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3.0 out of 5 starsGreat Phone but Poor Battery Life (even for an old, sitting phone)
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024
Motorola Edge 2022
Phone itself is good but the 5000 mAh battery life is terrible. Even with all battery saver features on, you can still literally watch it run down. It's also a penalty of having the exact percentage show on screen, however the phone is much slower and laggier with battery saver on so you're kinda getting penalized both directions. (battery life and performance)
Camera so far struggles to focus at times and has some processing judder trying to keep the image in frame but it's a quality camera if you know what you're doing.
The screen is nice being an OLED but so dark compared to traditional lcd I'm unsure it's worth the tradeoff but much better to look at than my 1080p LCD. The colors and contrast are punchier and more vibrant. It does make browsing easier on the eyes but eats battery life I'm sure of it.
Im a hurricane survivor that lost most of what I own in the storm and after not having a phone for awhile I can't help but tell you I feel like multitasking MONSTER with this phone.
There's a few hitches and lagspikes with the Mediatek Helio in case some of you are concerned. Some of my previous apps didn't install either. But all in all in holds up ok but you'll notice the difference in camera processing, multitasking, or if you're a speed demon on your phone.
For the price I paid of $140 on sale it's a smoking hot deal, especially if youre in a financial bind like I am. You won't find a better deal on a phone or this quality I can 100% guarantee it, but the battery life is major letdown for me, because I'm the type to appreciate longer battery life over quicking charge times.
I would say if your financially unstable I'd definitely recommend a phone like this but if you have financial stability a newer phone should undoubtably offer a better battery life, better security features/software, and I think a brighter screen as 2020-2022 rough for Motorola brightness as even my moto ace had terrible brightness and it was an lcd.
To those that care I charged it correctly to 100% before using, never inopportunistically charged it, and gave it a couple full charges/discharged before reviewing it.