1. Motorola Edge 40 Pro – Best overall
The Edge 40 Pro is the best Motorola phone you can buy right now. Confusingly, it’s known as the Motorola Edge+ (2023) in the US.
Joking aside, this is a top quality smartphone with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, 12GB of RAM, a very good 165Hz display that’s really cutting edge, and a subtle but solid design with frosted glass back.
That high refresh rate is rarely seen on a handset that isn’t a gaming phone, and the Edge 40 Pro makes the most of it with a stunning screen. It’s a 6.67-inch quadruple-curved beauty. Multi-tasking and gaming performance is up there with the best Samsung and OnePlus have to offer on their latest high-end phones, backed up by three rear cameras.
Those cameras are the best you can get on a Moto phone, but aren’t the very best out there. The classic main, ultra-wide and telephoto setup is decent though and shots with the 50Mp main are sharp and detailed. The telephoto is only 2x, so this isn’t the best phone for long distance photography, but it does a fine job for people portraits. The 60Mp front camera is also pleasingly excellent.
Motorola also offers fast wired charging and (slow) wireless charging, as well as three years of Android OS updates and four years of security patches. This is just a year behind Samsung and means we’re inclined to recommend the Edge 40 Pro with a few caveats.