Motorola launches the Edge+, a $1,000 flagship smartphone

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  The Motorola Edge +. [credit: Motorola ]

Motorola is getting back in the flagship smartphone game, and today the company announced the Motorola Edge+. This thing is a full-fat flagship—it has a Snapdragon 865 SoC, mmWave 5G, and is $1,000. The Edge+ is coming exclusively to Verizon on May 14.

The phone has a 6.7-inch, 90Hz, 2340×1080 OLED display, 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM, 256GB of UFS 3.0 storage, a 5000mAh battery, only 18W wired quick charging, and 15W wireless charging. There's a bottom USB-C port, NFC, an in-screen fingerprint reader, IP68 dust and water resistance, and—here's a shocker—a 3.5mm headphone jack. The Moto Z was one of the first big phones to remove the headphone jack (it pre-dates the iPhone 7 release by a few months), and now with the Edge+, the jack is back. It sounds like the Edge+ will have a tough time topping the OnePlus 8 Pro, which is $100 cheaper, has a 120Hz display, and 30W wired charging.

The "Edge+" is named for its curved display, an annoying smartphone feature that distorts the sides of the display and catches glare from overhead lights. The display isn't just curved around the left and right sides; it's a "90-degree Endless Edge display," meaning it bends a full 90 degrees around the side of the phone. Motorola apparently realizes the curved part of the display isn't a very useful display surface, so it added a software feature that lets you double-tap the side of the display to move text and other app content into the flat, usable portion of the display. In addition to turning off the curved display, you can also swipe down on the curved part of the display to open the notification panel or swipe in from the side to open an app shortcut drawer.

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