Motorola’s Edge 60 Fusion is going head-to-head with the Galaxy A26

Which will come out on top?

The Motorola Edge 60 Fusion has been announced, and it’s shaping up to be an unusually tough budget smartphone option.

We were impressed with last year’s Edge 50 Fusion, especially for its sharp design and impressive battery life.

Its successor introduces some small but potentially impactful upgrades that could make it a great alternative to Samsung’s recently announced Galaxy A26.

A standout design

Motorola’s curvaceous design makes a return, but this time, the Edge 60 Fusion is as tough as it is good-looking. Like the Moto G85, it features military-grade MIL-STD-810H built quality, while IP68 and IP69 certification goes beyond typical flagship levels of water and dust resistance.

This time, the Edge 60 Fusion is as tough as it is good-looking

With Gorilla Glass 7 around front, we’re expecting this to be one hard nut to crack. On the back, Motorola’s vegan leather finish makes a return for extra grip.

The phone is fronted by a 6.67-inch AMOLED display that scales the Edge 50 Fusion’s rather needless 144Hz maximum refresh rate back to the industry-standard 120Hz. In its place, Motorola has cranked up the resolution a notch to 2712 x 1220.

An impressive spec sheet

The Edge 60 Fusion is powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 7300 chip, variants of which we’ve seen powering the Poco X7 and the Oppo Reno 12 Pro. This is a capable performer, in our experience, and it’s backed here by 8GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage.

Motorola has gone above and beyond with its battery provision, too. At 5200mAh, it’s above average for such an affordable phone. Speedy 68W wired charging also makes a return, though there’s no wireless charging.

When it comes to photography, the Edge 60 Fusion features a 50Mp Sony Lytia sensor with OIS, accompanied by a 13Mp ultrawide with a 120-degree field of view on the back. While it looks like there’s a third rear lens, it’s actually a light sensor. On the front, you’ll find a 32Mp lens.

The setup appears to be unchanged compared to the Edge 50 Fusion, so hopefully, there’ll be some improvements on the software side.

Key Moto AI features

The Edge 60 Fusion runs Motorola’s light-touch skin over Android 15, though it also adds key Moto AI features.

Indeed, Motorola seems to be making a play for AI more generally with this year’s model. ‘Catch me up’ will summarise your missed notifications, while ‘Pay attention’ automatically transcribes and summarises conversations. You’ll also be able to instruct the phone to ‘Remember this’, and it’ll capture what’s on your screen.

‘Magic Canvas’, meanwhile, lets you generate images based on natural text descriptions.

Motorola is promising three years of OS upgrades and six years of security updates. That’s far from the best in class, but the latter does represent an advance on the Edge 50 Fusion’s four years of security patches.

A big Samsung rival

Sales of the Motorola Edge 60 Fusion start today, with availability in three Pantone-approved colours: Slipstream, Amazonite, and Zephyr.

Prices start from £299.99, which is a £50 discount on the Edge 50 Fusion’s initial RRP. You can buy one now from the Motorola UK website, with Amazon availability confirmed for mid-April.

It’s probably no accident that this is the same price as Samsung’s Galaxy A26 – the two look set to go head to head. But it’s not clear if the phone will ever be available in the US – the Edge 50 Fusion never was.

Motorola Edge 50 Fusion

Rating of this product is 4 out of 5
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Price When Reviewed: £349.99
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