Motorola unveiled two new units right this moment – a member of the premium X-series and what’s going to in all probability be the most affordable 5G cellphone from the corporate for the foreseeable future. These are launching in China for now, however ought to make their solution to the remainder of the world in some kind afterward.
At a look: Moto X40 • Moto G53
Motorola Moto X40
The previous X30 Pro was an fascinating mixture of highly effective {hardware} and an affordable price ticket. This new mannequin, the Motorola Moto X40, doesn’t name itself a “professional”, but it surely however dials up the ability with the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and a 165Hz show – Motorola positive loves its excessive refresh price shows.
The show has a 6.7” diagonal and 1,080 x 2,400px decision. It’s a 10-bit panel with HDR10+ help and DC dimming. The fingerprint reader is below the show now slightly than being mounted on the facet. That is Motorola’s first 165Hz show and with the highly effective Adreno 740 GPU it would draw folks away from dear gaming telephones.
Professional or not, the X40 boasts 125W wired charging and it options wi-fi charging too – solely at 15W, thought, down from 50W on the X30 Professional. Nonetheless, non-Professional Motos often skip it altogether. If it’s worthwhile to cost the cellphone as quick as potential, the wired charger will get you from a lifeless battery to 50% in simply 7 minutes. The battery capability is 4,600mAh, by the way in which, principally the identical because the previous Professional.
Comparable reasoning applies to the digital camera – as a substitute of a 200MP fundamental sensor, the X40 is supplied with a 50MP sensor (1/1.56”). It has OIS, 1.0µm native pixels with 4-in-1 binning help. That leaves the door open for a flagship mannequin within the X40 sequence.
Subsequent to the primary cam is a extremely wide-angle lens (117°) with a 50MP sensor (1.3µm pixels). This one has autofocus, so it may well shoot macro pictures from 2.5cm/1”. Additionally on board is 2x portrait digital camera with a 12MP sensor (IMX663, 1.22µm pixels). For selfies there’s a 60MP selfie digital camera with a centered punch gap. Essential sensor apart, this setup is kind of just like the X30 Professional.
Going again to the chipset, it’s the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and it’s cooled by an 11-layer setup that features a vapor chamber (3,002mm² in measurement). The chipset is paired with 8/12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 128, 256 and even 512GB of UFS 4.0 storage. It is a twin SIM cellphone, there isn’t any room for a microSD slot. No 3.5mm jack both, however that was the case for the 2021 mannequin as nicely. The brand new one launches with Android 13/My UI 5.0 out of the field.
Motorola Moto X40 colorways
The X40 makes its resilience towards water official with an IP68 ranking (it may well survive 1.5m/5ft below water for half-hour). The mid-frame is made out of 7000-series aluminum, the rear is roofed with Gorilla Glass Victus with a soft-touch end (obtainable in Blue and Black). We’re undecided if that applies to the entrance as nicely, the main points supplied by Motorola are obscure. Anyway, the cellphone measures 8.6mm thick and weighs 199g, roughly the identical as its predecessor.
The Motorola Moto X40 has an official IP68 ranking • Gorilla Glass Victus with a tender contact end on the again
The Motorola Moto X40 is on pre-order in China proper now, delivery is about to start on December 22. The bottom 8/128GB mannequin begins at CNY 3,400 ($490/€460/₹40,500). For comparability, the Moto X30 Professional (which served as the premise for the worldwide Edge 30 Extremely) began at CNY 3,700 for an 8/128GB mannequin. There are different configurations on provide too: 8/256GB for CNY 3,700, 12/256GB for CNY 4,000 and 12/512GB for CNY 4,300.
Motorola Moto G53
The Motorola Moto G53 has 5G connectivity as its declare to fame. Even so, as a follow-up to the 4G-only Moto G52 it’s disappointing in some respects. Even the 5G-equipped Moto G51 has some higher specs (Motorola’s line-up may be fairly complicated).
Beginning with the display, gone is the 6.6” 90Hz AMOLED with FHD+ decision of the G52, changed by a 6.5” 120Hz LCD with solely HD+ decision. The G51 5G had a 6.8” 120Hz LCD with FHD+ decision. The selfie digital camera has been demoted to an 8MP sensor (down from 16MP).
There are downgrades on the again as nicely. The principle digital camera nonetheless has a 50MP sensor with 0.64µm native pixels (1.3µm after binning), however the extremely broad module is gone. Don’t fear, the 2MP macro digital camera continues to be right here.
Then there’s the battery. At 5,000mAh it’s the identical capability because the previous cellphone, although the charging velocity is now right down to 18W (down from 30W) and also you solely get a 10W charger included within the field. Some corners have been minimize to pay for the 5G modem.
Motorola Moto G53 5G colorways
Fortunately, the cutbacks didn’t have an effect on the microSD card slot or the three.5mm headphone jack. The G53 has two variations, one with 4GB of RAM and one with 8GB , each with 128GB storage. You additionally get a selection between a Black and a White colorway.
The Motorola Moto G53 is now on pre-order in China at a worth of simply CNY 900 ($130/€120/₹11,000) for the 4/128GB mannequin and CNY 1,100 for the 8/128GB one. Once more, this could possibly be the most affordable 5G cellphone from the corporate – that G51 we talked about earlier is CNY 1,500. Nonetheless, the G5x mannequin quantity feels prefer it belongs on a mid-ranger and that is an entry degree cellphone, however that’s only a nitpick.
