. It"s a real shame too, because I really like this phone.