Motorola Edge 70 Fusion vs Edge 30 Fusion

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.78-inch Motorola Edge 70 Fusion (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) that was released on March 2, 2026, against the Motorola Edge 30 Fusion, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus and came out 3 years and 6 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 70 Fusion
  • Comes with 2600 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 4400 mAh
  • Delivers 56% higher peak brightness (1487 against 955 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • The phone is 3 years and 6 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 12% higher pixel density (450 vs 402 PPI)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 30 Fusion
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • 27% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1605 and 1263 points

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 70 Fusion and Edge 30 Fusion crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 75% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Motorola Edge 30 Fusion to Motorola Edge 70 Fusion makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: battery life, camera, and display.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in gaming and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED POLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5200 nits 1100 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 91.8% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 103.8% 97.2%
PWM 120 Hz 753 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Edge 70 Fusion
6.78β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Edge 30 Fusion
6.55β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1487 nits
955 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.76 mm (6.41 inches) 158.48 mm (6.24 inches)
Width 75.6 mm (2.98 inches) 71.99 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 7.21 mm (0.28 inches) 7.45 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 177 g (6.24 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP52
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green White, Gray, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.63/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
91.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 70 Fusion and Motorola Edge 30 Fusion
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Max clock 2500 MHz 2990 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.995 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 780
GPU
Graphics Adreno 810 Adreno 660
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 1050 MHz 840 MHz
FLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS ~1290.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 70 Fusion and Motorola Edge 30 Fusion
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 5046 -
Single-core score 1263 1605
Multi-core score 3421 3996
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1149292
1208784
CPU 427431 427402
GPU 199135 237850
Memory 237162 183144
UX 285564 360388
Total score 1149292 1208784
Samples Less than 3 [4 tests]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 70 Fusion
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (nandoAp)AnTuTu 111091436
Motorola Edge 30 Fusion
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-22 (kukuhatop2281337)AnTuTu 111208784
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Lucas)AnTuTu 111200817
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (WrongButton)AnTuTu 111156304
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-18 (edge30fusionhype)AnTuTu 111235608

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM Hello UI 13
OS size 35 GB 17 GB
OS updates 6 years -

Battery

Capacity 7000 mAh 4400 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 68 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (86% in 30 min) Yes (82% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 0:52 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 07:01 hr
Watching video - 10:50 hr
Gaming - 04:48 hr
Standby - 89 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Sensor Sony LYTIA-700C Omnivision OV50A
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC13A2 SK Hynix HI1336
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.5
Focal length 2 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC32E1 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGD2
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
78.5 dB
88.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced March 2026 September 2022
Release date March 2026 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $420 $699
Successor - - Motorola Edge 70 Fusion
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 68 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Motorola Edge 70 Fusion is definitely a better buy.

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