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Motorola Signature vs Edge 70

88 out of 100
Motorola Signature
VS
72 out of 100
Motorola Edge 70
Motorola Signature
12 / 256 GB
Motorola Edge 70
8 / 256 GB

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.8-inch Motorola Signature (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on January 7, 2026, against the Motorola Edge 70, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 and came out 2 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Motorola Signature
  • 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3175K versus 1368K)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Shows 26% longer battery life (28:57 vs 23:00 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 68W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 70
  • Weighs 27 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Motorola Signature and Edge 70 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
76.6
(Good)
Value Index
38.6
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Motorola Signature
vs
Edge 70

Display

Type AMOLED POLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2780 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 449 ppi 444 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6200 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90.2% 91.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
Motorola Signature +4%
1525 nits
Edge 70
1461 nits

Design and build

Height 162.1 mm (6.38 inches) 159.9 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) 74 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 6.99 mm (0.28 inches) 6 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 159 g (5.61 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Green Black, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.63/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Motorola Signature
90.2%
Edge 70 +2%
91.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Motorola Signature and Motorola Edge 70
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Max clock 3800 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime		 - 3 cores at 1.84 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)
L3 cache 6 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 722
GPU shading units 1024 512
GPU clock 1225 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Motorola Signature and Motorola Edge 70
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Motorola Signature +115%
2854
Edge 70
1329
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Motorola Signature +123%
9411
Edge 70
4219
Compute Score (GPU)
Motorola Signature +177%
21397
Edge 70
7727
Compute Score (GPU) 21397 7727
Single-core score 2854 1329
Multi-core score 9411 4219
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Motorola Signature +132%
3175557
Edge 70
1368100
CPU 944002 474637
GPU 1076398 331870
Memory 490538 228458
UX 664619 333135
Total score 3175557 1368100
Samples [4 tests] [3 tests]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 20377
Video editing - 7926
Photo editing - 38655
Data manipulation - 11910
Writing score - 20941
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Motorola Signature
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Feary7)AnTuTu 123338986
📘 2026-09-27 (Sam)AnTuTu 123267778
📘 2026-07-27 -> LuizsAnTuTu 113175557
📘 2026-06-03 (Lucky)AnTuTu 113140269
📘 2026-05-27 (MaylonXTG)AnTuTu 113237650
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Motorola Edge 70
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-29 (Black)AnTuTu 111361822
📘 2026-08-28 (Rupinder)AnTuTu 111367750
📘 2026-08-15 (Ankit)AnTuTu 111355373
📘 2026-07-12 (স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ)CPU Throttle82%
📘 2026-07-12 (স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ)AnTuTu 111368100
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM - Hello UI
OS updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5200 mAh 4800 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 68 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (88% in 15 min) Yes (85% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 0:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:39 hr 08:31 hr
Watching video 18:02 hr 16:02 hr
Gaming 06:50 hr 05:53 hr
Standby 137 hr 105 hr
General battery life
Motorola Signature +26%
28:57 hr
Edge 70
23:00 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 122° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor - Samsung GNJ
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Focal length 71 mm -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 12 mm 12 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 180 -
Zoom 153 -
Samples Photo samples of Motorola Signature from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.4 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
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

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced January 2026 October 2025
Release date February 2026 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $799
Successor - Motorola Razr (2025) -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*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 Signature is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
11 (91.7%)
1 (8.3%)
Total votes: 12

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