Motorola Edge Plus to launch on May 19 in India

Motorola Edge Plus is scheduled to launch in India on May 19 and becomes the latest flagship smartphone to arrive in the country during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic after the Xiaomi Mi 10, OnePlus 8 series and Apple iPhone SE 2020. Motorola announced its latest flagship smartphones, the Edge and Edge Plus in a virtual event on April 22. 

Now, the Motorola Edge Plus listing on Flipkart has gone live, revealing the date of the launch of the phone in India. According to the listing and banner spotted on Flipkart, the Motorola Edge Plus is set to launch on May 19 at 12 PM. The e-tailer is also hosting a quiz contest that gives a chance to a user to win a Motorola phone.

Motorola Edge Plus specifications

Motorola Edge Plus features a 6.7-inch Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) resolution display that uses an AMOLED panel with a punch-hole cutout on top for the selfie camera. The screen has a high 90Hz refresh rate and is certified for HDR10+ playback.

It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset with 5G support and an octa-core CPU. This is paired with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage and there doesn’t seem to be another available variant. 

Motorola Edge Plus has a triple camera setup on the back followed by TOF 3D depth sensor and dual-tone LED flash. The primary camera uses a 108MP sensor with an f/1.8 aperture and OIS support, an 8MP secondary telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom and OIS followed by a 16MP ultra-wide-angle camera. The rear camera setup can record in 6K UHD at 30fps and 4K UHD at upto 60fps. On the front, housed within the notch cutout is a 25MP selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture. 

The Edge Plus has stereo speakers, Wi-Fi 6 modem and Type-C port for charging. The battery is rated at 5,000mAh and supports 18W fast charging and 15W fast wireless charging. It comes in two colours– Smokey Sangria and Thunder Grey and is priced at $999 (~Rs 76,000) in the US but is expected to be aggressively priced in India.

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