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First it was Samsung with its Galaxy S25 Edge, adopted by Apple with its iPhone Air. Now it’s the flip of a third contender so as to add an ultra-thin smartphone to store cabinets, persevering with this sudden trend.

I’m not sure customers had been really asking for slimmed down telephones, however in 2025 that’s what we’re getting. Motorola has unveiled the Motorola Edge 70, a £699 Android phone that is 5.99mm thick, which is a tad chunkier than the 5.8mm S25 Edge and the 5.6mm iPhone Air.

Motorola has used the ‘Edge’ branding on its telephones for a number of years, however none have been particularly marketed on their thinness. The Edge 70 is the primary phone from the 70 sequence to hit the market, and in case you’re all for a slighter gadget, its price is considerably decrease than the £1,099 S25 Edge and £999 iPhone Air.

That’s partly as a result of the Edge 70 doesn’t have what Android fans would call a ‘flagship’ processor. Rather than the top-of-the-range Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the phone runs on the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4. That chipset is not a slouch by any means, however if you need the very best efficiency for graphics and gameplay on high finish cell video games, it’d fall short.

Aside from this although, the Edge 70 holds its own on paper whereas undercutting its rivals on price. You get 12GB RAM, Gorilla Glass 7i defending the screen, IP68/IP69 for all-round mud and water resistance, and MIL-STD-810H compliant sturdiness.

The Edge 70 is additionally the lightest of the new breed of skinny telephones at 159g, much less than Samsung’s 163g S25 Edge and Apple’s 165g iPhone Air. That’s down to a light-weight aluminium body and “nylon-inspired finish”, although Moto spokespeople couldn’t really affirm what it’s made of. The phone is available in Pantone shades of Gadget Grey, Bronze Green and Lily Pad.

One factor the Moto lacks is a devoted telephoto digicam lens, but it surely does have a 50MP ultra-wide sensor alongside a 50MP essential and 50MP selfie shooter.

There’s additionally a flash and sensor subsequent to these lenses, making up a 4 circle, squared off digicam bump that does lend a bulge to the highest of the phone that takes the, erm, edge, off the thinness, one thing I’ve discovered since having the phone in hand for a couple of days.

I’ll need a little longer with the phone earlier than I can review it or give a definitive verdict, but it surely feels great to carry, and the mixture of the marginally curved sides and textured back give the gadget a nicer really feel than the S25 Edge.

I’m much less enamoured with the new Moto AI button on the left edge of the phone, which calls up the new AI assistant to delve into image technology, notification summaries, transcriptions, searches, tailor-made strategies and more, with choices to hook up with Perplexity or Microsoft Copilot. To entry any of this, you need to signal into a Moto account by way of e-mail signal up or your Google account.

This Moto AI can also supposedly “add extra precision and accuracy” in photos shot with the digicam utilizing a “Photo Enhancement Engine”. AI is turning into more and more laborious to keep away from on smartphones, and Motorola has properly and really joined the social gathering.

The phone has no charger within the box however can charge wired at up to 68W, and has a 4,800mAh silicon-carbon battery, the new battery tech that is meant to be more power environment friendly. There’s additionally 15W wi-fi charging, and there’s a plastic case within the box with a magnetic ring to align to MagSafe or Qi2 magnetic chargers, however the phone itself has no magnets.

The Motorola Edge 70 is on sale now for £699.99 from Motorola, with availability additionally at Vodafone, Three, Currys, Argos, Amazon and John Lewis.

The firm additionally launched the funds £229.99 Moto G57 Power with an huge 7,000mAh silicon-carbon battery, and the £49.99 Moto Buds Bass earbuds.