Motorola Edge 70 Pro Plus vs Apple iPhone 17e

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.8-inch Motorola Edge 70 Pro Plus (with MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme) that was released on June 1, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 17e, which is powered by Apple A19 and came out 3 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory 12 / 256 GB

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 70 Pro Plus
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Comes with 2495 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 4005 mAh
  • Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 25W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17e
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
  • 2.1x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3595 and 1743 points
  • Weighs 21 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Edge 70 Pro Plus and Apple iPhone 17e 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)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
100.6
(Excellent)
Value Index
69.5
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.6:9 19.5:9
PPI 450 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5200 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 92% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
PWM - 60 Hz
Response time - 4 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Edge 70 Pro Plus
6.8β€³ (19.6:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
iPhone 17e
6.1β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~23% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.7 mm (6.41 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 75.6 mm (2.98 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 7.19 mm (0.28 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Eco-leather Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Green, Red, Brown White, Black, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Average (2.79/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Edge 70 Pro Plus and Apple iPhone 17e
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme Apple A19
Max clock 3400 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz:
L3 cache 6 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MP8 4 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1024 640
GPU clock 1508 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~3088.4 GFLOPS ~2073.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Edge 70 Pro Plus and Apple iPhone 17e
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iPhone 17e +106%
3595
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iPhone 17e +34%
9245
Compute Score (GPU)
iPhone 17e +117%
31620
Compute Score (GPU) 14605 31620
Single-core score 1743 3595
Multi-core score 6900 9245
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2366913
2272175
CPU 708437 694087
GPU 812170 750153
Memory 317102 238765
UX 529204 589170
Total score 2366913 2272175
Samples Less than 3 [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test - 13 FPS
Graphics score - 1752
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 31 FPS
Section 1 - 34 FPS
Section 2 - 31 FPS
Section 3 - 25 FPS
Graphics score - 8032
Sources: 3DMark [5]
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#173rd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Edge 70 Pro Plus
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPhone 17e
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (kpvas)AnTuTu 112134388
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (Cocoon)AnTuTu 112272175
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Cosgun)AnTuTu 112060838
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-31 (Cosgun)Geekbench 6 CPU3595 / 9245

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 26.3 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
OS size - 20 GB
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 4005 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 25 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) -
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 1:34 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 11:40 hr
Watching video - 16:33 hr
Gaming - 06:37 hr
Standby - 135 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 122Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-710 -
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.5 -
Focal length 81 mm -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 12 mm -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/3.6" (β‰ˆ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6 (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 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced June 2026 March 2026
Release date June 2026 March 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $500 $599
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, camera, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Motorola Edge 70 Pro Plus. But if the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 17e.

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