The Moto Edge X30 launched earlier this month and has been a hot topic across the tech community as it is the first and, for now, the only smartphone on the market with Qualcomm‘s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. Now, we have managed to get our hands on the brand-new device to share our first thoughts and impressions of the latest Motorola flagship.
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The first thing that struck our mind was how lightweight the device was, which is in stark contrast to its metallic look that portrays the phone as a lot heavier than it is. The phone’s rear panel felt solid and smooth, but without the fingerprint stain problems faced by glass backs.
The 144Hz OLED HDR+ display stood out for its fluidity and smoothness while scrolling and switching screens. We quickly download and run a benchmark to see how much of this smooth 144Hz display can be utilized by the new SoC. The device ran 3DMark’s Wild Life admirably with an average frame rate of 57 FPS and managed to score a cool 9,589, placing it in the top 2% of results. The score brings the GPU of this device on par with the latest iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, which features Apple’s latest A15 Bionic SoCs. A true testament to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1’s improvement over the last generation Snapdragon 888.
The nearest Android competitor on the score list was the Google Pixel 6, with 6,416 Points. Other than the amazing GPU performance, What surprised us the most during this benchmark was the device’s temperature, which stayed at a reasonable 33 degrees Celsius.
Following this, we tried the AnTuTu benchmark on the Moto Edge X30, which ran so seamlessly as if we were watching a video. The device managed to get a satisfactory overall score of 957,864, better than 99% of devices on AnTuTu’s database.
For our last test, we decided to check out the device’s camera performance by clicking multiple shots using the 50MP primary camera, the 50MP ultrawide, and a couple of snaps using the macro mode. The pictures turned out to be impressive, considering the indoor setup. But the most impressive aspect of the camera performance was the natural bokeh effect and the wide-angle images, which turned out to be really nice in quality.
Gizmochina is currently working on a thorough review of the Moto Edge X30. We will take a deeper dive into the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1’s performance and talk about some of its issues and the phone in general, so stay tuned.
And while you wait for the review, you can check out our Motorola Edge X30 giveaway.
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