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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2024
I bought Moto Edge 40 Neo phone to replace my old Moto G8+ as my old phone got burned pixels on display after 5 years of use.
In the box (which was filled with a nice scent) was phone, charger, cable, manual, protective back case.
Display is great with true black colour so you can enjoy movies/videos without the typical "backlight grey" during the dark scenes. I did take few pictures in outdoor setting with clouds + variations in light and quality is really good.
Sound is good, with Dolby Atmos and equaliser settings to your liking.
Set up was easy with Moto prompting to transfer data from old phone to the new one, I used the new cable from the box to do this as over the WiFi it would be much slower. Software updates and download of applications took about 2 hours with frequent restarts required which is understandable - getting the phone up to speed with the newest version of security patches and updates.
Battery life with location, data and WiFi switched on with mixed daily use (watching videos, reading articles, and also occasional screen off time) is roughly half a day thanks to 5000mAh battery. Charging from cca 30% to 100% took around 30 minutes (there is setting for rapid or optimal charge on the phone) with charger + cable provided in the box.
256GB internal memory and 12GB RAM (with option to share extra from internal memory) is sufficient for regular user.
There is no slot for extended memory card as it has only 1 SIM slot (I haven't tried to use e-SIM to see if that would then enable use of SD card).
No 3.5mm headphones jack - you can buy USB-C to 3.5mm jack adaptor or use wireless headphones.
As it is with other Moto phones this one also comes with Moto UI where you can set up visuals, fonts, etc.
There is also a lot of Moto apps which are useful if you have smart home and lot of devices to share or screencast to.
Navigation and positioning are both good. I have been driving between towns and had no issues with position accuracy and I also tried to find my way in remote forests on holiday in Europe (I didn't get lost so must be working 😄).
I don't consider myself very heavy phone user but I think for this price it packs some great stuff and it's worth buying.
In the box (which was filled with a nice scent) was phone, charger, cable, manual, protective back case.
Display is great with true black colour so you can enjoy movies/videos without the typical "backlight grey" during the dark scenes. I did take few pictures in outdoor setting with clouds + variations in light and quality is really good.
Sound is good, with Dolby Atmos and equaliser settings to your liking.
Set up was easy with Moto prompting to transfer data from old phone to the new one, I used the new cable from the box to do this as over the WiFi it would be much slower. Software updates and download of applications took about 2 hours with frequent restarts required which is understandable - getting the phone up to speed with the newest version of security patches and updates.
Battery life with location, data and WiFi switched on with mixed daily use (watching videos, reading articles, and also occasional screen off time) is roughly half a day thanks to 5000mAh battery. Charging from cca 30% to 100% took around 30 minutes (there is setting for rapid or optimal charge on the phone) with charger + cable provided in the box.
256GB internal memory and 12GB RAM (with option to share extra from internal memory) is sufficient for regular user.
There is no slot for extended memory card as it has only 1 SIM slot (I haven't tried to use e-SIM to see if that would then enable use of SD card).
No 3.5mm headphones jack - you can buy USB-C to 3.5mm jack adaptor or use wireless headphones.
As it is with other Moto phones this one also comes with Moto UI where you can set up visuals, fonts, etc.
There is also a lot of Moto apps which are useful if you have smart home and lot of devices to share or screencast to.
Navigation and positioning are both good. I have been driving between towns and had no issues with position accuracy and I also tried to find my way in remote forests on holiday in Europe (I didn't get lost so must be working 😄).
I don't consider myself very heavy phone user but I think for this price it packs some great stuff and it's worth buying.
I bought Moto Edge 40 Neo phone to replace my old Moto G8+ as my old phone got burned pixels on display after 5 years of use.
In the box (which was filled with a nice scent) was phone, charger, cable, manual, protective back case.
Display is great with true black colour so you can enjoy movies/videos without the typical "backlight grey" during the dark scenes. I did take few pictures in outdoor setting with clouds + variations in light and quality is really good.
Sound is good, with Dolby Atmos and equaliser settings to your liking.
Set up was easy with Moto prompting to transfer data from old phone to the new one, I used the new cable from the box to do this as over the WiFi it would be much slower. Software updates and download of applications took about 2 hours with frequent restarts required which is understandable - getting the phone up to speed with the newest version of security patches and updates.
Battery life with location, data and WiFi switched on with mixed daily use (watching videos, reading articles, and also occasional screen off time) is roughly half a day thanks to 5000mAh battery. Charging from cca 30% to 100% took around 30 minutes (there is setting for rapid or optimal charge on the phone) with charger + cable provided in the box.
256GB internal memory and 12GB RAM (with option to share extra from internal memory) is sufficient for regular user.
There is no slot for extended memory card as it has only 1 SIM slot (I haven't tried to use e-SIM to see if that would then enable use of SD card).
No 3.5mm headphones jack - you can buy USB-C to 3.5mm jack adaptor or use wireless headphones.
As it is with other Moto phones this one also comes with Moto UI where you can set up visuals, fonts, etc.
There is also a lot of Moto apps which are useful if you have smart home and lot of devices to share or screencast to.
Navigation and positioning are both good. I have been driving between towns and had no issues with position accuracy and I also tried to find my way in remote forests on holiday in Europe (I didn't get lost so must be working 😄).
I don't consider myself very heavy phone user but I think for this price it packs some great stuff and it's worth buying.
In the box (which was filled with a nice scent) was phone, charger, cable, manual, protective back case.
Display is great with true black colour so you can enjoy movies/videos without the typical "backlight grey" during the dark scenes. I did take few pictures in outdoor setting with clouds + variations in light and quality is really good.
Sound is good, with Dolby Atmos and equaliser settings to your liking.
Set up was easy with Moto prompting to transfer data from old phone to the new one, I used the new cable from the box to do this as over the WiFi it would be much slower. Software updates and download of applications took about 2 hours with frequent restarts required which is understandable - getting the phone up to speed with the newest version of security patches and updates.
Battery life with location, data and WiFi switched on with mixed daily use (watching videos, reading articles, and also occasional screen off time) is roughly half a day thanks to 5000mAh battery. Charging from cca 30% to 100% took around 30 minutes (there is setting for rapid or optimal charge on the phone) with charger + cable provided in the box.
256GB internal memory and 12GB RAM (with option to share extra from internal memory) is sufficient for regular user.
There is no slot for extended memory card as it has only 1 SIM slot (I haven't tried to use e-SIM to see if that would then enable use of SD card).
No 3.5mm headphones jack - you can buy USB-C to 3.5mm jack adaptor or use wireless headphones.
As it is with other Moto phones this one also comes with Moto UI where you can set up visuals, fonts, etc.
There is also a lot of Moto apps which are useful if you have smart home and lot of devices to share or screencast to.
Navigation and positioning are both good. I have been driving between towns and had no issues with position accuracy and I also tried to find my way in remote forests on holiday in Europe (I didn't get lost so must be working 😄).
I don't consider myself very heavy phone user but I think for this price it packs some great stuff and it's worth buying.
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