Motorola Edge 40 VS iPhone 14 phone: features, differences and price

Motorola may no longer be one of the first brands that come to mind when you think of changing cell phones, but in its catalog there are proposals with good features at reasonable pricesand that’s appreciated in the times we live in, where a high-end smartphone is worth more than a powerful computer.

The Motorola Edge 40 is, as our colleagues from Xataka Móvil comment in their analysis, “a hidden gem on the border of mid-range and high-end”, so it has some high-end features and a relatively contained pricemore typical of the mid-range.

And as usual, comparisons with Apple devices, in this case the iPhone 14, are inevitable. Will this Motorola phone live up to Cupertino’s most accessible option? We put them face to face to know their characteristics, their differences and their prices.

iPhone 14 and Motorola Edge 40 specs

• FilterThe iPhone 14 features a 6.1-inch 60Hz OLED panel, HDR10 and Dolby Vision high dynamic range support, and a peak brightness of 1200 nits. The Motorola Edge 40 bets on a panel 6.55-inch 144Hz curved OLEDcompatibility with HDR10 + and maximum brightness of 1200 nits.
• Processor: Apple’s smartphone integrates A15 Bionic chipand Motorola’s mounts the MediaTek Dimensity 8020.
• RAM and storage: 6 GB in the case of the iPhone 14 and 8 GB LPDDR4X in the Motorola Edge 40. Storage in Apple’s phone can range from 128 to 512 GB, and in Motorola’s it is 256 GB UFS 3.1.
• cameras: The Motorola Edge 40 has a main rear camera of 50 MP and a secondary of 13 MP, as well as a front camera of 32 MP. The iPhone has a 12 MP dual rear camera and a TrueDepth front which is also 12 MP.
• Operating system: iOS 16 on iPhone 14 and Android 13 on the Motorola Edge 40.
• connectivity: the two smartphones are very similar on this point, since they share WiFi 6, Bluetooth, 5G, NFC and GPS. The main difference is in the connector, since the iPhone 14 has Lightning and the Motorola Edge 40 has USB-C.
• Battery: that of the Motorola Edge 40 is 4,400mAh with 68W wired and 15W wireless fast charging. That of the iPhone 14 is 3,279 mAh with 20 W Lightning, 15 W MagSafe and 7.5 W Qi fast charging. Apple promises up to 20 hours of video playback.
• Others: Apple relies on facial recognition Face IDwhile the Motorola integrates a fingerprint sensor under the screen.
• Price: the Motorola Edge 40 can be purchased at 599 dollars, and the iPhone 14 starts at 1,009 dollars in its 128 GB version.

iPhone 14 VS Motorola Edge 40, which phone to buy?

The Motorola Edge 40 is a bit of a hard phone to categorize, as it’s neither a high-end nor a mid-range to use, but rather somewhere in between, medium-high range. It is has characteristics of both categories.

There filter The iPhone is considered one of the best around, especially in the Pro models, but in the iPhone 14 there’s one point where it falters, and that’s the refresh rate; 60 Hz for a mobile that costs a thousand dollars, it’s incomprehensible. Without going any further, the Motorola Edge 40 has up to 144 Hz, which offers brutal fluidity when navigating the system and using applications. In the rest of the points they are quite similar, since they are compatible with high dynamic range and have a maximum brightness of 1200 nits.

While the iPhone 14’s display isn’t its strong suit, the processor is. He A15 Bionic chip It is one of the most powerful on the market and difficult to match in terms of performance. And that’s where the Motorola Edge 40 falls into the mid-range category. prime, or economical high-end, since it incorporates the MediaTek Dimensity 8020 chip. With the iPhone 14 it will be possible to play the most demanding titles or use any compatible application from the App Store. With MediaTek, you may experience a drop in performance when trying to run certain video games, having to adjust the graphics options.

There RAM it’s handled differently on Android than it is on iOS, so the Motorola Edge 40’s 8GB can’t be compared to the iPhone 14’s 6GB. What you have to take into account is that the Motorola smartphone comes with with 256 GB of internal storagewhile the iPhone 14 can be chosen with 128, 256 or 512 GB.

Re cameras, there’s no arguing: the iPhone 14 gets the full point. In this model, photography at night or in low light has been improved. The Motorola Edge 40’s processing doesn’t work too much in its favour, with color saturation and excessive texturing when zoomed in to the max, but Macro mode is pretty decent, as well as Night mode, as they don’t have looks too unreal.

The operating system is a matter of taste. iOS and Android have their good and bad sides, so choosing one or the o ther depends on several factors, such as the rest of the devices you have (ecosystem) or keeping the terminal as many years as possible. And it is that although Apple does not guarantee how many years of updates the iPhone 14 will receive, it is possible that it will be around seven years of support. Motorola assures that the Edge 40 will receive three major updates (up to Android 16) and four years of security patches. Motorola’s personalization layer is My UX, which promises an experience very close to stock Android, but has a few bloatware

The iPhone 14 may not have an oversized battery, but it does capable of lasting up to 20 hours of video playback, which many cell phones cannot boast of. And it is that the Motorola Edge 40, despite its 4,400 mAh, can fall a little below if configured with 144 Hz, which is expensive to reach the day of full use, as our colleagues from Xataka Móvil after performing the analysis. According to their tests, it achieves just over seven hours on screen with normal use of messaging apps, some photography, GPS, phone calls, and little content consumption on YouTube or Prime Video. One point in favor is the 68W fast charge, which delivers 40% in just fifteen minutes.

There is also another point to take into account, which is that of the security system. Apple relies on facial recognition with Face ID, which works very well, much better than other brands. The Motorola Edge 40 is more “classic” and relies on the in-screen fingerprint sensor.

And we’re done with this price. There is a difference of 400 dollars between the iPhone 14 (1,009 dollars) and the Motorola Edge 40 (599 dollars). Apple’s phone can be found on sale around $900, however, so the gap is narrowing, though expect the Edge 40 to drop in price soon after launch, as it does. is the usual with Android smartphones, and it becomes an even better option.

In conclusion, the Motorola Edge 40 is a pretty round phone for its price, but that’s not enough if camera and performance improvements are sought. Here the iPhone 14 stands out more, but it is not spared from the buts, in particular because of its 60 Hz screen. The operating system and the price are generally factors that should be evaluated.

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